1) Happy 2007, y'all. I, for one, am hoping that 2007 is less timultuous for me than 2006, which saw me start a new job, move into a new apartment, and create and (possibly) destroy the most meaningful and fulfilling personal relationship I've had in years. My New Year's Resolution is to be slightly less insane than I was last year. And try to gain a little financial security, for Christ's sake. And maybe lose a little weight while I'm at it.
2) HOW 'BOUT DEM BOIDS?! NFC EAST CHAMPIONS, FIVE OUT OF SIX YEARS! BACK WHERE WE BELONG, BABY! I think at this point, despite the grave doubts many of us had just a few weeks ago, it is safe to say that last year was an aberration, and that the Eagles are still one of the elite teams of the NFC. The numbers speak for themselves: a 10-6 record, the #3 seed in the NFC, another division championship, a home playoff game against the struggling Giants. After the win two weeks ago against the Giants, I damn near laughed my dad out of the room for comparing this year's Eagles to last year's Steelers, who struggled for awhile, then put together an impressive winning streak and eventually won the Super Bowl. After the Cowboys game, and now the division championship, to say nothing of the fact that the Eagles' second string beat the Falcons' first string, it doesn't seem so ridiculous. Is there an NFC team you don't think the Eagles could beat right now? An AFC team?
3) HOW 'BOUT DEM FALCONS/COWBOYS/GIANTS?! It's a good time to be rooting against every team that we Eagles fans traditionally hate. The Cowboys lost to the worst team in the NFL today, even though the Lions had nothing to play for and the Cowboys had the NFC East crown in sight (which they would not have won anyway, since the Eagles beat the Falcons). Terrell Owens, of all people, led the NFL in dropped passes this year. The Giants, despite Tiki Barber's heroic efforts (and in the midst of all the complete assholes who play for that team, I still admire Tiki, even though I want to choke his brother to death, and even though a guy who publicly questions his coach's ability is always an asshole), are floundering, with a quarterback who will never come close to living up to his older brother's standard and without a defensive lineman who likes to bully women media members who are half his size. The Falcons, of course, have completed the worst free fall of any of those three, finishing this season with a losing record, and seemingly proving once and for all that Michael Vick is horribly overrated (which I've been saying at least since that playoff game in 2003 at the Vet that I was at) and an asshole to boot, and that Jim Mora, Jr. is no Jim Mora, Sr., who was nothing to begin with.
Well. Life is not too bad right now.
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