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Monday, January 12, 2009
What Andy Said, What Andy Meant (post Giants III)

On the impressive play of Donovan McNabb:

What Andy said: "He’s getting better and better with age here. He’s really doing a nice job. He’s upped his game. You don’t normally see that this late in a player’s career."

What Andy meant: "Two Donovan old-age references in one answer. Not bad, huh, Joe?"

On how you keep your team from being overconfident against a team they beat by 28 points a month-and-a-half ago:

What Andy said: ``The best thing is to look at the team and the way they’re playing. To be honest with you, I didn’t think we got their best shot when they were here. They were coming off a tough game. It was Thanksgiving Day. This will be a different football team that we will see out there.’’

What Andy meant: ``Hey, we tied Cincinnati and lost to the Redskins twice. The word overconfident isn’t in our vocabulary.’’

On what he remembers about Kurt Warner when he was a rookie free agent with the Packers:

What Andy said: ``When he was a rookie, he was afraid to get in there and call the play. What a great job he’s done of turning into this phenomenal quarterback.’’

What Andy meant: ``He’s a wuss. A couple of shots from Trent Cole and he’ll be crying for his mommy.’’

On the fact that the pass-happy Cardinals are averaging 35 rushing attempt a game in the postseason:

What Andy said: ``They’re utilizing the run a little bit more. Edgerrin (James), they’re banking on him more than they did before. You’re talking about one of the greats to play the running back position. He’s running hard and seeing things. And the offensive line is doing a nice job for him.’’

What Andy meant: ``Let me see. Do I want them to hand the ball that old fart of a running back or do I want them to throw the ball a lot to Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin and Steve Breaston. Tough call.’’

On what he can do to get better production from the rushing attack, which is averaging just 3.1 yards per carry the last 4 games:

What Andy said: ``I don’t want to get into the details, but. . . we’ve got to be more efficient. And we can do a better job schematically from a coaching standpoint:

What Andy meant: ``Brad Childress is lending me Adrian Peterson for this game. We’re going to pretend he’s Lorenzo Booker. Shhhh. Don’t tell anybody.’’

On his level of concern for injured Brian Westbrook, who had just 46 yards from scrimmage Sunday:

What Andy said: ``To their credit, they put an extra guy up in the box. Clearly, they wanted to take Westbrook out of the game. It opened things up for other players. That’s the nice thing about our offense. You have to make the adjustments and utilize what the other team is going to present to you.’’

What Andy meant: ``To be honest, if Brian Westbrook raced Jim Johnson right now, Jim would be a 3-to-2 favorite.’’

On what he thought of the 15-yard penalty McNabb got for picking up a telephone on the Giants’ sideline after getting pushed out of bounds late in the fourth quarter following an eight-yard run:

What Andy said: "It was creative."

What Andy meant: "I think he was calling his agent to tell him his price had just gone up."
Posted by Paul Domowitch @ 5:26 PM  Permalink | 21 comments
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Posted 05:44 PM, 01/12/2009
Sammy II
lol...funny one....for all his faults, reid is a cool as nails coach
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Posted 06:00 PM, 01/12/2009
jaydes
Cool as Nails??? More like cool as ice, cool as a fan(B.I.G.) or cooler than the other side of the pillow. I live in AZ now and was born and raised in Philly. This is a once in a life time game for me.
Posted 06:20 PM, 01/12/2009
Will T.
On the impressive play of Donovan McNabb: What Andy said: "He’s getting better and better with age here. He’s really doing a nice job. He’s upped his game. You don’t normally see that this late in a player’s career." What Andy meant: Donovan is like a fine wine...who likes to whine.
Posted 06:26 PM, 01/12/2009
Will T.
On what he can do to get better production from the rushing attack, which is averaging just 3.1 yards per carry the last 4 games: What Andy said: ``I don’t want to get into the details, but. . . we’ve got to be more efficient. And we can do a better job schematically from a coaching standpoint: What Andy meant: Great question guys! You make a valid point there and I thank you for your very accurate statistics. Our rule is: If something or someone doesn’t produce it needs to go….BYE BYE RUNNING GAME!
Posted 07:38 PM, 01/12/2009
dpcoz
This is going to sound like a broken record, but... DOMO REALLY NEEDS HELP ON THESE BITS. It's not funny, man.
Posted 07:39 PM, 01/12/2009
phillyblue234
What he said was "we'll play within ourselves and take it play by play"What he meant was ..we're gonna be in the frickin Super bowl again and then like Chase said'World ----ing Champions"Go Birds!!!
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Posted 08:39 PM, 01/12/2009
p-diddy
These same Eagles better show up, not the ones who tied the Bengals or lost 10-3 to the Skins at crunch time. Let's save the Super Bowl talk people.
Posted 09:14 PM, 01/12/2009
FValley10
I think Arizona will be somewhat of a challenge but remember Carolina had 6 turnovers
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Posted 10:01 PM, 01/12/2009
JACK V
will t. apply for the job at daily news. i look forward to your 'what andy said'
Posted 10:48 PM, 01/12/2009
joeibt
This bit is wayyy old, and just not funny
Posted 11:07 PM, 01/12/2009
MikeMikeMikeMike
THIS ARTICLE SUCKS!!! STOP WRITING IT!!!!!
Posted 12:17 AM, 01/13/2009
bryneb
"Andy your days are numbered..." Yeah, Andy! Five NFC Championship games in 10 years??? How pathetic! Look around the league at all the organizations laughing at our feeble track record! Ah, the wisdom of Philadelphia's finest.
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Les BowenLes 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.

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