Mc-Terrible

Birds of a Feather.... suck together.

As we reach the official "halfway" point of this Parody filled NFL Season, the magic 8 ball has become oh so clear. If you are not the Patriots or the Colts... you suck. One exception may be able to be made, for the annoying step-brother that lives in the Northwest Pennsylvania attic, but besides that, everyone sucks.

The Eagles and Ravens put up completely abysmal numbers on Sunday and Monday Night respectively, both teams giving up 38 points and almost double digit turnovers combined. The Eagles (3-5) are now 4 games out of the division lead behind the Cowboys while the Ravens (4-4) are only two out. However, they both look as if their season has been flushed down the drain.

Their inability to move the football has truly bitten them in their feathered ass. Both are offensives have struggled much more than expected and both coaches seem to be learning nothing from it. As any fan/announcer/homeless person can see, these teams need to run the football. For the Eagles it worked so effectively last year with Garcia at the helm... you need not make big plays, just casually throw and run the ball down the field effectively and the field will stretch naturally. All night on Sunday vs. the Cowboys the Eagles threw on 1st down, ran on second down for a manageable third down. The tactic, while not terrible, really limits your options on third down. The Cowboys simply stuck 6 Defensive Backs in the game and forced McNabb to find a receiver. To me, you need only to go to one source for this issue... Andy Reid.

While this blogger doesn't believe that Andy personal trials and tribulations are the issue, he does believe that his offensive methods are unoriginal and faulty. Every football fan knows the Eagles are pass happy or even pass wacky on their offensive front, but every Eagles fan knows how good Brian Westbrook is. He NEEDS to carry the ball... much more than he currently is. It keeps the defense honest, and he is very successful averaging 4+ yards a carry this year.

On Sunday, the Eagles threw 4 out of their first 5 plays out of the gate, which resulted in Fumble, Incomplete, Run for 4 yards, Complete, InComplete. 2 of the 5 were considered "successful" plays. Why keep this pattern up??

The Ravens, while not having the same issues, are also clearly lacking the ability to run during game situations where everyone and their brother can see they need to run. You need to only go back to Buffalo, 2 games ago when the Ravens had 2nd and 1 in Buffalo territory with less than 2 minutes remaining. Professor Billick called 3 straight passes, game over.

What is it about watching football that enables you to see what these coaches can't?? Maybe they both need a break. Maybe a final season should be at hand here... I know that I definitely would not be opposed to either of these decisions, but only time will tell as we watch the rest of the Patriots/Colts super bowl season unfold.