Eagles win comfortably 34-14 over Chiefs
by JasonB on Sep 27, 2009 4:04 PM EDT
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PrintThe game was a blowout. Kevin Kolb was sat down in the second half. Jeff Garcia was inserted into the game.
If you had been given all those facts and not the final score... who would you have said won this game? Probably not the Eagles... but the boys in green were victorious on the back of a dominating defensive performance and a great showing from QB Kevin Kolb.
The Eagles defense from week one reappeared sacking Matt Cassel 3 times and holding Kansas City to just under 200 yards of total offense. The offense was equally terrific scoring 30+ and racking up 420 yards of total offense. In his second career start Kevin Kolb was 24 of 34 for 327 yards, 2 passing TDs, and a rushing TD. Most importantly he didn't turn the ball over. He looked like a starting NFL quarterback out there, and a pretty good one at that. Actually, Kevin Kolb is the first QB in NFL history to throw for over 300 yards in his first two starts.
Much more after the jump
Action Jackson in full effect
Another great game from Desean Jackson. As of this writing he is leading the league in receiving today with 149 yards on 6 catches and a TD. His touchdown pass came on a quick slant that was threaded between two guys, Desean broke one tackle and then split the KC safeties as he streaked down the middle of the field for a TD. It was a quintessential west coast offense TD. Quick slant, run after the catch, touchdown.
Fearsome front 7
The Eagles front 7 were absolutely stifling. They ate up any run that came their way, and any time Cassel dropped back to pass he had someone in his face. It was amazing to watch after what happened last week. It didn't even look like the same team. They were absolutely dominant.
Maybe the best stat you'll hear today
If we put aside that last meaningless fumble by Garcia at the end of the game... The Eagles offense had no penalties, gave up no sacks, and didn't turn the ball over once. We saw a disciplined, smart, and effective Eagles offense in what was their best performance of the year to date. There's still improvements to be made, 3rd down efficiency could be better and they settled for FGs a few times... but those complaints are minor in the context of the game today. The Eagles were dominant throughout.
Return of the Rocca
Over the first couple weeks of the year, Sav Rocca had been wildly inconsistent. He hit a boomer one play and shank on the next... Special teams coach Ted Daisher challenged Rocca this week and Sav responded with a really solid game. Speaking of special teams... the penalties that plauged them last week were gone.
Rookie watch
The Eagles started 3 rookies today, including Jeremy Maclin and Lesean McCoy for their first NFL starts. Maclin had 4 catches for 33 yards, McCoy looked very good rushing for 84 yards at 4.2 per attempt and a TD. Macho Harris added 4 tackles.
Gotta give it up to Brent Celek
Anyone who regularly reads the site knows I had my doubts about Celek coming into this year. It's not as if I thought he was a bad player, I just thought we could really upgrade the TE position... Now? I'm not so sure. Celek has had a fantastic start to the year and turned in yet another great performance today. 8 catches, 104 yards, and a TD. He's clearly a favorite target of Kevin Kolb and the amount effort he puts in on every play is impressive. Celek seems to have taken the next step this year, he's been fantastic. Right now, he's leading all NFL TEs in catches.
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I've been impressed
By Kolb’s play in his two weeks as the starting QB of the Philadelphia Eagles. Makes me feel a little bit better if McNabb goes out again.
Kolb has put me to ease
and I’m sure all the others who had their doubts about Kolb.
I think Shady looks great — the run blocking still isn’t there though.
Celek looks like he’s improved very well as a pass catching TE.
Maclin looks OK. Still doesn’t look comfortable out there.
We got pressure — Nice.
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!
interesting notes on kolb
between last week and this …kolbs numbers far surpass…ready?….Tom Brady
You dont like my IGGLES???!!!! well you can just suck my VICK!
The game was a blowout. Kevin Kolb was sat down in the second half. Jeff Garcia was inserted into the game.
If you had been given all those facts and not the final score… who would you have said won this game? Probably not the Eagles…
Who the hell would think the Chiefs? Almost everyone expected a blowout.
Felix is better than Brian. You can call me FIBTB.
Congrats Lions on breaking the streak
Congrats Skins on sucking ass
by Therien's Kid on Sep 27, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
G lewis just made a 32 yard score to win the Vikings
Should’ve been over ruled though…F the Vikings
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!
Classy comments over at the Daily Norseman....
You guys beat us in the playoffs last year and every year it seems like— why such ill-will? You’re a clown.
Honestly, I like the Vikings. Love Purple Jesus. The Williams wall should be a world wonder. But the crap pulled in the off season with Favre is what really gave me ill will towards the Vikings. And I do like Singletary.
That said, I’m usually very civil when I post on other sites or talk to other fans.
"They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds." - Wilt Chamberlain
That was a catch without a doubt…..no slamming g lew or b favre. That play was insane
by GreenInBaltimore on Sep 27, 2009 4:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
wow joe they REALLY dont like you at the norsemen
thats alright i went over there and set em straight for ya ….eagle unity
You dont like my IGGLES???!!!! well you can just suck my VICK!
by northern eagle on Sep 27, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
This is the interweb
There is no setting straight. Only smart people saying things and stupid people saying other things.
good point
You dont like my IGGLES???!!!! well you can just suck my VICK!
by northern eagle on Sep 27, 2009 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
"THIS IS NOT COLLEGE NO MORE. THIS IS THE BIG MAN SPORT." ~Crazy Lady on BGN forums
by southjersey89 on Sep 27, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I didnt know
that we had no penalties. This is how it should be all the time. McCoy impressed me the most. Then DeSean with his career high in receiving yards. It was only the Chiefs though. Good game nonetheless
RIP Jim Johnson. You will truly be missed.
I assume you mean
No offensive or defensive penalties.
Or do we just assume now that Special Teams penalties don’t count because there are too many to count?
by Livingonapear on Sep 27, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
There was an illegal block at least once and i remember an offsides on Buckley.
Felix is better than Brian. You can call me FIBTB.
by Route36 on Sep 27, 2009 5:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Let’s see… I’ll bring up the play by play.
The Eagles had 3 penalties all day. They were as follows…
PENALTY on PHI-90-D.Howard, Defensive
PENALTY on PHI-53-M.Fokou, Illegal Block Above the Waist, 10 yards, enforced at PHI 40 special teams
(6:35) 2-D.Colquitt punts 53 yards to PHI 16, Center-43-T.Gafford. 18-J.Maclin to PHI 24 for 8 yards (26-J.Battle). PENALTY on PHI-34-E.Buckley, Defensive Offside, 5 yards, enforced at KC 31 – No Play.
So you’re right. Two on special teams, one on defense.
Whats with Reid??
Fantastic win today by the Eagles but how is it he wont start Michael Vick? I know he needs to know the playbook and offensive plays but COME ON!
I'm assuming
That he was joking
Only way to keep my sanity
New lime green alts!
Its funny- UniWatchBlog.com had an April Fools Joke that the Seahawks would be wearing them this year. But he totally made it up. Guess someone in Seattle thought it was a good idea…
Is it bad that I like their jerseys?
"THIS IS NOT COLLEGE NO MORE. THIS IS THE BIG MAN SPORT." ~Crazy Lady on BGN forums
by southjersey89 on Sep 27, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Kolb looked great
Random thoughts:
-Run blocking looked bad.
-Macklin looked uncomfortable still.
-Peters looked good
-I heart DJX
-Celek looks like a man out there
-Hobbs doesn’t play good cornerback, he is a good returner though
-Asante Samuel cannot tackle!! Worse than Deion Sanders he is!
-Eldra Buckley should be our short yardage back
And Kolb had is 2nd 300 yd passing game! Good for him
Maclin performed well for a first career start
Give the dude some time to actually establish himself in the NFL. Jeebus.
4 catches for 33 yards in his first career start is pretty good. Especially when 1 receiver went for 149 yards and a TE had 104 yards and they led the whole game.
Jim Johnson 1941-2009
"The 0-2 pitch, swing and a miss! STRUCK HIM OUT! The Philadelphia Phillies are 2008 World Champions of baseball! And let the city celebrate! " - Harry Kalas 1936-2009
Really
I thought Maclin looked better. I think he responded pretty well to that hit where the ball was thrown behind him at the goal line. Plus Kolb missed him on that deep out. Overall, I think he is improving.
Maclin had two choices...
1- slow down catch the ball in space and score your TD. or
2- plow full speed ahead into the defender.
Guess which he chose.
I do like that he got up and kept playing. Doesn’t look full speed and I don’t like the way he catches punts (looks like he is going to fumble every time.) But hopefully we’re giving him the reps he needs to be a factor down the line.
That wasn't a choice
He was open and the ball was thrown behind him. There was nothing he could do about that.
Ditto.
Felix is better than Brian. You can call me FIBTB.
by Route36 on Sep 28, 2009 1:57 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Run blocking
I don’t think the run blocking was bad so much as
A) They were bringing bringing in extra to shut down the run
and
B) Aside from the wildcat wrinkles, which seemed to work pretty well, the play calling was very vanilla. Until we start using Peters and a guard on pulls to the outside, like we did against the panthers, the Chiefs can crowd the line, lose every man-to-man battle, and still limit Shady. At no point did I feel our guys were outmuscled or overmatched.
Keep in mind, that until the Chiefs started loading up, McCoy was averaging 5+ a carry. That dropped once things got blah.
I kept yelling at Andy to make them play with a play action bomb, and he did just that, albeit late in the game.
by Livingonapear on Sep 28, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Really
I thought Maclin looked better. I think he responded pretty well to that hit where the ball was thrown behind him at the goal line. Plus Kolb missed him on that deep out. Overall, I think he is improving.
Hell Yea
Good thing we have a bye week comin up. Can’t wait till McNabb goes in……..hopefully
by 5IVE on Sep 27, 2009 5:08 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
All you Celek haters
Can you say that you doubt him now? He leads all TE in catches and got the shitzu knocked out of him multiple times. He has become a warrior. Pro Bowl season for him and Jackson.
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agreed
You dont like my IGGLES???!!!! well you can just suck my VICK!
by northern eagle on Sep 27, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea, Celek's a monster.
He’s basically Jason Witten catching the football, which is all you ever look for.
Is Celek the second coming of Shockey?
sans mullet and white trash attitude ofc.
I think the lack of turnovers was more indicative of the chiefs poor play rather than any exceptionally careful play by the birds. The arrowheads should have really come away with one pick. Speaking of which, I didn’t watch the post game, but did anyone find out whether Reggie ran the wrong route or whether Kolb was throwing to the wrong spot? Might as well just bring in Gibson at this point.
It looked to me
like Reggie made the correct read, cause after his move he was WIDE open & surely would have gone the distance.
Hopefully
Celek is nothing like Shockey, who seemed to get hurt all the time, etc. I hear ya though. My lil bro said he was like a slightly bigger Novacek.
Great Game.......
Goooooooooo Eagles. Great game. Everyone contributed today. The offense was clicking and the defense did its job. I also see two extra positives from todays game. We have a potential pro-bowler in Celek and probably one of the best backup running backs in the league. The pass defense can still improve but I think the run defense did well and will get better. Gaither did a bang up job….probably encourage by the talk of Trotter coming back. It lit a fire under his butt. All our receivers did well with maybe one or two passes that went incomplete because of lack of communications. Not sure if the receiver turned the wrong way or Kolb threw to the wrong spot. But overall….it was a team effort and both sides did what they had to do….Gooooooooo Eagles.
Sav Rocca out?
Why does the box score show two punts from David Akers? I confess I missed the end of the game.
Taking care of business
It was nice they won so comfortably but this was a game the Eagles had to have to likely make the playoffs.
Even with a healthy McNabb, I would have been more than satisfied with a 2-1 record going into the bye given all the questions about this team coming out of the preseason.
Celek going ahead forward
Here’ s hoping McNabb realizes that Celek is a guy that he should be looking at more on his 2nd and 3rd progressions and that Reid remembers to use Celek more as a target in the red zone.
as I've said numerous times...
I fucks with Brent Celek…join the club. I’m the creator.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=45052103761&ref=ts
Good day.
Very few mistakes, against a hard fighting but out-manned team.
Didn’t like the 4 & 1 call. I know everyone probably loved it, but it isn’t sound play-calling and it cost us.
Also didn’t like Maclin returning that punt after that flag was thrown on our offsides… He must not have seen the flag.
Aside from that though, good to see the kids step up. Cograts to Kolb, DJ is becoming a star. Celek is a beast. McCoy is the real deal (want him to hold that ball higher and tighter though)
The coaches did a good job of play-calling today, keeping things in rhythm and balanced. The wildcat transitions were really smooth for the most part and didn’t seem to distract from what the team was doing.
Loved to see us stop the run but hated seeing us lose contain late in the game. (When it is 3 & 20 or more, you kind of have to watch the draw!)
Nice to see Sav have a good game.
Run blocking could definitely be better, given our coach, Juan Castillo, and the size and talent of our line.
I think Macho can be a good player. Hope he puts on some weight this offseason and gets even faster. But he certainly doesn’t look lost, and he saved another first down today with a tackle, and he was at least in good position on that TD pass, almost made a play.
Also, I have to hand it to the officials today.Probably the bast called game I have seen in years. As an Eagle fan anyway.
Hope everyone rests up and is raring for Tampa Bay, which win or lose is sure to have people calling for Kolb after, Might want to keep Garcia around anyway, cause worst-case scenario, I would rather have Garcia running things with Vick in his packages. E-A-G-L-E-S!!!
Should have been 41-nothing though……ha
Good Post but outmanned really?
We had our best two players on the bench……
The maclion PR before the half
I can only hope that the 8 yd backpedal was due to him trying to create a play with no time left rather than inability to return in the NFL.
celek is a beast
running over dudes and getting those tough yards after the catch.
he also got lit up by KC defenders once in a while and quickly got up and back to the huddle.
very impressed
"Never give in, never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Did anybody see the Broncos Game. Buckhalter looked like a beast (except for that fumble). good for him.
Buckhalter has always been a beast. I’ve always said if not for those knee surgeries we wouldn’t have had him as long as we did.
Jim Johnson 1941-2009
"The 0-2 pitch, swing and a miss! STRUCK HIM OUT! The Philadelphia Phillies are 2008 World Champions of baseball! And let the city celebrate! " - Harry Kalas 1936-2009
Weaver
I really expected Weaver to be used more so far this season. Forget Buckley- Weaver should be our short yardage back. Why throw on 4th & 1 when your O-Line has been getting a good push and you have an excellent short yardage guy?
I know he bobbled that TD pass from Westbrook and he’s missed a few blocks, but you paid the man to be a starter and he proved his abilities in Seattle… use him! This is probably my biggest frustration on Offense so far, aside from injuries.
Really understated bout Kolb
This guy doesn’t look just like a pretty good starting NFL QB. Like I (and a mildly vocal minority of others, it seems, or perhaps part of a silent majority) have said all along, this kid has got a ton of talent. He looked like a Pro-bowler for most of the game, and really i can only think of 2 significant mistakes (the almost-pick and another pass that was a miscommunication between him & Avant).
Yes, it was the KC Chiefs & NO Saints defenses, but there’s a fundamental reason that Kevin Kolb is the first QB in NFL history to throw for 300+ yards in his first two NFL starts. The kid has got the talent to succeed Donovan in the near future, and I hope to hell we keep him in Eagles green for a long, long time.
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