mriggles
09-10-2007, 05:10 AM
Well let me first say that Like Solomon said, I am not feeling so hot this morning. The NFL off season is so long & all the hype for week 1 is the most wonderful thing. I never seem to remember from one season to the next just how miserable an eagles loss on a sunday makes me feel on a monday morning.
With that said here are my thoughts on the game:
I will start with the "positives", I know its only green bay but I was really impressed with the new look defense, particularly the play of the new set of linebackers. I think all of them stepped up very nicely & the defense as a whole did not allow a thing to the packers.
The offense was sputtering at the start which honestly as an eagle fan since 1980 is not surprising to me & even more so in the andy reid era the team hardly ever comes out strong on week 1. I saw some good things from # 5
but it is very obvious he is not 100% yet.
The reason the o struggled today was not because mcnabb was bad, it was because his front 5 was putrid. THat was as bad a performance by an offensive line as I have seen in a while & honestly mcnabb had pressure all day long & he really had no chance.
I am going to refrain from commenting on the special teams situation at this moment because this is a family website & my thoughts about those guys are not meant for young eyes.
The eagles as bad as they played as a whole were in the game, a game which never should have been as close as it was.
Its only week 1, but next monday night can't come fast enough because As i sit here on monday morning writing this, the day after eagles loss feeling that I have experienced time & time again in my 27 years an an eagles fan seems a bit stronger this morning. IS IT NEXT MONDAY YET?
With that said here are my thoughts on the game:
I will start with the "positives", I know its only green bay but I was really impressed with the new look defense, particularly the play of the new set of linebackers. I think all of them stepped up very nicely & the defense as a whole did not allow a thing to the packers.
The offense was sputtering at the start which honestly as an eagle fan since 1980 is not surprising to me & even more so in the andy reid era the team hardly ever comes out strong on week 1. I saw some good things from # 5
but it is very obvious he is not 100% yet.
The reason the o struggled today was not because mcnabb was bad, it was because his front 5 was putrid. THat was as bad a performance by an offensive line as I have seen in a while & honestly mcnabb had pressure all day long & he really had no chance.
I am going to refrain from commenting on the special teams situation at this moment because this is a family website & my thoughts about those guys are not meant for young eyes.
The eagles as bad as they played as a whole were in the game, a game which never should have been as close as it was.
Its only week 1, but next monday night can't come fast enough because As i sit here on monday morning writing this, the day after eagles loss feeling that I have experienced time & time again in my 27 years an an eagles fan seems a bit stronger this morning. IS IT NEXT MONDAY YET?