What they're saying - Eagles react to week 2 loss
by JasonB on Sep 21, 2009 3:27 AM EDT
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PrintQB Kevin Kolb acknowledged his mistakes.
"It's frustrating because there were some good things out there. I just hate that I kill myself and kill the team with those turnovers," Kolb said. "As a quarterback, you can't allow yourself to do that. It puts us in the hole. It put us in the hole at the top of the third (quarter) and we couldn't recover. I saw it clear as day they were bad throws," Kolb said. "I left them inside and you can't do that on out breaking routes, first page of the quarterback book. It just upsets me that I make those errors."
Defensive coordinator Sean McDermott took responsibility for the way his unit played in the loss.
"I give all the credit to the Saints, Coach (Sean) Payton, and Drew Brees," McDermott said in the locker room after the game. "The whole offensive personnel and staff do a good job of keeping you off balance, and they did that today.
"We just need to execute and that begins and ends with me."
Eagles special teams coach Ted Daisher was pretty succinct in his assessment.
"We had a tough day," said special teams coordinator Ted Daisher. "We have to play a lot better than that."
More after the jump...
Did the wildcat formation throw off the rhythm of the QB or the offense?
"It really didn't," Kolb said.
"I don't think it disrupted us at all. The plays we used the Wildcat, it definitely was successful," Jackson said.
"That was one of the plusses," Reid said.
Joselio Hanson gave credit to Drew Brees.
"He gets the ball off quick," Eagles cornerback Joselio Hanson said. "It seemed like we were a step behind. He knows where he wants to go with the ball.
"Drew Brees is an animal. He's one of the best."
Ellis Hobbs talked about his back breaking fumble that led to the Saints breaking the game wide open.
"I got blindsided," Hobbs said. "I got away from one guy and saw nothing but green in front of me, and I didn't feel the guy coming from the back, and he made a good play on it."
Quintin Mikell talked about the sequence which saw the Eagles' defense give up two quick TDs after the Saints were given a short field to work with.
"That's tough," safety Quintin Mikell said "We put ourselves in a bad position and, as a defense, it really doesn't matter. We've been in that position before, and we've held people to field goals. That's something we've got to get better at. Those are the times, if you're a good defense and you want to be a great defense, you've got to stop that kind of stuff."
And finally... Andy Reid.
"Obviously there were too many mistakes, and that's my responsibility," Reid said. "I have to make sure this thing is right. It wasn't right today - any phase of it. In the first half, we had way too many penalties, and we were lucky to keep the game close. We came out in the second half and had turnovers, penalties and everything else."
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Yeah Hobbs
you sound like it isn’t even possible to care any less. I used to give Pats supporters so much crap about this guy when he was there as a starting corner. He is plain terrible and now he showed that he sucks elsewhere. What a douchebag, you’re not an Eagles mr “the Third”. Die.
Okay so maybe it's time to move on. Hopefully it'll be moving on to winning a Championship!
and...
did you see a couple of possessions later when he got a kickoff return to the 30 yd line of the saints, and he starts pounding his chest and pointing to himself and acting like a fool. i wanted to slap my TV, this same guy who cost us 7 points.
Drew Brees is not an animeal.
He is a robot from the future that has been programmed to scan the field, anticipate movement, and deliver precision throws. He was built by Skynet-controlled Cyberdyne systems in the mid 21st century to be a sniper droid. He was sent back in time to assasinate… asasinate…kill Tom Brady, who’s future son leads a resistance against the army of robotic presidents and jamboree bear-bots that escaped Disneyworld and began taking over all the theme parks after being infected by Skynet nanos. The Drewminator’s mission was not completed when he was severly damaged during a fall from the stadium lights of Foxborough. He was found by Steve Allen who, though he was unable to erase the target programming, was able to re-program the mission tactical software, turning the Drewminator into a quarterback. Thus, the target remains Tom Brady, but the mission, if all goes well, will now be accomplished by destroying Brady and his team in the 2010 Super Bowl. Probability of Brady committing suicide after being beat by one of the league’s most historically sorry teams: 98.037%.
If we could just sythesize life in a laboratory, we could prove that the creation of life requires no intelligence.
by Tigernut on Sep 21, 2009 7:15 AM EDT reply actions
animal, that is
If we could just sythesize life in a laboratory, we could prove that the creation of life requires no intelligence.
by Tigernut on Sep 21, 2009 7:16 AM EDT reply actions
Let's just forget this game ever happened
Put it behind us and we have to improve ten fold on defense.
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!
FORGET WEEK 2............
Im not putting to much into the birds embarrasing loss, it wasnt as bad as the score suggested even tho it was a terrible game. All the units can be blamed for playing shitty at some point in the game. The thing that pisses me off the most is that most people are gonna see the score and think it was all the Defenses fault not knowing that the Offense and St put them in difficult positions throughout the game with dumb backbreakin fukin turnovers. Just like sheldon said " in the NFL your always not as good as u think u are or not as bad either", there are a lot of ups and downs in a season. For that matter i am not getting to bent out of shape after that loss. If we had #5 the game would have been totally different but we still might have lost it. The thing that really gets me pissed is now the Giants are 2-0 in the division.
don't give the defense a break
NO scored on the majority of their posessions. 3/6 first half, more than that in the second. It was their fault. Great defenses hold people to field goals. If the game were not so out of reach, you have to assume the O would have scored 26 (2 FGs instead of two turnovers on fourth down in the red zone). That should be enough to win a game. I don’t care if the Saints got the ball with great field possession. That’s the time to rally and hold em to a FG. Not rally and give up 41 points.
I agree that great defenses
hold teams to field goals when put in bad situations, but you can’t expect it 100% of the time.
Considering that the other two units served up 21 points, and Brees played about as good a a game as you’ll see a quarterback play, while we were awful on special teams … I think I’ll file that under ‘shit that won’t happen again.’
Even if we played the Saints again tomorrow, I don’t see it transpiring like that again. It was one of those days when the other guys were on, and the Eagles were not, and that’s all there is to it.
I think I saw enough to determine that if the Eagles play their best and the Saints play their best, neither team completely outclasses the other.
We might see them again.
Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome
i get what goldenbird is saying. the defense played poorly but not 48 points poorly. the giants will be 2-1 come nov. 1
yup....they played 41 points poorly
they couldn’t hold NO to a field goal on either turn over to start the second half. 2 FGs instead of 2 TDs and the game is manageable.
It’s not fair that Kolb makes one mistake through 3.5 quarters and it was “a back breaker”, but the defense held no one all game and they “put in a bad position”.
WAT THE HELL R U TALKIN ABOUT???????
KOLB threw a pick right out of the gate in the start of the second half after the Saints cashed in a td on a fumbled kickoff. And then they parlayed another turnover in 6. i see wat ur sayin about the d should be able 2 hold them 2 a FG but jeez give them a chance to breath. they barley were off the field when kolb threw the pick and they had to come right back out
by goldenbird09 on Sep 22, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
exactly..............
the average joe jerkoff fan is gonna see the score and say " oh the eagles d gave up 48 points, boy they must suck", not knowing wat the fuk there talking about . Thats wat really gets me pissed off. Oh and 2 eagleyosh, dont get me wrong , i know the D still played terrible but it has to be a little discouraging to the D to keep getting put in lose/lose situations.
by goldenbird09 on Sep 21, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
ANDY WILL GET US GOING
1 thing we all know is andy will find away to get us going . i doubt we will look like this again this year . giving the saints all those short fields was a back breaker .
1. kolb will have a chance to win next week because defense will keep us in the game " still dont want him as our future franchise qb "
2. defense will do some soul searching
3 sp teams has to be better…… sav you sir are what the white boys call a douche bad
LB
It looked to me as if Drew Brees used our lack of LB play against us, which caused us to drop LB’s into coverage, which opened up everything. Week one the LB’s were all over the place, mainly in pass rush. This week, they got picked apart and never got to the QB. When you get beat up the middle, it is tough to stop a powerful offense.
Everyone’s talking about McNabb being a big loss, but this one was all about Stewart Bradley added to too many mistakes in special teams. Kolb certainly didn’t help when things were already sliding downhill, but if there was ever a team loss, this was it.
The positive is that apart from a couple of rookie throws, I thought Kolb played fairly well.
---AstrosFan (Austin Lawyer and Sports Fan)
i agree
I’ve been saying it since Stewart got injured that our LB core is a joke. I will say though that I have been impressed with Akeem Jordan though. He showed up in both games unlike the other 2. But I still can’t give him a all glory yet since its only been 2 games but he has been impressive. I pray that in this upcoming draft that Rolando McClain falls to us or we get a great LB. I like stew but I don’t know if he’s going to be the same after that injury.
by macjack09 on Sep 21, 2009 12:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
not sure it was just our lbs
I think it was our coverage entirely…not just are linebackers who were getting burned.
Our linebacking corps sure isn’t our D’s strength, but our scheme and the coverage itself was atrocious yesterday. It just felt like everyone was out of position and Brees was just lighting us up all day with ALL DAY to sit back there and pick us a part. i don’t even think we tried blitzing very often…and if we were it sure didn’t seem like it. I was watching a half way decent laggy internet stream so its hard giving it my 100% assessment…god damn you FOX and Julianne Moore!!!!
side note: Anybody else think Sheldon is better than Asante overall…I sure do.
I think if our special teams didn’t keep making it harder on the O and the D and if Kolb had hit Westy and Djax in stride on those 2 3rd downs in the 3rd quarter it would’ve been a close one til the end. Granted If’s don’t mean shit, but still. Overall, it wasn’t the play of one position, player, or phase of the game that resulted in us losing…it was a Team Loss.
by 5 plus 10 equals 6 on Sep 21, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't know
I don’t think that Sheldon is better then Asante (while I do like Sheldon’s playing style more), but the defense is more suited for Sheldon’s style of play. Asante is a soft small corner made for turnovers and game changing plays. He is an int machine, not a shut down corner though. Sheldon is 200 lbs and is made for over powering receivers in tackling. I wish Sheldon was teaching the LBs and DBs to tackle because that was pitiful yesterday. Heath Evans play yesterday should have gone for 5 yards at the most, but they just kept diving at his legs. ?? Even in highschool you were taught to wrap up. I guarantee even if you dive at the legs and grab on at least, he will go down. Seriously? My D coordinator used to make do 10 updowns for every tackle we missed. Who is teaching them it is ok just to dive shoulder first into the legs?
Oh no...
Is that SIBTA? :) I agree everyone was getting burned, but there were just huge holes in the middle of the field…I think they pounded us early with throws to the TE, which pulled the LB into coverage, which opened up runs up the middle. Then when LB’s pulled in the box, they beat us long. I don’t recall more than about two or three plays, all in the first half, that gave Brees any pressure. And you let someone that good get in a zone, you’re going to get destroyed.
---AstrosFan (Austin Lawyer and Sports Fan)
im not too worried
Since I watched the cowboys vs giants yesterday and I have to say both looked less than impressive. The giants let the cowboys hang around even though they forced 4 turnovers and the offense looked more lucky than impressive. And the cowboys, well they were lucky because if you never saw the score and just looked at the stats, you would think it was a blowout. Romo threw 3 ints, the secondary was getting toasted by giants receivers, and they couldn’t tackle to save their life. Also according to PE.com expect maclin to start getting more playing time since apparently they are in need of his explosive abilities.
by macjack09 on Sep 21, 2009 12:10 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
agreed.
I’m so sick of watching Curtis try and make a catch that results in him looking for “should have been a call” afterwards. This is why Kevin, that you don’t get the Actual Pass Interference calls such as the one last year in the Conference Championship Game because you do it every single time your covered…which is far too often btw. If you’re hurt and can’t get separation from the #2 db of the Aints, Fatman should play someone else.
by 5 plus 10 equals 6 on Sep 21, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Boys
lets forget this it’s only week 2 it’s a long season and the Eagles know it’s all about a strong finish not a strong start come playoff time the Eagles will have won the NFC East and homefield advantage and this won’t matter at all.
Go Birds stomp the Chiefs next week.
RIP Jim Johnson this super bowl season is for you.
by thebirdsrtheword on Sep 21, 2009 1:42 PM EDT reply actions
Let's not panic - they weren't going 16-0
The Saints are a good team, their defense looks very improved from last year and their offense is obviously very potent. Add in how the Eagles special teams played, with Kolb making his first start trying to keep up with Brees, and you have a recipe for disaster. If the Eagles can get by the pathetic Chiefs, get McNabb healthy after the bye and beat the hapless Bucs, we should be 3-1 after week 5 and in very good shape. I doubt even the most homer Eagle fan really thought they would beat both the Saints and the Panthers, so if we can take care of business against the Chiefs and Bucs we’ll probably be right where we thought we would be anyway.
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by thefantasyknowitall on Sep 21, 2009 1:44 PM EDT reply actions
This is almost exactly my line of thinking
I wrote to a friend:
Not that distraught though. If Brees plays like that all the time, nobody’s stopping them. And we served them two TDs on a platter right at the start of the 3rd, otherwise it was a good game.
If you would’ve told me no Stewart Bradley, Shawn Andrews, Todd Herremans, 1 game without McNabb and starting a rookie at FS instead of Brian Dawkins against Carolina and New Orleans and we’d be 1-1, I’d have taken it.
From now thru October, it’s Chiefs, Bye, Bucs, @Raiders, @Redskins. We’d better be at worst 4-2 after that, hopefully 5-1.
Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome
I think this was a mirror image of Week 1
I was tempering expectations after blowing out a Carolina team that really wasn’t 28 points worse than us and just played a game that got away from them quickly.
This week the Eagles played the other role. I’ve watched enough football at all levels to know when I’ve seen two teams that are more evenly matched than scores indicate.
I think this is a wise sentiment from Sheldon:
in the NFL your always not as good as u think u are or not as bad either
Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome
Not the wildcats fault exactly but
Doesn’t anyone remember, score tied at 10, We just forced the Saints to punt, We run right for 6yds. 2 and 4. Two gadget plays later we have to punt. The one was a triple reverse in the backfield and Kolb had to throw it away before he was mauled for what would have been a 10yd loss or more. Result was a 3 AND OUT.
Don’t care what anyone says. That was the game right there. It was our one and only chance to go ahead, give our D a rest, or at least flip field position, keep their O off the field and we failed at all of them. Totally disheartening for D, and Brees comes right back in rhythm: TD. And we never had another shot to even tie it.
THAT is the sequence that AR/Marty need to look at and fix. Next series they come out trying to get it all back with one throw.
Well
Actually we did have a shot to tie it, but we got a field goal instead. Not a bad thing, but we were still coming from behind instead of tied or ahead. We would have had one last shot, had Hobbs not fumbled to go ahead, but we know what happened there. Situational football. God, when will we learn to play situational football again?!
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