I thought LB was the weakest part of the D coming into the year. Yeah I drank the Cool Aid about Gocong and Gaither but they had done almost nothing. Now, I think we are loaded for years.
"Philly fans are great....It's the only place where you pull up on the bus and you've got the grandfather, the grandmother, the kids and the grandkids - everybody flicking you off. At other stadiums, they give you the thumbs-down. Here, they give you the middle finger.”
— Michael Strahan
"No one likes us, no one likes us, no one likes us, we don’t care, we’re from Philly, F—-ing Philly, No one likes us, we don’t care!”
- Jason Kelce with the best championship speech ever
Can't remember on the timing of that if it was when he was jumping, or I think it was when he was letting the Bills LDE eat his lunch. This guy just can't seem to pass block, WTF?????? Slow to react or get out of his stance. Maybe his head is just still spinning (speaking of Runyan, even with a concussion he'd have been better) but he's gotta wake up, too much potential there to see him go bust.
Can't remember on the timing of that if it was when he was jumping, or I think it was when he was letting the Bills LDE eat his lunch. This guy just can't seem to pass block, WTF?????? Slow to react or get out of his stance. Maybe his head is just still spinning (speaking of Runyan, even with a concussion he'd have been better) but he's gotta wake up, too much potential there to see him go bust.
Well your bashing of Justice isn't shared by some.......
((Also saw somewhere that Reid heaped some nice props at him also, FWIW--- Edited when I found it--- "On the play of tackle Winston Justice: "I thought he did a good job. He had a couple of penalties there with the illegal procedure, but he did a nice job other than that."))
Eagles Notebook | This time, Justice is no stumbling blocker
By LES BOWEN
Philadelphia Daily News
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The chance at redemption Winston Justice sought for 3 months finally arrived yesterday, at the last possible moment, in the unlikeliest of ways.
Two plays into his 176th successive regular-season start, Eagles right offensive tackle Jon Runyan sat in the middle of the field and had to be helped to his feet. Runyan, whose streak is the NFL's third-longest, left the game for good with a concussion. Justice took his place.
For the 2006 second-round draft choice from USC, it was the first action from scrimmage since Sept. 30, when Justice's first career start - in place of left tackle William "Tra" Thomas - became a record-setter. The Eagles gave up a dozen sacks in losing to the Giants, and Justice melted down, unable to parse the silent snap count, mandhandled by defensive end Osi Umenyiora, who sacked Donovan McNabb six times. Largely because of that day, the Birds finished the season with 49 sacks allowed, their highest total since 2000.
Yesterday, Justice was much better in a 17-9 season-ending victory over Buffalo, even though he had no time to prepare and hadn't done much work on the right side all year.
"Since September, I've focused on getting off the ball, and today, I think that made a big difference," Justice said. "It means a lot. I hope Runyan gets better, but I got a chance to get out there and shake some rust off, on the right side.
"I still have some mental flaws, I still have a lot to get better at," said Justice, who was whistled for one false start. "It took me the whole game" to adjust to being on the right. "I think it was getting better after awhile."
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