Wow...Where is the Real Blunder in Philly?

As you painfully watch Kevin Curtis miss a catchable ball on Philadelphia's last drive and watch Philadelphia woefully rush for 66 yards by the running backs, you have to wonder if Donovan McNabb is the real blunder in Philly.

If I told you that McNabb would throw for 375 and 3 TD’s and the
eagles score 25 points, would you have thought that the eagles would
lose? A defense that is number 3 in the league and only gives up 18
points per game did not get it done. People want to look at what
they call McNabb’s "inaccuracy" when Roethlisberger, Flacco and
McNabb all have 60% completion ratio for the year. Roethlisberger is
going to the Super Bowl and Flacco was in the AFC championship. Now,
I don’t know what the Eagle game plan was but it seemed to be that
the Eagles turned it around in the second half. Can that be coaching
or all the players played poorly in the 1st half? I would say
coaching. Obviously, McNabb deserves some of the blame because if he
would have won, I would have given him a lot of the credit. I have
never seen people blame a quarterback who had a game like that. What
happen to Tony Dungy when he could not get it done in Tampa?
Fired!!!!! What happen to Dan Reeves when he could not get it done
in Denver? Did the Broncos get rid of Elway? No. Both coaches went
back to the Super Bowl and Dungy won one. The coaches that took over
Denver and Tampa Bay after they left ( Gruden and Shannahan) won
super bowls. Are Reeves and Dungy bad coaches? No. However,
sometimes a coach runs his course with a certain team. You are never
supposed to get rid of a franchise quarterback until he can’t do it
anymore and then, it is questionable. It baffles me how people seem
to view certain people. At no point in time did anyone even mention
getting rid of Peyton Manning. Not once when he was failing. He
never had a game like this in a conference championship. He even
publicly blamed his offensive line after the Pittsburgh loss in the
playoffs. Now, Peyton Manning may be better than McNabb but McNabb
is a legitimate franchise quarterback and if I was him, I would want
to get the hell out of Philadelphia for not being appreciated.

The Eagles did lose though but someone has to take the blame. Why not Donovan? Well, maybe because the defense gave up touchdowns in the first half when New England would have given up field goals and then the lead would not have been large. In Super Bowl 36, The Rams went field goal, missed field goal, New England interception, Rams fumble and all of a sudden 14-3 Partiots. Also, the Philadelphia defense failed to come through on the game winning driving. However, in the spirit of the debate, the Philly offense failed to come through on a potential GAME-TYING drive.

So, blame who you want but to fully blame Donovan is poo to me but let's look at where the real blunder in Philly is that has had a franchise quarteback for 10 years and has failed to put quality weapons around him.

As good as Westbrook is and I hate to point to any draw backs in hisgame, he is oft-injured because he is not a big strong back so he can't standthe pounding. If you put a huge back or even a legitimate change of pace from Westbrook (Jonathan Stewart-Carolina, Duece-Saints, Dominic Rhodes in Indy, Ward/Bradshaw New York), Westbrook could be more effective and you can't talk about money with that because you can get someone very good with low pick in the draft.

The truth will be revealed because Philadelphia could have built there offense through the draft with better slection in the draft and never would have had to acquire Terrell Owens and
give up 10 million in a signing bonus.

Oh okay.....It sounds like you want examples. Well, Read Below then!!!

In 2001, Eagles selected Freddie Mitchell. They passed up Chad
Johnson, Reggie Wayne and Chris Chambers...Ooh and a guy by the name
of Steve Smith. Have you ever heard of a dude called TJ Houshmanzadeh. They passed him
up too!!!!!!!! Freddie Mitchell is not in the league.

2003- Oh my bad dog. ONE MORE FOR YOU!!!!! 2003 Draft- The Eagles took
L.J. Smith (2nd Round, 61 Overall) and passed on Jason Witten (3rd Round,
69 Overall). LJ Smith never made the pro bowl and Jason Witten is a
five time pro bowler.

Does this sound like a trend or what?

Okay, one more.

2004 They took Running back Bruce Perry ( Round 7, 243 Overall). Dang,
did you know that Willie Parker went undrafted that year? DANG!!!!!! Oh,
Wes Welker was undrafted too!!!!! Come on dog. Nobody looks at this stuff.
Bruce Perry is in the CFL!!!!!

2005- You are going to laugh when you here this. In the 2005 draft, the
Eagles took running back Ryan Moats (3rd Round, 77 overall). They passed up
Marion Barber (4th Round, 109 overall) and Brandon Jacobs (4th Round, 110
overall). Oh, have you ever heard of a dude named Darren Sproles? (4th Round,130
overall). Moats plays for the Houston Texans.

I know you are not supposed to hit on all your draft picks but
DANG!!!!!!!!

2006- ONE MORE!!!!! ( Loud-high pitched) They took Jeremy Bloom (5th
Round,147 overall) and passed on....Wait, wow, wait one eye close, wait,
wait yes, you guessed it: Marques Colston ( 7th Round, 252 overall). They respond
by signing Hank Baskett who is 6-4 220 pounds as an undrafted free agent.
Wow, a big receiver that you obviously wanted yet you take Jeremy Bloom
over another big receiver. Jeremy Bloom is not on anyone's roster.

Make sense to you?

2007 Eagles took Running Back Tony Hunt (3rd Round, 90th Overall) over
Michael Bush (Round 4, 100 overall), Leron McClain (Round 4, 37th
Overall) and Pierre Thomas (undrafted). Tony Hunt is currently not on an NFL TEAM.