Decide Your 3 Philly Sports Wishes

It could be down in Sea Isle, along the waterfront in Philly, or the shores of the Darby “Crick”. You stumble upon a genie in a bottle. After you release the genie, they inform you that they can award you three Philly sports wishes. There is an expiration date so you’ve got to ask fast. Oh, you can’t ask for a championship either. I think I’ve got mine figured out. What about you?

While the Phillies have the opportunity to close out the top National league Wild Card spot as soon as Monday night, the other contenders will be battling it out for a few more days. I’d prefer that the battle goes down until the last day.

That would push their bullpens and starters to the limit. I do have a concern that is one of the reasons I was willing to use a dish on this request. The teams in contention may see a Brewers-Dodgers path to the NLCS easier than a Phillies-Braves combo. That may cause them to tank in order to grab position six instead of five.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 2-0 and feeling confident. Let’s not give them any reason to believe they are going to upend the Eagles early season success.

You may not see Tampa as a huge threat, but the Chiefs, Bills, and Cowboys have already tasted defeat in games where most didn’t see it coming.

If the Eagles can just hold serve and win the games they are favored in, they will have the buffer they need to survive the Chiefs, Bills, 49ers, Cowboys stretch in late November and early December.

I know that the 76ers best chance to compete for a title in 2023-24 certainly improves if James Harden is a part of the picture.

I also know that someone who isn’t dedicated to the cause is a bad teammate. Harden always seems to have his eye on the door, whether in Houston, Brooklyn, or Philadelphia. If only he had his eye on a mirror occasionally. I’m over the story and don’t want the drama of whether he’s staying or going.

Watch The John Kincade Show live on the 97.5 The Fanatic YouTube page on weekday mornings from 6am-10am.

The Philadelphia Eagles are dealing with a variety of injuries on defense. They will travel to Florida in Week 3 of 2023 NFL season to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium.

The defending NFC champs defeated the Minnesota Vikings at Lincoln Financial Field in Week 1.

The Eagles dominated in the running game in their second victory. D'Andre Swift touched the ball only once in Week 1, but he exploded in Week 2. The St. Joe's Prep graduate ran for 175 yards behind a dominant offensive line hungry to push around the Minnesota defense.

Jalen Hurts didn't kickstart the passing game to its full potential. However, he still managed to complete 18 of his 23 passes for 191 yards. 

Nick Sirianni just keeps on winning. After a 2-5 start to his career as a head coach, he has won 25 of 33 games.

The Eagles will enter as 6.5 point favorites against the 2-0 Buccaneers.

The Eagles face some injury concerns heading down to Tampa. Avonte Maddox will likely miss the remainder of the season. Sirianni and the coaching staff have expressed confidence in Josh Jobe and other depth players, but the inexperienced backups must prove themselves in game action. The banged-up secondary showed some leaks against the Vikings. 

Nicholas Morrow came up from the practice squad to start in Week 2. He led the linebacker corps (including Haason Reddick) in defensive snaps with 55. Zach Cunningham was close behind with 53, and he showed improvement from his Week 1 performance. 

The status of Reed Blankenship is still in question. Justin Evans and Terrell Edmunds started at safety in Week 2. They dominated the snap counts while rookie Sydney Brown played minimally.

Injury news that affects the Eagles Week 3 starters will trickle out as the week moves along. The 10-day layoff allows more flexibility for Sirianni and the Eagles to get healthy and reset before facing the Buccaneers on Monday Night Football.

Quarterback, #1
Oklahoma University/University of Alabama
4th NFL Season- Drafted in 2nd Round (53rd overall) in 2020

Running Back, #0
University of Georgia
4th NFL season- Acquired in a trade from Detroit Lions (April 2023)

Wide Receiver, #11
Ole Miss
5th NFL season- Acquired in a trade from Tennessee Titans (April 2022)

Wide Receiver, #6
University of Alabama
3rd NFL Season- Drafted in 1st Round (10th overall) in 2021

Wide Receiver, #16
Southern Miss
4th NFL Season- Drafted in 6th Round (200th overall) in 2020

Tight End, #88
South Dakota State
6th NFL Season- Drafted in 2nd Round (48th overall) in 2018

Left Tackle, #68
Jeff Stoutland University
6th NFL Season- Drafted in 7th Round (233rd overall) in 2018

Left Guard, #69
University of Alabama
3rd NFL Season- Drafted in 2nd Round (37th overall) in 2021

Center, #62
University of Cincinnati
13th NFL Season- Drafted in 6th Round (191st overall) in 2011

Right Guard, #51
University of Nebraska
2nd NFL Season- Drafted in 2nd Round (51st overall) in 2022

Right Tackle, #65
Oklahoma University
11th NFL Season- Drafted in 1st Round (4th overall) in 2013

Defensive End, #55
University of Michigan
14th NFL Season- Drafted in 1st Round (13th overall) in 2010

Defensive Tackle, #91
Mississippi State
12th NFL Season- Drafted in 1st Round (12th overall) in 2012

Defensive Tackle, #90
University of Georgia
2nd NFL Season- Drafted in 1st Round (13th overall) in 2022

Defensive End, #94
Florida State
6th NFL Season- Drafted in 4th Round (130th overall) in 2018

Edge Rusher/Linebacker, #7
Temple University
7th NFL Season- Signed in Free Agency (March 2022)

Linebacker, #52
Vanderbilt University
7th NFL Season- Signed in Free Agency (August 2023)

Linebacker, #41
Greensville University
6th NFL Season, Signed in Free Agency (March 2023)

Cornerback, #2
Mississippi State University
11th NFL Season- Acquired in trade from Detroit Lions (March 2020)

Cornerback, #28
University of Alabama
2nd NFL Season- Signed as Undrafted Free Agent (May 2022)

Safety, #30
Mississippi Gulf Coast
4th NFL Season- Signed in Free Agency (March 2023)

Safety, #26
Virginia Tech
6th NFL Season- Signed in Free Agency (March 2023)