Eagles lose; again

As an Eagle's fan it has to be hard to believe that we have lost two games by last second field goals but we have actually hit that low point. The sad thing is that we somehow outplayed the other team in both games. The Steelers did not deserve to win that game but as usual the Eagles found a way to give it way through Vick's fumbles and Andy Reid's ability to make smart playcalls. Well the same thing happened again but Vick had a little better game.

Unstoppable 

The Eagles' first quarter was a rough one as they had two turnovers and 3 3 and outs. Vick had another fumble but that was that was not all his fault as his center snapped him the ball when he wasn't looking not once but twice (Eagle's were lucky to have drawn an offsides call on the first one). The Eagles were however to score a touchdown in the second quarter on a surprisingly well called screen play that ended up with Lesean McCoy in the end zone. The Lions were the dominate team in the first quarter as hero of the game Jason Hanson kicked two field goals from 46 and 36 yards to give them a 6-0 lead early in the game. Calvin Johnson was the center of of the Lions' offense with 6 receptions for 135 yards including a remarkable toe dragging grab late in the 4th quarter to put the Lions in field goal range. After Johnson's catch Jason Hanson came up big with a chipshot 19 yard field goal to put the game into overtime.

Fire Him Already

Johnson and Hanson weren't the only contributors to the Lions as Matthew Stafford threw for 311 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT. On the other side of the ball Michael Vick had an above average performance (well at least compared to how he usually plays) throwing for 311 yards as well. He didn't have the easiest time in the world as he was sacked 3 times and was constantly getting beat up by the Lions' stellar d-line led by Suh (whose first name I will not try to spell) and Nick Fairley. Jeremy Maclin did a nice job of catching the ball today reeling in 6 catches for 130 yards and a TD. On the other side of the receiving spectrum was Brent Celek who had at least two drops and committed a costly yet controversial  offensive interference on what should have been an Eagles' touchdown. 

The real problem for the Eagles today however was Andy Reid's inability to call a football game. He refused to rush the ball today as starting running back Lesean McCoy had more receiving yards than rushing yards. At the same time, Michael Vick was the team's leading rusher with 59 of the team's 71 total yards. Considering most of those yards came from Vick scrambling not on designed plays, it is safe to say the Eagles' need to rework their game plan. It would help if they had a running back who could run downhill instead of side to side, they could possibly draft a bigger running back this off-season and convert McCoy to a third down running back/slot receiver role where he is likely to be more successful. The Eagles also failed to capitalize on the Lions' lack of discipline as they committed 16 penalties for 132 yards.

Overall the Eagles should be embarrassed with how they played today, in overtime they were unable to get a single yards which forced them to punt from their own endzone therefore giving the Lions great field position. They also failed to shut down Calvin Johnson (even thought that is no small task a team with two of the top corners in the league should be able to do that). It is quite sad that what could be Vick's only decent performance of the year could be wasted on a loss. 

Eagles vs. Redskins Running Diary 2nd half

20 minutes of halftime and I got no homework done.


2:43- One minute and thirty seconds into second half and the Redskins are already into the redzone. Not a good start.

2:45- Although we have a 14 point lead, I am an Eagles fan and I know that this is starting to look like a choke job.

2:52- Vick Interception. I knew this was going to happen, they are falling apart just like Andy Reid has coached them to.

3:07- Why the hell is Vince Young in the game. I don't remember Vick getting hurt and Young turns his opportunity into a turnover.

3:17- 3rd and 17 so we go to a run play that gives us 8 yards. We were at about the 30 so they have the ball at there 33 instead of the 41, I'd give up those 8 yards to give us a chance to get the first down.

3:22- John Beck just ran for a first down against our defense us. Not saying he is a bad quarterback, but he is Rex Grossman's back up.

3:37- Did you know that John Beck is a third cousin Glen Beck, he is now my favorite football player.JK
It's right about now when we need to keep the ball away from Maclin and Avant.

3:40-Attention Rookie Punter:You are not suppose to kick the ball into the endzone, I think we have this game in the bag though.(crosses fingers)

Our Punter and Kicker have phonetically the same last name; weird!
p.s. couldn't find a picture of him with the Eagles, it's Chas Henry

3:44- Dodged a bullet right there, if only if Stallworth would of dodged that guy a couple years ago.

3:45- What the hell, a flag on that. Now the Redskins have life again.

3:48- Had a chance to put the nail in the coffin there, but of course we let them convert.

3:49- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, what did we do to deserve this? We the fans did not call them the dream team, it was the idiots that threw an interception(back up quarterback btw) and the defensive linemen who just let John Beck run in for a touchdown.
Maybe Washington will pull a Navy and miss the XP...No

You just had to say "Dream Team", plus you get in for one play and throw a pick. I blame this on you.

3:56- Even worse than me dropping McCoy, he is on my opponent's fantasy team.

4:01- We get this first done we win the game...................................At first glance I think we get it, off to the chain gang...

4:02 By half the football... Goodbye

Eagles vs. Redskins Running Diary 1st half

Let's see how this goes.

1:05- Get home from getting blown out in baseball. Glad to see they aren't losing yet.

1:08- Wow. Our defense has an interception, not something I'm use to seeing.

1:12- Close call by the refs, thought for sure that would call intentional grounding. Good to see we get a call for once but I have a feeling we aren't going to take advantage of it.

1:15- Brian Billick is a terrible color guy, I don't think he knows he is talking to a bunch of average guys. He is probably great at explaining film and situations to players, not my dad.

1:17- OMG, Avant didn't fumble.

1:18- Good old Andy Reid coaching. Wasting timeouts early in the game.

1:22- EAGLES touchdown. Andy Reid finally realized that the time for a 5 yard dump pass to Celek isn't on 3 and 15, it's when your in the redzone. On a side note this is a very visually appealing game, I love the Redskins Garnet-Garnet-Yellow look, by far my favorite of theirs. The Eagles always look good away but I give the edge to the green pants over the white ones.

1:36- The booth should give him this touchdown, I mean it will be his first touchdown in the NFL. If we don't get it, we need to quickly put Eckel back on the roster. These situations were made for him.

1:43- I'm glad to see that we scored that touchdown, good blocking by our line. Let's go back to the play on the 2nd down, we have the most athletic quarterback in the whole league who is only 6' and about 190 lbs and we try a QB sneak. Shouldn't we just let Michael Vick run a bootleg where he might find someone in the endzone, or outrun the defense for a touchdown.

1:48: I'm pretty sure Rex Grossman's wild throw down field was intentional grounding, there was nobody there. That was a bull call by the refs, he started the hit before they guy dropped the ball.

1:57- Celek is the key to the Eagles team. Jackson and Vick might be the stars but Celek comes up big all the time getting first dones and making catches like the one he just made.

1:58- 3rd and goal, so we pass a 5 yard curl route to Maclin who would of gotten tackled right away. #Fire Andy Reid.

2:07- Good to see Michael Vick showing everybody that he is best athlete the quarterback position has ever seen. We need to do this more often, capitalize on turnovers and then bury the opposition into the ground.

2:11- We need to take advantage of opportunities more often. Bad play calling is what leads to field goals inside the redzone.

2:18- This game is very frustrating for numerous reasons.

1. Andy Reid sucks at playcalling inside the 20, we have two field goals from within the 15 yard line. Those need to be touchdowns not only so that we get more points, but because Vick, Jackson, and Maclin are on my fantasy team.

2. I released Celek two weeks ago and he is having a huge day.

2:20-Brian Billick just referred to Juan Castillo as a young guy, he is 52 years old.

2:27- Halftime, which means I now have to do homework.