Positives amidst all the negativity

[The BIGSTUD]

1. Reggie Brown has turned it on after a slow first couple weeks. He looks like a legit #1 receiver now. Still drops one too many balls, but he is slowly but surely getting better.

2. Despite the defense looking so bad, we gave up one TD on the Moats fumble which put them on great field position, one long TD to Lewis on a bad coverage, and a FG on a drive that should've ended on a sack by Cole(instead a 12 men on field penalty). That is 17 points that were handed to the Saints on a platter. Maybe the Eagles defense didn't play that poorly after all. It didn't play good, but looking at the ways in which the Saints were set up to score points, then maybe all is not at a loss for the defense.

This defense seems to play well in spurts, which I think is the biggest issue right now. Looking at last week, the Eagles only allowed 3 points in the 2nd half to a very potent Cowboys offense. This defense has shown the potential to shut people down, just not consistently. So if we deal with the Lewis situation and cut down on those weekly 50 yard plays he gives up, then things should start to look up and develop consistency.

This is still your bend but don't break defense, only with mental mistakes and Lewis' incompetency we are breaking. Once we get these issues ironed out we should be ok.

3. Stallworth and Hood should be back soon. Not that the offense needs a surge right now. Especially in the receiver department. But Stallworth brings that speedy threat that opens up the offense even more than it already is. Hood coming back is the big key. As one of the better nickel corners in the league, he should instantly improve the struggling secondary.

4. The Eagles have yet to be beaten soundly. That has to count for something. Yes, they didn't play the best of opponents, but they had a great chance to win both games. This is a big problem right now and we all know this is something that needs to be fixed, but the fact is when you are in a game until the very end you have a shot to win. Also this team has shown the character to battle back from early deficits.

5. Akers made a long field goal and Dirk Johnson punted well today.

6. It was hard to find positives after this game. Even though the Eagles came back and lost a close one, this game had fewer positives than the Giants game. I can only name about 2 or 3 players that actually played well this game, and we still only lost by 3. McNabb played well, Reggie Brown played well, and that is pretty much it. Maybe you throw Lito in there.


That's it. Some were grasping at straws, but oh well. Time to get ready for Tampa.

[Diomedes]

Shut up.

[Butchers Bill]

Is Bunkley really Spadaro?

[QB Eagles]

Lock.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Good points, Bunkley78. Some people are still too busy with the self-flagellation, though.

[Butchers Bill]

REMAIN CALM!  ALL IS WELL!

[Susquehanna Birder]

[troyhstewart]

About the only positives I can come up with other than Reggie's play is

I didn't lose any $$ on this game
I have Reggie, Joe Horn, and L J on both my fantasy teams, although I only played Horn in one league.

[SD_Eagle5]

The main positive from this game is that the taterskins lost to the Titans.

[PhillyPhreak54]

And that they play again in 6 days.

I'm still pissed but it wasn't a horrible loss. It sucks to lose and you obviously want to see them win them all but that damn Sean Payton did it again. He's the Eagles kryptonite.

[Diomedes]

I shtein on positivity, especially after failure.  It's for Hoydas.  Washington lost, but so did the goddamned Eagles.  Meanwhile, Dallas and NY won.  Man up and embrace the fact that this team is a pretender, not more.  Otherwise, they'd have beat the Saint.  And the Giants.  I have no reason to believe it's going to get any better in the coming weeks.

It's still Reid at head coach, isn't it?  He'll still pull the same dumb farg plays out of his fat ass, won't he?  I see no reason to feel good today. 

And I'm not gonna apologize for it, either.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Its too early to pull the pretender/contender stuff, IMO.

Pittsburgh backed into the playoffs last season and then caught fire. The key is to just get into the playoffs. Obviously you want to make it as easy as possible (by getting a bye or HFA) but just being one of the 6 is what we want.

The NFC outside of Chicago is a clusterfarg. A whole bunch of teams are in the mix and its up to the Eagles to pull away. I think they can because they have Donovan McNabb and a potent offense. They need to fix the goddamn defense though. The pass rush is great - the pass defense is poor.

[MadMarchHare]

"Losers always whine about there best.  Winners go home and farg the prom queen."

[SunMo]

The Rock

[Feva]

Carla was the prom queen.