The Eagles Defense Is Not 48 Points Bad

The defense did give up a bunch of bad plays, but lets really look at some of the things that were the bigger problem.

1. Kolb threw a pick 6. The game was already over, but that obviously is not the defenses fault.

2. Fumbled Kick Off. Saints get the ball at their own 20. You cant be mad at the defense for not keeping the number 1 offense in the NFL out of the endzone when they get the ball at their own 20.

3. Terrible Kolb INT to the LB Shanle. Even high school QBs know not to make that throw. That was just awful. Now the defense is once again put in a terrible position, and you can't be so mad at them given that short of a field.

4. TD b4 the half. Kevin Kolb throws BEHIND DeSean Jackson on a critical 3rd down backed up, and this was HUUUGEE. Now we have to punt to Reggie Bush, and of course Sav Rocca gets off a bad punt. Then comes the BULL ISH non facemask call that everybody in the world but the refs saw. Aikman even shows the replay and circles the clear foul. This was a 29 yard gain!!!!!!!!! The next play Brees just found a 1-on-1 with Colston on Hanson, and made the perfect throw. It wasn't like Colston got wide open like his first td, this was pretty good coverage, but just a much better throw. Brees is great, and it's hard to stop that.

So that is 28 points that really the defense can't be blamed for in my opinion.

The first drive of the game the defense got ripped apart, and Mikell gave up that TD to Colston at the end of it. That was awful. Then the Bush TD Mikell also was responsible. He was going to fill that gap, and tackle Bush, but just missed the tackle, and Sheldon had no shot with all that field to get Bush. This was a long drive were the Eagles defense looked bad, but they were already out of it by this point anyways.


Fumbled kickoff, Kolb's Ints, and the special teams made the defense look much worse than they actually are. They are not a 48 points bad defense. With McNabb starting + better special teams, the Eagles can beat the Saints.