Eagles Report Card
By Paul Domowitch RUSHING OFFENSE The Eagles took the pressure off Carson Wentz by running the ball 34 times for 133 yards. Ryan Mathews had 22 of those carries. He averaged just 3.5 yards per carry and didn't have a run longer than 7 yards, but had five rushing first downs. Kenjon Barner had 17- and 19-yard runs.
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RUSHING OFFENSE
The Eagles took the pressure off Carson Wentz by running the ball 34 times for 133 yards. Ryan Mathews had 22 of those carries. He averaged just 3.5 yards per carry and didn't have a run longer than 7 yards, but had five rushing first downs. Kenjon Barner had 17- and 19-yard runs.
GRADE: B-plus
PASSING OFFENSE
The best thing about Carson Wentz's debut was that he didn't turn the ball over. Completed nearly 60 percent of his passes and threw TD passes to Nelson Agholor and Jordan Matthews. Matthews and tight end Zach Ertz caught 13 of Wentz's 22 completions.
GRADE: B-plus
RUN DEFENSE
Take away the Browns' 40 garbage-time yards and RG3's 37 rushing yards, and the Eagles gave up just 43 rushing yards on 13 carries.
GRADE: B-plus
PASS DEFENSE
Not one of Nolan Carroll's better days. Terrelle Pryor beat him for a 44-yard completion, and he and safety Rodney McLeod overran a 58-yard pass to Corey Coleman, though Carroll did tip a ball that was intercepted by McLeod. The Eagles didn't put much pressure on Robert Griffin III until the second half when he had to throw nearly every down.
GRADE: B-minus
SPECIAL TEAMS
Darren Sproles had a 40-yard punt return. Donnie Jones had 67- and 72-yard punts and didn't allow a return. Caleb Sturgis had two field goals, but missed a 46-yarder late in the second quarter (wide right by a foot).
GRADE: B-plus
OVERALL
The Browns are bad. Really, really bad. Might be the worst team in the league. So don't get all carried away with a 19-point win. That said, Carson Wentz played well in his NFL debut and didn't turn the ball over. On defense, the pass rush needs to be more consistent and they must do a better job against the deep ball.
GRADE: B-plus