"Absolutely. I did. In that situation, it's needed. I know what we were trying to do, and we were able to get that done. I thought it was time for us to try to get our offense going . . . I think it's important, regular season or preseason, to get that rhythm going, if you're going to show different looks, make sure it's the right time. That's what the preseason's for, to make sure you know when that time is. We'll get that time together."
Later, asked more explicitly about speaking or gesturing to the coaches, McNabb joked: "Yeah, I sat all of 'em down, and I told 'em, 'That's it!' "
McNabb earlier had said: "It's good that we did it in preseason, so that we all can get a feel for what we can do. But I think reality hit, as we continued on . . . that we needed to get the flow of the offense going."
When Reid was asked about that interruption of flow, he said: "If you're going to use that a little bit, then you have to work it in there. That's what we're going to do as we go down the road here. I expect the guys to make that part of the rhythm and make it work."
The six snaps Vick took, including one that was negated by penalty, might have gone a long way toward helping the reinstated quarterback get back his game legs, in his first NFL action since Dec. 31, 2006, also at Lincoln Financial Field, back when Vick was the Atlanta Falcons' superstar, before he went to prison for his role in a dogfighting ring. But they seemed less beneficial to the offense, which moved the ball in fits and starts and couldn't seem to run it at all, just as in the previous two preseason games.
Once again, in the first half the Eagles could do nothing in the red zone, or worse than nothing, handing the Jags a gift touchdown on an awkward, backward screen pass that was fumbled and returned 92 yards.
