It’s amazing how a game can change on a drop of a dime.
The Packers headed into halftime with a 9-7, felt good about possibly stealing one on the road against a solid team – only to lay an egg in the second half and get run over by Donovan McNabb and the Eagles 31-9.
Nothing from the game was very pretty, but here are some random thoughts on all things Packers, Eagles and of course, Tony Kornheiser:
– Does Joe Theisman have to remind the audience every time he does a broadcast that he was a quarterback in the National Football League? Some how, every single week he puts himself into a discussion about when he used to play.
Now, I understand that it’s inevitable that a former player turned color commentator is going to talk about his playing days. But come on Joe, we don’t need to be reminded every week – and the bit about making fun of yourself in some capacity during the game is just getting old now.
– Speaking of the broadcast team – is Kornheiser’s only role up in that booth to play a sideshow puppet to Theisman? Couldn’t they have gotten some guy off the street to do that? Why did they need a national figure to feed Theisman questions all night?
I’m going to start calling them JoeJoe the Magic Clown and his sidekick Korny.
– Brian Westbrook misses a game due to injury – never saw it coming. It’s not like BW has missed games before because of injuries or anything.
– Actually, the real shock is that somehow, someway – Correll Buckhalter is still off the Eagles IR list one-fourth of a way into the season.
– WR Greg Jennings out of Western Michigan is going to be a stud sometime real soon – like maybe throughout the rest of this entire season.
– Peter King of SI.com had the Eagles rated at No. 4 overall in his “Fine Fifteen”. Number four in the entire NFL? I wouldn’t put them first in their own division right now (give me Dallas), nevertheless fourth in the entire league.
– I gotta ask this: Do Green Bay fans ever get tired of the constant Brett Favre banter that’s heard during a national broadcast? Or is that just the rest of the NFL world?
I love the guy. I think Favre has had an amazing career, I’ve enjoyed watching him accomplish many feats in the NFL and think he is one of the toughest guys every to play the game.
He’s not retiring until he says he is, so please, forget that question and just watch the guy play while you still have a chance – even if it’s brutal at times.
– What the hell was place kicker David Akers doing at the end of the first half by trying to fake a field goal by passing to a backup tight end? There were four seconds left on the clock and instead of just trying the 54 yard field goal, Akers decided that it was a better idea to throw for a touchdown…to the backup tight end…with about nine Packers on him…and no time left on the clock…
– Packers’ cornerback Ahmad Carroll was beaten likes a piñata by McNabb tonight.
– Speaking of McNabb – why would anybody criticize this guy? Mike Tirico, JoeJoe the Magic Clown and his sidekick puppet Korny announced during the game that McNabb called T.O. after he heard about his supposed suicide attempt and let him know that if he needed anything not to hesitate to call.
Wasn’t this also the guy that once played virtually an entire game on a broken ankle, played with a sports hernia and about nine cracked ribs last season and oh yeah – had to put up with Owens’ shenanigans for about four months?
Is there something I’m missing about McNabb? Maybe he punches babies or maybe doesn’t signal while crossing over lanes – or possibly doesn’t tip servers the recommended 15% – because the guy seems to be pretty stand up to me.
– The Eagles fan faithful also wanted to make sure Owens’ was okay. One of the guys in the stands had a sign that read: HOPE YOU’RE FEELING BETTER T.O. SO WE CAN BEAT YOU.
Ahh, Philly fans – are there any more decent people in the world but those fine folks?
– I think the perfect way for the Packers to end the night was exactly the way they did. Four cracks at the end zone from the one yard line and Mike McCarthy and his staff call the same dive play to Vernand Morency who gets stuffed all four times. Amazing.
