Superbowl XLIII is over and the Pittsburgh Steelers now have their 6th championship. They defeated the Arizona Cardinals by a score of 27-23. Both teams put up a solid effort but in the end the fans from Pittsburgh got to waive their Terrible Towels and watch their beloved team "win one for the other thumb."

As the attention shifts from the Superbowl to the off-season and the draft, the Steelers in-state rivals, the Philadelphia Eagles, will try to make necessary adjustments after being beaten by the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship game. Being beaten in the NFC title game is an unfortunate but familiar sight for the Eagles and the Philly faithful. The loss against the Cardinals now brings the Eagles' recent conference championship game record to 1-4. Tough losses coming to the St. Louis Rams, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Carolina Panthers and now the Cardinals. The lone victory came against the Atlanta Falcons which propelled the Eagles into a Superbowl loss to the New England Patriots.

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The 2008 season for the Philadelphia Eagles was a typically tumultuous one. The Eagles made another late-season push to get into the playoffs only to fall short in the NFC championship game to a different opponent. Despite the same result, the Eagles and their fans are left with another familiar off-season emotion: optimism.

The Eagles finished the season with a 9-6-1 record, but their season tells much more than their record indicates. In week 11, the Eagles settled for a disappointing tie against the Cincinnati Bengals. What made it worse was that Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb made comments about how he "didn't know" that an NFL game could end in a tie. The following week, McNabb saw himself suddenly benched in favor of the ill-experienced Kevin Kolb because of inconsistent play against the Baltimore Ravens and in preceeding games. Many were left wondering if this was it for McNabb in Philadelphia and head coach Andy Reid as well who was guilty of making questionable play-calling decisions throughout the season.

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