So before we get back to the phone lines, who you got in the NFC East, the other part of the Eagles

game last night that, you know, again, once again generated a lot of response. Most of it, I think

appropriately negative, is the Eagles running four straight tush pushes, starting with a third and one at the giant three-yard line, down 13-10, midway through the second quarter. They didn't get it. Then the next one on fourth and one, they got it. And then first and goal at the one, they didn't get it. And then on second and goal at the one, they got it. Four straight tush pushes. Apparently it's a record. It

doesn't seem like a record to me. It seems like they've done it four times in a row, three times

in a row in other games. And that's the nature of this play, because it's just so hideously boring.

It's like I've said before, there are so many elements to this that have to be considered. I still can't believe

they did not outlaw this before the season. But number one is, it is a play that has

total predictability. It doesn't matter how many times. Once they line up, you know,

the final result, 94% of the time will end in a first down.

It's sort of like what the old extra point was, you know, at 94, 95%.

That's why they moved it back to 33 yards to create some drama associated with it.

So it's a play that is utterly predictable in terms of the ultimate result, which isn't what

the NFL wants. Four of them in a row, and I've mentioned this before, and people took me to task,

and I understand the reason why. When I said it slows the pace of the game, many of you

responded with, well, no, it doesn't. It's not like they, you know, stop the clock or anything

like that. The clock runs. That's true. I's not like they, you know, stop the clock or anything like that.

The clock runs. That's true. I'm not talking about it literally. I'm talking about last night,

two minutes and six seconds of the game clock, rolling by for four plays that have literally no drama to them at all. None. These are moments in which you can literally get up, go to the

bathroom, get up, go get something to eat. This is not going to be anything resembling a normal

scrimmage play, which is, we don't really know what's going to happen on this play. The other thing,

too, and I've mentioned this many times, is that the Eagles, I think, have

given up a lot of yards by not running normal plays.

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