CHECK-DOWN, dump-off, underneath, onward. Into the valley of death rode the sub-.500.
For the Eagles, there was no stretching of the field yesterday against the New York Giants. There can be no stretching of the truth, either. They are a 5-8 football team after this 16-13 loss and their sell-by date is just about upon us. The foot is on the pedal and the trash-can lid is open.
One major reason is an offense that has been unable to sustain anything all season. The reason yesterday was a quarterback, Donovan McNabb, who could not/would not throw the ball down the field, who relied on running back Brian Westbrook pretty much to do it all.
But he could not. Westbrook even fumbled yesterday, which never happens. And Westbrook said: "We're definitely angry. We're not where we want to be at. We're disappointed. But we have to try to find a way to get out of the funk and that's where we're at right now. We're not winning football games. We're finding a way to lose them. If you want to be a winning team, you have to win the close ones - and we've lost a lot of close battles this year."
Story Continues
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