The Linc - Time is trouble

by JasonB on Nov 9, 2009 12:08 PM EST in Philadelphia Eagles News

Phil Sheridan: Once again, time is trouble for Eagles | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/09/2009
Andy Reid's reasoning wasn't terrible when he sent his field-goal team out with 4 minutes, 33 seconds showing on the clock. His math was another story.

Eagles come up short against Cowboys | Philadelphia Daily News | 11/09/2009
RED FLAGS and red faces were the story at the season's halfway point, as the Eagles stumbled last night when given the chance to take control of the NFC East.

Cowboys bury past, McNabb - NFC East - ESPN
It wouldn't be wise to make any sweeping judgments on the Dallas Cowboys until their cruelest month arrives in December, but it's fair to say they took an important step at the Linc on Sunday night. They returned to the site of one of the most regrettable performances in franchise history and seized control of first place in the NFC East with a 20-16 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.

Brown Eager to Forget About Blown Coverage, Loss
It’s not easy being a cornerback in the NFL. Not during the game, and often not after it, either.

Eagles' Stewart Bradley, Cornelius Ingram making progress with injury rehab -- themorningcall.com
Two injured Eagles who are rarely seen during open locker room sessions reported encouraging news about their recoveries Thursday at the NovaCare Complex. Linebacker Stewart Bradley and tight end Cornelius Ingram, who each underwent surgery to repair torn anterior cruciate ligaments suffered in the preseason, are making excellent progress with their rehabilitation work.

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Reid is good at a lot of things...

But he’s the absolute worst time-management coach in the NFL… and it’s not even close.

Why is there not a time-management specialist position, as in a person that has no other job than to specialize in all time-management decisions? I’m not joking. It would probably be somewhat embarrassing to Reid should the Eagles choose to be innovative and employ such a position, but it’s time they recognize this severe deficiency and do something about it.

by JimmyK on Nov 9, 2009 12:26 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

I HATE

Matt Mosley. He always hypes to Cowboys so much. No mention of that terrible call by the official. I hope he gets fired

by tanman5 on Nov 9, 2009 1:18 PM EST reply actions

oh please.....

if anything he is like Aikman in that he usually goes out of his way to talk up the other team….

by McLovin9 on Nov 9, 2009 1:24 PM EST up reply actions

Your not gonna get much love comparing him to Aikman round here… you might as well compare him to Joe Buck while your at it.

by Sparki on Nov 9, 2009 1:25 PM EST up reply actions

Here's a statement that's no exaggeration...

When it comes to knowledge of the Eagles (although maybe not writing skills), I’ll take at least 5-10 regulars on this site over Mosley any day. Seriously. He may know the Cowboys well because he’s covered them much longer, but when your full-time job is to cover 4 football teams for the biggest sports website in the world, I expect better.

by JimmyK on Nov 9, 2009 1:31 PM EST up reply actions

not looking for love spanki....

but if you think Aikman hypes the cowboys….well then i think you better go back to complaining about the officiating

by McLovin9 on Nov 9, 2009 1:53 PM EST up reply actions

That is just lame

Go back and read all of his blogs. He does nothing but rip the Cowboys when they are down and suck their nuts when they are up, just like all of these clowns on ESPN, CNNSI, CBS etc. And they all do it for every team.

For example, when the Giants were 5-0 they were saying they were the greatest. But no one recalls how they barely beat us even though we shot ourselves in the foot so many times. Now, they deserved to win, but to say they were a dominant team and not point out that game shows you how little the average clown on tv knows.

But Mosely, with his cheap shot attempts at wit is the worst. Go back and read all his blogs and tell me I am wrong.

by BillyBates on Nov 9, 2009 10:03 PM EST up reply actions

i love how all the cowfag fans are all coming over now

can’t wait til the December implosion again this year.

you guys are just lucky our qb is looked more like your qb that game. maybe next time we’ll get good Donovan, i’ll go ask my 8 ball.

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Nov 9, 2009 2:31 PM EST reply actions

that game wont matter

and you should start playing Kolb….McNabb is done.

by ManTab on Nov 9, 2009 3:28 PM EST up reply actions

That’s mostly wishful thinking on your part…

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by JasonB on Nov 9, 2009 3:34 PM EST up reply actions

true....

by ManTab on Nov 9, 2009 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

cowfag? lol

good one but a bit immature. I will come here and send congrats if you win and I promise I won’t whine about the refs like what is done here. I pormise I will be here win or lose :)

by dubious on Nov 9, 2009 8:15 PM EST up reply actions

Jodi (my bad, Joe_D)

I cant wait to play you guys again. You know what is great? Kolb sucks, Reid is washed up and McNabb has two years left. DeSean is fast, but he gets taken out of many games. And your team is old. What that means is that you will not be winning a SB anytime soon. So while my Boys were in the wasteland for the last decade or so, we a) have prospects for the very near future and b) had some great times in the 70s and 90s. What do you guys have? Marky Mark movies? Chumps.

by BillyBates on Nov 9, 2009 10:05 PM EST up reply actions

Kolb sucks

Based on what?

Reid is washed up

You’d kill for his record.

McNabb has two years left

He’s 3 years older than Romo. Does that mean Romo only has 5 years left?

DeSean is fast, but he gets taken out of many games.

QB’s aside, he’s only the undisputed best offensive player in the division.

And your team is old. What that means is that you will not be winning a SB anytime soon.

That’s the dumbest thing I’ve read all week. Name 1 starter – just ONE – that’s over 32 years old.

(Jeopardy music playing)

Did you find any? No? OK, I’ll make it a little easier… Name 4 starters (again, there are 22 possibilities here), just FOUR, as in 1-2-3-4, that are 30 years of age or older.

(Jeopardy music playing again)

What’d you come up with?

So while my Boys were in the wasteland for the last decade or so, we a) have prospects for the very near future

By the end of the season, your OL will be the following ages…

Adams – 34
Kosier – 31
Gurode – 31
Davis – 31
Colombo – 31

Didn’t realize this, but you have more guys over 30 on your O Line than we have in our entire offensive and defensive starting lineups combined. OUCH!

What do you guys have? Marky Mark movies? Chumps.

Just took you to school, brother. We know our football here. Come back a little stronger next time.

by JimmyK on Nov 10, 2009 10:10 AM EST up reply actions

Dude, not to blast a fellow cowboy fan but the eagles are younger than us.

This was a great win for us but hardly changing of the guard. Desean, Celek, Maclin, and McCoy are 22 and younger. They will get better just like our young guys( we also have a good size list of young talent) . Jan!st will be another slug fest. I look forward to it.

KICK ASS every day!!!

by squidlo97 on Nov 10, 2009 10:10 AM EST up reply actions

I would have whined about the refs in this one had we loss.

They were not very good and very inconsistent.
I always watch to see how the are going to call pass coverage. Are they going to let them play or are they going to be ticky tack. About every 3 or 4 series this goup would switch back in forth. It doesnt matter which direction it goes just be fair and consistent.

KICK ASS every day!!!

by squidlo97 on Nov 10, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions

Andy and Don

You guys have done good for the Eagles. You are Winners! But you are not CHAMPIONS! Mr. Laurie, we want a champion! Please hire either Dungy or Shanahan. Where ever Andy goes take Don with him. We will send them off with a “Winners” commendation!

by Trade Kolb on Nov 9, 2009 2:48 PM EST reply actions

Andy is a great coach

5 championship games in 8 years. I’m not willing to part with that. Not to mention all the talent that we keep restocking ourselves with — just incredible. He can ship of Donovan though — I’ve seen enough of him

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Nov 9, 2009 3:04 PM EST up reply actions

My feeling is that you can work around an inconsistent quarterback when you have a load of offensive talent otherwise.

You can’t work around a consistently underachieving coach. I’ve give Reid until the end of the season to get his head out of his ass.

by joetimek on Nov 9, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions

You’d also be losing one of the best GMs in football.

"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock

by John Gennaro on Nov 9, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions

How do you workout an inconsistent QB?

We kinda need him to throw some balls to our WRs to score some points…Esp in a WC offense.

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Nov 9, 2009 3:35 PM EST up reply actions

work around?

cobbd

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Nov 9, 2009 3:35 PM EST up reply actions

Remember- Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl as a starting quarterback. And Kyle Orton, who stares down his receivers like a high school QB, is on a 6-1 team.

If McNabb can make the occasional big play, we’re fine. And we have big play guys to do that. Andy, who calls the plays, needs to adjust to put him in that decision. He is going to complete SOME passes.

I agree with the whole losing a great GM part, John. That’s what he excels at. I don’t think we could ever ask him to strictly be a GM, because some other team would scoop him up as a coach. Bit of a catch-22 if we dropped him as coach.

by joetimek on Nov 9, 2009 4:05 PM EST up reply actions

Decision, position.

by joetimek on Nov 9, 2009 4:06 PM EST up reply actions

We do have a load of offensive talent, but what good is that if we can’t get them the ball when McNabb is being inconsistent

In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.
-Theodore Roosevelt

by Eaglesgrl5 on Nov 10, 2009 2:30 PM EST up reply actions

Dungy maybe....

I wouldnt take Shanahan over Reid ever!!!!!….Shanahan won because of Elway. he sucks!

by ManTab on Nov 9, 2009 3:30 PM EST up reply actions

Shanahan has a good record without Elway, what really killed him is his tendency to scapegoat the DC in his last few years. Mike Nolan is making McDaniels look good.

by JP24 on Nov 9, 2009 4:54 PM EST up reply actions

WHEN

we play good in the first 5 mins, we usually win. when we play bad, it’s usually another oakland gm like last night. the team is too emotional. why is that?

by Bleediots on Nov 9, 2009 4:20 PM EST reply actions

sometimes there is another team playing against the Eagles and

they make things harder for your team to succeed. Its possible huh ? :)

by dubious on Nov 9, 2009 8:16 PM EST up reply actions

Bleediots

I’m with you 100%. No disrespect to the Cowboys or anyone who has beaten us the past three seasons, but you can count the times the Eagles get flat-out outplayed on one hand. They usually lose close games in which they fail to look sharp from the very start.

Yet we sit there after getting that foreboding feeling in the first quarter because we’re die-hard fans hoping this one will turn out differently.

Bottom line with the Eagles: I think they have been and still are capable of beating anyone in the NFL. And as they showed us against Oakland, they’re capable of losing to anyone.

There are a lot of teams in the NFL whose talent level I respect, Saints and Cowboys included. But nobody scares me on game day like the Eagles.

It’s cliche, but I’ve watched consistently enough that I actually believe the Eagles are the team most capable of beating the Eagles on any given Sunday.

Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on Nov 10, 2009 12:13 AM EST up reply actions

Thats why they call it Any Given Sunday… and thats likely for any team, especially ours.

In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.
-Theodore Roosevelt

by Eaglesgrl5 on Nov 10, 2009 2:32 PM EST up reply actions

yea we can say that too about losing close games

2 losses this year by 9 points. One game we get the lead late and lose on last second field goal and the second we cant complete the comeback and 3 tries in the endzone to tie the score. Our team scores nothing at the start of the game look at the stats. We score the most points in the 3rd quarter and your team usually scores in the first half. Thats why its called a 60 minute game. I just think everybody could do the what ifs. The Eagles are good and will be ok .

by dubious on Nov 11, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions