Gordie Jones is an award-winning journalist who has worked in the Philadelphia market for 28 years. He also co-authored a book about the 76ers' 1982-83 championship team with former Sixers general manager Pat Williams.
Observations after the Seahawks’ 31-14 victory over the Eagles:
1. The Eagles’ season ended, for all intents and purposes, at 11:03 p.m. And it ended in all-too-familiar fashion -- with an incomprehensible mistake. Vince...
Observations from my couch after three quarters of the Eagles-Seahawks game, with Seattle holding a 24-7 lead:
1. The Eagles assembled a promising march to start the third quarter, only to see things go sideways. First Seahawks defensive...
Observations from my couch at halftime of the Eagles-Seahawks game, with Seattle holding a 17-7 lead:
1. The Wide Nine bit the Eagles in the butt once again on the first play of the second quarter, when defensive...
Observations from my couch after the first quarter of the Eagles-Seahawks game, with Seahawks holding a 7-0 lead:
1. Nnamdi Asomugha started again at right cornerback, after coming off the bench in Sunday’s loss to New...
Fire Andy? Why not? At this point, the Eagles certainly look like a team that is imploding, and one that needs to start over with a coach other than Andy Reid.
So yeah, from this lonely outpost it looks...
Observations after the Eagles’ 38-20 loss to New England:
1. As Tommy Lee Jones said in “No Country For Old Men”: If this ain’t a mess, it’ll do until the mess shows...
Observations after three quarters of the Eagles-Patriots game, with the Pats holding a 31-13 lead:
1. The crowd was understandably flat as the third quarter began, perhaps fearing what was coming -- i.e., more butt-kicking by Tom...
Observations at halftime of the Eagles-Patriots game, with the Pats holding a 24-13 lead:
1. Once more, this is why Tom Brady is Tom Brady: On the snap following a drop by wide receiver Tiquan Underwood -- a play...
Observations after the first quarter of the Eagles-Patriots game, with the Eagles holding a 10-7 lead:1. Vince Young, 15-for-18 in the second half of last Sunday night’s victory over the Giants, carried that...
Everything you needed to know about DeSean Jackson could be learned from the Eagles’ 17-10 over the Giants Sunday night in the Meadowlands. Everything that’s likable about the Birds’ mercurial receiver. And everything that&rsquo...