Stephen Neal retired in the spring and missed half of last year with injury, Dan Connolly was good enough as Neal’s replacement and will start this year, however he is injured at the moment.

Light’s replacement is the 17th pick in this past draft, Nate Solder. Solder has not embarrassed himself in the preseason, and between him and Sebastian Volmer they have tackles to step up should Light fall apart.

However, there is no clear replacement for Dan Koppen.

Too late. A lot of ‘em became assholes after the Saints won in ’09, and I say that as a Saints fan.

I love you, Spence.
/No homo…I think

Seriously, though, if that were to happen, how Saints fans would become assholes overnight? I’ll set the line at 79 percent.

Jersey and TBL make for a pretty formidable tan fag team. It’s too bad really that their powers are used in defense of the Jets.

Fixed

I’m saying that in preseason 2001, the Eagles were recognized as an emerging team with lots of young talent

Absolutely, I understand what your point was now.

whoa? where did this come from?

Boise’s starting safety, “co-starting” WR and 2nd string DT (who plays about 1/3 of the snaps) are out due to some eligibility issue. All three kids are from the Netherlands, but they went to HS in Boise. It’s weird, but it’s a huge loss. The WR was supposed to be their best one (he’s 6-3 or some shit like that).

Oh, and if we are talking about teams that were #1 or #2 seeds that had low expectations, there are a lot.

Green Bay 2007

2001 Bears for example.

That team was a fluke. Even I know that. The 49ers game and the Browns game were total flukes. The 2002 team absolutely had lower expectations. Not to mention that they also were playing 2002′s season at Memorial Stadium in Champaign.

whoa? where did this come from?

College football fans, always interupting NFL posts..

and the only one touting their Super Bowl prowess for ’11-’12 is Rex Ryan.

WHAT

What?

whoa? where did this come from?

2001 Bears for example.

I’m not sure it’s super relevant that Chicago drew 7-9 Seattle to reach title game, rather than lose at home against Green Bay or someone else in the semis with a different draw.

No, I’m not saying Eagles were favored over Rams, I’m saying that in preseason 2001, the Eagles were recognized as an emerging team with lots of young talent, and the Giants were not viewed as a power. I think the Eagles were the NFC East fave.

Still don’t buy their receiving corps or defense though

they have improved the areas of need that killed them last season defensively, until they can show execution in real games i can see where you’re coming from.

i’m not too crazy on the receiving corp, either. lack of an outside downfield threat could really hurt them, but their overabundance of TE and RB could form a good platoon to move the ball efficiently.

and the only one touting their Super Bowl prowess for ’11-’12 is Rex Ryan.

WHAT

2000 Giants, maybe. No one thought they were that good, and I suspect if we look back Eagles were preseason faves.

Not in 2000. That was the first season the Eagles made the playoffs in the McNabb era. 2001 they were underdogs to the Rams in the NFCC.

Who the hell knows how he really feels about Mark Sanchez.