Daily Brew 9/13

Man did the Eagles look bad last night. They just looked like they were going through the motions. The Falcons were jacked up for that game. It looked like they, especially Michael Vick, were playing at a different speed than the Eagles.

Before we get into any thing else here, I want to touch on two conspiracy theories of mine.

Number one, the "fight" last night between Kevin Mathis and Jeremiah Trotter was orchestrated by the Falcons.

Look at it from thier standpoint, you sacrafice your nickle cornerback against a team who really only has Terrell Owens at wide out, and you take their best linebacker out of the mix, allowing for Warrick Dunn and Michael Vick to run all over that defense.

There is no question that the Eagles are remarkably better against the run with Trotter in the middle, the numbers speak for that. He didn't start the first 8 weeks of the season last year. Coincidentally, the Eagles run defense ranked in the lower half of the league. When he as inserted in the middle in week 9, they reached the upper third.

The Falcons are a running team, they know their recievers aren't going to be burning anybody, and Michael Vick isn't going to be beating anybody yet if he's forced to soley pass the ball.

Let's get rid of Trotter so we can run up the middle with Duckett and on the edges with Dunn and Vick. It worked.

Just look at the smirk Jim Mora Jr. had after he confronted Kevin Mathis on it. He almost looked happy. Why else would 180 pound Kevin Mathis want to pick a fight with the 240+ pound Jeremiah Trotter in front of an offical?

Jim Mora is a genius. This move of his makes me like him even more than I did before. Don't kid yourself, it was thier strategy to do this.

The second conspiracy is one that Gaddis and Fabos will be familiar with after a flurry of emails yesterday.

Javon Walker knew something was wrong with his knee. Did he know he was going to tear his ACL, obviously not, but might he have know he had a slight tear? Maybe. I think he had a sore knee and knew something was up.

This is why he held out, he didn't want to risk injuring it in training camp or in any drills, so he waited until the preseason knowing full well that he'd see limited action in those games. That's also why he wanted a new contract. He knew the chance of injury was there so he better get his money now.

It makes perfect sense, admit it. Look at that play where he hurt it, how many of you thought when watching the game that the injury was anything more serious than a hyperextension or the case of knocking knees with the defender?

Remember Drew Rosenhaus saying they told the Packers they wanted a new deal last year? BS, I didn't even think he reperesented him last year. And if so, why didn't I, or anyone else in the media catch any wind of this? Why didn't people who work for the franchise know of this demand during the season last year?

Look, the proof is there. Mock both of these if you want, but it's there. That being said, I still don't necessarily believe either one, but it's just two things I thought I'd throw out there.

Back to the Monday Night game, why didn't Donovan McNabb ever look to run the ball? He had his chances where he could have picked up some nices chuncks of yardage, but never did.

The Eagles offensive line was just that, offensive. It looked absolutely horrible.

Every reciever not named Terrell Owens on the Eagles looked HORRIBLE. Even TO didn't look like a stud. Credit DeAngelo Hall, but also chalk some of that up to the TO/Donovan Saga. They clearly were not on the same page last night.

Enough football, lets talk some Brewers.

The Crew are 71-72. That's right, a 10-9 mark will give us a .500 season for the first time since I was 10 years old. I am now 23, that should say it all.

Chris Capuano takes the mound tonight, and three more times scheduled after that. He is 16-9 on the season, so he can feasibly win 20 games. If he could win his final four starts, this would have to be the most ho-hum 20 win season by any pitcher EVER, in the history of baseball. He's in the top 5 in wins, and yet no one outside of Milwaukee has ever heard of him. Even Arizona and they dealt him.

Joe Gibbs just shot himself in the foot by naming Mark Brunell as the starter for week 2. Do I think he's a better fit than is Ramsey, yeah, but you can't do this already. You've just lost Patrick Ramsey for the rest of your tenure now by telling him he's your guy all offseason and then demoting him after one week. You better hope Mark Brunell doesn't struggle otherwise your only other option is Jason Campbell.

It's been awhile since I've mention them, so I'll say it again. The Oakland A's are just one game behind the division leading Angels. Again people, Billy Beane knows what he's doing. Let's just let him go to work on the federal budget. If he can do all that he's done in Oakland with $40-50 million payrolls, I gotta believe he can get us out of the red within four years.