Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and his top executive, Joe Banner, hired Andy Reid as their coach in 1999 when practically no one else in the league thought Reid was ready or able to be an NFL head coach. They watched as Reid built the Eagles from also-rans into NFC East champions. They stuck by him as the team lost three straight NFC title games and when wide receiver Terrell Owens tore the organization apart and the team stumbled to a 6-10 record last year.

So they weren’t about to change their minds about him this season, even when the Eagles lost quarterback Donovan McNabb to a torn knee ligament and suffered through a midseason stretch in which they lost five of six games following a 4-1 start.

This is the start of 5-10 years were the Philadelphia Eagles are going to dominate their competition.  No matter how bad it looks, salary cap managed well allows teams to overcome injuries with even star players.  You take any team and throw away their best DE and QB and see if they could make the playoffs.  This is exactly what the Eagles did.  Next year looks very promising with the additions of McNabb and Kearse back on the team.