Clinging to the Feeling

The last three weeks have been kind of a fun time for Eagles fans.  If there was a "soft" part of the schedule, the two-game set against Washington and Miami was it.  The Pats game was played with house money -- anything short of utter annihilation would have been an OK result.

But this week we're back to the serious times.  The Seahawks, who never seem to get the attention their results would merit, are a good football team.  They have the 11th-ranked defense, the 11th-ranked offense and both the NFL standings and Football Outsiders have them as the ninth(ish)-best team in the league.  They've also won three in a row. 

If there's a silver lining, it's that the Seahawks haven't really beaten anyone good all season.  Of course, neither have the Eagles.

And while it's great that only six NFC teams have a better record than the Eagles, it's also true that only four are worse.  Also, a 3-5 conference record at this point isn't what you want to see when you're trying to figure out playoff positioning. 

That's the problem with getting yourself into must-win situations this early in the season.  If the Eagles win, yippee, they're a .500 ball club.  Lose, and we can pretty much turn out the lights.

I think that's why I've been trying to avoid thinking about Sunday's game.  I hope things go well ... but couldn't you see this being a game where A.J. suddely wakes up and realizes he's a career back-up, everyone lets down after the roller coaster ride of last week, and we get another one of those frustrating Linc performances where everyone kind of bumbles around waiting for the next guy to make a play?

I've got a bad feeling about this game.