Found October 20, 2009 on Don't Boo The Birds:
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While I'm still not over the Eagles stunning loss to the Oakland Raiders, I finally had the courage to take a look back to try and figure out what went so horribly wrong with this game. There were some obvious factors that may have contributed to this loss. First, the Birds had to travel cross country and may have still be suffering from some jet lag. Second, they may have got caught reading their own press clippings after wins over the 0-6 Buccaneers and the 1-5 Chiefs. Or finally, maybe this was their designated one game a year that they throw away against a vastly inferior opponent. Whatever the case I knew I had to dig deeper to get better answers than these. I first started with the defense to see if their effort was the primary cause of this loss. Given the fact that the held the Raiders to 13 points, and only 3 in the second half it hardly would seem to be their fault. Granted, they did give up one huge pass play in the first quarter when Raider QB JaMarcus Russell hit TE...
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