NFL 2016

[Midwest Spy]

Our local SportsTalk radio station had Tony Bruno on today to talk Eagles/Vikings.

He sounded fairly optimistic about this weekend.

I'll admit, I'm nervous about Sunday.

The bye can be tough to overcome. If we start slow, it could be a long day.

With Lane gone, Your defense is going to eat Wentz often. The new kid couldn't fill Lane's shoes against the redskins, so they put Ertz next to him to help him out. That takes Ertz off the table to do what he does best. put up points, so I don't think the vikes will have a problem at all.

If you get to watch the game this week, watch our safety's, Harrison Smith and Andrew Zendejo. They are old school, Ronnie Lott-type, hitters.

They put the hurt, cleanly, on receivers and ball carriers.

Oakland's stud WR, Amari Cooper, took a shot from Smith early in our game last year, and he was a non-factor the rest of the way.

Zimmer has this D playing fast, and hitting hard.