Getty ImagesThe Eagles have won three out of nine games. To make the playoffs, they arguably need to win seven of the next seven, and get a little help.
Running back LeSean McCoy believes they can handle their part of the bargain.
“I think so,” McCoy tells NBC’s Bob Costas in an interview to aired tonight on Football Night in America. ”Not only me, but everyone in that locker room thinks the Eagles can win out. The talent is there. You ask defenses that we play; when they turn the tape on they don’t see a 3-6 team. I think if we just take care of the small things we are in good shape. I think we can run the table.”
Plenty of players think their teams can run the table, but such statements usually are the result of the intoxication/temporary insanity resulting from a victory or two in a row. The Eagles have dropped a pair since blowing out the Cowboys, and they looked lethargic against the Cardinals last weekend.
McCoy’s theory will be put to the test starting at 8:20 p.m. ET, when the Eagles invade New York (Jersey) for a primetime encounter with the Giants.
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Does he think they can shut up?
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No you can’t. I love my birds but as soon as you guys speak it makes me cringe. Shut it and play football better than you have all season.
McCoy also thinks it’s okay to take money for autograph signing appearances then not showing up, so yeah…
Gasp! A team or player wanting to win! Let’s all chastise them like Miami! Can we fit another dream team comment in here before 8:20?
For anyone that has a problem about players thinking they can win, that’s what they’re paid to do. It may seem improbable, but they’re supposed to win and I have no problem with any player thinking their team is going to win all their games.
With Vince young under center tonight there will be no winning out. Been sticking by what I said a month ago. We have weapons on O to score thirty a game BUT if we cant hold our opponents under thirty we have zero chance
……and then he woke up
Does McCoy know what “run the table” means?
They can, but they won’t.
And I think LeSean’s been drinking
Everybody else knows you can’t run the table.
I’m an Eagles fan…..I think that’s crazy talk
the giants, pats, jets, a resurgent dolphins, at seattle and at the boys. no lesean, you arent running any table. at least one loss there, probably at least two.
I think you better hope you don’t have a drug test coming up anytime soon, LeSean.
This is what Green Bay did last season, winning 6 in a row with less talent because they had 15 guys on IR. So yes, it’s very possible but to rip off 7 victories in a row in hopes for a playoff spot (wildcard or division). Especially when you have so much film and that bad taste in your mouth, how can’t you figure it at this point. Turnovers and reluctance to use McCoy for whatever the reason is.
Regardless, it starts with one and no one should be asking if they’re back or not. They can win 4 straight and the talk shouldn’t rise because they keep reverting back to losing. When they get to 6 and the playoff picture has more clarity, then perhaps we have a situation but there’s a ways to go still. The odds are similar to green bay’s odds at going undefeated, they both need 7!!!
Yeah I get that it’s the right attitude to have…still doesn’t make it correct.
since when did rex ryan join the eagles?
Really Shady? Run the table? You couldn’t even beat the Cardinals with a crappy backup in. Now you think you can win 7 in a row with the likes of the Giants and Patriots still on the schedule?
I am an Eagles fan and I know you are delusional.
His coach doesn’t know how to run the ball, soooooo…..
Maybe LeSean can run the table,but that is pool, but his team stinks at football ?
Shady with the crazy talk. As an Eagles fan, I’d love to see it but never gonna happen.
Delusion still alive and well IN Philadelphia
talk talk talk talk talk..,., havent they been saying this the past few weeks now after each loss???? shut up already.
NFL should have McCoy piss in a cup for that comment.
Time to layoff the crackpipe #Delusional
He must of been drunk while making this statement.
checkforecheck says: Nov 20, 2011 3:09 PM
Can we fit another dream team comment in here before 8:20?
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the packers had a great qb, and yes, he was already showing greatness last year….the eagles have nothing even close to a great qb.
Run the table? They can’t even run a counter right 75% of the time.
Same guy that said the Giants didn’t win 29-16, by the way. I’m pretty sure he lives in some alternate reality.
I don’t blame the guy for saying it. He’s the only guy on the team that is having a REAL Pro Bowl season. I’m sure Vick will get in from ballot stuffing and Jackson will get in based on last year, but McCoy is the one who really deserves it. I’m a Giants fan and I’m willing to say it’s a disgrace if he’s not the starting NFC RB in the Pro Bowl. Monster season and, more often than not, he’s doing it all by himself.
He really should just focus on winning tonight before running the table
Sure …… why not.
Just because they’re 3-6 and stink like yesterday’s liverwurst, why should that matter, right?
With Vick, without Vick, what difference does it make.
They’re screwed.
They asked him a question, wtf is he supposed to say? “Oh, no, I don’t think we’re good enough”? Come on, this is silly.
hookem6903 says:
Nov 20, 2011 3:53 PM
They asked him a question, wtf is he supposed to say? “Oh, no, I don’t think we’re good enough”? Come on, this is silly.
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Answering a question with confidence, and answering it being totally ridiculous are two different things.
Dude could have said “Can we win the next seven games? Well, we’ll do our best”
No, he had to plunge in full-tilt, despite the obvious ludicricy of the statement.
I think I can eat a table.
Imagine the uproar if he said “Our season is over” instead.
As I wrote in a previous post, winning 7 straight is not good enough when you’re “all in”. Andy Reid should be fired if they don’t win 10 straight.
“The talent is there … I think if we just take care of the small things we are in good shape.”
This has been the Cowboys’ refrain for several years now, and we’ve seen the results. As a lifelong Cowboys fan, I hope they’ve passed this mindset-of-doom to the Eagles.
Good luck with that.
Hmm… this whole thing seems Shady.
The sheagles won’t win another game! I love it maybe Vick should learn how to be a man from romo.
It’s really hard to type when I’m laughing so hard …
Not with that attitude they won’t….Win 1 game first.
Eagles are clueless.
I don’t know what he’s basing this on.
Last week in a game they MUST have they lose at home to a 2 win team playing an inexperienced backup QB.
The week before that they lose another MUST win game at home to the Bears.
They asked him a question, wtf is he supposed to say? “Oh, no, I don’t think we’re good enough”? Come on, this is silly.
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I agree.Because if Lesean McCoy said “No we are not good enough to beat the Giants ” then all these articals will come out saying “Lesean McCoy has no faith in his team” or “Lesean McCoy doesent think this team is good enough to win.”
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the packers had a great qb, and yes, he was already showing greatness last year….the eagles have nothing even close to a great qb.
Funny JDandcoke neither do the giants. Eli and Tom coughlin are chokers. There was one season the defense was good enough to overcome those two. Glad the birds could screw the giants season.