Absolutely cannot have the game thread started by a Cowboys fan.
Inactives
Donte Stallworth
Roderick Hood
Dedrick Roper
Max Jean-Gilles
Pat McCoy
Winston Justice
Sam Rayburn
Dallas Inactives
Miles Austin
Nathan Jones
Oliver Hoyte
J'Vonne Parker
Cory Proctor
Pat McQuistan
Jamaica Rector
Ryan Hannam
Ahhh, one hour to go....must start drinking!
I am sick of the endless hype for this. Let it begin...in about 45 minutes.
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WHO WILL PROTECT THIS HOUSE!!???
Dallas is wearing their unlucky navy blue jerseys today :yay
(Eagles are wearing white/green)
Enough with the highlights, I want to see a friggin' game.
Is this game the superbowl? Fox is making it seem like it is.
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 08, 2006, 03:34:29 PM
Dallas is wearing their unlucky navy blue jerseys today :yay
(Eagles are wearing white/green)
I was hoping for the black uniforms today.......waiting for Farve to farg up the end of this game so Fox will switch over to the Eagles game
Finally.
Quote from: 4and26 on October 08, 2006, 04:12:06 PM
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 08, 2006, 03:34:29 PM
Dallas is wearing their unlucky navy blue jerseys today :yay
(Eagles are wearing white/green)
I was hoping for the black uniforms today.......waiting for Farve to farg up the end of this game so Fox will switch over to the Eagles game
aaaahhhhhhh Farve fumbled..thank you that game was headed for overtime
A good start on the first play.
Damn, it would have been great to see Westbrook take that one to the house.
:boom
Westbrook coughs it up on the second play.
Grounding on the statue.
Let's see if they go to TO on third and long.
Select Blitz...
Intentional Grounding Blitz!
3rd and 18, I do not want to see a conversion here.
Good coverage so far.
:yay
Cowboys cough it up. :-D :-D :-D
ARRRRRRRGH... The @#$!*&*&@#$^ Bucs-Saints game is STILL on.
YES, YES, YES - eagles on the 12
TD Westy! :)
TOUCHDOWN!!
what a start!
All farging day baby!!
Everyone on the Cowboys knew he was going for the corner after that initial stop, but no one could beat him there.
Crazy-ass start. Perfect for this circus.
KILL THOSE bastiches! :cfhead
HOLY CRAP!
BEST GAME EVER!
Select Blitz Package:
Jail Break...
KABOOM!
I need a new pair of shorts.
Hey Drew you still dare the Eagles to blitz you? Fargin vagina/
Dallas got away with a huge hold there. I'll take 10-0 though.
Chip shot.
10-0 Eagles.
10-0, I'll take that.
thats farged up we should be up 14-0.
Pitiful kickoff defense.
OK D now hold them
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 04:32:25 PM
Pitiful kickoff defense.
Followed up with pitiful run defense.
They held Jones to 9 yards, does that count?
A tito sighting.
Glad to see Lito looks poor.
I see where this drive is heading.
Half-assed play by Dallas there. Nice.
Goal-line shield holding...for now.
:boom :boom :boom :boom
Walk in TD.
Did the defense even take the field on that drive?
Nah, they were still congratulating themselves for the two fumble recoveries.
I don't like anyone with 3 roman numerals at the end of their name.
Reggie with a first down.
Manneans limps off the field.
Baskett with a big drop.
Damn...
Good try, though.
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 04:48:05 PM
Baskett with a big drop.
Kind of hard to classify that as a drop. He did get his hands on it though. Would have been an amazing catch.
Wow nice try by Basket on that catch
That was close enough to a catch that it forces the Cowboys to pay more attention to the deep game.
we need to sustain this drive....or the momentum swings.
KASJDSHd
Tra plays revolving door again.
Crappy way to end that drive.
32 yard punt? What the hell.
they should have ran the chip block with the running back.
Special teams has been more like "special" teams since that fumble recovery on the punt.
Howard looked good on that stop.
DAWKINS!
Howard sets up BDawk for the steal! :yay
Select Blitz Package:
Train Wreck...
INTERCEPTED!! :yay
That was important.
Big third down here. When you're up by 2 turnovers, you should be up by more than 3 points.
Oh good, a false start.
Scott Young with the terrible penalty.
:'(
Absolutely pathetic drive. :boo
McNabb had great blocking and couldn't find anyone. Ugh.
another sack.
so 3 turnovers and 3 pts to show for it.
Offense pops a clutch.
We're missing Stallworth bigtime.
Nah, Greggie will show up and make everybody forget about Stallworth. And after the game, he'll take Reno out for ice cream!
LaJuan Ramsey getting crazy push every play.
C'MON LITO
Cut Tito. He's worthless.
Nice catch, Frito.
Yeah, real funny Lito.
Statue throwing ducks.
Gotta catch them.
How can Lito return punts and not catch that punt-like throw.
Dexter Wynn is looking like something of a decent return man today.
Howard looked like he wanted to cry when Tito dropped that duck.
he should have back peddled a bit more.
i wanna see 3 straight runs...westbrook, buck, and moats.
Quote from: Magical_Retard on October 08, 2006, 05:05:07 PM
he should have back peddled a bit more.
i wanna see 3 straight runs...westbrook, buck, and moats.
HA!
Baskett catches a worm burner.
Great throw!
McNabb puts the throw into the... :paranoid
Nice catch Hank.
Ugly play for 16.
Schobel sighting.
I'm holding out for an Akers kick here.
:boom
LJ you fargin' suck.
:boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom
No one is fooled by that lame play-action when the Eagles can't run the ball for shtein today.
Sonofa :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 05:09:25 PM
LJ you fargin' suck.
That was the worst attempt at a tackle I ever saw. "Here, let me give you a boost"
Ugh.
LJ doing his best Simoneau impression.
Why do the Eagles insist on play action passes on 3rd and 7?
So much for 10-0. :win
Quote from: NGM on October 08, 2006, 05:10:30 PM
LJ doing his best Simoneau impression.
Simoneau at least can make play every once in a while.
Gotta get some fargin points out of this drive. >:(
how about we run on 2nd and 7. and u know then maybe the playaction can work.
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on October 08, 2006, 05:12:02 PM
Why do the Eagles insist on play action passes on 3rd and 7?
Because it gives the defense the most possible time to get to McNabb before he even has a chance to throw the ball.
thank u LJ SMITH.
Simoneau sighting!
Errr..
Quote from: Catapult on October 08, 2006, 05:13:00 PM
Quote from: NGM on October 08, 2006, 05:10:30 PM
LJ doing his best Simoneau impression.
Simoneau at least can make play every once in a while.
Personally, I think LJ makes plays every once in a while. ;)
LJ you owed the team that
LJ doing his best Jerry Rice impression.
LJ Smith *almost* redeems himself.
Let's see the Elephant Backfield, now.
That should have been a TD. :boom
Why did he gun the ball like that? Grrrff
And that is why we dont see more of Cole and Tapeh.
Elephant line and big QB...Thank you.
Donovan!
Wild game so far, and we haven't even had any Douchebag sightings yet.
i would have rather had lj catch that TD....but oh well. ok now D needs to have a big stop and we need to extend this lead to more than 7 pts.
It was nice to see Cole out at FB ... with Buck behind him and for a QB sneak. :sly
Quote from: mpmcgraw on October 08, 2006, 05:18:05 PM
And that is why we dont see more of Cole and Tapeh.
Because scoring on 1st and goal is a bad thing?
This sucks, they're just marching down the field here.
Jones is shredding the defense today.
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 05:21:09 PM
Quote from: mpmcgraw on October 08, 2006, 05:18:05 PM
And that is why we dont see more of Cole and Tapeh.
Because scoring on 1st and goal is a bad thing?
Except they scored on third down and Tapeh was stopped from the 1 yard line.
Other than that, Cole and Tapeh worked great.
cmon D.... >:(
How about a FREAKING STOP?
Bledsoe knocked around on another pass.
Big 3rd down here...
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 05:24:39 PM
Jones ___________(Insert RB Name) is shredding the defense today.
Fixed.
Joselio Hanson. Why is he on the field?
Hanson on Glenn. Super.
Stop Ladyman please.
Thanks.
Terrible letting them convert that third down. :boom
Another big 3rd down...
Here comes another 3rd down conversion.
another big 3rd down. we already given up at least 3 pts.
SOMEONE STOP THEM ON 3RD DOWN! :boom
That was a great playcall.
Pathetic.
Yes, Troter. Celebrate after you let them march down field. You're great, buddy.
Way to celebrate stopping the running back on YOUR OWN 7, on FIRST DOWN. Moron.
shtein
It... moved?
Statue with a rushing TD. He's wobbly, but god damn this defense sucks.
What the hell. >:(
wow so we let bledsoe run one in. and in the first half with 3 turnovers we have let them put up 21. is our D even wanting to stop them?
Just imagine how this game would be if Dallas had a second receiver.
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 05:32:03 PM
Just imagine how this game would be if Dallas had a second receiver.
Don't remind them. :sly
This game is going to kill me.
Quote from: Magical_Retard on October 08, 2006, 05:31:12 PM
wow so we let bledsoe run one in. and in the first half with 3 turnovers we have let them put up 21. is our D even wanting to stop them?
Well, they've given up 14, but point taken.
One hopper doesn't make it to Avant.
Worms successfully burned.
If Westbrook wasn't back, this game would be a blowout.
Clutch first down.
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 08, 2006, 05:34:24 PM
Worms successfully burned.
The war is over! The worms surrender!
So 2 minutes remain, and the Eagles have three timeouts. I don't remember ever seeing this situation before, but I get the feeling they'll still blow it somehow.
Plenty of time for more playaction insanity.
Time for another craptastic performance by the Philadelphia Eagles 2:00 offense.
3rd and 10, here comes something awful.
3rd and @#%#@$ long...again.
Added: And now...a timeout.
Grab the Pepto. And the Rolaids.
For as good as he is after he catches the ball, Westbrook really has a wonderful knack of dropping a boatload of passes.
have we ever run a draw play on like 1st and 10?
Speaking of good throws...
Nice job, Andy: 0 yards and 15 seconds off the clock.
Quote from: Magical_Retard on October 08, 2006, 05:40:10 PM
have we ever run on like 1st and 10?
Fixed.
And no, we haven't on either question.
Bad idea to call a timeout there. The best thing they can do is end this half.
Sheldon Brown's been off his game all year. :boo
The award for most pathetic tackle since LJ Smith goes to Sheldon Brown. Congratulations, Sheldon.
Barber with a slam after the drop. Hooray for no flag there.
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 08, 2006, 05:43:35 PM
Sheldon Brown's been off his game all year. :boo
I thought outside of week 1 Sheldon's been shutting down his WR. He's been on Owens all game. Not one completed pass, but that tackle was pathetic.
Ohmigod, a stop on 3rd down!
57 seconds to at least get 3 pts. cmon offense.
sweet only 80 yds to go.
Time for the ultimate Reid play. Playaction screen!
Just to be safe, start saying stuff like "Omigod a 80 yard TD run by Westbrook!"
Good job Reggie! Can someone teach him to turn around without stumbling, please?
even better reggie brown drops.
Next.Chad.Johnson.
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 08, 2006, 05:49:13 PM
Just to be safe, start saying stuff like "Omigod a 80 yard TD run by Westbrook!"
Omigod, TO pulls out a gun and shot himself at halftime!
This half will. Not. End.
wow what great possesions these last 2 have been. and they get the ball coming out of the half...sweet.
Dirk a Cowboys fan or something?
sweet prevent defense now.
2 minutes after the punt, and we finally have a play. An incomplete pass.
Jesus, Darwin, fall on the damn ball!
Darren Howard: :yay
Rest of the Philadelphia Eagles: :boo
darwin took the longest route to that ball.
mcnabb just needs to take off and run by himself int he 2nd half. WRs keep dropping passes and Reid refuses to run.
Not a good half for the offence :boom :boom
They owe the D a lot for being only down by four at half.
I'm not worried about our defense, I'm worried about our offense. Dallas only scored 2 offensive TDs. I just don't get that feel like our offense has it today. Too many blown opportunities as well.
Quote from: 4and26 on October 08, 2006, 05:56:15 PM
Not a good half for the offence :boom :boom
They owe the D a lot for being only down by four at half.
the D hasnt played well either.
The offense got outplayed and outcoached. Write that down.
This is really frustrating. The Eagles should be kicking the shtein out of them. The Cowboys cant pass and arent doing great running.
Terrible, terrible, terrible. With that, its a 1 possession game. Terrible.
Blame the offensive line and lame play calling. They need to farging protect McNabb my god. The Cowboys don't even have that great of a pass rush either. Leftwich in week 1 sat back there ALL day. BLOCK!
This team is going to kill me.
Defense, other than the turnovers, has sucked. If they don't strip the ball, they can't stop the offensive drives.
The offense, unless somethings been handed to them (turnover, great field position), can't sustain a drive.
30 minutes of football left. Time for someone to do their :boom :boom :boom :boom job.
Quote from: Dillen37 on October 08, 2006, 05:58:36 PM
This is really frustrating. The Eagles should be kicking the shtein out of them. The Cowboys cant pass and arent doing great running.
Unfortunately, the Eagles' defense is doing a worse job of stopping the non-great running.
Quote from: 4and26 on October 08, 2006, 05:56:15 PM
Not a good half for the offence :boom :boom
They owe the D a lot for being only down by four at half.
Right, because the defense hasn't let Dallas march down the field on drives that they haven't shot themselves in the foot.
I could bitch about a few things but I will choose one...
HEY TITO...CATCH THE MOTHERFARGING BALL!!
If he catches that its a TD. Easy. Christ.
Did you expect to shut Dallas out? Please. Dallas will score points. They were going to score at least 21 offensive points coming in. Everyone that has watched them play would realize that. The offense needs to score though.
Oh, and please stop passing to Tapeh. Every week he gets one catch for a no gain.
There is blame to be spread on both sides of the ball. The defense let Dallas drive right down after the TD by McNabb. Hopefully the team plays better in the second half. The defense needs to stop them right away in the second half.
Dallas converting on 3rd downs...that's killing them too
Quote from: Drunkmasterflex on October 08, 2006, 06:03:32 PM
There is blame to be spread on both sides of the ball. The defense let Dallas drive right down after the TD by McNabb. Hopefully the team plays better in the second half. The defense needs to stop them right away in the second half.
a stop and then a score could go a long way in swinging the momentum back to us.
too many bad plays...reggie's drop, lj's non tackle, lito dropping the INT, and horrible play calling.
Quote from: Bunkley78 on October 08, 2006, 06:02:36 PM
Did you expect to shut Dallas out? Please. Dallas will score points. They were going to score at least 21 offensive points coming in. Everyone that has watched them play would realize that. The offense needs to score though.
Points are one thing. Julius Jones running through the defense like it isn't there is another. A statue of a QB rushing for 7 yards and a TD is completely unacceptable.
LJ's tackle was a disgrace. He didn't try to tackle, he tried to push him in the back.
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 08, 2006, 06:05:29 PM
Dallas converting on 3rd downs...that's killing them too
Absolutely.
Johnson is kicking the ball like he is kicking a brick.
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 06:06:19 PM
Quote from: Bunkley78 on October 08, 2006, 06:02:36 PM
Did you expect to shut Dallas out? Please. Dallas will score points. They were going to score at least 21 offensive points coming in. Everyone that has watched them play would realize that. The offense needs to score though.
Points are one thing. Julius Jones running through the defense like it isn't there is another. A statue of a QB rushing for 7 yards and a TD is completely unacceptable.
I'll agree
Ok - time to get this thing going.
More pressure on Drew and time for Donny Mac to do his thing.
LET'S GO BIRDS!!!
Quote from: Bunkley78 on October 08, 2006, 06:06:41 PM
LJ's tackle was a disgrace. He didn't try to tackle, he tried to push him in the back.
Agreed, that was farging ridiculous. L.J, you are 260 pounds. Jump on his back.
Bledsoe having more running yards than McNabb is a big problem.
That is what I'm talking about. That should never happen. Never.
Drew Bledsoe ....scrambling machine?
If Drew Bledsoe outruns you, you should be shot and killed on the spot.
Sheldon Brown? When the **** did you forget to tackle?
Quote from: Dillen37 on October 08, 2006, 06:09:31 PM
Quote from: Bunkley78 on October 08, 2006, 06:06:41 PM
LJ's tackle was a disgrace. He didn't try to tackle, he tried to push him in the back.
Agreed, that was farging ridiculous. L.J, you are 260 pounds. Jump on his back.
He was so much faster than Ware that he could have ran in front of him, turned around, and collided with him head-on.
Finally a third down stop!
DARREN HOWARD!
Great stop.
Howard is a stud.
Barber has been really good this year, and Darren Howard is jesus.
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on October 08, 2006, 06:10:32 PM
Sheldon Brown? When the **** did you forget to tackle?
We were talking about bringing Bobby Taylor back. He did come back - in Sheldon Brown's jersey.
The (non-)tackling form is unmistakable.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on October 08, 2006, 06:12:08 PM
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on October 08, 2006, 06:10:32 PM
Sheldon Brown? When the **** did you forget to tackle?
We were talking about bringing Bobby Taylor back. He did come back - in Sheldon Brown's jersey.
The (non-)tackling form is unmistakable.
I dont understand why he just didnt hit him out of bounds.
What was that? A run?
A run on first down.
Howard has played an awsome game, Brown not so much!
Oh no OD it blowing up on the sidelines.
Come on DMAC lets stick it in there!
God forbid we do it two plays in a row. Guess that fufills the Eagles quota for the rest of the game.
It would be silly to follow up a 5 yard run on first down with another run.
I was hoping the Eagles might do something really wild and try to run on two consecutive plays.
He's sure looking to Basket a lot.....have to put it in his hands though :boom
An Avant sighting. Way to get to the first down marker.
QB sneak here please.
WTF
Stop throwing the farging ball!
Brilliant playcalling. Simply brilliant.
I Hate OUR PLAYCALLING AND LJ SMITH'S INABILITY TO CATCH PASSES.
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THROWING THE BALL ON 3rd AND INCHES?
:boom :boom :boom :boom :boom
Donovan McNabb never in his entire career of playing football has been stopped short of getting an inch. One farging inch and we throw the ball. GDAMIT. LJ Smith needs to catch that too.
There is no way to justify passing the ball on 3rd and inches when you have a line that farging big.
can any of our WRs be counted on? are they scared? why didnt we just rush up the middle? wtf...we are gonna lose this game.
McNabb should go over and bitch slap AR. LJ should have caught that pass though.
Fire Andy Reid.
Quote from: Magical_Retard on October 08, 2006, 06:18:45 PM
can any of our WRs be counted on? are they scared? why didnt we just rush up the middle? wtf...we are gonna lose this game.
Reggie can be counted on to turn around and trip over his own feet. Baskett can be counted on to not catch. Greggie can be counted on to hand the ball to the defense.
Quote from: Magical_Retard on October 08, 2006, 06:18:45 PM
can any of our WRs be counted on? are they scared? why didnt we just rush up the middle? wtf...we are gonna lose this game.
We CANNOT lose to the Cowgirls nor can we think it!
Quote from: Magical_Retard on October 08, 2006, 06:18:45 PM
can any of our WRs be counted on? are they scared? why didnt we just rush up the middle? wtf...we are gonna lose this game.
As of right now, yes, the Eagles are going to lose. Probably going away.
Another good run for Jones. I'm amazed he didn't get 10 on that.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on October 08, 2006, 06:20:18 PM
Quote from: Magical_Retard on October 08, 2006, 06:18:45 PM
can any of our WRs be counted on? are they scared? why didnt we just rush up the middle? wtf...we are gonna lose this game.
As of right now, yes, the Eagles are going to lose. Probably going away.
We cannot think that way!
Bad. Been getting penetration in the backfield and yet Jones has been able to work his way consistently for about 3 or 4 yards
Quote from: 4and26 on October 08, 2006, 06:20:49 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on October 08, 2006, 06:20:18 PM
Quote from: Magical_Retard on October 08, 2006, 06:18:45 PM
can any of our WRs be counted on? are they scared? why didnt we just rush up the middle? wtf...we are gonna lose this game.
As of right now, yes, the Eagles are going to lose. Probably going away.
We cannot think that way!
Cram it.
This is bullshtein. :boom
Dallas third and inches....ohh look they run it! Even after missing the snap :boom
I think that is imperical evidence that you can get an inch on a QB sneak.
Third and 8 again. Lets please shift coverage to Hanson's side.
3rd and 8. How will we groan this time?
Stop these guys now. Please.
the last drive we got 5 yds on 1st down...why cant we run again? why cant we ever run 2 times in a row?
Quote from: Magical_Retard on October 08, 2006, 06:24:41 PM
why cant we run again? why cant we ever run 2 times in a row?
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Thank god.
Hey, no groaning on that play.
Hallelujah, a big stop on third and long.
Killa!
Killa Cole.
Thank You.
Wynn can't catch a break.
The Eagles offense is starved for a big play. Gotta get the crowd back into this.
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 08, 2006, 06:28:06 PM
The Eagles offense is starved for a big play. Gotta get the crowd back into this.
I'm awesome. :)
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 08, 2006, 06:28:06 PM
The Eagles offense is starved for a big play. Gotta get the crowd back into this.
Answered.
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 08, 2006, 06:28:06 PM
The Eagles offense is starved for a big play. Gotta get the crowd back into this.
This is where not having Stallworth really hurts. Baskett!!!!!
Too bad that Baskett doesn't have NFL speed.[/IGY]
Huge play. Huge.
Perfect throw and catch.
87 yards. Damn, he's too slow.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on October 08, 2006, 06:30:11 PM
Too bad that Baskett doesn't have NFL speed.[/IGY]
Well, at least he's not white.
YES, YES, YES, Nice catch, nice strait arm, nice TD!!!!
Hank Baskett sucks. And it has nothing to do with the fact that he's the #3 WR and the 5th option in the offense, therefore he doesn't get a lot of looks.
He just sucks.
::)
Ohmigod, McNabb viciously attacked Reid on the sideline!
"Special" teams strikes again.
More pitiful kickoff coverage.
God damn special teams. Defense needs to step up again.
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 06:32:35 PM
More pitiful kickoff coverage.
More pitiful pass coverage follows.
Cowboys already back in Birds territory. Gotta stop this shtein now or they're going in for 7.
Defense needs to remember that Witten can singlehandedly tear them apart.
And now, of course, the special teams and defense will lay down and take it from Bledsoe and the Cowboys.
Damn tarts.
Dhani Jones has turned back into his usual, horrible self again.
Don't let anyone say Cole can't play the run.
Darwin with the non-sack sack.
I kinda wish that play clock hadn't expired.
Splat.
But Delay of Game before the splat.
Here we go again.
Tito with his first tackle.
Good tackle Lito. ;D
Wynn with his first drop. Yeeeeeeech.
Nice defense. Let's get some points here and build up a comfort zone. Wynn looks like a disaster waiting to happen back there today.
He fell on it, that's more than you can say for anybody else so far today.
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 06:36:57 PM
Wynn with his first drop. Yeeeeeeech.
I'm not sure who was playing last week, but this looks more like the Dexter Wynn we all know and loathe.
OK, there was the first down run. You'll see another one in about 20 minutes.
Hey, Reggie held on to one!
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 08, 2006, 06:39:27 PM
OK, there was the first down run. You'll see another one in about 20 minutes.
Do no gains count?
Westbrook with another drop.
Vanderdrunk consoling Little T.
Finally some non-atrocious starting field position for the defense.
Bledsoe is burning McNabb's worms! >:(
TO...with the drop.
:evil
Highlight of the game thus far.
Little T learns to share with the grass.
Another sack.
Johnson's halftime adjustments are saving this game.
Select Blitz Package:
Monster...
Bledsoe buried.
Wynn got cut down hard that time.
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 08, 2006, 06:44:57 PM
Johnson's halftime adjustments are saving this game.
The Baskett catch helped.
Reggie Brown needs some stick'em.
Big shock there, someone jumped in front of Greggie.
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 06:45:53 PM
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 08, 2006, 06:44:57 PM
Johnson's halftime adjustments are saving this game.
The Baskett catch helped.
Considering that might be the only offensive production of the half, I'm saying this game's in the defense's hands now.
3 and out, no runs. San Fran 3rd quarter?
why in the world can we not run. why is mcnabb asked to throw so much. please for the love of god run the ball.
At least there hasn't been as much of the playaction.
[Andy Reid]That one's on me.[/Andy Reid]
Bobby Taylor's out of the game.
Sheldon's hurt now. We officially have one defense back left.
Sheldon Brown needs to not be hurt. And Trent Cole has been stopping the run quite nicely.
Should have challenged that...got screwed on the call.
I'm not a big fan of seeing Hanson lined up across from TO.
If it wasn't for runs like that, there wouldn't have even been an issue on the spot.
2nd half fatigue setting in.
Good job of just standing there, Trotter. :yay
God, Darwin is slower than dirt.
Good job Tito.
DUnna DUnna Dunna Dunna...POW!
Bad pass to Odie.
Tie game.
here comes another 3 and out with 3 straight passes.
Quote from: Magical_Retard on October 08, 2006, 06:59:47 PM
here comes another 3 and our with 3 straight passes.
I can't wait!
Why in the heck didn't Reid challenge that call? To me, he was clearly short.
The offense better score this time. iceholes.
I'd like to see the Eagles string together a long, legitimate drive right here.
a lot of things dont make sense. passing on 3rd and inches. not challenging when the refs obviously gave a super generous spot to bledsoe.
aside from that pass to baskett our offense has done nothing since the 1st quarter.
Greggie with a catch.
Greggie shows up and gets to midfield
Quote from: Magical_Retard on October 08, 2006, 06:59:47 PM
here comes another 3 and out with 3 straight passes.
If you mean the 3 passes that lead to a TD, then I'll take it.
about time for bledsoe to throw a pick
Greg Lewis: Momentum Changer.
GLew with the 1st
Flea!!
But a flag...??
Flea flicker to Reggie for a TD
FLAG
Love that flea flicker.
DEFENSIVE HOLDING
TOUCHDOWN :evil
I thought for sure that was getting picked off.
Nice to see Reggie hold onto one for once
DMac is over 300 yds passing again
31-24, 9 mins left
E-A-G-L-E-S! EAGLES!
this is the only thing buck is good for. i was getting a boner thinking they were gonna run the ball and then andy kicked me in the balls...but they scored so i aint mad at a playa.
brown shows up for about one play a game.
Lets go defense we need a turnover.
Was Watkins crying?
Odie chant?
5 sacks, 3 turnovers, and this game is this close? Oy.
Stiffen up D!
Beautiful! :yay :cfhead
LITO!
PICKED OFF BY LITO :evil :evil :evil :evil :evil
FRITO!
OD looks like he's smelling a rat.
Let's run the clock! .....so Reggie gets a completion for 17
Fourth quarter lead running! :o
A run of 10+ by Buckhalter...nice :yay
Buck with a huge 12 yard run up the middle. He really faught, too.
Clock running.
And so is Buck.
Aikman referring to TO ....it's a tired act :-D
Nice run by buck....
Can we get a FB on the field?
arg....ran 3 mins off but that's it
4:37 left, Eagles punting
4 and a half minutes left. Damn this game is too close.
Hanson with coverage on Odie still makes me nervous.
Bledsoe fell forward for 5 yards.
Pepto anyone?
Umm, is Hanson actually developing into a servicable corner? :paranoid
Witten with the clutch first down. Everyone got hurt on that one.
Hated to see that conversion, and hated to see Barber get up slowly.
Dropped by Odie and the backup TE.
Tito with another good play.
4 down!! Stop them!!
Lito with defense...
*whew*
Time for a monster stop! Go :cfhead !
Time out Cowgirls ...4 and 4
Get them!!
Damnit.
:boo
Another INT would really hit the spot right about now. Gotta close this shtein down officially.
WHY are the Philadelphia Eagles trying to kill me? :boom
KILL THE FARGING COWBOYS!
This game is officially on the defense now.
I just walked in. At son's basketball tryouts. What afarging game!
Bledsoe's mistake there.
Huge sack!
Coverage sack! Walker/Thomas
YES!!
Huge.
ANOTHER SACK!
Howard!
Darren Howard = MVP of this game by a longshot :yay
This is it.
Last timeout
4th and 18 at the 35
sweet jesus! yes! break these mother farger!
Select Blitz Package:
Monster.
KABOOM!
2nd Down:
Select Blitz Package:
Mad Tiger...
KABOOM!
3rd down...stop!
Timeout...Dallas.
Next play for the marbles.
Farg.
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
michael lewis officially sucks
Catch.
Flag.
:boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom :boom
Quote from: Don Ho on October 08, 2006, 07:34:02 PM
michael lewis officially sucks
Welcome to last year.
NO :boom
1 down.
3 to go.
Heart can't take much more.
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
LIIITTOOOOO!!!! :yay :yay :yay
PICKED OFF!!!!!!
LITO TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!
farg YES!!!!
farg YES!!!!
farg YES!!!!!
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 08, 2006, 07:35:48 PM
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
Again YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
102 yard TD :-D :yay
Perfect.
I just lost ten years off my life. Biggest win since the NFCCG.
3 points allowed the entire 2nd half
I just threw my dad around like a ragdoll.
HA............and there were those of you who doubted :-D
THIS fargING GAME IS OVERRRRRRRRRRRRR!
(http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Images/ChuckBednarik1.jpg)
excuses drew, excuses.
VICTORY!
Was that Lurie doing the O.D. chant? :-D
damn this does feel good. just made my season baby!!!
TO ran back to the locker room....didn't congratulate anyone
Note of interest: My black 73 Andrews jersey is undefeated this year.
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 08, 2006, 07:39:58 PM
TO ran back to the locker room....didn't congratulate anyone
He'll be in the media this week bitching about people in the Cowboys organization... just wait and see.
Wow. Great game. Had to pull a Phillies there to make it interesting, but hey, FARG DALLAS WE WIN.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 08, 2006, 06:02:11 PM
I could bitch about a few things but I will choose one...
HEY TITO...CATCH THE MOTHERFARGING BALL!!
If he catches that its a TD. Easy. Christ.
:crazy :crazy
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 08, 2006, 03:34:29 PMDallas is wearing their unlucky navy blue jerseys today :yay
^-^
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 08, 2006, 07:39:58 PM
TO ran back to the locker room....didn't congratulate anyone
He's looking for Favre's number again.
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 07:41:17 PM
Note of interest: My black 73 Andrews jersey is undefeated this year.
Sleep in it, shower in it, wear it to work, wear it while makin' babies....
Philadelphia 4-1
Dallas 2-2
NY Giants 2-2
Washington 2-3
Awesome and HUGE win for the Eagles today. I'm beyond impressed. M. Lewis was almost the goat again, but Sheppard saved his ass. Awesome win!
Done, done, done, and ... I'll work on that as soon as I get back to Brisbane.
mcnabb and howard were friggin awesome...what a game! :yay
McNabb had a HUGE game...
60yd to Little John
87yd to Mr. Hanky
40yd to Reggggggggie
McNabb = MVP. Belieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee dat.
Quote from: hunt on October 08, 2006, 07:45:18 PM
mcnabb and howard were friggin awesome...what a game! :yay
Hell yeah, getting Howard was a farging steal. He's a beast!
#5 also carried my fantasy team...so that's a bonus. ;D
What a great game. This win is up there with the 4th and 26's in my view. It was set up perfect for TO to kill us with a TD at the end there, and Bledsoe throws it right into Lito's hands. Pure fargin' elation filled my body when I saw Lito running down the sideline... and then I wet myself.
I wanted to kill Andy Reid at half time, what goes on in that locker room?
What a game. Goddamn.
Howard was a monster. The entire defensive line is sick. Walker has been a man possessed this year. Reggie has had his share of drops, but people need to remember he will be real good.
:yay
Gunn on PGL;
Eagles had 336 yards on 1st downs alone today
Lito saves Lewis' ass. :yay
McNabb was fantastic. :yay
Cole was Killa! :yay
Johnson made the defensive adjustments. :yay
THE EAGLES BEAT THE COWBOYS! :yay :yay :yay
Those long TDs helped with that stat.
Bradshaw just called McMullen a fan favorite.
Bradshaw just said that Billy McMullen was a fan favorite.
He must have talked to Phreak. :paranoid
Bradshaw on the OT just said that McMullen was a favorite for Philly. (Talking about the trade for Hank Baskett.)
All 7 sacks were by the DL :yay :yay
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 08, 2006, 07:51:52 PM
All 7 sacks were by the DL :yay :yay
This was the game the d-line needed to have. They got smoked on the ground, but they rushed Bledsoe better than anyone has this season.
That penalty on Lewis was actually a pretty smart play, if he doesn't do that there is good chance that Glenn has a TD>
Quote from: Drunkmasterflex on October 08, 2006, 07:53:24 PM
That penalty on Lewis was actually a pretty smart play, if he doesn't do that there is good chance that Glenn has a TD>
Hitting him was smart. Getting burned by Glenn and not being in position to defend the pass... not so much.
Spadaro lobs a softball, then Andy calls him "Dan." Haha.
Andy says;
"I might be the happiest chubby guy in Philadelphia. Especially since Andrews lost all that weight"
He'd be wrong.
i don't surf or anything but i'm pretty sure i'm stoked.
Darren Howard... :yay
Quote from: hunt on October 08, 2006, 07:56:22 PM
i don't surf or anything but i'm pretty sure i'm stoked.
Ask JJ Rox, dude. :D
Quote from: hunt on October 08, 2006, 07:56:22 PM
i don't surf or anything but i'm pretty sure i'm stoked.
Go Yankees.
;D Oh I am soooooo happy right now!! What a win!!
Darwin, 3 sacks and 1 forced fumble. Howard, 2 sacks. Cole, and Thomas, 1 sack each.
Tito, 2 picks. Dawkins, 1 pick.
Quote from: MDS on October 08, 2006, 07:59:53 PM
Quote from: hunt on October 08, 2006, 07:56:22 PM
i don't surf or anything but i'm pretty sure i'm stoked.
Go Yankees.
holy crap...do you really think anything baseball related matters after a win like this. :-D
Some early sampling for the upcoming MDS Photo Album
(http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/apphoto/03b70443-325d-4059-b5b8-3d054b4db429.jpg)
Sterling just said Tito is the first player in the NFL with two INT TDs over 100 yards.
Quote from: General_Failure on October 08, 2006, 08:02:27 PM
Darwin, 3 sacks and 1 forced fumble.
Must not have any construction projects going on now. He's actually playing football
Quote from: MDS on October 08, 2006, 07:59:53 PM
Quote from: hunt on October 08, 2006, 07:56:22 PM
i don't surf or anything but i'm pretty sure i'm stoked.
Go Yankees.
farging chokers. But this win MORE than makes up for those choke artists. :yay
Good thing he's a DT, he's just not fast enough to play DE.
i called tito a bad name when he held the ball up and started slowing down with barber gaining on him.
but i took it back.
you gotta love TO throwing bledsoe under the bus in his postgame interview. :-D
All I heard of it was Odie saying he needs to work harder.
No wonder I take blood pressure pills now...
Great game...
And he just threw the defense under the bus.
little t isn't sharing the blame.
Quote from: hunt on October 08, 2006, 08:11:53 PM
little t isn't sharing the blame.
:-D
:yay :yay :yay
I just realized that I was wearing my Tito jersery today. It sucks being blind, I can barely read the screen right now.
So stuff that no one would actually believe until it happens in 5 games.
McNabb 1602 yards, 11 TD, INT, 3 rush TD
R. Brown 15 catches, 291 yards, 3 TD, 8 drops.
Cole 6 sacks
Walker 4 sacks, FF
Thomas 3 sacks
Ramsey -12 INT return yards.
Eagles TEAM - 38
D. McNabb - 18/33 - 354 - 2- 0
the whole D was a monster.
the whole team had a great game.
Great team win.
other team - 24
od - 3 - 45
and the drama queen show started on the sideline
and is only going to continue.
Quote from: hunt on October 08, 2006, 08:07:15 PM
i called tito a bad name when he held the ball up and started slowing down with barber gaining on him.
but i took it back.
You aren't the only one. Even my wife said something - no swear words, though. She doesn't do that.
I more than made up for it.
McNabb: "I wasnt the one that threw the INT this time" :-D :-D :-D :yay
It's time. It's the MDS Photo Album- Part I
(http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/uploads/photos/perm/main/LFLMMINFAIGN/PHI_DAL_0180_DH.JPG)
(http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/apphoto/e0887109-4f1d-4b62-9794-723a35f17496.jpg)
(http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/apphoto/f83ea3ee-3b21-42c3-8935-a26469b64304.jpg)
(http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/apphoto/b1cb1e08-7b25-434f-a03e-5383dc40722d.jpg)
Is there a Merrill call of Lito's return at the end of the game?
Great game. Sloppy at times and well executed at others. The defense was solid pretty much the entire game. I thought the 2ndary did a damn good job shutting down TO and Glenn. Welcome back Lito. Congrats on your first NFL TD Hank Baskett. So long commitment to the running game.
where's the post-game OD interviews at? or dallas insider links.... ???
(http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/a8/full.getty-71465327mh025_dallas_cowboy_7_06_44_pm.jpg)
For who....
good caption
Lito's INT on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmcKTczCii4)
Great win, of course.
BTW, Does Considine get the nod at SS now? He looked really great today and make some really nice open field tackles. The one on Julius Jones came to mind; if Considine did not stop him there then Jones was off to the races.
I doubt Considine will start. I like him in the role he is in right now.
My idea would be let Lewis walk. Considine starts next year. If he doesnt do well, trade as much as you need to, to get a shot at Kenny Phillips in the draft.
Seriously, I've come to the conclusion that I like having watched Eagles games...but I really hate actually watching them.
Quote from: Zanshin on October 08, 2006, 09:40:04 PM
Seriously, I've come to the conclusion that I like having watched Eagles games...but I really hate actually watching them.
I know exactly what you mean. :yay :-D
(http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/uploads/photos/perm/main/LFLMMINFAIGN/PHI_DAL_1460_DH.jpg)
McNabb on the win (http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com/media/video/eagles/100806-McNabb.wmv)
McNabb on the flea flicker (http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com/media/video/eagles/100806-McNabb2.wmv)
Trotter thinks the team took a big step forward (http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com/media/video/eagles/100806-Trotter.wmv)
Trotter isn't worried about a letdown at New Orleans (http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com/media/video/eagles/100806-Trotter2.wmv)
Lito gives credit to the pass rush (http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com/media/video/eagles/100806-Lito.wmv)
Westbrook felt better scoring after the fumble (http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com/media/video/eagles/100806-Westbrook.wmv)
Dawk says the defense didn't do anything special to stop TO (http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com/media/video/eagles/100806-Dawkins.wmv)
Quote from: TexasEagle on October 08, 2006, 08:47:40 PM
Is there a Merrill call of Lito's return at the end of the game?
This link should give you a quick few minutes of highlights with both Eagles and Dallas radio announcers. Merrill goes apes**t during the R. Brown and Lito TD's.
P.S. the Dallas annoucers are very dull.
http://play.rbn.com/?url=nfl/nfl/open/nflfilms/demand/s2006/nflcom/w05/Cowboys_Eagles_Short_300k.rm&rpcontexturl=http://www.nfl.com/fieldpass/includes/2006_week5_recap&rpcontextwidth=500&rpcontextheight=275
Some random musings after just getting home from the game.
Dhani Jones stinks
Reggie Brown needs to catch the ball
Westbrook is clearly hurting
With Wynn doing so well on punt returns, why is Reno still in the team?
McNabb is having a career year
So is Trotter
Dawkins has finally lost a step, but is playing well
Sheldon Brown played well in coverage, but did not tackle well
Hanson was matched up with TO most of the second half with little help
When its third and inches on your own 30, YOU RUN THE FARGING BALL Andy!
Oh yeah, and TO is a corksucker who I am glad is no longer on the Eagles.
Normally I would want Reno off this team, but he has played really well this season. He is a jack of all trades.
Paraphrasing IGY:
"When has McNabb ever come up big in a big game? He should retire if he struggles."
"Hank Baskett will never be a player in this league."
Can we ban this arrogant, self assured jackass already?
Quote from: MadMarchHare on October 08, 2006, 10:48:02 PM
Paraphrasing IGY:
"When has McNabb ever come up big in a big game? He should retire if he struggles."
"Hank Baskett will never be a player in this league."
Can we ban this arrogant, self assured jackass already?
If we have to ban IGY then Bunkley goes first, he has the worst predictions ever!!
You gotta love the espn cover page:
http://espn.go.com/
What a great game. I mean, minus the awful play calling and the defense's inability to stop the Cowboys from eating up yardage and time off the clock. This team could literally win or lose to any team in the NFL, but great game to be at. No doubt.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 08, 2006, 11:08:45 PM
What a great game. I mean, minus the awful play calling and the defense's inability to stop the Cowboys from eating up yardage and time off the clock. This team could literally win or lose to any team in the NFL, but great game to be at. No doubt.
You could pretty much say that about any team in the NFL, Indy got all they wanted from the Titans today. Bottom line the Eagles beat a very good team today.
6ABC postgame:
-- the Eagles locker room chanted "LI-TO.....LITO LITO LITOoooooooo....."
-- TO caught up with Mahe and his family after the game and posed for pics with Reno and his two daughters
Hugh Douglas said on the radio postgame that TO was yelling "WHY DID YOU SIGN ME THEN?" on the sidelines.... :-D
Quote from: Drunkmasterflex on October 08, 2006, 11:11:32 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on October 08, 2006, 11:08:45 PM
What a great game. I mean, minus the awful play calling and the defense's inability to stop the Cowboys from eating up yardage and time off the clock. This team could literally win or lose to any team in the NFL, but great game to be at. No doubt.
You could pretty much say that about any team in the NFL, Indy got all they wanted from the Titans today. Bottom line the Eagles beat a very good team today.
Meh. Dallas sucks. And farg Dallas. And whatnot.
Also, did Darwin Walker really have 3 sacks? Ay caramba.
I guess they counted the fumble in the 1st quarter as one? He also had the one where he hugged Bledsoe and the whistle was blown....
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 08, 2006, 11:12:45 PM
Hugh Douglas said on the radio postgame that TO was yelling "WHY DID YOU SIGN ME THEN?" on the sidelines.... :-D
Eskin just reported the same thing on Sports Final, said he said it to an assistant on the sidelines and again when he entered the locker room...tick...tick...tick....
Great game, big surprise it lead up to the hype. Very happy for Hank. Donovan = MVP
This one sort of reminded me of the Giants game in 2002 when Damon Moore made the final tackle at the 5.
So I finally decided to watch this NFL Network thing. Had it for months, but never got around to it. Can someone tell me why Deion has a job on television?
Quote from: General_Failure on October 09, 2006, 12:56:17 AM
So I finally decided to watch this NFL Network thing. Had it for months, but never got around to it. Can someone tell me why Deion has a job on television?
ummm nope, that whole show is brutal
Very good highlight show. Deion is average. Not awful like he was on CBS, but not good either. Mariucci is quite good and Eisen is second best for highlights after Berman.
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 08, 2006, 11:12:45 PM
-- TO caught up with Mahe and his family after the game and posed for pics with Reno and his two daughters
:-D
Lucky Reno
The entire d line was outstanding today. Walker, Cole, and Howard specifically. They were monsters. 6 sacks between those 3. Just great.
McNabb was great yet again.
Welcome back Lito!
Baskett finally breaks into his own.
Reggie still has the dropsies, but is making big plays at big moments.
:yay :yay :yay
I'm still trying to remember who said that Baskett's lack of numbers were due to the fact that he was not starting and had at least 4 other guys in front of him who should and will get the ball more....NOT because he sucks.
One of those guys go down, Hank's looks go up, and therefore he has more oppertunity to produce....and he does.
Nope...Hank Baskett sucks. :paranoid
Nevermind. It won't post because of the filter...
Quote from: rjs246 on October 08, 2006, 11:08:45 PM
What a great game. I mean, minus the awful play calling and the defense's inability to stop the Cowboys from eating up yardage and time off the clock. This team could literally win or lose to any team in the NFL, but great game to be at. No doubt.
Except for the 3rd and inch pass that LJ dropped (that should have never be called in the first place), the Michael Lewis brainfart and the end, and LJ making a pathetic effort to tackle Ware, I thought it was an excellent game to stay up for and watch.
Dallas Morning News blog;
QuoteCowboys departure delayed by T.O.
At least 20 minutes after his teammates had loaded onto buses, T.O. was nowhere to be found. He waited outside the Eagles' locker room and greeted some of his former teammates and coaches.
His receivers coach David Culley gave him the warmest greeting. Former teammates Reno Mahe, Dexter Wynn and Ryan Moats also collected on hugs.
A herd of reporters followed his every move. When he finally arrived on the scene, Cowboys operations guru Bruce Mays shouted, "T.O.'s here, let's go!"
Owens took his seat next to linebacker Kevin Burnett. Quarterback Drew Bledsoe could be seen at the back of the bus pouring his sorrows into a spitcup.
Remember when TO Pinky'd that pass when he heard Mike Lewis' footsteps?
Shawn Barber gave him the Florida Gator alligator arm thing as he was walking back to the huddle. :-D
There is a pic in the Inquirer's photo slide show (can't post the pic here because its in the slideshow) that shows Owens eyes looking right towards Lewis and not at the ball in his hands.
Some unsung heroes for this game: Joselio Hanson, Sean Considine, Shawn Andrews
Ray Didinger said that the Eagles were not worried about the run and kept dropping safeties into coverage to keep the big plays from TO and Glenn.
i've been to many great games, Dallas 4th and 1 (twice), 4th and 26, Atlanta NFCCG...
the Atlanta game will still be my best MOMENT at a game...
but this Dallas game was the greatest game I've ever seen.
so many great things to take out of it, but the one i really like is this. the eagles came out with a ton of emotion and crowd was wild and it was great and they built a 10 point lead. had they been able to just ride that emotion to the end in a somewhat easy win, it would've been great, but you could say that the Cowboys were overwhelmed by the moment and so on. the fact that the game settled in, Dallas led at halftime, and they still made the plays necessary to win is a great sign to me. the event turned into a game, and the eagles won it.
i don't think i've ever had as much fun at a game as i did yesterday.
this weekend is gonna be ridiculous.
It really was a great game. One of those games that would be brutal to lose. The NFL has to be thrilled that it pretty much lived up to the hype. People around the country likely tuned in because of the TO drama, but they ended up watching a classic of a game.
The first real test for the Eagles and we prevail. I think the team played all 4 Qrts this game, first time all season. What a win, I felt bi-polar all game, joyous and then completly pissed the next.
Negatives: all the drops, 3rd and inches pass play( :boom), 3rd and long playaction plays (duh), ineffective run game, McNabb needs to take some off on the shorter passes. Those drops could have been prevented if he took 20pmh off. Jeezzz
Positives: So many positives in this game. McNabb Offensive MVP. Lito and Howard get Defensive MVP for the game. Westy looked good until he coughed up the ball and then he disappeared all game. Reggie and Hank doing their jobs and catching the big pass plays. Big Ups to Baskett! Dawkins with key interception. The whole D-line should be credited for the downfall of the Cowpukes. Even though we had no run defense today, I'd rather them chip away than go deep to TO or Glenn. Our DB's made some mistakes, but the positives outweighed the negatives.
This was such a huge game for us. One of the more memorable games I have ever seen. Classic match-up with Dallas. Today is a great day! ;D
Oh and farg DALLAS!
Quote from: mussa on October 09, 2006, 11:27:34 AM
Westy looked good until he coughed up the ball and then he disappeared all game.
he fumbled the 2nd play of the game, and scored his TD after that
ok then after that, he disappeared. he must be hurtin :-\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy_sQpWOh64&eurl=
Quote from: mussa on October 09, 2006, 11:27:34 AM
The first real test for the Eagles and we prevail. I think the team played all 4 Qrts this game, first time all season. What a win, I felt bi-polar all game, joyous and then completly pissed the next.
Negatives: all the drops, 3rd and inches pass play( :boom), 3rd and long playaction plays (duh), ineffective run game, McNabb needs to take some off on the shorter passes. Those drops could have been prevented if he took 20pmh off. Jeezzz
Positives: So many positives in this game. McNabb Offensive MVP. Lito and Howard get Defensive MVP for the game. Westy looked good until he coughed up the ball and then he disappeared all game. Reggie and Hank doing their jobs and catching the big pass plays. Big Ups to Baskett! Dawkins with key interception. The whole D-line should be credited for the downfall of the Cowpukes. Even though we had no run defense today, I'd rather them chip away than go deep to TO or Glenn. Our DB's made some mistakes, but the positives outweighed the negatives.
This was such a huge game for us. One of the more memorable games I have ever seen. Classic match-up with Dallas. Today is a great day! ;D
Oh and farg DALLAS!
Considering how many people were dropped into coverage, allowing Dallas only 3.7ypc was really not very bad at all.
Honestly fellas... can a regular season game get any better than that?
My God, what a win. It's a good thing we're on a message board to talk about this because I have NO voice. It's been a while since I've felt the kind of joy I did when Lito was returning that pick.
This was the measuring stick for the Eagles and man did they come through. There were some mistakes, but you gotta credit a good team in the Cowboys for making plays too.
Donovan McNabb is the league MVP right now, no doubt about it. Yes it's early, only week 5... but he's in the driver's seat. The only thing I can say on the negative side about his play yesterday was that he shouldn't throw the ball 90mph to a receiver 3 feet away from him. Gotta put a little more touch on those.
Lito... welcome back, my man. He played a great game. Even coming away with 2 picks, he had his hands on a couple others he didn't hang onto. I think this speaks VOLUMES about the improvement we'll see from the secondary once they're all healthy. Btw... Joselio Hanson played pretty damn well himself. There were a few times he was matched up on TO and he covered well and held his own.
The D-line... once again, dominant. 7 sacks... all from the linemen. Even when they didn't get there for the sack, they were hitting Bledsoe (Howard hit his arm while throwing twice)... never letting him get settled. They played decent enough against the run and (Killa Cole) came up big on some 3rd and short situations.
This was a huge game personally for us and even though you'd never hear them admit it, I think it was personal to the Eagles themselves... and they came up big. Great confidence builder and it shows everyone that this team is LEGIT.
Great game yesterday... As everyone said, Lito was awsome. He had seven passes defenced, 2 picks, 8 tackles and one 102 ind td return. I watched the game at my parents house with 2 Cowpuke fans(frieds of my brother) and 8 other eagle fans. IT was great, the cowpuke fans didnt even know they're players names, but the wanted ROMO in at qb every play. It was great going back and forth, especially the way teh game went down in the end.
It looked like it was going to be a long day for both teams during the first half of the game. But the Eagles defense made the difference in the second half. Eagles defense gave up 21 points in the first half while only allowing 3 points in the second half. All cylinders of the machine called the Philadelphia Eagles ran perfectly in the second half. Although McNabbs completion percentage was low he was able to get the ball in the hands of the right receivers at the right time.
McNabb completed passes to 7 different receivers and at games end had his highest total yards passing of the season with 354 and 2 TD passes.
Hank Baskett turned in his best day as an Eagle with 3 receptions for 112 yards and 1 TD. While Reggie Brown continued his solid play this year with 4 catches for 79 yards. Reggie also had 1 TD catch. L.J Smith also continued to have a solid season with 2 reception for 63 yards.
With the exception of the Giants game it doesn't seem to matter who is playing in the game for the Eagles this year. Who ever the Eagles put in they are able to get the job done. Hats off to Eagles management and coaches, they are among the elite in all of sports at this time and have been for several years.
Of course the big story of the day was Terrell Owens return to Philadelphia. Last year his mouth became bigger than his talent and that hasn't seemed to change any this year. Terrell Owens first catch of the game didn't come until the second half for a gain of 9 yards. As usual Owens had to make a spectacle of himself after making the catch. Owens spun the ball on the ground at the Eagles bench direction. Owens managed to get only two more catches for a total of 45 yards for the game.
I was listening to the Mike and Mike show on ESPN this morning. The show brought up a clip from last weeks show from a former NFL player named Curry. Curry is his last name his first name eludes me now. The clip seemed to sum up what is wrong with players of all sports today but it did fit the TO situation to a tee. The main idea of the clip was that the reason the Cowboy's and the Yankees will fail to win a championships is they have players that play for themselves and not their teams. They play for their next contract, they play for the highlight reel and in doing so don't play for the team. Curry stated that when he played in the league when he thought he had no more to give. He thought of letting his teammates down and what each of his teammates sacrificed to get where they were going. This gave Curry the strength and the will to give more than what he had. Curry said if you don't have 50 players on the team that feel the same way your not going to win championships. This is the reason teams win championships and that teams win championships not individual players.
The biggest difference in yesterdays game was the Eagles played as a team and the Cowboys or least some of them played for themselves. McNabb has preached this over and over again. Maybe some of these players like Owens should step back and see just how true it really is.
After the game in a unsubstantiated report. Terrell was running into the locker room yelling and asking why the Cowboys bothered signing him. Shortly after that Terrell was seen talking to Cowboys Jerry Jones who appeared to consoling Owens. Just like Curry said on the Mike and Mike show. Owens made this game and every other game he plays in about him and not the team.
Not only was it a great win...but losing that way had to be completely gut-wrenching to Cowboy fans. That's the kind of loss that steals a little of your soul.
Quote from: Zanshin on October 09, 2006, 12:42:53 PMThat's the kind of loss that steals a little of your soul.
Kinda like when the Eagles gave the game away to NY earlier this year?
Quote from: Diomedes on October 09, 2006, 12:51:50 PM
Quote from: Zanshin on October 09, 2006, 12:42:53 PMThat's the kind of loss that steals a little of your soul.
Kinda like when the Eagles gave the game away to NY earlier this year?
EXACTLY :boom :boom :boom :boom
Quote from: Diomedes on October 09, 2006, 12:51:50 PM
Quote from: Zanshin on October 09, 2006, 12:42:53 PMThat's the kind of loss that steals a little of your soul.
Kinda like when the Eagles gave the game away to NY earlier this year?
Not cool, man. Not. Cool.
;)
Quote from: Diomedes on October 09, 2006, 12:51:50 PM
Quote from: Zanshin on October 09, 2006, 12:42:53 PMThat's the kind of loss that steals a little of your soul.
Kinda like when the Eagles gave the game away to NY earlier this year?
Props to
Dio. He's the quickest, and stol this line out from about 30 of us other posters...
Did the secondary really play as well as some of you purport? Glenn and Owens were open quite a bit, but pressure (perceived or actual) kept Bledsoe from getting the ball to them. Lito's first pick should have been an Owen's TD.
Damn what a game. Watching on TV the fans were so loud in the 2nd half it was hard to hear Aikman talk about the game. I was so down at the end with Dallas about to tie the game up. Then Lito gets the int. I swear I was ready to have a heart attack. My young daughter said to me "it's just football."
She's been grounded...
i hve absolutely no voice today.
Quote from: Tomahawk on October 09, 2006, 01:17:19 PM
Did the secondary really play as well as some of you purport? Glenn and Owens were open quite a bit, but pressure (perceived or actual) kept Bledsoe from getting the ball to them. Lito's first pick should have been an Owen's TD.
That play was right in fron of us...Thx Drew, Thx Drew, Thx Drew :-D :-D :-D
oh ya...Farg Dallas
Randomn Thoughts:
Triple props to Joseilo, my new favorite midget . There was a couple times he was singled on TO, who literally has like 8 inches on him and shut it down.
Why does Buck not get the ball 15 times a game? It seems like he is our short yardage answer right in front of our face.
No more flea-flicker for the rest of the season. People are going to be watiing on that.
As much as I hate to admit it, I actually like Deon as the color man on NFL Network.
That was the best game of the year in the NFL so far, w/o a doubt. Forget that Jets Colts game.
I wish that the NFL network would do those game of the weeks like they did last year, that were like NFL films, showed less game, but was all film-quality and had a lot of sideline stuff.
I thought Barber was kind of an unsung hero in this game, just played real solid against the TE. That is something we really missed last year.
Considine can really, tackle. The guy just played real solid.
Runyan did a great job in the pass game. Had some real good game in the screens also. He is one of the best cut blockers Ive seen.
Fantastic game, woke my daughters up screaming when the INT went all the way back for 6! All I need now to cap a perfect day is for someone to post that pic that did the rounds a few years ago of the Eagles fan pissing on the star in Texas Stadium ;D
Found this on Page 2. Thought I'd post it here so IGY has something to jumpstart his next idiotic rant:
Quote5. Some people are saying that Philadelphia's win yesterday erases any doubt about Donovan McNabb's ability to win a big game. And I'm one of those people, because it just doesn't get any more clutch than guiding a favored team to a home victory in Week 5. The "negative nellies" out there may want to talk about conference championship games and Super Bowls, but I say show me a quarterback who can beat a Drew Bledsoe-led team in early October, and I'll show you a champion.
Quote from: Father Demon on October 09, 2006, 01:39:09 PM
Found this on Page 2. Thought I'd post it here so IGY has something to jumpstart his next idiotic rant:
Quote5. Some people are saying that Philadelphia's win yesterday erases any doubt about Donovan McNabb's ability to win a big game. And I'm one of those people, because it just doesn't get any more clutch than guiding a favored team to a home victory in Week 5. The "negative nellies" out there may want to talk about conference championship games and Super Bowls, but I say show me a quarterback who can beat a Drew Bledsoe-led team in early October, and I'll show you a champion.
I was good up until it came to that part... Though McNabb has the goods. Not so sure about the rest of the team but it's going to be a wild ride.
Quote from: Tomahawk on October 09, 2006, 01:17:19 PM
Did the secondary really play as well as some of you purport? Glenn and Owens were open quite a bit, but pressure (perceived or actual) kept Bledsoe from getting the ball to them. Lito's first pick should have been an Owen's TD.
i actually think that Sheldon Brown has played like crap in more games than not this season. yesterday included.
Sheldon's tackling was atrocious
His coverage was good though. What type of injury did he have yesterday, i never heard the announcers say anything other than he was down.
Sheldon had a good coverage game but terrible tackling...very unlike himself. I wanted to see him destroy TO and he didn't.
He was not even mentioned in the injury report today.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on October 09, 2006, 02:53:41 PM
Sheldon had a good coverage game but terrible tackling...very unlike himself. I wanted to see him destroy TO and he didn't.
He was not even mentioned in the injury report today.
I was hoping for more of this myself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R50FDzl8j8c)
Me too.
I'm wearing my victory tie at school today. 8)
I can agree - I thought my heart would give out during that game yesterday. It was just a roller coaster of emotions.
It may be October, and there is a long way to go before any talk of post-season should even begin to creep into the discussion, but yesterday was a big win for the Eagles, not because of TO, but because it was a division game against perhaps most dangerous rival.
Work has Youtube blocked but im guessin thats Reggie Swinton getting blown up
Ah, good old Pat Summerall. I miss his robotic-like announcing.
QuoteSharpe Edge: McNabb makes MVP statement Click here to find out more!
Shannon Sharpe By Shannon Sharpe
Special to NFL.com
(Oct. 8, 2006) -- The game of the week lived up to its billing, but not because of Terrell Owens.
Philadelphia played a sloppy game with five turnovers in the first half alone, but this game came down to who you want at quarterback. Given the choice between Donovan McNabb and Drew Bledsoe, the choice is an easy one.
Bledsoe made some simply awful throws. He had T.O. on a stop and go and blew the throw. He underthrew several other passes. He took some bad sacks late in the game instead of getting rid of the ball, and then he obviously threw the ill-advised pass that clinched the game for Philadelphia.
He used to be known as an immobile quarterback, but that was 10 years ago. You cannot put the ball in harm's way when you are the quarterback. It's as simple as that. That is why the Eagles won the game, not because of anything else.
As for the Eagles, McNabb has to be the early favorite for MVP. They have no ability to run the ball, so they go to the pass on most plays. And each week, it has been a different receiver making the plays. Let's not forget about the defense, too. The unit played a very good second half in sealing the victory.
5 Turnovers by the Eagles in the first quarter? WTF game was he watching?
Consider the source.
he wasnt. I bet he was looking at the stat line for both teams turnovers
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on October 09, 2006, 11:53:21 AM
Quote from: mussa on October 09, 2006, 11:27:34 AM
The first real test for the Eagles and we prevail. I think the team played all 4 Qrts this game, first time all season. What a win, I felt bi-polar all game, joyous and then completly pissed the next.
Negatives: all the drops, 3rd and inches pass play( :boom), 3rd and long playaction plays (duh), ineffective run game, McNabb needs to take some off on the shorter passes. Those drops could have been prevented if he took 20pmh off. Jeezzz
Positives: So many positives in this game. McNabb Offensive MVP. Lito and Howard get Defensive MVP for the game. Westy looked good until he coughed up the ball and then he disappeared all game. Reggie and Hank doing their jobs and catching the big pass plays. Big Ups to Baskett! Dawkins with key interception. The whole D-line should be credited for the downfall of the Cowpukes. Even though we had no run defense today, I'd rather them chip away than go deep to TO or Glenn. Our DB's made some mistakes, but the positives outweighed the negatives.
This was such a huge game for us. One of the more memorable games I have ever seen. Classic match-up with Dallas. Today is a great day! ;D
Oh and farg DALLAS!
Considering how many people were dropped into coverage, allowing Dallas only 3.7ypc was really not very bad at all.
Yup. I'll give up 100 yards to Julius Jones on the ground if it means keeping She and Me out of the endzone.
some of you might recognize this guy. ha.
(http://www.deadspin.com/assets/resources/2006/10/eaglesfansrule.jpg)
Is that Die Hard in the bottom left? Too small, but looks just like him.
From the Dallas Morning News tidbits:
QuoteThings I jotted down on my 8x11¾-inch legal notepad: Could someone please tell me when CPR in the end zone was outlawed? Linebacker DeMarcus Ware was obviously winded following his 69-yard fumble return for a touchdown and teammate Jay Ratliff was the first man on the scene. Officials called it "overzealous celebration." I call it having your teammate's back. ...
The most tasteless homemade sign that we can actually print had a picture of a motionless Michael Irvin above a picture of Terrell Owens in a Cowboys uniform. The sign read, "One down, T.O. to go!" Who said these fans weren't classy? ... :-D :-D
In the parking lot before the game, a radio station had a booth in which kids were allowed to shatter T.O. bobblehead dolls with penalty flags. ...
Shared a nice visit with several members of the Eagles' four-piece pep band. Dave Barrett shot-gunned several pork ribs while holding his double bass. The band is credited with rearranging the team's fight song, "Fly Eagle Fly," which changed the face of American music in the 1960s. ...
Someone in the know assured me that Eagles RB Brian Westbrook wasn't going to play Sunday. Good thing I didn't write it. ...
Shared a healthy late-night snack of pizza and calamari with ESPN's Ed Werder, SI.com's Don Banks and the DMN's Tim Cowlishaw, Cal Watkins and David "I want to read" Moore following the game. Most of the discussion centered on the fine art of using personal pronouns. ...
We saw the remains of a burned No. 81 Eagles jersey before the game. The jersey was surrounded by popcorn. ...
Note to Cowboys fans: If you're going to wear a jersey and sit in the upper deck at the Linc, flipping off fans seems like a bad idea. That's what one man did after someone tossed a piece of ice in his direction. ...
Meanest quote regarding T.O.'s return: "If T.O's trying to kill himself, he's coming to the right place," said Eagles fan John Mirsky in Saturday's Philadelphia Inquirer. ...
Kudos to rookie safety Pat Watkins for taking his medicine in the locker room after he appeared to give up two touchdowns. "I think everything is a learning experience," he said. "I'm not a bad athlete or else I wouldn't be on this team. Everybody gets beat every now and then, this just wasn't my night." By the way, the Eagles players were saying after the game that both safeties were biting a lot on run fakes, which opened things up down the field. ...
Ratliff was actually very emotional after the game. I haven't spent a lot of time with him, but he's always struck me as a pretty shy person. He said he had to be "smarter" when asked about the celebration penalty he drew, but then he defended himself, saying he was excited and wanted to show his teammates. ...
We bumped into Eagles kicker David Akers and comedian Lewis Black at the Marriott breakfast buffet Sunday morning. ...
Awkward elevator moment of the weekend came when Eagles right guard Shawn Andrews broke into a Nelly Furtado song on our way to the fourth floor. ... :-D :-D :-D
Eagles goodwill ambassador Hugh Douglas shouted, "No cheering in the press box" when he heard someone respond to a positive play for the Cowboys during the second half. ...
The Cowboys' team bus had to wait at least 20 minutes for T.O. to arrive after the game. He greeted several former teammates, including my guy Reno Mahe. Do you find it somewhat strange that I have Mahe and Eagles punter Dirk Johnson's numbers in my cellphone? ...
T.O. mockingly joined Eagles fans in an "E-A-G-L-E-S!" chant before kickoff. ...
Still not sure why a man was wearing an Earl Campbell UT throwback jersey at the Linc.
From the Star Telegram:
QuoteCowboys grasping at straws, and all of them are breaking
By Randy Galloway
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA - If this season ends up in a crash-and-burn for the Cowboys...
Or after what was observed here Sunday afternoon, maybe that should be "when" this season does a crash-and-burn...
The who, what and whys won't exactly be a mystery.
This 38-24 debacle of a loss to the Eagles provided all the pertinent evidence.
Start, of course, with Drew Bledsoe.
You win with the quarterback in this league. Or in those rare bus-driver situations, you don't lose because of your QB.
The Cowboys lost here, mostly because of Bledsoe's awful afternoon.
If it would do any good, this would be a good place to start banging the Tony Romo drums.
But, obviously, a quarterback change is not in Bill Parcells' plans. If Big Bill was ever going to publicly call out Bledsoe, this was the postgame time and situation.
Instead, Parcells talked in riddles, which wasn't a defense of his QB, but more like a Vinny Testaverde alibi from another season.
"Twenty-four points is pretty good," the coach mentioned, except the offense only accounted for 17 of those. And Bledsoe might have given back at least 21 to the Eagles, and that's conservative.
Romo, as the coach and Cow Sheep everywhere like to remind us, has never thrown a pass in the NFL.
As opposed to Bledsoe, who has thrown a jillion of them, and still OD- OD-OD'ed (to borrow a popular chant here Sunday) on ineptness.
But Bledsoe will remain as the starter, because that's the way the Cowboys do business.
Meanwhile, there's the Eagles, outmanned talent-wise in comparison to the Cowboys, except at quarterback.
But the greatness of Mr. Donovan McNabb overcame the shortage of what he had to work with, which for this game, didn't include injured receiver Donte Stallworth, his one playmaker downfield.
Something else missing was a running game to balance out the defense for McNabb. He was on his own, and not only survived, but prospered and won. That's a quarterback.
Explain to me this:
How could any receiver in the NFL decide it's a good idea not to play with McNabb? And also create enough of a personal firestorm with this quarterback to have his butt run out of Philly?
What kind of idiot would do something like that?
And if a receiver would actually think that was a wise decision, what would he have been thinking late in the game here Sunday, when he has a step on the Eagles' secondary, and certainly was in position to go in for the tying touchdown, except...
Bledsoe underthrew the pass about 10 yards, resulting in a pick.
McNabb missed nothing on Sunday. Bledsoe missed the boat. Even the dock, actually.
And still, the Cowboys had another late chance to get the game tied, and into overtime, until Bledose had another disaster.
Did tight end Jason Witten cut off his end zone route because linebacker Jeremiah Trotter fouled up the play with good defense?
Parcells: "Drew is not a mind reader. You can't make those kind of adjustments on the fly."
Whatever, Bledsoe's throw ended up in the hands of cornerback Lito Sheppard, who capped a great afternoon with a 102-yard interception return for a touchdown.
If nothing else, it was the kind of ending almost scripted for Bledsoe, who was involved in four turnovers (three of them interceptions), and was sacked seven times.
Seven sacks reek of an offensive line problem, but at least four of those involved the quarterback holding the ball too long.
But enough about quarterback disasters.
The real concern for the Cowboys after Sunday's visit to Philly goes beyond even that area.
You also win in the NFL with strong defense.
And defense is considered the foundation of these Cowboys, except, of course, for those fools who thought a new receiver would be the difference-maker.
But every time the defense appeared to have this game under control, here came McNabb with a jaw-dropping big play.
The 40-yard flea-flicker that broke a 24-24 tie in the fourth quarter was laid out there perfectly for receiver Reggie Brown in the back of the end zone. The Cowboys even had double coverage, but Roy Williams got his feet tangled up and rookie Pat Watkins never played the ball.
Ditto for the 87-yard bomb to rookie receiver Hank Baskett to allow the Eagles to regain the lead in the third quarter. It was an all-arm throw on the money, as an under-pressure McNabb never had his feet planted.
Baskett beat Watkins, who had the coverage due to cornerback Anthony Henry blitzing from the line of scrimmage. But linebacker Greg Ellis, also coming on a blitz, couldn't get his paws on the slippery McNabb.
More blown coverage came on a 60-yard bomb to tight end L.J. Smith, that set up a second quarter TD from the one. This was after the Cowboys had appeared to regain the momentum after a horrid start that included three first-quarter turnovers.
Five of McNabb's completions were for 24 yards or more, three for 40 or more.
That's how a great quarterback piles up 354 yards passing.
Next question:
If Bledsoe is simply not good enough, is the Cowboys' defense overrated?
On this Sunday, the answer to both was yes.
With 12 games still to play, the Cowboys now have ample early problems, none of which involved the hostile road environment of Philly.
If anything, the crowd didn't live up to the angry hype.
At times, it was almost docile, and would have remained that way except for Bledsoe and the Cowboys' defense providing repeated opportunities for new vocal life.
That's when McNabb really gave them something to yell about.
Randy Galloway's Galloway & Co. can be heard weekdays 3-6 p.m. on ESPN//103.3 FM.
QuoteIn Philly return, Owens closer to irrelevant than irreplaceable
By Jim Reeves
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA -- If Terrell Owens had known his return to Philadelphia was going to be this uneventful, maybe he wouldn't have bothered to accidentally O.D. two weeks ago.
No reason to stress out when you're basically irrelevant, right?
And that's what T.O. has become to the Cowboys' offense.
Mr. Irrelevant.
He doesn't matter.
Go ahead, blame Drew Bledsoe for Sunday's 38-24 loss to the Eagles. Everybody else is, including Owens, in his own oblique, I-really-didn't-say-what-I-just-said fashion, and rightfully so. Bledsoe was absolutely wretched.
But if you were thinking that this would be the perfect stage for T.O. to finally produce that breakout game we've been impatiently waiting to see, guess again.
Three catches -- none in the first half -- for 45 yards.
That's what Jerry Jones got from his $10 million receiver, who had about the same impact in a crucial division game as a backup running back. Marion Barber, you see, also caught three passes.
If the relationship between Bledsoe and Owens begins to unravel, as it just might, circle Oct. 8 as the date it all began.
When Bledsoe drastically underthrew Owens on a "go" route midway through the fourth quarter and the Eagles' Lito Sheppard intercepted at the Philadelphia 7, one of three interceptions by Bledsoe, better lip readers than me say he left the field mouthing, "Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?"
I'll have to take their word for it, but Fox analyst and former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman must have noticed it, too.
"It's a tired act, isn't it?" Aikman told a national TV audience.
Despite all the buildup to Owens' return to Philadelphia, the crowd reaction wasn't that bad at all. I blame the unusually civilized Philly attitude on the new Lincoln Financial Field. I guarantee you, it wouldn't have been this tame if the Eagles still played in the old Vet.
Oh, there were things said and chants chanted that would have made a sailor blush, and the Eagles had extra security behind the Cowboys' bench, but I saw no one wielding pipe wrenches or throwing "D" batteries at T.O. or any other Cowboys' players.
"Honestly, I felt at home, regardless of all the boos and the chants," Owens said. "That didn't bother me. That's the passion they have here in Philly. I expected that coming in.
"I thought it was going to be worse; I really did. I remember when I was here, they were loving me. Today was just the opposite. It didn't really bother me at all. I just felt like it should have been worse."
And maybe it would have been if Owens had actually contributed anything meaningful to the game. Maybe the crowd could have built up a good case of outrage if he'd caught a TD pass or two. But there was little need to rage at Owens when he spent most of his time twiddling his thumbs in frustration on the bench or running pass routes that nobody seemed to notice.
Coach Bill Parcells blamed the Eagles' double coverage, but that's getting to be a tired alibi. Surely the man's been double-covered before and still managed to make game-breaking plays.
Instead, Owens is paying the price now for those three weeks he took off with his achy hamstring during training camp. He and Bledsoe have developed no rhythm together. Of course, Bledsoe had no rhythm with anyone much in this game, unless it was Sheppard, who had two of the three Eagles' picks.
"I'm surprised Terrell and [Terry] Glenn (5 catches, 61 yards) didn't have more catches today," Jones admitted in the Cowboys' locker room after he'd spent a couple of minutes congratulating Owens on keeping his composure in the face of the fan abuse. "That was not our plan.
"He could have been a major part of it if we'd had time to get the ball out to him or Terry."
The Cowboys hoped that they could take advantage of a dinged-up Eagles' secondary to take advantage of Philly's expected blitz packages. Instead, Bledsoe was either constantly under pressure or held the ball too long, waiting for someone to break open.
"We've got to make them pay when they double-team Terrell and Glenn," Jones said.
Owens' obvious frustration, Jones said, was "a healthy frustration about losing."
But in the midst of mostly saying all the right things in the postgame interview room, Owens, who said repeatedly that he was open on many occasions, momentarily dropped his guard when someone asked why he didn't have more catches.
"I think you guys are smart enough," Owens responded. "You guys are some experts. You guys can break the film down. I felt like I was open; there was opportunities for me to make some plays; we just didn't make them."
Then came this query: "You're open. The ball's not coming to you. Who's the guy pulling the trigger on it?"
Unable to help himself, T.O. blinked.
"You watched the game. Who's pulling the trigger?" Owens replied. "I'm just out there doing my job. I'm not trying to point any fingers at anybody, but you guys know just as well as I know."
Then he caught himself before he went any further.
"Like I said, we win together, and we lose together," T.O. said. "I'm not going to sit up here and point a finger so you guys can create a story. It's not about that."
No, it's about T.O. becoming Mr. Irrelevant, and that's something he just can't stomach.
Blame Bledsoe this time. He deserves it. But Aikman's right. It's a tired act.
In the tunnel beneath the stadium, the celebrating Eagles' players clattered off the field, and a few of them gleefully took up the fans' favorite chant.
"Oh dee, Ohdee-Ohdee-Ohdee, Oh dee, Oh dee!"
Oh, yeah, we were definitely in Philadelphia.
EAGLES 38, COWBOYS 24
on the flea flicker i was watching Roy Williams and i started to yell because it appeared he was there to pick it off. what i forgot, however, was that it was Roy Williams. one of the worst played balls by a safety i've seen in years.
QuoteRude awakening
By Jason Cole, Yahoo! Sports
October 8, 2006
PHILADELPHIA – You have to wonder if Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens, as he watched former teammate Donovan McNabb fire deep passes to guys with only a smidgen of his talent, might have wanted to revisit his decision to leave in the first place.
Owens' return was at best unspectacular and at worst frustrating during the Philadelphia Eagles' 38-24 victory. Unspectacular on two levels: He was both a non-factor in the game and largely a nonentity to the crowd.
In fact, Owens seemed almost oddly disappointed with the mild level of contempt he received from the Eagles fans.
"I don't know, for whatever reason, I just felt like it should have been worse," Owens said.
Sure, there were some T-shirts that said, "T.O. swallows ... pills" and some interesting twists on the traditional pillbox hat. But there were no banners. When Owens went the entire first half without a reception, he turned into something of a non-issue. In fact, he was booed in hearty fashion only once, when he dropped a relatively simple pass in the third quarter.
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But the real frustration of the day for Owens may have been the realization that in destroying his relationship with McNabb, he ended up with a far worse quarterback throwing to him.
As McNabb was firing touchdown bombs to the likes of rookie Hank Baskett and second-year man Reggie Brown and putting himself in the early running for NFL MVP and Comeback Player of the Year, Dallas quarterback Drew Bledsoe was his ponderous self.
Bledsoe, who in Dallas' season opener was undone by Jacksonville, again was exposed by a good defense. Philadelphia harassed him into going 18-of-38 for 223 yards, three interceptions, one lost fumble and seven sacks. He topped that off by having an interception returned 102 yards by cornerback Lito Sheppard with 16 seconds left in the game.
While Owens is doing his best to play the role of good soldier, the "dissatisfied diva" in him was on display. There were a few instances when he lashed out at teammates and Cowboys personnel or sat on the bench looking frustrated. Somewhere along the line, there's going to be hell to pay, particularly after Owens was shown up so badly by McNabb in a game Owens admitted he had circled on the calendar.
For now, however, Owens did his best to stand behind Bledsoe.
Sort of.
"I think, as an offensive unit, we're letting ourselves down," Owens said when asked about Bledsoe. "I'm just out there doing my job. I'm not trying to point any fingers at anybody. Like I said, we win together, we lose together. I'm not going to sit up here and point a finger so you guys can create a story."
As McNabb and Jeff Garcia will tell most people, having Owens stand behind you is not necessarily the safest thing in the world.
McNabb didn't go there on Sunday. He was obviously happy but remained diplomatic.
"I don't talk about it unless I'm asked," McNabb said when asked about Owens. "I've always said that this is a total team game. It's not T.O. vs. Donovan."
McNabb also did his best to look ahead. In fact, he was almost visionary in this game. Midway through the third quarter, the Eagles had a first down at their own 13-yard line. McNabb anticipated the moment beautifully.
In the huddle, McNabb told Baskett to look for a cornerback blitz. If it happened, Baskett should just keep running deep and get past the safety as fast as possible. It happened just that way.
"That man is so smart, he can figure out stuff that NASA scientists can't think about," Baskett said. "It was like he was psychic ... it's scaring me just thinking about it."
But McNabb's anticipation was just one aspect of the play. He adroitly stepped up in the pocket away from defensive lineman Greg Ellis. He then stopped on a dime to fire the pass with a defender coming at him from the front. And hit Baskett in stride.
Later, after Dallas had tied the game at 24, McNabb again showed his deft touch on the long ball. The Eagles had a first down at the Dallas 40 with 9:21 remaining in the game. Dallas expected Philadelphia to milk the clock by running.
Philadelphia took advantage of that expectation. McNabb handed off to running back Correll Buckhalter, who then lateraled it back to McNabb. The Dallas safeties bit just enough on the play to allow Brown to get behind the defense.
McNabb lobbed the ball perfectly for Brown, whose touchdown gave the Eagles the lead for good. It also gave McNabb 11 touchdown passes and only one interception through five games. While the 4-1 Eagles do have flaws – their running game is anything but bullish right now – they do have McNabb playing at a stunning level.
"It's like he's hitting three-pointers from halfcourt all game," Baskett said. "He's unreal."
The great thing about this game is that it was a total team effort. Sure you can always use that cliche after any win, but it really was yesterday. You can't point to one player and say he surely was the player of the game. So many players had huge games and there were even quiet contributors that had very solid games like Considine and Barber.
Last 2 minutes (actually 9 minutes worth of tape). (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT8MP3AACzE) Joe Buck is an ass.
everbody covered everything i wanted to say but i just wanna repeat how much im proud of the likes of hanson and considine. i mean these guys really showed something...esp considering how bad our 2ndary has been playing lately. johnson wanted to blitz so much he left hanson at times one on one with TO and the dude came thru. u know once we are completely healthy in the 2ndary (im looking at u hood), our 2ndary has a chance to be great again, esp if the d line can keep pressuring.
i dont wanna bring any negative in but i really do wish we still had kearse. we would be even more dangerous. and we cant lose sight of the fact that we still didnt run enough. oh well there is always next week.
Here's a better version.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ZCreqWrRY
Loved the comment about 'him' wearing an Irvin jersey and called it revolting.I remeber when that happened and some people on this board actually sided with 'him'.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on October 09, 2006, 04:01:16 PM
From the Star Telegram:
QuoteCowboys grasping at straws, and all of them are breaking
By Randy Galloway
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA - If this season ends up in a crash-and-burn for the Cowboys...
Or after what was observed here Sunday afternoon, maybe that should be "when" this season does a crash-and-burn...
The who, what and whys won't exactly be a mystery.
This 38-24 debacle of a loss to the Eagles provided all the pertinent evidence.
Start, of course, with Drew Bledsoe.
You win with the quarterback in this league. Or in those rare bus-driver situations, you don't lose because of your QB.
The Cowboys lost here, mostly because of Bledsoe's awful afternoon.
If it would do any good, this would be a good place to start banging the Tony Romo drums.
But, obviously, a quarterback change is not in Bill Parcells' plans. If Big Bill was ever going to publicly call out Bledsoe, this was the postgame time and situation.
Instead, Parcells talked in riddles, which wasn't a defense of his QB, but more like a Vinny Testaverde alibi from another season.
"Twenty-four points is pretty good," the coach mentioned, except the offense only accounted for 17 of those. And Bledsoe might have given back at least 21 to the Eagles, and that's conservative.
Romo, as the coach and Cow Sheep everywhere like to remind us, has never thrown a pass in the NFL.
As opposed to Bledsoe, who has thrown a jillion of them, and still OD- OD-OD'ed (to borrow a popular chant here Sunday) on ineptness.
But Bledsoe will remain as the starter, because that's the way the Cowboys do business.
Meanwhile, there's the Eagles, outmanned talent-wise in comparison to the Cowboys, except at quarterback.
But the greatness of Mr. Donovan McNabb overcame the shortage of what he had to work with, which for this game, didn't include injured receiver Donte Stallworth, his one playmaker downfield.
Something else missing was a running game to balance out the defense for McNabb. He was on his own, and not only survived, but prospered and won. That's a quarterback.
Explain to me this:
How could any receiver in the NFL decide it's a good idea not to play with McNabb? And also create enough of a personal firestorm with this quarterback to have his butt run out of Philly?
What kind of idiot would do something like that?
And if a receiver would actually think that was a wise decision, what would he have been thinking late in the game here Sunday, when he has a step on the Eagles' secondary, and certainly was in position to go in for the tying touchdown, except...
Bledsoe underthrew the pass about 10 yards, resulting in a pick.
McNabb missed nothing on Sunday. Bledsoe missed the boat. Even the dock, actually.
And still, the Cowboys had another late chance to get the game tied, and into overtime, until Bledose had another disaster.
Did tight end Jason Witten cut off his end zone route because linebacker Jeremiah Trotter fouled up the play with good defense?
Parcells: "Drew is not a mind reader. You can't make those kind of adjustments on the fly."
Whatever, Bledsoe's throw ended up in the hands of cornerback Lito Sheppard, who capped a great afternoon with a 102-yard interception return for a touchdown.
If nothing else, it was the kind of ending almost scripted for Bledsoe, who was involved in four turnovers (three of them interceptions), and was sacked seven times.
Seven sacks reek of an offensive line problem, but at least four of those involved the quarterback holding the ball too long.
But enough about quarterback disasters.
The real concern for the Cowboys after Sunday's visit to Philly goes beyond even that area.
You also win in the NFL with strong defense.
And defense is considered the foundation of these Cowboys, except, of course, for those fools who thought a new receiver would be the difference-maker.
But every time the defense appeared to have this game under control, here came McNabb with a jaw-dropping big play.
The 40-yard flea-flicker that broke a 24-24 tie in the fourth quarter was laid out there perfectly for receiver Reggie Brown in the back of the end zone. The Cowboys even had double coverage, but Roy Williams got his feet tangled up and rookie Pat Watkins never played the ball.
Ditto for the 87-yard bomb to rookie receiver Hank Baskett to allow the Eagles to regain the lead in the third quarter. It was an all-arm throw on the money, as an under-pressure McNabb never had his feet planted.
Baskett beat Watkins, who had the coverage due to cornerback Anthony Henry blitzing from the line of scrimmage. But linebacker Greg Ellis, also coming on a blitz, couldn't get his paws on the slippery McNabb.
More blown coverage came on a 60-yard bomb to tight end L.J. Smith, that set up a second quarter TD from the one. This was after the Cowboys had appeared to regain the momentum after a horrid start that included three first-quarter turnovers.
Five of McNabb's completions were for 24 yards or more, three for 40 or more.
That's how a great quarterback piles up 354 yards passing.
Next question:
If Bledsoe is simply not good enough, is the Cowboys' defense overrated?
On this Sunday, the answer to both was yes.
With 12 games still to play, the Cowboys now have ample early problems, none of which involved the hostile road environment of Philly.
If anything, the crowd didn't live up to the angry hype.
At times, it was almost docile, and would have remained that way except for Bledsoe and the Cowboys' defense providing repeated opportunities for new vocal life.
That's when McNabb really gave them something to yell about.
Randy Galloway's Galloway & Co. can be heard weekdays 3-6 p.m. on ESPN//103.3 FM.
haha gotta love that bolded part.
Whiny farging losers:
QuoteFanning the flames with a jersey
By Joseph A. Gambardello
Inquirer Staff Writer
* Audio: Reporter wears Cowboys jersey
* More on the Eagles
It started getting ugly at halftime.
To test the theory that Eagles fans are the most hostile in the NFL, I went to the Linc yesterday wearing a Dallas Cowboys jersey - and paid the price for it.
It was not Terrell Owens' No. 81. No need to throw gasoline on the fire of a legendary rivalry. I chose No. 8, the jersey of former quarterback Troy Aikman, now a Fox Sports commentator.
Suffice it to say, all the years that have passed since Aikman last played did not provide immunity.
It wasn't too bad at the start, when crowds migrated from the tailgate parties to the stadium, some fans already quite pumped on beer.
There were a few good-natured taunts ("Are you nuts?"), the expected boos and curses (the A word was most prevalent), even words of genuine concern along the lines of "Be careful. Some of these people are crazy."
At one point a woman dressed in black and wearing sunglasses walked up to Abdul Salaam and Abdul Mumit-al, two Germantown residents wearing Owens jerseys just a few feet away.
"I'm undercover police," the woman whispered to them. "If you need me, I'm here."
When last seen during the second period, the two men said they'd had no need for the police officer, but they did report seeing a Dallas fan get doused with beer.
During the first period, George Poracky, a Dallas fan from Old Bridge, N.J., said, "There's been a lot of throat slashing [gestures] but nothing physical.
"Wait until we're winning," he warned.
And at halftime, with Dallas ahead 21-17, things indeed started to change.
Those inclined to hassle a Dallas fan - and there were a few - started using variations of the F word in a more menacing tone.
Then a couple of fellows in Eagles jerseys slammed into me a bit harder than could be expected in an accidental bumping.
Instead of apologies, they used curses, and walked away laughing.
I took off the jersey.
Doug Rodriguez and his wife, Isabel, flew up from Miami to see the game.
They will never do it again.
"It was like the gladiator days and the mob ruled," Doug Rodriguez said after the Eagles rallied in the second half to win.
"It's scary. The fans are bullying and insulting. In your face. I've never seen anything like it."
He said the lack of police presence in the stands should be an "embarrassment" to the city.
"The fans are yelling in your ear and there is no one you can turn to and say, 'Hey this is enough.' "
Amar Dhillon, who flew up from Fort Worth, also had a low opinion of Eagles fans by the end of the game.
"They are a poor representation of a great town," he said. "They have the biggest inferiority complex."
Local sports psychologists David Greenwald and Joel Fish say it is not fair to call Eagles fans the worst.
That distinction, Greenwald said from personal experience, belongs to the supporters of the Oakland Raiders, who once mooned the Eagles' bus - after their team won.
"I don't think Eagles fans would do that if they won," he said.
Fish, director of the Center for Sports Psychology in Philadelphia, said Eagles fans are no better and no worse than football or soccer fans around the world.
Each team, he said, has good fans and bad fans and while the latter are small in number, their actions attract the most attention.
Still, Eagles supporters are perhaps more passionate than most, Fish said, a legacy of team loyalty passed from generation to generation by a fan base with deep roots in the Philadelphia area.
That passion can be loud and even rude in its expression, but add alcohol to the mix and the chance for trouble increases, Fish said.
"Fans are less civil than they used to be everywhere."
For the record, Eagles spokeswoman Bonnie Grant said there were no major incidents last night and just a "few arrests," in line with other games.
But all it takes is one hostile encounter to reinforce a reputation that is deserved or not.
The New York Times last week reported on a run-in some Giants fans had two weeks earlier with Eagles fans at the Linc after New York rallied to beat Philadelphia in overtime.
According to the Times, one 21-year-old fan from Long Island was punched in the nose after his tour group endured a game's worth of taunts, curses and even spitting.
Michael Martocci, who organized the tour of 72 Giants fans, did not respond to messages seeking comment. But he told the Times: "Every year, the abuse we take from those animals in Philadelphia gets worse and worse. I'm seriously considering having two armed guards sit with us next year."
The sad thing is, that to some fans being called an animal is a compliment and only reinforces their belief that showing team loyalty means more than cheering, wearing a jersey, or painting their faces the team color.
"It's a matter of pride to them," psychologist Greenwald said.
I don't think we've posted enough entire articles yet. Chop, chop folks.
So will we see that 17yr old kid interviewing TO on ESPN tonight and ask him;
"Michael Irvin said that if the Cowboys had Donovan McNabb you might be undefeated. Do you share those sentiments?"
QuoteOct 9 Rob Phillips, of DallasCowboys.com, reports Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb threw for 354 yards versus the Dallas Cowboys in Week 5, marking an all-time high of passing yards given up by the franchise. McNabb surpassed the previous record of 345 yards he had set in 2004.
What retard would go from miami to philly with his wife wearing cowboys gear in the stands. Its like he had no farging idea what its like, especially when your wearing cowboy gear. Im happy, i'd rather them all be too Scurred to watch games and take up tickets for eagles fans
I still haven't taken off my Lito jersery, other than to sleep. I ordered pizza today and the pizza guy was a Cowboy's fan, he said "You guys got lucky yesterday." I simply replied bullsthein. He then said " You guys can have TO back." I told him you can keep him.
I really wish I was able to drive right now, because I would go anywhere public with my Lito Jersey on. I hate Texass.
tom jackson for the 2nd time today said mcnabb has had statistically the best 5 game stretch so far in history. 11 tds and 1 int. is this true?
Yes it's true.
As much as I liked Galloway's article, I *think the "severely outmatched in terms of talent" line isn't true. I think the Eagles matchup quite well with Dallas. Obviously Stallworth and Hood would have helped the cause, but I don't think the Eagles are a less talented team than Dallas.
Yeah, I don't see much of a difference talent wise between the two teams. I'd say Dallas has an edge in the LB department, and I'd take Newman in the secondary, but other than that I doubt the phrase "severely outmatched" is applicable.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on October 09, 2006, 06:47:40 PM
Whiny farging losers:
QuoteFanning the flames with a jersey
"They are a poor representation of a great town," he said. "They have the biggest inferiority complex."
yeah sure, I'm jealous of this clown who comes up from Dallas. Idiots. What do these morons expect? A farging gift basket!
After finally getting to watch the whole game, I think the Eagles definitely played the better game and are the better team, even if Pasquerfatty says otherwise. However, I think they got lucky on defense that Bledsoe played a horrific game. Yes, they got a lot of pressure, but he made a lot of BIG mistakes out of what could have just been sacks or incompletions. On offense, they also got lucky in that they completely abandoned the running game and the move-the-chains passing game wasn't exactly in high gear either. The big plays to Smith, Baskett, and Brown were the difference between winning by 14 or losing by 14, IMO. McNabb deserves a ton of credit for making the plays, but the playcalling was slightly worrisome for long-term success.
That said, Reid put the game square on McNabb's shoulders with no #1 receiver to bail him out, and he delivered in big fashion. So, if anything, the game shows that McNabb has crossed into a next level of great QB'ing.
In conclusion... Just win, baby.
If this team doesn't find a running game they could go 2-6 after the bye.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 12, 2006, 09:38:58 AM
If this team doesn't find a running game they could go 2-6 after the bye.
Actually, I'd say 1-7 as a worst-case scenario.
no matter how times you go down it the the second half schedule is still mind boggling
tenn is the dud team....take them out and you have four division games with three of them on the road in a row...then you have arguably the best team in the nfl...the preseason nfc superbowl favorite...and atlanta...not exactly a gimme
this is why i said at the start of the year the key game of the season is the taterskins at home after the bye...you HAVE to win that one and pray for 3-4 in the last seven
If they can't win at home after a bye the season is over anyway.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 12, 2006, 11:53:17 AM
If they can't win at home after a bye the season is over anyway.
I disagree, but only if they win out before the bye and go into it 7-1. Then, they'd have the standard confidence-builder to go to 8-2 after the Tennessee game, so everything's still in play despite the 1-2 division record.
That said, if they lose any of the next 3 weeks, Washington is certainly a must-win.
I'll repeat. If they can't win at home after the bye, the season is over anyway.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 12, 2006, 11:56:24 AM
I'll repeat. If they can't win at home after the bye, the season is over anyway.
I disagree, but only if they win out before the bye and go into it 7-1. Then, they'd have the standard confidence-builder to go to 8-2 after the Tennessee game, so everything's still in play despite the 1-2 division record.
That said, if they lose any of the next 3 weeks, Washington is certainly a must-win.
Well played.
I'm suing Tomahawk for all he's worth* for plagerism.
*which is 7 cents and a lint-covered tic-tac
Quote from: FFatPatt on October 12, 2006, 07:06:20 PM
I'm suing Tomahawk for all he's worth* for plagerism.
*which is 7 cents and a lint-covered tic-tac
You overvalue my worth. It's closer to a wooden nickel and a warmed-up lint covered gummy bear that's been in my pocket all day.
All told around 24 million people were watching the game, or at least the end of it. That's not too far off from the NFC and AFC Championship games last year. Something tells me NBC will be picking up some Eagles games and TO games (if he lasts that long) the last half of the year.