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**MexicoCity** · 09-14-2010, 10:34 PM

Who s complaining? To lower a team because they didnt CRUSH the Eagles, they still covered the spread , on the road, no less, just doesnt make sense.

Winning on the road is NEVER easy. That the Eagles made a game of it at the end isnt surprising, either.

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True, but as a realistic Eagles fan I expected them to get crushed. I think a lot of Eagles fans had that in the back of their mind, but was just afraid to say it. You're absolutely right. It's tough to play on the road, especially when the crowd was into it. The entire first quarter and half of the second the Packers couldn't do anything and some of that has to go to the crowd's presence. They were extremely loud. People started getting tired when the Eagles couldn't even get one first down. The crowd got back into it late in the 3rd and that's when the Packers began to falter again.

You can't say a team doesn't deserve to move up just because they played a team that wasn't great last year (Tennessee playing Oakland). A lot believe Oakland has gotten better and their defense has always been pretty solid. The balance on offense/defense for Tennessee was a very positive sign for their team.

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MexicoCity Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 566 Senior Member	Who s complaining? To lower a team because they didnt CRUSH the Eagles, they still covered the spread , on the road, no less, just doesnt make sense. Winning on the road is NEVER easy. That the Eagles made a game of it at the end isnt surprising, either. shrugs True, but as a realistic Eagles fan I expected them to get crushed. I think a lot of Eagles fans had that in the back of their mind, but was just afraid to say it. You're absolutely right. It's tough to play on the road, especially when the crowd was into it. The entire first quarter and half of the second the Packers couldn't do anything and some of that has to go to the crowd's presence. They were extremely loud. People started getting tired when the Eagles couldn't even get one first down. The crowd got back into it late in the 3rd and that's when the Packers began to falter again. You can't say a team doesn't deserve to move up just because they played a team that wasn't great last year (Tennessee playing Oakland). A lot believe Oakland has gotten better and their defense has always been pretty solid. The balance on offense/defense for Tennessee was a very positive sign for their team.
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