Who is this guy, Lofa Tatupu? How do you even pronounce that name? Tatupu did nothing spectacular except stand in the passing lane of AJ Feeley and intercepted him three times. That’s right, three times! He didn’t even have to move to catch two of them. They just happened to hit him between the numbers. My 11-year old daughter could have caught those passes. Though, you must ask, what was Feeley looking at? Feeley in his second start (3rd game this season) looked the part of a college QB trying to compete on the professional level this afternoon. He completed just 45.2% of his passes, completing 19-of-42 for 220 yards. He threw 1 TD and was intercepted 4 times and had a lowly 30.0 QB rating. You don’t win many games, turning the ball over the way he did. He looked lost at times. He was sacked just once all game. He wasn’t constantly pressured either. So how did this all happen? You can blame the weather, the Seahawks familiarity of the Eagles offense or maybe the fact that Feeley just isn’t that good. Better get Donovan McNabb back in there next week. Lastly, it now really looks as though the playoff hunt for this team got thrown in the waste bucket.

In the end, even with all those turnovers and an ineffective offense throughout the game and the entire second half, the Eagles had one last chance to win this game. With just 1:16 left in the game and the Eagles still trailing 28-24, Brian Westbrook went back for a punt return after the Eagles defense held Seattle once again. As most of the games this season, Westbrook was almost half the Eagles offense, pounding out 93 rushing yards on 21 carries and added another 46 yards on 7 receptions. So Westbrook took the punt, made a few moves around the Seattle special team defenders and headed towards the endzone along the left sidelines. He followed his blockers, and if not for a nice play by the special teamers, they forced the running back out-of-bounds at the Seattle 14-yard line. The Eagles were all setup to win the game, except Feeley found the wrong man open on that last faithful pass play. Tatupu intercepted the ball and all Seattle had to do was kneel down a couple of times. Game. Set. Match!! The Eagles fell to 5-7, while the Seahawks improved to 8-4.

Even early on, the mistakes kept coming as Feeley was intercepted just a minute into the game and the Seahawks were in business at the Eagles 18-yard line. Seattle made it look easy as their star running back Shaun Alexander played in his first game in weeks, rushed for 16 yards on 2nd down and then scored from 2-yards out. The Eagles for the most part, held Alexander in check, limiting him to only 65 yards on 20 carries. But his backup in Maurice Morris won the game for Seattle on his45-yard TD run as he broke through the secondary and outraced both Eagles’ safeties to give the Seahawks a 28-24 lead that they would hold onto for the win. What kills you is that just 1:26 before; it was a 29-yard run by Brain Westbrook that finally gave the Eagles their first lead of the game. The TD was setup by a Trent Cole fumble recovery after the Seahawks wideout Bobby Engram fumbled after catching a pass. The Eagles had plenty of chances in this game, but always seemed not fast enough to take advantage. Now it appears that the season may be coming to a close. Next up are those New York Giants, whose defense tore up the Eagles last time with 12 sacks on Donovan McNabb. It will be the Eagles “Last Stand” for the Eagles and McNabb before they face the Dallas Cowboys the following week.