The Eagles are in trouble. The offense has to carry this team and they didn't do that on Sunday. The defense did an outstanding job but they weren't playing against a good offense. Their special teams needs emergency surgery.
There's no way the Birds should lose a game where the defense allows only three points.
Donovan McNabb is not healthy enough to dominate a game with his arm and his legs right now. He needs help from Brian Westbrook, his offensive line and his receivers. to carry the offense. The offensive game plan wasn't creative and not nearly good enough to get the job done.
If the offensive line can't dominate the line of scrimmage, the Eagles are doomed. They weren't able to establish a running game to force the Packers to stack up against the run. When the Birds got into the red zone, they couldn't rely on the "O" line to dominate, so they put the ball in the air. Somebody should be arrested for the lousy play calling in their first trip to the Red Zone. They started throwing the ball in short yardage. This is not a good sign. I don't think Shawn Andrews and his mates were functioning at their top level.
The Eagles wide receiver corps isn't special and was outplayed by the Packers secondary. McNabb was on the run for much of the afternoon. If you noticed every time he tried to go to Reggie Brown he was covered up like a blanket. He's not really a number one receiver. Kevin Curtis was only able to get open after Al Harris was injured. He showed he can beat a back up cornerback, but he had no success against Harris or Charles Woodson. As I had expected Jason Avant was the number one option on 3rd down. Reggie and Kevin are making the money yet Avant is your first option on 3rd down. What's wrong with this picture?
I would rather have seen Brent Celek than a 75% L.J. Smith.
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