Noles / Eagles previews

This weeks will be short & sweet for both previews……..I need sleep from this week here in philly and I am on my last legs.  Something a lengthy nap will cure.

This week Florida St travels to take on Georgia Tech on the road.  This is a challenge in a sense most teams don’t play against the rushing style now being used by Paul Johnson and the yellow jackets.  Let’s see what Mickey Andrews has in store for the Seminoles 6th ranked rushing defense to go up against 12th ranked rushing offense.

Keys to the game:

Manage sustained offensive drives to keep the Tech offense off the field and limit what if any damage they can do.  Somehow I get the feeling FSU will be just fine in this area as the defense has always been there even in these down years.

And as always find and use a balanced offense.  This is still very key as Ponder has not had many solid games in both areas of his game.  I look to see them make some more progress in this area and help them down the stretch.

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Eagles going west again

 

For the 2nd time this season the Eagles take a visit to the left coast.  This time against the Seattle Seahawks who are coming off their 2nd win of the season in beating the 49ers.  Reid and company must find whatever way they can to continue this winning streak as they enter part of their schedule in which the only team that should give them fits is the New York Giants.

Keys to the game:

It is a key in this game against a horrible pass defense fo McNabb to toss a few touchdowns, something he as hardly done this year despite his wide receivers have a lot of catches. 

With L.J. Smith out this week getting the tight ends involved are crutical for the Eagles since they have not really gotten a whole lot of production out of this position.

Give Buckhalter some carries in this game, it’s very suprising how much time Westbrook played last week after coming back from injuries.

Defensively put as much pressure on Wallace and the receivers for Seattle.  If they can do this they should have a very good day in the pacfic northwest.

Please check out Terry Shilton our Seahawks blogger.

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