Two Months Til Daytona!

There isn’t really too much you can say about that sort of game. You just ball it up and move on to the next one. I think we all knew that Seattle was one score plus better than the Eagles. I honestly thought Philadelphia would get beat pretty handily (obviously not like this). But it is the NFL. You get blown out in this league when you lose the turnover battle by three- let alone six- and have three, really four, returned directly for scores.
Not to belabor the obvious, but the Eagles were terrible awful bad last night on offense. Clearly they whiffed mightily with their back-up quarterback selection. Maybe McMahon can play- but he can't right now. It is sort of odd- because the Eagles have been able to secure a pretty good string of guys who have filled in admirably in McNabb’s absence: the younger Koy, AJ, etc. But Reid missed here. McMahon is clearly an extremely raw project at this point- and really ought not be on the roster as a number two. Couple this failure at the most important position in pro-ball, with seven offensive starters with less than a full year's real experience really playing in the league (sixteen real starts)- and it unmistakably was too much to overcome against a probable 13-win team on a roll.
But you know, I still think this is the smart thing to do. With an eye toward their soft last three games, I guess the Eagles could have strapped Thomas up, sat McNabb for a week or two and gave him another try, endeavor to get a Hicks/Fraley/etc. back in the line-up- and tried to make a run at something. But this team isn't going anywhere in 2005- let alone winning a pair of road play-of games. So play the kids. They largely did okay against the Giants for a half and the Pack. Last night was rough- but I'd rather having the growing pains now. Make a concerted effort to see what you’ve got every Sunday from here out.


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