Sam Bradford and a tenacious defence ruined LeSean McCoy’s homecoming.
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He finished the game with 20 carries for 74 yards. The two-time All-Pro was the first player off the field after the game, sprinting toward the locker room immediately when the clock expired and slammed his helmet into the wall. Their record of 6-7 won’t exactly make them Super Bowl favorites, and the 11-2 Arizona Cardinals are coming to town on Sunday night.
It is unlikely that any of the sub-.500 teams are going to get a wild-card berth, and neither of the AFC South teams stand a chance of winning their division. But Bradford is a big reason why the Eagles won the last two games to get back into playoff consideration, and the season is starting to come together the way he anticipated. As it turns out, we’ll never know but the guess is that he would have been a bit more accommodating to reporters, perhaps eager to remind Kelly and the Eagles that they never should have traded him. He’s not even the starter, and Kelly didn’t toss him any bones just to calm the narrative of the last week.
“This was a tough game for him”, Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins said.
The Bills committed 15 penalties for 101 yards while the Eagles committed just five for 55 yards Sunday in the Eagles’ 23-20 win. The former first-round pick had a sack on the Bills first series to force a punt and was a disruptive force for the rest of the afternoon.
“In all my years I’ve only seen one defensive tackle play that way and that is Jerome Brown and you’re seeing a lot of those qualities in Fletcher Cox”.
The Birds got the ball on their own 20 with 1:28 left in the first half and were able to march down the field to get points. That’s on us. There’s always things that you’re going to have disagreements with, with the officials.
“The penalties definitely hurt us”, Ryan said.
“But I’ve said it, and I’ll continue to say it, I see improvement from Sam on a weekly basis that gets you excited about him”. “We had two holding penalties on the same drive and came out of it with a touchdown”.
Yes, the Eagles had two ugly games, and at one point were 4-7. “I know he’s desperate to play and I think that there’s a real possibility he will play”. Bryan Braman recovered Marcus Thigpen’s fumble at the Buffalo 37. Buffalo’s offensive line had a particularly bad day up front, committing seven penalties – and an eighth that was declined – as they struggled to deal with the Eagles’ defensive line all day.
The Eagles took a 17-10 lead into the locker room, despite getting outgained 240-202 in the first half.
Dan Carpenter made field goals of 38 and 40 yards for Buffalo. Rookie right guard John Miller returned after missing three games with a high ankle sprain, and he did not play well.
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-Tight end Charles Clay suffered a back injury in the second quarter and did not return. Watkins is first Bills receiver with 40-yard catches in three straight games since Terrell Owens in 2009….
