Vindication for #5

Different team, same opponent and the same slow, methodical clock-ignoring drive down the field.

The final, less than urgent scoring drive of Andy Reid's Chiefs (down by two scores) in Saturday's playoff game immediately brought to mind the Eagles last scoring drive in the Super Bowl vs. the same Bill Belichick coached Patriots.

Donovan McNabb got quite a bit of grief in that now infamous Super Bowl situation. In fact, that scoring drive generated quite the controversy with Terrell Owens alleging that McNabb threw up in the huddle and couldn't catch his breath (the implication being that he was out of shape) and the suggestion that McNabb was the reason the Eagles offense wasn't moving with more speed.

The Chiefs' drive - with Andy Reid calling the plays - would appear to absolve McNabb of most if not all of the blame for the molasses like offensive tempo in the waning minutes of the Super Bowl. Andy Reid was the problem, not McNabb.