Philadelphia Eagles Today

Posted: Monday November 14, 2011 7:51AM by Peter King of S.I.


Before we get to the teams still playing for something, I bring you the most disappointing team of recent years, the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles. In the span of seven days at home, the Eagles blew their season by doing what they've done all year: disappear down the stretch. The 3-6 Eagles have been to fourth quarters what John Lackey is to baseball free agency. Their two-month history of fine fourth-quarter play:

Week 2: Up 31-21 at Atlanta with 14 minutes left. The Matt Ryan-led Falcons twice drive 80 yards to touchdowns. Eagles lose, 35-31.

Week 3: Up 16-14 over the Giants at home with 10 minutes left. Eli Manning takes the Giants on 54- and 56-yard touchdown drives. Philadelphia offense snoozes again. Eagles lose, 29-16.

Week 4: Up 23-17 over San Francisco at home with six minutes left. Alex Smith drives the 49ers 77 yards to a touchdown. Jeremy Maclin fumbles with the Eagles on the doorstep to win late. Eagles lose, 24-23.

Week 9: Up 24-20 over Chicago at home with 14 minutes left. Jay Cutler drives the Bears 51 yards to a touchdown and 54 yards to a field goal. Eagles lose 30-24.

Week 10 (Sunday): Up 17-14 over Arizona at home with five minutes to go. Arizona's third-string quarterback last year (behind Derek Anderson and Max Hall) and its second-stringer this year, Fordham Ram John Skelton, drives the Cards 87 yards in 11 plays. On third-and-10 from the Eagle 38, rookie safety Jaiquawn Jarrett, making his first career start, is left alone in coverage on Larry Fitzgerald, and Skelton rainbows a pass to Fitzgerald to the one-yard line. The Cards score three plays later. Skelton throws for 166 yards in the fourth quarter. Eagles lose 21-17.

That, folks, is how to blow a season right there.

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This team is god awful and it's due to the same problem the Eagles had back in 2005 when TO didn't get his money.  He divided the lockerroom and players quit on the team.  The same thing is happening with DeSean Jackson who hasn't received a new deal but is being asked to put himself in harms way for $500,000 which is well below his worth.  He's not as loud and animated as TO but he's a diva nevertheless and he's doing his damage quietly.  Reports out of the lockerroom stating that DeSean Jackson was told to go home because he missed a SP teams meeting and he was tardy for a few other meetings during the week.  Other players were tardy too so it's apparent that he gaining more support from other players who have given up on the team concept and playing for themselves.  Andy Reid is losing this team as his decision to bench Jackson costed the Eagles the game because he was the most important player on the field.  Defenses plan against him but when he's not there, they just stack 8 in the box and go after Vick and McCoy because they are not threatened by Jeremy Maclin, Jason Avant or Steve Smith.  What a terrible way to end this season and if Andy Reid is given the OK to come back and coach or even worst get an extension then the fanbase will have use the power they refuse to use and stop buying tickets because as long as fans are on a 10,000 waiting list the Owner will NEVER get rid of Andy Reid.

Out.

2011


Category: NFL