Eagles downfall

I can't quite put my finger on why the Eagles lost on Sunday. It was simply an incredible game. At halftime, I had already put this one in the loss column. They were down 18 points and looked simply pitiful both on offense and defense. McNabb missed wide open receivers and the Cardinals were shredding the Eagle defenst the entire half. But something must have happened at halftime because the Eagles were a completely different team in the second half. The defense stopped the Cardinals with several three-and-outs, while McNabb started hitting receivers in stride for big gains. What was so frustrating was that as soon as the Eagles completed the comeback and took the lead, they let the Cardinals go right back down the field to score with under three minutes left. The Eagles got the ball back with just under three minutes remaining, and although I like McMabb, this has always been his weakness. He just can't guide his team down the fiield for a last minute touchdown. How many times do you see teams just glide down the field in the last two minutes because the other team is playing the vaunted prevent defense. You can explain that to me 100 times and I'll never understand why teams use it. But in the Eagles case, it doesn't matter. McNabb is not a last minute heroic quarterback like John Elway or Roger Staubach was. I'll take McNabb because I think he's amont the top six or seven quarterbacks in the league. But he will not pull off a last minute victory for his team. He never has and I'm guessing he never will.