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"Believe" by Tim Tebow

This is a special team,
a special team
when you have a bunch of guys
that when things aren't going good
we get closer instead of pulling apart.
The No. 1 reason we are like that
is because we believe in each other,
we believe

"Springboard" by Ron Rivera

This is something we can build off of,
use as a springboard as we go forward
It's not where you are now
it's where you're headed.

The Philadelphia Eagles entered the season with Super Bowl aspirations. At 4-7, those dreams are all but destroyed. Yet the proud franchise is not ready to go down without a fight.

"9-7 teams have made the playoffs before," said head coach Andy Reid. "Many of the teams ahead of us right now for the wildcard — the Bears, the Lions, the Giants — are struggling and could come back to us. And thanks to our new pepper spray-based defensive philosophy, we don't expect to lose again."

Despite bringing in high-priced talent in the offseason, Philadelphia has one of the most porous defenses in football.

"Should we have allocated some dollars in different areas? Maybe," says Reid. "But we still have money to spend, such as $719 I just spent to buy a case of police-grade pepper spray on the Internet. I bet it proves to be more effective than Nnamdi Asomugha."

Derek Jeter = Kermit the Frog

He's not the biggest, he's not the smallest, he's not the most talented, his glory days are long past and he's kind of weird looking. But he's the leader and he's loved above all others thanks to a special something you can't define. What is the elusive magic rainbow connection if not intangibles?

Ndamukong Suh = Miss Piggy

They're both huge, they both have narcissistic tendencies, they both let their emotions get the best of them and they're both prone to violence. Derek Jeter is lucky that Ndamukong Suh is not attracted to him.