Eagles Article By Maddy Hill

The fans of the Philadelphia Eagles and people of Philadelphia held their breathes for the 2008 post-season. Our Eagles just barely made it in to the 2008 post-season (in other words, the play-offs). At four thirty p.m. (eastern time) on January 4, 2009 played in the Mertodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota against the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the play-offs. The game worked out great for our Eagles because they obviously won with the score being Vikings fourteen, and our Eagles coming out on top with twenty-six points. The defense just totally shut down Adrian Peterson (the Vikings star running back) and the passing was nailed down to the receivers by quarterback Donavan McNabb.
The Eagles moved on to the next round of the play-offs against their biggest rival on January 11, 2009, the New York Giants. The Giants best wide receiver, Plaxico Burress, has just been put in jail for carrying a gun without a license. What good timing for us and bad timing for them. This really effected the Giants because apparently they lost with the Eagles out on top with a 23-11 win.
On January 28, 2009, every Eagles fans had their fingers crossed. The Eagles had made it to the NFC Championship against the Arizona Cardinals who had just defeated the Carolina Panthers which was a big upset. I really hate to say this but after the clock ran out in the fourth quarter, all of Philadelphia turned off their TV’s upset. Our Eagles had lost to the Cardinals 25-32. things just didn’t click for the Eagles because most of the penalties that were called were on the Eagles. The game was very close, but the better team pulled out on top.