Well, there's always two sides to each story and surprisingly SC decides to take the glass is half empty look at that game.
I'd rather look at last night's game in the context of the entire season.
If we had played the Eagles in the first half of the season the Skins would have been blown out of the water. Just look at the improvement from the first Skins-Eagles game a few weeks ago. In my eyes the team is making progress and the only thing they need is more time in this system.
SC, first you point out the 'Skins inability to score. Well, couldn't you take the same take of the Eagles? Here's a team that dropped 40+ on a playoff contending Packers team a week ago, and they got taken to the wire against a 4-8 team? What can be said of them? The Eagles don't have a joke of a defense, even though they are banged up (much like our own D) as long as they have Johnson calling the shots on the sideline they always field a tough defense.
I'll agree with you on McCants, boneheaded play.
Nobody is saying Taylor is a great player yet... but he's well on his way. Does he make 100% of his plays 100% of the time? No, but show me someone who does. Consider for a moment the impact he's having as a rookie. The bone crunching hits, the INT he caused, the WR's thinking twice over the middle. Do you think Pinkston perhaps thought it was Sean Taylor closing in on him on that embarrassing play where he alligator-bodied the ball? I think it's a strong possibility.
As for Ramsey outside of that horrible decision, I thought he played pretty well. I would put him in the 'average QB' category right now, not 'below average'. Since he took over as starter his TD to INT ratio is 4-3 and he's hitting on 65% of his throws. Plenty of room for improvement I agree but a world of difference over the Ramsey we saw this preseason and in a brief appearance against the Giants.
I don't see where you're coming from on Coles, he had a nice game with 12 catches for 100 yards, despite getting knocked around like a pinball. The guy plays with heart, I don't know how anybody can't love a guy like Coles after last night. Why no mention/love for Cooley? (Oh that's right, because he played well maybe
) 5 catches for 75 yards and was just a finger tip away from a TD catch. Give the kid some love SC, I know you've got some love somewhere in that crusted heart of yours! LOL
I'm assuming you want to replace Raymer and Dockery on the OL. Raymer I agree with, Dockery can still be developed in my opinion.
For your argument as to why didn't Portis run wild on a depleted Eagles line, I ask you why haven't teams exposed our own injury depleted defense all year?? Answer that and you have your answer as to why the Eagles were shutting down Portis. Sometimes coaching and schemes do matter more than talent.
As for rooting for us to lose these last 3 games I have to disagree. I guess you're saying we need to blow the team up next year? I don't think we need major changes at all. Haven't we done the roster makeover thing year after year with no positive results? Why not try the opposite approach, keep our core group of guys intact and make some minor tweaks here and there, and count on guys improving with time and experience in the system? Seems to work pretty well for other teams like, well, Philadelphia.