***SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER IN THE SWAMP - WASH @ PHILLY***
***WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES***
EVERYTHING is on the line tonight for the visiting Redskins as the NFC East is theirs with a win tonight. A rival Eagles team in a do or die situation is right behind the Skins chasing that same dream, the playoffs baby! It doesn't get much better than this ladies and gents! A week 16 game on Prime Time with MAJOR playoff implications. So again, for the Eagles to keep their playoff hopes alive, they NEED to win tonight. If they drop this game, the Redskins clinch the division and their playoff dreams become a reality! That all being said, I don't think this chaos of a division will end quite that easily. It has been a division of complete turnmoil from week 1, and I fully anticipate it to be decided next week in the last game of the season where all four teams play eachother, appropriately. I still think the Skins win it in the end, but just not tonight. Philly will be BUZZING tonight and I think we are in for a real treat! I see flashes of the Skins/Birds game last year in Week 3 in Philly where it was back and forth throughout with big hits and fights, the whole nine! The Skins have been an under the radar team all year and the Swamp has been following closely, trying to pin point the ups and downs. I like what Coach Gruden has done in Washington and the direction this team is headed. QB Kirk Cousins is in for a big payday if he can take this team to the playoffs and if he does, I believe that it will be well deserved. The kid has really started to turn into a quality QB, utilizing the weapons he is given. With WR DeSean Jackson back as a deep threat, and TE Jordan Reed playing at a ProBowl level, this offense is seriously dangerous. The defense is also a grind it out type with a bend but don't break mentality which I love. However, I think tonight Eagles Coach Chip Kelly throws the book at them. Philly QB Sam Bradford has been much more comfortable in the offense lately and it is about time. With a RB hierarchy now somewhat established, this offense seems to be finally clicking. Philly has a lot of speed on the outside between WR Jordan Matthews and rookie Nelson Agholor. I am predicting some trickery and 'Oregon esque' type plays tonight to help confuse the Skin defense. I also like Kirk to do his thing with DeSean as it will be Mr. Jackson's second game back in Philly since that week 3 game I mentioned earlier where he returned in a big way, catching a bomb for a TD like he was known for doing during his days as an Eagle. Especially since the Eagles secondary has struggled this year, but I also blame that partly on the anemic offense early on. This Eagles defense has some ball hawks in it like Malcom Jenkins who is a playmaker and surely will have an impact tonight. Bottom line here is I am going with the hometeam to keep this crazy NFC East race going and all the drama alive for one more week! The Eagles will have that extra surge provided by the energy of their ruckus home crowd tonight! EAGLES-3
