Raise your hand if you predicted...

[PhillyPhreak54]

He commits to the run when he's without McNabb. He should be roasted for not doing this with McNabb.

[MadMarchHare]

Exactly, Phreak.  Can you imagine how good McNabb could be with a commitment to the run like they've shown the last 4 weeks?  Christ, it isn't like the run offense sucked before McNabb went down.  Reid can be such a jackass.

[Phanatic]

I was thinking the same thing this evening. If they didn't stand around and wait for McNabulous to do it all himself and pounded the ball like they did against the Giants this team would be unstoppable with him in there. That is if they were to get some recievers who could catch his not so limp wristed throws...

[PhillyPhreak54]

Exactly, Phreak.  Can you imagine how good McNabb could be with a commitment to the run like they've shown the last 4 weeks?  Christ, it isn't like the run offense sucked before McNabb went down.  Reid can be such a jackass.

Yep, its sad. I don't understand it. And I am a Reid fan. I think the adjustments he has made to turn this around have shown that he is a good coach. But he gets so damn throw-happy with McNabb that it has hurt this team. We can only hope that this glimpse of a real live functioning NFL balanced offense being called by Morningwood will force him to keep that status quo. Or if he ever does take back the duties when McNabb is back he needs to balance it.

Notice how much he has been smoking Westbrook's pipe these last few weeks? He's finally realized that 36 is the guy who this offense should be focused around.

Also - Westbrook's more vocal approach is something I like. He has come out of his shell so to speak.

In this crazy NFC who knows what can happen. But this team has ignited at the right time.

[The BIGSTUD]

It's funny. It is obvious that McNabb is the better player than Garcia, but even if McNabb was 100% right now I'd rather start Garcia over him because if McNabb was QBing the Eagles right now you know damn well Andy would go back to bombs away offense.

[MadMarchHare]

Well, shtein there's a simple answer to that.  Fire Reid and promote Morningweg.

[AP]

I thought that they were dead in the water. I was way off base and will take a big glass of STFU

[TexasEagle]

Exactly, Phreak.  Can you imagine how good McNabb could be with a commitment to the run like they've shown the last 4 weeks?  Christ, it isn't like the run offense sucked before McNabb went down.  Reid can be such a jackass.

And that right there is why my crow is on hold in the kitchen. If the Eagles, by some miracle, win the Super Bowl this year, then I'll eat my socks. Until then, I continue to marvel how different the offense is run when McNabb isn't the QB. Just the fact that they can pound the rock but instead wing it all over creation when McNabb's under center irks me. How different would things be if they took this approach every game, every year with McNabb QBing? One can only wonder...

[PhillyandBCEagles]

1.  Donovan McNabb would suffer a season-ending injury in a lopsided home loss to the Titans.
AND
2.  Jeff Garcia would go 3-0 on the road against the NFC East in weeks 14-16 and take the Eagles into the playoffs.

farg off, I called this exactly back in July.


OK, I was already getting ready for the draft, and no-one is happier than I am that I was wrong.

[General_Failure]

How different would things be if they took this approach every game, every year with McNabb QBing? One can only wonder...

He'd finish more seasons, for starters. I'd like to think he'd be more likely to throw a pass away knowing the running game was there to support him.

[TRUCK RATHMAN]

Well, shtein there's a simple answer to that.  Fire Reid and promote Morningweg.

omg, dude, hell no. Marty? pffft...trust me on this, he'd make Reid look like Bill Walsh. He's straight ga'bage.

[T_Section224]

2.  Jeff Garcia would go 3-0 on the road against the NFC East in weeks 14-16

i didn't think they could do it when they had a healthy mcnabb.

[MadMarchHare]

Well, shtein there's a simple answer to that.  Fire Reid and promote Morningweg.

omg, dude, hell no. Marty? pffft...trust me on this, he'd make Reid look like Bill Walsh. He's straight ga'bage.

Dude, you're kidding me with this right?  Christ.  If SF wasn't enough, Detroit cured me of Marty-itis.  It's called sarcasm.

[Rome]

2.  Jeff Garcia would go 3-0 on the road against the NFC East in weeks 14-16

i didn't think they could do it when they had a healthy mcnabb.

Three straight divisional wins on the road in December is a near miracle.  I thought they'd be lucky to squeak out 1 out of 3.  2 of 3 was a dream and a clean sweep was a flat-out impossibility.  Who knew?

[Seabiscuit36]

I never saw this happening after the Jville game/Don going down.  All i can say the team is playing as a team and starting to really peak at the right time.