Does anyone remember the
Eagles? With the way they have
been playing, and the championship
hopes of the Phillies looking
more realistic every day,
many may have forgotten the
“other” Philly team.
With a 3-3 record, and two of
those losses coming to NFC East
teams, the Eagles are starting to
look more like they did last year,
rather than the team we saw during
week one trouncing the St.
Louis Rams.
What happened to the fast
rookie who could race down the
field, the veteran QB looking better
then he had in years and the
superstar RB who didn’t look
like he had lost a step?
With a close loss to Dallas, a
semi-redeeming win against
their cross-state rival the
Steelers, there seemed to be some
hope, but then it began. A four
point loss to Chicago, where on
four tries the Eagles could not
score from the one-yard line, and
to add some salt to the wound
David Akers missed two field
goals that would have also put
us over the top. The following
Sunday, Eagles v. Redskins. The
Eagles came to play; or so it
seemed two touchdowns in their
first two drives, then nothing.
On top of that, Brian
Westbrook breaks two ribs, and
the Eagles end up losing 23-17 to
yet a second NFC East opponent.
With the other NFC East teams
winning, the Eagles once again
find themselves alone at the bottom
of the NFC East.
There is more. The Eagles front
office has told fans not to worry
year in and year out. They will
do what it takes to make the
team a championship-caliber
team. We have traded out of the
first round of the draft for the
past two years. Their reason was
they felt there wasn’t anyone
who could help the team up that
high. When it is compounded by
the fact the Eagles don’t add an
offensive weapon, but do add a
$57 million cornerback, than you
begin to doubt their desire to win
it all. I am sure some will say the
Eagles are decent, that they
made it to the Super Bowl a few
years back. Well to those people I
would say, “You must not be a
true Philadelphia sports fan.”
We never win, we get close but
we can never seem to win. This
is why I get so fed up when
Andy Reid says after every loss
that he has to put his players in
better positions. We need some
fresh play calling, and a boost to
the offensive side, and that boost
wasn’t Lorenzo booker.
As a loyal Eagles season-ticket
holder I am reminded of a Bushism,
“Fool me once, shame on
me, fool me twice, shame on
me.”