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Post Game, Week 9: Dallas Cowboys Defeat Philadelphia Eagles

There can’t possibly be a single person left out there who doesn’t agree with me that Andy Reid is the worst coach in the history of organized sports right? I’m thinking that even his family members are openly questioning his work at this point. How could you not, after the Eagles terrible 20-16 loss to the stinkin’ Dallas Cowboys? He truly is a big fat dope.

This game had a little bit of everything that makes Andy the worst ever. He didn’t run the ball enough. The Eagles had stupid penalties at the worst times, which is the mark of an undisciplined team. Andy proved once again that he doesn’t know when to challenge a play. He totally mismanaged the clock. He didn’t make a single in-game adjustment. And he was his usually condescending self when addressing the media after the game. All this against an average Cowboys team that really failed to impress.

It was evident from the Eagles first possession of the game that Donovan McNabb was not going to be accurate with his throws on this day. McNabb was all over the place, yet Reid kept dialing up the passing plays. Reid called 35 passing plays (including four sacks and one McNabb scramble) and 23 running plays. Not exactly balanced, but what do you expect from the coach who has thrown the ball more than any other coach in the NFL over the last decade. Andy will never be able to stop his passaholic ways.

McNabb was a pathetic 16 for 30 for 227 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. That comes out to a sad 61.4 QB rating. McNabb wasn’t helped by another bad performance from the Eagles offensive line. The line couldn’t keep McNabb comfortable in the pocket and couldn’t open up holes for the running game. “Other than that how did you like the play Mrs. Lincoln?”

The main culprit was again - Jason Peters. I don’t believe Peters was actually charged with giving up a sack this week (shocking), but he did make one of the dumbest penalties of the game. Peters, who earned the nickname “Snap Count” in Buffalo, due to the large number of false start penalties he receives, got called for a false start on a play where the Eagles were just lining up to try to get he Cowboys to jump off-sides on a 4th and inches play in the 3rd quarter. I think that fat wallet Peters got from the big contract he just signed is weighing him down. Well, it’s ether that or he just sucks.

Peters wasn’t alone in his bad play against the Cowboys. Stacey Andrews is either still hurt (he’s recovering from ACL surgery in December remember?) or he just sucks too. Jay Ratliff abused him repeatedly. How bad is an offensive line when they can’t gain one yard on three running plays? So bad that Winston Justice is actually the best player on the unit.

The now infamous 4th and 1 QB sneak (that the Eagles are complaining was spotted short by the refs and Reid challenged) was preceded by two LeSean McCoy runs that got zero yards. If you can’t gain one stinkin’ yard in three tries than maybe you should shut the hell up about the refs. The team came up shot on three 3rd and 1s and one 4th and 1 in this game. Keep in mind that the Eagles’ offensive line was completely rebuilt by Andy in the off-season.

Speaking of that botched QB sneak, that was the second play that Andy Reid challenged, unsuccessfully. Most coaches don’t challenge the spot once during a game, but Andy did it twice. He failed twice. Due to the earlier blown timeout, caused by Andy and Marty Mornhinwig getting the play in late, the Eagles had zero timeouts left when they needed them the most at the end of the game.

The Eagles continued their sloppy play by getting bad penalties at the worst times. Rookie LB Moise Fokou cost Ellis Hobbs a 96-yard kickoff return TD with a holding penalty that was nowhere near the play and then he cost Sheldon Brown a 54-yard INT return with an illegal block.

Michael Vick was on the field for two whole snaps. He ran once for two yards and handed the ball off to LeSean McCoy. That Andy, he is the King of Innovation. By the way, the Cowboys ran the Wildcat Formation themselves and somehow managed to score a TD out of it, even though they don’t have Michael Vick. Astonishing.

Andy Reid’s worst move of the day turned out to be the final nail in the coffin of this ugly loss. The Eagles got the ball on their own 36 with 7:57 left in the 4th quarter and drove down to the Dallas 33 with 5:29 left. What happened next was what always happens with an Andy Reid-inspired offense. All passes. Two incompletions left the Eagles with 3rd and 10 at the Dallas 33 yard line. At this point, the score was 20-13 in favor of the Cowboys. The Eagles had to score a TD to tie it. I thought they should run the ball so that they would have a manageable distance to go on 4th down. Nope. McNabb got sacked trying to pass (surprise) at the 34 to set up 4th and 11. Obviously they had to pass now right? Uh, no.

For reasons known only to Andy the Stupid, David Akers came on and kicked a 52-yard field goal. This was the dumbest thing I have seen since some QB didn’t know the rules for overtime in an NFL game. First of all, the FG meant nothing since the Eagles still had to score a TD, trailing 20-16. Second, if Akers missed the FG, the Cowboys would have taken over at the 42 yard line. Finally, Andy Reid is a complete idiot who should have been fired at this exact moment and removed from the field.

The Cowboys got the ball back after the kickoff (No, the Eagles didn’t try an onsides-kick with 4:27 left in the game) and proceeded to get two 1st downs to take the game to the 2-minute warning. All that was left for the Cowboys to do was to kneel down three times and run out the clock. Oh, did you forget that Andy had already burned all three of his timeouts with those two ridiculous failed challenges? Please try to keep up. This is Andy Reid and he never deviates from his script to nowhere.

In his post-game press conference Andy was asked what his team needs to do to be better on third downs, since they converted just four of 12 opportunities against the Cowboys. Andy simply said, “We need to convert them.” What an arrogant jerk this man is. Usually a coach needs to actually win something before he looks down his nose at the rest of the world. Bill Belichick is insufferable, but at least the man has won a few Superbowls. Andy will never win a Superbowl.

I can’t imagine that there are any Andy Reid supporters left out there, but if there are - I challenge you to leave me comments as to why you think I’m wrong. I’m not wrong, but I’d love to have the opportunity to refute any pro-Reid opinions. Bring it on!

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