Friday, September 5 2008
If the Philadelphia Eagles want to prove the folks at Sports Illustrated right, Sunday afternoon's home matchup against the St. Louis Rams is the place to start.
In its NFL preview issue published two weeks ago, the venerable publication made the Eagles its somewhat surprising choice to represent the NFC in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa on Feb. 1st.
Why somewhat surprising?
Well, the Eagles come off a last-place finish in the NFC East, albeit an 8-8 last-place finish in an NFC East that sent three teams to the playoffs and was arguably the best division in football a year ago.
Philadelphia only finished two games worse than the Super Bowl-winning Giants in 2007, after all, but with the Cowboys, G-Men, and Redskins all gunning for a return trip to the ...
