MNF Preview: Eagles, Panthers try to find some semblance of success in prime time
From Yahoo! Sports
November 26, 2012 - 6:13pm
There have been many attempts to put the Philadelphia Eagles' disaster of a 2012 season in perspective, but here's perhaps the best indicator of just how badly things have gone for Andy Reid's team this year: The Philadelphia Phillies last won a game after the Eagles did. No, really. The Eagles last won a game when they beat the New York Giants, 19-17, on September 30 at MetLife Stadium, and the Phillies last beat the Washington Nationals, 2-0, the next day as the regular season was closing out.
Yeah -- it's that bad. Eagles owner Jeff Lurie has said that another 8-8 season like the one the team went through in 2011 would not be acceptable, and at 3-7, Reid would have to run the table to save his job by those standards. Just about everything that could go wrong with the team has done so, and it's likely that what you'll see from the Eagles tonight is more an audition for the future than...
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