Handing out 10 awards from the Eagles-Jaguars game

Back for another season here in 2014, I happily present... My weekly 10 post-game awards!

Last season, Nick Foles had a disastrous performance against the Dallas Cowboys in which he failed to spot open receivers, held onto the ball too long, and just generally, you know... stunk. He bounced back the next week against the Raiders with his seven TD performance. Against the Jags Week 1, Foles kinda, you know... stunk. We'll be expecting nothing short of eight TD throws next week in Indy, Mr. Foles.

Zach Ertz had three receptions. All three were 25+ yards. You wouldn't think of a guy like Ertz to be a player who can stretch the defense, but that's exactly what he can do.

Last season the Eagles set a new NFL record with 99 plays of 20+ yards, or roughly six per game. It's kind of remarkable that the Eagles were able to get six plays of 20+ yards, considering how bad Nick Foles was for most of the day, in addition to the fact that LeSean McCoy didn't have any. Here's who got them:

At one point during the first quarter, Jags WR Allen Hurns had 101 receiving yards and two TDs. The Eagles as a team had 63 yards. It looked like Hurns might be the next in line of previously uinknown players like James Mungro, Victor Cruz, and James Starks to have amazing games against the Eagles. As it turned out, Hurns finished the day with four catches for 110 yards.

After losing both Allen Barbre and Evan Mathis to injury, the Eagles' OL looked like this:

Lane Johnson had to have been sitting at home terrified that his absence could cost his team the game, but the Eagles makeshift OL was good enough.

Another 50+ yard field goal for the baby-faced beast, this one from 51, which matched Alex Henery's career long. Aaaaaand, he drilled a kickoff a minimum of five yards beyond the back line of the end zone on a kickoff.

Just put him in the Hall of Fame. Now.

Brandon Bair and Damion Square combined for a FG block in the preseason against Chicago. And then against the Jaguars, Bair had FG block in a game that mattered. That's good enough for me to consider him the most imposing presence on a FG block team in the history of the Universe.

Sproles and Jenkins are ballers. Obviously, Sproles kick-started the Eagles' offense with a long 49 yard TD run, which shockingly was the longest of his career. He also had a few nice punt returns.

Meanwhile, Jenkins had a big hit on a receiver that jarred the ball loose, and was clearly a vocal presence for the defense, changing a play on a key 3rd and 1 stop before the snap.

A lot of people have asked. "If those guys are good, then why did the Saints get rid of them? I can't answer that question with 100% certainly, but my answer to that question is, "Who cares? They can both play."

Donnie Jones and Brandon Boykin are the Joe Montana and Jerry Rice of lofting up punts inside the five yard line and having the gunner catch them without letting it land first. I haven't watched every punter-gunner tandem in the NFL, but Jones and Boykin are the best punter-gunner tandem in the NFL. How can I possibly know that?

Batted passes at the line are drive killers, and Connor Barwin had at least eight batted passes last season, a huge number. He already has two this season. Dare I say... Connor Bearwin... Hmmmmmm?

OK, probably not. Sorry.

With 1:23 left in the game, Fletcher Cox had the opportunity to just fall on the football after a Trent Cole strip sack, which would have ended the game. Instead, Cox knew that the line was 10.5 or 11, depending on when you bet it, and if he had just fallen on the ball, the Eagles would not have covered the spread. So he did the right thing -- He scooped and scored. Technically, I suppose he's not the best friend of any gambler betting against the Eagles... but screw those people.

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