"We'll get those things fixed and it starts with me," Andy Reid would no doubt say. At least, that is what he has said before.
There are some things that might not be readily fixable, however, and that is the real concern. In some areas, the Eagles are operating with what appears to be wishful thinking, starting on the offensive line.
Center Jamaal Jackson has been rushed back from reconstructive knee surgery, and it is not a certainty he will hold up. The rest of the starters have their own issues, and if you think there are answers to be found among the reserves, then you weren't watching Thursday's game very closely.
The line could be a disaster, and that's no way for a first-year starting quarterback to have to play the game. The organization has a lot of faith in Kevin Kolb, but he earned no more than a C-plus in his exhibition appearances and will clearly need all the help he can get in the real games.
One of his greatest challenges will be learning to take the ball from under center, dropping back, making a play-action fake and picking up his defensive reads all at the same time. At the University of Houston, which ran a wide-open spread offense, he was almost always in the shotgun, with the field and his reads right before him. The Eagles use a lot of shotgun, too, but in order to legitimize the running game, and to keep the defenses honest, he's going to have to be under center sometimes.
Kolb has done part of that work during his three-year apprenticeship under Donovan McNabb, but not for an extended period, and not with the same stakes he faces now. Opposing defenses are going to test him and, given the shaky state of the offensive line, the tests will involve constant blitzes and other little unpleasant surprises.
