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January 21, 2004
re: the eagles.
(in response to g and k's remarks regarding the birds, i have to disagree.
somewhat.
1st, gene: how can you "hate" pinkston? his heady play, including a corner-of-the-endzone-keep-my-feet-in-bounds td catch against the packers helped put us in the position we were in sunday. taking nothing away from donovan, he missed MANY wide open receivers. duce staley dropped a priority mail-delivered 25 yarder in the 2nd quarter.
the only receivers you could really fault are james t(h)rash and, maybe, rookie tight end l.j. smith. pinkston's mis-run route notwithstanding, he's our best, reciever. c'mon. freddie mitchell was non existent for much of the season.
that being said, we do need a better receiving corps. pinkston could stand to gain a few pounds, although, honestly, i've yet to see a real reason why, other than averaging out the weights of his contemporaries. he's not injury prone. putting on 30 lbs wouldn't help him hold on to a few more balls.
the eagles were shook, and tight, coming into the game. isht unraveled when donovan went down. the defense was porous as ever, and instead of allowing the eagles to dodge bullets as they had done all year, carolina capatalised on gaping holes and soft coverage. because they had to. all bdawk's huffing and storming on the sidelines didn't put them in the endzone... you can't win playoff games on emotion and laws of averages. you gotta play right.
everybody sucked, and on top of that, lady luck smiled on the carolina secondary. go figure.
i'll be back w/more.
