Describing the special teams play of the Philadelphia Eagles as disastrous would be one one of the understatements of the year. A few words come to mind; catastrophic, cataclysmal, or dreadful. But the word(s) that stick out most for me, are suck and ass, collectively as suck ass.
Sure the finger can be pointed at a few players and some bonehead decisions but overall those faux pas cost the Eagles the game yesterday.
The Eagles defense contained the run very well, and held Brett Favre to under 175 yards passing. The offense looked shaky although versatile running back Brian Westbrook had a good game, with 85 yards rushing on attempts, and 46 yards receiving on 6 catches. Quarterback Donovan McNabb, looked like his old self yesterday, and showed no signs of any complications from his ACL injury nine months ago.
Another bright spot, was second year wide receiver Jason Avant, who caught the only Eagles touchdown, on a beautiful second effort that got him (well the ball) over the goal line. He finished the game with 54 reception yards on 3 catches. Starting wide receivers Reggie Brown and Kevin Curtis were less than stellar yesterday.
I am sure coach Reid and specifically new special teams coach Rory Segrest will be pushing the special teams real hard this week, especially since they have an extra day of practice with the next game being on a Monday.
Get it together boys, you won't be making the trip to Arizona in 2008 if you continue to play like this.
--gfo
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