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Found October 11, 2008 on All Philadelphia Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Eagles lead NFL in dropped balls. Surprised?
TEAMS: Philadelphia Eagles,  Washington Redskins
PLAYERS: Donovan McNabb,  L.J. Smith,  Tony Hunt,  Greg Lewis
Fourteen. Fourteen freaking dropped balls. That is almost 3 dropped passes a game. That means 2-3 at Week 6. So, am I surprised? No, and here's why. The Eagles front office has set this team up for disaster. By bringing back Donovan McNabb for this season, the Eagles basically told the whole league, "We are going to throw the football". What the Eagles didn't do, however, is go out and get somebody for McNabb to throw the ball to (a la any #1 wide receiver and/or any other TE other than LJ Smith). So now Eagles fans are basically stuck watching a form of two plays on offense. Either, (A) our sub-par wide receivers get covered and/or drop balls, or (B) we watch 12th string RB turned FB, Tony Hunt, create phantom holes for our runningbacks to not run through. On the defensive side, Eagles fans also watch a form of two plays. On one hand, we watch the opposing runningback, who always has the luxury of a real NFL FB as well as a TE who blocks, run for 100+ yds (I don't need to hear that bull of us leading the league in run defense anymore...seriously, how long will that last?) or, we can all watch a real NFL TE catch ("catch" being the keyword here) for 100+ yds and set up camp in the middle of our defense, because for some reason we don't like to cover the TE...ever! The front office and Andy Reid should be ashamed of themselves not only for the play calling gaffes and the ridiculous roster decisions (I mean, I think we all could have done without Greg Lewis this year), but also for not realizing the urgency to get a #1 WR. The days of coasting through the NFC East and getting into the NFC Championship with WRs like Stinkston and Trash are over. Every NFC East team has tooled up and now all have what we in Philly crave, a legit wide receiver and a TE (oh yeah, they also have a FB). The Cowgirls have Owens and Witten, the VaGiants have Burress and Boss, and the Redskins (don't have a clever name for them...yet) have Moss/Randle-El and Cooley. To have a team like our Eagles, that is so dependant on the pass, not have a premier WR, is nothing short of infuriating. Its absolutely despicable, not to mention a slap in every Eagles fans face, to be the laughing stock of the NFC East at the end of Week 5, when simple moves in the off season could have made Philadelphia "Title Town, USA" with both a World Series and a Super Bowl under our belts. It's just awful.-- Jay Vaidya (Please feel free to comment and vent your anger as well)
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  • BWest3675

    BWest3675 said October 11, 2008

    Don't have to worry about Hunt trying to open holes anymore as they have now switched Klecko BACK to FB and have him at #1 on the depth chart this week going to San Fran. We never relied to heavily in the first place, but I have to say, I kinda miss Tapeh.
    • LILEAGLE
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      LILEAGLE replied October 11, 2008

      reid said tapeh can't catch!!! a fb 's job is to block anyway!!! speaking of if you can't catch why did we keep reggie clown and LJ then!!!
      • BIRDNDAHOOD
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        BIRDNDAHOOD replied October 11, 2008

        yea wr's and te's aren't supposed to catch. what makes u think that?
  • dabirdman

    dabirdman said October 11, 2008

    Mcnabb does throw a bad pass or two, but what QB dosen't??? I am willing to bet that "Raggy" Reggie Brown is responsible for alot of those dropped passes!
  • souljaturk187

    souljaturk187 said October 11, 2008

    it is pretty pathetic that while our offense passes like 65% of the time, and all the teams in the NFL know that, we still have recievers that would be #3 recievers on other teams starting
    eagles FO sucks!!!!!
    • Spotella
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      Spotella replied October 12, 2008

      That's exactly it. We have a great QB with 2 or 3rd rate receivers. He supposedly made a play for Moss and possibly Boldin. He has to make HARDER plays for them. Stop "trying" to get receivers just make it happen!
  • jared360
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    jared360 said October 11, 2008

    Yes Andy regards CB as one of the most valuable position on the team, but devalues the WR the MOST on the team. Certainly makes a lot of sense. And the one year he went against his philosophy he went to the SB...coincidence? Dont think so...Ignorance and arrogance?? You got it.
  • BIRDNDAHOOD
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    BIRDNDAHOOD said October 11, 2008

    i'm not surprised at all. but what do u expect from reggie clown, glew, and lj? they couldn't catch the subway to city hall.
  • BRINKSTER
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    BRINKSTER said October 12, 2008

    You all need to remember that Reid and the FO went after Moss and tried to make a move with Arizona in the offseason. Other than that there wasn't any other free agents worth going after. It still doesn't excuse the last 9 years in the Reid regime and all the terrible draft picks and inability to sign a great wide receiver for Mcnabb. Let's face it Mcnabb can't do the things he used to and him just being a drop back passer with the guys we have available isn't going to take us anywhere. We're now the worst team in our division and all interdivision games are going to be painful to watch.
    • Spotella
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      Spotella replied October 12, 2008

      Obviously they didn't TRY hard enough. It looks so good for them to say they tried but were turned down. With the salary cap being what it is, and the amounts of draft picks they have coming up they could have and should have made a deal no-one could say no to.
      • BIRDNDAHOOD
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        BIRDNDAHOOD replied October 12, 2008

        i truly believe that they didn't go after him. we have been lied to so much that i don't know what to believe anymore. they said just to get some good publicity with the fans.
        • Spotella
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          Spotella replied October 12, 2008

          And that's exactly what I'm saying. We have all this money left in the salary cap, how could they "make" an offer someone can refuse!
          Guess we'll have to get LILEAGLE to write an article on this. LOL
  • Rainman

    Rainman said October 14, 2008

    I'm shocked....
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