PHILADELPHIA - By the time they reached the locker room after winning the NFC East title and completing a worst-to-first journey

PHILADELPHIA - By the time they reached the locker room after winning the NFC East title and completing a worst-to-first journey under rookie coach Chip Kelly, the Philadelphia Eagles already were thinking ahead to their playoff opponent. Serge Savard Jersey . Theyll have plenty of time to reflect on their accomplishments later. "The way they shifted their focus to the next game just minutes after we won was most impressive to me," general manager Howie Roseman said Monday night on his radio show. The Eagles went from 4-12 to 10-6, a remarkable turnaround after a miserable ending with Andy Reid last year. The makeover started with the hiring of Kelly, the hotshot college coach who needed convincing to leave Oregon. While most people outside the organization expected this to be a rebuilding season in Philadelphia, players and coaches bought into Kellys way right from the start and accelerated the process. "It was evident to me on April 1 when I got here with these guys and got a chance to be with them for the first day that they were kind of the mind-set: Whatever it takes, what do you want us to do and where do we got to be and how are we going to do it, and thats a credit to them," Kelly said. "Thats why we are where we are, because they are the ones that play. They are the ones that go out there every single day. They are the ones that train. They are the ones that have done everything as a staff that we have asked them to do and the results are everything that they put into, and thats the great thing about this game is that you cant fake football. You get out of it exactly what you put into it and these guys put in an unbelievable effort and its paying off for them on the field." The Eagles advanced by beating Dallas 24-22 and will host the New Orleans Saints (11-5) on Saturday night in their first playoff game since Michael Vick threw an interception in the end zone in the final minute of a 21-16 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Jan. 9, 2011. Win or lose, its been a successful season. But nobody is thinking that way around here. "Thats not how we are built or wired," Kelly said. "Its whats the next challenge and whats the next opportunity, and the great thing about where we are right now is if you win, you get to play again. So I think if you get caught up looking back at what happened or where you were, I think thats just not how were wired." The Eagles are 2 1/2-point favourites over New Orleans. A wins sends them to Carolina (12-4) on Jan. 12. But they have to beat Drew Brees and the Saints first. Everyone from Kelly and Roseman to owner Jeffrey Lurie have already called on fans to be loud and make it an uncomfortable environment for the Saints, who were 3-5 on the road. "I think this is big for the city and for this franchise," NFL rushing champion LeSean McCoy said. "Its amazing that this is Coach Kellys first year and we made the playoffs. Were going in the right direction, but everyone knows that each week is important. We cant get too hyped about this game. Were in the playoffs, but we should be in the playoffs. We should be the division champs. Now we have to go out there and get it done Saturday." It took some record-setting performances for the Eagles to get this far this fast. McCoy had a franchise-best 1,607 yards rushing and 2,146 yards from scrimmage. Nick Foles had the best TD-interception ratio (13:5-1) in NFL history, the third-highest passer rating (119.2) in league history and the clubs best completion percentage (64.04). The offence set team records for (442), total net yards (6,676), touchdowns (53), and gross yards passing (4,406). And, theyre not done yet. "Chip and the coaching staff have done a great job," Foles said. "The players have done a great job of buying in and when adversity happens, guys really stay together. We lean on each other." Guy Lafleur Jersey . - After three days of light, make that very light, workouts, Team Irvin and Team Carter are ready for tonights Pro Bowl. Adidas Canadiens Jerseys . - Kentucky freshmen Stanley Boom Williams, Dorian Baker, Drew Barker and Tymere Dubose have been charged with disorderly conduct for their involvement with air pistol shots being fired near a residence hall on the South campus Sunday night. http://www.cheapcanadiensjerseyschina.com/ . on the 15-day disabled Monday list because of a strained right hamstring.EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The best thing about the early part of the NFL season is how quickly teams can change. Take the New York Giants as an example. Just a week ago, Tom Coughlins team was winless in its opening two games. Eli Manning was looking over the hill and uncomfortable in the new West Coast offence. The much-hyped defence had not recorded a turnover and there were visions of another 0-6 start and a third straight year out of the playoffs. Guess what? The Giants (2-2) have not only turned things around in the past five days with wins over Houston and Washington a€” a 45-14 decision on Thursday night a€” they are rolling. Manning is looking like a Super Bowl MVP again. Second-year tight end Larry Donnell has emerged as one of the biggest surprises in the league. The defence has had nine takeaways in the two wins as the defensive line has made life miserable for opposing quarterbacks. The turnaround has many jumping on the Giants bandwagon and Coughlin telling his players to relax. His message is simple. They are not as bad as they looked in losses to Detroit and Arizona and they are not as good as they looked lately. They are a .500 team. We have to continue that attitude about having that chip on our shoulder and having a lot to prove, Coughlin said Friday as his players prepared for a long weekend off. ... I do know this, that if we want to accomplish what we would like to, the improvement meter has to go up weekly. After being limited to 28 points in the first two games, Manning and company have gotten new co-ordinator Ben McAdoos offence in high gear, averaging 434 yards and 37.5 points the past two games. Manning has completed 49 of 67 passes for 535 yards, six touchdowns and an interception that wasnt his fault. The running game has produced 347 yards and Donnell has emerged a playmaker, leading the team with 25 catches for 236 yards and four touchdowns, three in the first half on Thursday night. No one likes to start 0-2, but two wins in a couple of days, four days, feels good, said Mannning, who is hitting almost 67 per cent of his passes this season. Victor Mete Jersey. Donnell has come out of nowhere to be his favourite target. The former Grambling State product has used his athleticism to become a hard matchup for opponents. He works his butt off, said safety Quintin Demps, who replaced Stevie Brown in the starting lineup and had an interception. He deserves it. Eli did a good job putting the balls where they had to be. He deserves it. Hes a good player and hes only going to get better. The defence has been outstanding, taking the ball away nine times, with seven setting up drives that started in the opposition territory. In the past two games, New York has started 10 drives inside its opponents territory, while neither the Texans nor Redskins started a drive in Giants territory in those games. We have always known the potential that has been on this team and with the leaders we have, cornerback Prince Amukamara said. I am just glad that no one kept their head down and everyone just kept with it when we were 0-2. I know it is easy to get down on yourself when you lose games, but we knew the games we lost, the other team made plays, but we definitely were our own worst enemy with the penalties and assignment busts. We knew that if we eliminated all those things wed have a great chance to win ball games. The Giants wont play again until they face the Atlanta Falcons on Oct. 5 at MetLife Stadium. The schedule through Thanksgiving is tough with Philadelphia, Dallas, Indianapolis, Seattle and San Francisco on tap. I think that we all knew this thing was going to click at some point and we were taking steps as the early part of the season went on, the first two games went on, said receiver Victor Cruz, who has had 100-yard receiving games the past two games. You could see the progression in our offence and it was just a matter of when it was going to happen. We kicked up right at the right time in order for us to keep our goals in task and continue to head in the right direction. 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