The Philly Sports Blog

What a weekend for Philadelphia Sports fans. Devastating loses for the Eagles, Flyers turn corner and then run into another wall, Sixers having problems with a Star Player and the Phillies lose the big one. Sounds kind of depressing, doesn’t it?

Eagles

As you all already know, McNabb is gone until next season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and after surgery, rehab is 9 months to a year. There goes this season. I don’t see Garcia or Feeley having a knock out rest of the season, leading this team to the Playoffs. Not going to happen. And I’m not going to even speculate who the Eagles should start, doesn’t matter. The results will still be the same. But let’s look onto the game on Sunday, and that will explain why it doesn’t matter who starts at QB.

Garcia did put up respectable numbers. He was 26 of 48 passing for 189 yards. Nothing to scoff at. He has played the West Coast offence in the pass, so he is comfortable in this style of offense. Westbrook carried for over 100 yards, and he will need to pick up the slack the rest of the way. The offensive line could be a bit better, but if they can protect Garcia, ok I’d like to see what he can do next week, and open a few lanes for Westbrook and Buckhalter, the Offense should be able to stay competitive.

What worries me, especially with Kearse gone, is the Defense. They are down at the bottom of the league in run defense and they really need to step up. And the secondary will also need to pick it up. They really need to cut down the big plays.

This team will really need to play like a team and do all the little things teams do to win. They need to play smart. This team has the talent to still finish 10-6, but they all need to be on top of their game, and will need a lot of luck!

Flyers

Wednesday and Thursday the Flyers won back to back games. They beat the best in the West, Anaheim, and looked impressive doing so. Esche was wonderful in net. The next night in LA, the Flyers came back from a 3-1 deficit with 6 minutes left to win. This team looked like the team everyone expected. Then on Saturday the slipped back to their old ways. Was it a one game relapse or was the back to back wins a small hot streak? The telling sign will be tonight when Pittsburgh come into town. If they look sharp and play competitively, it was a one game relapse, if they are out played and blown out, last week was a small hot streak. Let’s hope for the first.

Sixers

It seems for the past few seasons, the Sixers can’t go long with out controversy. This time, Chris Webber went to team president and GM Billy King to talk about his playing time. According to sources, but denied by Webber and King, is that Webber asked for a trade. Webber makes to much right now for any team, except maybe the Knicks, to take on, but don’t be surprised if the Sixers do find someone to take him closer to the trade deadline. I don’t see him being traded, but hey, there might be some GM out there smoking some wacky weed and stupid enough to go for him…

Phillies

Well, the Phils lost out on Soriano, and at the price he went for, I’m glad they did. If they could have signed him to a 4 or 5 year deal, I would be all for it, but not an insane 8 years. The Cubs are desperate, and desperate teams do things with out thinking. Look for the Cubs to be good for a few years, but it won’t last.

So who do the Phils go after? They could go after Lee, but reports are saying that he is close to finalizing a deal with Houston, so unless they can go in an wow him, look for the Phils to use the money they were going to use on Soriano and find a nice 2^nd Tier power hitter and use the rest on getting Wolf back and building up their bullpen. Let’s also hope that Burrell can come back and look like the Burrell that got that huge contract.