Bye week Bytes

1st .Jerseys with players who are gone.... from your team & you don't want to remember them.
There may be a different player from a different era..to have your back. The answer is...
                                                                        Duct tape it!!

 

My list of name that should be duct taped.

Get rid of                                  Replace with                       Jersey #       

• Nnamdi Asomugha       * Sheldon Brown                      24
• Byron Maxwell             * Wilbert Montgomery             31
• De Marco Murray         * Harold Jackson                      29
• Riley Cooper                * Pete Liske                               14

Before anyone says Pete Liske .... yes Riley Cooper is that bad.

2nd  ... What if  the Eagles were 3 & 0 with Sam Bradford.

Howie Roseman would be vilified for not taking Dak Prescott in rounds 1 thru 4.. in lieu of betting the house on Carson Wentz who would not have yet suited up.

3rd      Who is Carson Wentz?

When the Sam Bradford trade went down it was reported that Carson Wentz contacted Zach Ertz & while acknowledging the bond Ertz & Bradford had developed playing together.. was able to reassure Ertz that they would "Go have fun".

Simply put by Wentz himself... Football is a game... that he has passion for.....
with a have no regrets work ethic..... & great athletic skill... in a sport that he has fun competing in.

What this means is that Wentz could not comprehend the word choke.
It simply would not occur to him. Football is a game.
Confidence like choking  can be contagious. Perhaps some dropped balls will become great catches.

Wentz is a religious man & his faith puts his football in perspective..
He plays without pressure for fun & competition.
A tweet from Wentz tells you what gives him his foundation.
Pray like it all depends on God, work like it all depends on YOU. - @ContinuedFight #AO1

Welcome to Wentzville

Everyone's happy in Wentzville

 

Last week when I was in the Soldier field end zone for the Eagles Bears game I thought...

"What if the other teams fans came to the end zone at the Linc where I sit & did what we did?

Would we be happily smiling or quietly drinking our beer vs spilling it on the outsiders?

 

I had little doubt it would not end well for the visitors. And yet..there were many visiting Steelers fans in my section. Now, I can't really make a valid comparison since the Eagles beat the Steelers so soundly there wasn't any fuse to incite the Iggles fans to mistreat their visitors. That said, even before the game started the level of politeness being exhibited to our keystone state relatives was uncommon & made me think..

"This must be a dream".

What if this was 1/1/17 the last game of the season vs the Cowboys at the Linc. If any Cowboy fans

show up I'm sure even in my dreams they will find it a bridge to far to cross for Eagles fans to not mistake them ISIS. 

In any case please don't wake me up until after our Super Bowl  parade.

At that point I will take my senior citizen once a lifetime dementia mulligan......

 to accept this dream as reality with a big smile on my face.

 

 

    

From Wentz they came

From Wentz they came and descended on the windy city in a green wave. Could the rookie perform on a national stage in enemy territory & continue the dream for the faithful? No problem Philly. At the end of the game the Eagles fans gathered in the end zone corner to the Eagles locker room to celebrate with the players as they exited the field. We fans didn't want the night to end.
I think all of Iggles nation should take a moment to give a shout out to the man who put the framework of this destiny building process in play. Yes, I'm referring to that guru of  emotional intelligence Jeff Laurie. Who amongst us thought that keeping Howie around made any sense when the Chipper was given the keys to the kingdom. Rumor had it that young Howie went on a quest of emotional knowledge just in case. When the Chipper was found to be lacking & Roseman was resurrected most of us screamed "what is that carpet bagger doing"? And to make matters worse Howie's 1st move is to bring back a Reid light named Pederson. Then the new Howie started rolling the dice & here we are 2 & 0 with a showdown with a Steelers team with legit Super Bowl aspirations. As much as we are all in awe of  the Wentz show I think we should accept the fact that the structure put in place of  ex QB's named Pederson & Reich together with coach/back-up QB Daniels & QB coach DeFilippo have a lot to do with the unbelievable poise & progress Wentz is displaying. Lurie was the one who made the decision to keep Howie around & get him educated in emotional intelligence & Howie put this QB nurturing staff together. Since Laurie bought the Eagles we fans have oftened vilified him as an out of town carpert bagger who wouldn't know a cheese steak from a bratwurst. He wasn't one of us.. just a rich guy trying to make money off the faithful. Well this fan thinks its time to acknowledge that maybe a guy with a masters in psychology & a doctorate in social policy may be onto something with this emotional intelligence stuff. What have we got to lose.

9/11/16

                                                                9/11/16

Lincoln Financial Field / Philadelphia,Pa


Today 9/11/16 will always have a dual meaning. When the Jet fighters flew over the unfurled flag at the Linc at the end of the National anthem players, coaches & fans remembered the moments past with their individual emotions & collective remembrance.
And then the Carson Wentz era began. There will be many football minds greater than mine who will comment on Carsons efficient & productive 1st NFL game.
22 0f 37 for 278 yards & 2TD's with no interceptions... Wentz hardly looked liked a rookie.
That said, my observation of the fans from the tailgates before the game to the concession lines during the game to the fireworks that ended the game was in a word....  Relaxed.

Oh don't get me wrong... the cheering was as loud as I have ever heard it in the 50 years I have been going to Eagles games. The enthusiasm was off the charts. Hugs & Hi fives were the order of the day.... And everyone was Relaxed. As the game progressed I had the strong sense that all of us fans knew that Wentz was special & that eventually.... someday... he would lead us to the promised land of the Lombardi trophy. Oh sure, Wentz will have his rookie moments but his tool set & poise are off the charts. He is confident without a shred of cockyness. Wentz is a natural in his own skin & a natural leader. His team will follow him in a manner focused for winning with a relaxed  no looks over your shoulder mindset that will keep mistakes from choking our football future.
Destiny is a page unturned for a book unfinished. When my friend Dennis & I retired this year we decided to upgrade our bucket list to include going to every Eagles away game. Since I am also a season ticket holder that meant I would go to every regular season game. Who knows perhaps destiny has some playoff games in our future. When we decided to do the away game trips it was at the end of last season. Who knew the Roseman magical mystery tour was part of the package. Destiny knew thats who... & I think Iggles nation is now getting friendly with Destiny.

Me & Swoop before the first game 

Fighter jets fly over the Linc

National anthem 

Wentz in the pocket with poise