NFL

Well the Eagles got their first loss of the season. And it was a tough one to lose. The bears gave them a chance to win the game. The Eagles were able to get over 300 yards and they held the Bears under 300 yards. Everything stat wise said they should of won the game. But McNabb just couldn't do anything with out his number one guy T.O. with Owens being out for today's game McNabb needed someone to step up and be the guy to help him. He tried to make Westbrook the guy but he had a struggle to get open and run. He ran the ball 9 times and only got himself 49 yards rushing. The running game was getting shut down all day. Westbrook had such a hard time getting though the line. Going the air wasnt any better.  He had 6 receptions for 24 yards. McNabb couldn't find good passes to him all day. He would pass it to him and there was a herd of Bears there. Westbrook had no chance of breaking free all day. McNabb's receivers combined for only a total of 12 catches. Owen's has had games were he caught that many in a game. Pinkston was the only one who did really anything for McNabb. He wasnt   catching everything. He had some misses. He only had 4 receptions but he was able to get 95 yards receiving and manage to get himself a touchdown. But other than Pinkston no one stepped up. Mitchell the guy we all thought who would of taken advantage of the chance to be a number 2 guy. He just didn't show up. He also had 4 receptions but he only got 48 yards. He was not able to break away from the Bears secondary.  Morey is another guy who just didn't do much. Both him and Mitchell had a great chance to step up and show what they had. But neither of them did anything. They failed to show up and we know why they are 3rd and 4th string. Morey had 2 receptions for 31 yards. 79 yards combined between both of them isn't going to do it. Pinkston had 95 alone. And I'm sure Owen's would of had a 100 yard game, and they only got 79 yards total between them both. That is not going to cut it guys. I would like to say it was the defense who let the team down, but they did everything they could to give the team a chance. They held the Bears to 269 total yards. They held Grossman to just 93 yards passing. They shut down their receivers. That secondary was on point today. Brian Dawkins led the team by getting himself the only turnover by getting a great pick. He also was able to get 3 tackles on the day. Lewis lead the team with 5 tackles on the day. He was all over the field shut down the wide outs and keeping them from going anywhere. Brown, Wayne, and Simoneau all had 4 tackles. You weren't getting through these Linebackers today. Simoneau was as able to get to Grossman and take him down for a sack. He wasn't the only guy that was able to get to Grossman today. Javon Kearse, Sheppard, and rookie McDougle were all able to get a sack. Sheppard and McDougle only had half a sack, but it was still a sack. Where the defense failed was the run defense. They allowed the Bears backs 176 yards rushing. Anthony Thomas had 90% of those yards alone. They just had a hard time keeping him at bay. If he wanted to break a big run he wasn't going to be stopped by the Eagles. It was just a off day for the whole team. A team who gets into the redzone often was in the redzone just once. Once for the whole game. That is the first time this season they only got to the redzone once. Then it didn't help that when they got close enough David Akers couldnt nail a field goal. He missed both of his kicks wide right. The wind was strong but he was having a hard time kicking in the wind. I'm glad he was able to kick the extra point ok. And with them getting the only turnover for the game it's a shame they couldn't turn that into points. Next week they host the Panthers which should be good for them. They will be home and they will get Owens back as well. Which they will need him for next week.

Jack Del Rio-"it was a tough game. Tennessee is a tough team and they are good. We made some nice plays against them but we just didn't finish. The team gets it and they understand. We all know it was a game we could of won. We will go back to work and watch film fix what we did and keep improving on what we did good against them. I saw a lot of good things from our team. Fred played great and our rookie Reggie had a great game. We keep playing at that level we are unstoppable."

 Jeff Fisher-"we had a good game. Jacksonville gave us a good game and luckily we we're able to win the game. Steve and Eddie played great and because of their game play we were able to get that win. It's nice to be in second right now but that is not our goal. We need to be where the Colts are right now,but when you have the regining MVP it makes it hard. We just have to cut back on our mistakes and just keep our eyes on the prize.

Drew Bledsoe-"I will be honest I always enjoy playing the Patriots. No real reason they are the champions and it's always nice to play the champs and beat them."
Reporter-"do you have hard feelings towards Bill and Tom?"
Drew Bledsoe-"no I don't have any hard feelings towards them. They made a business move I get it plus it wasn't them who did it, it was the GM and I have nothing be respect for them for giving me the chance to play in the NFL and be the player I am now. "

Bill Belichick-"we didn't play this week so not much to talk about. We are going to go to work and getting ready for Buffalo."