
In an absolutely ugly game from both teams involved, the Bears were able to stop the Eagles on four straight plays inside the five yard line to seal the upset. Andy Reid's decision to go for it on fourth and one while trailing by four points with under four minutes to play will clearly be the talk of the town in Philadelphia tomorrow.
I totally agree with Reid's decision to go four it on fourth down in that situation. If they plug it in there, the Bears are on their heals and the Eagles defense looked great in the second half.
Where I completely disagree was the play calling decision to run it four times in a row with a backfield sans Brian Westbrook. Seriously, if you're going to call four straight running plays, one of which was at the most six inches, why not use the biggest back you have -- Donovan McNabb.
While the Eagles certainly failed to convert, props must be given to the Bears defense for coming up big in the clutch situation. The Eagles had looked really solid in their first three games, even a loss to Dallas. But on Sunday night, this offense looked lost.
Perhaps this game is a good indicator of just how valuable Brian Westbrook is to this team.



















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9-29-2008 @ 12:33AM
Brian said...
Ugly game? You disagree with no less than John Madden, who is his post game commentary basically said this game showed all the great aspects of the game and is why he loves football.
It had action, scoring, great defence including a tremendous 4th and 1 stop and went down to the wire. Ugly?
Take it up with big John. maybe that's why he's commentating and you're posting comments on aol.
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9-29-2008 @ 1:52AM
vujadin7886 said...
John Madden had to sell the game for the sake of his network. I don't think the guys in charge at NBC would love it if he had ripped their product.
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9-29-2008 @ 2:54AM
Nick said...
I don't see how the game could be labeled "absolutely ugly". Both teams made some mistakes but both defenses played well. You can't say a game was ugly because the defenses play that solid.
Now granted, few Bears game are visually pleasing but this was a pretty exciting game, all things considered.
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9-29-2008 @ 11:08AM
Jim said...
Plain and simple...Eagles suck.
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10-01-2008 @ 1:48PM
The Great One said...
Correction Jim! Plain and even more simple...YOU Suck!
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