Yes indeed, what was that crap we were forced to watch. It was a JV game starring the Eagle backups against a not-so-good Cincinnati Bengals. Even for backups, this really stunk. The lowly Bengals came in here and won the lousy game, 38-10. They had nothing to look forward to next week other than where is their family going to on vacation. Both Koy Detmer and Jeff Blake completely stunk up the Linc. Both threw interceptions and received a round of boos. I felt sorry for the fans that had to sit there at Lincoln Financial Field and watched this-this whatever you want to call it game. How about all those suckers who paid $200, $300 or even more per ticket on eBay. Too bad! I’m sure glad I went to the Dallas game with my son instead of these last two games. I am also relieved that I didn’t travel to St. Louis or had tickets to “Fan Appreciation” day as the Eagles tried to pass the last game off as. Everyone in attendance should have been given a partial refund of some kind!

I actually started to think that the Eagles would come back in the second half when Detmer led the team downfield trailing 17-3. On first-and-goal from the 8-yard line, Detmer attempted the fade pass in the corner of the end zone to Greg Lewis. He didn’t get enough air on the ball and Deltha O’Neal intercepted it. After Cincinnati went three-and-out, Blake replaced Detmer to a chorus of cheers. It did not last long as he was booed on the first play when he tried to throw a pass over the middle. The ball was caught by defensive end Robert Geathers, who ran it in from 36 yards for a 24-3 lead. And to top it off on the ensuing kickoff, Dexter Wynn slipped and the ball slipped from his hands and the fumble was converted into another touchdown to make it 31-3. Freddie Mitchell would later add the only Eagles touchdown of the day after he caught a nice 3-yard pass from Blake to finish the games scoring at 38-10. Mitchell had a career day with 6 receptions for 76 yards and his second TD of the season.

Yesterday, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Buffalo Bills with a bunch of nobody’s. They even played a QB named Brian St. Pierre. They beat a desperate team, who needed to win just to make the playoffs. Cincinnati had nothing to play for and we still lost ugly. Just look at the QB stats: Detmer completed 17 of 31 passes for 202 yards, but had 3 turnovers (2 INT’s and 1 fumble) and no touchdowns. Blake completed 14 of 23 passes for only 83 yards with 1 TD and a very costly INT. Twenty-four points directly attributed to those 5 turnovers that Eagles gave away. Even for 2 backup quarterbacks, that is astounding. The Eagles may have to rethink the backup position in the off-season. But for now, that is what we have to deal with, especially if McNabb should get hurt in the playoffs. We hopefully won’t have to test those waters. OK, let’s get ready for the only games that matter on both January 16th and the 23rd. Win those two games and nobody will remember these last two weeks.