Superbowl thoughts....

That was tough to watch.

How many times during that game, no matter what was occurring on the field, or off, did I think, "This should be us. Why aren't the Eagles in this game?"

At the same time, how often did I realize that, had it been the Eagles, had we beaten Arizona last week to take our place as the true team of destiny this year, our destiny would have met the same fate as that of the Cards. That 4th quarter was eerily similar to the Championship game, wasn't it? Hopeless in the first half, amazing comeback in the second, jaw dropping defeat delivered in an unstoppable 2 minute drive, capped by an amazing play by an amazing receiver. Would we have beaten the Steelers? I really don't know. I'm leaning towards no.

Had it been Philly in that game instead of Arizona, there were a sufficient number of bad calls to allow Eagles fans to come away from the loss bitter, blaming everyone, and saying 'But what if..."!

That's the key. The "What If"s that have plagued the Eagles my whole life. What if we had been in the superbowl? We would most likely be saying the same shit we said 2 weeks ago. What if McNabb had made a few of those passes he missed? What if those tipped balls were interceptions? What if our DBs reacted half a second faster? What if the pass interference was called?

What if, what if, what if. What if we were just a little bit better, and none of this shit would matter.