Eagles-Jets

Man, when these two teams clash, it’s sure to be a… snooze. What kind of professional football game ends in a 16-9 score? One in which the stoppable force meets the movable object.

 

David Akers continued his Meadowland Malaise. Fortunately, he won’t have to kick on Jimmy Hoffa’s grave until next season at the earliest.

 

Heck, even the 4^th and 1 Jets play from inside the ten in the waning moments of the game during a drive that could have tied a score was humdrum. How does that happen?

 

And while I get the NY “Titans” throwback unis, it is incomprehensible to me that the team had to don “Titans” apparel – paraphernalia that actually read “Titans.” Um, they’re the Jets now, and this ain’t 1960. It’s not even 2006. Hard to believe it was only one year ago that the Jets were a playoff team. Hard to believe it was only one year ago that the Eagles were a playoff team.

 

Other thoughts and observations: K. Curtis’ 75 yard TD catch in the first quarter may have been one of the best passes Donovan McNabb ever made. He lead Curtis perfectly, in stride and put it right into his outstretched arms. Curtis did the rest, and it was a painful reminder of what can happen when, unfortunately infrequently, McNabb can hit the slant pattern perfectly.

 

Terrible 4^th and 1 play call by the Jets that was their final play of the game. Why run QB sneak on 3^rd down (with two yards to go no less) and then throw on 4^th down needing just one yard to get the first. Maybe they were trying to catch the Eagles stopping the run, but S. Brown had it the whole way and made a nice defensive play.