Eagles vs Saints Game Thread

[Eagles 3x]

And they didn't score any TD's either. Whats up with that?

[MDS]

Just watched the game. DVR, bitches.

1. First and foremost, a big farg you goes out to my boy Mike Lewis. Hellooo Sean Considine.
2. Offense looked pretty zesty, but all things told they put up 24 points on the scoreboard. Can't pin the loss on them, though it would have been nice to involve Westbrook more.
3. Punt Return farg up late in the first half cost them. God damnit.
4. When the hell is Donte Stallworth coming back? If I see Hank Baskett butcher another ball.....
5. Where the hell was the pass rush?
6. How many god damn times can they complete a dinky  5 yard pass between the linebackers or something out in the flats to Bush? Damn.

Despite that, it took a farg up of timeouts and a dumbass penalty to ultimatly lose the game. The two games we've lost, I've felt that we've beaten ourselves more than they other team has beaten us. It's probably better to do that than be manhandled throughout the game, no?

Should rebound against Tampa next week, then beat J-ville at home. 6-2 heading into the bye will be fine by me.

Keep in mind the Skins lost to the Titans at home, so...I don't feel as zesty as I did when Carney hit the FG.

[Zanshin]

Last I checked the Giants and the Cowboys won.  Go back to feeling zesty.

[BigEd76]

JJ said it was Omar Gaither that didn't get off the field on that 12-man penalty...

[The BIGSTUD]

Maybe it is just me, but the offensive line this year has been slightly disappointing. They aren't playing bad per se, but I expected them to a very good to a great offensive line. They have been playing good this year, but not much more than that. The last few games have had more sacks than I would have liked. Also in the last few games some of those sacks have taken the Eagles out of field goal range.

They have to shore this up.

[Drunkmasterflex]

Maybe it is just me, but the offensive line this year has been slightly disappointing. They aren't playing bad per se, but I expected them to a very good to a great offensive line. They have been playing good this year, but not much more than that. The last few games have had more sacks than I would have liked. Also in the last few games some of those sacks have taken the Eagles out of field goal range.

They have to shore this up.

Some of those sacks fall on McNabb's shoulders.

[The BIGSTUD]

I agree with that, but there were also quite a few plays where McNabb avoided sacks by stepping up in the pocket or scrambling around. Overall, the protection needs to get better and the run blocking too. You never see any holes.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The offense played well enough to win.

[Geowhizzer]

The offense played well enough to win.

And the defense sucked like Monica Lewinsky.

[Butchers Bill]

The offense played well enough to win.

And the defense sucked like Monica Lewinsky.

So that would make Mike Lewis the stain on the blue dress?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The offense played well enough to win.

And the defense sucked like Monica Lewinsky.

Exactly.  Which is why we need to focus our ire properly.

[Geowhizzer]

The offense played well enough to win.

And the defense sucked like Monica Lewinsky.

So that would make Mike Lewis the stain on the blue dress?

I was thinking more the cigar.  The opposing teams can light him up, and they keep -ing the Eagles with him.

[MDS]

A short MDS Photo Album cause I'm not in the mood

[SOARIN EAGLE]

What a difference a year can make in a year in the NFL. The Saints who were 3-13 last year are off to a great start. The Saints are now 5-1 and the Eagles are 4-2.

Eagles made to many mistakes in this game that kept them from winning. Offensive line didn't give McNabb the protection he needed. The receivers dropped balls that should have been caught. McNabb over threw on several pass plays. A muff on a punt that allowed the Saints to score. But the icing on the cake came on 3-10 at he Eagles 35 yard line. Darren Walker came around the corner and sacked Drew Brees for 7 yards driving them back to the Eagles 42 yard line and out of field goal range. Oh but wait there is a flag on the play, what's that you say the Eagles had 12 men on the field. Isn't that illegal? Yeah that's what I thought. The refs knew it was illegal also. A 5 yard penalty was marked off and no play meaning it was now 3-5 from the Eagles 30. Next play Brees threw a 7 yard pass to Mark Campbell leaving the ball at the Phila. 23 yard line. From there if your an Eagles fan your heart just sank because you knew this game was over.

The defense played poorly if not terrible much of the game. Michael Lewis in the backfield continued to play poorly and his position in the starting line up may be in jeopardy. In the press conference following the game Andy Reid was asked if Consadine would be replacing Lewis in the defensive backfield Reid answered "we'll see".

The offense played poorly in the first half, Hank Baskett dropping several deep thrown balls that came his way as well as other recivers dropping balls that shoudl have been caught.

The offense finally got it moving in the second half scoring 21 unanswered points. On the first drive of the second half it took and the Eagles 3 plays to get back into the game when McNabb threw to Reggie Brown who made a beautiful run after the catch for a 60 yard TD play.

The Eagles held the Saints on their next position. Once Phila. got the ball you could feel the momentum had changed and Phila was going to score again. Which they did 9 plays later on a 4 yard pass from McNabb to LJ Smith into the end zone. Eagles 17 Saints 17.

Saints got the ball back after the kick on their own 23 yard line. On 3rd down and 15 from the Saints 18 yard line Brees dropped back into the shotgun and threw the ball to Marques Colston, the ball was tipped put of Colston's hand into darren Walkers who returned the interception Saints 15 yard line.  Next play Reggie Brown came from right to left to take a handoff from McNabb and scampered into the end zone giving the Eagles their first lead of the day. Eagles 24 Saints 17.

From there the Eagles fell apart. Just 5 plays later Drew Brees threw a deep pass for 48 yards to Joe Horn for a TD. Michael Lewis who was covering Horn is still looking to see were Horn went. Lewis was beat badly on the play. This play and others like it this season may have him sitting on the bench while the Eagles give Consadine a shot at Lewis's position.

Eagles got the ball back one more time in the half but were unable to move it downfield deep enough to get into scoring position. The saints got the ball back and then came the icing on the cake. Which I don't need to go into again.

The Eagles made way to many mistakes to win this game. They won't win games like this or any other games this year with this type of performance. Eagles this year except for last week seem to be only able to play one half of a game. Just so many times you can do that before it comes back to bite you, well you know where.

[Magical_Retard]

i didnt get to see the game but saw the highlights. as bad as they might have been on offense in the first half they did more than enough in the 2nd half to come up and tie and then take the lead. and this with our best WR out. im not going to complain about that but what was up with the d?

on the nbc highlight show collinsworth said something like they only blitzed one time in the first half...why? we know that sometimes u need a lil juice up the middle to pressure brees esp if the line isnt getting it done. dont give him time...just blitz...esp when u know if u dont he will pick the D apart. it makes no sense to me how we go from so blitz happy against a dallas team with better WRs and then to very lil blitzing against the saints.

defense cost us the game...there is no such thing as a perfect game and some players do mistakes here and there but this D, esp Lewis have been costing us games or getting damn close to it. something needs to change....still if we go into the bye at 6-2 ill be really happy. we need to finish with the 2nd best or best record in the NFC and i still think thats do-able.