It was ugly early for the Birds. Greg Lewis made the decision to field a punt inside his own ten yard line. This proved to be costly. Lewis instantly got smacked and coughed up the ball, which the Packers recovered in the endzone to go up 7-0.The Packers followed it up with a field goal and took an early 10-0 lead. You would have thought a ten point lead on their home field of Lambeau would be a huge boost for the Pack. Brett Favre helped the Eagles out a bit and tossed a poor pass on third down which was intercepted by Sheldon Brown. Takeo Spikes almost had another key interception at the Packers own 10 yard line. Takeo couldn't come up with it.
The Eagles started off like a grade school team notching penalty after penalty. But they were down 10-0 so early, they had plenty of time to right the ship. Brian Westbrook is a machine. When the Birds are sputtering, getting Westbrook the ball in the open field is a panacea for the Eagles offense.
McNabb connected to Jason Avant on a nice ball over the middle to tie the game up at 10 going into the half. The Packers threatened on the final drive of the half, but a huge sack on Favre pushed them out of FG range. Look for a battle in the second half as two teams continue to try and find their identities.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-09-2007 @ 3:57PM
Dave said...
This is one of the most boring Eagles games I think I have ever watched . Both the Eagles and the Packers look flat. I can`t stay awake
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9-09-2007 @ 4:55PM
US41391 said...
"Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends" Game one, loss one, same one responsible--DA COACH!!!
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9-09-2007 @ 9:42PM
The Anomaly WR said...
okay yes this is true but we all have our friend Andy Reid to thank. Calling not one not two but three pointless timeouts all before the two minute warning of their respective quarters, all of them having no positive effect on this team's perfomance whatsoever, and then putting GREG freakin LEWIS on punt returns only adds on to the repeated stupidity of our favorite head coach. All of this is directly following the Eagles' post season loss to New Orleans which was due in no small part to Reid's assenine clock managament. Why is he still coaching? Why? More than half of the Packers' defensive plays have come off of sacks, because McNabb had no one to throw to (anyone remember that guy who used to wear number 18 here? You know the guy we got from New Orleans, who averaged 24 yards a catch? I think his last name started with an S...) Many of these sacks have come because McNabb has had no one to throw the ball to. Why was it Curtis over Stallworth, not Curtis AND Stallworth? Reid is the reason the Eagles do not have a ring and will not get one, at least until his departure. His repeated slant routes on third and short have gotten this team nowhere fast. Bluntly, let's all conspire to get his dumb, fat ass fired before he does any further damage to this already hurting franchise.
Thank You.
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9-10-2007 @ 12:50AM
milton thuroughgood III said...
Was Brett Reid calling the plays?
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