As usual, Igglesblog.com does a great job of summarizing last evening's defeat of the Eagles in Philadelphia by the Cowboys in an entry entitled "Blame 'Em All" [link].
"...the Eagles really look like a basketball team that lives and dies by the three-ball. They look great when their shots are falling, but if balls are clanging off the rim, suddenly everything's out of sync and they just don't look good."
That's a great analogy and I'm surprised Derek or anyone else hasn't come up with it sooner. Why? Because this loss was classic McReid. If you look back over the last decade, 9 out of 10 Eagles losses have at least one if not all of the following characteristics:
- Incorrect referee challenges on the part of Andy Reid, resulting in a shortage of timeouts late in the game because of...
- Poor clock management.
- Inability to convert on 3rd down and short yardage situations.
- Inaccurate passing by Donovan McNabb.
- Inability and/or desire to establish a running game.
- Not that it affects the final score at all, but a mind-numbing, obtuse and rude post-game conference by Andy Reid
Prediction: The Eagles, at 5-3, will now go on a nice little hot-streak that will get them to 10-5, they'll rest key players during the final game and finish 10-6, enter the playoffs and get eliminated short of the Super Bowl and then finally, we will be told that with just a little bit better luck they would have gone to the Super Bowl where, they might have won.
How can I safely make this prediction?
Because we've seen it all before.
