Guys, I really don't know what to say. This is the worst regular season loss I can remember in my 30+ years of being a fan. I predicted an Eagles' loss, but did not expect anything remotely like this. I did not expect the Eagles to completely dominate the G-Men from the second drive of the game until the start of the 4th quarter. I, and pretty much every Birds fan in the Delaware Valley, could not expect the complete implosion of our Iggles thereafter.
The entire game came down to Tim Carter's fumble recovery in the end zone. That play gave the G Men life. They were ready to call it a day, but that hustle play brough them back to life and it was Big Blue from there on out. All Michael Lewis had to do is fall on the friggin' ball and we all would have went home happy. But he didn't. Tim Carter fell on the ball for a t.d. and then Westbrook fumbled, which was quickly followed up by the Toomer t.d. Everything that could go wrong, did. Ah...the frustration of it all. It makes you question why waste a gorgeous Sunday watching this mess.
But, I, like you, will be back next week, which means we have to figure out where this team is headed. Since we are all totally pissed, it's easy to say the season is done. We can't win big NFC East games and now the DB's and Kearse are beat upso who knows if the defense will hold up over the next couple months. Clearly, this team showed that they have the offensive weapons necessary to score points in this league. The defense has shown that they can rush the passer with their front four and via the blitz and can stop the run. These qualities will serve them well going forward. However, the problems with the defensive backfield will never let any lead be safe. This is a very sad development as this same exact group played so well two years ago.
Well, I'm going to just internalize this and have a few beers, try to forget this ever happened, and start looking forward to next week. Although, something tells me that I'm not going to forget this one very easily.
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