Midnight Reflections

I'm with Jimmy Johhnson - what the heck is the sense in not going for it on 4th and 15? If you get the hold you are hoping for, it is, at worst, a 30-24 game and you have to score a TD. If you get the hold, it might be 27-24. But when you kick it away, with a tired defense that can't stop the run, you are taking a huge risk of not seeing the ball again.

Andy Reid's clock management has been atrocious for his entire tenure. It has never improved, and when McNabb assumes control again next year, the QB will be as bad as the coach in this area. He did it in the Super Bowl, when he huddled as the 4th quarter disappeared. He seems to have no sense of what to do when the clock is not your ally. So once again, his obtuseness when it comes to the clock was a season killer.

Jeff Garcia has left his imprint on this team; I have zero expectation that he will be back. He is too valuable to a team that is close to be a winner (Chicago?) not to turn up as a starter next year. We will be back with Donovan, who seems to impart a fragile ego to the team. Andy will get back to overdependence on McNabb's skills. I hope I am wrong, but that's how I see it going next year. No joy in Philly until, at a minimum, next October, but don't get too excited about that either. Go Predators! (Unfortunately, there is a lot of talk about attendance issues here, so I don't want them to go as in out-of-town, but as in win.)