IMO, Washington is just a bad team. What was up with Gibbs challenging the Westbrook play where he caught the ball, slipped and fell to the turf, and a Washington player made contact with him while he was on the ground, and THEN the ball popped out?
It was obvious that the Eagles had possession and he wasted a time-out for nothing. Joe should retire.
It's too early to suggest the Birds are back on track. They have managed to screw up too many games to think they're a good team. Good teams don't blow ball games at the end. They don't even allow games to be that close at the end.
When the Eagles were a good team, in short yard situations, their offence could always get enough of a surge up front to get the first down. Against Washinton, (Again, NOT A GOOD TEAM!!!) they couldn't move them off the line. In addition, teams couldn't move the ball on their defense in short yardage situations. Washington made a few, and even made a 6 yard completion on a 4th and 4.
Their record may be good enough for now, but they are not the team they were. I'm not sure what it is, but they are not the same team they were two years ago, and it has nothing to do with Owens.
