CINCINNATI - Several Eagles declared their team never quit Sunday, in a 32-14 loss to a Cincinnati Bengals group that set a season scoring high, and led 29-0 in the third quarter.
Standing there in a silent, forlorn visitors locker room at Paul Brown Stadium, it was hard not to feel embarrassed for them. Maybe they really believed what they were saying, and were just fooling themselves. Maybe they knew better, but were desperate to cover their humiliation with as many shreds of their tattered dignity as they could gather.
Whatever. If you watched the first half Sunday, you saw several guys that were not scratching and clawing to save their season.