What a pitiful performance by the Eagles on Sunday. They were fortunate to come away with a 13-13 tie in Cincinnati. If the Bengals had anything remotely closely resembling a football team, they would have beaten Philadelphia by two touchdowns.
Donovan McNabb doesn’t get enough credit for how good he is and he takes a ton of undeserved criticism. But he was absolutely atrocious on Sunday. He may have thrown for 339 yards, but his three interceptions and one fumble killed scoring drives and cost the Eagles an opportunity to come away with a much-needed win instead of a sister-kisser.
I realize the Bengals have played much better the past couple weeks than they did earlier in the season, but Philly has to win this game. They were coming off a huge loss at home against the Giants and needed a victory to keep pace in the NFC playoff race. Instead, they played uninspired and allowed Ryan Fitzpatrick to complete 29 of 44 passes for 261 yards and a touchdown.
The Eagles are too inconsistent to be a legit playoff contender. The Giants are running away with the division and the NFC South will produce at least one of the Wild Card teams, if not both. Philly really needed a win against the hapless Bengals.
