I HATE LOSING!
I hate losing. There no other way to put it. It's no fun for us as players, for the coaches, the organization and the fans. No one wants to be part of it. However, we can not dwell on it. We must learn from it and prepare to play better the next game. That has to be our focus. Not what went wrong last week but what do we have to do this week to win. I hope that you have come to know by now that I am a person who feeds off of positive energy. I will always stay positive. I meant it last week when I said that the NFC East comes through Philly. It wasn't given to us -- we earned it. And until some other team earns it -- we are not giving it up. I truly believe that. I refuse to give up. My teammates and I need to rally TOGETHER to get a win this week against Minnesota. Everyone needs to do their job a bit better. We have enough talent to succeed but we have to play at our best. Our defense has played well enough to win a few more games. We've been able to move the ball on offense but have to do a much better job of getting in the end zone. As the quarterback, I take that challenge -- I've got to be better and get it done.
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MindRiteSports said October 23, 2007
You've been a true leader, tried (understatement of the decade for you, right?) and true. Positivity helped you through T.O.'s two-faced ways and you're at it again, working to get healthy and at the same time keep the team successful.
You carried the franchise for this long, so please forgive me as I hold a grudge against the organization for not using draft picks (!!!!) and free agency (Curtis has been a help, don't get me wrong) to surround you and Brian Westbrook with a plethora of weapons to get the team back to the Super Bowl. Your talent and leadership has allowed Reid and the front office to drop into cruise control for this long, hanging WAY below the salary cap, while you, BWest and Dawkins (and TROTTER!... gotta miss that heart on D) carried the squad as far as you've gone.
As you would say, let's move on, look forward...think positive. Good luck against those Vikes, let's hope they pull the same move and neglect Peterson this week like they did last.
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GameSlayer replied October 25, 2007
Perhaps you could tell me how saying justice should have been helped and money should be spend on WR's makes me look like a pack of eagles constantly follows me around pecking at my eyes. It doesn't, not at all. No one else was mad about me saying that, no one else thought it was grounds to call me out. Only the guy who couldnt diffute the facts in a SEPERATE article i wrote. Its funny, others agree with and have no problem with it, but you the upstanding citizen saw right through my facade of saying justice should have been helped and money should be spent on reciever and seen what i was really saying "Mcnabb should be assassinated because he's killed 11 dogs of mine with his fancy car" I can't beleive you were the only one smart enough to read that hidden meaning out of my simple statement. You should be a detective, alot of innocent men would never get away with thier crimes with you on the case. Count how many times you have responded here and say your not a troll. Or atleast a troll for me, I responded to a bunch of people trying to interact with the community. You just fuel your obsession with me. Again you need to see through the haze of obsession and hatred for me because IN THIS ARTICLE i never said anything about hating eagles fans. And my Ignorant view of fans is right on. YOu can not get over it, and your so upset about that now you have a vendetta against me. Well go ahead wear your cape and scowl from dark corners cause you aint bringing anything other than Jibba Jabba. Why are you talking about mature discussions in my article............... this aint my article, just try to get over the article, believe in what i said when i said that by the end of mcnabbs career his stats will be way better than garcia. Its true Rapture, you can continue to stalk me if you want, i kind of enjoy making you look foolish because you feel the need to attack me. If you didnt respect me you wouldnt feel the need to try to get one up on me. I don't need to take this out of context because you have brought this article way out of context. WAY
I comment on justice and the front office and you call me out, perhaps to bait me into this debate but you should already know better. We both know what you were thinking, its obvious to anyone who reads this what you were thinking.
It doesnt take certified therapists to figure out if guy 1 says something obvious and non offense to an audeince and guy 2 stands up and calls him hitler that guy 2 obviously has some issues. I think you should deal with those.
I think the source of entertainment in here is you, and its painfully obvious. If you would have left well enough alone
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"me speak bad english? that's unpossible!" - ralph wiggum
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Truth4sho said October 23, 2007
I say we all just focus on the next game and get back to O.N.E. game at a time until the appropriate time, but they still better get off thier collective tails and get you some help .
Holla
That's the Truth Fa Sho
elieaglefan1 said October 23, 2007
cmon we know you guys got what it takes we seem you there against the patriots and we wanna see you there again and we dont care who your against we see you beat them all before.........
SO DO IT AGAIN!!!!!
PotsNPans said October 23, 2007
I'm sick of hearing all the doubters and sick of losses as I'm sure the whole Eagles team is. I'd like to see a few F-you wins.
www.poorsportsblog.blogspot.com
funkediva said October 23, 2007
BTW...
Heading over to nflshop.com to get me some new Eagle/Donovan gear :)
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JAZZBUFF said October 23, 2007
I LOVE YOU DONOVAN AND I FEEL YOU SHOULD BE CALLING YOUR OWN PLAYS!!
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However I do have a problem with the play calling and not running enough, really wish you could have some input on this....... but along with all the other true fans I will be watching and cheering on Sunday for a win. Go EAGLES!
5snumber1fan said October 24, 2007
I still say this is the year. I will probably say it till game 16.........and hopefully, 3 games after that!!!!!!
All the way to AZ, 5........all the way to AZ
TacoBill said October 24, 2007
The exception...or the proof...was the T.O. year(s). McNabb trusted him and aired it out....threw into coverage ect...
gunna20 said October 24, 2007
We're tired of hearing about past track record.We lost the east this year that's the point. No more excuses and this lame philosy,trying to get by based on the past and mediocrity.
In years past you carried the team,but you're not that same man,you can't do it anymore. Tell these clowns to step their game up.Get Chad Johnson or Fitz.
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Eagles2007 said October 24, 2007
THIS IS ABOUT the quarterback because, in the National Football League, it is always about the quarterback. Eagles coach Andy Reid can attempt to deflect the attention away from Donovan McNabb, and you would expect nothing else, but it is wasted breath.
This is about McNabb. He is off - off timing, off target, all of it - and there is no sense in denying it. This is the main reason the 2-4 Eagles are not scoring enough points, the main reason why they have become so impotent in the red zone.
If McNabb were better, they would be better - and he is close. They are moving the ball reasonably well, if ploddingly, in the middle of the field. This offense has gone through worse stretches under this regime. They're right in the middle of the league in converting on third down. It isn't as if they're punting 10 times a game.
After the game on Sunday,
McNabb said, "We're getting plays to drive down, we're just not capitalizing. I don't even remember back in my rookie year or second year where it's been like this getting in the red zone. I've been through situations where we weren't able to move the ball. I've been through situations where it just seemed like plays just didn't work but we're getting plays to move down,
we're eating up yards, and now it's just finishing the deal."
To do it, McNabb needs to be better.
A hair better, you might say.
Two weeks ago against the Jets, if he had led wide receiver Jason Avant properly in the end zone, the Eagles would have had one of those coveted red-zone touchdowns and a more comfortable victory.
As it was, the ball was thrown a bit too far to the inside, and Avant did not make an aggressive-enough adjustment, and the Jets' defender broke up the pass. It is fair to point out that Avant might have done a better job. But the throw wasn't where it was supposed to be.
This past Sunday against the Bears, there was the pass to wide receiver Reggie Brown at the goal line, a pass that Brown dropped after getting clobbered by a Bears defender. You can say that Brown should have caught the ball. That is fair.
But it is also fair to say that the ball was delivered late, that Brown managed to kind of push off the defender and create some clear separation right at this break. If the ball had been delivered then, Brown would have likely had time to secure it. (And that isn't even getting into who else was open in the end zone.)
Also against the Bears, McNabb had tight end Matt Schobel wide open in the end zone (this was before the touchdown pass to Schobel in the fourth quarter). But McNabb badly airmailed the throw, high and behind his target. He badly missed Schobel another time, too.
Every quarterback loses some accuracy as the throws get longer, but McNabb is becoming alarmingly inaccurate in his downfield passing. The Eagles are getting nothing done downfield right now. On Monday, Reid said, "Teams are obviously playing a little soft Cover-2 coverage there. The safeties are soft. It makes it a little tougher to get down-the-field throws. But again, you've got to work on those things and get yourself in positions where you can formation people into being able to do some things."
That is the long version of
Reid's I've-got-to-do-a-better-job speech. Fine. But this isn't the first time they've seen two-deep zones. They've solved it before.
This is the real difference: Teams used to rush McNabb with care, working to keep him in the pocket more than working to kill him - because of the danger if he broke containment. Now, they're just working to kill him because they figure, following the knee reconstruction, that they can just chase him down if he gets loose.
The result is that he has less time. The antidote is to make quicker decisions with the ball and to be more accurate with the ball. So far, it hasn't happened. The 12-sack debacle that was the Giants game notwithstanding, many of the sacks this season are on McNabb because he is just holding the ball too long.
So it has something to do with the knee, but only something. This is about a veteran quarterback learning a new way after all of these years. Again, he is close. Again, he needs to be better. To re-use the analogy of an old power pitcher who doesn't have the same fastball anymore and has to rely more on guts and guile seems appropriate here. It doesn't always work, but you do it to maximize your remaining abilities.
With that, Donovan McNabb is left with this assignment: Watch Curt Schilling pitch in the World Series for the Red Sox. *
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DDB18940 said October 24, 2007
Sending positive thoughts and energy your way! Continue to stay strong and stay focused. I have no doubt that YOU and the team will work your magic and bring us home a win. Thanks for all the great years you've given us -- the best is yet to come!!!
Mrs. B
MsEaglesAllDay said October 24, 2007
I hate watching the Eagles lose, especially this year, in games they should have EASILY won. But I also hate watching the coaching this season. It seems the bulk of he ineptitude lies in the coaching (and not just Andy Reid). The decisions are killing this team. I don't understand how, if the receivers have been struggling to get open, and when they DO get open, DROP the ball, you decide in the red zone, to still have your QB pass the ball and stall the drive....over and over. Oh, and just for good measure, to continue to PASS the ball with 3 minutes left in the game and the Eagles holding the lead. Why not run the ball and run the clock down to secure a better chance of an Eagles win? I have every confidence in Donovan to get it done, because he CAN but I'm wary of the bulk of the receiving corps and the coaching.
But, whatever, I'm still with McNabb and the Eagles. You take the good with the bad and you hope against hope that the right decisions, adjustments, etc will be made to turn this mess around as the season continues.
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JAZZBUFF said October 24, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
BY JOHN NALBONE
PHILADELPHIA -- Although he spoke out loud and clear about the 2-4 Eagles needing a "drastic change" following Sunday's deplorable 19-16 loss to the Chicago Bears, wide receiver Reggie Brown can kickstart that process himself by not dropping any more passes.
The failure of the offense inside the red zone is even more pronounced now that the Birds have slipped to 30th in the NFL inside the opposition's 20-yard line.
Much was made last season when head coach Andy Reid, following consecutive October losses to New Orleans, Tampa Bay and Jacksonville by a total of 12 points, relinquished play-calling duties to offensive coordinator and assistant head coach Marty Mornhinweg.
The Eagles proceeded to drub the Washington Redskins, 27-3, in the final game quarterback Donovan McNabb would play on two healthy knees.
Setbacks to the Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts followed, but those would be the last times the Eagles would taste defeat until their season ended against the Saints in the NFC Divisional playoffs.
Mornhinweg, 5-27 as head coach of the Detroit Lions in 2001-02, was lauded for his handling of backup Jeff Garcia and in balancing the ratio of run-to-pass with a long- overdue emphasis on the team's best player, running back Brian Westbrook.
But times have changed, as have the dynamics of an offense that still appears adrift despite being ranked second in the NFC and ninth overall.
If you are among those that truly believe Reid had given up complete autonomy in what plays are sent in to McNabb, then you have to wonder if one of those dras tic changes Brown spoke of should include relieving Mornhinweg of the play-calling.
The Eagles have scored only one touchdown in their last nine trips inside the other team's 20, and have crossed the plane of the goal line a grand total of three times outside of the 56-21 rout of the Lions in Week 3.
Reid, however, refused to make Mornhinweg the scapegoat Monday.
"I think Marty's doing a good job," he said. "We're moving the football. That's not the problem. We've just got to do a better job once we get inside that 20 and we're going to get that straight. I'm not pointing any fingers at Marty on this. Like I said, we've all got a little piece of it and Marty would tell you the same thing. He's got a little piece of it. Marty's doing okay there."
The offensive coordinator that helped the Eagles reach Super Bowl XXXIX in 2004, Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress, will be on the other sideline Sunday when the favored Birds stumble into the Metrodome with their season on the line ... again.
There would be nothing drastic about Reid taking back the lion's share of decision-making on offense.
Giving some of that responsibility to McNabb?
Now that would be drastic.
The Colts' Peyton Manning, Tom Brady of the Patriots and Green Bay's Brett Favre are the only quarterbacks in the NFL known to have the authority to call their own number.
With five Super Bowl rings between them, they have earned that freedom.
The last quarterback to bark out his own plays on a regular basis was Hall of Famer Jim Kelly, who ran the Buffalo Bills' no-huddle, "K-Gun" offense that played a huge role in an unprecedented four consecutive Super Bowl appear ances.
Reid could split the difference and allow McNabb, a nine-year veteran regarded as the best in fran chise history at his position, to come up with some of his own designs inside the red zone.
Westbrook may not be all that thrilled with such a development, as McNabb's clear preference is to pass first and answer questions later.
Although, between his reluc tance to give back the few million dollars he was mistakenly overpaid by the front office, along with his own issues with the team's play calling this season, Westbrook is not happy about much of anything these days.
Whether he calls some of his own plays in the red zone or not, McNabb invariably will take almost all the heat if the Eagles do not turn things around, and some think he could play his final game in Philadelphia Dec. 30 against the Bills if the worst start since he was named starter in Week 10 of his 1999 rookie season is not reversed.
So what do McNabb and the Eagles have to lose in a 2007 season veering into the fast lane to oblivion?
Giving McNabb, who repeatedly has said that he is the leader -- that this is his team -- the green light to do whatever is necessary to advance the Eagles from the red zone into the end zone may not be the ideal solution.
But, really, how much worse can it get when backup tight end Matt Schobel becomes the primary op tion not once, but twice, in the same afternoon?
John Nalbone is a Times staff writer. He can be reached at jnalbo ne@njtimes.com
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blackbird001 said October 25, 2007
Unfortunately, Philly will likely not have any receiver talent until DMac has run his course. He is due an awful lot of money next year and I am not convinced he is going to see it.
theCuse said October 25, 2007
Keep your head up and things will work themselves out for you. Never been a real football fan but I, like all of us that went to the 'Cuse know, you are an amazingly talented athlete and leader on the field. I personally remember how sour you can get when you loose (lol) so when you want a laugh and a quick distraction, just rememebr back to those FREEZING days in Syracuse walking to class or clowning up Top (Skytop). :) It's all relative right? Hang in there.
And rememebr... GO ORANGE!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhZCyNswgxE&NR=1
That's the DMac we all want to see at the beginning. Bring back the dog!
DDB18940 said October 29, 2007
Congrats and thanks for the win against the Vikings -- I had no doubt! It's nice to see the team smiling!! Now it's time to focus on beating the Cowboys -- giddy up and rope 'em!!!
Mrs. B
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