CHIRPING BIRDS-Week 12

Dissecting the horrible Eagles loss to the Cincinnati Bengals..

Once again, the Eagles weren't ready to play. Blame the coach. He's in over his head. No discipline..Too many penalties..no anger, no enthusiasm..Teams take on the personality of their coach..and this team has given up.

Sooner or later the Birds will need to make another change..I can't see Doug Pederson taking the Eagles to a Super bowl, let alone future playoffs. He's a rookie coach, but is he learning from the "learning experience" each week? He makes the same stupid mistakes as his team ("Team Dumbass) and shows no leadership. If there is a future change- and I don't think Owner Jeffrey Lurie will make a change this season- the Eagles ar ein danger of falling into the Cleveland Browns mode of changing mediocre coaches every few years and having to start over. No consistency, but can you stay with a system that doesn't work and has a -not-so-promising future?

Again, it's the owner's fault. He hired a rookie coach who needed on-the-job training..who made questionable play-calling decisions as an offensive coordinator, as coach who didn't get an interview with any other team in the off-season, only the Eagles. Did the league know something that Lurie didn't?

Lurie is a loser, both in Hollywood and in football. He gave the keys to the car to Chip Kelly, and he destroyed the franchise to the point where it will take years to rebuild. Looking up at the Dallas Cowboys in the standings may be an annual ritual for the next 4-6 years.

Lurie hired Pederson because he wanted a puppet who wasn't going to cause trouble- the exact opposite of Chip Kelly. Lurie was burned with Kelly (who is 1-11 in San Francisco) and now he can't get it right with an Andy Reid-clone.

Paul turner finally gets a ball thrown to him-and he catches six passes. Do the coaches know what they are doing? Can they evaluate players and talent? Obviously, the team needs an overhaul in wide receivers and cornerbacks, but are GM Howie Roseman and Pederson the guys to draft , trade and sign free agents?

Three home games remain-against divisional foes Washington, New York and Dallas- and they are meaningless. The schedule-makers didn't do the Eagles any favors this season. The bye week was too soon and killed the team's early momentum. They played at least four teams coming off bye weeks. And the schedule was back-loaded with home games, which will mean nothing. Fans will attend the games because, like last year, you won't be able to give away the tickets.

Fletcher Cox is again a no-show on defensive. The secondary sucks. Carson Wentz has taken a step backwards. He has no faith in his coach, his shaky receivers and his patchwork offensive line.

Lane Johnson helped to screw up this season. The biggest play of the year may have been Ryan Mathew's fumble late in the game vs. the Lions. The Eagles were on their way to going 4-0 when Mathews coughed up the ball late in the Detriot contest, and the Lions pulled out a victory. That started the downhill slide. Pederson also made a questionable call on that play, which spiraled into a bad loss to the Cowboys.

Someone needs to get mad on this football team They are going through the motions, despite what the coach says to try and save his job. The team has quit. If the Eagles players don't care, why should the fans?