The Worst Part Of That Game IS....

[reese125]

going back and finding jinxy's predictions are irrelevant cerevant..you know that by now

[Seabiscuit36]

cardinals had 100 yards rushing eagles had 97

and the eagles supposedly had one of the best d's in the league but the cardinals supposedly had one of the best offenses in the league...what makes you think the eagles defense was so great but the cardinals offense wasnt

going into the game is was pretty obvious this was a 35-28 or 34-31 game...i didnt really hear anyone not think lots of pts were going up...and in games like that its usually the last team to score wins and its almost always the better qb that wins

im certainly not putting it all on mcnabb...i dont discount the fact that the cardinals have two number one wr's and the eagles have none...but in the end the both teams had the ball where they should want it...in their respective qb's hands to win the game...one guy drove down the field and scored and the other guy didnt...and really thats the game in a nutshell and unless youre a mcnabb fan boy i dont really see how you can view it any other way

But i heard the Eagles D was better than Pittsburgh and Baltimore?

[shorebird]

I think the main reason the Eagles lost is because Fitz was a man among boys out there. He can't be covered one on one or tackled one on one. I can't count the times Dawk's helmet bounced off him and he just kept going. He used and abused the Eagles defense. The linebackers might as well not have even been on the field. That, and the fact that he had a qb that hit him in the numbers on the run every friggen' time.

But, who is to blame for the Eagles D looking so awful? Doesn't the head coach have to take the blame for that?? J.J. takes some blame for shore, but this is Reid's team, Reid's game plan.

[ice grillin you]

cardinals had 100 yards rushing eagles had 97

and the eagles supposedly had one of the best d's in the league but the cardinals supposedly had one of the best offenses in the league...what makes you think the eagles defense was so great but the cardinals offense wasnt

going into the game is was pretty obvious this was a 35-28 or 34-31 game...i didnt really hear anyone not think lots of pts were going up...and in games like that its usually the last team to score wins and its almost always the better qb that wins

im certainly not putting it all on mcnabb...i dont discount the fact that the cardinals have two number one wr's and the eagles have none...but in the end the both teams had the ball where they should want it...in their respective qb's hands to win the game...one guy drove down the field and scored and the other guy didnt...and really thats the game in a nutshell and unless youre a mcnabb fan boy i dont really see how you can view it any other way

But i heard the Eagles D was better than Pittsburgh and Baltimore?

lol...i saw someone on this board have the nerve to mention it with the gang green defenses...then these same people want better de's and linebackers the minue they lose...like the players they have now werent on the team before the cardinal game

defense was gonna get scored on by the cardinals that was a given...but the fact that the offene went a whole half without putting up a td against that disgrace of a cardinal d is what cost them the game...and of course the performance in the clutch but that was expected...eagles should have won this game like 44-25

[Magical_Retard]

Cardinals have a deadly offense yes. But coming into the game the Eagles defense had played its best stretch of 5-6 games since Reid and JJ came here.

And you expected a shootout with both teams scoring into the 30s. I knew the team would not hold them to 10 pts like I said but 32 PTS? I expect a good defense to always be more reliable than a good offense. I do not expect a good defense to give up more than the Falcons or the Panthers did. The Panthers basically handed the ball over and over to the Cards D. The Eagles had two turnovers, one which did not matter since the Eagles got it right back.

Again if you told me going into the game offense scores 3 tds and 2 fgs I would have bet my life they would come out with a victory. I expect the 3-5 bad throws by McNabb. I expect the lack of running game, disappearing of Westbrook, some drops that make you scratch your head, but I really did not see the defense playing as poorly as they did. Or when they were so poor to not have made any adjustments or come up big when the game was in their hands. Cause more of then that not this season, esp at the end, they have been the consistent unit.

[ice grillin you]

ive seen the eagles front seven and ive seen the cardinals offense and i expected the cardinals to put up three or four td's at home without much of a problem...granted i also expected the birds defense to force a turnover or two that would lead to a score...but what i really didnt expect was for the offense to put up 6 pts in the first 30 minutes...game was over right then

[Magical_Retard]

Thats the story of the Eagles offense for the past two seasons. Missed red zone opportunities and settling for FGs.

When on that first drive they kicked the FG I was still relatively at ease cause in my mind I thought the defense would come out, with some tweaks, and force the Cards into punting or making a huge mistake. Did not happen.

I also did not expect the defense to miss so many tackles. Most of the time they seemed to be going for the big hit and not wrapping up. Frikin Edge ran over some of these bums.

On a slightly less worst part of the game note...I def did not expect Akers to miss a extra pt, miss a FG in a dome when he hit the previous one down the middle and with tons of leg, and then kick off out of bounds.

[ice grillin you]

agree on akers

bottom line is that it was a collective effort but i need one thing to blame in order to make myself feel better about the loss and blaming the disparity in the two teams qb position has done that for me

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

As long as being wrong doesn't ruin your party, enjoy.

[ice grillin you]

being wrong is a party compared to the eagles choking again

[Magical_Retard]

I want to blame someone too and I guess for individual performance McNabb gets it for the last drive alone but I dont even know if that satisfies me.

I am just so tired of blaming someone or finding a way to make myself feel better.

Would have been better to just lose to the far superior Giants team. At least then it would have been reasonable, expected, and a wake up call to Reid to change somethings around. Getting this far changes nothing and makes the loss that much worse.

[MURP]

ANDY REID.

3 things that immediately come to mind.

1.  this team came out flat as shtein again.   Reids the coach, his problem, end of story.

2.  Horrifying play calling such as follows:

1-10-ARI 19      (10:33) 28-C.Buckhalter up the middle to ARI 13 for 6 yards (97-B.Robinson).
2-4-ARI 13    (9:50) (Shotgun) 5-D.McNabb pass short left to 83-G.Lewis to ARI 15 for -2 yards (21-A.Rolle).
3-6-ARI 15    (9:10) (Shotgun) 5-D.McNabb pass incomplete short middle to 81-J.Avant.
4-6-ARI 15    (9:05) 2-D.Akers 33 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-46-J.Dorenbos, Holder-6-S.Rocca.


3.  47 pass attempts,  18 rushing attempts.

[Magical_Retard]

Yea Reid did do a great job of not calling 2 running plays in a row even if the first one resulted in good yardage.

[Seabiscuit36]

Marty has been doing the playcalls, fire his ass and get me Gruden

[Magical_Retard]

Fire Reid and get Shanahan. That man loves to run the ball.