Bird Feed - Status Quo
It is fair to say that the Eagle attack started at the slow start, but by the second quarter, they found grooves and could not be stopped. They took the ball at will against San Diego's defense. Unfortunately, the first three Eagles engines stopped in the red zone. I will not give much credit for the charger defense here. Most eagles were to blame.
On his first trip, Eagles gave the ball back to Leonard Weaver without luck at 1st down. Then they tried to throw it in a second. In the third half, they gave the ball back to the third, Eldra Buckley, who was also deprived of the endzone. I fully support giving the game run two attempts to get the ball across the line. However, why did not give Brian Westbrook a chance? Westbrook has been one of the most experienced scorers in the NFL in recent years. He obviously had the talent to find the end zone, yet the eagles did not even have him in the field. The mind is puzzling.
Their second trip was less disturbing as it was the first and goal of the nine. It will be difficult for eagles to convert many of these opportunities because of their lack of size in the receiver mode. They will not drop any of their receivers with a jumping ball nor any of them big enough to go across the middle, take a lick, and cling to the ball. (TE Cornelius Ingram was supposed to fill this role well, but his injury during the pre-season left a void that the Eagles could not fill). This is where vultures need to take advantage of McNabb's mathematics. QB is committing naked draws, anything to make him move, which in turn will put the defense at the end. When the Eagles finally registered in the red zone in their last two attempts, it was not because they did anything differently. Both games failed, but McNab kept every game alive until the defense collapsed. Once the defense faltered, finding the open receiver was easy because 11 sets of eyes were immediately focused on No. 5. Donovan McNabb is the most dangerous danger to the Red Eagle at this stage of the season. They have to use it like one and are forced to defend mistakes.
The attempt of the third failed red zone was similar to the second. Lots of bodies crowded in a smaller area. The smaller Eagles receiver can not use its speed as an advantage here. To become an almost more team, the Eagles must develop an "in your face" attack. They definitely have horses in the foreground to do this. The only question is, are there enough minds under the headphones to find out? So far, this answer is NO loud.
Despite the conflicts of the red areas, I give this loss entirely to the defense. Injuries or not, their performance was terrible. Missed missed matches, stupid punishments, and missing Eagles mistakes for a second consecutive game. On top of all that, the defense could not get out of the pitch in the fourth quarter ... again.
Injuries began to appear back. The Eagles were run on Sunday by one of the worst NFL fastest attacks. Eagles somehow managed to make homogenous work of Lumenine Tomlinson as if he had regained shape in 2005. There is nothing more insulting to the defense than not being able to stop the race. It's more than football, it's almost personal. When you get run over, you simply get Manu Manu. The only more embarrassing thing is the failure to get a critical break when the game is at stake. For a unit that prides itself on being religious and physical, Philadelphia's defense is very poor when paid. Similar to the 2008 NFC Championship game, the defense just needs to stop. On Sunday, they failed to get this stop ... three different times.
Speaking of incompetence, can we all agree that Ashanti Samuel is the most arrogant player in Eagles? How many unanswered adhesions and blowing coverage? It's ridiculous. Samuel was designed by Philip Rivers in what was ultimately the result of winning the game. FOX commentators tried to give Samuel the benefit of doubt by confirming that he expected safety help on the top. Bull. Samuel wanted to intercept his way and destroy the transit routes on the assumption that the Rivers would not look deep. Well, Rivers looked deep and the only help Samuel gave behind him was the security guard outside the end zone. Obviously, Samuel covers like him. Eyes closed, guess rushed.
As for defensive ideas, midfielder Moyes Foucault was selected for a 15-yard penalty that led to the third-day loss of Schardes. In order not to outperform us, newly signed Rosie Robinson was called to sneak into a crucial third and third game. The defense of Darren Sprules was stopped in the backfield, which would have forced the players to kick a field goal to 24-9. Instead, the shippers were replaced by the first and scored the result in the next game. How is crankback called to get hacked? I still have not figured it out. Of course, I can not forget Asanta Samuel does not fight through the stills to stay on his leg in the third and fourth. The Eagles completely needed to stop here. Instead of fighting to stay on his foot at the first sign down, Samuel chose to run 6 yards down around the traffic. Once again, Rivers found that Samuel and Schuagers had their first descent. game over.
As an Eagles fan in the Andy Reed era, I learned to carry many things. 60-40 pass ratio, weak game management, and throat removal every 9 seconds just to name a few. However, I can never withstand embarrassing defensive performance. As miserable as the Red Zone was Sunday, the defense lost the game. Somewhere, Jim Johnson rolls over in his grave.
As we approach Week 11, the Eagles Season 2009 sits on the edge of the abyss. Win in Chicago and come back on track. If they lose, Maurice Spites's knee injury is much more serious.
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