Andy Reid says that in retrospect, the Eagles probably should have given the ball to LeSean McCoy more than 14 times in the thoroughly depressing loss to the Cardinals on Sunday.
Ya think?
On his radio show last night, Reid made the point that the Birds were facing the 28th ranked pass defense against the Cardinals and that they should have been able to take advantage of that.
Reid still doesn’t get it.
Maybe that’s why every week, after still another incredulous loss, Reid is left to say “he has to do a better job.”
Here’s a hint, coach. Your team has now coughed up five fourth-quarter leads. Part of the reason is because you don’t run the ball. Once you have the lead in the second half, your opponent increasingly becomes the clock, not the Cardinals, or whoever else is lined up against you.
But you continue to throw pass after pass, and with this year’s scattershot version of Michael Vick throwing incomplete after incomplete, you fail to take time off the clock, allowing your opponent that much more opportunity to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Sunday’s act was inexcusable. You go into the game without DeSean Jackson. See your other featured wideout, Jeremy Maclin, get banged up early, and see Vick taking hit after hit.
In the meantime, the best running back in the league is largely ignored.
There’s something else that was impossible to ignore on Sunday. Anyone else notice how quiet the Linc was in the second half? The place was like a tomb.
That is unacceptable.
It’s clear Reid simply isn’t willing – or capable – of doing a better job, as he promises us every week.
All those fans sitting on their hands are testament to what the Reid regime has wrought.
Jeff Lurie and Joe Banner talk about the “gold standard.”
But the message is falling on tin ears.
The ones belonging to their head coach.
Reid will experiment every once in awhile, but he's never going to commit to running the ball, even when he has the best back in the league.
It might be what eventually gets him run out of town.
Ya think?
On his radio show last night, Reid made the point that the Birds were facing the 28th ranked pass defense against the Cardinals and that they should have been able to take advantage of that.
Reid still doesn’t get it.
Maybe that’s why every week, after still another incredulous loss, Reid is left to say “he has to do a better job.”
Here’s a hint, coach. Your team has now coughed up five fourth-quarter leads. Part of the reason is because you don’t run the ball. Once you have the lead in the second half, your opponent increasingly becomes the clock, not the Cardinals, or whoever else is lined up against you.
But you continue to throw pass after pass, and with this year’s scattershot version of Michael Vick throwing incomplete after incomplete, you fail to take time off the clock, allowing your opponent that much more opportunity to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Sunday’s act was inexcusable. You go into the game without DeSean Jackson. See your other featured wideout, Jeremy Maclin, get banged up early, and see Vick taking hit after hit.
In the meantime, the best running back in the league is largely ignored.
There’s something else that was impossible to ignore on Sunday. Anyone else notice how quiet the Linc was in the second half? The place was like a tomb.
That is unacceptable.
It’s clear Reid simply isn’t willing – or capable – of doing a better job, as he promises us every week.
All those fans sitting on their hands are testament to what the Reid regime has wrought.
Jeff Lurie and Joe Banner talk about the “gold standard.”
But the message is falling on tin ears.
The ones belonging to their head coach.
Reid will experiment every once in awhile, but he's never going to commit to running the ball, even when he has the best back in the league.
It might be what eventually gets him run out of town.
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