Need a Falcons Loss

All of the sudden, the Eagles playoff hopes have life - lots of life - in the wake of their 20-14 pounding of the Giants today.

Everything broke the Eagles way with the Cowboys coughing up a 10 point 2nd half lead and then blowing the game outright, along with the Saints defeat of the Falcons. Don't look now but the Redskins just dropped below the Eagles in the standings and are in danger of completely free falling away - good news for the Eagles who play the DeadSkins in two weeks.

Anyway, the Eagles do not entirely "control their own" destiny just yet. They still have to win out. And while the Cowboys are only a 1/2 game ahead, that can be taken care of in the last week of the season.

The big problem is the Falcons, who are 8-5. The Eagles need the Falcons to lose one more - one of their last three games. And since their remaining games are against the Buccaneers, Vikings, and Rams, we all have to hope for a loss in one of the next two games.

Stupid Bengals tie. The Falcons is one of the only NFC teams the Eagles own a tiebreaker over and that is all shot thanks to that inexplicable tie.