At approximately 4:45 PM on Sunday November 16 the Eagles became an abominable franchise. This didn't happen overnight though and I'm certain rock bottom hasn't arrived yet.
The Eagles seem to outdo themselves every week. If they shock you with their ineptitude at the end of a game, then they stupify you with a whacked out pass to run ratio. And, if that's not enough then they find a way to lose a game even when they protect their quarterback and score 31 points.
Yesterday was a new low for Donovan McNabb and the organization. Forget that they played a tie against a horrid 1-8 Bengals team. But, they threw the ball as if they were down by three touchdowns throughout the entire game.
McNabb went 28 for 58 and had 3 picks and a lost fumble. He should've thrown about five or six interceptions, but was saved by the ineptness of the Bengals' defensive backs.
Between McNabb's dreadful play and Reid's self destructive playcalling it's enough to make one vomit. Merrill Reese summed it up perfectly before signing off yesterday when he said you'd be torturing yourself if you rebroadcasted this game.
As if that wasn't bad enough, Donovan McNabb as you probably know, admitted to not knowing that a tied game after an overtime period is ruled a tie. Sure, there haven't been many ties since the AFL-NFL merger, but there was a tie in 2002. And, Donovan McNabb was in the league then. It's appalling that the quarterback of a team, and one who's been in the league this many years wouldn't know that.
At Reid's press conference today he was under attack from media and rightfully so. He can continue to try and dodge questions and use doubletalk, but it's not going to fly in this town.
There is an underlining problem going on with the team. Judging by their play yesterday it looks like this team is quitting on the coach. And, I'd be willing to bet many are giving up on McNabb.
Reid made a fruedian slip today when he said "Kevin would be the QB-I mean Donovan will be the quarterback and get through this."
I think even Reid knows that McNabb's time is up. You can't say that McNabb doesn't have the players. This is an offense that put up 31 points on the Giants. They have players that can make plays. The problem is the coach, who wants to keep "firing away" to try to get the job done is willing to piss the season away just to try and prove his system works.
And, for Reid to insinuate that a tie was better than a loss is a joke. New flash! The following teams in the NFC all have more wins than the Eagles: Giants, Redskins, Cowboys, Panthers, Bucs, Falcons, and Cardinals. That's seven teams! And, somebody from the NFC North has to win that division, despite three of the teams being 5-5. So, that's a total of 8 teams ahead of the Eagles for a playoff spot.
Doesn't this remind you of the latter stages of the Ray Rhodes and Kotite eras? You see a team of zombies out there. And, the head zombie is leading them down the sewar.
Here's your team people, the Philadelphia Bottom Feeders. But, they still think they're better than they are. The armpit of the NFC East, once again in the cellar will miss the playoffs for the third time in four years. And, they're one game above .500 since the meltdown in Jacksonville in Super Bowl XXXIX.
How bad can this team get? It could reach mythic proportions. You have a quarterback playing to get out of town and a team that's giving up on the coach. And, the coach doesn't give a damn.
Yesterday's game could be a harbinger of what will portend. You witnessed a comedy of errors on Sunday. But, it will get worse.
I'd be surprised to see this team win 3 games the rest of the season. They may not win another game and this team could outdo the epic collapse of the 1994 Eagles, which started out 7-2, only to lose the final seven games of the season to finish 7-9.
But, hey get this. It's only about three months until pitchers and catchers report in Clearwater! We can look forward to that.
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