I was at the windy, chilly Linc on Sunday, watching the disappointing Eagles 17-10 loss to New England. With the defeat the Birds dropped to 5-5 and the Patriots rose to 9-1.
- The Eagles offense was woefully stale and boring. Without key injured players, QB Carson Wentz had few weapons to target. When the receivers were open Wentz often tossed bad passes. Especially down the stretch, with a chance to tie the game in the final seconds, Wentz came up small, trying to baby the football. He both over-threw and under-threw receivers in the last drive.
The very last play was near our seats. Nelson had his hands on a last-second touchdown pass ( Why did the New England corner backs allow Agholor get so open behind the secondary?). It would've been a spectacular catch that a professional wide-out can make to win the game.
- The Seattle game this week is a much more important game for the Eagles to win. It's a conference game and a possible wild card tie-breaker. Beating QB Russell Wilson will be a challenge. The Birds always seem to have problems containing scrambling quarterbacks like Wilson.
It can be said that the Seahawks may have trouble adjusting to the time difference. The 1:00 p.m. start is 1o in the morning back in Seattle. Add to the travel fatigue and one would think the home Birds have an advantage. Not so. Seattle does surprisingly well in East Coast early games.
- I've been to other Eagle games where the crowd was more juiced up. The fans hated Tom Brady and Head Coach Bill Belichek. They booed lustily. Tom Brady was just mediocre. It was frustrating to have a shot st beating New England and not take advantage.
Maybe it was the weather or a lackluster build-up to the New England game. Surely the Dallas game on December 22 will be wild, when the division should be on the line.
- Boston Scott had problems fielding punts. Why not use Agholor on punts? He was great at returning punts for USC in college.
- The Patriots were much more innovated with their offense, using trick plays, reverses and a hurry-up offense. Without their usual receivers the Eagles had more reason to try a trick play or two to surprise the Pats.
- My Eagles- Seahawks pick will be on Thursday.
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