Why didn’t the Eagles have an adjustment to the stratagy by the Cowboys to take away DeSean Jackson?
Anybody with any sense had to know that the Cowboys were going to try to take him away. The guy has lit up nearly everybody the Eagles have played so they should have expected Dallas to make this type of adjustment.
They should have put him in motion and shifted him around in the formations.
The Cowboys had cornerback Terrence Newman chase him all over the field and they rolled his side to make sure they had someone guarding against him going deep.
Going into the game they should have planned to move him around and still get the ball to him.
They were throwing the ball to Jeremy Maclin far too much. It doesn’t make sense to be allowing an opponent to take away your number one weapon.
Maclin is a rookie and made some big mistakes on both of the interceptions. He let the first interception go right through his hands.
On the second interception, he didn’t get his head around to play the ball in the air. These were both costly rookie mistakes.
Why is it that the very best teams in the NFL refuse to allow opponents to force them to abandon their most explosive weapons?
Foolishly the Eagles let Dallas take Jackson out of the game and the Birds don’t counter with a well thought out strategy.
I don’t like Donovan McNabb talking about throwing the ball to everybody and spreading the ball around. This is foolish and it plays into the hands of the defense.
I think you should try to get the ball to your best players first and foremost.
Jackson is a game breaker and they let the Cowboys take him out of the game plan. This is not a good thing for the Birds.
