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Next, they started to undo those moves.
The Eagles got that back on their next possession, as Sturgis drilled a 38-yarder with 2:25 left in the second quarter. “Carson continues to make plays and protect the football”. “Definitely encouraging to start out the way we have”.
Tight end Brent Celek is the elder statesman on the Philadelphia Eagles, a 10-year veteran who has seen pretty much everything in his tenure with the team. “We’ve done a great job of just keeping it locked in on one play at a time, one rep at a time”.
There was still 1:52 remaining in the third quarter.
Nobody saw this coming, and if they say they did, they’re lying. “We fully expect it to be similar next week”, DL Cameron Heyward said. But much of what he did was get the ball to the right players and allow them to punish the Pittsburgh defense. Inside linebacker Ryan Shazier re-injured his knee, a MCL sprain, but was able to return to the game in the second half.
The Steelers last lost by 31 points on September 17, 1989 at Cincinnati, 41-10. “He instills a lot of confidence in me, and that’s huge”. It starts with me. The Eagles punted for the first time but Pittsburgh ran one play into the line then retreated to the halftime locker room.
But a win over the Steelers?
“That’s his standard, even on game day, ” Matthews said. We’ve seen that all the way back to OTAs. But it doesn’t end here.
“We got our (butts) kicked in everything”. They’ll still lead the division when they embark on a two-game road swing through Detroit and Washington.
If Wentz’s legend grows like Big Ben’s has, we may still be seeing Wentz line up under center in 2029.
“I thought he played great”.
“Nobody is comfortable or patting themselves on the back”.
“We all know that’s what we were expecting from Carson”, Reich said. If I scramble I might get 5, 10, 15, 20 yards, but I’m not that fast. The head coach’s game-planning had Pittsburgh’s defense off-balance all game long. “We’re not going to get down on him”, Roethlisberger said.
Finally, some new names to be excited about. He has his team prepared to play each and every week. “The last thing I did, I always look back to make sure there are no flags on the ground on those long plays”. The Eagles opened the season 3-0 for the ninth time in franchise history. Markus Wheaton dropped a potential 18-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger on a third-and-13 play, and Chris Boswell had his 36-yard field goal attempt blocked by tackle Bennie Logan on the next snap. “What Carson has done, in my opinion, as a rookie, has been incredible”.
Sunday was the first 300-yard passing game for Wentz, who set an National Football League record for most pass attempts (102) to start a career without an interception.
“We were in the mindset early on”, Carroll said.
But the defense has been just as impressive.
As it turns out, a strong pass-rush with the front four and conservative but stingy coverage on Brown stood as the common themes between the Rams and Eagles’ plan of attack against Pittsburgh, according to McLeod.
They’ve allowed a TD on only one of the last 31 drives they’ve defended.
“I was actually celebrating before he scored the touchdown, because I watched the whole thing unfold”, Kelce said. With Golden out of the lineup it forced Sean Davis into duty as the safety alongside Mitchell, which meant Artie Burns became the third cornerback on the field, and had several missed tackles throughout the course of the game. So far, the Eagles have given up less than 600 yards of total offense to their three opponents.
“I think everyone around here was confident, and we knew we had the ability, but we had to keep chopping”. “We have to have a better plan and we have to execute the plan better”.
As defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz often does, he told his front four they wouldn’t be getting any help. “It kept the defense off balance”.
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