Will their wings be clipped?

The Philadelphia Eagles are coming off a tumultuous year to say the least...McNabb and Owens had the biggest fight since Ross and Rachel from Friends...Westbrook failed to make it through another full year...Andy Reid started getting criticized after the Super Bowl appearance and all those NFC Championship game appearances...can these get back to the old form or will it be another down year...

I personally think this team will come back a little...McNabb palyed in 9 games and was 4 - 5 in those games, but he was injured for several of those games...McNabb is back and looks healthy...remember he had no WR's back in the glory days...TO was enough to get them to the Super Bowl...and he actually didn't play in the playoffs tha year due to injury until the Super Bowl...

Westbrook and Buckhalter have a lot of talent, but can't seem to stay offthe injury list...Buckhalter has looked good in preseason...Westbrook sat out a couple of games due to a sore foot...this group is ok, but not spectacular...and if they start having their normal health problems, then they will be in trouble here.

The most notable deletion from last year is TO...the most notable addition is Dante Stallworth, who was recently acquired in a trade from the Aints...he fell out of favor with new coach Sean Peyton, but he could be a nice deep option for the Eagles...after these two, the depth is questionable...but not more than it was three years ago...LJ Smith is a nice safety outlet...he won't light it up like some other TE's in the league, but is solid...

The Philly D was not very good last year...of course, the Freak Jevon Kearse has not been playing to his contract...of course, they don't have much on the front 4 to help him...signing Darren Howard could be a huge addition...and help the pass rush tremendously...

The Eagles liked their LB's enough to trade away veteran Simoneau...he had fallen to 5th on the depth chart...their safeties could be the best in the league...Brown and Shepperd are solid on the corners...I think this defensive unit wil step up this year...

"The Man" has Philly coming back and winning 8.5 games...I know I will not be touching this line without looking at the schedule...alhtough, this team could reach 10 wins...here is how I see the breaking: I am going to give them the split with G-men and the Skins...and being swept by Dallas...that is 2 - 4 in the division...their other home games include: GB, Jax, TN, Carolina and Atlanta...I think they will go 3 - 2 in these games...beating GB, TN and Atlanta...that puts them at 5 - 6...their other road games include: @ Houston, @ SF, @ NO, @ TB, and @ Indi...again, I think they go 3 - 2 in these games with losses at Indi and TB...that makes them 8 - 8...I could see this team sweeping the Skins and winning one from Dallas...I am also not convinced they can't beat Jax, Carolina or TB...this team is going to be interesting to watch...