After the Debacle

A friend writes:

 

All in all, this is truly the most wasted, useless Eagles season of the Reid-McNabb era.

They had plenty of defense and a few explosive weapons (Westbrook and Jackson), but they simply refused to admit to the other shortcomings, particularly wide receiver. On the final drive Reggie Brown caught a 1st down that was tight, and your brother said to me, "it would be just like Reggie to get 9.75 yards when we need 10." Little did he know what Brown had in store for later in the drive.

The question is simple organizational reality check - do they want to win or want to win the way they prefer to win? Belichik faced this issue after coming up short in '05 and again in '06.

Staring into the abyss, he completely, dramatically realtered his entire offense, jettisoning every receiver he had (save Jabar Gaffney) and bringing in an entirely new receiving corps and a new offensive scheme.  He knew what was wrong and addressed the issue. No, they didn't win the Super Bowl, but he bought his team several more years of being in the conversation of greatness.

It's frightening - and frustating as hell - how close the Eags were this year from being a 12-4 team. It was all dependent on offseason moves, it was all player personnel.

They failed to do those things. And now they're looking at 6-10 next year.