Jaws Says Ahh

A friend writes:

Interesting points made late in tonight's MNF game by Jaws about Donovan.

Remember, we let him see all our game tape in the special Eagles-Jaws relationship. He said that while reviewing tape, he's seen that McNabb is not seeing open receivers down field and not making decisions to get them the ball.

This was something we heard a lot of 6 yrs ago, in the height of the Pinkston-Thrash era. Then it sorta disappeared after TO arrived. Now it's back.

Not sure what to think.

Interesting. I remember a year or two ago some scout saying that McNabb is the type of QB that only throws the receiver after he gets open and not while the receiver is in the process of getting open. My friend is right, all that kind of died down for a while. Now it's back.

The big question that I and and my brother were trying to answer last night is....what happened to the offense? They put up 37 vs. Dallas and looked really good. 27 versus a playoff contending Falcons team. 38 against the hapless Rams. Heck, even three weeks ago they scored 31 against a tough Giants D.

How did it all collapse so quickly where they can only score 13 against a lousy Bengals team and not have a single offensive point vs. the Ravens? What has so dramatically changed from earlier in the season? Westbrook's injuries limiting him as a threat? The complete disappearance of the tight ends?

Someone needs to explain all that.

McNabb's always had the problem with the downfield receivers. But it hasn't been this detrimental to the offense till now. Why? What has changed recently to make that happen?