For those of you who have yet to turn your radio to the sports dial after the 32-25 loss to The Arizona Cardinals, be prepared. A barrage of questions and comments will fill your head. Being in Philadelphia, they will mainly be of the negative nature.Personally I have already received phone calls from fellow Eagles fans, and I'm willing to give you readers one guess who the loss is being blamed on. That's right, are own number five, Donovan McNabb and are Cheesesteak loving coach Andy Reid.
On my phone I have received messages reading "cough cough CHOKE" "time for change" and "this time i mean it I'm not coming back next year." In reality though, none of these comments will be relevant come September.
Our franchise Coach and Quarterback sure wont be going anywhere. Not with Joe Banner making profit or looking back on the 2008 season and remembering the miracle of The Eagles surviving up to the NFC Championship game in Arizona.
For those of you who have once again claimed you will not be back again next season. Who have already hung up your green and white jerseys. Just be honest with yourselves. Your the fans who will be the first to arrive in Leigh Valley for training camp. This is because your the fans who are hurt the most by this loss but you will never give up, all you want is a Superbowl. Sorry Phillies, but a Superbowl is the most important aspect of Philadelphia sports.
Now I get to what will become the off season Donovan and Andy show. In my personal opinion, we can not put this loss purely on their shoulders. Football is a team effort. Everything must go perfect for a play to be successful.
Anyone who picks up a newspaper Monday morning or goes on any football website will have to agree that McNabb's numbers were impressive during this game. 28/47, 375 yards, 3 touchdowns and only 1 interception. Most of these numbers came during the second half of the game once second year tight end Brent Celek was sent off the bench catching 10 passes, 2 touchdowns and a reception of 31 yards. Now is the time for LJ Smith to make his case of why The Eagles should pay him millions more to stay on the team.
Looking back on our Philadelphia Eagles 2008 season, it still seems a miracle that we got the gift of watching a game in January. Nothing is going to change for next year, we won't receive a high draft pick. We won't get a new coach or quarterback.
It's painful watching our favorite team spiral down into the off season. Somehow we still manged to put our hopes up like the past 8 years never happened. Maybe one day we will learn to not expect so much. Then we could go through our day without becoming distracted over the loss.
One thing this writer refuses to hear or say after feeling the hurt of loosing yet another championship game is the repetitive quote that has become a long running joke in Philadelphia. "There's always next year."
Pat on the Back:
Brent Celek/2 touchdowns/10 catches/83 yards
DeSean Jackson/1 sixty-two yard touchdown/6 catches
Stewart Bradley/8 tackles/1 assist
Push out of the way:
Andy Reid/Go for a Hail Mary with one play left not a trick lateral
Sav Rocca/Laces on the outside when holding a kick for David Akers
Greg Lewis/1 catch/-2 yards
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