‘Tis the 20th night before Christmas as the Eagles celebrated the retirement of the greatest defensive lineman in NFL history. That man was the late great “Reggie White.” On a cold, wintry night in South Philly, the Eagles lost 42-0 and all hope of returning to the playoffs has now unofficially ended. On a night with many of Reggie White’s old teammates and his old coach, Buddy Ryan there to celebrate his #92 forever, the Eagles put on a performance for the ages. This is as ugly as it gets. Is that Reggie rolling over in his grave puking his guts up? We stayed around until about 7 minutes gone in the third quarter. The Eagles should give a refund to everyone in attendance for this sorry excuse of a NFL game.

It all started with an apparent interception by Quintin Mikell in the end zone after Matt Hasselback led the Seattle Seahawks on a long opening drive, which stalled at the Eagles 6-yard line. A bad penalty for illegal contact was called on Trotter (one of many bad calls that went against the Eagles). New life and on 3rd and now 11, the Seattle QB had over 8 seconds to find a wide open Bobby Engram in the end zone. Only 8:10 of the clock had expired so far, but it was already the beginning of the end. And the end came very quickly on this cold, snowy night. On the Eagles first possession, Mike McMahon drove the Eagles nicely for over 30 yards and 3 first downs. On play 9, McMahon tried to force a pass to Greg Lewis, but Andre Dyson outfought Lewis for the ball and proceeded to out run everybody for a 72-yard TD return. Then just minutes later, McMahon threw another ill-advised pass to L.J. Smith, who never really had a chance in hell to catch the ball. Lofa Tatupu intercepted the pass and scored from 38 yards out to make the score 21-0; and the fans booed!!

This night was supposed to be remembered as #92 night. What happened next will add to make this one of the most unbearable games in Eagles team history ever. After another sloppy possession with McMahon at QB, Andy Reid gave him the hook to the total delight of the crowd. In came Koy Detmer and 2 Eagles plays and 1 Seahawks play later, it was 28-0 on another INT. This time, it was Michael Boulware, who was tackled on the 2-yard line. And finally just before the half, Seattle made the score 35-0 as Stephen Alexander did most of the work as he scored another rushing TD. It also tied the Eagles longest halftime deficits in their history. Seattle piled up a measly 151 total yards, but had 35 points. Last year, when the Eagles were destroying the Green Bay Packers 35-3 at the half, they had 295 total yards. In reality the score should read: Eagles Offense (minus 21) to Eagles Defense 14. The offense was not done gift-wrapping another TD on the very first play of the second half. This time it was not a QB bumble, but a Ryan Moats careless fumble that Andre Dyson picked up and returned it for 25 yards and another TD. Seattle now had a dominating 42-0 lead.

How the hell do you simply give 28 points away in the manor that the Philadelphia Eagles offense did last night. I’ve seen points on turnovers before, but 28 points on returns alone (OK 21), but the other one ended on the 2-yard line where my dead grandmother could score. Not only was this ridiculous, it was totally embarrassing. It was the whitewash of all whitewashes. A snow job or simply put, the Eagles were SNOWBALLED! McMahon is now in good company as the last Eagles QB to have 2 INT’s returned for touchdowns were Norm Snead way back in 1966. I was only 2 years old then. What more can be said or can write; nothing. But I will post a few more embarrassing stats below in time. And to think I thought the Eagles were going to win this week and then I would be allowed to buy a ticket against the Giants next week. Ah-ha!!!?