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This Oakland defense will have a very hard time containing the three and four wide receiver sets the Eagles will deploy, not to mention bottling up Westbrook and McCoy.
The Raiders really don’t have much of a chance in this game. Eagles win easily.
Eagles 38 Raiders 17
Record: 5-0
Week 7: Oct. 26 at Washington Redskins (8-8)
The Redskins dominated the Eagles last year.
Washington embarrassed Philadelphia after the Eagles jumped out to a 14-point first quarter lead at home, and then held them to only three points in Week 16 last year at FedEx Field.
I was at the game at FedEx last year, and plan to be there again this year (I recently relocated to Northern Virginia).
I am sorry to say, but there is no way the Redskins will sweep the Eagles two years in a row.
Their defense has been "upgraded" with the addition of Albert Haynesworth, but they still shouldn’t be able to keep up with the Eagles’ offense, and the 'Skins' offense should really be no match for the Eagles defense. \
Philadelphia had the No. 3 defense in the NFL last year, and only lost one starter (Dawkins) whose play on the field has been decreasing for a while now.
The Eagles should handle the 'Skins pretty well at home, and keep the record flawless for ’09.
Eagles 42 Redskins 21
Record: 6-0
Week 8: Nov. 1 New York Giants
The Eagles showed us last year that they were capable of handling the defending Super Bowl champions, as they beat them two times at the Meadowlands within a month’s time.
With Plaxico Burress out of the lineup, the Giants turned into a one-dimensional team, lacking the threat of a real deep-ball receiver. The Eagles were able to successfully stack eight in the box and contain the run game.
The Eagles will continue the winning ways against the Giants in the first meeting of the season and take this game.
Eagles 24 Giants 21
Record: 7-0
Week 9: Nov. 8 Dallas Cowboys (9-7)
As much as I hate to say it, I think the Cowboys will have the Eagles' number this year.
Philadelphia demolished them in the regular-season finale last year, and I doubt the Cowboys players will forget that quickly.
The backfield for the Cowboys is enough to give any team a headache, and Tony Romo is an efficient enough passer to make the play action pass work with the backfield he has behind him.
This will be crucial to Dallas’ success this year, as they no longer have a “I love me some me” player on the team. The Cowboys can finally play like a team, and win some games.
This one goes to the Cowboys at The Linc.
Eagles 21 Cowboys 24
Record: 7-1
Week 10: Nov. 15 at San Diego Chargers (8-8)
San Diego has been called an overrated team many times, and rightfully so, as they play in the weakest division in football, and perennially post somewhere around a .500 record.
Still, I think this will be one of the games the Chargers win.
There is a lot of talent on this roster, on both sides of the ball. Similar to Dallas, there is an amazing running back duo in the backfield behind Phillip Rivers.
LaDanian Tomlinson and Darren Sproles are the perfect 1-2 punch in the NFL: Quick and elusive meets powerful and fast. Again, Rivers can make the play action pass work well against Philadelphia, and the Eagles will be handed their worst loss of the season on this day.
The Eagles will lose by 17 points, and fall to 7-2. Many fans will start to doubt McNabb and Reid, but they will prove the doubters wrong, as they do every year.
Eagles 14 Chargers 31
Record: 7-2
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