“If we allow (the loss) to affect us on Thursday, then shame on us”, coach Chip Kelly said.
Advertisement
The Detroit Lions (4-7) have now won three straight games, while the Philadelphia Eagles (4-7) have dropped three straight. Stafford threw five touchdown passes, three of them to Megatron, marking the second week in a row that the Eagles’ defense allowed the opposing quarterback to throw five touchdown passes. We’ve got to figure out what the problem is and just correct it because I can’t continue to take an embarrassment like that. “I think the answer to that question is yes”. Philadelphia lost to Tampa Bay 45-17 last weekend. All but San Francisco have a better win-loss record than the Lions at the moment but this is a Detroit team playing with much more confidence these days.
By the time most National Football League players were college sophomores, they were among the best-known players in their conference, if not the country. Stafford tied a career high with five touchdown passes. Ansah set up the final score with a strip-sack on Eagles quarterback Mark Sanchez, which he celebrated by flapping his arms like a turkey. Sanchez doesn’t expect any dissension in the ranks.
“We’ve practiced that one a little bit, and just never got it off the call sheet”, Stafford said. It’s something we don’t prepare for, we don’t train for, we work too hard to let things like this get to us or put up points like that.
Sanchez, who was taken four picks after Stafford in the 2009 draft, started his second straight game in place of the injured Sam Bradford for the Eagles. Stafford’s 337 passing yards marked the fourth consecutive Thanksgiving Day game that he has thrown for at least 300 yards. After that, Stafford and Johnson connected for two more scores in a 45-14 plastering of the Eagles.
It didn’t help that Philadelphia lost starting cornerback Nolan Carroll to a broken ankle in the first half, either. His longest came on his 25-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter, but the two others were on short two and three-yard shots in the end zone.
The only time the Lions offense struggled all day was on its first possession when nothing went right leading to a three-and-out. Mark Sanchez went 3-for-3 for 58 yards and a touchdown on a seven-play, 80-play drive that briefly tied the score, 7-7, early in the second quarter. Philadelphia tight end Trey Burton had nice 43-yard catch and run.
Its just been good, Jim Bob and I have a good relationship, hes a smart guy, he communicates well with the guys on our offense, hes young in his job but hes not afraid hes aggressive and thats fun, Stafford said. “If games were won strictly off of guys wanting to win, everybody would be undefeated”, Jenkins said. You’re supposed to play inside technique on the receiver and that means taking away the inside route.
Advertisement
-FS Glover Quin suffered a left ankle injury late in the first quarter and did not return. The Steelers, who came into the game with a record of 9-3, and were heavily favored to beat the 6-6 Lions.
