Austin was inactive for Sunday’s game against the Patriots.
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The Chicago Bears have placed tight end Martellus Bennett on season ending injured reserve after the veteran re-injured the ribs that have bothered him for weeks in Sunday’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers. In the Eagles, production has been stunted for one reason….
But the Eagles, despite all their flaws, are not as bad as those results suggest. “They both knew exactly what we were trying to accomplish here”.
Bradford was good without being great. The quarterback threw for 120 yards while finding Jordan Matthews and Zach Ertz in the endzone. There’s no way the team should be winning games if he’s not on the field. They got consistent pressure on him, intercepted him twice, including one by Malcolm Jenkins that he returned 99 yards for a touchdown and held him in check on third down. The Pats’ offense wasn’t good, but it wasn’t terrible either, except when Tom Brady was throwing interceptions on passes that weren’t remotely close to his receivers.
Despite the victory, plenty of concerns continue to surround the Eagles.
Chip Kelly insists he’s entrenched as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Some have suggested that GM Kelly deserves to be fired, while coach Kelly should keep his job – a sound line of thinking. Consequentially, Coach Kelly has had very little talent to work with.
But Kelly is constantly reminding his players to “block out the noise”.
Another good indication is the number of plays for which they were on the field. Manning has never enjoyed playing under centre and he struggled.
Again, go to the dive bar in Philly and have an off-the-record meeting. But right as the Ole miss at that second quarter of a 73 all game.
Kelly has failed to do this.
“It’s as big a group of linebackers as you’re going to face”. Barner, who had been inactive for three games and didn’t play in three others, said he is grateful for the opportunity.
However, Murray might be tradable, since he is guaranteed just $7 million in salary next season and $2 million in 2017.
Unfortunately for Kelly, there isn’t much else his offence can do. I don’t think you get a lot out of that. Murray said he knew what he was in for when he signed with the Eagles – multiple running backs getting touches – but he still expected more. “We’re going to do whatever we can do to win football games”.
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Lastly, this was a fantastic win by the Eagles! He’s also added 14 receptions for 119 yards on the year, as well as one receiving touchdown. From a low of 24th in Week 1 to a month-long plateau at rank nine, the team are now fifth. Perhaps. But it’s providing context for a season that overall has been disappointing. It was highly unlikely Bennett could match his 90 reception mark from a season ago in the much more run-centric offense that John Fox brought to town, but Bennett finished the season with 53 receptions over 11 starts.
