TO's Ray Lewis Dance

Before the season (in my preseason prediction no less), I said a win against Baltimore and its punishing defense and nobody getting seriously hurt would be the best possible outcome from Sunday’s game.

Well, notwithstanding JR Reed’s hamstring and Pinkston’s pending knee injury, the 15-10 win was the best possible scenario. Sure the Ravens had 3 pro bowlers out on an offense that heretofore has been anemic to date (under the unsteady leadership of that noted field corporal, Kyle Boller), but a win is a win is a win. And is it the Eagles fault that Jamal Lewis’ suspension for drug charges happened to coincide with the Eagles matchup?

And what to make of TO’s TD celebration mocking Ray Lewis? It was instantly recognizable to any NFL fan. And it certainly didn’t sit well with the all-pro LB, nor many of his defensive teammates who were already stewing from TO’s slap at Ravens’ GM Ozzie Newsome’s comments to TO during the off-season trade/free agent debacle. (Oddly, two Ravens d-backs, Deion and Corey Fuller, took a different take by noting that the best way to shut up TO was to shut him down or shut him out of the endzone.)

My brother equated the dance to TO’s spiking on the Dallas star two years ago. Whatever the case, TO’s recent matchups with opponents in back-back-back weeks (Carolina’s Ricky Manning, Cleveland’s Jeff Garcia, and Baltimore’s Ray Lewis) has certainly brought a swagger to the Eagles this years. And like TO, the Eagles have backed up the talk, and walked the walk.

Heck, it ain’t bragging if you do it.