From: jmd@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (joseph.m.dakes)
Subject: Re: Why Wash will beat the bird shit out of the eagles
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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:53:44 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.062141.40847@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, mlsa@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (MICHAEL LAUREN SHERMAN) writes:
> 1.  Defense,  The skins knocked the shit out of Dallas with everyone Healthy,
> Jason "Uncle" Buck, Wilbur "The Animal" Marshall and Jumpy "No Nickname
> Needed" Geathers, are going to Leave Randall sized dents all over the vet.
> The eagles let the seahawks score on them

The Skins defense is one of the league's better defenses, no doubt about
it.  And they always seem to be able to contain Randall better than any
other defense.  But the Eagles have a pretty damn good defense themselves.
And this game is at the Vet where the Eagles defense has allowed 8 points
per game this season.

> 2.  Offense, Sure the eagles o is good but see above, the Skins have great
> receivers, great runners and a great line.  Even a Lousy QB like Rypien can't
> play that bad with this supporting cast two weeks in a row,

Hmmm?  Reading this newsgroup all year it sounds like Rypien has had
fourteen such games in a row.

> 3.  Special Teams, FIRED UP the skins have the impact guys on the runback/stop
> the runback,  Desmond "Heisman" Howard and Brian "Sure, I guess I could Play
> any position on the field" Mitchell and 11 guys willing to run full blast at a
> brick wall

Ever hear of Vai Sikahema?  He's the NFL's leading punt returner.  And
after last week's fiasco with penalties on every return, the Eagles
special teams are going to have just as much fire in their eyes if not
more than the Skins.

> 4.  Kicking, Would you rather have Lohmiller or Ruzek kicking for you?  If
> you say Ruzek you are either wearing green and white or are smoking some real
> potent shit.

The golden rule on placekickers is that you're only as good as your last
kick.  Ruzek's last kick was a clutch 44-yarder with no time remaining
to win it.  And if you remember last year's Eagles-vs-Skins game at the
Vet, Ruzek nailed another clutch fieldgoal to win it in the closing
seconds.  Lohmiller is good, no question about it, but I don't have a
problem with Ruzek kicking for my team.

> 5.  Coaching  Joe Gibbs v. Rich Kotex, any questions.

I'd take Gibbs over Kotite in a heartbeat.  But just so you know, Kotite
is 1-0 against Gibbs at the Vet.

> 6.  Intangibles  Skins, the defending superbowl champions need and want this
> game to get back to the big dance, the Eagles seem to have forgotten how to
> dance.  The Dallas game showed the Skins that they are still the best, the
> eagles game should be a massacre

And I guess the fact that the Eagles need this game more than the Skins
do in order to make the playoffs and the fact that it's at the Vet where
the Birds are 6-0 this season, doesn't come into play.  And there is one
other intangible for the Eagles, Jerome Brown's spirit fills the Vet every
Sunday afternoon.  The Eagles dedicated this season to his memory and this
is their last opportunity to fulfill that promise.

It's going to be a great game, but I have to believe that the Eagles
defense can put the clamps on Rypien and Co. at the Vet.  Randall and
the offense have been playing well of late and they should be able to
put just enough points up on the board for the 'W'.

Call it Eagles 20, Skins 16.


E-A-G-L-E-S

Joe Dakes
AT&T Microelectronics
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Allentown, PA  18103
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