William Penn Leads Eagles To Easy Win

Despite the Phillies still being only a half-game back in the Wild Card, all the talk today will be about the Eagles’ ridiculous 56-21 victory over the Lions yesterday. Donovan McNabb’s had the greatest first-half performance by a black quarterback in NFL history, the Eagles’ defense had nine sacks and Kevin Curtis and Brian Westbrook each had three touchdowns.

But the real story, of course, were those fantastic blue and yellow Ikea jerseys, which the Birds should clearly wear every week. And, wouldn’t you know, according to Fox sideline reporter Jennifer Hammond, who shed some light on how the 1933 Eagles chose those jerseys for their first season

If you don’t have audio, here’s the relevant quote: “They look like the Swedish colors and they are. Swedes settled the area, and William Penn decided that the team that came here would wear these.” Who knew William Penn was such a Nostradamus and knew a new sport of American football would appear hundreds of years later?

Eagles Cruise Past Lions, 56-21 [Comcast SportsNet]

Shout It Loud: Baby Blue For Life

It has come to my attention recently that some of you idiots on the Internet aren’t quite so hot on the new Eagles throwback jerseys they’ll be debuting in Sunday’s game against the Lions. For reference, the Eagles wore these jerseys in their first season, fresh off coming out of the ashes of the old Frankford Yellow Jackets franchise. (Yes, Frankford itself once had an NFL franchise.)

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve slowly learned that it’s useless to trust the taste of anyone else, because most of you buffoons like really stupid shit. It’s pointless to try to change anyone’s minds when Fergie’s album is sixth on the Billboard 200 a full year after it’s been released. That’s like root canal topping the Billboard Top Things In The World, a chart I just made up.

But I think I might be able to change your mind on the new Eagles jerseys. The Eagles held a “Midnight Madness” event — “Midnight Madness”? Really? — that included Swoop, the Eagles cheerleaders and, for some reason, former Eagles punter Sean Landeta. (Landeta also punted for the Giants, the L.A. Rams, the St. Louis Rams, the Buccaneers, the Packers, the Rams again inbetween stints with the Eagles and the Giants again. He also punted for the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL, which was a football league sometime in the 1890s.)

Forget Landeta, though, and take a look at the Eagles throwback cheerleaders jerseys.

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Eagles To Honor Ikea, Denver Nuggets

The Philadelphia Eagles announced today they would honor both Ikea and the Denver Nuggets with an their alternate third jersey this season.

Above, Jevon Kearse and David Akers celebrate the deals on medium-quality inexpensive furniture from Eagles’ owner Jeffrey Lurie’s deal with the Swedish furniture maker. Akers even got a free Allen Iverson jersey.

Also, the news article on the website contains this lie, according to Brad Maule of Phillyskyline:

The Swedes were in Philadelphia before the arrival of William Penn and he incorporated their colors into the City of Philadelphia’s flag.

Brad told me in an exclusive IM message he sent to me the flag was dedicated in 1885. Nonetheless, you can already buy these blue and yellow jerseys and other merchandise on the Eagles website. As you may have guessed, I’ve already purchased a hat because I’m a fucking sheep. Baa.

Update: Oh, forget it. Some items, like the Donovan McNabb jersey, won’t ship until September 15, just in time for Week 2 of the NFL season.

Eagles Unveil 75th Anniversary Plans [PhiladelphiaEagles.com]