"From Bad To Worse" sums up the game as best as anything I have read. That was what the Bucks County Courier Times had written as their headline in Monday's newspaper after another disastrous loss against the New England Patriots. It was also another ugly loss versus an AFC team. The Eagles are now 1-4 in their last 5 games versus the AFC with their only victory over the expansion Houston Texans last year. The defense ravaged by injuries fought hard during the first half. The second half, the defense had no more fight and the Patriots breezed to a 31-10 win. The only bright spots for the Eagles came again with David Akers and the Eagles rush defense. Akers kicked a 57-yard FG with 10:48 left in the game. It was the second longest FG in Eagles history. The Eagles defense once again stopped all rushing in its tracks, allowing only 62 total yards on the ground. The bye week could not have come at a better time. But their next opponent is the 2-0 Buffalo Bills, who walloped both these same Patriots and the Jacksonville Jaguars by a combined 69-17 points. The Eagles on the other hand, have been outscored 48-10 and are now 0-2 on the season.

How could this happen you say? Well 6 turnovers to start is one. Another excuse could be all the injuries on defense that they have suffered. Philadelphia has already lost Derrick Burgess and Jamaal Green to season ending injuries. Both Jerome McDougle and Brandon Whiting are hurt, while Paul Grasmanis tore his Achilles tendon yesterday and is also out for the rest of the season. That is just the defensive line. Bobby Taylor and Brian Dawkins are out from the secondary. Along with all those injuries and a 0-6 turnover ration in this game spell disaster and that's what happened. On offense, McNabb was also a disaster. He finished the day passing 46 times. He only completed 18 total passes, a 39% completion rate. He also had 2 interceptions and another fumble. What is wrong with McNabb? Just like the Phillies starting pitchers: Randy Wolf, Brett Myers and Kevin Millwood, McNabb is one major slump. If he does not get his act together soon, there will be no season to salvage. Donovan McNabb personally turned over the ball 3 times himself, which directly led to 14 points. Most teams lose when that happens and that is exactly what happened to the Philadelphia Eagles.

New England took an early3-0 lead on Adam Vinatieri's 27-yard FG with 1:10 left in the first. At the start of the second quarter, McNabb connected on a 21-yard pass to Correll Buckhalter who took the ball down to the Pats 11-yard line. Duce Staley pushed the Eagles into lead with a 2-yard TD run. Then New England went on to score 21 straight points before Akers kicked that long 57-yard FG in the fourth quarter. But by then, it was already too late. Along with the 6 turnovers, the offense also allowed 7 sacks and committed 7 penalties. The eagles are now 0-2 for the first time since 1999. The only saving grace so far this season is they still have 14 games left starting in two weeks. After the Buffalo game, they will host the Redskins at Lincoln Financial field. Let's hope McNabb and the offense get their act together and start scoring some more points. If they don't, it could very be a very long season of losing. There is lot's of time left and as we know from experience, Andy Reid always finds a way to rally the troops after bad losses and he has a pretty good record coming off the bye week. We shall see.