IS BUYING CROSS-COUNTRY SKIS
The Eagles have finally won a close and came back after trailing at the end of the third quarter.
“We haven’t had a lot of luck in close ones,” coach Andy Reid said. “This time, the guys battled through and didn’t worry about all that. They just kept banging. I was proud of them for that. The coaches kept pushing.”
Asked about the potential impact of this type of win, Reid said, "That can’t hurt us. That’s a plus. We’ve got a lot of football ahead of us and have a pretty good team coming in next week.”
On Donovan McNabb's effort in the fourth quarter, Reid said: "You’re talking about a Hall of Fame player. He kept everyone positive and upbeat in the huddle and good things happen for him … He didn’t hang his head and kept everyone going. Kept telling them good things were going to happen and kept everyone punching.”
On the importance of the Antonio Dixon blocked field goal: "I thought Dixon’s block was a good momentum changer. We needed something to pick things up.”
On using the no-huddle early in the game: "We know how important it was to start fast against the Bears. We thought utilizing the no-huddle would allow us to get in rhythm and maybe catch them off guard. I thought it would be an effective tool.”
On Joe Mays: “Joe did a nice job. We worked he and Trot in during the game. Trot finished the game. Joe had a lot of productive downs here. He was coming home and was fired to come in and do a nice job.”
More to come ...
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.
Paul Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982. He has spent most of his 27 years at 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 came to the Daily News from the Fort Worth (Tx.) Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually wa s boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose two sports coats to blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley, a University of Oklahoma grad and very dangerous to be around following a Sooner loss, have been married 29 years and have raised 2 terrific daughters – Allison, 26, a lawyer and graduate of Boston University School of Law; and Amy, 23, who graduated from Clemson and works in marketing and sales for a professional baseball team.
