Upcoming Birds Season

As I sit here and watch the Phils play in what is all but meaningless baseball, I realize that a week from now baseball will no longer really matter to me until Spring Training 2013.  As sad as I am to know there will be no October baseball for the Phils, I am pumped for this upcoming football season. Next Wednesday is the official kickoff of the upcoming NFL season.  It kind of hit me over the weekend, as I was flipping between High School football games on ESPN and ESPN 2, I can’t wait for football. I have College Football kicking off this weekend, all leading up to next Wednesday night.  This upcoming Eagles season has the potential to be something special.  Mychal Kendricks has looked like a beast, flying around the field and just being a ball hawk.  In several interviews Mychal has stated that he is going to make people pay for allowing him to slip into the second round of the draft and from what I have seen of the field already, I believe him.  It also seemed in the last pre-season game against the Browns ( I’m aware it’s the Browns) that Demeco Ryans was finally starting to get a feel for the defense, as he was flowing to the ball and coming off of blocks pretty well.  While the defensive line like looks stacked, the play of these two linebackers is going to play a major role in the success of this defense.  The Eagles haven’t had a pair like this since 2001 when Trotter was playing Mike and Emmons was the Sam.  It has been since 2001 that Eagles have put any amount of emphasis on the linebacker position, and from early indications they may have actually gotten it right.  There are tons of other questions of this team like, Will Nnamdi rebound from a down season, Who of the second round draft picks is going to be a serviceable safety, How can anyone replace Jason Peters’ shoes and Is Mike Vick actually going to be able to stay healthy enough to lead this team to a Super Bowl?  Even with all that I can’t wait for football.  Let me know what is your biggest question for this upcoming Eagles season?

Brett D