Oh Come On
Posted by Derek
In the fourth quarter, Kolb drove the Eagles 69 yards to the Baltimore 1-yard line. He failed to get into the end zone on a quarterback sneak, and then suffered from the same sketchy play-calling as McNabb did - a pass play from the goal line that Ed Reed picked off in the back of the end zone and returned 108 yards for a touchdown.
It's not sketchy play-calling to call for a QB boot on second-and-goal from the one. Every coach in NFL history has made that call. It's bread and butter down by the goal line, and when the sneak didn't work, it made perfect sense.
We're not in high school any more. This is an NFL quarterback who supposedly beat out A.J. Feeley this summer for the #2 job. You going to just call running plays, even though none of them work?
I know this is a small point, but I'm so friggin' tired of this "anything sticks" brand of criticism.

