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OK, I watched the Eagles-Falcons game last night on TiVo (plays only, fast-forwarded through everything else except replays I wanted to see). While I thought the Eagles were the better team, I thought Atlanta's offensive coordinator and quarterback deserve much of the blame for the loss. How many times were they going to run against 8 or even 9 guys in the box? Sure, they were successful doing it from time to time, to their credit, but why wouldn't they throw when they had single coverage outside?
Either Michael Vick is incapable of or prohibited from calling an audible in this situation, the team had no confidence in its receivers' ability to make a play in single coverage (or its quarterback's ability to throw the ball), or the guys calling the plays are so pig-headed and stupid that they wouldn't take advantage of what the defense gave them. I don't know if it would have made a difference, but I think the game would have been different with better offensive play-calling by Atlanta.
Haven't seen the AFC game yet, but I do not see Philly beating New England. Even if TO comes back in two weeks.
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