Eagles December Collapse Leads To Questions In Philadelphia

Chip Kelly led the Eagles to a 10-6 record in his first campaign in Philadelphia a season ago. With a win on Sunday vs. the Giants the Eagles will finish 10-6 in Kelly's sophomore season. However a possibility of back to back of double digit win seasons isn't as good as you may think. Philadelphia won 33-10 in Dallas on Thanksgiving improving their record to 9-3. At that time the Eagles had a chance at winning the NFC East and possibly gaining a 1st round bye. Fast forward 3 weeks later the Eagles are eliminated from playoff contention, even before heading up the New Jersey turnpike to take on the Giants in Week 17. Philadelphia has loss 3 straight home vs. Seattle, home vs. Dallas and at Washington. That helped seal their fate and put them on the outside looking in at the upcoming NFL Playoffs. Leading the NFL in turnovers finally caught up with Philadelphia, defensive strategies mainly in the secondary finally caught up to the Eagles, questionable play calling and offensive red zone troubles caught up with Philadelphia and not being able to get your 1st round and other draft picks on the field hurt this squad. It will be a long long did I mention a long off season in Philadelphia after the way the season ended. Add on lack of discipline to the list because the Eagles are league leaders in turnovers as well. The heat will definitely be on Chip Kelly. He let a home run hitter in Desean Jackson go because they couldn't get along. Straight released the guy and all season the offense under Nick Foles and Mark Sanchez missed that deep threat that opened everything up for everyone else. Poetic justice last week as Jackson torched the Eagles and helped end their playoff hopes. Hopefully Kelly isn't stubborn like the coach that came before him 14 years of Andy Reid, who refused to make adjustments and wanted to do things his way.

How Bout Dem' Cowboys Dallas Wins NFC East

8-4 was the Dallas Cowboys record following their Thanksgiving Day home loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. The 33-10 defeat had many football experts thinking it may be another late season collapse for Dallas. The collapse came from Philadelphia. The Eagles haven't won a game since Thanksgiving at AT&T Stadium. The likes of Tony Romo, Dez Bryant, DeMarco Murray and Jason Witten fueled a 3 game winning streak at Chicago, at Philadelphia and clinched the NFC East with a week to spare at home vs. Indianapolis. Jerry Jones boys may not had a good Turkey Day however they had an excellent Thanksgiving. Dallas is 7-0 on the road and head to Washington to close out the regular season with a chance depending on what happens with Seattle, Arizona, Green Bay and Detroit with an opportunity at a #2 seed / 1st round bye. The Cowboys will make their 1st playoff appearance since 2009. This is a team who has won in Seattle earlier in the season. Their defense is middle of the pack, however their offense has multiple weapons. All 5 of their Pro Bowl selections come from their offense including 3 offensive linemen.

December Football Is Here AFC Playoff Picture Is Wide Open

Week 14 is here and over in the AFC their are plenty of playoff positioning yet to be decided. Their is plenty of important football left to be played. Currently New England, Denver, Cincinnati, Indianapolis are division leaders in that order. With San Diego and Miami leading the AFC Wild Card standings. Meanwhile Kansas City, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Cleveland are right there in the hunt as well. So down the stretch not only could the division leaders change however so could the wild card positioning as well. The playoffs really start in January, nevertheless for the teams that were mentioned the playoffs are starting in December. Fans sit back, relax, enjoy and in the words of Terrell Owens "Get Your Popcorn Ready". Whether your 9-3 or 8-3-1 or 8-4 or 7-5 nothing or no one is safe or secure.

Now With KD & RW Back From Injury OKC Has Ground To Make Up

The Oklahoma City Thunder, have had NBA Championship aspirations since 2011. The Thunder would lose 4-1 to the Miami Heat during the 2012 NBA Finals. The team has been chasing the dream of winning the title ever since, however getting back has been difficult. During the 2013 NBA Playoffs Russell Westbrook was injured early in an opening round series vs. Houston. The knee injury caused him to miss the remainder of the postseason. OKC would lose to Memphis in the West Semifinals. During this past spring the Thunder made it to the Western Conference Finals vs. San Antonio the same team OKC beat in 2012 while advancing to the NBA Finals digging out an 0-2 series hole. This past May San Antonio won in 6 games closing the series out in Oklahoma City. Then went on the beat Miami 4-1 winning the franchise 5th NBA title since 1999. KD was coming off a MVP campaign and along with R. Westbrook was determined to get over the hump this season. However during training camp Durant broke a bone in his foot and during the 1st week of the season Westbrook broke his hand. Points were hard to come by with these pair of All Stars and Olympians out. OKC dug themselves a hole now they must battle back in the tough Western Conference to make up some ground now that the duo is back. OKC is currently 5-13 9 games back of division leader Portland. With these two star players, you just want to get in the Western Conference playoffs.

Big Money Early Off Season Signings Around MLB

Shortly after the San Francisco Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals to win the 2014 World Series, the 2014-15 Major League Baseball off season was upon us. Down in Miami the Marlins wasted no time what so ever locking up Giancarlo Stanton to a 13 year $325 million deal. The Boston Red Sox snatched World Series champion Pablo Sandoval from the Giants to the tune of 5 years $95 million dollars. They weren't done in Boston inking Hanley Ramirez to a 4 year contract worth $88 million dollars. Billy Butler of the AL Champion Kansas City Royals took his DH talents to Oakland for 3 years $30 million dollars. Seattle locked up Nelson Cruz for 4 years $57 million dollars. That's just to name a few players who signed significant deals at the start of free agency. This is only the beginning, obviously more wheeling and dealing is set to come. It's only a matter of time (and money).

Florida State Is Undefeated Yet Rank 4th In The College Playoff Poll

Coming into the ACC Championship Game on Saturday, Florida State is undefeated. As the Seminoles head to Charlotte, North Carolina to take on the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech they will be ranked 4th in the college football playoff poll. Their are 3 one loss teams ranked ahead of them in this order 1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. TCU. This is the first season the college football playoff poll and we probably have more issues or debates now than ever. The SEC is looked upon as the best conference in all of college football. The defending National Champions play in the ACC obviously. Many college football experts believe if the Noles played in the SEC they would not be undefeated. Yes FSU had some close games vs. NC State, Clemson (No Jameis Winston he was suspended) Louisville, Miami, Boston College and Florida. Nevertheless Florida State found a way to comeback and win even vs. Notre Dame. Let's see how these next few weeks play out with various conference championship games on deck. Ultimately the outcome of those games will decide who will participate in the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl during the National Semifinals and eventually AT&T Stadium for the National Championship.