The following was in a story in the Arizona Republic about last week's game between the Eagles and Cardinals.
"New defensive coordinator Ray Horton is impressed.
"This has, to me, the feel of a Pittsburgh-Baltimore, where it's all about the dirty game of sandlot (football)," Horton said. "(It's) like on a Saturday afternoon when you're a young kid watching football, you go out in the park and you play football and you come home bloody.
"I respect that it's a throwback game of power football. Last week, we talked about it being a seven-on-seven track meet because (the Eagles) don't want to get touched. They don't want to get dirty (in) Philadelphia. But San Francisco, they want to get down in the dirt with you and get dirty and see who is the tougher man."
Horton was talking about the Cardinals rivalry with the 49ers when he said the Eagles don't want to get touched.
"New defensive coordinator Ray Horton is impressed.
"This has, to me, the feel of a Pittsburgh-Baltimore, where it's all about the dirty game of sandlot (football)," Horton said. "(It's) like on a Saturday afternoon when you're a young kid watching football, you go out in the park and you play football and you come home bloody.
"I respect that it's a throwback game of power football. Last week, we talked about it being a seven-on-seven track meet because (the Eagles) don't want to get touched. They don't want to get dirty (in) Philadelphia. But San Francisco, they want to get down in the dirt with you and get dirty and see who is the tougher man."
Horton was talking about the Cardinals rivalry with the 49ers when he said the Eagles don't want to get touched.
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