Last night, on Sunday Night Football, the Philadelphia Eagles wasted a golden opportunity. The Birds lost to the New York Giants 36-31, at home. Lincoln Financial Field (The Linc) was as loud as ever. The Philly faithful were out in full force, only to be let down, once again, by the Eagles. Many fans are fed up and frustrated with the team.
If you look at the statistics, the Eagles faired fairly well offensively against a top-notch Giants defense. The Birds managed 300 yards of offense. McNabb threw for 194 yards and 3 TDs (1 INT), with a QB rating of 80.1. That’s not a bad days work, usually! But the Eagles were facing the defending Super Bowl Champions, their defense and turnovers let them down.
The Eagles, even though they were over-matched all game, had a chance to steal a victory. With 3:14 left on the clock, the Eagles had one last chance, starting from their own 14-yard line. The Birds managed to get to the 43-yard line at the 2-minute warning, facing a 3rd and 3. What happened next, still befuddles me this morning, as much as it did last night. Westbrook took the hand-off and bounced outside to the right and gained 2 yards while managing to get out of bounds to stop the clock. 4th and 1…Andy, don’t do it…Andy, don’t do it. He did it anyway!
We all knew what was going to happen next. The fans at the Linc, the announcers, and all of us glued to our TVs…we all knew it! Westbrook to the right…stuffed! Game over! Why…Andy…why? The Eagles were burned earlier in the year with a similar situation in Chicago. You would think that Andy Reid would have known better? He did and he does…he’s just too stubborn…it’s just the same-old, same-old!
Short Shots:
The G-Men are now the clear-cut favorites to win the NFC East and have home field advantage in the play-offs…thanks Eagles!
Matt Jones (Jags) and Joey Porter (Miami) are having a verbal squabble over comments made by Porter. Joey doesn’t understand why Matt is still playing football, since Sheriff Goodell gave him a 3-game suspension? Neither do I!
The Dolphins unleashed the wildcat on Seattle. The ‘Fins scored two TDs in the wildcat formation. Parcells…you pussycat…you! I could have sworn Big Bill was a dog person?
Herm Edwards tried to pull off a “Shanahan” yesterday by going for 2 while only trailing by one, with 23 seconds left in regulation. KC failed on the 2-pt conversion and Herm failed his team. Kick the PAT and go to overtime!
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I can't believe they gave the ball to Westbrook - especially with how much trouble he was having getting short yards. You can't even find a positive by thinking "Andy will learn from his mistakes" - clearly he doesn't!
Hope the ball does well this week!
Why? When you have a qb like Mcnabb the only thing that comes to mind is why? Westbrook always kills the Giants and Reid waits until the last minute to give him the chance. Under a minute to go and alomost 50 yds in front of them and they run the ball twice for three yards. One of the most potent passing games in the league and they run in a passing situation. Was Mcnabb winded, was it a re-run of the superbowl. Was it Mcnabb who couldn't get it done and Reid read this? Who knows, but that decision has us saying maybe next year already. JB
Reid said he watched the film and learned and trying to move on. Maybe he forgot to watch the Bears game. Because if he did I have no faith that he will learn. Since he tried to run on short down at a critical part of the game again.
5-4 for the season have to look for a chance for wild card. that means u got to win a division game or you looking at a 9-7 season. Which this year might not get it done.
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