OT: How Critical Is It to Win the Eagles Game This Season?

On the road in a hostile environment. Against the team that beat you in the Super Bowl 21 months earlier. A win could somewhat be closure (Unless the Pats get revenge and beat them in Miami). A loss means media pundits will say the Eagles are in the Pats heads.

Will you consider this a "critical" game? Or will it just be one of 16 to you? Maybe I'm overthinking things. Lol.

I think the win last February was plenty of closure.

Meh.

All games have some level of importance.

Patstastic said:

On the road in a hostile environment. Against the team that beat you in the Super Bowl 21 months earlier. A win could somewhat be closure (Unless the Pats get revenge and beat them in Miami). A loss means media pundits will say the Eagles are in the Pats heads.

Will you consider this a "critical" game? Or will it just be one of 16 to you? Maybe I'm overthinking things. Lol.

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There is only one way to get closure for a SB loss, and winning a regular season game ain’t it.

How critical is this question?

I'm certain Michael Bennett has circled it on his calender.

I'd like to see us use the "philly special" on them. Exact same illegal formation so afterwards idiot clickbaiters can point out how we shouldn't have won this game. Then we can all laugh at them because the "philly special" was an illegal formation play.

Nobody cares to talk about it, but can you imagine the outrage if we had done that? It would never end.

it's in the top 4 of least critical games this season, along with the other 3 NFC games

Wheelman said:

I'd like to see us use the "philly special" on them.

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Think about it, do you really? Cause I'm thinking there isn't anyone that truly wants to see Brady as a receiver ever again. Now if your telling me the Pats are up by 24 with two minutes left and whatever backup happens to be in for Tom is running it then I'd be all "Hell yeah, F em...RUN IT UP, Pederson would"

I for one hope the Pats win, so I don't have to listen to the local yokels....I tell them not to get too excited, it will likely be another 58 years before they win the SB again....
By the time the game rolls around Wentz could be on his annual IR and to paraphrase Rick Pitino, 'Nick Foles isn't walking through that door...'

If we lose this game but it doesn't cost us anything in playoff seeding I really couldn't care less honestly. It's like any other game to me.

PATSYLICIOUS said:

If we lose this game but it doesn't cost us anything in playoff seeding I really couldn't care less honestly. It's like any other game to me.

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Same here. It’s a bit higher than the usual non-conference games due to the SB loss, but it’s nowhere near games like vs PIT and KC. That’s not even bringing up the importance of divisional games.

By any objective measure there are at least 12 more important contests in conference than a game against any NFC opponent on the schedule. Putting on my Pats fan cap, of those 4 NFC games one is against NY (nuff said) and another involves Jerry Jones' team, they've both been far more annoying for a lot longer than Philly. The only thing breaking Philly's fall to least important is how sad and pathetic the once mighty Skins have become.

However if we look at things through our Belichick glasses, for the entirety of Week 11 it will be the single most important game ever played. So there's that

maust1013 said:

Think about it, do you really? Cause I'm thinking there isn't anyone that truly wants to see Brady as a receiver ever again. Now if your telling me the Pats are up by 24 with two minutes left and whatever backup happens to be in for Tom is running it then I'd be all "Hell yeah, F em...RUN IT UP, Pederson would"

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Nobody cares to talk about the illegal formation on the "philly special." But when it's the Patriots benefiting from it everyone *****es and moans. That's the point of this.

But don't worry, it's not going to happen.

Wheelman said:

Nobody cares to talk about the illegal formation on the "philly special." But when it's the Patriots benefiting from it everyone *****es and moans. That's the point of this.

But don't worry, it's not going to happen.

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Lighten up, my tongue was firmly in my cheek

We might be playing them without the Fragile Wentz. No Foles to cover their @ss this time around.

We're in the Super Bowl too often to hold grudges against the teams that happened to beat us.

No way they win that game. I have it down as a loss. Philly is the deepest team in the league. If the QB stays healthy they will win another Super Bowl.

Patstastic said:

On the road in a hostile environment. Against the team that beat you in the Super Bowl 21 months earlier. A win could somewhat be closure (Unless the Pats get revenge and beat them in Miami). A loss means media pundits will say the Eagles are in the Pats heads.

Will you consider this a "critical" game? Or will it just be one of 16 to you? Maybe I'm overthinking things. Lol.

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We’re onto Detroit.

The only thing that matters about the NFC East, from the Pats' standpoint, is eliminating any possibility of "3li."