Sep 29th 2008 12:03AM by Enrico Campitelli (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, Eagles, NFC East
In an absolutely ugly game from both teams involved, the Bears were able to stop the Eagles on four straight plays inside the five yard line to seal the upset. Andy Reid’s decision to go for it on fourth and one while trailing by four points with under four minutes to play will clearly be the talk of the town in Philadelphia tomorrow.
I totally agree with Reid’s decision to go four it on fourth down in that situation. If they plug it in there, the Bears are on their heals and the Eagles defense looked great in the second half.
Where I completely disagree was the play calling decision to run it four times in a row with a backfield sans Brian Westbrook. Seriously, if you’re going to call four straight running plays, one of which was at the most six inches, why not use the biggest back you have — Donovan McNabb.Continue Reading
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