Donavan McNabb Would Like to Use One of His Lifelines

Donavan McNabb had no idea there was such a thing as a "tie" in the NFL.  There were worse things that could have happened on Sunday - Philadelphia could have lost to the one win Cincinnati Bengals or they could have been playing Detroit and either tied that game or lost.  Outside of these scenarios, a tie with the Bengals is nothing to write home about.

Rick Chandler of Deadspin.com writes:

In what will go down in my household as a tragic waste of some very nice avocado dip, the teams stumbled to a 13-all deadlock on Sunday, the first time since 2002 that NFL teams will use two dashes when listing their records.

"No one was more surprised than McNabb that it ended so soon -- 3 hours, 46 minutes after the opening kickoff. The 10th-year quarterback thought it would keep going until someone scored, just like a playoff game.

Wrong.

''I didn't know that,'' McNabb said. ''I've never been part of a tie. I never even knew it was in the rule book. I was looking forward to getting the opportunity to get out there and try to drive to win the game."

The final outcome following this game is that the Eagles probably will not make the playoffs in what is arguably one of the best divisions in the league.  Their odds of winning the 2009 NFC Championship at VIP.com were listed at 20 to 1.

The Giants were at even odds to win the NFC, the Cowboys were at 6 to 1 odds and Washington was listed with odds of 18 to 1.

Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com