Eagles And Their Once Coach Andy Reid Are At Home In The Title Games Once Again

Once again in Sunday’s conference title games, both the Philadelphia Eagles and their one time coach, now with 3 titles and as the Kansas City Chiefs head coach, Andy Reid, will be at home in such a game.

Reid’s Chiefs’ teams, somewhat incredibly, are not only in their 7th straight AFC title game but also their 6th at home, among those seven. They are (4-2) in the previous, followed by a fine (3-1) Super Bowl record.

The Eagles, who were (1-4) when coached by Reid in conference title games, (1-2) at home), will be in their eighth such game, all but the two under Reid, at Philly. They are (3-0) in non Reid home NFC title/NFL semis games.

Going back, the Eagles played in 4 semis or later/not neutral field games within 3 seasons, (’47-’49), winning three, doing so in two of the three road games.

Why not the great “Greyhound” Bob Dandridge, pictured above with the ball.

In the only previous “semi” or later contested between Washington and Philadelphia teams, Dandridge severely outplayed Erving in the Bullets’ 6 game series win, which was followed by a 7 game triumph vs the Seattle SuperSonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder) to notch their lone NBA crown.

I believe John Drew, a fine scorer, is guarding Bobby D (ode to a great broadcaster Mel Proctor) while the classy, superb player, Wes Unseld of the Bullets, is seen in the backround.