While it's never great to see the Eagles struggle through three quarters against a bad team, things could've been a whole lot worse. Just look at the rest of the NFC East for confirmation.
The Cowboys lost in overtime to the Cardinals, a perennial doormat of the league.
The Redskins lost to St. Louis, the Rams first and possibly last win of the season.
And last night the Giants got their asses handed to them by the lowly Browns.
The Eagles picked up a game on everyone in the division with their fourth quarter comeback against the Niners, that's some nice momentum to take into the bye week. Now let's just get Westbrook and Shawn Andrews back on the field against the Falcons in two weeks and forget about the three losses. The Eagles are right back in the thick of things.
Hmm---I wonder if all of these elite NFC east teams fans are panicking like Eagles fans did..(me included)
At least we lost to Chicago(a team that could be 6-0 themselves) and Washington. Not the Browns and the Rams.
Just goes to show you the season is a marathon not a sprint. I hope by the end of the day Tony Gonzales is an Eagle. Howard Eskin of 610 said the birds have talked to the Chiefs about aquiring him. You think the Patriots are regretting the 4th round pick they gave up for Randy Moss? If it takes a 2nd round pick to get this guy do it...Again....99 catches LAST SEASON. If we get 3 good years out of him and a Super Bowl who cares if we lost one of our MANY draft picks.
Do you think the Eagles could use the Moss trade as a comparison for what they should give up for Gonzalez?
I think they'd probably have to give up more than the Pats did. That was an absolute joke.
I'd probably do a second round pick for him. Like I said in an earlier post, they have two first rounders next year, and I'm sure Reid will look to trade down to acquire more picks, as usual. Just go for broke.