Reid on injuries, penalties, Vick
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Reid on injuries, penalties, Vick
Eagles right tackle Winston Justice has a hyperextended knee. An MRI showed the knee was structurally sound. He would not be able to practice today if there was a practice, Andy Reid said at his day-after news conference.
Reid said Asante Samuel (knee) and Juqua Parker (hip) are making progress and should be able to practice Wednesday when the team begins preparations for Dallas.
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Penalties continue to haunt the Eagles -- 11 for 85 yards Thursday night. Reid said the offside and false-start penalties speak to focus and concentration.
"I've said this before, you've got to be as disciplined as you can in practice and practice as fast as you possibly can," Reid said. "We have work those techniques in practice that you will work in a game. We have to continue to teach the scout team what the opponent is using so our guys can work those techniques in practice."
"You make it tough on yourself. It doesn't have to be that tough. Against football teams like we've played here, you can't shoot yourself in the foot. It's not a good thing. It's not productive."
Asked specifically about the defense jumping offside so much agaunst Houston, Reid said, "The (Texans') center was very dramatic with his head movements, and when he did that, the ball would move up. It was loud (from crowd noise). With that, we had an overexaggerated silent count. Normally those officials warn those guys on that. Our guys are trained that when the ball moves, they take off."
On Michael Vick: "Michael put together another great game ... There were a couple of drops in there but he had a good game working the offense and keeping and regaining momentum and all the intangible things there."
On Vick being hit, compared to roughing the passer calls going against the Eagles: "That bothers me. He does run, but he's still the quarterback. You can't treat him like a running back there. That's not what the rules state."
On the extra rest coming: "I think we needed that. We played a lot of games in a short period of time. We had a number of teams that had an extended period of time to get ready for us ... I welcome it right now. It's good to have this time."
The questions continued about DeSean Jackson. Asked where Jackson's head is, Reid replied, "I've seen it between his right and left shoulder the whole time. He's OK. He loves to play the game and I appreciate that."
On Jerome Harrison: "We're trying to find spots to work him in. He's definitely worthy of playing more. It's not anything from his effort or ability. It's hard at times to take McCoy off the field when he's in the swing of things."
On struggles on defense in the red zone: "It's too much. We have to do a better job there. Sean (McDermott)'s beating himself up there. He's looking at it. He's been looking at it. We have to put guys in the right position and when guys have an opportunity to make plays they have to make plays. It's that simple."
On shutting out the best fourth-quarter offense in the league: "Defensively, what a great fourth quarter. The third quarter they were able to maintain the football and had some long drives there. The fourth quarter, our guys buckled down. Sean made the adjustmetns he needed to make and the players executed it like crazy."
Reid decided this morning to give the players five days off. They will not practice again until Wednesday in advance of next Sunday night's game against Dallas. After the game, he told the players they would be in for a 10-10-10 practice Monday.
"I want them to get their mind off football for a little bit, which won't happen," Reid said. He said the weight room will be open, some players will be in for rehab and others might leave town for a few days.
On the right guard situation: "I thought Max (Jean-Gilles) did a good job. Nick (Cole) got in for a play. We've got a good there thing. I'm not sure exactly what I will do there, but I feel confident in both of them."
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Vote: Grade the Eagles' performance
Andy, here's an easy improvement to make: when you are protecting a 2 score lead late in the game and the other team is out of timeouts, don't stop the clock for them with an incomplete pass, RUN THE FECKING BALL! The only thing stupider last night was Arian Foster blowing kisses to the Iggles faithful in the 3rd quarter. He may have talent, but he showed he has zero class. I hope some of them stuck around long enough to return the favor as Foster headed into the losing locker room.— tornadoh
The procedure & offside penalties are careless and, to me, reflect something wrong in the coaching. Make those guys responsible: yank them from the game for a few plays, something, ANYTHING. It's been going on season after season....too long.— dctwmt
Andy's press conferences are a waste of time. Until a reporter has the balls to question him UNTIL he gives an answer, there is no point.- easy there, his team took the lead and he was having some fun. And a football game is not the place to look for people being "classy". I kind of like when players mess with fans, as long as its all in good fun. I couldnt stand it when Schaub kept whining to get those hits to the head calls when the defender barely touched his helmet. Quit your whining, its football— peteike
- Tornadoh, agree with everything you said. It's frustrating to see the coaches stick to that pass first, pass second, occassionally run the ball only after passing again mentality.— Bleue
- @tornadoh - I didn't mind the screen call, but instead of throwing the ball away, Vick should have gone down keeping the clock running. It would have made no difference for the punt since they were at mid- field. I am also inclined to agree with @peteike - let the guy have some fun. But, Schaub's whining over barely being touched bothers me.
- Don't people ever get tired of complaining about Reid? We are 8-4, again in first place in the division and the home to one of the most exciting offenses in football. However, people would rather complain about the fact that Reid called a pass instead of a run play, even though said call had no effect on the game that we won. Just appreciate a good coach and stop nitpicking about things that literally didn't effect the game at all.— mitchesm7
- Just as long as Reid wins, I don't care what he says.— Gold
- Peteike-I agree, it's all a game to taunt the fans and have fun. I just don't know if a team with a losing record gets to do it with such cockiness...
Schaub was being an absolute wimp trying to get that penalty for a helmet to helmet-yes, their helmets touched, but more like a glide than a hit, and after all the late and hard hits on Vick, that was a bit of a stretch. I hadn't really watched a Houston game all year, but he seemed to want a lot of non-penalties and he kept whining about it long after the play was over.— donde 
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Compared to the average Reid news conference, this one was positively boiling over with actual news. Specifically, his somewhat veiled but nonetheless pointed criticism of the officials for 1) not calling the Texans' center for wiggling the ball (I didn't see that, and the NFL Network crew didn't point it out) and 2) treating Vick like an RB. Andy must have wanted to feed the scribes a little, he was in such a good mood.- Ya know Andy, there is ANOTHER way to keep V-7 from taking hits. Why I can give you a method whereby I flat-out GUARANTEE that he takes ten...count-em TEN less hits a game....OK, listen close, lean on innhere.shhhhh...psst,andy....RUN THE DAMN BALL TEN MORE TIMES!!!— TBear
- Reid is a good coach who gets criticized by football fans who have no real football knowledge. Go back to your stupid fantasy leagues that take no intelligence whatsoever.— kramer65
- Theisman should have his leg broken again.— massfan
We have the Oilers offense of 1988 as they said on TV last night. What's more it looks like we have their defense, too. And the Iggles get hit for calls because of #7. I don't think some of the refs like him, to be honest.
