In the wake of an embarrassing session of sister-kissing in Cincinnati with the Bengals, which became even more humiliating when legitimate questions were raised regarding the question of whether anyone in the organization knows that a regular-season game is declared a tie if the score is knotted after 75 minutes of action, Eagles coach Andy Reid tried to get his team’s attention this week by going Holmgren on them.

Per Bob Ford of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Reid tore into the team during a Wednesday morning meeting.

“I guess he felt his normal mild-mannered self wasn’t working,” linebacker Omar Gaither said.  “With Coach Reid, when the volume goes up and he starts turning red, you start paying a little more attention.

“It’s like a kid who isn’t getting good grades,” Gaither added.  [Editor’s note:  Or, as the case may be, a kid who’s doing drugs.]  “He said, ‘You’re better than this.  What’s going on?’  The volume went up and the words hit home.” 

Reid told the players that jobs were on the line (including, presumably, his own). 

Next came a players-only meeting.  Said safety Brian Dawkins of the experience, “Hopefully, everything got through.  We’ll see.  Talking only goes so far.”

Ford thinks that talking could be supplemented by sending guys to the bench, especially since Reid didn’t rule out demotions when asked about the possibility.

If the Eagles lose at Baltimore to a team now led by one of Reid’s former assistants coaches on Sunday, it’s only gonna get worse.