Eagles cowboys thoughts

[mriggles]

First off Sonny and solomon, congrats on your squads victory.. It was well earned...


I knew right away the eagles were going to struggle... The eagles are a very easy team to figure out from a fans perspective. Watch them on their opening drive... If they are sharp they will be sharp the whole game...IF they are not sharp they will struggle all game. They are picture perfect dr jekyl and mr hyde.

Anyhow, I have to tell you, for a sunday night football crowd I think my fanbase was a little subdude last night... I was my usual wild self (even at half power) but I just didnt feel the vibe out of the crowd last night...

The eagles were outplayed most of the game... Now I rarely call attention to the officiating but there were 2 cases last night that really screwed the eagles. On the opening kickoff of the second half that was in no way shape or form a penalty... That play happened right in front of me and if anything it should have been on dallas... That play did not matter since the birds stormed down and scored anyway..

The second play in question was that absolutely horrific spot on the 3rd and fourth and 1 plays in the 4th qtr... It was so clear looking at the replay that mcnabb got a full yard on that sneak and all he needed was 4 links on the chain... Terrible Job officiating tonight by this crew.....

I really cant get on andy for challenging it... He really had no choice... I will never question something he does when I am in the stands screaming throw the flag... After watching the replay this morning I still dont know why it was not overturned... Mcnabb never hit the ground and the ball was well beyond the mark he needed to get too


Mr hyde showed up last night... At the wrong time for me.. Mcnabb was way off his game last night and he is the type either he is very good or very bad and last night was not a good effort at all...

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by mriggles

First off Sonny and solomon, congrats on your squads victory.. It was well earned...


I knew right away the eagles were going to struggle... The eagles are a very easy team to figure out from a fans perspective. Watch them on their opening drive... If they are sharp they will be sharp the whole game...IF they are not sharp they will struggle all game. They are picture perfect dr jekyl and mr hyde.

Anyhow, I have to tell you, for a sunday night football crowd I think my fanbase was a little subdude last night... I was my usual wild self (even at half power) but I just didnt feel the vibe out of the crowd last night...

The eagles were outplayed most of the game... Now I rarely call attention to the officiating but there were 2 cases last night that really screwed the eagles. On the opening kickoff of the second half that was in no way shape or form a penalty... That play happened right in front of me and if anything it should have been on dallas... That play did not matter since the birds stormed down and scored anyway..

The second play in question was that absolutely horrific spot on the 3rd and fourth and 1 plays in the 4th qtr... It was so clear looking at the replay that mcnabb got a full yard on that sneak and all he needed was 4 links on the chain... Terrible Job officiating tonight by this crew.....

I really cant get on andy for challenging it... He really had no choice... I will never question something he does when I am in the stands screaming throw the flag... After watching the replay this morning I still dont know why it was not overturned... Mcnabb never hit the ground and the ball was well beyond the mark he needed to get too


Mr hyde showed up last night... At the wrong time for me.. Mcnabb was way off his game last night and he is the type either he is very good or very bad and last night was not a good effort at all...

I think the cowboys scoring first along with playing good defense and shutting down Desean Jackson is what took the LIFE out of the crowd. Most were probably expecting a repeat of last year. But even though I'm happy about the win I know never ever ever to count out the Eagles who always play well after Thanksgiving

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by mriggles

First off Sonny and solomon, congrats on your squads victory.. It was well earned...


I knew right away the eagles were going to struggle... The eagles are a very easy team to figure out from a fans perspective. Watch them on their opening drive... If they are sharp they will be sharp the whole game...IF they are not sharp they will struggle all game. They are picture perfect dr jekyl and mr hyde.

Anyhow, I have to tell you, for a sunday night football crowd I think my fanbase was a little subdude last night... I was my usual wild self (even at half power) but I just didnt feel the vibe out of the crowd last night...

The eagles were outplayed most of the game... Now I rarely call attention to the officiating but there were 2 cases last night that really screwed the eagles. On the opening kickoff of the second half that was in no way shape or form a penalty... That play happened right in front of me and if anything it should have been on dallas... That play did not matter since the birds stormed down and scored anyway..

The second play in question was that absolutely horrific spot on the 3rd and fourth and 1 plays in the 4th qtr... It was so clear looking at the replay that mcnabb got a full yard on that sneak and all he needed was 4 links on the chain... Terrible Job officiating tonight by this crew.....

I really cant get on andy for challenging it... He really had no choice... I will never question something he does when I am in the stands screaming throw the flag... After watching the replay this morning I still dont know why it was not overturned... Mcnabb never hit the ground and the ball was well beyond the mark he needed to get too


Mr hyde showed up last night... At the wrong time for me.. Mcnabb was way off his game last night and he is the type either he is very good or very bad and last night was not a good effort at all...

Thanks Mike.

The problem I had with the challenges was that it wasn't worth risking a time out over them. The first challenge was clearly short. The Eagles actually probably shouldn't have been charged with a TO because they were right that the spot wasn't correct but it should have been about a yard short of the first. The Refs didn't change the spot at all. The second challenge, the announcers said that you couldn't see the other elbow of McNabb to see if it was actually touching the ground. They weren't going to guess even though it looked like McNabb made the first down. I just don't think those challenges were smart. They would have given the Eagles a first down near midfield but nothing more. They weren't close to scoring and losing those timeouts cost them at the end because the Cowboys could just run out the clock, which they did.

[mriggles]

Originally Posted by PhilaEaglesHater

I think the cowboys scoring first along with playing good defense and shutting down Desean Jackson is what took the LIFE out of the crowd. Most were probably expecting a repeat of last year. But even though I'm happy about the win I know never ever ever to count out the Eagles who always play well after Thanksgiving

I will say this Sol... Jackson was open all night WIDE open... 5 just missed him time after time & most times did not even look his way..

[Waterston_Fan]

Originally Posted by mriggles

I will say this Sol... Jackson was open all night WIDE open... 5 just missed him time after time & most times did not even look his way..

Wow..

I didn't watch most of the game but was he always under pressure or he just didn't see him?

[mriggles]

He just didnt see him... Mcnabb was looking Celeks way all night long... It was quite disturbing to watch... Mcnabb had plenty of time most of the game... Jackson was as wide open as wide open can be