DIDN'T KNOW DOC WAS ALSO A MECHANIC
The Eagles went to 11-0 after the bye under Andy Reid and the coach won his 100th game with a 33-14 dismantling of the winless Tampa Bay Bucs at the Linc. The Eagles improved to 3-1.
“I’d rather have a hundred than nothing," Reid said of the milestone. "I appreciate you asking, but I’m not really into all that.”
As for things that Reid is into -- the Eagles' success this season -- the biggest issue facing the Birds coming out of today's game is another sloppy effort with 10 penalties.
"Too many penalties," Reid said to start his postgame news conference. "Every win is a good win in the National Football League, but we have to sharpen it up ... All in all, a good day, but plenty of things to work on."
Other comments from Reid:
On Jeremiah Trotter's return: “He ended up with 20 plays. That's right about where we wanted to get him, 20 to 25 snaps … He’s been sitting on a couch. He’ll be the first to tell you when you’re sitting on the couch and come back, the game is faster … He got in there, mixed it up, had a couple of nice snaps. It was good for him.”
On Kevin Curtis' role when he returns, given Jeremy Maclin's performance: "It was a great job by Jeremy. It's great to have two players that we know can play that well."
On Donovan McNabb's return: "He felt pretty good [during practice this week]. He took a couple of hits, not many. He tweaked it a little bit. From a confidence standpoint, that was good for him."
On the Wildcat: "I haven't looked at the stats, but it doesn’t jump up at me like it’s phenomenal. It wasn’t blowing my blouse, I’ll tell you that."
On Michael Vick relieving Donovan McNabb: "I wanted to get him some game reps. Kevin has had the game reps. Michael needs it. He’s at that point now where he can utilize some game snaps."
On LeSean McCoy rotating with a returning Brian Westbrook: "This is all getting Brian back in where he’s comfortable."
On the injury front, Ellis Hobbs will have an MRI for a sprained wrist, Asante Samuel will have an MRI for a calf strain.
Les
Bowen has covered the Eagles for the Daily News
since 2002.
Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les
only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no
penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite
what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News
from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much
lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their
two sons live in Haddon Township, New Jersey.
E-mail Les at bowenl@phillynews.com
and follow
him on Twitter.
Paul
Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982.
He has spent most of his nearly 3 decades with the paper covering the
Eagles and pro football. For the last 10 years, he’s been a
selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A native of Wilkes-Barre
and a graduate of Wilkes University, Domo started his career in Texas,
working first for the Midland Reporter-Telegram (1976-78), and then for
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas
Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was
boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose 2 sports coats to
blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley,
a University of Oklahoma grad who still hasn’t gotten over
that Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State 5 years ago, have 2 terrific
daughters -- Allison, 28, who is an attorney in South Jersey, and Amy,
25, who works in administration for a professional baseball team.
E-mail Domo at PDomo@aol.com and follow
him on Twitter.
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