Eagles survive against Lions
The Eagles survived a late scare, beating the Lions, 35-32, Sunday afternoon in Detroit.
Eagles survive against Lions
Sheil Kapadia, Philly.com
The Eagles survived a furious rally by the Lions, defeating Detroit, 35-32, for their first win of the season.
With under seven minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Eagles seemingly had the game in hand with a 35-17 lead. But the Lions scored a pair of touchdowns and recovered an onsides kick with under two minutes left to make things interesting.
The Eagles' defense came up with a fourth-down stop, though, to escape with a win.
Michael Vick and LeSean McCoy led the offensive surge. Vick completed over 61 percent of his passes (21-of-34) for 284 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. McCoy carried 16 times for 120 yards and three touchdowns.
After the Eagles went down 17-7 in the second quarter, they scored 28 straight, with the offense getting in the end zone on four of seven possessions.
DeSean Jackson, who averaged less than 29 receiving yards per game in his last four (going back to last season), came up huge with four catches for 135 yards.
The Eagles relied heavily on big plays. On four of their five scoring drives, the offense had a play of 25 yards or more. Three of those came courtesy of Jackson.
Defensively, the Eagles allowed 32 points and 444 yards. Journeyman quarterback Shaun Hill threw for 335 yards. Lions running back Jahvid Best accounted for 232 yards and three touchdowns.
Brandon Graham came up with his first career sack but left the game in the second half with an apparent shoulder injury.
Rookie Nate Allen came up with his second interception in as many games.
The Eagles scored touchdowns on all three red zone possessions and did not turn the ball over. Vick was sacked five times.
The Eagles are 1-1, which puts them ahead of the Cowboys, who lost to the Bears and are 0-2. As of this post, the Redskins and Giants have yet to play.
The Birds travel to Jacksonville to take on the Jaguars in Week 3.
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FRIST!
- Fair to say that the Eagles defensive has some "ISSUES" it needs to workout/resolve. Scary.
- Ok, stupid comment, I admit. Just had to pull a Tosh.O. Ugly 1st half all the way around. 2nd half was better, up until minus 10:00 to play. Ugh, much worse then what it needed to be. Bobby April has gotta get his junk together. Special teams has not looked ANY different then the garbage they sent out the past two years. Reid and Co. know that Vick is the backup (EVEN if he is the one who gives them the best chance to win). The future is Kolb, not Vick. The next couple of games will determine the future for Kolb. Is this season a "mulligan"? I don't know, but the braintrust is using this to decide Kolb or "other". Let the fun begin. Go Birds!
I don't care who is the quarterback as long as we win.— MidnightGreenRocks
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