Sunday, January 18, 2009

NFC Championship Post Game notes

-Congratulations to the Arizona Cardinals! This is one heck of a talented team, with one heck of a coaching staff. Ken Whisenhunt, Russ Grimm, Todd Haley and Clancy Pendergast all have done a wonderful job!
-The game was won with the offensive line of the Arizona Cardinal's. They were bad in the third quarter but completely redeemed themselves in the fourth. That, and I don't think anybody can cover Larry Fitzgerald. 
-This was like a basketball game. Just coming back was exhausting enough for the Eagles. They didn't seem to have enough left in their tank to close it out. 
-I know I just congratulated Clancy Pendergast, but I feel that he hampers this defense. There's a ton of talent there, but he gets too aggresive with his calls. His aggresiveness in the third quarter backfired big time on him. He should not be having Corners jumping routes on third and long. His guys also take bad angles to the ball, and that really helped the Eagles score some big plays. 
-I shouldn't have been the only one a little disturbed by the big smile on Asante Samuel's face in the post game handshakes. I thought you went to Philly to win a Super Bowl?
-I also shouldn't have been the only one who felt it could still all go wrong for the Cardinal's when Bill Bidwell was on the sideline in the final minute of the game. Lest we not forget they've never won anything under him, and his presence in the Cardinal's organization is a huge reason for that.
-Good effort from the Eagles this season. They have a really good core of young players like SS Quentin Mikell, MLB Stewart Bradley and WR Desean Jackson. This team is set up to win for a while. I don't expect it to happen, but Brian Dawkins should not retire.

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