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One Man's Guess At Philly's Final 53

 
The more things change, the more they stay the same. As they have for most of this decade, the Philadelphia Eagles will enter training camp at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania secure in the knowledge that they're among the favorites to make it to the Super Bowl. They will be under the weight of harsh scrutiny from the local media, their ever-present legion of fans, and even the burgeoning football egghead community as just about everyone who pays more than scant attention to the NFL is expecting big things from pigskin's preeminent devotees to "Moneyball." After an off-season that was widely lauded as a how-to primer for the rest of the league, where they basically stole Jason Peters, a two-time Pro Bowl left tackle entering his prime from the Buffalo Bills for the 28th pick of the draft; nabbed Jeremy Maclin, a fellow many teams believed to be the best receiving prospect in the nation with their other first rounder, and still deftly manuevered to solve their problems at running ... (link)

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