DIDN'T KNOW DOC WAS ALSO A MECHANIC
RUSHING OFFENSE
LeSean McCoy shook off a near-fatal fumble and had a game-winning, 10-yard touchdown. He had a season-high 99 yards on 20 carries. Grade: B-plus
PASSING OFFENSE
Donovan McNabb threw two TD passes, including a 48-yard bomb to DeSean Jackson. Completed 60-plus percent of his attempts for the third time in the last four games. Grade: B-plus
RUN DEFENSE
Gave up a 72-yard run to Kahlil Bell in the second quarter that set up a Bears field goal, but allowed just 54 yards on the other 19 rushing attempts. Grade: B
PASS DEFENSE
Sean Jones came up with a game-clinching, fourth-quarter interception off a Tracy White deflection. Eagles held Jay Cutler to 3.97 yards per attempt. Grade: B-plus
SPECIAL TEAMS
Eagles’ kickoff-coverage unit struggled to contain Johnny Knox. Punter Sav Rocca had another shank. DeSean Jackson had a 53-yard punt return. Grade: B-minus
OVERALL
The Eagles’ three giveaways might have been fatal against a better offense. They converted two of three red-zone opportunities and three of their last four third-down chances to pull out a fourth-quarter win. Grade: B-plus
Les
Bowen has covered the Eagles for the Daily News
since 2002.
Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les
only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no
penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite
what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News
from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much
lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their
two sons live in Haddon Township, New Jersey.
E-mail Les at bowenl@phillynews.com
and follow
him on Twitter.
Paul
Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982.
He has spent most of his nearly 3 decades with the paper covering the
Eagles and pro football. For the last 10 years, he’s been a
selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A native of Wilkes-Barre
and a graduate of Wilkes University, Domo started his career in Texas,
working first for the Midland Reporter-Telegram (1976-78), and then for
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas
Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was
boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose 2 sports coats to
blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley,
a University of Oklahoma grad who still hasn’t gotten over
that Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State 5 years ago, have 2 terrific
daughters -- Allison, 28, who is an attorney in South Jersey, and Amy,
25, who works in administration for a professional baseball team.
E-mail Domo at PDomo@aol.com and follow
him on Twitter.
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