Let the 2005 season begin. GAME THREAD!

[Seabiscuit36]

He's prepared to jump off the Bridge.   



YOU CAN DO IT

[Wingspan]

I'd be shocked if it was anything more than a bruise

if it was just a bruise he should be ashamed of himself....not only was he pathetically inaccurate...but he pouted the whole game...just didnt seem to wanna be there...how that could be after the pre game emotions is beyond me...thats why i gotta think he was hurting more than is being let on

Coaching - sucked
Special Teams - BLEW
Defense - missed Trotter, but after the first 2 TDs, they were solid and forced TOs.
Offensive line - PATHETIC
Quarterback - terrible and affected by the coaching and Oline

Throw all of the blame on McNabb, go ahead. I know you are thinking it. You are such a cliche Eagles 'fan'

i place the blame on mcnabb. three turnovers were directly his fault. no one else.

the INT, was favre like, it was a lame duck ill advised throw.
the sack-fumble, he stood in the pocket WAY WAY too long.
the lateral thing to westbrook, what the single dumbest play i have ever seen him make. that play was embarrassing.

mcnabb is not the only reason they lost, but he was a big part of pissing away any opportunity to win. he looked like a rookie last night.

akers missing 2 FG's last night is inexcusable.

and the offensive line, especially artis hicks was TERRIBLE. after the false start by hicks immediatly following a time out...was just flat out pathetic.

and the penalties. the illegal formation penalities? come on, these guys have had 6 weeks of practice?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I think you're right, Wingspan.  The biggest homers amongst us (me included) have to be careful trying to absolve McNabb of the loss last night.  Sometimes when the protection breaks down, you simply must eat the ball.  On both fumble plays, McNabb had room to run and decided to either sit in the pocket way too long or make an idiotic backwards lob.

No doubt that #5 was bad last night.  He wasn't the only one, but he was bad.

[PhillyGirl]

Wow, please show me where I said he wasn't to blame? 

I said not to throw ALL OF THE BLAME on Mcnabb, because he was far from the ONLY REASON THEY LOST.

[Diomedes]

Maybe you can tell me exactly what the farg Pinkston has ever done to make him a no.2 reciever? He wouldn't even start on half the teams in the NFL.

Last year McNabb had the most 40+ yard passes in NFL history (20).  9 of them were to TO.  That's to be expected form a superstar #1 WR.  But as our #2, Pink hauled in 6.  That's not nothing.

[Wingspan]

oh he was far from the only one, i agree. and i like i said, he did not lose the game.

BUT he did not give us the opportunity to win it either. and that is his job.

i love the guy, but last night he was atrocious.

[Zanshin]

Hey, it was one of those nights.  Not much went right, and when things went wrong it was self-perpetuating.  From pre-game to the last play, they were just "not right."  Next week, I'm sure, it'll be a different story.  But there's plenty of blame to go around for last night.

[Diomedes]

The off sides after the time out---a gift to the fans from McNabb, WTF was he thinking..get the play off!!---was particularly egregious.

[SunMo]

you can lay the 1st quarter on Trotter, the rest of the game on o-line/reid/mcnabb...

the INT, was favre like, it was a lame duck ill advised throw.

are you kidding me?  he had TO in single coverage with Hall, and probably could've had him beat, he couldn't finish the throw due to getting slammed by two d-linemen.  the fumbles were bad, but you can't put the interception totally on him.  and to call it favre like is just silly.

[Sgt PSN]

the INT, was favre like, it was a lame duck ill advised throw.

I don't know if I'd go that far.  He got hit from behind and had what's him name going head first into his chest.  That pass had more hang time than most punts.  Can't blame him for making the throw.  He had TO in one on one coverage deep down the field with a cornerback who's giving up a few inches to him.

That pick should be credited to the Falcons d-line. 

There are plenty of plays that went bad that you can point at DMac and say it was on him but I don't think that play was one of them. 

[ice grillin you]

not to mention TO made a horrible adjustment on the ball...that is to say he made no adjustment

[Sgt PSN]

not to mention TO made a horrible adjustment on the ball...that is to say he made no adjustment

That is very true.  TO didn't do very much to keep Hall from getting that ball.  I don't care if he would have tackled him.  I'll take the penalty over the pick any day.

[SunMo]

not to mention TO made a horrible adjustment on the ball...that is to say he made no adjustment

i don't think he saw it was underthrown until too late...

speaking of TO, he had a good game, numbers wise, but there were a couple of plays I thought he should've made, the 3rd down conversion drop comes to mind...

I am a huge Donovan fan, but his accuracy last night was as bad as it's been in awhile.  even  Westbrook's TD was a pretty athletic play to make the catch.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Wow, please show me where I said he wasn't to blame? 

I said not to throw ALL OF THE BLAME on Mcnabb, because he was far from the ONLY REASON THEY LOST.

Yes, but the fact of the matter is that even with all the other facets of the game where the Eagles could have done quite a bit better, a better performance by McNabb would have been the difference between losing and winning.

This team revolves around Donovan.  When he's playing poorly, the team will lose more often than not.  He gets paid millions and millions more than the Artis Hicks's and Mike Labinjo's, and he should have to answer that much more when he performs at a sub-average level.

Of course it wasn't only his fault.  Of course.  But if he played like 2004 Donovan and not 2002 Donovan, we wouldn't need to talk about the other things that went wrong nearly as much, because we would have won the game.

[Sgt PSN]

At least we've still got the Phillies.