EAGLES NEWS

Jaguars 13 Eagles 6

It Was Over When.....

The Jaguars recovered a last ditch onsides kick attempt by David Akers, to seal the win.

The Game Ball Goes To.....

The Jaguars offensive line, which allowed Fred Taylor and Maurice Drew to rush for a combined 209 yards and 1 touchdown, and allowed just 1 sack of QB David Garrard. It also helped the Jaguars dominate the field position all day long, as The Eagles were continually starting drives deep in their own territory.

The Stat Of the Game Is.....

142 and 85, as in 142 yards passing and 85 yards rushing for a combined 227 yards for the Eagles offense. For a team with the NFL's # 1 offense, which had been averaging 400+ yards and nearly 30 points a game, a dismal output like that is simply unacceptable even against a defense like Jaxsonville's.

The Bottom Line Is.....

This was just an ugly loss for the Eagles. As good as their defense was today, their offense was twice as bad. I mean, there were false starts, incomplete passes, and dropped passes. Basically it would be very difficult for the Eagles offense to execute any worse than they did today. Even in the last 2 weeks although they got off to slow starts ,the Eagles still managed to come alive just long enough for over 300 yards and 21 points. Today, they were just awful from start to finish and never really got untracked against the Jaguars. However, an even bigger problem for the Birds is that this is their 3rd consecutive loss and they are now just 4-4 on the season. Fortunately next week is their bye week, so hopefully they will be able to figure out whatever it is that's been wrong with them these last few weeks, because I sure can't figure it out and I doubt you can either.