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Originally Posted by Mattyk
Point is they weren't running it up in a bad sportsmanship manner. It was 14-14 in the 2nd half. They had 38 rushes on the night. They were just incredibly efficient in what they did. If they really wanted to run it up, they could have scored a couple more TDs at least.
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I'm not saying Reid was trying to be a bad sportsman in this at all, although his players tone in the article that has just been posted may not support that idea. I'm saying Reid felt compelled to run the score up since the Redskins' offense was catching fire and had it not been for the Eagles being lucky enough to recover a couple of fumbles, the Redskins could have very well came back to make it a good game.
So, the long and short of it is, yes, Reid was trying to run the score up and probably would have scored 70 points if he felt the Redskins had time to come back.