One year ago is someone suggested that tonight's Chiefs/Eagles game fell into the category of "Must See TV" it would have been laughable. KC was on its way to a dismal 2-14 season and a overhaul of their organization, the Eagles..yuck 4-12 and a last place finish. Not exactly the ingredients that would lead you to mark the Thursday night inter-conference battle on your calendar. BUT- here we are and tonight's game has taken on a cache and appeal that has the water cooler experts solidly divided. Send Andy Reid to the heartland, get him a number one and a QB and suddently the 2-0 Chiefs are kinda the darlings of the early NFL campaign. Bring in Chip "the Visor" Kelly and his 900 plays a game strategy and join the revolution- there's lotsa room on the bandwagon in Philly. Reid never did get it done in Philly, testament to the fact that it is a damn difficult undertaking to win the Lombardi. He deserves credit for 5 NFC Championship game appearances and one Super Bowl visit as well as steering the good ship Eagle for 13 years. That and that alone is reason enough for me to root the KC'ers on tonight to give the big guy a small measure of satisfaction, coming into the City of Brotherly Love and taking one away from the hometown Iggles.
Funny how things can change in sports in a year, the NFL Network lands in a big pile of happy early on with a Thursday night match-up that has some real emotion, storylines and interest. For all of us who will watch tonight, lets hope the play on the field lives up to the hype.
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