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Eagles Red Zone Report: Week 5

Philadelphia Eagles fullback Leonard Weaver (43) tumbles into the endzone for a touchdown as Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Geno Hayes defends in the second quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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about 1 month ago: Philadelphia Eagles fullback Leonard Weaver (43) tumbles into the endzone for a touchdown as Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Geno Hayes defends in the second quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

This look at the Eagles' Red Zone performance is brought to you by Comcast and the new NFL Red Zone channel

Last year the dreaded "red zone" was a recurring problem for the Eagles offense. Pretty much all year the team would move with relative ease down the field, but as soon as they crossed the opponents' 20 yard line everything would change. The playcalling would be inconsistent, the execution would suffer, and the offense would sputter to a stop. All too often the Eagles were left settling for field goals or worse... turning the ball over.

So this season we'll keep an extra eye on how the red zone performance looks.

This week was all about the big play, so the Eagles rarely ventured into the red zone. In fact, they were there only once and Brian Westbrook scored a touchdown. The drive started on the Tampa 27, McNabb passed to Westbrook for 20 yards, then handed off the Westy who took it in from there. So for this week the Eagles red zone efficiency was 100%

They also did score from the 20 yard line on the pass to Leonard Weaver, which doesn't officially count as a red zone TD... but is a good sign anyway.

 

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Speaking of Red Zones!!! Witty Transition! 

Comcast is carrying the new NFL Red Zone channel! NFL Red Zone lets you follow all the red zone action on NFL Sunday as it happens. When a team gets inside the twenty, the network cuts to that game. Not only is this cool for any big NFL fan, it would be awesome for out of market Eagles fans that can't watch the games. You're essentially getting the best parts of every Eagles game live for only a couple bucks a month as opposed to having to shell out the several hundred bucks for the NFL ticket.

They don't ever break for commercials and the action literally never stops. They don't just limit it to red zone trips either... I was watching last weekend and they would show any game live if no team happened to be in the red zone. This is probably the best thing ever invented for an NFL fan that's looking for something to flip to when the Eagles game goes to commercials...

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that picture

the weaver picture there looks just like this one with buckhalter just on the other side of the endzone..its like identical.just thougth id point that out..lol

http://philadelphia-eagles.net/history/2003/photos2003/14-i.jpg

by rainvillefromottawa on Oct 12, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Weavers a sexy man.

Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!

by yophillybro on Oct 12, 2009 4:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I definitely think we have more red zone threats this year

Vick, Weaver, Maclin, Mccoy, and the emmergence of celek, etc..But we still have yet to play a real D.

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Oct 12, 2009 4:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You’re essentially getting the best parts of every Eagles game live for only a couple bucks a month as opposed to having to shell out the several hundred bucks for the NFL ticket.

NHL Direct Ticket is 300 dollars? Holy crap

Don't frack with me or you'll get a punch in the kidneys...you've been warned

by jemagee on Oct 12, 2009 5:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Right around $275 for the season if I remember right…

by JasonB on Oct 12, 2009 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jesus – that’s just insane – on a per game basis that’s out of hand…i used to think baseball and the nba were ripping me off at 169.

Don't frack with me or you'll get a punch in the kidneys...you've been warned

by jemagee on Oct 13, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

any thoughts on that burger king commercial?

i must have watched it 7 times in a row. especially that part about romo missing the snap. priceless. im going to have to start eating a burger king now.

by abains007 on Oct 12, 2009 6:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

what commercial and how did i miss it!?

In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.
-Theodore Roosevelt

by Eaglesgrl5 on Oct 13, 2009 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Weaver is a nightmare of a matchup almost any linebacker in single coverage.
Hopefully they exploit this more in the future.

The road to victory!

by jayt on Oct 12, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

We better sign him to an extension.
As I invoke the John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith Song
“His name is my name too!”
I want an Authentic Weaver Jersey, being Eponymous, that’d be sweet.

Astra Inclinant, Non Necessitant

by EagleGreeninMD on Oct 13, 2009 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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