"There were too many opportunities we didn't take advantage of," McNabb said, when asked what he will think about this season if the 8-6-1 Birds fail to make the playoffs, as now seems very likely. "Things early on will cost you later. As you can see, at this point we're paying for the mistakes we've made. But we can't afford to put our heads down right now. We've got to learn from this, be ready for next week, because no matter how we look at it, we're all playing for something. We need to go out and we need to play well."
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Asked if he felt he was playing for his 2009 job next week, McNabb said: "Not at all. We're all playing for an opportunity. You never know what can happen. We have another game on our schedule, and that's the Dallas Cowboys."
Runyan agreed that if this season ends in disappointment, "You think about the missed opportunities you had earlier in the season."
In six losses, the Eagles have been beaten by more than a touchdown once - that Nov. 23 blowout in Baltimore when McNabb was benched at halftime. *
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