Anybody remember the Eagles?

They will emerge from their shadow (actually the shadow the Phillies placed them in) tomorrow, when they appear on the Left Coast for a 4:15 tilt with Seattle.

The Seahawks will be without their starting quarterback, Matt Hasselbeck. Somebody named Seneca Wallace will be behidn center for the 'Hawks.

This should be an easy win for the Birds. But they rarely ever do things easily.

Still, they should have enough in the tank to take this one.

I see it Eagles 27, Seattle 17.

Now that we have the Phillies in the rear-view mirror, we can again focus our attention on the Birds. I have a feeling we aren't going to like what we see. I'll be honest. I don't see this team making the playoffs. And coming off the glow of the Phillies World Champinship, that is going to certainly tarnish the so-called "gold standard" of Jeff Lurie and Joe Banner.

Is that the rumblings of change we heart down at NovaCare Nation?

Somehow, even though they allowed the Linc to be used as part of the celebration, there's a part of me that sees Lurie and Banner just seething at the adulation being heaped on the Phillies. They're used to be kings of the hill. That torch has passed, fellas.

That's what happens when you actually win something.

The Birds record is 4-3, while mine as prognosticator is an equally middling 3-4. Doesn't sound like either one of us is headed for post-season glory.