More Management Woes

Dear Ben and the Daves,

Just as a follow-on to the Eagles management woes, from the player personnel perspective, watching tonight's MNF game stands out as an example. There's LenDale White on the field providing legitimate time for the Titans, a tough inside runner. He's not having a particularly great year, only averaging 3.5 per carry heading into tonight. But let's not forget that he plays in a brutal division defensively speaking.

Anyway, what does this have to do with the Eagles management? Ever since we let Duce Staley go after the '03 season, we have never had an inside runner who can get the tough yard, or tough half yard. Westbrook simply isn't that up-the-middle runner. So, White came out from USC with his stock inexplicably falling as Draft Day approached, going from a mid-teens pick all the way down to the 45th pick in the draft.

Who had the 45th pick of the draft? The Philadelphia Eagles. Except traded that pick with the Titans, moved up in the draft to pick one of White's college teammates, Winston Justice, an offensive tackle, with the 34th pick in the draft.

Now, here's White providing for his team tonight. I think he'd look good in Eagles green just running it 10 times a game, a la the old

Barber-Jacobs flash-and-power ground game that our NYG fan-friend liked so much prior to Tiki's departure for the airwaves.

Nope, instead, we took Winston Justice. Who's biggest moment of his career so far is one that NYG fans should be familiar with: opening the blind-side door for Umenyiora to sack McNabb over and over again.

Our management simply hasn't addressed the key issues to build a real Super Bowl team.

- - PK