Jon Marks

Award-winning writer covering the Eagles and other sports for Been on the Philadelphia sports scene for years, covering all the teams.

[Jon Marks @Hoopman09]

By my calculations with the 44-36 Heat and 46-34 Magic losing tonight it means if the 45-35 Sixers win out vs Magic and Nets they'll get the #6 seed and avoid the play-in game by virtue of 3-0 head to head over Magic. That likely means a 1st round matchup with Villa-Knicks.

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@gordonwjones @jensenoffcampus I'll take Ginobiliiiiiii as Charles would say. Paul Millsap wasn't bad, either.

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Houston played that terribly. I'd have everyone lined up defensively on the line. anything inside doesn't matter so why defend the paint. Now can they overcome it?

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@gordonwjones Nice going, Gordie. As a former PSWA winner in a few categories I'm honored to have you join the club.

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Ok, honestly who had Temple as the last team standing in Conference tournaments? Now can the Owls continue to pull off more upsets?

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@JonMarksMedia Jon, have you been getting the messages I've sent you on the number I had? Let me know.

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@AndyJasner It's eerie how many big men from that time are gone: Moses, Darryl, Caldwell, McNamara, Lanier... and now Earl the Twirl. I've probably missed some, too. So sad!

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Scott Norwood comes back to life as Bass-- wide right!

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Who else find it hard to believe the Eagles beat both these teams?

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Bucs already have scored more points than in their first meeting back in Sept.

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Well, Boston Scott always does make something big happen against the Giants.

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@gordonwjones You were saying! Unreal

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While folks panic in the streets, keep this in mind. Even should Eagles lose to Cowboys next week they'll still likely win NFC East. They currently hold the tiebreaker based on better conference record. They just need to win both Giants games or Dallas would have tiebreaker.

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Sweatt is picking up Derek Barnett's role of taking stupid penalties.

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Since returning to the corner from the slot all Bradbury has done is gotten beat twice for TDs. Not that Slay or any of the others are playing any better...

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Pretty impressive way to finish things off tonight. Reminiscent of what they did in L.A. against the Chargers a few years ago. That was a close game after the D gave up a score. Offense got the ball back with like 7,8 minutes left and never gave it back.

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You've got to go for 2 there. No difference between a 12 or 13 point lead. #MINvsPHI

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Where's the pass rush. They're getting picked apart.

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Second week in a row visiting team won the toss and deferred. Second week in a row Eagles drove length of the field to grab the lead. Guess they don't learn.

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Not many games you see more sacks than incompletes.