This week against Philly

I'm with you on this. End of the day all that matters is scoreboard. If you want to say we "stole" what about all the games that have been "stolen" from us over the years <<cough...Alstott...cough>> or what about all the games around the league that are "stolen" week in and week out.

Now, as for the Eagles. They are terrible at time of possession because they have no power running game to control the clock (hello TJ Duckett!) so in the second half their defense is worn out and gets abused. So I think we have to have long "boring" drives and keep that defense on the field as much as possible then hit them with a couple of big plays (El to Lloyd pass?) to open up the second half.

This is a very winnable game. Very winnable

On that subject at least we won it with TALENT and not some bullshit non-call. We won it BLOCKING a kick. It wasn't like the refs made some asshole call that went against the Cowboys.

Our 3rd down 'D' will be the key to the game. We just can't continue to give up 3rd and longs. We need to get key stops to keep McNabb off the field as much as possible.

So true. Every time a 3rd and long comes up I get tense because I just know they are going deep and they'll beat our secondary.... :(

not gonna beat a dead horse, we won...we are all HAPPY!

I would agree this is very winnable...and with the need to firm up 3rd down D. in the past, we've struggled with defending mcnabb (when he tucks and runs) and westbrook (screens). though this year, with our lack of blitzing, perhaps we match up better. i mean the 7.5 spread is kind of a big deal- though i'd be a buyer of washington.

We're all happy, but its safe to say we "stole" that game. Games have been stolen from us for years. Yes, we made the play when we had to, but Dallas shot themselves in the foot. Even the players know that. It almost feels better to steal one from them like that.

This game is winnable. We need some TO's & a better effort running the ball. Nothing new.

I'm with you as well!!! So frustrating to hear Skins fans talk about how we stole the game. Sheesh!

Do you think that this team can keep winning games the way that they beat Dallas? Passing for basically 150 yards? Giving up 385 yards on defense? Horrible on 3rd down defense. Horrible goal line offense.

In general our red zone offense has been pretty good. I agree third down defense needs to tighten up, but I think that was something flukey, because overall the defense played pretty well.

The only thing that SHOULD be hard on us is the fact we are playing them away. Westbrook isn't shit unless he's catching a pass. The Cowboys receivers were FAR superior than the ones the Eagles have. We force McNabb to pass we have a great shot at this game. Remember that nearly 200 yards of the Cowboys offense came on third down.

We tighten that up, stick with a similar gameplan and we're golden.



I don't think we'll have to force McNabb to pass because that's what the Eagles do 80% of the time anyway. Andy Reid has never relied that much on a running game. It's in the passing game with our 30th ranked defense going against a team that consistently makes big plays in the passing game, on the road, in the division, that is the greatest concern. Remember, division games on the road are always extremely difficuly. It's a must win game for both teams, and the Eagles have an extra week to prepare. It's a winable game, but it's going to come down to who want's it the most, and plays accordingly.

Do you think that this team can keep winning games the way that they beat Dallas? Passing for basically 150 yards? Giving up 385 yards on defense? Horrible on 3rd down defense. Horrible goal line offense.

Nope, I don't think that, but we DID deserve to win that game. Dallas stunk worse than we did on Sunday and they deserved to lose. We did not steal it away. Both teams played and the better team won - THAT DAY.

We didn't so much steal it, it was handed to us.

The TO drop, the Cooley drop, the Fauria hold, the Cowboys' dropped interceptions, the Skins' inability to run the ball into the end zone, all of that resulted in a tie game at 19 with two minutes to play. So all of the crap that happened before that evened out.

But from there, we allowed the Cowboys to march down the field in 30 seconds to kick a 35 yard field goal, and Jason Witten handed us the game by not blocking Troy Vincent. After that, Sean Taylor and Nick Novak made great plays to seal the deal. But nobody would argue that Witten's missed block was the key to the entire game.

We didn't steal this game. But we didn't win it either. The Cowboys lost it.

We didn't so much steal it, it was handed to us.

The TO drop, the Cooley drop, the Fauria hold, the Cowboys' dropped interceptions, the Skins' inability to run the ball into the end zone, all of that resulted in a tie game at 19 with two minutes to play. So all of the crap that happened before that evened out.

But from there, we allowed the Cowboys to march down the field in 30 seconds to kick a 35 yard field goal, and Jason Witten handed us the game by not blocking Troy Vincent. After that, Sean Taylor and Nick Novak made great plays to seal the deal. But nobody would argue that Witten's missed block was the key to the entire game.

We didn't steal this game. But we didn't win it either. The Cowboys lost it.



Well put Schneed!!!