Was it directed to the head coach? To offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg? No one seemed to remember the moment, vividly captured on the televised broadcast. "Do I remember that? I don't know. I've said a lot of different things through the course of the game," McNabb said.
"I didn't see it," said Mornhinweg. "I remember the play . . . Probably could have run the football.
"If he did, he was probably right."
That's the standard response, week in and week out, from everybody of import in Eaglesville. Assume blame, whether you think you deserve it or not. The head coach does it every Monday after a loss, then usually contradicts that position by the end of the press conference. And despite his olive branch there, Mornhinweg made it clear in subsequent remarks yesterday that he did not see play selection as much of an issue during Sunday's red-zone problems - or more specifically, that it should have been.
"We didn't execute the play well enough," he said at another point. "We were in a decent play there. We'll see. When you're running the football well, it's a little bit easier to get to a run. When you're behind a little bit the numbers get skewed as far as pass to run."
They get skewed even more, I would argue, you would argue, coaches in the broadcast booth would argue, because the Eagles abandon it too quickly, usually without even trying to pound it in there several times.
The Eagles are first in scoring once inside the red zone. They are 23rd scoring touchdowns once they get there. As they head into Chicago for yet another must game, statement game, season-swinging game, this touchdown tic is just one on a list of problems.
