And in the 15th game of the season, approximately five months since the beginning of training camp, the Eagles offense was unable to snap the ball properly on Saturday night against the Washington Redskins.
Perhaps there is something more basic that an offense must do in order to perform efficiently, but not much. The Eagles were penalized three times for false starts, once for an illegal formation and once for an illegal shift. There were other penalties, but just consider those. After all the endless high-speed reps in all those scientifically controlled practices, the Eagles couldn't line up properly, couldn't motion properly and couldn't begin the play at the same time.