They were already well on their way to a loss this time a week after Romo ended the seven-game skid in his return last week at Miami. I wouldn’t have minded it as much if it was straight up Nick Foles for Bradford, maybe with one late draft pick included; it would have been trading a mediocre quarterback for another mediocre quarterback who was formerly a number one overall draft pick, and I like Bradford’s upside better than Foles’s. No change in Chip. “We didn’t do good job of making plays that they had to make in a game like this”. Here are a few suggestions to make the final five games somewhat palatable for the fans. By the third quarter though, the Eagles just looked completely broken. It’s a well-oiled cliché for players to speak of “all having a part in this, ” but it’s 100 percent accurate when it comes to the Eagles. The downward spiral continued Thanksgiving Day with another flat-out embarrassing loss from start to finish against the Detroit Lions.
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It wasn’t a matter of how many games he would miss. While we’re on the subject, why would anyone on the Eagles care who anonymously was critical of the way DeMarco Murray finished a run? And at some point, they might have to pull the plug on it. The team is struggling under Kelly’s leadership, and he might be the problem.
The Lions led 24-7 at halftime. The Eagles responded by going three-and-out and using up 23 seconds before punting.
A lot of Lions fans had to be asking themselves after such a thorough victory: Where has this team been all season?
Philadelphia tied it during the opening minute of the second quarter. The Eagles’ defence gets back on field quickly, which leads to the defence getting exhausted and then torched by rivals.
Davis took responsibility for the defense’s horrific performance for the second time in a space of four days.
-RUN DEFENSE: A. Philadelphia is a run-first team, but the Lions didn’t let them get into any sort of rhythm on the ground.
Total time of possession: 33 seconds.
Even if that might be hard to believe after watching his team on Thanksgiving.
But Ryans isn’t that player anymore. Ask him to merely manage the game, he’ll toil. It’s the same knee that kept him out for the entire 2014 season with a torn ACL. He dominated on just 35 snaps and earned the highest grade of his career.
Give Kelce credit for at least unloading his feelings and establishing personal boundaries.
Perhaps the Eagles would have scaled back on Ryans’ playing time and sat Alonso if rookie Jordan Hicks not torn his pectoral muscle against Dallas on November 8.
Rowe wasn’t the only Eagle unable to defend Johnson.
The same philosophy should be true at other positions.
On the next play, Kuechly made a nifty over-the-head catch on a ball thrown to Jason Witten. RB Ryan Mathews and TE Zach Ertz were inactive because of lingering concussion symptoms.
At tight end, it’s easy to admire Brent Celek’s work ethic and determination.
Instead, Ansah’s lack of basketball ability has turned into a great benefit for the Detroit Lions, who have seen him become into one of the NFL’s most athletic and productive pass rushers.
-Cornerback Nolan Carroll was put on injured reserve Friday after breaking his ankle in Thursday’s loss to the Lions. Murray was the leading National Football League rusher last season.
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We keep hearing that there is still time for the Eagles to turn things around, especially since they are in a division in which no team owned a winning record heading into the weekend. The Eagles were undefeated in their previous six Thanksgiving Day games….
