4th and 9 with 5 minutes left...

[BIGPHILLY]

...with a defense that can't stop the other team from bleeding the clock and we're at midfield.

What does REID do? PUNT IT AWAY BOYS!

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[sfphillyfan]

Well, you have to give Reid some leeway here. We have the best clock management team in the league.

[taz]

I think the sack that McNabb took before that played into it. If it was 4th and 4 he would have gone for it.

[sfphillyfan]

I think the sack that McNabb took before that played into it. If it was 4th and 4 he would have gone for it.

Did someone say "a veteran QB knows when not to take that sack"?

[Eaglebreath]

I would have gone for it on 4th and 9.

Also, someone needs to have a word with 5 about holding the ball too long.

[sonnyj]

yes...agree. they needed two scores and the defense did not accomplish a 3 and out all game. I knew what Reid was thinking, but don't know why he thought it.

Reid needs to simplify his third and fourth down game plan. He's got a qb with good legs and should install more qb draws, roll outs etc and instill in mcnabb a hot read of GO when blitzed in these situations. Trouble is McNabb has made so many plays by avoiding the rush, he fools Reid into thinking reid has a good game plan and that he himself can avoid a sack and make a play all the time.

[reesecal]

by the way, they ended up punting from the 43, into the endzone as dirk is so good at doing, and getting a 10 yard penalty to put the jags at the 30 for a 13 yard net change.

goodcall.

[heath sherman]

that's the other part of the equation- dirk never pooches the dang ball. just like at the end of the giants game (when the extra 10 or 15 yards would have made a HUGE difference), right into the end zone.

[SwingOnThis]

that's the other part of the equation- dirk never pooches the dang ball. just like at the end of the giants game (when the extra 10 or 15 yards would have made a HUGE difference), right into the end zone.

Dirk has been bad all season.

[sfphillyfan]

So has our coverage teams. There's been times when they could have downed the ball inside the 10 and just completely misplayed it / too busy checking out the view as they had their heads up their asses.

[Foles4SB]

I would have went for it based on the way the defense was playing. As it turns out, I was right, as the defense gave up two more first downs.

[BIGPHILLY]

by the way, they ended up punting from the 43, into the endzone as dirk is so good at doing, and getting a 10 yard penalty to put the jags at the 30 for a 13 yard net change.

goodcall.

Exactly. It's just nauseating.

[Isam]

Dirk shanks his first punt, when we need a big one, and then at the end of the game, when we need him to keep it in, he bangs it into the endzone. Perfection.

[reesecal]

his two good plays were to get that punt off on the bad snap,

and the tackle he made on that one d00d

[AToney]

When Reid called for that punt is precisely when I turned to the Falcons-Bengals game. If he wasn't interested in winning that game, I wasn't interested in watching.