KIDWCKED
12-28-2010, 11:58 PM
c/p from foxsports by the a/p
Updated Dec 28, 2010 1:47 PM ET
Andy Reid thrives on order and organization. The Philadelphia Eagles coach also is a fan of consistency.
So when the team’s Week 16 home game against the Minnesota Vikings was rescheduled because of inclement weather, the move presented a unique challenge: For the first time since 1946, the NFL will play a game on a Tuesday
But don’t tell Reid it’s an issue.
“Listen, really, nothing. We’re OK with it,” Reid said just hours after finding out that the game was being moved from Sunday to Tuesday evening. “We’re organized and prepared for this, and we completely support what the league did from a safety standpoint for everybody. We got the guys out of the hotel and home, and they’ll come back for a walk through tomorrow and then to the hotel, and it will be just like a Saturday night before a Sunday game, just a normal Saturday night-Sunday schedule.”
While Reid might feel his team will be able to deal with the additional two days of waiting to play, they’ll have to operate on a short week for this Sunday’s season finale against the visiting Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles will be playing two games within six days.
“I don’t think it’s a problem. I think we’ll be all right. We’ve had Monday games, Sunday night games, we had a Thursday game, so we’ve been through a lot of this already, and that will help us. We’ll be fine,” Reid said in response to a question about facing Dallas on a short week.
Reid is correct. The Eagles actually played two games within a five-day period earlier this season. They played against the host Chicago Bears in Week 12 on a Sunday, then turned around four days later in Week 13 to host and beat the Houston Texans on a Thursday evening.
If the Eagles defeat the Vikings and Cowboys, and the Bears lose at home this week to the Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia will earn a first-round bye and the No. 2 seed in the NFC.
Updated Dec 28, 2010 1:47 PM ET
Andy Reid thrives on order and organization. The Philadelphia Eagles coach also is a fan of consistency.
So when the team’s Week 16 home game against the Minnesota Vikings was rescheduled because of inclement weather, the move presented a unique challenge: For the first time since 1946, the NFL will play a game on a Tuesday
But don’t tell Reid it’s an issue.
“Listen, really, nothing. We’re OK with it,” Reid said just hours after finding out that the game was being moved from Sunday to Tuesday evening. “We’re organized and prepared for this, and we completely support what the league did from a safety standpoint for everybody. We got the guys out of the hotel and home, and they’ll come back for a walk through tomorrow and then to the hotel, and it will be just like a Saturday night before a Sunday game, just a normal Saturday night-Sunday schedule.”
While Reid might feel his team will be able to deal with the additional two days of waiting to play, they’ll have to operate on a short week for this Sunday’s season finale against the visiting Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles will be playing two games within six days.
“I don’t think it’s a problem. I think we’ll be all right. We’ve had Monday games, Sunday night games, we had a Thursday game, so we’ve been through a lot of this already, and that will help us. We’ll be fine,” Reid said in response to a question about facing Dallas on a short week.
Reid is correct. The Eagles actually played two games within a five-day period earlier this season. They played against the host Chicago Bears in Week 12 on a Sunday, then turned around four days later in Week 13 to host and beat the Houston Texans on a Thursday evening.
If the Eagles defeat the Vikings and Cowboys, and the Bears lose at home this week to the Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia will earn a first-round bye and the No. 2 seed in the NFC.