Hurricane is no bigger flop than Eagles in first half
The Eagles looked like a terrible team in stumbling to a 13-0 halftime deficit.
LANDOVER, Md. --- Could it have been worse?
Hard to see how.
The Eagles' offense was totally incoherent in the first half. Their defense was just good enough to keep them from being routed. At halftime, Washington led, 13-0, and it could have been much worse.
New kicker Caleb Sturgis put the final-play capper on the first 30 minutes when he pushed a 33-yard field goal – an extra point, basically – wide to the left.
The first-half yards were 184-91. The Eagles lost Byron Maxwell (quad) and Mychal Kendricks (hamstring) on the first series, Jason Peters (quad) soon after, Brandon Bair (groin) from their once-fearsome defensive line right after that.
So the offensive line for most of the half was Matt Tobin, Allen Barbre, Jason Kelce, Dennis Kelly and Lane Johnson. Quarterback Sam Bradford was sacked three times and looked totally lost, again. The Eagles made three plays: a 30-yard DeMarco Murray run, a 45-yard Darren Sproles punt return and a 45-yard Bradford pass to Nelson Agholor that was the team's longest offensive play of the season.
But on the next play after the Agholor catch, the Eagles tried a reverse, and the exchange between Ryan Mathews and Agholor bounced away, covered by Washington linebacker Keenan Robinson.
Maybe Detroit would have been a more appropriate venue for the Eagles' efforts, after all.