Eagles Suffer Painful Let-Down Loss

The Eagles played a good game against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday afternoon, but not good enough this time. The teams were evenly matched, and ended up tied 24-24 in the fourth quarter. The Eagles had a chance to stop a strong Saints offensive drive near the end of the game, and even seemed to have done so by sacking the quarterback for a loss on a crucial third down. But they made a stupid mistake - putting 12 men on the field - and the penalty gave the Saints the chance they needed to keep going. Poor time management had left the Eagles with no time outs, and in a slow and agonizing finish, the Saints just ran the clock down to three seconds left and then kicked a field goal to take the win.

We knew this was going to be a tough game, and that a loss was a real possibility against the explosive Saints, but it was still hard to sit there and watch it creep over of us. Luckily, next week the Birds are up against the struggling Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who just barely managed to eke out their very first win this season against the Bengals yesterday, so our chances of winning are much much better.

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