November 15, 2005

Officially more pathetic than the Phillies


This game was lost more than once. The top 3 most responsible are:
  1. McNabb of course, throwing his 3rd straight game losing interception. I'm sure TO loved it.
  2. Reggie Brown who had several drops including the biggest at the end of the game on the 18 yard line. I'm sure TO loved that too.
  3. The entire defense that let the Cowboys go 72 yards in 40 seconds. Brutal.
This debacle though has lots of blame to go around. Here is a list of idiotic plays:
  • 6 false starts, 1 on a punt, 3 by Runyan
  • Draw on 3rd and 13
  • Interference on punt reception
  • 7 yard pass on 3rd and 15
  • Simoneau block in back on punt return
  • Kearse offside to give Dallass a free first down
  • McNabb's improvised shovel pass
  • Holding call on a punt that went into the endzone
  • Running shovel pass play when Dallass announced that it knew it was coming. Note to McNabb: that would be a good time to change the play and/or call a timeout
  • Not converting a 3rd and 2 with 4+ minutes to go
  • Throwing the ball right to Roy Williams with no receiver within 15 yards especially when you're supposed to be running the ball and running the clock out. The Reid-Childress-Morningweg-McNabb braintrust at its finest.
There were a bunch of bad plays too.
  • Every punt - Where is Sean Landetta?
  • Fake snap
  • Reno Mahe drop
  • Most kickoff coverage plays
  • Missing wide open Westbrook
  • Akers last second field goal attempt - I heard he was making them from 65 in warmups
Ordinarily I'd be more upset at this pathetic loss, but the Eagles would still be going nowhere if they had won despite some desperate grasping by lots of commentators. Winning would have been nice in that they beat Dallass but it would just be a star stuck on the side of an ugly turd. Hmm, what does that remind me of? Face it, the Eagles have nothing, their defense is a fraud, the ball will continue to bounce badly for the remainder of the season just like it did again tonight, and McMahon will probably be the one throwing game losing interceptions next week at the Meadowlands.

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