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So... instead of Atlanta having a chance to get one last drive in, a bad call when we were only down by 6 at the time, so get your facts straight. Adam Jennings was going to recover a punt, decided he couldn't catch it, and backed away from it. Ref said it was a muffed punt and PHI ball. Replay shows that he never touched the damn ball, so it should be ATL ball. But since Smith was calling timeouts before PHI punted, we couldn't challenge, and thus, a bad call stood. Watch the replay's and tell me that is a Muffed Punt. True, there's no guarentee Atlanta wins that game by scoring a game-winning drive, but hell, they had a shot to do it, and getting hit by the refs, not allowing them even a CHANCE to do it, really pisses me off, so naturally, I'm angry. And although Ryan through 2 INT's, he did throw 2 TD's and what, around 270 yds? Its not like he couldn't move the ball at all. And since the only clockstopper left was the 2 mintue warning, there was no way Atlanta was going to get the ball after that, Westbrook just happened to score. So you know what? Get your goddamn facts straight before just saying cause they lost by 2 scores that the refs didn't play a factor. And Philly's defense really wasn't the problem, it was Brian Westbrook >_

He had 2 INTs, no time outs left to challenge. It was not a muffed punt. And you can just as well say they had other chances to win, being as that drive was no different. As much as in every case you can say the refs blew it, you can say it was the other team's to loose. And then they would have quite possibly given the ball back to the Eagles. And considering I do not think the era of 45-50 yard game winnign field goals is NOT over for David Akers, he may well have made the game winning kick. And if their defense could stop Westbrook, with 2 broken ribs, they would not have needed to do that. I said the same thing when the Chargers got robbed by Hoculi. At the end of the day, it's YOUR fault for not not taking advantage of chances either way.

Btw, McNabb also had 253 yards, and NO interceptions. He was sacked twice for 13 yards and fumbled once with a 78.1 QB rating and a rushing TD. Matt Ryan had 277 yards, 2 interceptions, and a 68 QB rating, while being sacked twice as well for 19 yards lost. So McNabb did slightly better with less passing yards, but had 25 rushing yards and a touch down with only one turnover. His completions also averaged just over a yard more than Ryan's. Atlanta had chances and blew it. Now personally, part of that is on the coach for nto having enough timeout's left to challenge the play. But Coulda Should Woulda doesn't count, only what happened.

Now then. I thought the Lions would fight the Redskins tough, at least enough to stop the Skins from beating the point spread (it was 12.5 for reference based on sheets I made Thursday before the games). But nope... I think the Bengals at least have one win in them. They play Kansas City and Baltimore, which are out classed by bad college teams. The Lions have no creampuffs left. I am not sold on the Titans. They have played a bunch of nobodies. The Colts suck this year. The only teams on their schedule that have a remote shot are Pittsburgh and maybe Jacksonville or Chicago. Otherwise, they have a super easy schedule. The Giant's also had a week schedule, but now it is getting good. They play the Eagles, and Dallas twice, and the Redskins once before the season is up. I predict they will split the season series with Dallas, trip over the Redskins, and get smacked twice by the Eagles. Their win over Pittsburgh was also not an overwhelming one.