Has Reid lost his nerve?

We lost for a myriad of reasons but we had half our secondary out (more at some points in the game), we have half of our LB corps out (bradley, Jordan and gaither), and a patch work offensive line…. Sure Andy isn’t perfect but what’s he supposed to do about all those injuries?

With no heart, no skill and no brain. Fire him now.

I really wanted McNabb to pull a Peyton and tell the FG unit to get off the field and go for it but that is where Peyton and McNabb differ.

What can be said about the short-yardage play calling the last few years? Pitiful? Cowardly? Uncreative is the kindest word I can think of.

It’s just not a coach’s fault that the team doesn’t execute. We have the biggest O-Line in football (granted they’ve been mixed and matched all over the place), and a good fullback…there is NO REASON we shouldn’t be able to pound the ball for a yard! If Andy calls for us to run for a yard, and we don’t get it, that’s not his fault. If he calls some ‘creative’ play and we don’t get it, we’d call for his head for not just pounding it.

I just can’t pin short-yardage woes on the coach. We’ve tried running, we’ve tried passing…at some point you just have to execute.

the LB’s were mixed around way way to much… Gocong should have been at SAM, Witherspoon at WILL and then Fokou at MLB, which he did decent at during the preseason… Or even simpler start Tracy White at WILL, he’s a damn good athlete overall, and can cover fairly well, so why not play him there instead of mixing everything up and making it a cluster fuck for lack of better words.

Our Secondary is depleted at the moment but with some shifting around could make it through the next 3 weeks till hanson returns. Demps should be moved to CB which is where many scouts thought he would be best at in the NFL. Macho needs to play a Hybrid FS/CB too, or even be the nickel back.. Sean Jones needs to be on the field alot these next 3 weeks, he’s a ball hawk who can hit, he has all the intangibles.

We need to run the ball more. Obviously the Pass only shit isnt working. McNabb had 450yrds and 2TD and has nothing to show for it. We need to get Weaver, McCoy and Buckley into the mix, start the 3 headed monster.

The OL needs to be taken care of. They have been pretty good in Pass protection but in run they look like a bunch of softies… LT needs to be Peters, LG needs to be herremans, C needs to be J. Jackson, RG needs to be nick cole and RT needs to be Justice with St. Andrews mixing in at RG and RT. This could solve alot, we need to quit sub-ing RG’s in and out, its ruining the continuety of the OL. We need to run to the left, Peter’s is a monster on that side and herremans has made an immediate impact at LG since his return, what would’ve been 3yrd gains with Max in there are now 5 or 6 yard gains with Todd in there.

We are always going to find someone to blame. This week its not McNabb so bring on the Big Red Renegade. I personally think it has more to do with our injuries and inexperience at this point.

I didn’t think I’d say this about a coach the caliber of Andy Reid, but I do think he’s lost something. For all of the creative plays we’ve seen in the past, we’ve got NOTHING but dives when we run on 3rd and short. If it becomes abudantly clear that our offensive line is incapable of getting any type of push whatsoever, then it’s the coaches responsibility to figure something out, not just give up. What happened to the constant screens we used to run? McCoy dances WAY too much in the hole, make 1 move and accelerate. Send him towards the sideline, hit him with a quick screen and try to get a yard that way. Shit, that could have at least been one of the 4 plays by the goalline we had this past week!