Eagles offense/prevent defense blow it

by JasonB on Oct 21, 2007 7:23 PM EDT in Philadelphia Eagles News

Well, it couldn't have been more easy. The Bears had 97 yards to go with less than 2 min to go with no timeouts. Rather than attack like they did all day, the Eagles defense dropped into prevent and let the Bears march down the field for a heartbreaking win. Three man rushes gave Brian Greise and the Bears offense, who had done little all day, free reign to grab chunks of yardage as they walked down the field for a win that keeps their season alive. Oh, and I'd be remiss if I didn't at least mention that embarrassing coverage from Considine on the final TD.

The defense, up until that last drive had played a fantastic game but the offense... Well, they came out similar to the way they did last week. Complete ineptitude in the redzone, disappearing acts in the second half, inaccuracy by McNabb that prevented at least one TD to the TE... Despite that last embarrassing drive, make no mistake it was the offense who lost this one.

It's dark days here in Eagle-land. With wins by all three other NFC East teams, the Eagles in all likelihood blew this season in the last minute and a half or so...

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But the refs seemed to be in the spotlight again.

The James phantom hold lead to a few Chicago points.

I am no expert, but the garbage false start in place of a fumble was exceedingly frustrating.

And the most egregious... where did that random minute go? Chicago kicked a field goal at 10:21... then they add a minute... then take away 2? Strange... I know you can't be quite so literal, but it would have been nice to get the ball back with 1:09. Or would the defense have been more agressive had Chicago gotten the ball back with 3 minutes instead of 2? Who knows.

In the end it doesnt excuse the atrocious redzone offense or McNabbs accuracy. But it still warrants a mention I think.

by brooksy on Oct 21, 2007 7:57 PM EDT reply actions

No Heart

No Dawk, no Trot, no Garcia. A classic example of a team with no heart. Maybe one of the young guys will pick up the mantle next year, but I'm sad to say that this year's model is heading for the scrap yard.

McNabb is a very good quarterback, but he's not a "rally the troops" kind of guy.

I am one depressed diehard fan today. 35 years of frustration and another "wait'll next year"!

by AZ Iggle on Oct 21, 2007 10:58 PM EDT reply actions