With Philadelphia already up 7-0 and the comedy of errors that the Bucs were putting on, it looks like it might be a long season in Tampa Bay.
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Bradford has handled the whole situation well, a characteristic that was once again on display Thursday night, when his performance consisted of one pass and two handoffs and then a lot of spectating. The Quarterback bounded quickly to his feet, later he needed to make sure not a land on his neck. He got the three points [with a field goal drive].
Even after a promising, surprisingly comfortable debut, Wentz is still further away from National Football League readiness than fellow first-round quarterbacks Jared Goff of the Rams and Paxton Lynch of the Broncos. DT Akeem Spence drew a holding call, then sacked Daniel on the next play. On the ground, Doug Martin led with 1,402 yards and six touchdowns in 288 carries while Winston added 213 yards in 54 carries. Daniel is expected to help Bradford learn the new offense on and off the field. – Wentz on his pro debut. “I played a lot of snaps at left so naturally I’m more comfortable”.
Sometimes day-after-game video review reveals positives and negatives that weren’t easily identified during live action, and sometimes it just confirms the obvious. For a time, the second unit was playing against Tampa Bay’s first-team defense. On defense, the first team cornerbacks of former Buffalo Bills Leodis McKelvin and Ron Brooks were victimized by Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston, an ominous sign considering the struggles the defense had last season.
Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson is preparing for starting right tackle Lane Johnson to be suspended by the NFL.
The team believes the injury occured in the fourth quarter and right now there is no timetable for his return.
Backup center Josh Andrews hurt his right ankle.
Sam Bradford completed 65.0 percent of his passes for 3,725 yards and 19 touchdowns against 14 interceptions.
Wentz still has much to learn, and only the coaches will know when the rookie can enter a regular season game and not have his head spin, but I’d be surprised if Daniel deserves to be the No. 2 quarterback ahead of Wentz for the entire season. His first throw was high off the hands of Nelson Agholor, but his next was a sharp 15-yard throw on the run to Zach Ertz.
Not surprisingly, Wentz saw plenty of negatives to go with some important steps he took in completing 12 of 24 passes for 89 yards.
The injury likely came on a hit he took on his penultimate play of the outing. It won’t show up on his highlight tape, but it is a play that would have been much more hard for Sam Bradford or Chase Daniel. “My first opportunity running the two-minute drill”. He also threw to no one from his end zone while pressured, but the officials ruled a receiver was nearby, avoiding a safety.
Defensive end Steven Means made a nice play, getting a strip sack in the second half.
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It was 91 degrees at kickoff with a heat index of 100 degrees.
