What more can be said. This was a monumental embarrassment! This was also another total domination by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Oh yeah, they are also last year's Super Bowl Champions. The Bucs came to town to spoil our opening of the Linc and they succeeded. They left town laughing all the way back to Florida. They must also think that repeating should be theirs for the taking. Though eight months apart, the last game at the Vet and the first game at the Linc (alias, Lincoln Financial Field) produced the same pathetic results with the Eagles on losing end in both games. At least last year, the Eagles came out and played well scoring 10 points. They just simply withered away in last year's NFC Championship game. Anyway, the results were both the same. As Chad Lewis stated, "We've got the loudest crowd in the NFL, a great new stadium. To come out here and not score any points in our own place on opening day on Monday Night Football, that's extremely disappointing." The final score read 17-0, but it really felt like 49-0.

What made the loss feel even worse was not what the Bucs winning the first ever-real game in Lincoln financial field, but all the injuries sustained by the Eagles during the game. All-Pro Brian Dawkins suffered a serious foot injury and may miss some significant time. Bobby Taylor left the second quarter also with a foot injury. Later on, Brandon Whiting left during the third quarter with what is being called right hamstring spasms. The Eagles had already lost both rookie defensive linemen drafted out of the University of Miami (FL). Now this! Now back to the action. Donovan McNabb looked very average again as he looked to revenge last year's NFC Title match against the Bucs. Well, he started the game completing only 1 of 7 passes for 1 yard. With less than 2 minutes in the game, he still only had 90 total yards throwing the ball. Pretty pathetic? He finished the first half with 50 yards passing on a 9-for-20 effort. His final stays read: 16-for-36 and 148 yards, 1 INT 1 fumble lost and 3 sacks. Tampa added the whip cram and cherry on top halfway through the fourth quarter when Brad Johnson completed a pass to DT Warren Sapp, who rumbled for 14 yards and a big first down. His catch was longer than any of the receivers on the Eagles. It was also his first career reception in the NFL. His catch set up the last touchdown which completed the Bucs scoring and a 17-0 win.

Remember last year when Joe Jurevicius caught that short pass and ran it a long way downfield to setup the Bucs first TD in the NFC Championship? Well, this game, he scored both of Tampa's TD's. First, a 13-yarder in the second quarter and then he had a 7-yarder while tiptoeing along the sideline in the fourth quarter. The Eagles had a chance to go up early with a short FG by David Akers. Except, Andy Reid called for the fake field goal and Koy Detmer passed the ball to rookie LJ Smith. The ball fell harmlessly to the ground off his fingertips. After that, it was all Tampa bay. Brad Johnson led the way, completing 27 of 36 passes for 238 yards and 2 very important touchdowns. The only bright spot was the Eagles' rush defense. They held Michael Pittman to 35 yards on the ground on 8 carries and Michael Alstott to 23 yards on 12 carries. But Philadelphia only gained 121 yards and if you subtract James Thrash's 47-yard run and McNabb's 55 yards on 5 scrambles, the Eagles only rushed for a total of 18 yards. What! Yes, 18 lousy yards by every running back combined!! That really sucks!!! There is nothing more to say.