Reid’s pick-and-roll, sac bunt calls nearly doom Eagles

The Eagles managed to pull out a 27-24 win over the lowly Redskins despite Andy Reid’s questionable decision to start the game with an onside kick and a third quarter call for Donovan McNabb to bunt the runners over.

Reid and Marty Mornhinweg have been criticized for their unconventional playcalling and overall tendencies toward making things more difficult than they really need to be.

“We don’t pretend to be the geniuses that everyone makes us out to be,” Reid said of himself and Mornhinweg. “But this is football at its highest level. If it was so easy to remember how much time is left or what the score was, don’t you think everyone would do it?”

Zaki is the Chief Rocka and senior writer for PhillyGameday.com.