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This is so easy to say for a non-Eagles fan. If you had lived the last decade or so of ridiculous disappointment, you would probably feel differently. Just because they get to the playoffs practically every season, doesn't negate the fact that they can't get over the hump.
So, when a Philly fan says the 'road to the playoff goes through Philadelphia' they're really just saying Philadelphia is a dead end?
What you dont understand is that most of the Eagle playoff losses were in games that the Eagles should have won. Very rarely did I walk away from a Eagle playoff loss and say they just had no chance. Even the superbowl, the Eagles should have and could have won it. The lost NFC Championship games, the Eagles should have won them all. And this last game is the perfect example, the Eagles should have won it, could have won it and just didn't. I would rather not go to the playoffs then lose the way the Eagles manage to lose all the time in the playoffs.
That one surprised me being that it was his first year. The defense wasn't as good as past years, but it's not like we were the Texans.
The way the pack beat up on ATL makes me feel a little better in that we were a play or two from beating them in both games this year. And we held Rodgers under 200 yds. passing in both games.
Trent Cole, who could not be reached for comment, told reporters earlier this season that he did not like McDermott's zone-blitzing schemes, which required the defensive end to sometimes drop back into pass coverage.
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When Reid conducted exit interviews with the players a day after the Green Bay loss, one or two defensive starters told the coach that McDermott should go, team sources said.
Plus, Eagles were last in the league at allowing touchdowns in the red zone.
Now it's starting to make a little more sense about the firing.
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