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Seattle Seahawks 31 Philadelphia Eagles 14

I don't really have much to say here. The Eagles are banged up, as they played without quarterback Michael Vick and wide receiver Jeremy Maclin. They appear to have given up on the season at times. The play-calling has been terribly inconsistent this year. The defense has fluctuated more in effectiveness and position than Mitt Romney. While Philly is not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, they are about as close as is possible. The funny thing is, the Eagles are 3-1 against NFC East teams (1-1 against the Giants and 1-0 versus both the Cowboys and Redskins) yet are now 1-7 against everyone else, with their only other win coming against the St. Louis Rams. They finished 1-3 against the horrendous NFC West, losing to Arizona, Seattle and San Francisco (this loss is excusable, but not how they lost in, in giving up another 4th quarter lead). Up next for the Eagles will be a road game against the revamped Miami Dolphins whom suddenly don't appear to be a team that started the year 0-7 and have played better than the Eagles of late. Since there's a week and a half rest for Philly having played on Thursday night, there's a good chance both Vick and Maclin will return for that game. In any case, the Eagles will have to defeat the Dolphins, along with the New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins to finish an even .500 at 8-8.

I'm wondering what those Vince Young praisers are saying now in light of Young's three starts with the Eagles. In three starts and one snap, Young has tossed 9 interceptions in just 114 pass attempts. That comes out to 7.9% of his pass attempts are picked off by the opposing team. Michael Vick has thrown a healthy number of interceptions this year with 11, but that came in 300 pass attempts, which comes out to roughly 3% of his attempts. Young hasn't started for a while, so I'm willing to give the guy a break, but to say he should start over a healthy Michael Vick is like saying Tim Tebow is more clutch than Aaron Rodgers... Speaking of which... I JUST read an article about that and will be writing a blog about how ludicrous it is.
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