ESPN asked New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell about his advice for the Eagles and he recommends the no huddle. In this case, I think Gladwell's thinking is muddled by his love for the Buffalo Bills, who he seems to forget rather famously lost four Super Bowls with a no huddle offense.

Gladwell's reasoning contends that the no huddle takes Bill Belichick and his coaching staff out of the equation, requiring the Patriots players to fall back on their own abilities and to react to what the Eagles offer. He thinks the Patriots might not be able to think fast enough to adjust. But he forgets the other half the equation: the no huddle also throws the Eagles players back on their abilities. Yeah, I think the Patriots still win that matchup. Nothing against the guys on the Eagles offense, but Bruschi, Johnson, McGinest, Harrison, Traylor, et al are probably smarter and are definitely better prepared than than they are. (C'mon, Freddie, the Pats don't have a number 25!)

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I love the fact that the ESPN guys love and respect Malcolm Gladwell. Perhaps the public intellectual in America is not quite dead.