The Eagles laid another turd last night in their 24-20 defeat to the Chicago Bears. And, it marks their 6th straight defeat during a prime time game, and seventh straight if you count their defeat to the Saints on that Saturday Night playoff game back in early '07.
The offense will take a lot of flak for last night's defeat and while they deserve some of the blame, the defense should not allow a hideous quarterback like Kyle Orton to throw three touchdowns on them, EVER, let alone in a half of football.
We're talking about a quarterback that shouldn't even be in the NFL. He's only starting for this team because whoever scouts QB's for the Bears organization must be high on crack and heroine. Seriously, this is an organization that's come up with the likes of Cade McNown, Craig Krenzel, Rex Grossman, and Kyle Orton. You don't get much worse than that.
While the Eagles had an effective pass rush throughout the game, the opening drive in which they allowed Chicago to go down the field at will was inexcusable. Orton is a terrible QB and in the first half, the Eagles made him look like Tom Brady out there.
Now, onto the red zone offense, which is by all accounts offensive at this point; it's abominable. For a team to miss two field goals, blow 4 plays on the goaline is beyond comprehension. That falls on the coach. Anybody who has not been lobotomized could figure out that you run a QB sneak somewhere during one of those four plays. Andy "I invented the game of football" Reid-the all-knowing, powerful coach, with zero Super Bowls seems to think running the same play over and over again will get it done.
While it was a disgusting loss, it's not shocking. The Eagles are 2-11 in their past thirteen regular season primetime games. Yes, 2-11! They were 0-4 in prime time in 2005, 1-2 in 2006, 0-4 last year, and 0-2 so far this year.
Can the networks please do Eagles Nation a favor and stop putting this team on primetime. They just can't get it done when the lights are on.
They are now 2-2 and last in the NFC East. Ahead of them are the 3-1 Cowboys, 3-1 Redskins, and shockingly the 3-0 Giants.
Their schedule gets much easier from here on out, despite playing a Redskins team next week that has suddenly looked like a playoff team again after their debacle in their season opener.
They had better hope Brian Westbrook gets healthy and fast because the Red Zone is cryptonite for their offense.
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