Invincible Page #7

NFC Coach of the Year.

Come on, guys. Come on. Come on.

REFEREE:
Philadelphia calls it.

PLAYER:
Heads.

REFEREE:
Philadelphia calls heads.

REFEREE:
Tails.

PLAYER:
We want the ball.

-REFEREE:
Dallas will receive.

-All right, kick team.

Let's go.

(CROWD CHEERING )

Bring it in here. Come on, come on.

-Attack on three. One, two, three.

-MEN:
Attack!

Let's go win!

COACH:
Watch your outsides!

Watch your lanes. Watch your lanes.

-MAN:
Go, Vinnie.

-All right, here we go.

There he is.

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

CO MMEN TA TOR:
And the first game

of the regular season is underway.

(GROANING )

(GRUNTING )

(EX CLAIMING )

(PANTING )

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

Let's go, defense!

CO MMEN TA TOR:
Rookie Vince Papale

had an absolute bead on the runner,

but he froze

like a deer in the headlights.

Oh, man, that wasn't good.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING )

(CROWD CHEERING )

All right, let's go, guys. Let's go.

-Sorry, coach.

-You're sorry?

I stuck my neck out for you.

You start playing football

or you're gone.

(SPECTATOR JEERING )

FAN:
Losers!

What happened, coach?

-We missed the wedge.

-He froze.

He got outside us.

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

PLAYER:
Blue 17. Set.

ALL:
Hut! Hut!

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

Yeah. Yeah.

(GRUNTS )

We lose all six

of our preseason games, now this.

It's not exactly

the direction I was hoping for.

MAN:
It'll get better. Come on.

MAN ON TV:
Could be

another long season, Eagle fans.

Not only was the team

no match at all for the Cowboys,

but South Philly's Vince Papale

was a total bust in his pro debut.

Coach Dick Vermeil's heart

may have been in the right place,

but this team needs players right now,

not 30-year-old bartenders.

(THESE DAYS

B Y JACKS ON BROWNE PLA YIN G)

(MEN SHOUTING )

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Hey.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

I was just walking around.

I needed to tell you something.

-You know that night at Colombo's, I...

-You don't need to explain.

I know, but please.

It wasn't that I was just thinking

about that one thing.

I was just scared because

I knew the way I could feel about you,

and it was just too soon.

At least for me.

I don't know what's gonna happen

with all this.

Even if I never got to see you again,

you go off, you get married,

you have five kids,

I just wanted to let you know how I felt.

I can't, Vince.

Yeah.

Well, maybe I'll see you at work?

If we run into that this week,

and there's a good chance we will,

we'll work deep to short,

highllow the corner.

The corner bites, first option

will be Carmichael. Okay?

If he falls off, Mike,

you stick your foot in the ground

and you get rid of the ball fast.

You hesitated last week. We can't

afford it. Charlie will be right here.

Take the short man

if the long man's not there.

We can't hesitate, guys.

Let's take what the defense gives us

and let's move the chains.

BO Y 1:
Hustle, hustle, Jared. Go deep.

BO Y 2:
Oh, come on.

BO Y 3:
Ball, ball!

BO Y 4:
Oh. I got you, I got you.

BO Y 3:
Got it!

Wait up! Wait up!

(CAR HORN HONKING )

(MEN SHOUTING )

(PLAYERS CHATTERING )

PLAYER:
Go, go, go.

Bring it on!

PLAYER:
Yeah!

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

Come on. Go, go.

PLAYER:
Take your boy back.

Take your boy back.

-Mick.

-MICK:
What?

What's up with that? Huh? Mick.

What? Was that, like, a late hit?

What'd I do?

PLAYER:
Let's go.

Time-out, Mick!

All right, come on, let's go.

(WHISTLE BLOWING )

-Everybody over to the side.

-PLAYER:
Oh, dear.

Hustle up. Let's go. Hustle.

PLAYER:
You gotta hit him low, man.

(PANTING )

What are you doing here?

You come to watch us

get dragged through the mud?

No, I was just driving around.

You know, Vince,

I don't know how much longer

the Eagles are gonna need you,

but your friends could use a little help.

I got a game this weekend.

I can't, Johnny.

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

PLAYER:
Come on now, guys.

Come on now.

Get in there.

Shake it off.

I'm not throwing you the ball at all.

It's my ball.

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

Come on, we got this.

Come on, come on. I mean, we got this.

-Come on, baby.

-We got this.

Tone, you're down. Pat, you're in.

Let's go.

(PLAYER CLAPPING )

PLAYER:
Come on.

Put the ball into play. Let's go.

MAN 1:
Knock his teeth out.

MAN 2:
I got you, man.

MAN 1:
Let's go, man.

MAN 2:
Let's go. Let's play.

MAN 1:
Come on, let's go.

MAN 2:
Line up.

MAN 1:
So what? It don't matter.

MAN 2:
You're nuts, you know that?

-What's up, Max?

-What's up, Vince?

Good to see you.

Let's just play some ball.

MAN:
We're gonna pass

through the rain and you can't stop us.

Down!

Set. Hut!

Huddle up.

On one.

-Ready? Break.

-ALL:
Break.

(GRUNTING )

(GROANS )

Vince, you okay?

Never better, Maxie. Never better.

(LAUGHING )

(WHISTLE BLOWS )

Play ball!

Down!

Set. Hut.

Yes!

(LAUGHING )

Yeah!

Yeah.

Yes!

MAN 1:
Good try, all right?

MAN 2:
Definitely.

Good game, guys.

(MAN WHOOPING )

Come on. Come on, let's get a drink.

Let's get a drink.

Tanker boys are buying again.

-Good game, guys.

-Yo, Vince.

Even if this is your last game

with the Eagles,

win one for the boys

in the neighborhood, huh?

(MEN LAUGHING )

Hey!

(MAN LAUGHING JUBILANTLY)

-Hi.

-Hey.

Vince...

Oh, my God, are you all...

-What happened?

-No, it's nothing.

Maxie and the boys needed a little help

with the game tonight.

You're the help?

What do those guys look like?

It's good to see you. How you doing?

I'm good.

What you said the other night...

I don't know, I guess

I needed a couple days to hear it.

So if you still...

I wasn't done.

I can finish later.

(DOOR CLOSES )

Morning.

Get any sleep?

Not too much.

Neither did I.

Well, look at it this way.

If it doesn't work out, at least

we'll have a great lawn back in LA.

Give 'em hell.

(CROWD CHEERING )

-Wanna get out of my seat?

-Hey!

(BOOING )

-I said, get out of my seat.

-Hey! Hey!

(WHOOPING )

Come on.

-Never mind.

-Thank you.

-Thank you. Thank you.

-FAN 1:
Get her out of here!

Hey. She's with us. Relax.

(BOOING )

FAN 2:
You're not a real Eagles fan.

-CROWD:
E-A...

-Shut your mouth!

-...G-L...

-Shut your mouth.

-...E-S.

-Go, Giants.

(CROWD BOOING )

A team with character will find a way

to beat a team with better talent.

I believe that.

And you guys are not the team

that's short on talent here today.

And I swear you'll never again

be the team short on character.

We need to find

the soul of this team again.

The soul that drove

great Eagle players.

Players like Norm Van Brocklin,

Tommy McDonald, Steve Van Buren.

They weren't just out here playing

for themselves. They played for a city.

People of Philadelphia have suffered.

You are what they turn to

in times like these.

You are what gives them hope.

Let's win one for them.

Let's win one for us. Bring it in.

(PLAYERS CHEERING )

-One, two, three.

-ALL:
Eagles!

PLAYER:
We're the Eagles.

MALE ANNO UNCER:

Ladies and gentlemen,

let's welcome

your Philadelphia Eagles.

CO MMEN TA TOR:
The Eagles

now receiving a mixed greeting

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