I’m not exactly Joe Football over here, but I’ve a background in hearing what athletes say and using it to guide analysis. It’s been quite an experience following the NFL more closely than I have in years past, because I was just so professionally consumed with the NBA. Now that I’m watching football, I and Taylor Swift are drawn in by the game’s evolving nature.
Let’s take a look at something big picture, which is whether the Philadelphia Eagles are doomed. At first glance, this is a hyperbolic take. The Eagles have the league’s best record and have won 20 of their last 24 games. But, after the Eagles got thrashed by the Niners 42-19 last Sunday, the great Steve Young has written off last season’s NFC champions. The Hall of Famer was blunt on local Bay Area radio, telling Tom Tolbert that he’s now assessed the Eagles as “pretenders.”
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