A year ago the Eagles arrived in a 27-0 drubbing of the Giants on Sunday night, segued it into a Thursday night massacre of the Dallas Cowboys a month later and were ready to show the Seattle Seahawks a fun time when reality set in.
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Cassel is likely to get at least four games, beginning Sunday against the New York Giants (3-3).
“Let me explain something to you guys, man”, Hardy said. “The defense is changing”. We play for each other and we play with each other. There are no special players.
“And that’s what we’re here to do”.
While it’s nice that Moore realizes he needs to be smarter at playing football, he should probably work on that as soon as he can, or else he may be seeing more of the bench rather than the field. Can someone please cover this guy? “Period. Hands down. Any more questions?”
The Eagles went three-and-out on their first possession and the Giants were driving with a first down at Philadelphia’s 23 when DeMeco Ryans stole the ball from Larry Donnell for an interception. “It was tough to find completions out there”, Manning said. He has no interest in stats and personal success if the team doesn’t win, invoking the name of Hall of Famer and former Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy. But Kennedy had 14 sacks and was named defensive player of the year in media balloting by The Associated Press.
As for Hardy, he doesn’t deny that “sacks are always coming”.
The Giants can’t afford a repeat performance.
Cassel’s wife had their fourth child Saturday, clearing the way for him to be available against the Giants after he all but guaranteed – while smiling, of course – that he would make sure the baby’s delivery didn’t interfere with his Dallas debut. Besides, given that they gave us a ton of Han Solo and Chewbacca, as well as a Leia shot, they have to hold something back. “Like every day in my career, they’re going to throw the house”.
The good news is the Giants won’t have to travel back to Philadelphia, where they have been outscored 54-7 in the last two trips. In the second quarter, Jennings caught a screen pass but was stripped of the ball and the Eagles recovered the fumble. But they harassed Manning all night in a 27-7 victory. “I can’t honestly say that”, Coughlin replied. Yes, it is. And I don’t think the future of the Eagles at the position is on the roster.
“Hit him in the mouth”, Hardy said. The Eagles did an outstanding job of double-teaming him in the second half and he did not catch a pass. He was targeted once.
Yes, these recent additions instantly transformed a decent defense into one that was capable of beating the Patriots on Week 6 had there just been a good offensive attack to go with it. The Eagles played different deep safety looks to take away the deep posts and crossers Manning loves, and the quick passes were negated by Philly’s quick outside coverage, and Manning’s own increasingly shoddy accuracy.
The Cowboys are at full strength on defense for the first time all season. I have never thrown a lot of interceptions, so this is kind of new to me. The Cowboys are 2-0 in the division with wins over the Eagles and Giants. The Giants are the only National Football League team without a 100-yard rusher in any of their six games this season. “We got after them pretty good today, and that was a big part of the game”, Eagles linebacker Brandon Graham said.
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“I don’t think it looks like chaos”, Chip Kelly said of his offense at the time.
