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Grades through four games

The Philadelphia Daily News - Eagletarian

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Grades through four games

POSTED: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 10:22 AM

Paul Domowitch, Daily News NFL Columnist

The Eagles have finished a quarter of their schedule with a 3-1 record, heading into Sunday's game at Oakland.

After each game, we provide our report card here on Eagletarian and in Monday's Birdwatch coverage of the Daily News.

Taking the grades in each area from the first four games and averaging them out, here is where the Eagles stand on our season report card to this point:

Rushing offense: B-

Passing offense: B+

Rushing defense: B+

Passing defense: C+

Special teams: C+

Overall: B-

So, where are we too high? Where are we too low? Fire away ...

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Comments (22)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:40 AM, 10/17/2009

Everything looks right to me, I would maybe drop special teams to C minus.

— hillbillybirdsfan

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:58 AM, 10/17/2009

2 C+ and 2 B+ equal out to a B. If you add in 1 B- how does the ave. become a B-? Should be a B...right?

— bryky

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:02 AM, 10/17/2009

Impossible to tell at this point. They've played a bunch of JV squads and against NO, they offered ludicrous starting field position to a great opposing offense. The grades should be incomplete at this point.... grade away on November 2nd

— bizurk

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:36 AM, 10/17/2009

Let me get this straight... the 4th rated Pass Defense in the NFL grades out as a C+ and the 14th ranked Run Defense is a B+???

— Mugwumps88

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:47 PM, 10/17/2009

Special teams should be lower, too many penalties and less than average coverage units. Plus, Hobbs makes me nervous every time he touches it, whether it's going to be a fumble or a penalty for celebrating his 20 yard return. Defense gets lower grades because they've played nobodies, except N.O., and offense should be higher passing grades, lower running grades. We need to get some running in to start gaining time of possession, defense will be even better.

— Bleue

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:24 PM, 10/17/2009

It is way too early to grade any team.

— kalina

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 1:34 PM, 10/17/2009

rushing offense c passing offense a rushing defense b passing offense b special teams c wildcat offense priceless

— teenwolf

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:59 PM, 10/17/2009

How do I turn off the autoplay on the video clip? Everytime I go to a new page on the sports site a clip loads. Enough already, you redsigned the site. I get it. Very nice. Now stop it with the clips.

— misterpet

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:01 PM, 10/17/2009

Passing defense too low; special teams too high.

— jmk1512

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:56 PM, 10/17/2009

Grades now don't mean squat 'til we play a few more GOOD teams with Mc5 behind center.

— TBear

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:45 PM, 10/17/2009

You're too high on rushing offense. It has been pretty non-existent so far.

— SteveS11

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:47 PM, 10/17/2009

I agree with misterpet. The video clips are really annoying...and they keep playing over and over again. I have to turn off the sound so I don't keep hearing it.

— SteveS11

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:26 PM, 10/17/2009

The D hasn't done much this year. Won't give them higher than C in any catagory.

— starbird

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:12 PM, 10/17/2009

running offense is to high looks like last year

— wcm65

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:01 PM, 10/17/2009

You can't grade them until the preseason is over. I believe the season starts Nov. 1 with the Giants.

— Justicek

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:53 PM, 10/17/2009

Rather than grading offense or defense, I'd ask for comments on units. Specifically, how would you grade the offensive line? How are the defensive down linemen performing? Is the linebacking corps getting the job done? The defensive secondary? The running backs? The receivers? There are specific areas of great concern, and upon these discrete sub-units the team's performance as a whole depends. Thinking this way, it becomes easier to discern areas in which fine-tuning can markedly improve the Eagles' chances of success in the rougher latter half of their season.

— Tucci