Eagles v. Redskins Monday Night Football Thread

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by aceinthehouse

One thing I want to say that I believe is on everyones mind,but maybe hasn't been said in depth.

I know every team is different and not every coach has an honor system or code and that's fine. But I have a real problem with the way the coaching staff and Andy handled the game last night.

If you want to play your QB all 4 qtrs with the exception of the 2 minute 4th qtr warning with a 31 pt lead or more...that's fine. I have no problem with that...But when your throwing the ball around with that kind of lead with your starting QB..I do have a problem with that.

I sure don't and wouldn't expect them to pull Vick at halftime or anything that crazy,with the way we've seen great comebacks. That's actually stupid to do in this day and age and passing league.

But they couldn't pull Vick with they had a 38 pt lead in the middle of the 3rd qtr? I think they were up 52-14 at one point in the middle of the 3rd qtr..and they were still throwing the ball around like they were losing...

I'm not condemning the Eagles for playing Vick the whole game,although I would have pulled my QB at this time. Specially with a quality backup like Kolb that they have.

But why continue throwing the ball like that...Even the redskins were running the ball with Williams a lot and he was able to score,but we weren't on-side kicking the ball or even going for 2 point conversions to try to narrow the lead.

I realize I'm whining here and part of it,is the humble pie the team had on Monday Night,but I think Andy could have handled that situation a bit better.

i have no doubt that Gibb,Zorn or Shanahan would have pulled Mcnabb with that kind of lead at least by the time the 4th qtr started.

It's a sign of respect and an unwritten code and honor,that I have lived by as a player and coach all my life.

It's too bad Andy didn't get that memo...

having said that...If we somehow get a another shot at them in Playoffs or even when we play next season. I hope Shanahan remembers this and gives them a taste of their own medicine...

But the fact is..Shanahan is old school and did get the memo and I would be surprised,if he left Mcnabb in the game with a 38 pt lead late in the 3rd qtr.

That's all I got to say about that...

You do realize that we were still trying to compete and win the damn game? Besides, they shut it down in the 4th quarter and left it a 59 when they could have easily tied the 73 the Bears slapped on us.

[MTK]

I didn't see where Reid ran anything up, he's not that kind of guy. They dialed it down in the 2nd half, outside of the pick 6 the majority of the damage was done in the first half.

It's not like they were going for it on 4th down while in FG range - Belichick style

[BleedBurgundy]

Anything within the first 3 quarters is fair game. I have no issue with the way the Eagles conducted themselves.

[freddyg12]

If anything, Reid should've gotten Vick out of there to protect him, but I don't think they ran it up per se.

[jamf]

Oh boy...
NFL.com news: Eagles: Landry's mouth prompted pregame confrontation, rout

[44ever]

Originally Posted by jamf

Oh boy...
NFL.com news: Eagles: Landry's mouth prompted pregame confrontation, rout

I'm not buying the spit thing at all! He talks about running up 60 points on us like they can do that everyday or at their will. Screw him. I hope next time Landry puts some big hits on these guys.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by jamf

Oh boy...
NFL.com news: Eagles: Landry's mouth prompted pregame confrontation, rout

Somebody needs to tell Landry that this is not a good team and we have nothing to brag about.

[MTK]

A little pre-game trash talk... like that never happens. Who cares. The spitting stuff does sound like BS too.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I didn't see where Reid ran anything up, he's not that kind of guy. They dialed it down in the 2nd half, outside of the pick 6 the majority of the damage was done in the first half.

It's not like they were going for it on 4th down while in FG range - Belichick style

LOL! The Eagles offense scored 52 points. They were still passing the ball after being ahead by 30+ points in the second half. Reid specifically said at halftime that his plans for the second half was "to score more points." So yes, Reid was running up the score. But, as I said before, I'm not blaming him for doing so, I would have done the same thing if I were in that position. Point is, Reid wanted to send a message to the rest of the league that the Eagles are the team to beat and they started their run to the Super Bowl last night as far as I'm concerned. Despite the Redskins' record, not many teams can score points like that against this team.

[Hog1]

They didn't run the score up. It probably could have been 80 points?
DON'T like it??? STOP it!
We could not get it done and definately deserve to have noses rubbed in it. It literally makes me ill to have had this happen, but I CANNOT imagine a more powerful call to action or motivator than to be held up to ridicule as we are experiencing.
If it does not serve to motivate this team...they have no heart and like the...boys...deserve what they get.
HTTR

[over the mountain]

if anyone finds a youtube or video clip of AH laying on the ground for 6-7 seconds i would love to see it.

when did that happen? we left the bar at halftime then watched bits n pieces of the game at home.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

LOL! The Eagles offense scored 52 points. They were still passing the ball after being ahead by 30+ points in the second half. Reid specifically said at halftime that his plans for the second half was "to score more points." So yes, Reid was running up the score. But, as I said before, I'm not blaming him for doing so, I would have done the same thing if I were in that position. Point is, Reid wanted to send a message to the rest of the league that the Eagles are the team to beat and they started their run to the Super Bowl last night as far as I'm concerned. Despite the Redskins' record, not many teams can score points like that against this team.

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.

[skinsguy]

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.

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.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

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.

I hear ya, it's just when people start talking about "running up the score" it usually implies something negative as in bad sportsmanship. We're on the same page.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I hear ya, it's just when people start talking about "running up the score" it usually implies something negative as in bad sportsmanship. We're on the same page.

Yeah, that's understandable.

Side note. I work with a huge Eagles fan. Luckily, he isn't one of those obnoxious Eagles fans that you want to punch out. He was very gracious with his trash talking this morning. I've already had several people to ask me how is it that I can actually show my face today. Of course they were all Dallas fans and I reminded them of being 2-7.