Acting Lessons from Greg Lewis
The petite wide receiver did his best Marlon Brando, his best Bill Barber dive and drew an unsportsman-like conduct penalty on the Eagles' early fourth quarter field goal-producing drive. Bravo, Greg.
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The petite wide receiver did his best Marlon Brando, his best Bill Barber dive and drew an unsportsman-like conduct penalty on the Eagles' early fourth quarter field goal-producing drive. Bravo, Greg.
Going with the theme that tonight's Eagles performance was reminiscent of the pre-T.O. Birds, here's a thought to swallow.
David Akers is back and he's not crying. The Eagles kicker nailed a 48-yard field goal with ease as the Eagles expanded their lead here in the third quarter. A quick thought - Doesn't the way this game is being played by the Eagles remind you of how they used to win, pre-T.O. McNabb makes zero mistakes and the defense makes big play after big play. Hmmm ...
McNabb struts in untouched for a 2-yard TD. When was the last time you saw that? He pulled out a vintage Michael Jackson celebration and, maybe it's just us, but he was overly demonstrative with his dance. Wouldn't it have been choice if he had done a T.O.-esque flapping of the Bird wings?
Jeremiah Trotter was rather adamant all week about the Eagles' chances in tonight's game. All he did was put his play where his mouth was. The Eagles D overloaded on the left side and blitzed Trotter and Michael Lewis. Trotter had a clear path to Drew Bledsoe as Lewis took two defenders. Trotter exploded into Bledsoe's house and the quarterback, who was near-perfect against the Eagles in October threw a horrendous pass into the arms of Lito Sheppard. That was a big play for an Eagles D that hasn't been accustomed to the big play this season.
The Eagles composed a perfect opening possession drive, their defense stuffed the Cowboys and forced a three-and-out in their first series driving their fans into a frenzy and they're only tied, 7-7, after one quarter of play.
Who are these Eagles? The better question is, where was this play-calling in the first half of the season? That was simply a beauty of a first possession drive. It looked like the plays were scripted and executed exactly as written. They ran seven times on the 11-play, 72-yard TD-producing drive with six of the last seven play calls on the ground. The 11 plays were the most they've strung together all season and the six minutes and six seconds they drained from the clock was the most thus far this season, as well.
Who was that masked man scampering for five yards and a first down? No T.O., noooo problem.
We caught wind that ABC will delay the start of tonight's game because of a pre-game skit they've developed. Everyone remembers the attempt at humor last year when the brains at the network conceived a mock Desperate Wives scenario with Terrell Owens and Nicolette Sheridan. You remember how well that went over, right?
You're looking live at the Eye on Eagles Blog. We're here at Lincoln Financial Field for tonight's 9 p.m. start between the Eagles and Cowboys. The most notable scratch from the starting lineup for the Eagles is defensive end N.D. Kalu. Darwin Walker will slide over from tackle and Sam Rayburn will take his place. Other inactives: