Time To Blame The Players

Let's put all the blame on Andy Reid.  The 21 turnovers on the season, the countless missed tackles, the dropped passes, the missed field goals, the blown defensive coverages, the 4th quarter let downs, let's just blame Andy Reid for all of that.

I know the importance of the head coach position in the NFL.  And in Andy Reid's case, he is almost like the GM so he understandably gets a lot of the blame because at the end of the day he is the man in charge.  But after Sunday's pathetic loss to the Cardinals, I'm pinning the blame solely on the players.

Very simply the players aren't executing.  Against Arizona, the Eagles had costly turnovers, missed throws, blown coverages, and a mighty surplus of dropped passes.  Let's blame Big Red for Steve Smith taking a knee as he went for the first down.  Let's blame Mornihweg for Vick throwing the ball right to a Cardinal defensive lineman as the Eagles were threatening to score.  The coaches can only do so much and the players aren't stepping up.

Blame it on the lack of off season preparation or lack of chemistry, but after yesterday's loss you can't blame the coaching staff.  The players have to do a better job of just making plays.  Vick needs to do a better job of orchestrating the offense.  He forced way too many throws, and at times would have been better off if he had just tucked the ball and ran.

I will say that the 14 rushing attempts, especially in a game without your star reciever Desean Jackson, is extremely weak.  McCoy had 81 yards on just 14 attempts, and the Eagles should have gone to him a lot more.

But again I'm blaming players like Vick for making bad decisions.  I'm blaming Steve Smith for an awful effort.  I'm also blaming the Eagles secondary for getting lazy against Fitz.  For three quarters they held Fitz to 3 catches for 67 yards and a touchdown.  But in the fourth quarter Fitzgerald exploded for 5 catches 94 yards and a touchdown. What happened in the fourth quarter?  Did Castillo stop the coverage schemes that he had been calling earlier in the game?  Nope, the players didn't execute it's that simple.

I know that Big Red is going to get a lot of criticism.  He's been here for 13 years and has no ring to show for it.  But this season, these guys aren't executing.  Try pinning the blame on guys like Mike Vick, and Jeremy Maclin who as of right now aren't getting it done on the field.