The hangover from the Eagles loss to the Giants lass week still hasn't worn off for me. The Birds are playing in Cincy on a windy day, I'll have a few updates here throughout the game. Leave your thoughts in the comments, I'll be checking in regularly.
1st Quarter- Reid calls three passes on the first three plays. Shocking. Three and out.
- Six plays, five passes, 1 yard.
- The D holds with 2 sacks, offense is backed up to the 5 on a nice punt. The Bengals are dominating the field position battle so far.
- McNabb sacked, fumbles, Cincy recovers on the 1. Just an ugly start to this game. 1st and goal for Cincy from the 1.
- It'll be second and goal when the second starts.
2nd Quarter- The D holds, FG Cincy. 3-0, Bengals.
- Eagles drive stalls after a 44-yard screen to Buckhalter. Akers ties it w/ a 42-yard FG. 3-3, tie.
- Westbrook is not healthy. He looks slow and tentative out there.
- Mikell destroys Chapman on a 3rd down play, causes a fumble, Howard recovers. Eagles ball with 3:11 to go in the second. Let's see if the offense can do anything with the opportunity.
- McNabb picked inside the 20 with 1:15 to go in the half. This team is pitiful.
- Touchdown Bengals. They drove right down the field in 4 plays and punched it in. 10-3, Cincy.
- McNabb throws another pick inside the 20 with 13 seconds left. This one wasn't his fault, it bounced right off Curtis's shoulder pads. Good way to end the half.
3rd Quarter- 3 and out to start the third quarter for the Birds. The Bengals will get the ball w/ great field position.
- FG Cincy. 13-3, Bengals. Reid ate a challenge flag on a questionable fumble call. He literally ate the flag, guess he couldn't wait for the post-game buffet.
- 2 play drive for a TD. Baskett for 57-yarder, then LJ Smith converts on a 4-yard catch. 13-10, Cincy.
- McNabb is picked again right at the 20. All you can do is laugh at this point.
4th Quarter- McNabb sacked on 3rd and 7 at the 45. At least he's still smiling out there, nothing better than seeing your franchise guy play like crap and seem like he couldn't care less.
- 4th and inches from the 20, McNabb sneaks for it. Let's see if it matters.
- 4th and 1 from the 10 now, and Reid can't make up his mind. They're down 3 points, 5:36 left on the clock. You have to kick it here. If they go for it and get stoned the Bengals will run out the clock.
- Akers boots it through and ties the game up. 13-13, tie. I'm not at all shocked that Reid needed a timeout to figure out what to do in that situation. Tie game, 5 minutes to go, you probably won't need those timeouts anyway, right?
- The D holds, DeSean with a nice return on the punt. The Eagles have the ball with 2:44 to go, can McNabb engineer a game-winning drive?
- 3rd and 1 from mid-field, McNabb's pass is batted down. Awesome. Punting now with less than 2:00 to go.
- 17-yard punt by Sav.
- 1:44 left for the Bengals to crush the Eagles' soul.
- The D holds again. The Birds will get the ball back with 1:25 at the 28.
- They need about 50 yards to be in comfortable FG range. 2 timeouts left.
- Dhani Jones breaks up a 3rd and 10 pass to Westbrook. The Eagles ran 22 seconds off the clock, now they're punting again. Rocca unleashes a 31-yard punt.
- Bengals ball at their own 40, 56 seconds to go. 25 yards and the Eagles lose.
OT- Eagles 3 and out on first possession of overtime. Sav gets off a decent punt, holding on the Bengals on the return.
Well, this one is like kissing your sister, if your sister is the ugliest girl in the world. Every single Eagle player and coach should be ashamed of himself after this tie.
Player of The Game: Asante Samuel
Team Record: 5-3-1
That was pathetic. No one wanted to win this game! Freaking pathetic. Screw the Eagles.
How long is it till Spring training?
Someone should put some EX-LAX in the post game buffet and let Reid be first in line....
This whole organization is a joke. You cant get your team ready to play against a 1-8 friggin team ? I am sooo ready for a new coach and for Kevin Kolb. I know rebuilding takes time but its better than being mediocre for the past 4 years. We all know Mcnabb isnt good enough to win the big game and Andy reid isnt a good enough coach to outcoach a good coach.
Not only that, a 1 - 8 team with a freaking journeyman backup QB with only 8 NFL games to his name prior to this one.
Cincy has even more problems than we do. They don't even have a GM. Yet the best we can do is scratch out a tie in this city. Pathetic.
I'm not defending McNabb, but notice how many passes thrown to LJ turn into INTs? Hopefully a piss poor performance like this is enough to wipe that idiotic grin off his face.
I've lost the will to even curse at this team. The eagles are the living embodiment of "Groundhog Day" the movie.
Yeah, we're doomed to a loop of mediocrity, at best. A respectable Defense, and absolutely no offense. The only way the Iggles were going to get a win was if the Defense took it into the End Zone, as there wasn't a way the offense was going to step up.
Last week, Big Ben said in a post game interview "I lost this game for my team, I let down my teammates." Even in defeat, he acted like a leader. You'd wouldn't hear McNabb stepping up like that.
The Eagles/Bengals game irked me because you don’t play to tie the game, you play to WIN the game. (Thanks, Herm Edwards of the 1-9 Kansas City Chiefs!) Maybe the moniker should be changed to that you play to tie the game, though. Shayne Graham of the Bengals attempted a field goal with seven seconds left in overtime, but it sailed wide right, and moments later the game ended as a result of a tie. Y’know what? Here’s something for all of you that bash baseball: at least in baseball, ties don’t result (please don’t bring up that ’specific’ All-Star game in which Bud Selig screwed baseball fans).
This is the very reason I can't stand hockey and soccer. No game should ever end in a tie, ever. What a waste of time.
this team has pretty much either sucked or been mediocre for the last 4 years. What does it take for Lurie to pull the plug on this regime...I mean seriously. Even if we had an all pro team around mcnabb...he will never win a big game when its on the line. Never.
And in the post game news conference, McNabb didn't know you could play to a tie in the NFL.... UNBELIEVABLE. Compare him to Big Ben in terms of taking responsibility and being a leader. B-Hop was right. The guy has talent, but no leadership ability and no ability to perform under pressure.