Just Good Enough To Lose

Look, there's a certain nobility to a scrappy bunch of upstarts manning up and playing its guts out against a superior team, only to lose in the end due to a critical flaw they just can't fix. 

Which is fine, except it forces us to concede the following:

• The Eagles aren't as good as the Giants.
• The Eagles do in fact have a critical flaw.
• In the end, the Eagles are just good enough to lose to anybody.

You see something I'm missing?  The Eagles just aren't a complete team.  They can't run the ball.  They don't have a real fullback.  Their starting SAM is a liability.  The kicker is, unfortunately, still a question mark.  They have six different wide receivers who play, which is, when you think about it, completely ridiculous. 

Ok, I can see how you would want to use Baskett in the red zone.  And Avant has his abilities -- although he's stopped catching everything that comes his way.  But seriously, if you need to take parts of six guys to make two starting wide receivers, then clearly you're at the very least trying something that's never been done before in the history of the NFL. 

Westbrook remains one of the most dangerous weapons in the game, only it doesn't matter because no one blocks for him. 

And of course no one's missed the irony of the EAGLES FINALLY CHOOSING TO RUN THE BALL THE YEAR THEY CAN'T DO IT.

On the other hand, say what you want about the playcalls, but how is it that Andy Reid -- Mr. Everything Starts Up Front -- has built a team completely incapable of running for one yard?  

That's far more damning if you ask me.  In fact, did you see the look on Steve Spanuolo's face after we chose to do the one thing everyone in the stadium knew we couldn't do?  Here it is:

   

That, folks, is a man confused by what he just saw.