will we ever win?

Lame

In a battle of mediocrity the Eagles came out on top, unfortunately that means they lost. Eagles and Andy Reid started the game seemingly in an effort to give the Redskins confidence and momentum via very conservative play calling and timid effort against the worst ranked defense going into the game. Throw in typical horrible special teams play, boneheaded penalties and horrible tackling and the Eagles were quickly behind 14-0.

The Eagles offense finally got something going and a great run by Vick put the ball at the inch line, but a holding call destroyed that effort as Vick's rib cartilage was torn into pieces by a crunching sandwich tackle. Eagles had to settle to a field goal.

Redskins answered with a field goal to make the score 17-3 as the defense played poorly again.

But the worst of a bad half was yet to come. If you were pitching a movie, "Andy Reid, Worst Game Manager in NFL History" and you included the scene that ACTUALLY HAPPENED at the end of the first half they would force you to remove it because it would be too preposterous. I challenge all the current and future coaches in the NFL to get a delay of game penalty after 5+ minutes of replay review AND A TIMEOUT. You simply can not do it.

Because of Andy Reid's unbelievable idiocy the Eagles had to settle for a field goal at the end of the half and went in trailing 17-6 instead of 17-10.

McNabb and the Redskins would never really threaten again except for a drive that ended with a Nate Allen interception, but the Kolb lead Eagles offense weren't doing anything either and self-destructing too. One good drive ended when McCoy fumbled on the 20. Others were ended by penalties. Kolb looked scared and skittish in the pocket, and did not make quick decisions. Replays showed open receivers downfield that Kolb failed to throw to and instead dumped off to McCoy.

Kolb did eventually lead the team to a touchdown with a hurry up offense but failed on the 2 point conversion that would have made it a 3 point game. The Redskins answered with a drive that ran a bunch of time off the clock, helped by a big 3rd down scramble by McNabb where he stupidly ran out of bounds (typical McNabb).

The Eagles did get the ball back and did have a chance for the win though. With time running out Kolb threw a Hail Mary to the endzone that was stone cold dropped by Avant in the endzone. This was probably the most frustrating play of the entire game. If Avant makes that catch it would have erased everything that came before it.

Other notes:

• This defense is terrible. The run defense is awful and the reason they lost more than anything.
• Asante Samuel gets crap for terrible tackling, but how about Quintin Mikell?
• When are the special teams going to improve?
• They should play with a pink football too.
• Kolb has to make that throw to DeSean Jackson, that was the game.
• Bradley has to make that interception, that was the game.
• That Toyota Camry family should buy less cars and walk more.
• Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Damn, after all the hype this game was bad.