Jaws answers my request
Watching the crapfest that was the Eagles offense on Monday I wanted to know who was suckin' more - McNabb or the receivers. TV is humanity's greatest gift to itself but it does have some limitations, namely the inability to show the audience whats going on downfield past 10 yards. You would hope replays and the fat lumps in the booth would help out and shed some light on the mysterious unseen rest of the field but there seems to be only enough time to talk about how sometimes you gotta dump water from the waterbottle on your head instead of in your mouth. And you would especially think they would focus on this because of McNabb's penchant for throwing 3 yard passes over and over and over and over again.
Well Ron Jaworski took the initiative and watched the tape and wrote an article.
"I'm not buying the notion that these receivers can't get open. Look, I saw Billy McMullen run a 'go' route and he was 8 yards beyond the cornerback. The corner sat on the route and McMullen ran right by him. The ball wasn't delivered to him. Todd Pinkston runs a deep cross from the '3' spot -- from the right side to the left side -- and he was 20 yards in the open. 20 yards! Those are designed plays, big plays in the making and the ball was not delivered.
This reinforces the article written in the Inquirer 2 seasons ago that said pretty much the same thing. McNabb is not getting it done but the receivers shoulder the blame.
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