Post by brasilbear on Jan 7, 2019 7:14:54 GMT -6
When the Eagles OFF started their last drive my wife said: "They won't stop them and its coming down to the kicker." Despite everything the DEF did prior to this game and during this game, watching them let the Eagles march right down the field was painful. AN elite DEF sucks it up one more time, makes a stop, gets a pick, tackles..anything except letting a team use up 4 minutes of a 5 minute clock to score the winning TD. That was so frustrating to watch. I need to chkec that final drive again just to check on positioning, pass rush, schemes...terrible job by the defense.
Parkey should have made the kick, and it should have never come down to that.
I'm not going to dump on the defense as the offense could have hung on to the ball a bit longer a couple of times maybe the defense would have had more in the tank late in the 4th quarter. But maybe you are right and they could have found some inner reserve to draw on.
But my point is this was truly a team loss. A terribly painful loss because we all had come the really believe in this team (myself included). Hopefully it really motivates everyone next year.
It was a total team loss, and I know there were two teams playing. Eagles OFF did a great last drive against the top DEF in the league. The Eagles schemed well to stop the pass rush and protected Foles all game long. But man, watching the DEF roll over on that last drive.....