The Worst Part Of That Game IS....

[Zanshin]

Oh, the Eagles, obviously.  Clearly, this is a team on the rise!

[NC_Eagle]

McNabb will finish his career with more Superbowl victories than Warner. Warner will finish with 1, because they are not beating the Steelers.

OK, will that be with the birds or another NFL team?

Chicago. 

My worst memory of the game is going to be allowing a 14-play time eating drive late in the 4th quarter, mostly on the ground.

I was listening to ESPN radio, and Mike & Mike were talking about how the Cards were last in the run during the regular season, and didn't have a good AVG per carry in the playoffs, but ran the ball 28 times per game, allowing the play action passing to work great because the defense had to respect the run.

Andy? Hello? Andy?

[Magical_Retard]

To me it was the defense. I know those 4-5 bad throws per game by McNabb. Every game he has those and on some of them he even completed the passes thanks incredible catches by some of the WRs...but the defense just getting run over like that I did not expect and was the worst part of the game.

They made no adjustments until it was already 24-6 at halftime and then in the fourth qrt when it mattered most they folded up once again. 3 long time consuming drives by a quick striking offense. Even their running game was seemingly picking up 4-5 yards per rush. Warner had time to throw and when he did not he found the hot read always. They had the better game plan, execution, and toyed around with the defense...something I just did not see coming.

[rjs246]

The defense was by far the worst part of the game overall. But actually, the worst individual moment of the game was the instant the Cards scored in the 4th. Is there anyone anywhere who thought for a single second that McNabb had the intestinal fortitude to lead a last-minute game-tying drive? Everyone knew the game was over as soon as they scored.

[SD_Eagle5]

I put most of the blame on JJ's first half defense. He played scared and it showed, I know you don't want to give up the long ball but having the CBs play 5-10 yards off and letting receivers run underneath with plenty of space was just flat out dumb. If you needed any further proof as to why the Eagles D could suddenly shut the Giants O down without Plax look no further than this game. They needed to smack Warner and the Cards O in the mouth from the get go and not worry so much about the long ball.

[mussa]

I'm over it I don't care. I will never have hope for this team until Andy Reid is gone.

[Phanatic]

I give the Fitz a lot more credit then Warner. That guy's unstoppable. It would take half the defense to bring him down on some plays. He totally killed the Eagles defense and they never reacted to it. How many freaking times was he one on one or in the seams somewhere. Ryan freaking Leaf would look like a stud QB throwing to that guy.

The Eagles loss hangs on the fact that they did not have an answer for Larry Fitzgerald.

[PhillyPhreak54]

The main culprit was the defense. Minus that 3rd quarter when they turned up the blitz pressure, they were nonexistent. The schematic mistakes were glaring, none more than the failure to double team and jam the shtein out of Larry Fitz.

Are you kidding me with that shtein? They were giving the guy free releases most of the time. They opted to play coverage until it was too late; when it was 24-6 they decided to blitz and get pressure.

Also, the FG before the half pissed me off too. They gave up 11 or so yards and let them into FG position.

McNabb has his hand in the loss. His inaccuracy for the first half cost them. But the main blame lies at the feet of the defense.

Because when it comes down to it, McNabb gave them a lead. I though they were going to force OT. I had a feeling when Westbrook went for 19yds that they would drive. And if Curtis catches that ball, I think they tie it.

farg, I'm still mad.

[ice grillin you]

the reason i cant 100% blame the d is because it was more a case of being outcoached than outplayed...the cardinals defense gave up more yards more first downs and the eagles were 50% on third down conversions...


it really is a weird situation in that theres nothing to fully blame and its so frustrating...but in the end what it  comes down to is their qb made more plays than the eagles qb...especially with the game on the line

[Butchers Bill]

The defense was by far the worst part of the game overall. But actually, the worst individual moment of the game was the instant the Cards scored in the 4th. Is there anyone anywhere who thought for a single second that McNabb had the intestinal fortitude to lead a last-minute game-typing drive? Everyone knew the game was over as soon as they scored.

This to me was the worst moment.  Knowing for a fact that McNabb does not have it in him to lead a team in that situation.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

A receiver like Larry Fitzgerald comes around maybe twice a decade.

Warner outplayed McNabb, but the difference in the game was that the players and the scheme were not prepared for Fitzgerald.

[PhillyPhreak54]

The defense was by far the worst part of the game overall. But actually, the worst individual moment of the game was the instant the Cards scored in the 4th. Is there anyone anywhere who thought for a single second that McNabb had the intestinal fortitude to lead a last-minute game-typing drive? Everyone knew the game was over as soon as they scored.

This to me was the worst moment.  Knowing for a fact that McNabb does not have it in him to lead a team in that situation.

This drives me insane. Why do people say this as fact? They had a lead in the 4th quarter. McNabb brought them back from an 18pt deficit and they were ahead.

So because the defense gave it up like a chick on prom night, and left them with hardly no time, he cannot take them down the field?

They were across the 50 when Curtis got PI'd and had the ball clang off his hands.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Honestly, I lost hope as soon as the Cardinals made the 2-pointer.  If the Eagles could have gone down the field to WIN the game, I thought it was going to happen.  Going to tie it and force OT just wasn't going to happen.

Not sure why, but that's where I was.

[Butchers Bill]

This drives me insane. Why do people say this as fact? They had a lead in the 4th quarter. McNabb brought them back from an 18pt deficit and they were ahead.

When was the last time McNabb drove the team down the field with less than 4 minutes on the clock and won the game?  2002?  2003?

Super Bowl in 2005
Last Sunday
Chicago game this year
2nd taterskins game this year

Thats just off the top of my head.

[SunMo]

phreak, you can't honestly call the td pass to jackson with more than half the quarter left the same thing as getting ball back with 2 min to go and having to score...