Eagles First Half Review

The first half of the 2009 NFL season is in the books and the Eagles are currently sitting in second place in the NFC East at 5-3, one game in back of Dallas who is now 6-2 after their victory over Philly on Sunday night, and a 1/2 game ahead of New York who at 5-4 already have a game in the loss column for their second half. If you had to sum the Bird's first half with a grade I would give them a B-. With the exception of their second half against the 8-0 New Orleans Saints they had a good chance to win the two games they lost and were in firm control of the five games they won. The high point of the season so far was their dominating 40-17 win over the N.Y Giants in a game that they jumped on the G-Men from the very start and never let up. The low point is undoubtedly their 13-9 loss to one of the worse teams in the league, the Oakland Raiders. I am still trying to figure out what happened in that mess. While I know that getting away from the basics and throwing the ball 80% ...