Bills-Eagles Thoughts

Man, what an encouraging sign for 2008. McNabb looked terrific Sunday. He led the league in passing yards, but more than that he looked incredibly accurate. Perhaps the most accurate I've ever seen him. Five passes in particular were Manning-esque (Peyton). The sideline throw to Brian Westbrook, a deep out out to Kevin Curtis, two to Reggie Brown, and the slant to Greg Lewis (which he dropped).

McNabb must be back next year - so the coaches feel -otherwise it makes no sense not to have played Kolb and see what he can do in an actual game. If they actually wind up dealing McNabb, which I doubt, not playing Kolb on Sunday would have been a big blunder.

Speaking of playing time, Brent Celek, Winston Justice, Stewart Bradley, Akeem Jordan and Victor Abiamiri all got significant playing time Sunday. Celek, Bradley and Jordan the past two games. They looked good and hopefully can build on that in 2008. Justice at least looked a whole lot better at right tackle than left tackle. Of course, he couldn't have played any worse than he did in the Giants game. Speaking of which, Osi Umenyiora should take Justice to Hawaii with him for the pro bowl. Umenyiora got more than half (7) of his13 sacks this season vs. Justice in the first Giants-Eagles game. Hopefully this statistical anomaly will trick the Giants into believing that their defensive line is solid and won't seek a replacement for Strahan or an upgrade for "sack leader" Umenyiora.

Irony of ironies for the pass happy Reid, but Brian Westbrook lost the conference rushing title by 8 yards to Adrian Petrerson. Imagine if Westbrook had gotten a couple of carries in the second half. I'm not arguing for it, just noting the frustration Westbrook must feel for having gotten so close. i think it was the smart move to rest him, Westbrook's number of touches over the season (carries + catches) was 368, dangerously close to the "400" carries that have shown to take a serious toll on a running back the following season.

When did JR Reed become such a big hitter? He's been cracking receivers since the Patriots game, and delivered a couple more big shots on Sunday.

Is it really possible that Kevin Curtis got a thousand yards receiving? Seriously?