Comments on yesterday's Eagles 31-27 loss to the Bears at Soldier Field:
It was never more clear that the Bears employed an "old school" mentality and beat the Eagles using the following principles;
If you get heat on the opposing QB without blitzing, you can disrupt an explosive offense without sacrificing coverage.
Running the football and stopping the run are still the best two methods of controlling game tempo ... and they always will be.
Questions...
Why weren't the Eagles able to maintain their footing on the natural grass? Didn't they test their spikes in pregame? And if they weren't the right length...why didn't they change them?
Did Sean McDermott know that the Birds secondary could be exposed so badly by a usually erratic Jay Cutler simply by the absence of Asante Samuel?
How in the world can Andy Reid justify kicking a FG with 5 minutes left in the game down by fifteen? His post game explanation was, "I wanted to come out of there with points" is ridiculous. If you lose by 5, 15, or 50, a loss is a loss. Going for a TD there was the only option.
On another note....surely we will miss actor Leslie Neilson. But I didn't mean to call him Shirley.
Bears have a real home field advantage - everyone of their players know the right cleat for their field - visitors it's hit and miss.
ReplyDeleteHow about the decision to call a time out early on a 3rd and 15 ?!?
ReplyDeleteCould a NFL team be so unorganized that no one
ReplyDeleterealized they were playing on grass? I watched them on the sidelines cleaning the grass out of their cleats. Might that have been a clue to make a change????
Coach- You are too kind. The pre game warm up is plenty of opportunity to test a cleat and change them if its not the right length.
ReplyDeleteHassen- Good point on the time out. Its pretty much wasted there.
Barbara- Exactly!
Thanks for reading!