Eagles Have Weather And Noise In Their Favor Against Saints
Timing can be everything in football. Especially when it comes to a precise, rhythmic offense like the New Orleans Saints.
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Timing can be everything in football. Especially when it comes to a precise, rhythmic offense like the New Orleans Saints.
Tony Leonard, the Eagles' director of grounds, says they'll decide in the morning whether to uncover the field.
There will be a game within a game at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday night, when the Eagles host the New Orleans Saints in the wildcard round of the playoffs.
Call it playing with house money, call it anything you would like, the Eagles have every right to call 2013 a very successful season no matter what happens 8 p.m. Saturday night.
The New Orleans Saints have a revamped defense and an offense that appears to have even more weapons than that of their Super Bowl winning team. For some reason though, the Saints just can't get things going on the road, but they will have to change that for a wild card visit to Philadelphia.
With the first round of the NFC playoffs approaching on Saturday, Eagles' fans are buying gear to get ready.
Just like every other Eagles' fan in the city of Philadelphia, the team's radio voice Merrill Reese is excited to see Nick Foles and company take the field this Saturday night for a playoff game against the New Orleans Saints.
A trio of Philadelphia Eagles, and a group of cheerleaders descended on Magee Rehab Monday afternoon to light up the fans for playoff football at the Linc.
Comcast-Spectacor is canceling the January 4th performance of Disney On Ice at the Wells Fargo Center in order to alleviate traffic congestion and to accommodate fans who wish to watch or attend the Philadelphia Eagles playoff game on Sunday night.
Hundreds of excited Eagles' fans streamed out of Chickie's and Pete's after a close win that sends the Birds to the playoffs for the first time in three years.
Tickets for Saturday night's Eagles' playoff game will go on sale to the general public Tuesday at 12 noon.
Here's the complete wrap up of a wild and crazy week 17.
The Eagles won the NFC East Division by escaping Dallas with a 24-22 victory Sunday night.
The Eagles are in Dallas tonight for a "win or go home" NFC East championship matchup against the Cowboys -- and fans in South Philadelphia are weighing in on the game.
The Eagles appear to be the popular pick to win this weekend's crucial game against the Dallas Cowboys.
Nearly 1,000 fans participated in the 6th annual Philadelphia Eagles blood drive on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Eagles (9-6) need a win or tie over the Cowboys (8-7) to clinch their first division title since 2010 and secure the No. 3 seed. The loser goes home.
Nick Foles and Kyle Orton were backup quarterbacks when the season began. On Sunday night in Dallas, they'll line up under center as starters with the NFC East Championship at stake.
With the Cowboys banged up, the Eagles look to be heading in to a win-or-go-home NFC East Division championship match-up in the final week of the regular season.
Kyle Orton looks like he'll be making his first start at quarterback in his two seasons with the Cowboys on Sunday.
For all of his accomplishments, Nick Foles is constantly reminded about the first time the Eagles played the Cowboys.
The Philadelphia Eagles have come a long way since the previous time they played Dallas.
They said his offense wouldn't work in the NFL. They said the Eagles were destined for a last place finish in the NFC East. They said he would be just another college coach in over his head in the NFL, waiting to get back to coaching on Saturdays as soon as possible. They said Nick Foles couldn't be a good fit for his coaching style. Maybe everyone was wrong about Chip Kelly.
Whether it's Tony Romo or Kyle Orton under center for the Dallas Cowboys, the Philadelphia Eagles are approaching Sunday's game the same.
Dallas owner Jerry Jones says the Cowboys aren't ruling Tony Romo out of a winner-take-all game against the Eagles Sunday.
