Definition of Insanity

By Steven Lienert
The Phanatic

Andy Reid has made some mistakes over the course of his 13 years as head coach of the Eagles, but what he did Sunday against the Giants takes the cake.

The bad play-calling in short-yardage situations coupled with his inept challenges has forced Eagles fans to do the unthinkable.

They now must root for the Cowboys to beat the Redskins Monday night to avoid falling two games behind in the division.

All because Reid was too stubborn to admit that his team can't convert third- or fourth-and-short.

I mean, going for it and getting stuffed on fourth down from the one-inch line is one thing. But what made Reid think his team could convert that one-yard at midfield when it couldn't convert on the goal line earlier in the quarter?

The Eagles were up 16-14 at the time and a punt on fourth down very well could have pinned the Giants deep in their own territory.

Instead, Reid went for it, the Eagles got stuffed and Eli Manning used the short field to toss an under-thrown touchdown pass to Victor Stinkin' Cruz. Cruz scores twice and goes over 100 yards receiving against what's supposed to be the best corners in the NFL? Puh-leeze.

(On a side note: Hey, Nnamdi Asomugha, if you have safety help over the top, please take away the underneath stuff, will ya?)

And getting back to the Eagles' inability to convert on the Giants' goal line, what did Reid have to lose by challenging Michael Vick's last sneak attempt?

It looked like Vick broke the plane, but instead of challenging a pivotal touchdown and being wrong, he kept the red flag in his pocket.

He used it later in the game to take a look at a Giants touchdown that no Madden player that ever picked up a controller would challenge.

Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

If that's the case, Einstein would have no choice but admit that Andy Reid is insane.

Either that or he'd have to admit that Eagles fans are the crazy ones for investing their faith and money year after year expecting anything different with Reid as coach.