Wasted Opportunity

Eagles blow opportunity to leap frog Dallas



During yesterday's 10-3 nightmare loss there was not a single positive thing one could take away from the offensive play calling. It was quite frankly offensive.

In what is the latest chapter in Philly sports misery we witnessed some of the worst 60 minutes of offensive football you can watch.

46 passing plays were called to just 16 running plays. And, this was in a game that was never beyond reach for the Eagles.

You may know by now that 15 straight passing plays were called in a 3rd quarter in which the Eagles were down 10-0.

Suffice it to say this madman of a coach, whom has gone back to his addiction will never "get it." The Eagles were in a perfect spot to set the stage for a playoff appearance with a win yesterday and a win next week against Dallas.

The only thing, which saved the Eagles' season is the fact that the Bucs failed to get the job done at home against a San Diego Chargers team that stinks.

Now the Eagles need to beat Dallas and hope Tampa Bay loses to Oakland. And, Tampa is at home once again.

Unless a miracle happens we can expect another season without the playoffs for the Eagles. This will make it three out of four years that the Eagles will miss the playoffs.

At least they can ruin Dallas' season with a win next week. This is all we have to look forward to because Andy Reid has his head so far up his you know what he can smell the brill cream on his face, to quote Junior Soprano.

Let's think this through though. Should the Eagles finish up 9-6-1 you just know the organization will spin this somehow. They'll tell us, "if we had Brian Westbrook and Shawn Andrews healthy" or "if we had a few calls go our way" or "if (insert whatever other BS excuse)" we would have had our 6th playoff appearance in 10 years of Andy Reid's regime.

Well guess what IF's don't win a damn thing sports. If I were a betting man I'd say the Eagles keep Reid and allow him to throw McNabb under the bus and start anew with Kevin Kolb next year.

Can you say four wins? Sign me up!

And, then when the Eagles are 4-12 they can trade down in the first round for a lower pick and a future first round pick and tell us they have a plan to rebuild for the future that includes drafting more players rather than the best players.

Look how far that's gotten them in the past few years!

In a bizarro world the Eagles are a championship team. They were 3rd in the NFL in defense heading into yesterday's game and 7th in total offense. And, they'll most likely watch the playoffs in January once again.

Meanwhile their coach pulls the plug on something that's working in favor of firing away.

And, anybody with half a brain can see this isn't working. We saw it with the Flyers when they had a lack of a goalie, with the Eagles in the early part of the Reid era before they had an elite wideout, the Phillies with lack of pitching, and we see it now with Reid.

The writing is on the wall, but does the ownership care?