Some Quick Observations From the Game...

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1) After we blew the 4th down play on the goal line, Burnett blew up Westbrook's run and almost caused a safety.

2) On the play where Philly's TE LJ Smith makes a catch for 15 yards(approx.) and turns his ankle, Ware didn't get a good jam on him at the line, so he had good timing with McNabb. Ware has got to get a better jam on these receivers before releasing them.

3) Ware is much quicker coming off the edge as a stand up LB than a DE.

4) I still don't think that was a legit 2nd TD by Glenn.

5) Raitliff had a great game. He was even able to split a dbl team block and flush McNabb out after collapsing the pocket. He got 1/2 a sack and was a split sec away from getting two others. He really benefited from our use of the 4-3 when we weren't in nickle.

6) Bradie James consistently played well in coverage. Never looked lost. And was decisive when filling the hole. He may have turned the corner.

7) RB Anthony Thomas made good blitz pickup by cutting LBs and putting them down on the ground. TT would play on 1st and 2nd downs during the 2nd half, and on 3rd down A-Train would come in to pick up blitzers.

8) FS Davis bit on an out and up move by Westbrook, and it should have been a 75 yd TD for Philly, but Westbrook dropped the ball.

9) Obogue had a great bullrush and pancake on OLT during Newman's sack.

10) Roy was an enforcer, constantly cutting players legs out from under them and bringing them down solo.

11) You could tell BP was telling Drew dont take any chances during the final min of the 1st half. He was really adament about it. He was like we're going to throw it but pleaseeeeeeee Drew don't throw an int. I guess his conservative nature was rearing its ugly head.

12) Witten almost cost us that FG at the end of the half, when on 3rd down with 18 sec. he tried to get more yardage instead of getting out of bounds. If he would've been tackled in bounds it would have been 4th down, and not enough time to get our FG unit on the field. Luckily, he was pushed out of bounds.

13) JJ's ankle didn't turn when he got fell on. If the ankle turns it helps relieve the pressure from the upper calf. This is going to be the dreaded "HIGH" ankle sprain. It lingers a lot longer than the more common ankle sprain. However, JJ was standing on it throughout the 2nd half so he won't miss any time. But his cutting ability may be hampered until after the bye.

14) Pierce played great on ST, he made several tackles. He was a demon.

15) I love Drew's audible, "KILL!, KILL!, KILL!" With the throat slash hand movement. You gotta love that!

16) Deep snapper was great. Every snap was right on the money.

17) Crayton & TT are a big play and/or fumble waiting to happen. You really have to limit theyre touches, since the more they touch it the more likely it is they will turn it over.

18) Our DL depth is going to be a major factor come playoff time. Our guys play hard because they're always fresh. It's just like in Jimmy's day when we had our superior DL rotation that caused opponents fits.

19) Rob Petite: "I'd want to be stuck on a deserted island with BP." Why, when you have all those Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders to choose from?

20) It's obivous that Philly doesn't care about McNabb. They kept putting him out there, when the game was out of reach, and he was obviously to injured to compete. The funny thing is that the boys were more concerned about him than Andy Reid. Every time they knocked him down, they would offer him a hand up. On the Roy William's sack, Roy is getting up slowly, and there are three cowboys offering to help McNabb up, and no one offers Roy a hand up, and he just got the sack!

21) It's funny watching KJ blow up at Drew. Then he runs to BP, like a kid running to his daddy to tell his side of the story. BP understands KJ though, he lets KJ have his say until BP has had enough then he yells at KJ and tells him to shut up, then he pats KJ on the thigh and says "alright that's enough, lets go!" (ie. stay focused, get your head back in the game).

22) It was funny watching LA get excited during those big 4th quarter runs by TT. LA was pumping his fist in the air, I guess he was having a good time whipping on those Philly D-linemen.
 
At least it is not just me who thinks Glenn was out of bounds. I swear his right foot hit out of bounds before he hit the turf.
 
CanadianCowboysFan said:
At least it is not just me who thinks Glenn was out of bounds. I swear his right foot hit out of bounds before he hit the turf.

Tom Jackson (ESPN) says that Glenn's foot was in bounds. He said, "believe me, I've looked at the replays and he patted his right foot in bounds, and then he steps out of bounds." (parapharasing) However, I just don't see it. It will be interesting to here Philly's opinion of it during this weeks PC. They didn't challenge it, so maybe they saw what Tom Jackson saw. I just don't see it.
 
Good observations, but on #8, that was Pile that Westbrook blew right by and he didn't drop the ball, McNabb overthrew him because he had throw it sooner than he wanted to due to Shanle coming clean on the blitz. No doubt that was an easy TD if the ball was delivered on target.
 
Did anyone notice that Lousaka Polite's TD shouldn't have been one either? When he got pushed through the endzone the ball was out of bounds.
 
mrecktid said:
Did anyone notice that Lousaka Polite's TD shouldn't have been one either? When he got pushed through the endzone the ball was out of bounds.
The endzone line runs around the world.
 
4) I still don't think that was a legit 2nd TD by Glenn.

15) I love Drew's audible, "KILL!, KILL!, KILL!" With the throat slash hand movement. You gotta love that!

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I agree with everything except #4. Glenn had one foot and then an elbow. the elbow is just as good as a knee.

For #15. I loved it. I kept thinking...GO for the throat! KILL.
 
CanadianCowboysFan said:
At least it is not just me who thinks Glenn was out of bounds. I swear his right foot hit out of bounds before he hit the turf.
I was thinking that also, but I think he had one foot down before he crossed the goal line, so once he broke the plain, touchdown. The other thing I saw was Glenn's elbow hitting the ground before his foot. (see Keyshawn Johnson rule) Either way, I was glad they kicked the PAT as fast as they did.
 
Did anyone have a mini heart attack when we went for it on 4th and I was a play action. I was thinking sneak all the way

Thankg God it paid off, or else people would be saying Parcells is too agressive
 
marchetta said:
8) FS Davis bit on an out and up move by Westbrook, and it should have been a 75 yd TD for Philly, but Westbrook dropped the ball.

1. It was Pile, not Davis.

2. It wasn't a drop. The ball was out of his reach. It showed the replay and if anything MAYBE one of Westbrook's fingers grazed the ball. MAYBE.



marchetta said:
11) You could tell BP was telling Drew dont take any chances during the final min of the 1st half. He was really adament about it. He was like we're going to throw it but pleaseeeeeeee Drew don't throw an int. I guess his conservative nature was rearing its ugly head.


Telling the QB to protect the ball is being conservative? That's new to me.

Learn something new every day. :rolleyes:
 
i did watch the game but the sound was drowned out in the bar, so i didn't hear anything, but what i saw put a smile on my face! anyway thanks for the great observations, and some good ones there were...
 
marchetta said:
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4) I still don't think that was a legit 2nd TD by Glenn.

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and I still think it was a TD...

but even if it wasnt, it was alot closer to being a TD than the ball Terrell Owens double dribbled off the turf in last yrs Monday Night win against Minnesota that was CLEARLY not caught in any way, shape or form...and we hardly heard a peep about that

also, I havent seen a single Philly fan complain about the call (and they shouldnt)...they had plenty of favorable calls and non calls from officials all day...Shawn Andrews and Tra Thomas should have probably had at least 3 or 4 other holding calls, and one Philly defender clearly swiped 9and connected) with Bledsoe's helmet..also got the very favorable call of PI against Henry, when it appeared he did nothing

David
 

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