The Philly Sports Blog

While one team looks like it might have finally turned the corner, another doesn’t show any heart. One team can’t win on the road and the other looks to be losing a piece of the puzzle.

Eagles

Let’s See…Is there any bright spots to last night loss? Well, the running game looked very good at times, and Garcia did not look too bad, but the Defense was awful. They allowed Indy to rush for over 200 yards, 237 to be exact. Joseph Addai ran through, around and over this defensive team. Was the loss of Bunkley the reason? (In case you didn’t know, he missed the team flight on Saturday and was inactivated for the game.) Is Kearse that major of a loss? What ever it is, Eagles Management will need to take a serious look at this defense in the off season and make some changes. They aren’t getting it done. On a night where your back up quarterback is in and manages a 121 passer rating, and the running game looks good, and the Offense manages to score 21 points, you’d think this game would be close. The Defense needs to fight its heart, because it wasn’t in Indianapolis last night.

Flyers

Over the last 7 games, the Flyers are 4-2-1. Maybe, just maybe, the Flyers did turn the corner from their West Coast trip. Hatcher is playing much better, and Pitkanen and Timonen look to be a solid Defensive paring. Now if they could just get rid of Rathje…Forsberg seems to be skating better the more they tinker with his boot. As long as his ankle is comfortable, he is playing well. I hope it stays that way, because they need him.

Sixers

This team is 3 games under .500 and are in a three way tie for first place in the Atlantic. That is pitiful. Though it does look like Boston may be coming on and will soon take over first place. And you can’t count out New Jersey. I really wish they could/would just waive Webber and start rebuilding. Play the young guys and get them some experience. This is going to be a long season.

Phillies

Last week the Phils lost out on Soriano, this week it looks like they are going to lose Wolf. All signs are showing him signing with the Dodgers for one year with the Dodgers holding an option for 2008. Looks like Wolf is going to give up more garenteed years and more money to sign for a club that is closer to home. Guess I can’t blame him for wanting to live closer to home, but this is going to leave the Phils in a bind. They will make a run at Miguel Batista, but he will wait to see how the market plays out. There really isn’t much in the system for the Phils to bring up. Fabrio Castro is playing extremely well in winter ball and looked sharp from the bullpen last season.

# posted by Bill Lutz @ 9:02 AM