Sep 12th 2008 2:00PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Cowboys, Eagles, NFC East, NFL Fans
Philly just was so impressive against the Rams on Sunday. Is this just an extension of the upswing that ended last year or … well … was it just the Rams?

I’m not much of a believer in the idea that momentum can be carried over through eight months of bringing in new players, practicing in random locations, and playing four weeks of try-not-to-get-hurt preseason football. It’s possible, but too many Super Bowl winners and other late-season surge teams flame out the next fall to think it’s likely.

When Andy Reid talks about the end of last season and Donovan McNabb, I think he’s really just saying that it’s about health. McNabb was finally healthy at the end of last season and that’s what carried over. Not that he achieved any kind of new level in his play, since we’ve seen McNabb doing this sort of thing for years.

Although it’s amazing how quickly people forget.

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