From: jmd@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (joseph.m.dakes)
Subject: Eagles Report
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:05:47 GMT
Keywords: Green Bay 27, Philadelphia 24


"It's only Green Bay".  So said Randall Cunningham last week after
learning that he would be reinstated at QB for the game against the
Pack.  Apparently the rest of the Eagles players and coaches felt
the same way as Green Bay dominated the game from start to finish.

The Eagles, once again, struggled on offense.  Particulalry early
in the game.  The offensive line was terrible and the play calling
by Rich Kotite was even worse.  At the end of the game with about
1:30 left and the score tied at 24-24, Kotite ran the ball on first
and second downs.  Herschel fumbled on second down, but what the
hell were they doing running the football in that situation?  When
questioned about his play selection after the game, Kotite said that
the run worked well on first down and he thought it would work on
second down, too.  Of course it worked on first down, Rich.  Nobody
in the stadium expected you to run the football in that situation.
But being that you were playing for the tie everybody expected it
on second down.

Not to put all the blame on the Eagles offense, because the defense
didn't play well either.  Last week if somebody told me that the
Packers would score 27-points and rack up 410-yards of total offense
on the GANG GREEN, I'd have bet my house on it... and I'd be living
on the streets today.  And would somebody please tell me what the hell
John Booty is doing going one-on-one against Sterling Sharpe?  The
Packers offense had the Eagles defense running around in circles.

Report Card:
============

QB:  D.  Randall was 14-23 with 1-TD and no INTs.  He missed alot of
receivers early on though as the Eagles could get nothing going on
offense.

RBs:  D.  Herschel ran for 47-yards on 12-carries with one TD.  Heath
Sherman carried six times for 37-yards with two TDs.  One of Heath's
TDs came on a 75-yard screen.  But both Walker and Sherman coughed up
the ball in the closing minutes to allow the Pack to tie and then
eventually win the game.

Receivers:  C.  Nine different receivers caught balls for the Eagles
including both TEs!!!  Unfortunately, nobody had a big day.

OL:  D.  The line made that long 75-yard screen pass for six, but
other than that they were terrible, again.

DL & LBs:  F.  This was the worst they have looked in a long, long
time.  The DL was dominated by Green Bay's OL and the LBs couldn't
cover the Pack's TE.  Bart Starr, uh, er, I mean Brett Favre had
completed eleven straiht passes at one point.  And the Green Bay
rushing attack piled up 144-yards.

Secondary:  F.  Not only were receivers open all day long, but the
coverage schemes were moronic.

Special Teams:  C.  Feagles did an alright job punting and Ruzek did
alright kicking.  The coverage teams played well and the return teams
made no mistakes.

Overall:  F.  The offensive play calling was too conservative.  The
defense wasn't prepared properly.  And the team just wasn't ready to
play football.

With both Dallas and Washington losing the Birds missed a golden
opportunity to get back into the NFC East race.  At 6-4, the Eagles
are looking at a wildcard spot at best.  Even that isn't a lock.
Next week the Eagles travel to the Meadowlands to play the Giants in
the battle of the Coaches-Without-a-Clue.  The loser of this game
gets the bragging rights to claim their coach is the worst.  The
loser also gets to sit home during the playoffs, IMO.


E-A-G-L-E-S

Joe Dakes
AT&T Microelectronics
555 Union Boulevard
Allentown, PA  18103
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