Staff Blog
Morning Rounds, September 8th
Major national sporting news took a back seat to one of the
more eventful days in recent Philadelphia Sports history. Like most Philadelphia-based athletic events, Sunday started
wonderfully and ended with a little bit of pain. I realized just how ready I am to welcome
back football; and just how unprepared I am to give up on the baseball
season. When the dust cleared the Birds
are looking forward to an early season showdown with the ‘Boys next Monday, and
the Phillies are close enough to strike and far enough away to need to do it now.
It was a fun weekend that should set up a fun next couple of
weeks.
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| the NFL MVP limps off of 2008 |
via chicago sun times |
“I deal with it, we’re both good-looking.” – So
Taguchi, on the identification problems that come with the Phillies adding Tad
Iguchi to their team
Three lines on their world:
- The curse of the Super Bowl loser continues: reigning NFL MVP Tom
Brady is done for the year - Andy Murray held off Rafa and will face Federer in the U.S.
Open final - and in the quintessential reminder that football season is
here, Brett Favre was Brett Favre
Three lines on ours:
- The Birds looked like world-beaters against the overmatched
Rams - The Phillies closed the gap to one game
- But couldn’t get the sweep in the nightcap and leave New York needing to
climb out of a hole
In a day with three Philadelphia games we’re bumping the
recaps and game notes to an “about last night” post later this morning, but
Birds, Phillies, Sixers, Flyers and plenty of what everyone
is talking about after the jump
EAGLES
In a sentence: The
Birds rolled and damn near everyone looked nice. Next on the slate is Dallas
on MNF one week from today. A full recap
will be posted HERE when it’s ready to go, so check back.
What everybody is talking about:
Phil Sheridan anoints DeSean Jackson as the savior. READ
In his notes Les Bowen praises the Birds sick punt coverage, has apparently never
heard of Jay Z – I’m about a million
percent sure THIS is what 5 was thinking of – and more. READ
Bob Ford harps on the fact that Lito didn’t take press. SKIP
Ashley Fox says that the fans enjoyed themselves. SKIP
Ray Parrillo says that the real story was the defense. READ
Bob Brookover’s notes praised the third team, the offensive
line, Darren Howard, Kevin Kolb and more. READ
Paul Domowitch pays too much attention to the Lito/Sheldon
timeshare before getting to a couple interesting tidbits. READ
Marcus Hayes says that Tra Thomas dominated expensive rookie
Chris Long. SKIP
John Smallwood takes the story of the day – the Birds
wideouts amazing play – and kinda makes it about himself. SKIP
Paul Domowitch hands out grades to the Birds. SKIP
Rich Hofmann gushes over DeSean. SKIP
Bob Brookover says that DeSean was cocky even before his
standout opener. READ
Bob Ford predicts that this could very well be McNabb’s last
go-round. SKIP
Kevin Tatum takes a look at the Linc’s turf, which ended up
holding up well. SKIP
Tim Panaccio wonders pregame if the Birds’ young receivers will
be up to the challenge of starting. SKIP
Mike Sielski says that the confident Jackson had a great start but needs to avoid getting ahead of himself. SKIP
Jeff Offord gives credit to the Eagles corners for shutting down the Rams. SKIP
Offord asks himself ten questions. SKIP
Geoff Mosher says that DeSean Jackson isn’t a secret anymore. READ
Kevin Noonan says the real test comes in a week. READ
PHILLIES
In a sentence: The
Phils wanted the sweep but needed two out of three. They got the latter and prepare for a
make-or-break homestand. A full recap
will be posted HERE when it’s ready to go.
Jim Salisbury says that Hamels missed a chance for greatness. READ
Todd Zolecki’s notes look at Jamie Moyer, Greg Dobbs, Billy Wagner, the Phils rotation and more. READ
Murphy’s say that Kendrick is likely to get another shot, looks at a couple of returning Phils and more. SKIP
Jim Salisbury says good riddance to Shea Stadium. SKIP
David Murphy says that Brett Myers has emerged as an ace. READ
Professor Mike Sielski (true story) tests you on the Phillies. READ
Randy Miller talks with Ruben Amaro about the last Phils-Mets twinbill in Shea, looks at LF and praises Ryan Howard for his defense. READ
SIXERS
nothing all weekend
FLYERS
Prospective locations for the Phantoms move.
TODAY and MORE
In other news from the weekend, the two local-boy QBs – Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco - both won
their debuts in impressive fashion, and from all accounts combining RedBull, an internationally renowned hill of death, pouring rain and lots of booze was a good idea (?!).
We’ll be out of here in the afternoon but will bring you more thoughts from last night, predictions from today, and more in the morning.
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