Man Up: Celek, Peters and the O-line
How did Jason Peters perform against the Colts? What about the rest of the offensive line? Here's the player-by-player breakdown.
Man Up: Celek, Peters and the O-line
Sheil Kapadia, Philly.com
Here's the player-by-player breakdown of the Eagles' offensive performance against the Colts on Sunday.
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Michael Vick- I'll get to the complete breakdown in Wednesday's piece, but there were ups and downs for Vick in this one. In his fourth start of the season, Vick relied on his legs more against the Colts than in any other previous game. While I thought he took off a few times before he really needed to, Vick produced big-time results with his legs, finishing with 10 carries for 74 yards. He picked up 24 yards on a 3rd-and-9, and the biggest play of the game might have been his 32-yard pickup on 3rd-and-4 in the second half. As a passer, Vick completed 17 of 29 for 218 yards and a touchdown. He made a perfect throw on the touchdown to DeSean Jackson, and Vick's 58-yard bomb to Jackson was a thing of beauty. Vick still has not been picked off this season, but he had several close calls against the Colts.
LeSean McCoy- He finished with 16 carries for 95 yards, including the big run to start the game. On that 62-yard carry, it was a great individual effort. If you watch the replay, the offensive line didn't do much at all. I'm still not sure how McCoy was caught from behind by a linebacker, though. Later in the game, he converted a pair of 2nd-and-1 chances into first downs. And McCoy did a good job of picking up a blitzer on Vick's 32-yard run. He wasn't a factor in the passing game. The Eagles twice tried to set up screens to McCoy, but neither worked.
Owen Schmitt- He gets my vote for under-the-radar contributor in this one. Schmitt turned in one of his best performances of the season, doing the little things required of the fullback position. He had a decent lead block on Dwight Freeney on McCoy's 62-yard run. He had a good chip on Robert Mathis on the 58-yard completion to Jackson. Schmitt threw a nice lead block on a 5-yard Jerome Harrison run in the first and a 3-yard McCoy carry on 2nd-and-1 in the third. He delivered a good block on Mathis, giving Vick time to complete a 22-yarder to Maclin in the third. And Schmitt blocked Freeney on Vick's rollout throw to Jason Avant that set up the fourth-quarter touchdown.
Jerome Harrison- He was active for the first time and on the field for four snaps. Harrison got the ball twice, and had a good-looking 5-yard run in the first. He did a decent job chipping Freeney on a second-quarter Vick throw.
Eldra Buckley- Buckley even got in the mix for three snaps. Didn't touch the ball though.
Brent Celek- Celek went without a catch and just can't get going this season. The official stats have him down for one target, but he actually had more chances. Vick was looking for him in the end zone on the Birds' second drive, but the pass was tipped and nearly picked off. On the Eagles' third drive, Vick rolled to his left and was looking for Celek back on the right side, but he was hit at the line of scrimmage and then covered. The Birds have had success on that play previously this season, but the Colts were ready for it. On a second-quarter pass from Vick, Celek was leveled and couldn't hold on. And he had a 56-yard touchdown called back because of a Winston Justice holding penalty. It seems to be something different that goes wrong for Celek every week.
Garrett Mills- Not much to report, but he was on the field for nine snaps.
DeSean Jackson- He wasted no time getting back to his usual tricks. In Jackson's first action since Week 6, he caught a 9-yard touchdown on the Eagles' third offensive play from scrimmage. Jackson later hauled in a 58-yard reception in the first quarter and also had an 18-yard grab. Overall, seven catches (on eight targets) for 109 yards. The two runs at the end of the game worked to perfection. Jackson came in motion from the right side twice and picked up gains of 11 and 6 with less than two minutes left in the game. That allowed the offense to say on the field, keeping Peyton Manning on the sideline.
Jeremy Maclin- Maclin was not targeted until there were less than two minutes left in the first half. Vick targeted him on his first four attempts of the second half, and Maclin's first catch came with 13:27 left in the third quarter. He had a big 22-yard reception when the Eagles faced a 2nd-and-26 in the third. Maclin finished with four catches for 48 yards.
Jason Avant- He had a 34-yard grab on 3rd-and-7 in the second. And Avant's 7-yard grab set up the Eagles' lone second-half touchdown.
Riley Cooper- No targets, no catches, but he was on the field for 10 snaps.
Winston Justice- I think Justice would probably admit that this was his worst game of the season. He had trouble with Robert Mathis all day. Mathis beat him on a third-down throw in the red zone in the first quarter; he went by Justice on a designed rollout in the second, forcing Vick to take off and run; and he went around Justice with a spin move on a third down in the third. He was also beat by Keyunta Dawson on the play where Vick took off and ran for 32 yards. Justice was called for a holding penalty on what would have been a 56-yard touchdown to Celek. And he was called for a false start in the fourth, turning 3rd-and-4 into 3rd-and-9.
Max Jean-Gilles- He left the game in the second quarter after suffering a concussion. Jean-Gilles did a poor job on the 1-yard Harrison carry in the first. And he got beat on a third-down Vick throw in the red zone in the first quarter. Jean-Gilles had some good moments. He did a nice job on a McCoy 4-yard carry in the first and again on Harrison's 5-yard run.
Nick Cole- He entered the game in the second quarter after Jean-Gilles suffered a concussion. Cole gave up a sack to Eric Foster during the Eagles' final drive in the first half. Foster beat him with a spin move on the very next play, but Vick escaped the pocket. Foster went right by Cole and Mike McGlynn in the third, forcing Vick to take off and throw the ball away. In the run game, he was plowed over by Dan Muir on a run in the third that resulted in a 5-yard loss. Cole had a few bright spots. He did a nice job on Mathis, who twisted inside, on Vick's 34-yard throw to Avant in the second. And Cole did an excellent job of pulling on the McCoy 9-yard run in the third, and again on a McCoy 6-yard gain. He was called for a false start on Eagles' final drive, turning 3rd-and-2 into 3rd-and-7. The Eagles tried to argue that a Colts defender baited him.
Mike McGlynn- He was really the only offensive lineman who hit anyone on McCoy's 62-yard run. It wasn't a key block, but McGlynn did a decent job on the opposing lineman, and then took out a Colts DB. He did a good job on a few other run plays: a McCoy 4-yard carry in the first, Harrison's 5-yard run and a 9-yard McCoy run in the third. McGlynn had trouble with the DT on a 1-yard McCoy run in the second. And as I mentioned above, Foster went right by him and Cole in the third, forcing Vick to take off and throw the ball away.
Todd Herremans- He was solid overall. Herremans did a good job of picking up Freeney on a twist in the third as Vick found Jackson for 11 yards. He got to the second level on McCoy's 9-yard run in the third and did a nice job of pulling on McCoy's 6-yard run in the fourth.
Jason Peters- Dwight Freeney was invisible on Sunday. The only time the Colts' defensive end got his hands on Vick was when Vick escaped the pocket and tried to run in the second quarter. Freeney finished with two tackles, no sacks and no QB hits. So how much help did Peters get? By my count, he was asked to block Freeney (or whoever happened to be lined up at defensive end) one-on-one 13 times. And Peters came through on those plays, keeping Freeney away from Vick. The Eagles did give him some help on the other plays - chipping with tight ends and running backs, rolling Vick out, etc. And multuple times, Freeney twisted inside, becoming someone else's responsibility. But overall, it was a very encouraging performance from Peters, even though he was called for the one false start penalty.
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Celek is/was a top flight TE, Ingram was a hot prospect. It isn't even close to the biggest need on this team. In fact, TE might be the best position on the Eagles line.— pking222- I'm just relieved the staff has finally realized our all pros can't block your all pros one on one... there's no reason a little game planning shouldn't assist - we've been outcoached enough b/c of stubbornness.— HighDrama
- Vick had to use his legs because his blindside RT was getting abused the whole game. Anyone else think useyourbrain is just crowing about having played in a D1 game? Anyone care?— dragoon6
- jpk has a point! All Pros should be able to block All Pros, on a majority last I checked...— ThisGuy
- they should sit celek more and use riley cooper more...— juggadore
- they should sit celek more and use riley cooper more...— juggadore
- If Celek is injured, he shouldn't be playing. At this point, we really need some depth at TE. When is Reid going to invest in a top-flight TE?— rubicon24
If Peters needs help on all but 13 plays, that's a red flag.— jpk- The reverses to Jackson were nice, but he shouldn't have gone down so easily on the second one. A little like Shady earlier in the season. Almost cost us.— cjgaddis
- why cant someone whos never played the game but understands the game, breakdown film and give analysis? They can and do, quite often, some of the best in fact. Good article as usual. Good point Tom, except he may have even caused a fumble if he didnt hold and could have been a costly turnover and changed the outcome of the game. And newsflash, not every player plays a perfect game every week, players do get beat so it was a great penalty to take and the announcers even mentioned that.— peteike
- Great report. Nice job Sheil!— bossrjc
- So, it is safe to say UseYourBrain is unfamiliar with the journalism profession...— pmoehrle5
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Les Bowen knows less about football than Jay Grace.- After reading this analysis, I have a question: What authority/experience does this guy have..actually playing organized fb past high school..that makes him a relevant analyst of Eagles game film? Give me someone's analysis who's actually played an NFL game..or even a D-1 college game.— UseYourBrain
- Right. But if he'd done his job right in the first place and not gotten beat so badly then it would have been a touchdown.— Jack Burden
- A win is a win, especially against the caliber of opponent they faced in Manning. The rest of the season is there for them to grab, but it's going to take a better job by the oline. And as much as I bash the job of the coaches and mr. piggy, they've got this team at 5-3, but I still don't understand how they do not make in-game adjustments to help the oline. I realize Celek stayed in a ton, but opposing teams live in the backfield of the Eagles.— Bleue
- Tom, I don't Sheil's disputing the holding call at all...— Phillies1120
- Justice held on that called back Celek TD, but he held because he got beat. If Justice doesn't hold the result of the play is not a TD, but a pancaked Vick who would have been hit hard in the back. So after being beat Justice did what he had to do to keep his QB from being killed. He held.
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