Philadelphia Eagles Beat The St. Louis Rams 38-3
September 08 2008
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The Philadelphia Eagles win in stunning fashion crushing the St. Louis Rams at home in front of a sold out crowd. Jeffrey Lurie could not be happier after the city of Philadelphia got one of the worst storms all year and rained was everywhere. The skies were cloudy but the mindset of his team was anything but that.
4th In A Row
Winning their fourth opener in a row, The Eagles excited the sold out crowd at Lincoln Financial field on Sunday September 7th. This is Andy Reid’s 10th year as head coach and he was very excited for his team also. Donavan McNabb passed for a solid 361 yards and looked very comfortable inside and also outside the pocket. Desean Jackson also had a very good outing for any rookie with 6 catches for 106 yards.
The Perfect Day
For all eagles fans it was a perfect day, unline the previous day which was filled with rain and storms. Sunday it was very warm and the sun could not stop shining all day long. Many fans arrived early at daybreak, grilling breakfast sandwiches over open flames. Many of those even entered the stadium eary and watched the Eagles warm up 2 hours before kickoff even happened.
Prior to the game, Mayor Nutter was waving to constituents on the field while speaking with Harold carmichael, the former eagles star. Governor Rendell happened to also be on the sideline with the Eagles right before he moved over to the wachovia center for an interview pregame.
Mayer Rendell Says
“I think the season has great potential,” said Rendell at the interview, naming various reasons why the Philadelphia eagles will be a team to beat in 2008. The St. Louis Rams were a dismal 3-13 a year ago in 2007, and the Eagles wanted a win very badly with the Dallas Cowboys up in just a weeks time on Monday Night Football.
“If you lose opening day of baseball, who cares? There’s 161 other games,” said Rendell. “If we were to lose to the Rams today, we’re behind the eight ball.”
The NFL did implement new fan code of conduct in a way to stop the drunkenness at some of the games. Mark Donovan who is the Eages Senior vice President of businesss operations said he didn’t notice any change and the fans were in full effect at the stadium on Sunday.
So after the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the St. Louis Rams Sunday afternoon, they have their work cutout for them next week as they get set to face the Dallas Cowboys and Terrell Owens.
