Who Powered Through For The Eagles In Week 9?

by JasonB on Nov 11, 2010 1:30 PM EST in Who Powered Through

We're going to be highlighting an Eagles player every week that played through injury or just generally powered through in a tough situation. After reading PFF's report on the Eagles Vs Colts game, one guy stood out to me.

After a couple of weeks out with injury, LT Jason Peters (+2.6) didn’t look rusty at all. He had a perfect game in pass protection despite the QB dropping back 40 times, and his run blocking (+0.9) was above average. One area Peters still needs to work on is penalties — he committed another false start.

Talk about a tough situation. You miss a few weeks to injury, have knee surgery and return just in time to face Dwight Freeney... and you shut him out. The Eagles certainly gave up some pressure in that game, but much of it came from Robert Mathis against Winston Justice, who did not have one of his better games.

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These stats don’t count, according to Stampede Blue Freeney and Mathis were being held all game. Peters is a fraud and a cheat.

by njh3293 on Nov 11, 2010 1:32 PM EST reply actions

An Indy fan complaining about the officiating in that game is absurd.

by JimmyK on Nov 11, 2010 1:54 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs

+1

by rich p on Nov 11, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

Just as Trent Cole...

…was being mauled all game, right? Even on that BS roughing the QB call, he only got one hand around because he was being Russian Sickled across his neck down to his inside shoulder!

by Qwest on Nov 11, 2010 2:05 PM EST up reply actions

What are you talking about??? Trent Cole is a MONSTER,

did you not see that vicious super punch he threw to the back of Peytons head?? the one that sent him flying 14 yards and caused a fumble???

thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro

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by wild_eagle on Nov 12, 2010 1:17 AM EST up reply actions

Shouldn’t Celek get an assist on this one?

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by yomjoseki on Nov 11, 2010 1:40 PM EST reply actions

I watched the game last night on the NFL Rewind on NFL Network (which is fantastic, by the way), and focused on the line. Peters was exceptional in that game against easily a Top 5 NFL pass rusher.

by JimmyK on Nov 11, 2010 1:54 PM EST reply actions

Wait a minute...

Did Peters play every snap of this game??? I don’t remember him on the ground being attended to once! Could it be….?

by Qwest on Nov 11, 2010 2:03 PM EST reply actions

Yup

Maybe King Dunlap being there and actually playing alright made Peters get his ass in gear

UDDDDAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

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by Udalango on Nov 11, 2010 2:16 PM EST up reply actions

Peters was a beast in that game.

Heart of a lion. Face of a chipmunk.

Fuck Da Refs!!

by DickMuffin on Nov 11, 2010 2:21 PM EST reply actions

Haha, he is a little chipmunky.

by JimmyK on Nov 11, 2010 2:25 PM EST up reply actions

LOL

I agree +1

by Two Nickels on Nov 12, 2010 1:58 PM EST up reply actions

Peters is good.

I know he’s frustrating, but he’s a good player.

I don’t understand why so many nat-level people say he’s not playing well. What am I missing?

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by DSmith215 on Nov 11, 2010 2:26 PM EST reply actions

The OL (particularly LT) is such a ridiculously thankless position to play. If you keep the QB off his back the entire game, the praise you might hear for doing a good job is usually an afterthought. An offensive lineman is never going to win an MVP even for a single game (much less a season), you’re not often going to see them get endorsements, and most people don’t get extremely fired up when you draft one.

Yet, if you’re perfect all day, then on one play you block a guy for 4 seconds and the defender eventually gets to the QB, strips the ball and it gets returned for a TD, the first thing people will do is angrily ask “Who got beat on that?” Then that guy is the goat of the game, and he sucks.

The point is that for the most part, only bad things can happen to an O lineman. I agree – Peters has been very good this season.

by JimmyK on Nov 11, 2010 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I think its really his demeanor that pisses people off. Take his comments about his false starts not really being a problem. That shit pisses fans off.

Fuck Da Refs!!

by DickMuffin on Nov 11, 2010 2:49 PM EST up reply actions

Honestly, I’m willing to let those comments slide due to the fact he has more raw athletic talent than anyone on our line for a while (sans maybe Tra and probably Shawn Andrews. Fuck him btw.)

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by Dylan Marck on Nov 11, 2010 2:55 PM EST up reply actions

I know, that asshole is playing LT on the Giants now.

Fuck Da Refs!!

by DickMuffin on Nov 11, 2010 3:09 PM EST up reply actions

I know. I read that yesterday and I just got incensed. Reid goes out on a limb and basically holds a roster spot for you for a couple seasons, and you repay him by not showing up and doing your work, and THEN showing up for a rival?

Man oh man.

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by Dylan Marck on Nov 11, 2010 3:40 PM EST up reply actions

What? You’re seriously mad at a guy for taking a job with another team? It’s not like he cherry-picked the Giants? He’s fighting for a job. I don’t get all the ill will against him. It just didn’t work out between him and the Eagles, it’s pretty dumb to pin the blame entirely on him.

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by yomjoseki on Nov 11, 2010 4:59 PM EST up reply actions

Am I seriously mad? No, not at all. What I am upset about is that he seems to be working 100x harder with the new team than the old team. Of course, no one has any idea what really went down with Andrews and the Birds the past 2 years. So really, anything speculated is just that-speculation.

I just wish he had this type of workman-like attitude with the Eagles, particularly when he seemed to have had Big Red saving his ass yearly.

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by Dylan Marck on Nov 11, 2010 5:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Shawn playing LT for the giants

Is exactly what Trent Cole wants. Trent is gunna go on a killing spree. BOOM! HEADSHOT!!!!

Ref You Suck! Ref You Suck!

by FlyEagles15 on Nov 11, 2010 10:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

BOOM! HEADSHOT!!!!

Followed by a penalty flag.

Fuck Da Refs!!

by DickMuffin on Nov 11, 2010 11:08 PM EST up reply actions

It's not payton so it'll take more than a finger touching a helmet to draw a flag.

thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro

"I'm trading Kolb to Buffalo for Cribbs"- the brilliant Trade Kolb

by wild_eagle on Nov 12, 2010 1:19 AM EST up reply actions

He dominated. I’ve watched the game twice now and the second time I’ve kept a very close eye on Jason Peters and Dwight Freeney got NOTHING going. And I have yet to see one time where he got held, Jason Peters is athletic enough to get out in front of Freeney and his strength would just knock Freeney around. Often times you would see Freeney going to bull rush Peters and then Peters would anchor and push him away, then Freeney would just go flying by the pocket.

Peters when he is on, like he was against the Colts really is the best LT In the NFL. He continually shuts down premier pass rushers only to give up rinky dink sacks to no names. Peters shut down D-Ware in both regular season games last season (Ware registered one sack when Peters was out with an injury). So far the guy has let up only 7.5 sacks in his two seasons here, Peters isn’t going anywhere.

by d-jackfan10 on Nov 11, 2010 4:36 PM EST reply actions 2 recs