Eagles - Packers Game thread

[hunt]

we need a punt returner.

[TexasEagle]

And a head coach...

[ice grillin you]

mcnabb obviously did not make the throws/plays we expect him to make. on that one play in the 4rth where mcnabb stepped up and bombed the ball deep to curtis...curtis was open and had his man beat but mcnabb threw it to the outside shoulder

problem is i do not think we should have been expecting mcnabb to be himself completely his first game back. the packers D is no joke and their 2ndary is stellar. so it made even less sense that reid decided to go so pass happy in the 3rth and 4rd qrt. we were running the offense out of shotgun for the whole 2nd half it seems.

he didnt complete the curtis throw because he double clutched...if he throws it after his three steps he completes it...he held the ball today like it raped wilma and double clutched all afternoon...hes just not back and wont be until 08...carson palmer said a week ago that hes still not 100% and this is his second year after the injury

oh and the gb defense stinks...give them no credit...they are gonna get abused all year

[Feva]

OK... I haven't read this thread yet... so there's probably some shtein that I'm going to end up repeating.

Two words for Andy Reid:

farg YOU!!!!

I don't blame Greg Lewis... I don't blame J.R. Reed... I don't blame Rory Segrest.  I blame that fat farger for "upgrading" the position by throwing over the punt returning duties for two guys to "battle" over... cutting one of them in June for no farging reason... handing the duties over to Bloom with no competition... and then cutting his ass a week before the season opener.

Good call you farging clown.

Muffed punts by inexperienced returners cost us 10 farging points... in a game we lost by 3.  Had Andy not cut the only 2 motherfargers who had a clue of what they were doing back there... they would not have lost.

The D turned in a pretty good performance... the offense was shaky as hell... but Andy pissed all of it away because he thinks, "Oh, well ANYBODY can return punts."  This one sits square on his farging shoulders.

Damn... I never thought I'd say this, but WHERE THE farg ARE YOU, RENO MAHE?!?!?!?!

[Magical_Retard]

i still have not read anywhere why bethel johnson was let go.

and igy on that play he was pressured and moved up to avoid the rush.  and curtis was still wide open. the ball was thrown out of bounds.

[The BIGSTUD]

mcnabb obviously did not make the throws/plays we expect him to make. on that one play in the 4rth where mcnabb stepped up and bombed the ball deep to curtis...curtis was open and had his man beat but mcnabb threw it to the outside shoulder...had that been towards the middle of the field thats a touchdown.

problem is i do not think we should have been expecting mcnabb to be himself completely his first game back. the packers D is no joke and their 2ndary is stellar. so it made even less sense that reid decided to go so pass happy in the 3rth and 4rd qrt. we were running the offense out of shotgun for the whole 2nd half it seems.

washington leads the division...god i hope the giants win tonight. taterskins and cowboys up on us?

Don't know about the Curtis pass. By the time the ball got there, he didn't have that big cushion anymore. It would've been a tough catch.

[ice grillin you]

i wanna know prior to this game how many combined regular season nfl punt returns did greg lewis and jr reed have in their lives

jr has played 6 games in the last three years and was just picked off the scrap heap a week ago and the farging guy is returning a punt in a tied nfl game with under a minute to go...what coach at any level would ever put that on someone

westbrook has to be there at that point (not to mention the full time returner) even if to just wave his arm and catch the ball...but even if he isnt why isnt greg lewis back there....he was the starter...whether you agree with him being the PR or not and i certainly dont if hes your guy then he has to be there in the big spot...

why jr reed?

none of it makes any sense

[ice grillin you]

and igy on that play he was pressured and moved up to avoid the rush.  and curtis was still wide open. the ball was thrown out of bounds.

he had minimal pressure after his three steps and curtis was open...that when you have to throw the ball and he wasnt able to pull the trigger...hes hesitant and really not ready to play yet...not his fault its just the reality of coming off an injury like he had

[TexasEagle]

i still have not read anywhere why bethel johnson was let go.

He had a fracture or something and couldn't practice for weeks. That's why HE got cut. Why they cut Bloom is straight up idiocy since they have no one left to return punts at that point. Greg Lewis caught ONE punt return (inside the farging 5 yard line no less) in the last preseason game and he becomes the automatic returner because Bloom didn't provide a "boost". Nevermind no one can block on ST and he can catch the farging ball.

[MadMarchHare]

4-12.  This is about as good as it'll get.
I knew it wouldn't be pretty, and the ST would be average, but Jesus H farging Christ.  How many guys did JR Reed have to fight through to muff that punt?
Never mind the fact that the O line was warmed up garbage.  Never mind the running game was working, but they didn't use it anyway.  Way to learn from last year.

The best part was, we got the "Kotite look" at least a half dozen times today.  This team will suck.  The only question left is when will they bench McNabb to see what they have with Kolb.

Super.Bowl.

[ice grillin you]

i thought the oline played well after a rough start...mcnabb had crazy amounts of time on numerous pass plays in the second half...without seeing the actual film i cant tell if the wr's couldnt get open or if mcnabb wouldnt pull the trigger but damn he held the ball way to long on so many plays

i agree with the kotite looks...i dont know if reids home life is affecting him or not because hes always benn a disgraceful game day coach but damn he looked absolutely lost today

the inside the 5 series where he threw two passes that didnt cross the goalline

having buck run the ball on 1st and ten with 4 minutes left...westbrook the teams best player by far wasnt even in the game

the guy was more clueless than normal and that really saying something

the best thing that can come out of this season is for reid to get fired because of it...ive been calling for his head for almost five years now....how much more of this do we have to go thru before it actually happens

[Don Ho]

I LOVE THE PHILLIES!

[The BIGSTUD]

The special teams were a joke today, but when you play the ultimate team game, it is the job of the other units to step up. The defense did, but the offense didn't. After Kearse recovered that fumble on the 38, ti was inexcusable not to put up any points.

The special teams is still mainly to blame, but the offense deserves a lot too. 13 points is not good enough.

[Feva]

i wanna know prior to this game how many combined regular season nfl punt returns did greg lewis and jr reed have in their lives

jr has played 6 games in the last three years and was just picked off the scrap heap a week ago and the farging guy is returning a punt in a tied nfl game with under a minute to go...what coach at any level would ever put that on someone

westbrook has to be there at that point (not to mention the full time returner) even if to just wave his arm and catch the ball...but even if he isnt why isnt greg lewis back there....he was the starter...whether you agree with him being the PR or not and i certainly dont if hes your guy then he has to be there in the big spot...

why jr reed?

none of it makes any sense

I don't know if I've ever agreed with you more.  Excellent post.

[pinoyboy2pt0]

mcnabb didn't play stellar, but like said before, he played as well as you can expect him to play when the red haired fat farg starts going 3-4 wide and shotgun every play.  even if we run out of that every time from 2nd to 3rd down, how bout running...i don't know...hurry up so they can't sub in their "pass specialists"...oh right, that has something to do with a clock.  i wish i could put jeff greene's wife from curb, stick her in the post game and just point and say, "you fat farg"