It's no secret that J.R. Reed and Greg Lewis are going to shoulder most of the blame for this loss because they obviously hate both America and fielding punts correctly. But their buttery fingers and bad judgment aside, the offense should be shouldering quite a bit of the blame as well. The dropped passes killed a few drives, the penalties were too numerous (of course, one is too numerous) and McNabb was inaccurate at times, partially because of lapses in pass blocking. Spotting the Packers 10 points on cruddy turnovers shouldn't have been the difference; the Eagles offense should have made sure those points didn't matter and hung at least 21 points on the Packers.
The defense, especially the d-line, Sheldon Brown, and Takeo Spikes, played great. While the Packers are hardly the team to gauge the effectiveness of your run defense against, the Eagles didn't embarrass themselves by getting run over and in fact they played very well.
The bottom line is that this is the first game of the year and the Eagles lost to a decent team in their home stadium. The offense will click, the special teams will (because they have to) improve, and the team will be just fine. Just don't let Greg Lewis or J.R. Reed hold your kid unless you hate him or her and want them to be dropped and roll 20 yards away.
Oh, and good job Phillies. That Pat Burrell sure is something.
