The play that was called next, on second down, apparently by a sideline coach, either Marty Morningweg or Andy Reid, was a double play-action pass.
Now, granted, play action is supposed to freeze the linebackers and have them bite on the run. Nobody in the stadium believes you are going to run. Kolb dropped back about seven yards, attempting to hit wide receiver Reggie Brown, when Ravens defender Ed Reed stepped in front of him and returned the intercepted ball yards to put the Ravens up, following the extra point, Now most Eagles fans I have talked to and radio hosts I heard have given up on the season, even though the Eagles stand at The Eagles were in a similar situation a few years ago, and lead by quarterback Jeff Garcia, made the playoffs.
This year is different; they are in last place and all the team in front of them lead them by at least two games and all have beaten them once. Why, ? For what? Watters had short armed, aka alligator armed a pass over the middle, sacrificing a short gain for not getting clobbered by the defensive player after catching the ball. As most Philly fans know, selfishness does not play well in this town.
The Eagles lost to the Chicago Bears , , an NFC Division playoff game, that featured increasingly foggy conditions as the game progressed. This year, with the team in financial ruins and a season under Head Coach Joe Kuharich the aforementioned chant was heard all season long in Franklin Field. Kuharich was fired after the season, while Jerry Williams was named head coach, and owner Jerry Wolman sold the team to trucking executive Leonard Tose.
Tose would turn out to be no picnic himself after a few years, but that is another story for another day. The game was essentially over after the Giants took the opening kickoff. Ron Dixon took the ball at his own three-yard line and took the kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. Bryan kicks the soul of the Eagles. With time expiring, Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Matt Bryant made an improbable yard field goal to give the Bucs a win during a regular season game.
I was at work and me and another co-worker and Eagles fan felt if someone had delivered a swift kick to our guts. Ouch, this one hurts. The Eagles, who lost the St. Louis Rams the year before in the championship round, lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, The key play?
Down with time growing short, McNabb was intercepted by Ronde Barber, who returned the interception for a pick six, traveling 95 yards to the Eagles' end zone with a disheartened McNabb trying to catch him, and the Eagles last grasp. They pelted Olivo with snowballs, in what might be the most infamous incident outside of bottlegate for any fanbase in the NFL. This and batteries tend to be what Eagles fans are the most remembered for in general, fairly or unfairly.
Olivo seems to have taken the incident in stride. If you're an opposing mascot or superfan, don't go to Philadelphia.
No matter what you think about Zema Williams or Chief Zee , the Redskins ' controversial unofficial mascot starting in , he didn't deserve to get beat up for being a fan.
But, in , that's exactly what happened. Chief Zee went to Veterans Stadium in a game that the Eagles lost by 10 points. He responded by taunting the Eagles' fans. They didn't take kindly to that. During the game, Williams was attacked in the stands. His clothes were torn and the feathers that he wore in his headdress were ripped out and tossed. In the parking lot, however, things escalated. Williams was attacked by four people -- the same two from the stands and another two -- and assaulted.
They broke his leg and Williams was wheelchair bound for the year. Williams tried to go back to Veterans Field the year after that, but after a woman threw a beer at his face, he didn't return. The moral of the story? Don't start a fan war in Philadelphia in the fall, I guess. Being a superfan is fine, but going into hostile territory and antagonizing a very angry, very drunk fan base won't always go well. None of this is to say that it's Williams' fault he was assaulted, mind you, but given the reputation that Eagles fans have, extreme caution should be exercised around them.
The marketing for this game would not have flown today. There were wanted posters with bounty amounts for the Eagles vs. Say what you will about the Eagles fans, they're equal-opportunity haters. This was in a game that the Eagles were winning The bad blood, of course, stemmed from Bounty Bowl I.
Ryan, of course, denied the allegation, making light of Johnson's comments. Verne Lundquist's dry humor makes this clip, with him saying, "I gotta tell you what a joy it is to come to Philadelphia and stand here and dodge ice balls -- not snowballs -- but ice balls about 25 of which have been thrown into the booth in the last three minutes. This is really fun.
Lundquist added to his partner in the booth, Terry Bradshaw, that "I had an abscessed tooth and had a dental appointment last Monday that didn't last this long. Official Al Jury was knocked down when he was assaulted by snowballs, so he likely shares Lundquist's opinion. The Wikipedia page for this event is a treat. The Eagles' Jerome Brown was pelted by his own fans when he asked them to stop, and it later came out that a future Pennsylvania governor -- Edward Rendell -- was involved in the incident.
You know the hush that falls over a stadium when a player is lying still on the field? Well, that wasn't the case when Michael Irvin sustained an injury in a game that left him motionless against the Eagles. Irvin wasn't moving on the field, and it was later discovered that he had, in fact, suffered the spinal injury that would effectively end his career. Eagles players talked to the fans and asked them to quiet down, but fans didn't oblige.
The video goes on for an eternity, and there are two notable spikes in noise: When Irvin initially stays down, and when the stretcher comes onto the field. It isn't uncommon for fans to cheer for a thumbs up or even a motionless player being carted off. But the fans' reaction to Irvin here was always seen as ill-mannered and almost excited. It's one of the uglier fan reactions to a player injury, and for such a promising if tumultuous career to be cut short in this manner is tough to watch.
Irvin was no saint, but no player should get cheered for injuring their spine. Keep in mind, that hatchet is apparently buried. Irvin is actually cheering for the Eagles in Super Bowl LII, in one of the craziest plot twists this year although that may just be to keep the Cowboys tied with the Patriots in rings. When he took the job as head coach, former Eagles quarterback Doug Pederson said that he'd be fine, because it couldn't possibly be as bad as his playing days when fans hurled batteries at him.
I was spit at. Beer thrown at him. But hey, listen, whatever. Whatever, indeed. Everything is coming up Doug now. Philadelphia is a tough market. The media is ruthless, the fans expect success, and the players are hungry.
You have to succeed if you're going to hang around. Luckily for Pederson, he's been able to do so. But for a new head coach to say that his new stint with the team will be fine because it can't be as the bad as the last one is a less-than-ringing endorsement. We should all thank our lucky stars Pederson got this job, though. Just imagine the angst if the Eagles had gone that route. Imagine working toward a moment your entire life. You've paid your dues, you had an illustrious college career, and the second it all culminates -- the moment everything comes to fruition -- you get booed by a bunch of know-nothing fans that just wanted a running back.
So it went when Donovan McNabb was taken second overall after No. It's not like he did much in his career. He only went on to break franchise records in completions, yards and touchdowns and lead the Eagles to perhaps the best stretch in the franchise's history.
The player drafted after McNabb was Akili Smith. A lot of players in that draft had undoubtedly great careers. Edgerrin James No. But none of them could have done for the Eagles franchise what McNabb did, even if he did make only one Super Bowl in what felt like a dominant Philadelphia stretch. McNabb is now remembered as one of the best Eagles all-time, and his return to Philadelphia was a lot more well-received.
For whatever reason, burning jerseys has become a tradition for spurned fans and money wasters. They responded to the trade by lighting Jackson's jersey on fire -- in a move over which he had no control whatsoever. In what I'm dubbing the "Reverse McNabb," Eagles fans decided to completely ignore the fact that Jackson was fourth in franchise history in receiving yards, eighth in receptions and ninth in touchdowns -- and instead elected to ruthlessly shame a man that didn't choose his fate.
Don't throw food at players. Just don't.
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