Nope, i'm here, and i'm fine.
Just needed some time to get my thoughts in order about the game.
A few points:
The Eagles dominated the first quarter and a half, and killed themselves with the first red zone McNabb interception. He made the right read, he was just late delivering the ball, and put too much air under it(a good throw delivered in a timely manner and that's a Westbrook TD, simple as that).
I thought that early the Eagles D had Brady clearly confused, and the Eagles were able to adjust to the Pats coming out in a 4-3 defense, after the first series.
The Eagles O really missed an opportunity to open a nice lead early, and squandered the chance to go up by double digits. If the eagles had gone up by 10, as they should have....we're probably having a parade here tommorow.
Say la vie.
I thought the defense played very well, and considering the number of turnovers, did a fantastic job in holding the Pats to 24 pts.
I found it interesting that the Pats were unable to contain either Westbrook or Owens, and felt that Pinkston missed a few opportunities on deep balls besides the one he did catch. I was pleased that Reid stuck to the run, even though it was largely innefective, it still makes play action effective and keeps the opposing defense honest.
Reid drew up what i felt was an excellent offensive game plan, but a few key drops and a few very poor decisions by McNabb were what really cost the Eagles.
I am a bit torn about McNabb, at times he played brilliantly, but on two passes he basicly took away the Eagles chance to win.(I don't blame him for the 3d INT, because it bounced off of LJ Smith's hands).
I was really irked at the Eagles lack of a sense of urgency on their final TD drive, but in retrospect, McNabb was clearly rattled after he threw the second INT(the one that sealed the game, for all intents and purposes), and Reid wanted to make sure he calmed him down and therefore kept the pace slow to prevent McNabb from making any further errors in his haste.
This game was definitely a learning experience for Mr. McNabb, one that he will hopefully make good use of.
When the Eagles scored there was 1:47 seconds left, and the boys in green still had two Time outs left. I felt that the Eagles should've kicked off deep instead of the on-sides. There was still time to stop the Pats on a 3 and out(as the eagles did), but the Eagles would've gotten the ball in much better field position.
But that's all spilled milk.
I felt that the two best teams in the NFL put on one hell of a display last night, and it was one hell of a superbowl...close until the final seconds. What more can a football fan ask for?
The one REAL shame about this game is that TO's performance had the Eagles won would've become the stuff of NFL legend.
There are no words to describe the way that man played last night, against the Pats excellent defense, just six weeks removed from major surgery.
Earlier in this thread Big Vette asked who was the better reciever, Owens or Moss?
I think that question was clearly answered last night.
Owens is an all-time great, it's as simple as that.
The man is a warrior.
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