Philadelphia Eagles in Sunday's 27-24 loss to the New Orleans Saints.
first costly blunder, which eventually pinned the Eagles down, 17-3, at was pushed into Wynn, who was focused on making a return but missed the ball. 19, just before Drew Brees hit Marques Colston for a seven-yard TD and 14- point cushion.
Eagles defensive end Trent Cole is third in the league with six sacks, and less than four minutes to go in the game. Cole came around the right end and sacked Brees to make it 3rd-and-10, but did so on a play in which rookie linebacker Omar Gaither was supposed to be on the sideline. The Eagles were penalized eight times for 67 yards on the day.
kicker John Carney, whose 31-yard field goal as time expired ended Philadelphia's three-game winning streak.
'The New Orleans Saints did a heck of a job,' said Reid. 'We started way too slow against a good football team and we didn't finish strong enough.
We'll go back and look at it, evaluate it and do what we need to get done.
Philadelphia, which saw a team erase a fourth-quarter lead to win for the second time this season, now owns a 4-2 record, with Dallas and New York right behind at 3-2 in the NFC East standings.
Donovan McNabb, who came alive in the second half and helped Philly to a 24-17 proved worthy of No.
1 status while Donte Stallworth nurses a sore hamstring, and scored twice during the barrage.
Tight end L.J.
Smith chipped in with a four-yard TD pass which tied the game for the Eagles in the third. However, a breakdown in the secondary and the aforementioned costly penalty handcuffed the Eagles.
touchdown for the second time, this one coming from 48 yards out.
The big play ignited the Superdome crowd and tied the score at 24. Lewis was benched in favor of Sean Considine for the final drive of the game. Lewis' play was emblematic of the work of the entire defense, which was picked apart by Brees all day on Sunday.
Brees, rookie Reggie Bush and Deuce McAllister are three valuable weapons for Sean Payton's Saints, and their 5-1 record is proof of that fact. They gave NFL.
'We just didn't come out to play the first couple quarters,' said Eagles running back Brian Westbrook, who had 72 yards on 16 rushes and just three yards on three receptions.
Westbrook was taken out of his game thanks to a Simoneau and defensive tackle Hollis Thomas.
the offensive side of the ball, and their knowledge was handy in a game that saw Philadelphia amass just 99 yards on the ground.
It was a valiant effort, though, for McNabb and the offense to wake up and claim the lead, and Brown was a big reason for the resuscitation.
Brown has stepped in big time for Stallworth, and recorded six receptions for 121 yards eventual loss.
addition of Stallworth, the emergence of Brown and the big play capability of rookie Hank Baskett have temporarily silenced the critics.
Brown has a pair of 100-yard receiving games this season, with 21 catches for 412 yards and four touchdowns.
The former University of Georgia star will try Stadium.
honors, but hit a small bump in the road down in the Big Easy.
with an interception.
He was also sacked three times and has now been taken to the turf 13 times over the past four weeks.
we've missed,' said McNabb, who had thrown 187 straight passes without an interception. 'We've been able to erase that and turn that into something positive in the second half, knowing what we're seeing and being on the same page as far as the receivers and the running backs are concerned.
We've been able to put up points. We just didn't put up enough today.'
He is right.
The second half was a different story than the first, and it seemed McNabb and the offense figured out the New Orleans defense. Brown emerged as McNabb's go-to guy, and should remain so this week in Tampa.
So far this season McNabb has thrown for an NFL-high 1,849 yards with a league-best 13 TD passes and a pair of interceptions for a 104.
8 QB rating.
five games of the season. Brees torched Philly's defense for 275 yards and three TDs.
injuries. McCoy exited the game with a hip pointer, while Barber suffered a neck injury. Both are expected to play against the Buccaneers.
recorded his first NFL catch, a seven-yard strike in the second quarter.
Sunday and replaced rookie tackle Lajuan Ramsey in the rotation.
for a battle with the Bucs.
Tampa Bay is led by head coach and former Eagles assistant Jon Gruden, whose Cincinnati Bengals.
and Pro Bowl cornerback Ronde Barber, whose interception return for a Eagles fans.
Philadelphia has lost the last two meetings with Tampa Bay, including a 27-10 loss in the NFC title game on January 19, 2003.
Before the two-game slide, the Eagles had won the previous four meetings. In the last matchup on September 8, Financial Field.
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