Thank you Seattle and Buffalo

Wins by Seattle over NY Giants and Buffalo over the Iggles help the Skins take sole possession of the East without them even playing yesterday. It was an interesting weekend in football and a couple of things worth noting. The Packers certainly look like the top team in the NFC (if not the entire NFL). I keep waiting for Cam Newton and the Panthers to just get blown out but another strong performance that falls just short. Good emotional win for the Raiders against the Texans. SF blows out TB and looking more and more legit. Good job Jim Harbaugh.

One team of particular interest is the Iggles. They came in as the "dream team" and many "experts" had them winning the East easily and a favorite for the Super Bowl. I watched some of the game yesterday and something I find incredibly annoying is the amount of trickery they try and pull. Instead of running a basic screen pass, which they used to be able to do better than most teams, they throw all these wrinkles into them and it just confuses things. They run a lot of end arounds or fake end arounds. If they just simplified things and played football they would be SO much better. Reid should take blame for that.

The other thing is they cannot tackle. It's missed tackle after missed tackle. NO idea why Reid put that former O line coach as D coordinator. WHAT?!! I suppose they are friends but the defense needs to get back to fundamentals. The Eagles are a talented team no doubt but they are all screwed up. They need to step back, regroup, and just concentrate on "Xs" and "Os" and they can correct this thing. For me as a Skins fan and a guy that doesn't like the Eagles or their approach at assembling a "dream team," I love it.

Eagles play the Skins at FedEx next week and an Eagles loss pretty much is a dagger for them this season. Don't know how they would be able to come back from a 1-5 start. I imagine they will be pretty desperate next week. Should be interesting.