Paul Domowitch's Eagles-Bears Report Card
Another blown lead. Another game where their run defense let them down. Another game where turnovers killed them. Get the defibrillator.
Paul Domowitch's Eagles-Bears Report Card
Paul Domowitch, Daily News NFL Columnist
Click here to give your grades on the Eagles' Monday night performance against the Bears:
RUSHING OFFENSE: LeSean McCoy rushed for just 33 yards on 9 carries in the first half, but turned it on in the third quarter, scoring on a 33-yard run with the help of some excellent blocking from left tackle Jason Peters. Ronnie Brown had a four-yard touchdown run.
Grade: B
PASSING OFFENSE: Mike Vick threw his third red-zone interception of the season in the second quarter after the Eagles drove to the Chicago 19. The Bears turned it into a Robbie Gould field goal. Vick averaged just 5.6 yards per attempt and completed just 21 of 38
Grade: C-minus
RUN DEFENSE: The Bears’ ground game gashed the Eagles for 60 yards on their first possession. They did a better job of slowing them down for a while, but Matt Forte finished with 133 rushing
Grade: C-minus
PASS DEFENSE: The Eagles did a decent job on Jay Cutler early on, but he found his stride in the second half, throwing two touchdown passes. The Eagles did a poor job in the middle of the field. Earl Bennett had 5 catches for 95 yards and a TD against them.
Grade: C-
SPECIAL TEAMS: DeSean Jackson had a costly fumble on a first-half punt return that set up a Chicago touchdown. A fake punt in the fourth quarter failed miserably. Eagles coverage units did a pretty good job of containing lethal return man Devin Hester, with the exception of a 19-yard punt return early in the fourth quarter.
Grade: D
OVERALL: Another blown lead. Another game where their run defense let them down. Another game where turnovers killed them. Get the defibrillator.
Grade: D
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Buy Eagles tickets - Um dude, and any others out there that don't understand. DRC was a trade so whatever deal he had with the Cardinals is what he's getting paid by the Eagles. Eagles did not reconstruct his contract when he came here. Like it or not FA signings get a little more than a player who is still under contract. That is not an excuse, Lance Briggs wants a raise but he's still playing hard. If Chicago doesn't pay him he'll get a lot more as a FA by continuing to play hard. Slacking does not get you the big pay day especially being a 5'8 receiver that drops as many balls as he catches. Defenses have figured Jackson out. He's no threat in the middle of the field and he's not out running anyone. Eagles need to put him in the slot, roll Vick out with a pump fake, Jackson does a double move. With the man coverage Chicago was playing Eagles should have been able to exploit it. Oh one other thing.... Vick needs to stop staring down his receivers he has to learn how to look off then come back, trust his receivers will be where they are supposed to be. Vick also needs to just run instead of trying to throw across his body.
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Glad we "stole" Steve Smith from the Giants. Why, to sit him on the bench? I would rather see him than Maclin. They use the same talentless personnel over and over again and do not know how to use their players. How do you draft as your first round pick a 26 year old(now 27) who never played football until he had 2 years in Junior College and 2 years in a major college... as a TACKLE and you play him out of position at GUARD? There is no team leadership. Roseman stinks, Reid stinks and Vick is dumb as a stump and showed he cannot lead a game winning drive when needed (Like Flacco did the night before for the Ravens). Time for some major changes- WAKE UP LURIE!!!!!— Bermar
