Philly Sports Chat

Madden 2011 has hit stores and for those of you who play the game, here’s where the Eagles stack up as a team and as individuals:

NFC EAST
Dallas 87
New York Giants 81
Philadelphia 80
Washington 76

The Eagles rank second to last in the NFC East which is a downgrade from last season. Read the rest of this entry »

 The 2010 NFL preseason kicked off last night with the Hall of Fame game between the Cowboys and Bengals. It’s hard to sit through an entire Eagles training camp game which means it was impossible for me to sit through an entire Bengals preseason game. I did watch a bit here and there and the Cowboys unfortunately won.

The Eagles will start their preseason this Friday against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Philadelphia. The Preseason really doesn’t mean anything for the team in general. Last season the Eagles went 1-3 and ended the season with a much better record. In 2008 they went 2-2 and came one touchdown away from the Super Bowl.

The Preseason is primarily for backups and players battling for position or a roster spot to prove themselves to the fans and coaches Read the rest of this entry »

The Phillies are in the heat of another pennant race and they’ll hopefully be playing into October. However, besides them, the other 3 Philadelphia sports teams will be starting up and there are some exciting games that Philly sports fans might want to get tickets too.

The Flyers announced their schedule a few weeks ago and the NBA has yet to release a full schedule but the Sixers already know when they’ll be seeing the Heat. The Eagles have some good games at home as well. Here are the top three games in Philly this Fall (in no specific order). Save the dates.

1. Sixers vs Heat - October 27th

We don’t have to wait long to see the Miami Heat. The Sixers open the season with them on October 17th. It will be the first game of the year played in the newly named “Wells Fargo Center”. Read the rest of this entry »

After a below average weekend showing against the Nationals, the Phillies get a much needed day off. It’s their first day off since the All-Star break and it comes at a time when players like Ryan Howard need a rest and they were nearly swept by the team in the basement of their division.

On Tuesday, they start back up again and the next 2 weeks will tell us a lot about the rest of the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, judging by their latest power rankings they don’t. They released their latest power rankings, the training camp edition, and they don’t even have the Eagles in the top 15.

To be exact, they placed them at 17 overall. That’s a ten spot drop from the end of last season when ESPN had the Eagles ranked #7 before the offseason started. It’s an even further drop from last years preseason rankings which had them at #4. That means the Eagles got a lot worse in the eyes of the experts. Here’s a breakdown of the rankings.

The top five are the following: Colts, Saints, Vikings, Cowboys & Ravens. Just out of the top five is the Packers, who the Eagles play on opening weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

It will be even harder to beat the Packers if Rodgers brings the 'stache back.

This game makes the list partially because it’s the first game of the season for a very young team and partially because the Packers are really really good. It will be Kolb’s first game as the leader of the franchise and he will be met by one of the league’s best defenses.

The one bright side to this game is the fact that they’re playing in Philly. The home field advantage helps a lot but in the big picture, it doesn’t make it any easier to take down one of the NFC’s best. Read the rest of this entry »

So today’s the 1st birthday of Philly Sports Chat. It’s been a fun year and we’ve met some cool people along the way. So much has happened in the world of Philly sports over the past year. Here is my favorite post/moment from every pro team we write about. Click on the name of the post to read it:

Phillies: A Poem For the Spankees (October 28th, 2009)

By the end of October, the Phillies were in the heat of their 2nd World Series in a row. The Yankees, their fans and the New York media had been trashing Philadelphia for days. There were even some places dissing Harry Kalas. It made our hatred for the Yankees grow to a whole new level and it inspired Matt to throw together this epic rap dissing them. Read it!

Eagles: Do You Love DeSean As Much As He Loves Himself (video)?  (November 17th, 2009)

This post stood out to me even through all the other big moments that happened to the Birds the past year (like signing Vick). The video clip included in the post never get’s old. It’s a clip that first aired on ESPN in November. It’s basically 2 minutes of DeSean Jackson explaining to the world why he’s the man and why he can’t be stopped. Check it out if you missed it.

Sixers: Tonight’s the Night and It Was Fun While It Lasted (December 2009 - March 2010)

The biggest thing to happen to the Sixers in the existance of this blog was the coming and going of Allen Iverson. In December, we welcomed him to Philly with a post on the day of his first game and in March we said goodbye after 25 games. It was very exciting while it lasted and basically the only time the Sixers made serious news in the past year.

Flyers: From Underachievers to Overacheivers: Great Run Flyers  (June 10th, 2010)

This post was a recap of the greatest Flyers season in quite some time which is why it gets the nod as favorite Flyers post of the season. There were posts that were more entertaining but we couldn’t leave out a post about the Flyers coming 2 wins shy of being Stanley Cup Champions. One post that came close for me was this post full of inspirational Flyers videos that we put together right before game 6.

That’s a look back at the last year in Philly sports. Thanks for all your support over the past year. It’s been fun. Also, don’t forget to contact us if you have any comments or reccomendations at phillysportschat@yahoo.com