Comments on: Eagles Acquire LB Witherspoon At Trade Deadline http://www.reclinergm.com/eagles-acquire-lb-witherspoon-at-trade-deadline/ Philly sports blog for diehard Sixers & Phillies fans Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:24:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Wilson http://www.reclinergm.com/eagles-acquire-lb-witherspoon-at-trade-deadline/#comment-21356 Wilson Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:25:55 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=7645#comment-21356 <em>I can't believe the Rams wouldn't want Reggie Brown in this trade.  </em> I can’t believe the Rams wouldn’t want Reggie Brown in this trade. 

]]> By: Dannie http://www.reclinergm.com/eagles-acquire-lb-witherspoon-at-trade-deadline/#comment-21355 Dannie Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:55:16 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=7645#comment-21355 <p><em><strong>Mike </strong></em>- I disagree completely with you.  McNabb <strong>IS </strong>absolutely <strong>ONE </strong>of the problems.</p> <p>He isn't the only one and as always it's debatable if he is the biggest problem (offensive line and linebacker play are bigger in my own opinion).  But his inconsistency is what hurts this team.</p> <p>We all know he has talent so it's not like we are arguing that we don't have enough talent at the quarterback position.  But what keeps him steps behind the other top quarterbacks in the league is his consistency.</p> <p>Last game he missed a couple deep balls down the field for big plays when receivers were open.  That was in a game where the defense only allowed 1 touchdown.  That is huge.  The week before he made those throws and had a near perfect passer rating.  <strong>Inconsistency</strong>.</p> <p>Some weeks his touch on all throws is perfect.  His decision making is great and he even runs for first downs when he is really in his zone.  But then he has a game where he forgets we don't have any more timeouts, mismanages the clock during 2 minute drills and over and under throws open guys.  <strong>Inconsistency</strong>.</p> <p>I like McNabb and have always maintain that if he could just put it together 100% for one full season AND the entire playoffs we get our Super Bowl.  But his time is running to do that and we've been waiting for a long time for it to happen.</p> Mike - I disagree completely with you.  McNabb IS absolutely ONE of the problems.

He isn’t the only one and as always it’s debatable if he is the biggest problem (offensive line and linebacker play are bigger in my own opinion).  But his inconsistency is what hurts this team.

We all know he has talent so it’s not like we are arguing that we don’t have enough talent at the quarterback position.  But what keeps him steps behind the other top quarterbacks in the league is his consistency.

Last game he missed a couple deep balls down the field for big plays when receivers were open.  That was in a game where the defense only allowed 1 touchdown.  That is huge.  The week before he made those throws and had a near perfect passer rating.  Inconsistency.

Some weeks his touch on all throws is perfect.  His decision making is great and he even runs for first downs when he is really in his zone.  But then he has a game where he forgets we don’t have any more timeouts, mismanages the clock during 2 minute drills and over and under throws open guys.  Inconsistency.

I like McNabb and have always maintain that if he could just put it together 100% for one full season AND the entire playoffs we get our Super Bowl.  But his time is running to do that and we’ve been waiting for a long time for it to happen.

]]> By: Pete http://www.reclinergm.com/eagles-acquire-lb-witherspoon-at-trade-deadline/#comment-21353 Pete Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:44:36 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=7645#comment-21353 <p>McNabb was partially to blame - he certainly didn't play well.</p> <p>My thought process is that when Peters went down, it all fell apart. Dunlap is flat out not good, and it's possible we just couldn't run with him on the line so we were forced to pass.</p> <p>Sometimes games like this can be good - they can wake up a team and show them they aren't as good as they think they are. Hopefully we smoke the Redskins and then find out what we REALLY are against the Giants. I don't think we will know what kind of team we are until then.</p> McNabb was partially to blame – he certainly didn’t play well.

My thought process is that when Peters went down, it all fell apart. Dunlap is flat out not good, and it’s possible we just couldn’t run with him on the line so we were forced to pass.

Sometimes games like this can be good – they can wake up a team and show them they aren’t as good as they think they are. Hopefully we smoke the Redskins and then find out what we REALLY are against the Giants. I don’t think we will know what kind of team we are until then.

]]> By: Mike Donnelly http://www.reclinergm.com/eagles-acquire-lb-witherspoon-at-trade-deadline/#comment-21352 Mike Donnelly Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:32:22 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=7645#comment-21352 jkay, couldn't disagree more. Problem is not McNabb, it's the play calling as always.  Giants ran the ball to victory vs. Raiders, we threw it.  Pass protection was terrible, so we threw some more.   McNabb kept getting sacked, so the answer is to throw yet again. We easily could have won that game had we run the ball at them and got the pressure off #5.  Our pass to run ratio was ridiculous in this game. If I have time I'll look up all the games we go pass whacky, can we agree throwing the ball more than 65% is absurd?  75%  My bet is our W-L ratio is terrible in those games. Become predictable on Offense and that makes the Defense's job really easy. jkay, couldn’t disagree more.
Problem is not McNabb, it’s the play calling as always.  Giants ran the ball to victory vs. Raiders, we threw it.  Pass protection was terrible, so we threw some more.   McNabb kept getting sacked, so the answer is to throw yet again.
We easily could have won that game had we run the ball at them and got the pressure off #5.  Our pass to run ratio was ridiculous in this game.
If I have time I’ll look up all the games we go pass whacky, can we agree throwing the ball more than 65% is absurd?  75%  My bet is our W-L ratio is terrible in those games.
Become predictable on Offense and that makes the Defense’s job really easy.

]]> By: jkay http://www.reclinergm.com/eagles-acquire-lb-witherspoon-at-trade-deadline/#comment-21347 jkay Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:26:54 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=7645#comment-21347 "We haven’t covered the last 2 Eagles games because of the focus on the Phillies’ run and the NBA Preview' - Good thing. I dont think anyone would want to write a post on that last game Andy Reid & Co. move swiftly and effeciently to address problems. defense is taken care of. Now if someone could just give McNabb a knock on the side of his head.... “We haven’t covered the last 2 Eagles games because of the focus on the Phillies’ run and the NBA Preview’ – Good thing. I dont think anyone would want to write a post on that last game

Andy Reid & Co. move swiftly and effeciently to address problems. defense is taken care of. Now if someone could just give McNabb a knock on the side of his head….

]]> By: stu http://www.reclinergm.com/eagles-acquire-lb-witherspoon-at-trade-deadline/#comment-21339 stu Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:09:11 +0000 http://www.reclinergm.com/?p=7645#comment-21339 thaaaaaaaaa SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN!!!!!!! thaaaaaaaaa SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!

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