what the fuck eagles?

The Eagles are really starting to piss me off. First, take Sunday's disaster against the Cowboys. The Eagles looked absolutely hapless on offense, and most of the blame for the ineffectiveness has to fall on Donovan McNabb. Although I won't blame him for the first interception, the second, which occurred during a critical portion of the 4th quarter when the birds led 13-10, was all on McNabb. He predetermined that a delayed fade to Jeremy Maclin would be open, and it absolutely was not. Cannot make that throw up by three in the fourth quarter. That pick led to the game tying field goal. I understand why fewer shots were taken down field: the Cowboys were double teaming Desean Jackson and keeping the safeties deep, but McNabb should have adjusted and gotten the ball to Brent Celek more often. Jason Avant was also open on at least three occassions I can remember, and McNabb never even looked his way. Not to mention McNabb could not seem to make any good reads when the Cowboys brought a blitz. Both his picks came when the Cowboys brought extra pressure. In my opinion, with the increasing frequency that defenses are blitzing as total passes increase, the most important attribute for an NFL QB is the ability to read pressure and react quickly, and McNabb simply did not do that effectively Sunday.

Now I'm not saying its all McNabb's fault. Injuries to Jason Peters and a few other lineman made it difficult to find a rhythm, and a lot of blame needs to be put on Jackson for not getting open. If he wants to be an elite receiver he will need to beat double teams from time to time, and he has the tools to do it. And don't forget that Jerry Jones paid the line judge and replay official a combined $12,345,000 to mark that fourth down attempt short and ignore obvious video evidence from the replay during the challenge. If they get that simple call right, the Eagles would have had the ball on the Cowboys 35 yard line with the game tied at 13 with less than 9 minutes to play. Chances are good we win in that situation.

Things are not getting an easier for the Eagles either. Phillip Rivers and San Diego are coming to town, and the Eagles just lost Ellis Hobbes to IR and Joselio Hansen has been suspended by the League for four games for violating the League's substance abuse policy. Very gay. Stopping Vicent Jackson and the rest of the "Andre the Giant" type receivers on the Chargers without our #3 an #4 corners is going to be difficult to say the least.

But don't get me wrong. I still think the Eagles are the third best team in the NFC. Maybe second best depending if Brett Favre reverts to his old self in the playoffs and throws about 2.3 terrible picks per game, with 1.3 of them coming in crunch time. We have the fire power on offense to keep up with everyone, and although I think the defense is the real strong point for this team, injuries have proved extremely costly. A loss against the Chargers won't be the end of the world. They are an AFC team (means less for tie breaker scenarios) and the next two games are at Chicago and home against Washington, which are winnable games. I just hope the Eagle's can end one of the most devastating sports losing streaks of my life: Phillies lose World Series, Penn State loses to Ohio State, and Eagles lose to Cowboys. Ouch.

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!