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Monday, September 10, 2007

Embarassing Loss For The Philadelphia Eagles

I can't believe I am about to say this, but Reno Mahe, if you're still around, please come back to the team. The Philadelphia Eagles lost yesterday's game to the Green Bay Packers 16-13 no thanks to special teams errors and a poor performance from Donovan McNabb. I will however give McNabb a pass only because the guy blew his knee out and still isn't 100% healthy. Watching him throw for under a 50% completion percentage was tough to stomach though.

Now, let's get into the special teams of the Eagles. Greg Lewis had 0 regular season punt returns prior to yesterday's game and was eventually replaced by J.R. Reed, who also had never returned a punt return in pre season or the regular season. Both players fumbled punt returns that led to a Green Bay Packers touchdown and a field goal.

Many fans and media alike are scratching their heads after yesterday's special teams blunders, especially after Jeremy Bloom, whom the Eagles cut, had returned a majority of the punts during the pre season. And while he didn't perform all that well, he at least held on to the ball.

The only good thing that one could take from this game is that the Eagles defense played extremely well. The Packers were held to 215 total yards, rookie running back Brandon Jackson averaged 2.7 yards per carry, and future Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre completed 23-42 passes for 206 yards, an INT and a QB rating of 58.2.

The Eagles better get it together when they play the Washington Redskins next week or they might be looking at going 0-2 to start the season.

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