Skinned
Nov 12, 2007 in Eagles
After the Eagles defeated the Washington Redskins yesterday 33-25, in a game I can best describe as entertaining with a splash of pure torture, I made an attempt to understand what I just witnessed. Yea, no luck there. I tried other methods. I put myself in the place of a die hard Eagles fan (which of course I am…more on that later) and focused on the good things that happened.
The Good
McNabb has a pretty good day going 20/28, 251 yds, 4TDs and no picks, Brian Westbrook was Brian Westbrook (a good thing) rushing for 100 yds, receiving for 83, scoring three TDs total, the team was only flagged for five penalties, and LJ Smith remembered to apply krazy glue to his gloves at halftime so that he wouldn’t fumble the next time McNabb threw an 80 mph laser at his feet. And they won, bringing their record to 4-5 with an 0-9 Miami Dolphins team on deck that would probably struggle against Notre Dame. We’re staring down 5-5 in an NFC that was best be described by my uncle as ‘fucking trash’. I’d also like to give FOX kudos for showing limited straight-on camera angles of Kenny Albert’s mutated face and droopy right eye. Kenny may end up being the first broadcaster in television history that is required to wear a pillowcase over his head during broadcasts. It’s gonna be an unbelievably difficult challenge looking at him 15 years down the road….I can only hope that whomever cuts the eye holes in the pillowcase remembers to make the right side hole two inches lower than the left. We love you Kenny!
The Bad
This is the city of pain right? Did you really think that Kenny Alberts’ ghastly, family-photo-ruining face was the low light of the game? Let’s see, where do we start….well first off, the defensive pressure on Jason Campbell was completely non-existent. If you showed me his stats prior to the game (23/34, 215 yds, 3 TDs, no picks) and the fact that the Eagles had ONE sack (one more than they had the week prior vs. Dallas , great progress guys) I would have called for a 10+ point Eagles loss easily. The Redskins essentially gave this game away to the Eagles. They had 11 penalties (four of which resulted in Eagles’ first downs), they missed an extra point which, theoretically, would have tied the game at 27 and allowed to Eagles to kick the extra point after Westbrook’s first receiving TD, and they allowed James Thrash to be their leading receiver. James Thrash! This cannot be ignored. There is a distinct possibility that James Thrash is competing with Greg Lewis as the NFL’s worst wide receiver. Can you imagine the water cooler talk around every lifeless office in Southeastern Pennsylvania if the roles had been reversed?