Special Dread

LOVELY. THE Eagles thanked me for my staunch, stirring defense yesterday by promptly screwing the pooch, losing in excruciating fashion to Green Bay. Philadelphia never looked ready to play, coming out flat from the opening kickoff and allowing Brett Favre to keep his inferior Packers team in the game. The special teams, in particular, were simply awful, with the exception of David Akers. A pair of botched punt returns led to Green Bay scores, and Sav Rocca couldn't deliver big punts when it counted. Donovan McNabb looked rusty; the offense was able to move the ball mostly thanks to the efforts of Brian Westbrook. The Eagles' biggest question mark headed into the season was their defense, which played a nice game. It's a bad sign that the team wasted that solid performance with disappointing efforts out of the offense and special teams.