We did get to see some "pinch hit" action from Jason Werth & Ryan Howard, and a great game anyway.
We got a bum deal from the birds tonight though, eh? Even before they fell apart on the goal line, it was apparent that they were unable to score a touchdown. It just wasn't happening for them, at least not consistently enough, whatsoever.
They should have scored like 42 points in that game, what with all of the turnovers. The loss of Buckhalter for that bit of time, and the effects of the injuries on McNabb & Buck (not to mention Westbrook) are positive points, considering they should be back and healthy soon and diggin up points!
It does beg the point that perhaps they should do for their backfield position, in the next draft, what they did two years ago for their quarterback position. Wouldn't it be great if when Buck
went down we had some huge young kid looking to break some yards and make a name for himself? I like our picks this year...sorta, but next year we better lock someone up who can knock em dead off the line.
I think things look good for the Birds still, overall. They gotta get healthy, and they gotta start winning games. But the offense has got to get sharp! Andy Reid has got to stop blaming himself at Press Conferences. He should have said "the line should have beaten them at least once out of the four downs, and the fact that they could not is unacceptable. I take the blame for not giving Donovan the chance to win the game, but our line needs to perform."
or something like that. Both losses are "away games" and they beat pittsburgh in pitt. The next few games will be key, obviously.
But we get to enjoy some QUALITY Playoff baseball well before we have to concern ourselves with the Eagles again.
Phils: Cole Hamels! Wednesday! TBS
Eagles: Home Game v. 'skins. 1pm FOX
See you there.
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