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Eagles Notebook: Peters wasn't as good as the Eagles

Excerpts of Paul Domowitch's Second Take, posted Mondays on the Daily News' Eagles blog, at www.eagletarian.com:

 

Some day-after observations after reviewing the tape of Sunday's 40-17 win over the Giants:

 

The left tackle

 

It wasn't the best of games for left tackle Jason Peters. His fingerprints were on both of the Giants' sacks of Donovan McNabb. He also was flagged for a holding penalty inside the Giants' 10-yard line on the Eagles' second possession.

Peters wasn't totally to blame for either of the sacks. On the first one midway through the second quarter, Osi Umenyiora beat him around the corner. But he had forced Umenyiora wide enough that he probably wouldn't have been able to get to McNabb if not for the fact that the quarterback had been flushed from the pocket by Mathias Kiwanuka, who beat center Jamaal Jackson up the middle. McNabb fumbled on the play. To his credit, Peters fell on the loose ball.

On the second one in the third quarter, which also resulted in a McNabb fumble that was recovered by the Giants, Peters was late sliding over to pick up blitzing cornerback Bruce Johnson.

The first-quarter holding penalty was the first holding call against Peters this season. His only other two penalties this season were a pair of false starts against Carolina in Week 1.

 

The penalties

 

* The Eagles were flagged just five times Sunday for 45 yards. The five flags was their third fewest total of the season. They were penalized just three times in their Week 3 win over the Chiefs, and four times in their Week 6 loss to the Raiders.

* Even though he hasn't played all that much yet, right guard Stacy Andrews leads the Eagles in false-start penalties. Picked up his fourth Sunday against the Giants. Nick Cole is second with three.

* Peters' holding penalty Sunday was only the third against the Eagles' offensive line this season. The other two came a week earlier against the Redskins. Both were on left guard Todd Herremans. Actually, one of the holding calls on Herremans really was a trip.

 

The scoring drives

 

The Eagles had five touchdown drives against the Giants. None were longer than four plays. Two were three plays. One lasted two plays. The fifth was one play. That was McNabb's 54-yard touchdown pass to DeSean Jackson near the end of the first half.

The Eagles have had 20 touchdown drives this season. Just three have been longer than six plays. They had a 10-play TD drive in Week 1 against Carolina, an eight-play drive against the Saints and an eight-play drive against the Chiefs.

 

The Wildcat/spread

 

The Eagles ran just one Wildcat play Sunday. That was a 4-yard run late in the first quarter by Michael Vick on a third-and-1 at the Giant 15-yard line.

For the season, the Eagles have rushed for 163 yards on 40 carries (4.07 yards per carry) out of the Wildcat/spread. They've rushed for 639 yards on 127 carries (5.03) out of their standard sets.

Vick has rushed for 26 yards on 10 carries out of the Wildcat/spread. He also had a minus-1-yard kneel-down on the Eagles' final possession Sunday.

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Posted 08:13 AM, 11/03/2009
Living_Legend
Its not a Wildcat with only 1 qb on the field. Come on Domo..
Posted 09:21 AM, 11/03/2009
eaglesfan4life
Best LT in football! At least thats what Andy Reid said ....
Posted 09:25 AM, 11/03/2009
johnnymoose270
i think it's a wildcat when there are no qb's on the field....as is the case when vick is out there.
Posted 10:05 AM, 11/03/2009
craig123
As we all know the O-Line has been a nightmare from the first day of training camp. If it could go wrong it did. Peters is still learning a new system, Andrews is coming off an major knee injury as well a learning a new system. Nick Cole is starting for the first time in his career along with Justice. That's a lot of change for the team and the individual players. Giving up two sacks and running the ball for 180 yards+ against NY, in my opinion, is pretty darn good. The group has shown improvement the past two weeks and this should continue. Give this group some time, it's going to work.
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Posted 10:49 AM, 11/03/2009
PhillyPhantastico
It is a Wildcat regardless of how many QBs are on the field, as long as the QB is not in a QB position.
Posted 11:07 AM, 11/03/2009
ACBaughman
It is a Wildcat offense when Villanova runs a fast break.
Posted 11:43 AM, 11/03/2009
REALPHAN
ANDYEATSITALL: "Not in my wildest dreams did I see Justice being one of the better lineman on this team." _____________________________________________________________________ So maybe afterall, the coach DOES know what he is doing? I mean, if after 1 GAME, a guy doesn't make the pro-bowl and win a superbowl at the sametime, we should just cut him right? Thats why the FANS should be FANS, and the COACHES, Should COACH! And I love how, NO MENTION of good play calling....DeJack and McNabb hit up (again) for a 50+ pass play and its, "Man those PLAYERS are great!" but Weaver drops a TD in the endzone (that was in his hands) and "WAAHHH, THE COACH CAN'T MAKE GOOD PLAY CALLS!" Nevermind, that on BOTH 50+ TDs to Desean this year, the defense was frozen with the PLAY CALL!
Posted 03:09 PM, 11/03/2009
Todd Pratt
REALPHAN - a realist. That is the equivalent of a unicorn in this town....
Posted 04:26 PM, 11/03/2009
philly499
Peters will get McNabb killed if he doesn't block better.
Posted 05:58 AM, 11/04/2009
Flackattack
At the start of the season would anybody else reading this have taken a 5-2 start and a fight with the Cowgirls for first place in week 8? I certainly would have. Realphan and Craig are both right on. And we've retooled with younger players and should be in the hunt for a few more years, so bravo also to the front office. Go Eagles
Posted 09:16 AM, 11/04/2009
Dutch-wayne
Peters did OK. The first sack was not his fault. Left tackles are not required to maintain a wall, only keep the rusher off the QB for 4 to 5 seconds. Don held the ball again instead of getting rid of it and then fumbled. The second was more his fault, but then again he was out there without help. I remember Tra Thomas and John Runyon both letting people through.
Posted 10:59 AM, 11/04/2009
MG44
"The Eagles had five touchdown drives against the Giants. None were longer than four plays." Did any of the boneheaded columnists give the Eagles credit for scoring two td's in the last 2 minutes of the first half without benefit of time outs? Do Reid, McNabb and company get credit for that, or maybe they should have sustained "6 minute drives" which would have given them 14 fewer points. Amazing analysis. I hope Peters is a player, and I wasn't Tre Thomas' biggest fan, but this guy scares me. McNabb got creamed from the blind side on the fumble that got recovered by the Giants and he has taken some other kill shots this year - some of which were Peters' fault. (Of course, most of the idiots here think McNabb is soft, and holds the ball too long...)
Posted 12:22 PM, 11/04/2009
Dierte
Dutch-Wayne - I hope you were joking on that statement...actually it IS the offensive lines job to form a wall. A WR isn't always open after "4-5 seconds". It's their job...
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