This is from a reply I made to a comment on my last post by jhfurnish:

That game was proof-positive that the Eagles can go places without Donovan McNabb.

This is what I'm hearing from the typical Philadelphia fan. "Feely should be the starter!" What people fail to realize is that when the game was on the line, Feely threw two interceptions that directly resulted in the loss. Whether it was 28-24 or 63-3, The Pats Still Won, except in this case, with 19 seconds left, The Eagles Still Had A Chance To Win And Their Quarterback Fucked The Dog. I don't see that as "going places," and I'm willing to bet that had everything else gone the way it had (the Eagles having a lights-out game and the Pats having their worst game of the year), with Donovan as the starter, the Eagles would have won.

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Feely is a backup. He had 3 good quarters. He's a good backup. But, in the end, when you're facing the best team in the league, he proved why he's a backup and not a starter.

I'll give the exceedingly rare props to Andy Reid. This was a well-planned and well-executed game. Every member of that team played their hearts out. People you've never heard of stepped up and made plays they might not be physically capable of.

Too bad there are no moral victories in the NFL. When the clock hit 0:00 last night, the Eagles were 5-6 and the Pats were still unbeaten. Like I said about last week's win over the Dolphins:

"It wasn't pretty, but it's a win, and I'll take it." I'm sure every Pats fan out there will agree with me.

-pb