The Eagles don't think very highly of Eli Messiah. And really, why should they seeing that they play against him twice a year. So the Eagles tipped their game plan to the New York Post this week, and that game planning is to have Brian Dawkins walk up to the line of scrimmage and say, "Boo."The Eagles feel that the Messiah gets spooked easily and that it doesn't take much to knock Eli off his game. The Giants responded by saying, "Nuh, uh."
"Eli's a young kid still," Tiki Barber said. "People are expecting him to play like a 28 year old. He's 25 years old [turned 26 yesterday], he's in his third season in the NFL, everything doesn't happen quickly. I didn't get it until
That young kid line is garbage. Especially since one of the two quarterbacks drafted after Eli, Ben Roethlisberger, has already won a Super Bowl. And the guy traded for Eli won 14 games in his first season as a starter. Don't worry, nobody else is buying it either.
Giants fullback Jim Finn, admits that Eli is rattled easy and that he will be there ready with a lot of reassuring hugs.
�All quarterbacks get rattled. Our goal is going to be not to let Eli get rattled.�
Keep your goals high, eh. It is hard to recall a time when Joe Montana got rattled. Or Tom Brady. Or anybody who has won a championship. Face it, the Eagles are dead-on about Eli and will keep his family tradition of losing in tact.
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