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Creamed team

Last week the Eagles came out and played like the game meant something while Baltimore just played. This week the Steelers played like the game meant something while the Eagles looked terrible. All the deficiencies of last year's Eagles team, especially on the defensive side of the ball, were present. The defense couldn't stop the run, had bad safety play, had weak linebacker play, and couldn't get off the field on third downs. Also the blitzes were all read and taken advantage of. The only positive was they continued to apply consistent pressure on the quarterback without having to blitz.

On offense the first team struggled and Vick made poor decisions that led to picks. McCoy had some nice runs, but did they keep handing off to him? That was a rhetorical question of course. The offensive line looked ok with a few shaky moments and Celek still can't run block.

I didn't watch the second half. Maybe something exciting happened and they came back from 21-0. I don't know.

Other notes:

• You know what is more boring than a touchback on a kickoff? Complaining about it over and over and over. You know what else? When it gets cold, windy, rainy, snowy etc. there won't be as many touchbacks. And enough with the kick return is the most exciting play in the game. 99% of kick returns go nowhere and on half of those there's a holding, block in the back, illegal use of hands penalty so the offense is backed up and has to call boring, conservative plays and then goes three and out.
• Steelers ran the ball a lot and ran it well. Usually it was right into the Eagles' soft, pink belly for nice gains. If there was a short yardage situation it was easily converted.
• Matthews blew a bunch of tackles, along with his teammates.
• Steelers safeties are the "cream of the crop." Eagles safeties are the "bottom of the barrel."
• Idiot Reid is still calling plays that put Jackson in a position to get crushed by guys twice his weight.
• So Celek can't block, stopped being an offensive weapon last year, and tends to drop the ball. What happened? LJ Smith part 2?
• Riley Cooper also kind of sucks. He goes weak on too many plays.
• Kind of sad when the best hit of the game by an Eagle was Vick taking Polamalu out while he was returning Vick's third pick of the half.
• In those iPhone commercials isn't it amazing how absolutely still the hands holding the phones are? It's like they are pictures or something.
• Stupid looking movies - "Contagion" and "Apollo 18."