4th Quarter Comeback Victory
by Andrew B on Nov 30, 2009 8:03 AM EST
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Its too bad that Donovan McNabb just isn't good enough to lead the Eagles back from a multi-score deficit with 10 minutes left to play to win the game. Otherwise, we'd have had a chance yesterday against the Redskins.
Its really just too bad that we have a Quarterback who is such a choke artist who can't pull it out and isn't a leader and can't inspire anyone to victory and isn't "tough-n-gritty" so that we can never win a close game.
Fraud-gelo Cataldi is a big fat obnoxious moron.
Fraud-gelo Cataldi is a big fat obnoxious moron.
Fraud-gelo Cataldi is a big fat obnoxious moron.
Fraud-gelo Cataldi is a big fat obnoxious moron.
Fraud-gelo Cataldi is a big fat obnoxious moron.
Fraud-gelo Cataldi is a big fat obnoxious moron.
Fraud-gelo Cataldi is a big fat obnoxious moron.
Fraud-gelo Cataldi is a big fat obnoxious moron.
Fraud-gelo Cataldi is a big fat obnoxious moron.
Fraud-gelo Cataldi is a big fat obnoxious moron.
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tell us how you really feel, man!
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Bear Bryant
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In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.
-Theodore Roosevelt
Our record in close games isn't good
You blast critics who are doing nothing but drawing logical conclusions from the data they have.
Yes, we have had to back to back close victories. They were hard fought, and AWESOME!!! I’m REALLY hoping to see more of that moving forward. While this doesn’t change the past, it certainly excites me for the future. You talk as if these two games make the past irrelevant, and I’m not sure I agree.
McNabb has been consistent and accurate for a couple games now, basically from halftime against San Diego. You don’t hear people criticizing him when he’s playing well, and there’s no reason you would. It’s not that people jumped back on the DMac bandwagon train, it’s that the critics just want to win games…when McNabb’s doing that…AWESOME!!!!!
"What did it feel like? That collision, I didn't feel nothing, because he was pretty much defenseless. It was like running through a cardboard box. Seriously. Cardboard box."- Sheldon Brown on his pounding of Reggie Bush in the '06 Playoffs
Close games record
Win-loss 8 points and less and 6 points or less
2009: 2-3, 2-2
2008: 1-6-1, 1-4-1
2007: 5-6, 1-5
2006: 4-5, 3-4
2005: 5-5, 5-4
2004: 4-1, 4-1
2003: 7-3, 4-3
2002: 3-3, 1-3
2001: 3-3, 3-3
2000: 4-3, 4-3
1999: 4-6, 3-6
Total: 42-44-1, 31-38-1
Andy Reid record: 114-73-1
So, 72-29 in not close games and 42-44-1 in close games.
I can live with a coach and team that wins 7 of 10 not close games and is 0.500 in close games, and that plays less than 50% of the games close. In an average season with 16 games and 2 playoff games that’s a 11-7 overall record, meaning your AVERAGE 16 game season is 10-6.
For every franchise that averages 10-6 over an 11 season stretch, another franchise has to average 6-10 (hello Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns!)
Would you rather be them? Better to lose 3 close games a year than get blown out 9 times a year and lose close once.
People get to hyperfocused on things from one season and forget to look at the big picture of the career.
by Andrew B on Nov 30, 2009 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
For every franchise that averages 10-6 over an 11 season stretch, another franchise has to average 6-10 (hello Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns!)
That is statistically untrue.
just bustin your balls.
About 10 minutes ago, I was pondering my own existence. Then I decided that it didn't matter.
That is statistically untrue.
Someone has to win, and someone has to lose. We’ll ignore the once in a blue-moon tie. There’s 256 games in a season. Overall, the whole league obviously averages 8-8. 256 games / 32 teams = 8 wins.
If the 12 playoff bound teams in a year average 11 wins each (last year it was 10 7/8 in 2007 it was 11 1/4), that leaves 124 wins per year for each of the other 20 teams to split amongst themselves. That would be 6.2 each.
If teams like the Patriots, Colts, Steelers, and Eagles are averaging 10 or 11 wins each per year since 2000, then everyone else has to be doing worse. Those 4 teams have 389 wins since 2000. The other 28 teams have 1899 wins (that would be 7.5 each). When you start taking out other pretty good teams like the Packers (84 wins), Broncos (85 wins), Giants (80 wins), Ravens (83 wins), and Seahawks (77 wins) that falls to near 7. Take out more of the muddled middle, and eventually you are left with the Browns (52 wins), Raiders (57 wins), Lions (40 wins), Texans (40 wins – 7 seasons), Bengals (58 wins), Cardinals (52 wins), 49ers (60 wins), and Bills (60 wins).
That’s 9 teams averaging 9.5 wins per season and 8 teams averaging 6.5 wins per season. And 4 teams averaging over 10 wins per season and 4 teams averaging under 6.
This is all correct, however, your original statement was much simpler, and therefore incomplete and false. It is not necessary for every franchise to have an exact mirror, as you stated in your original post. I am aware that the “for every 10-6 there must be a 6-10” was simplified logic for the sake of posters who never learned statistics. That is why I added at the end that I was just busting your balls.
About 10 minutes ago, I was pondering my own existence. Then I decided that it didn't matter.
Comebacks...
take big plays from the whole squad…I wonder if Joe D watched the Titans game and saw the catches Kenny Britt made for Vince Young…
If Kevin Curtis or anyone does that for McNabb in the Championship Game against the Cards, all the same jackasses would be calling him ‘CLUTCH.’
It’s a ridiculous argument. Yes it does take a ‘special kind’ of QB to ‘lead’ their team down the field, to not throw a pick, to not fumble, to not lose their head on 4th down and the game…Yes, I get it.
But REALIZE that it takes a David Tyree, a Kevin Faulk, a Jason Avant, a Santonio Holmes, a Kenny Britt to MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE.
So there, QB gets too much credit when it goes right, and entirely too much blame when it goes wrong…
But this year, McNabb’s been doing it right WAYYYY more than he’s been doing it wrong…
His #s are pretty hard to argue with, 6-3 record as starter….& save the Raiders game, where he looked pretty awful his #s =
153/239 (64%), 1920 yds, 15 TDs, 6 INTs, QB Rating – 99.36
w/ Raiders:
175/289 (61.4%) 2189 yds. 15 TDs, 6 INTs, QB Rating – 94.02
Aside from ’04, his highest rating mind you.
Thats a good point about the championship game… I still argue with people about that 4th down play that Curtis dropped. They always say that he was pass interfered with… but the truth is that 99% (should be 100%) of every other WR in the NFL would’ve caught that ball. McNabb has definitely had his bonehead moments… but its definitely not ALL his fault.
2wks in a Row
Nice to see Us gut it out and come up with a win. @ the end of the Day Def. wins championships and ours definatly needs to get healthy, but if the D had showed up in sandeigo or vs AZ in the Chip gm we would have already been in the SB. ppl forget (convienently) dmac brought us back to take the lead in the 4th qtr…….before the defense allowed the Cards to drive the length of the field Chew up the clock then blame Dmac for not bailing us out again. Lets Be fair His WRs have been trash there has never been a solid running game and the defense has also had its failings in critical moments. Could Dmac have played Better sure but giving up 30+ pts on the rd is not the recipe for winning
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