Outplayed and Outhit
The Eagles are a 2-3 team with a steep hill to climb to become the team they seemed to be through the first three weeks of the season. The Redskins outhit and outthought them in coming into the Linc and winning, 23-17.
Outplayed and Outhit
Les Bowen, Daily News Staff Writer
After the early trick plays and the punt return touchdown, the Eagles had nothing for the Washington Redskins, who dominated both lines of scrimmage in a 23-17 upset at the Linc.
Andy Reid added one little thing to his usual postgame refusal to engage in any sort of meaningful discussion of what went wrong: In the midst of repeating his mantra about needing to put players in better positions to make plays, Reid added: "and when (the players) are in those positions, we have to make sure that plays get made."
After starting out 1 for 4 on third down conversions, the Redskins converted 11 of their final 15. They took apart what had been the league's top rushing defense, running for 203 yards (to the Eagles' 58). They ended up with 75 offensive snaps, to the Birds' 47, 22 first downs to the Eagles' 14.
The Eagles' offense lost its ryhthm on the first drive of the second quarter and never really got it back. The Birds didn't throw the ball downfield and didn't run much -- instead, they found ways to screw ups screens and other short-yardage passes. Their defense got good pressure early, then was blasted back on its heels by the Redskins' offensive line.
The season isn't over at 2-3, but most fans' patience with ongoing confusion and inconsistency might be.
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They looked horrible today after the Jackson punt return. I don't think I'll ever understand why Reid doesn't send mcnabb on a sneak from the one this year, didn't that used to be pretty much automatic? The slow developing plays to the RB aren't going to work. And how many times a game do they have to run that fake end around? I've always had faith in the fat man, I know I'm probably in the minority there, but I am starting to believe we need a new approach, and possibly a new coach. My patience is certainly wearing thin.— trizot- Comment removed.
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- W Brimley, you are right. Ten years same questions about a coach and players. I was not the one throwing darts at 5. But I have asked myself for the last 5yrs what is up with the coaching. Today should be the final straw. Detroit got rid of there "weakest" link in Mc Millin. Funny with that, he actually drafted wideouts!! It's time to call up Bill Cowher, replace Morningwig and put the "blitz guru" on notice. This team is going nowhere. And by the looks of it, the 1st round coming from the Panthers will be 3 in the round. Jeff Laurie, pull the plug!!!! GO PHILS!!!!!— STIII
- Yea those inept division titles and that inept .600 winning % as a head coach. Where does this city get all the morons???
- PLAYERS HAVE TO MAKE THE PLAYS!!!!! All the coaching in the world won't teach Lewis and Brown how to hold on to a pass or a lineman how to hold a block or Akers how to make a dadburn field goal.....sorry, EVERYONE gets a piece of this loss.— almar169
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- Les, you forgot to add 'Outcoached'. Although, maybe its assumed at this point as it happens every week. I add 'OutGM-ed' at every Draft..but thats just me. FIRE REID— Nezhy
- Hi, West Coast Offense? Ok, lets get subpar WRs in here then. Makes perfect sense. I feel terrible for McNabb having to put up with this his whole career (save for 1 year we got a WR). Reid won early cause of McNabb and good D. We won in spite of him, not b/c of him.— Nezhy
- Almar169: true. But the coach has to call the plays.. he calls that fake WR reverse every other play!! Also, the short dump to Westbrook, every other play. Ridiculous.. its EASY to gameplan against the Eagles, too predictable.— Nezhy
- When Reggie didn't get into the endzone I had visions of being walled off at the goal line, with a player going wide and losing yardage. Would it kill Andy to try a QB sneak? What is he afraid of? Why not a naked bootleg- he could always throw it away or throw to a tight end! McNabb actually took off on one play! I was shocked. He needs to run a few times early- even if it's a chicken slide or an out of bounds "Eli" style. Wouldn/'t that be unexpected! Might open things up. I guess he had too much success early throwing to LJ to continue doing that during the rest of th game. They really have the 3 and out perfected.— GMiller
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