Yo Eagles fans!

[WilliamPitt]

You'll enjoy this:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/daily/email

(snip)

Part of me believes that I should I be quietly optimistic despite the fact that every media analyst and their mother has chosen the Pats -- with every pick of the Pats, I'll just smile and nod my head, confident with the knowledge that my beloved birds have enough fight in them to give any opponent a good run. Another part of my brain is actively trying to convince the rest of me to throw caution to the wind and allow the fervor of my fandom to take over me to the point where I'll spend every day until Super Bowl Sunday roaming the streets as a rabid, ranting, stark raving mad lover of all things Philadelphia.

YOU DARE QUESTION MY CITY? MY FOOTBALL TEAM? I WILL GRIND YOUR BONES TO MAKE MY BREAD AND THEN FEED THIS BREAD TO ANDY REID AS PART OF ONE OUR AUTHENTIC HEART-CLOGGING CHEESESTEAKS! AND THEN I WILL BOO SANTA CLAUS AND EAT A BABY SEAL!

...more...

[Kikosexy2]

1. We're....

P.O. AT T.O.---Go Pats! (although I don't care for either team--but cocky, big-mouths like Terrell deserve no Superbowl win). I'll be enjoying the spicey chicken wings though.

[slestak]

3. but unlike most big-mouth receivers...

TO can back it up. I'm a Cowboys fan, so I hate the Eagles, but I gotta give respect to TO. The guy is a FREAK.

[Kikosexy2]

5. Cowboys?..

you too! But I still disagree on T.O.--Go Pats!

[lancdem]

2. Thanks for posting this, Will

That's how I feel. Now, unlike the writer, I'm old enough to remember the Flyers' two Stanley Cups, the Phillies' World Series and the Sixers' most recent championship, but it's been way way way too long. Who knows, perhaps the fact NO ONE is picking the Eagles will work in their favor. :)

[MikeG]

4. Are you gonna feel sorry for these nimrods? They deserve to effing lose.

At least your team has all classy players.

They've got TO.

[WilliamPitt]

6. McNabb is a class act

as is coach Reid. Classy is in the eye of the beholder. Sure, TO is arrogant. But by the same token, you are dealing with a team that had a huge monkey on its back, 0-3 when it really mattered. TO came in and flapped his nuts around, and gave them some swagger. That prevailed even with him hurt.

George Patton was an insane asshole, but he knew how to push an army forward. Sometimes classy isn't on the menu.

[MikeG]

8. I like his mom.

[sniffa]

9. i hate his mom

i was so fucking sick seeing her in the stands every 5 minutes... and then in commercials. nice fur coat though.

[WilliamPitt]

10. Lemme hear your war cry!

Funny stuff.

[nickgutierrez]

14. See, I like TO.

Yeah, he's loud, and more than a little arrogant, but there's nothing wrong with that. More mild-mannered players have done far worse than TO, who, to the best of my knowledge has done nothing negative off the field that would draw attention his way.

[Kikosexy2]

7. Hahahahhaa...

TO--really classy as Randy "call my hair Ms. Ross" Moss. I'll be enjoying the spicy chicken wings from KFC and bottles of Coronas!!

[MrSlayer]

11. All that alleged "class" really worked for the Stillers.

Fraud is the best word to describe them, you're going back to 8-8 next year. If T.O. was on your team you'd be sucking his balls, spare me the outrage.

[MikeG]

12. Wisdom from the town that booed Santa Claus.

[MrSlayer]

13. No real reply, typical.

Have fun with your mediocrity next year.

[soleft]

15. The Pats have cheerleaders - do the Eagles?

[sportndandy]

16. The Eaglettes

Someday I will figure out how to post images

[soleft]

17. Oh that's too bad.

[MrSlayer]

26. Why the hating on the cheerleaders?

They're only on the field during TV timeouts, what's wrong with a little eye candy during the downtime? The Eagle cheerleaders are smokin.

[Penndems]

27. The Eaglettes also have their own yearly lingerie calendar . . .

I know the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and the Redskinettes have their calendars, too (don't think they're lingerie, though). How about the rest of the NFL cheerleaders?

[Caution]

18. As far as I can tell

the only teams that dont have cheerleaders are:

The Cleveland Browns
The Green Bay Packers
The New York (New Jersey) Jets
The Pittsburgh Steelers
The Chicago Bears
The New York (New Jersey) Giants
The Detroit Lions

And I could be wrong about a few of them.

Why do you ask?

[soleft]

19. Because Teams without cheerleaders are more cool

[Caution]

20. How and why?

Not trying to start an argument or anything, I just don't understand how a cheerleading squad has any bearing whatsoever on whether or not a team is interesting, fun to watch or a good opponent. Quite literally the last thing that enters my mind when deciding which football games to watch on any given Sunday is whether or not they have cheerleaders...

[soleft]

21. Niether the Jets or the Giants have cheerleaders

You never have to sit through any annoying cheerleader crap during their games. It's all about the football and nothing else.

[Caution]

22. Yes, but any team which claims to be a New York team but plays in

New Jersey sucks. As far as sitting through annoying cheerleader crap...Who watches the cheerleaders anyways? the only time they ever show cheerleaders on TV is between plays and when you are at the games if you are watching the cheerleaders from your nosebleed seats you've got a screw loose. If you are close enough to tell the difference between one cheerleader and another and you are watching them rather than the game well...you paid way too much money to watch half naked women. Go to a strip club and spend half as much!

[soleft]

23. That's why the Jets will never win til they get their own stadium

And any team that can't commit to a single state, let alone city, but but an entire region of the country............will probably win its third superbowl in 4 years

[Jersey Devil]

24. Giants had cheerleaders for one game a long time ago

They came out holding placards to spell out "G-I-A-N-T-S" but instead lined up and spelled it "G-A-I-N-T-S". Everyone laughed like hell and the Maras ended it right there.

[soleft]

25. Ending cheerleaders and drafting Phil Simms

Maras did two things right

[DaveinMD]

28. because we don't need glorified prostitutes prancing the sidelines

to enhance our enjoyment of football. We are smart enough to watch the game.