Habits? Well, after the Eagles handed the hated Dallas Cowboys a 20-10 victory Sunday, losing is one of them.
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Starting off 2-0 with critical division wins over their two primary rivals in the NFC East (sorry, Redskins fans), the Dallas Cowboys should be extremely pleased with where they sit as a franchise.
The Cowboys beat the Eagles, but the win came at an expense. DeMarco Murray ended the first half with 1 yard on five carries, then opened the second half with two rushes for -11 yards. Drew Brees and company are always a tough team to play at home. However, running the ball up the middle has rarely happened, at least successfully, for Murray and those failures – largely on the offensive line for failing to win in the trenches – have hindered the Eagles’ offense.
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“It was zero (man) coverage”, Maxwell said.
“I don’t think the running backs even really had time to assess if there was a hole”, head coach Chip Kelly said after the game. The only way these situations work is if everybody else does a little bit more, and the backup can drive the bus without shooting the tires, blowing up the engine and running it into the Trinity River. It is what it is.
There’s not a lot of positives to take away here, though the defense played reasonably well against a shorthanded Dallas offense. Rolling with Weeden is a scary thought and you know as well as I do – when he came in to take over, we all felt a collapse looming. “The point is to go out there and get it done, and we went out there and pissed on our leg”. 20-10. Not only that but as most know, Tony Romo left the game with a broken left clavicle, meaning Brandon Weeden entered the game. The team said he’ll be evaluated on Monday. Jon Kitna makes up nine of those games (the Cowboys were 4-5 in his starts). Dallas already lost Bryant last week.
After Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo left the game with a fractured left clavicle, the Eagles finally got a spark when DeMarco Murray caught a pass from Sam Bradford and proceeded to execute a clean hurdle of Brandon Carr on the sideline. “Physically, he has such focus and he understands his body”.
Eli Manning getting strip-sacked by the Falcons’ Kroy Biermann inside Atlanta’s 10-yard line late in the third quarter was the play that gave Atlanta life, and later a costly delay of game penalty furthered the Giants’ woes. He threw two interceptions in a 28-17 loss to Arizona previous year in his only start for Dallas. “Our medical people will inform me and then I will inform you”, coach John Fox said, when asked if he expects his quarterback to play again this season. “It’s going to be a challenge”. Miller was limited to 14 yards rushing on 10 carries over the first three quarters of the game.
Combine that with the interception Bradford threw on second-and-goal at the 3 and, well, this one was on him.
The Philadelphia Eagles and quarterback Sam Bradford are still trying to prove they’re not broken.
Chip Kelly said everyone in the Eagles’ locker room would be reassessed, the quarterbacks included. “We’ve got to get this fixed up front”.
He wasn’t kidding about that, or when he said, “nothing worked [Sunday]”. With Dallas leading only 13-3, the tight end fumbled and had it scooped up by Malcolm Jenkins. He lost a fumble when center Jason Kelce snapped the ball early in a shotgun formation. The Eagles were fortunate to go into halftime trailing, 6-0, thanks to a pair of Dan Bailey field goals. He completed all seven of his thrown, including a 42-yard touchdown pass to Terrance Williams. Alonso missed last season after tearing his left ACL.
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One thing the Dallas Cowboys don’t have to worry about this year is celebrating their victories too much. Mackenzy Bernadeau started at left guard for Dallas for the injured Ronald Leary. Philadelphia had 21 total yards in the first half and finished with 226. The Cowboys have gotten more than their share of early-season reminders.
