My Dream Headline: Eagles Fire Andy Reid

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Every Philadelphia Eagles fan should be so lucky to wake up Monday morning and read the above headline in their local paper following the Eagles 31-23 loss to the San Diego Chargers.

I sincerely apologize to any Eagles fans that read this and got their hopes up. Similar to Andy Reid, I thought I too should get your hopes up only to dash them and leave you feeling like you got punched in the gut.

The idea of firing a head coach in the middle of the NFL season is terrible. It is even worse when you consider the coach being fired is in the midst of competing for a playoff berth and a division title.

Do you want to hear another terrible idea?

How about you do the following during an NFL game: Turn touchdowns into field goals, establish a predictable offense, run out of timeouts, not use your time wisely and not understand when a two-point conversion is warranted.

Sounds like someone had a bad game. Let’s be honest though, you can't get fired for such offenses.

In the case of Andy Reid not only can you get fired for this, you should be fired for this.

Immediately.

Reid finds a way to botch one of the aforementioned issues each week. The beauty of the game in San Diego is that it all happened in the same game and they all contributed to the Eagles loss.

So let's start at the beginning of this hot mess and slowly work our way through it. Consider this the first dot on the paper. As we connect the dots you will see a big fat "F" appear on the paper. It can stand for “Failure,” “Fired,” “Funny,” or another word of your choice.

Efficiency in the Redzone

Field goals are valuable when a drive stalls at the 35, you trot out the guy most players on your team don’t consider a football player and earns you three points from 52 yards out.

Field goals cost you games when they split the uprights from distances of 18, 25 and 25 yards.

The Eagles first trip the redzone saw the offense facing a first and goal from...gasp...the 1-yard line. I know it sounds scary and the end result was nothing short of a nightmare.

Run, Play action pass, run, field goal.

I know what happened the first time around: The Eagles were too close to the endzone and they ran the ball too many times.

The second trip to the redzone offered the perfect remedy. The Eagles had first and goal from the nine. Now they could ditch the run and really use those weapons they have on offense.

Pass, run, Pass, field goal.

No big deal. Andy has it all figured out now. The Eagles need to find themselves in a manageable third down situation without facing the daunting task of goal-to-go.

The third trip was offered such a scenario.

With third and one from the San Diego seven Andy decides to run Sprint Right Option or a variation that looks very similar to it. Do you know what this play is?

It is the same play where Joe Montana and Dwight Clark connected on the Catch.

The quarterback rolls right and has three options. He can run, throw to a receiver in the flat or throw to a receiver in the back of the endzone.

Well that's great. Too bad Donovan McNabb isn't Joe Cool and Reid isn't Bill Walsh.

McNabb tossed the ball away and we were lucky enough to see David Akers kick another field goal, genuflect, and then point his finger to the sky as he mutters something that I'm sure no one in Philadelphia cares about.

Thanks Andy. Your team looked like it was prepared to convert on golden opportunities.

Balanced Offense

I am sitting here in front of my laptop with the TV on and my dog Wes snoring. This isn't exactly what I would call a "film session."

It sounds weird, but somehow I figured out it might be wise to run the ball against the 25th ranked rushing defense, which gave up 130 yards per game entering today's contest against the Eagles.

I guess you don’t need to lock yourself in a room for hours on end and remove yourself from human contact to figure that idea out.

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