Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Vinny Curry left their game Saturday against the Indianapolis Colts with a knee injury and he will not return. Thornton is an incredibly affable right guard who has never played up to expectations due to injury and sporadic effectiveness. Glover-Wright’s rough night got worse on the next drive as Sam Bradford completed all six of his passes for 56 yards, including the four-yard TD to Dorial Green-Beckham over Glover-Wright.
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While the 2013 NFL sacks champion remains one of the league’s most feared pass-rushers and at age 35 has shown no indication of slowing down, the Colts still need someone else who can put pressure on opposing quarterbacks. That doesn’t include a nasty hit that Fletcher Cox laid on Luck as he threw.
The Eagles may also get outside linebacker Mychal Kendricks back against the Colts, although he is still listed as questionable. Many felt that the Colts might want to move on from Pagano, especially after a season and multiple reports about issues between the head coach and general manager. “There was way too much penetration”. He’s playing the first year of a two-year, $36 million deal. Sproles was matched up against the linebacker in the flat, which is an easy completion and a great way to make second or third down very manageable.
Is that possible with a patchwork offensive line and a corps of questionable receivers? However, since the Eagles will be entering the game without many of its key players, the team might have a hard time matching up against their opponents.
Mathis is expected to sit out his third straight preseason game.
Philadelphia enters the 2016 season with new head coach Ben McAddoo after parting ways with former head coach Chip Kelly.
The QB was asked earlier in the week what he wanted to see from his offense Saturday night. To that point, the Eagles had outscored their opponents 58-12 during the preseason. It’s clear the Eagles view Wentz as the quarterback of the future, but they may hold him back rather than rush him into the spotlight.
The Eagles lead the Colts, 17-3, at the end of the first half.
Huff acknowledged last week that he was aware that there were questions about his spot on the 53-man roster. Some of it lies in the second half, when players desperate for attention try to earn some. Even undrafted free agent Paul Turner got into the game in the first half.
If Bradford could bottle what he has done in the third exhibition game the last two seasons he would assuredly be back next year for a third season with the Eagles, and the idea of this team’s winning the NFC East would not be at all far-fetched. The Eagles settled for a Caleb Sturgis field goal to tie the game at 3-3.
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The Eagles piled up 279 yards by the end of the third quarter and did much of their damage with chunk plays. Huff caught a 22-yard pass on the next drive, which ended with Green-Beckham’s catch in the end zone. Luck was pressured into a fourth-down incompletion despite taking a two-step drop.
