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Eagles offense must respond to red alert

December 9th, 2009

FOUR TIMES in their first five possessions Sunday, the Eagles found themselves inside the Atlanta 20-yard line.In a perfect world, they would have walked away from those four red-zone trips with 28 points in their pocket. But the Eagles’ red-zone offense has been anything but perfect this season.They found the end zone just once on those four possessions, and shot themselves in the foot on the other three. On one, wide receiver Reggie Brown dropped a third-down pass from Donovan McNabb that would have given the Eagles a first down at the 10. On another, tight end Alex Smith was flagged for a false-start penalty on a third-and-1. On the third one, a 15-yard scoring pass from McNabb to wide …

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Eagles offense must respond to red alert

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