Terrific Start

The Eagles’ season opener really couldn’t have gone any better. McNabb looked fantastic, the defense was tremendous, and DeSean Jackson had the best Eagles rookie debut since….well, I can’t even think of a comparable introduction.

 

Yes, the Rams are not a good team. But the Eagles are, and the Eagles did exactly what good teams do when playing bad teams. They beat them bad and they beat them early so the contest was never in doubt, the starters got some rest, and the backups got some valuable game experience in mop up work (that means, you, Kevin Kolb).

 

Other thoughts:

 

·         What a gorgeous Sunday afternoon.

·         Here’s what the Sports Guy had to say about DeSean Jackson before week 1: “DeSean Jackson has been hyped to the point that anything less than a punt return TD, seven catches, 120 receiving yards, one long TD catch and the greatest TD dance unveiled in 30 years since Billy "White Shoes" Johnson will have to be considered a major disappointment. DeSean, you better rock my world.”  

 

Here are Jackson’s actual stats: 6 catches, 106 yards, a long of 47, 97 yards in punt returns (12.1 average) and a long of 60 that came thiiiis close to be a touchdown before being knocked out of bounds nine yards short of the goal line. Rock my world, indeed.

 

·         Timmy Brown, Tommy McDonald, Pete Retzlaff were the last three Eagles to each have 100+ yards receiving in one game before Hank Baskett, Jackson, and Greg Lewis did it again yesterday. The first three, of course, are legendary Eagle names. The last three not so much. I wonder in forty years when the Eagle WR corps does it again if fans will be asking themselves, who the hell were Hank Baskett and Greg Lewis? (Based on yesterday, Eagle fans will be well familiar with hall of famer DeSean Jackson in 2048.

·         Fantasy owners of Stephen Jackson, Tom Brady, and Randy Moss could not have been happy with the results of week 1.

·         The parking lot tailgates were relatively calm and subdued yesterday, especially for a season/home opener.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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