I have no metric to really quantify how bad the Philadelphia Eagles defense has looked this season other than "a couple dozen."
I have slammed my head into a flat surface "a couple dozen" times since this season began, watching missed tackle after missed tackle, carving "WEAPON X. 1996-2008" into my arm.
Oh my God. What a great Philadelphia Eagle. Look how he runs up to players on the opposing team and knocks them down! I feel like that is such a sound defensive philosophy. Hit dudes!
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday.
Inclement weather postponed Game 6 of the World Series, but Rangers manager Ron Washington says he won't use starter Derek Holland on full rest even if the series goes to a seventh game. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was happy to hear the news, and now plans to call Holland on the bullpen phone and have him pitch the eighth inning tomorrow night.
To paraphrase the great Russian novelist and 46 defense pioneer Budski Ryanovich: All good football teams are alike; all bad football teams are bad in their own way. This is particularly applicable to the Philadelphia Eagles, who take a 1-4 record to Washington on Sunday in an NFC East clash with the Redskins. I don't think I've ever seen a football team be bad in quite the way the Eagles are.
