But the amount of mistakes – some resulting in turnovers, others in untenable situations in down and distance – has been alarming.
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“We were hoping he would just take a peek”, Kelly said to Philly.com. I don’t expect either skill players to have their best game of the season, but they will extend drives on third downs, forcing the Eagles defense to do too much. If Kelly held off on his tinkering, The Eagles may be in a prime position to contend and running away with the division, but instead they are struggling, and somehow just one game out of a playoff spot.
The mystery of who will start at quarterback for the Eagles on Thanksgiving against the Lions was no closer to being solved Tuesday.
But the good news is, thanks to the NFC East being a hot mess and the Giants having a bye this week, the Eagles have a shot of chipping into that lead.
But the immediate challenge is Tampa’s defense, which has improved in the second year under Lovie Smith.
“We’ll gonna get them ready to go and we’ll start one of them”, Shurmur said. “Those two linebackers (Kwon Alexander and Danny Lansanah) inside are tough and (nose tackle Gerald) McCoy is tough”. All their guys, they’re physical and they’re fast, and they fly around the ball. Tomorrow, we’re going to run.
With defensive end Cam Wake out for the season, the Dolphins need Suh more than ever.
And nobody seems to know who will start at quarterback. DeMarco Murray had 64 yards on 13 carries.
This week in practices, it appeared both parties were working on the exchange in drills. It will be interesting to see how the team responds just four days after getting embarrassed by a less-than-stellar team on their home turf. We got outcoached. We didn’t do a good job coaching in that football game and that’s what it is. “In terms of where we are, we have great confidence in how we do things”. “We’re moving on to Tampa”.
“It’s not like the Eagles can say, “we’ve invested a ton of guaranteed money in Bradford, he’s for sure our starter” Rapoport said. “We have it fixed this week, so it shouldn’t be a problem moving forward”. The Eagles have two must-win (and should win) games the next two weeks. To make matters worse, the Eagles will be without their most productive contributor with Ryan Mathews ruled out (concussion).
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Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur insisted that no decision has been made, and that one probably won’t be made until after the Eagles’ final pre-game practice on Wednesday moring before they board a plane for Detroit. “If it continues to progress and get better, I’d like to be out there, but ultimately it’s going to be in the coaches and trainers hands”.
