There is much to talk about this game. My overall impression is this team came out flat last night. I think the combination of Westbrook not being able to go and the level of competition contributed to it. I really don't think they were looking towards Dallas as I am sure most of the writers will say today.
1. This team just can't seem to escape the injury bug. Stallworth came back but it was obvious on the two fly patterns he ran he was not at 100%. Reggie Brown got hurt but he did come back into the game. He was in on the first Garcia seriesNarducci missed that in his article this morning. I think that Brown will play next week. Stallworth probably won't. I hope that Westbrook,Sheppard and Hood are well enough to play next week, Dallas is a very good football team and we need to go after them with all of our weapons
2. Jim Johnson deserves credit for his game plan last night. He loves to blitz but on a night when he faced a team that rarely throws deep he hardly blitzed. In fact I think I only saw 8 or 9 blitz's. The defense played really better than it appears last night. They intercepted two balls, they recovered a fumble, Green Bay threw the ball 47 times last night and only had 219 yards. Thats not so good. Green Bay ran the ball 28 times for 99 yards. Once again that is not good. The interesting thing is they had zero sacks last night. That was not a function of the Eagles defense though it was the Packers 3 step drop and get the ball out philosphy.
3. Green Bay's kicker is really impressive. Kid has a heck of a leg. I also like their punter (who for the most part was very good last night)
4. Donovan McNabb did not have a very good game last night. He made somenice throws and his overall stats of 16-30 for 288 yards and he accounted for 4 td's two by the air and two by his legs. Just looking at those numbers you would think he played great but watching the game you saw him miss alot of throws to wide open recievers, he took three sacks on 3rd downs when they were in field goal position, that backed them out of field goal position. Those are not good. I only attribute one of those sacks to the O line when Todd Heremens got overloaded on a blitz and fanned on both players, still McNabb should have been able to throw the ball away there
5. It was nice to see Ryan Moats come in and spark the team but there is something there with this kid. I am not sure what it is and I don't understand why he only was in on 9 plays. I don't know if its his hands, I don't know if its his blocking,I don't know if they don't trust him with the ball due to fumbles, but there has to be a reason why he is not playing. He is obvioulsy more explosive than Buckhalter and that explosiveness is what was missing last night without.
6. After watching Buckhalter fumble twice inside the five yard line I wonder if Andy was second guessing not signing Steven Davis?
7. Greg Lewis made up for his fumble of last week. He had a really nice game last night
8. I absolutely love the young DT's on this team. Bunkley was really active last night. He was in on alot of plays. Ramsey seems to be getting better and better and Mike Patterson is playing really well right now. The only player who seems to be regressing is Darwin Walker. He is taking too many dumb penalties.
9. I wonder how much Theisman's knees hurt this morning. He was all over Favre Jock last night even though. Someone needs to tell him when you throw the ball 44 times and only have 200 yards passing and No td's to show for along with 2 interceptions you are not having a good game. It was too the point that it was sickening. Oh and the half time show, I am not sure who it was, but after the jacked up segment the announcer said that the Eagles were being Jacked Up by the packers. Can you tell me just how a game that was 9-7 (on a 54 yard field goal BTW) was being jacked up? Maybe somebody should jack up ESPN.
10. Why did the Eagles try a fake field goal at the end of the half? Akers can hit it from 54, give the guy a shot.
1. This team just can't seem to escape the injury bug. Stallworth came back but it was obvious on the two fly patterns he ran he was not at 100%. Reggie Brown got hurt but he did come back into the game. He was in on the first Garcia seriesNarducci missed that in his article this morning. I think that Brown will play next week. Stallworth probably won't. I hope that Westbrook,Sheppard and Hood are well enough to play next week, Dallas is a very good football team and we need to go after them with all of our weapons
2. Jim Johnson deserves credit for his game plan last night. He loves to blitz but on a night when he faced a team that rarely throws deep he hardly blitzed. In fact I think I only saw 8 or 9 blitz's. The defense played really better than it appears last night. They intercepted two balls, they recovered a fumble, Green Bay threw the ball 47 times last night and only had 219 yards. Thats not so good. Green Bay ran the ball 28 times for 99 yards. Once again that is not good. The interesting thing is they had zero sacks last night. That was not a function of the Eagles defense though it was the Packers 3 step drop and get the ball out philosphy.
3. Green Bay's kicker is really impressive. Kid has a heck of a leg. I also like their punter (who for the most part was very good last night)
4. Donovan McNabb did not have a very good game last night. He made somenice throws and his overall stats of 16-30 for 288 yards and he accounted for 4 td's two by the air and two by his legs. Just looking at those numbers you would think he played great but watching the game you saw him miss alot of throws to wide open recievers, he took three sacks on 3rd downs when they were in field goal position, that backed them out of field goal position. Those are not good. I only attribute one of those sacks to the O line when Todd Heremens got overloaded on a blitz and fanned on both players, still McNabb should have been able to throw the ball away there
5. It was nice to see Ryan Moats come in and spark the team but there is something there with this kid. I am not sure what it is and I don't understand why he only was in on 9 plays. I don't know if its his hands, I don't know if its his blocking,I don't know if they don't trust him with the ball due to fumbles, but there has to be a reason why he is not playing. He is obvioulsy more explosive than Buckhalter and that explosiveness is what was missing last night without.
6. After watching Buckhalter fumble twice inside the five yard line I wonder if Andy was second guessing not signing Steven Davis?
7. Greg Lewis made up for his fumble of last week. He had a really nice game last night
8. I absolutely love the young DT's on this team. Bunkley was really active last night. He was in on alot of plays. Ramsey seems to be getting better and better and Mike Patterson is playing really well right now. The only player who seems to be regressing is Darwin Walker. He is taking too many dumb penalties.
9. I wonder how much Theisman's knees hurt this morning. He was all over Favre Jock last night even though. Someone needs to tell him when you throw the ball 44 times and only have 200 yards passing and No td's to show for along with 2 interceptions you are not having a good game. It was too the point that it was sickening. Oh and the half time show, I am not sure who it was, but after the jacked up segment the announcer said that the Eagles were being Jacked Up by the packers. Can you tell me just how a game that was 9-7 (on a 54 yard field goal BTW) was being jacked up? Maybe somebody should jack up ESPN.
10. Why did the Eagles try a fake field goal at the end of the half? Akers can hit it from 54, give the guy a shot.
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