A Decade of Andy Reid

[JackStraw]

Yup, and even the decried "average-to-mediocre" receivers they had during the game were often astonishingly wide-open and missed.

[General_Failure]

And one other thing... if someone told me that a receiver was the missing piece of the puzzle on this team between them winning a Super Bowl or not, I'd say look at the game they lost against the Cardinals last year and tell me they lost because of the receivers.  They didn't.  They lost because the defense couldn't stop Arizona from marching straight down the field after they scored to take the lead. 

They lost because their #1 receiver can't get away from a defender and can't draw a flag.

[ice grillin you]

it just amazes me that people blame the defense for that game....the offense had the ball last and didnt score...and it wasnt because arizonas defense was good

if the eagles had went down and scored then with two minutes left kurt warner came back and drove the cardinals all the way down the field to win the game i could see putting it on the defense....but it was a back and forth game with both defenses and both offenses playing bad and good at times....then when it mattered most the eagles offense couldnt get it done....why is the defense blamed on the drive BEFORE THAT but the offense doesnt get the ultimate blame for the drive that really mattered most

pittsburghs defense which was way better than the eagles couldnt stop kurt warner in that same situation...the guys a hall of famer for a reason (btw so probably is larry fitzgerald)

blame the qb if you want....blame a lack of a #1 wide out who makes plays in those situations...blame a combo of both but i dont see how ultimately that game isnt on the offense

[SunMo]

it's on the whole team...i don't know how you don't lay any blame on the defense

they held the ball for 8+ minutes.  ran it down their throats.  get off the farging field you POS chokers.

[ice grillin you]

in a high scoring back and forth game the defenses almost always get passes...its a whoever has the ball last usually wins thing...cept when the eagles have the ball last

quarterbacks always get more of the blame and credit as they shoudl as they are probably the most important position in all of sports

the offenses >>>> the defenses in that game and the best offense won

i dont expect trent cole juqua thomas chris gocong mike patterson quinton demps and joselio hanson to stop kurt warner anquan boldin and larry fitzgerald

i do/should expect a supposedly great qb to drive down the field on the friggin arizona cardinals to win a game

[Feva]

I love you, IGs...

[ice grillin you]

I love you, IGs...

in that case.....i have one more question


if youre an arizona cardinal fan who do you say won that game for you

kurt warner and the offense or your defense for that final stand

[rjs246]

Donovan McNabb

[Feva]

Both.

Warner and the Offense for getting out to a 24-3 lead/conducting an 8 min drive to retake the lead with a TD/2pt conversion and the D for holding to close the game.



What? Do you credit the defense?

[PhillyPhreak54]

That 8min drive by ARZ was the deal-breaker.

Their offense came out hot with the short routes and quick passes to negate the blitzing and pressure. The Eagles chipped away and the defense turned it up. After the Eagles took the lead on the bomb to Pimp, the defense HAS to make a stop there. The Cardinals, a team who isn't a running team, ran the ball to keep the chains moving. Letting Hightower pick up that first down when he had to bounce it outside on 4th down was bad. So was letting Edge pick up chunks of yards.

It's on both the offense and defense; offense for stinking the joint up early and defense for withering away late. But ultimately it goes on the defense because when your offense gets you a lead late in the game, you have to hold it. That is what championship teams do.

Oh, and farg Kevin Curtis for falling down like a bitch.

[ice grillin you]

when your offense gets you a lead late in the game, you have to hold it. That is what championship teams do.

like the steelers defense did in the superbowl?

Both.

Warner and the Offense for getting out to a 24-3 lead/conducting an 8 min drive to retake the lead with a TD/2pt conversion and the D for holding to close the game.

What? Do you credit the defense?

i dont credit the cardinal defense for anything

each team had the ball in the last five minutes to score and win the game...fair odds id say...one team did the other didnt....end of game...to me the cardinal offense won the game....like warner fitz and company expect to

had the eagle offense gotten the ball back driven down and scored to win the game i wouldnt have blamed the cardinal d i would have said fantastic drive by the eagles

[Sgt PSN]

I blame all the 50,000  cards "fans" that still hadn't removed the refletive stickers from their new gear thus blinding the eagles players which resulted in missed tackles, dropped passes and innacurate throws.

[Rome]

lol at not placing any blame on the defense.  they got steamrolled in the crunch just like they always do.  that's what happens when you have 290 pound defensive tackles, 255 pound defensive ends and linebackers who should be starring in dance reality shows instead of playing in the nfl.

sorry.  they gagged it away during the last drive and got steamrolled by the likes of kurt frigging warner during the entire first half.

epic fail all around.

[ice grillin you]

thats all true but the cardinals defense was just as bad if not worse than the eagles and the birds offense did nothing against them on the last drive

[Don Ho]

I blame all the 50,000  cards "fans" that still hadn't removed the refletive stickers from their new gear thus blinding the eagles players which resulted in missed tackles, dropped passes and innacurate throws.

  how true.  It was like a James Bond movie with all those beams being shot down from outer space.