will we ever win?

Right back in it!

It appears Andy Reid is capable of learning. The offense was successful today with short passes and running the ball consistently. But Reid is a slow learner, so he still tried a quarterback sneak on the inch line before going with a run to the outside for a touchdown. And after their first 2 trips inside the 10 resulted in touchdowns, the offense reverted to field goals the next 2 times, and then put up a big fat zero for the entire second half, giving the Redskins a chance to steal the game. But Rex Grossman repeatedly destroyed any chance Washington had of winning the game by throwing terrible interception after terrible interception. He was the Eagles MVP and eventually was replaced by backup, John Beck.

The Eagles defense showed up today by getting 4 interceptions (but Grossman deserves more credit for those than the Eagles) and shutting down the Redskins running game. I have no idea how they shut down the run so effectively as opposed to previous weeks. Maybe the "brilliant" Coach Billick could have filled us in instead of babbling on and on about something pointless. I think the Eagles also benefitted from Washington's play calling. Where were the screens and the draws that the Bills killed the Eagles with last week?

I will also do something very rare - thank the refs. The refs bailed the Eagles out more than a few times today with bad calls, most notably the roughing the passer call in the first quarter that really helped the offense get out of a huge hole and get rolling to their first touchdown. Up until that call the Eagles were only going backwards.

With the 20-13 win the Eagles are now only a game out of first in the hapless NFC East and SuperBowl bound again!

Other notes:

• Coleman had 3 interceptions, but also the stupidest play of the game with his idiotic personal foul on a defenseless receiver that already dropped the ball.
• Nnamdi had the hit of the game, knocking big mouth Cooley out of the game. Sheldon Brown on Reggie Bush is still the best hit by a #24 I ever saw.
• The Eagles first TD was a great call and perfectly executed. Miracle.
• McCoy could have had 2 TDs on the day if he didn't drop a shovel pass. He tried to run before he caught the ball...
• I don't think Dion Lewis was down on his "TD" run. If he was there would not have been any bright green underneath his knee - he was casting that shadow on the ground you know.
• Speaking of shadows, in that dumb ad where the plane lands in the back of the pickup, the truck has no shadow underneath it at all when they go to the angle from the front.
• Two weeks in a row DRC has let an interception bounce right off his hands. His whiff while trying to tackle the "shifty" Beck in the fourth quarter was embarrassing.
• Celek's "spectacular" catch was only difficult because he didn't catch the pass the first time.
• Eagles got most of the bounces today, the opposite of last week.
• We could have used a replay on Celek's drop in the endzone and Vick's kicking of I don't know what on the sideline by the cheerleaders after that long run. He appeared to be apologizing for whatever he did.
• Reid et. al were out adjusted at the half again.
• McCoy's poke of Reid in his big fat belly was like poking a life-size Pillsbury Doughboy.
• Eagles seemed a little too happy after winning. Or maybe I'm a little too bitter.