Eagles vs Cowboys.
by wild_eagle on Oct 31, 2011 3:44 AM EDT
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PrintThe game was amazing, the Eagles seemed to have put it all together both on offense and defense (aside from that 1 miscue *cough Coleman cough*... Let's take a closer look at what the Eagles actually did in this game.
Our Rushing O vs their Run D:
Coming into the game the Cowboys were hailed as gods on defense because of Rob Ryans scheme. They only allowed 68.9 rushing yards a game, they were the top ranked Rushing defense at this time. 60 minutes later their rushing defense looked like shit, they couldn't stop McCoy, they couldn't stop Vick, hell I don't think they could've stopped me from picking up a 100+ yards and a TD.. I'm not going to be quick to hail us that good running the ball because of the fact that prior to this game they faced the Jets, 49ers, Redskins, Lions, Patriots and Rams.
Now you may take a look at those 6 teams and say "the Jets, 49ers and Rams are good running teams" but this isn't the case. The Jet's haven't been able to run the ball since that 1st week, Frank Gore wasn't healthy when facing Dallas, and Steven Jackson hasn't been completely healthy til this week. The Running D of the Cowboys was inflated because of this reason, not to mention the Lions and Pats don't run the ball much. I will give props to the Cowboys for the Redskins game because they can run the ball when they commit to it.
But, you also have to look at the Eagles Run game and admit that the fact we destroyed the Cowboys on the ground was a combination of Dallas just not being that good and the Eagles being very good. McCoy's been on pace for a 1,500 yard campaign, Vick's always chipping in a good 50 yards a game. So we finally see what happens when the Cowboys face a good to great running team, and it's safe to say we're one of the best.
Passing O vs Dallas Pass D.
When you look at Dallas' schedule and see who they have faced you'll see they've only gone against 2 elite passing teams, Us and the Patriots. They gave up a lot of yardage and more than a few TD's in those games. The Cowboys simply don't match up well with people in coverage which is why they live or die by sacks. The Eagles put up 280 yards through the air and spread the ball around to 6 different players without allowing the Dallas secondary to get a pick. These are very respectable numbers, and with our running game rolling how it was I'm perfectly fine with it.
Cowboys Offense:
The Eagles D manhandled the Cowboys offense from the beginning. Aside from the 70 yard TD they had we completely shut them down, took the lead and forced them to throw the ball which played into our strengths. The Cowboys only put up 203 passing yards with 1 TD and 85 yards on the ground. Now this one excites me because the Cowboys are normally a good offense and even after this game are 7th in yards per game.
Eagles Defense:
I chalk up this one up as the Eagles defense just being that good and justified I shall be. Our LB's hit the holes with authority, they tackled very well and the Defensive Line generated enough pressure with their front 4 where we could just play man to man the whole game. Oh and our secondary was amazing. I'm not ready to anoint our Defense great or even good yet, but I will argue til my fingers are blue that they're a solid unit with the potential to be spectacular.
Don't look now but the Eagles rank 11th in total yards per game, 10th in Passing D, and 18th in Rushing D. They're 6th in sacks, 10th in INT's and have been doing work.
Also Jason Who??? Yeah that's right, Witten pretty much got shut down this game, we only allowed him to catch 4 balls for 28 yards, it's amazing what can happen when a TE doesn't burn you.
Eagles Players of the game:
- Brent Celek- Finally this guy comes through for us. He had 7 rec for 94 yards and a TD and caught everything thrown his way and made some very good runs after the catch. The Eagles are finally using him the right way.
- LeSean McCoy- 30 carries for 185 yards and 2 TD's. This man is simply magical. He's on pace for 1723.4 yards and 18 TD's on the ground with another 315.4 yards and 5 TD's receiving.
- Jamar Chaney- He was very stout in the Middle and made some great plays in coverage, if he plays like he did today then I'm happy.
- Jason Babin- 2 more sacks bring his total to 9 for the year. He's clearly helped out by Cole who draws the double team almost every play.
- Jason Peters- Like him or not he's the best LT in the NFL. The guys simply amazing to watch.
Please feel free to comment, argue, whatever below. Let me know what you think.
Oh and Castillo. You're the man right now.
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Celek dropped one for sure
However, we are finally playing up to our expectations. We thought our offense could drive up and down the field and we thought we could take WR out of games, and limit opponents time of possession. I think tis is the real deal after playing like this for two consecutive games. That bye came at the perfect time.
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RIP JJ
Completely agree man.
Celek did have that 1 drop but that ball seemed a little high, but with 7 catches for 94 yards and a TD I’ll allow 1 drop haha.
Our D played lights out, it was great to see
Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...
Wild_Eagle!
Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.
-Awarded by Number5
Wild_Eagles’ Heart is scarier than Hell, you lose. - d-jackfan10 at the troll known as vicksuck!
This was the team we expected.
The past 2.5 games have been what we all expected heading into the season. Perhaps more.
Jason Peters has been astonishingly good this year. I was wrong about him. I looked at his stat line in Buffalo and assumed we made a mistake. Now, I see what Andy saw when he said that Jason Peters was the best LT in the NFL. As a pass protector, he is a good player that is pushing into the great player category. But as a run blocker and blocker in space, he is absolutely stellar. I remember that Iggles Blog called him the “spawn of Grendel” as a run blocker one year.
The interior of linemen have been great too. Evan Mathis hasn’t been the 2nd best guard in the league but he sure as hell has been solid. Jason Kelce battled with Jay Ratliff, one of the more disruptive guys in the league when he is on and Danny Watkins is coming along very nicely too. Todd Herremans isn’t the greatest RT in the world (contrary to popular belief) but he is more than solid. Our offensive line has been great.
I don’t need to sing the praises of our skill players but the running back hierarchy needs to be shaken up. There is a rise of a bunch of new guys. Steven Jackson, Chris Johnson, DeAngelo Williams and Mendenhall are all free falling and LeSean McCoy, Fred Jackson and Matt Forte are all part of the top tier of backs with Adrian Peterson and Darren McFadden. LeSean McCoy is better than Brian Westbrook. He runs with such grace and power. LeSean McCoy makes people miss but at the same time he has the force that allows him to get extra yards after contact. He is so slippery and elusive. Chris Collinsworth compared him to Barry Sanders. Thats not some homer Eagles fan, thats the best television analyst around singing LeSean McCoy’s praises.
But the defense. The defense has gone through wholesale change. Nnamdi and DRC are really settling in. Nate Allen and Kurt Coleman suddenly flipped a switch (out of nowhere, like what the hell did Andy say to them during half time at the Bills game?). We’re moving away from the wide 9 just a bit and it’s really helping the run defense. Brian Rolle, Jamar Chaney and Moise Fokou are getting better.
We’re on pace for the most yards in NFL history and in the past 2.5 we’ve allowed 30 points. That’s 10 quarters of football which means we would be allowing 12 points per game.
And I know that Kurt Coleman has limitations but man I love the way he plays. Him jawing with Miles Austin was just fantastic, I love that fire. And then later on that little Jason Witten pass in the flat when Miles Austin tried to put a block on Kurt and Kurt just put Miles on his ass, that was fantastic too.
The pieces are really coming together for the Eagles. We’re dangerous. We just beat a team that has taken every team they played for 4 quarters prior to this shellacking we handed them. We just ran all over (literally and figuratively) a defense that was performing very well. We just shut down two more receivers who are just about as good as it gets and the best all around TE in the NFL.
Things are looking up, things are REALLY looking up.
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by d-jackfan10 on Oct 31, 2011 5:32 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Never thought 3-4 would be called “looking up,” but to each its own… more like coming back to respectability. Like the fact that they’re focusing more on balancing out their offensive attack… Andy and Marty finally seem to be “getting it.”
Chris Collinsworth, the best tv analyst ? smh….
The wrong coaches running the wrong schemes with wrong players are doing too many things wrong to come up with the right solutions.
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by Eagladelphia on Oct 31, 2011 5:57 AM EDT up reply actions
i hate collinsworth but he tell it how it is
My mojo so dope. BITCH!
Revis's Island< Nnamdi's Nation< Jimmy Smith's EGO
Revis has his Island, Nnamdi has his continent, Asante has his no fly zone, and Mr. Rogers has his neighborhood
Are you kidding me right now? Go back and watch the last 6 quarters of football and tell me that we can’t beat anyone moving forward. Of course you’re going to reply that “Okay, we can’t beat _” because you’re a contrarian little shit but hey, whatever.
Back to respectability? You do realize that we just stomped two division rivals with winning records, right? And you know about all the talent on this roster. We’re dangerous moving forward. DANGEROUS.
And Andy has always ran the ball, his lack of balance has been overstated. I think he has the highest YPC of any coach in the history of the NFL. He is effective and he hasn’t really ever shied away from running the ball when it’s working for him. Don’t you remember earlier in his tenure when we used to smash the ball down people’s throats with Duce, Westy and Buck? And with Westy he was never the runner that Shady was, you had to scheme to get him the ball, move him around and get him the ball in calculated situations, that’s the kind of back Westy was and he was damn good at it. But Shady is just an entirely different animal, Westbrook wasn’t ever as strong, he was never as powerful, he never had the inside running skills that Shady has and dare I say it, LeSean McCoy might even be a bit more elusive.
And are you disagreeing with my assessment of Collinsworth? He knows the game inside out, he explains things really well and he sees things happening on the field that other announcers don’t. He is a douche and his voice is kind of annoying but he is definitely the best at what he does. He explains things in real time what guys on NFL Network and ESPN have to study tape for to get their match-up shows ready. Chris is hands down the best. Hands down.
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by d-jackfan10 on Oct 31, 2011 6:07 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree d-jack
Collinsworth sometimes get’s his stuff mixed up. 2 examples from last night:
1) “They love to run a shovel pass near the goal line, expect one here.” This is true, but nothing can be further from the truth when you ran one last play like we did prior to that statement. I think the commercial break confused him.
2) “Jamar Chaney is an outside linebacker now has to play inside due to lack of performance this year.” Um, OK, pretty sure he played 4 games at MLB last year, and should have stayed there except for the Matthews experiment.
Huge part of the D’s sucsess is addition by subtraction. – Matthews – Page + Chaney + Coleman/allen.
Stats won't get you in the playoffs. Winning will get you in the playoffs
-Michael Vick-
I like Collinsworth too...
I heard Al Michaels on the radio here once and they asked him why Collinsworth hates the Eagles. He said every fan base thinks the same thing because when Donovan was killing grass he’d pretty much say, man he sucks right now.
Sometimes you don’t want to hear that even if it is the truth. It’s PI, it’s offside, the refs or whatever but don’t blame the team even if it is their fault lol. Collinsworth is good though, he’s been complimentary of the Eagles this year to be honest and he tells it like it is.
I really like Mike Mayock when he calls games too. He’s knowledgeable, don’t always agree with him of course but he takes the time to at least know what he’s talking about.
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by Ed Van Chimp on Oct 31, 2011 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Still getting off by mixing it up, I see!
Yes, a two-game winning streak doesn’t look like much, but it’s the way it was done that’s the impressive part. If you watched the games, you would know this. Therefore, I have no doubt you know this. You just like your role as prick too much to give it up so easily!
And yes, Cris Collinsworth is easily the best. He’s okay, but every other national analyst falls between pure shit to moderate shit.
Yeah buddy.
Peters is the best LT in the game, I’m willing to argue that until the end of time. He’s simply amazing in all aspects of the game and he’s fast as hell for a 350lb OT.
The interior of the offensive line was great last night. I didn’t see any mistakes by Watkins, Kelce or Mathis. You can now see why Kelce was chosen as the starter. Herremans isn’t great at LT but he’s good enough to keep Vick clean.
Coleman’s a fun guy to watch, he gets in peoples faces and gets after them. That’s what we need from somebody on this team.
Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...
Wild_Eagle!
Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.
-Awarded by Number5
Wild_Eagles’ Heart is scarier than Hell, you lose. - d-jackfan10 at the troll known as vicksuck!
you saw how fast he went and maul the db on the screen
My mojo so dope. BITCH!
Revis's Island< Nnamdi's Nation< Jimmy Smith's EGO
Revis has his Island, Nnamdi has his continent, Asante has his no fly zone, and Mr. Rogers has his neighborhood
I cant wait to watch game (game started 1:20 am for me) :) I love the Eagles offense when we just spread a defense out and they have to pick there poison and no matter what they pick, we will move the ball.
I believe when this offense is at it best, there are no better offense in the NFL.
There is this team in Wisconsin. I’m not sure if you’ve heard of them they are called the GB Packers and from what I hear they are good.
"Learning to eat soup with a knife"
by h2o_34_35_44 on Nov 1, 2011 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
and I still believe the Eagles offense when it is running on all cylinders is a better offense. The Packers might be a more consistent team, but I believe the Eagles offense is still better.
by Anders Jensen on Nov 1, 2011 3:40 AM EDT up reply actions
So, real question. Have we finally turned a corner?
Or is the NFC East just bad?
Both
El Donkerino (if you're not into the whole brevity thing).
I miss me some Brian Dawkins :( ... but Coleman played pretty good
by El Donkerino on Oct 31, 2011 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, we will find out a lot next monday vs. the bears and really every week moving forward.
This victory was dominant and gives us hope.
There are a ton of must win games left on the schedule as our slow start leaves us no room to lay eggs. That Giants game is going to be huge as without it we have no realistic shot of taking the division.
But at least we’re looking forward now, instead of back with despair.
Running the ball & time of possession
Cannot be understated…. 42 min to 17 min…… thats incredibly huge!!!
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by ShadyMcVickFactor on Oct 31, 2011 12:10 PM EDT reply actions
… thats incredibly huge!!!
That’s what she said.
Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...
Wild_Eagle!
Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.
-Awarded by Number5
Wild_Eagles’ Heart is scarier than Hell, you lose. - d-jackfan10 at the troll known as vicksuck!
Don't take this wrong way.
Love how during and after games we are changing and damaging other teams rosters.
LoLSkins Q.B. change and injury lists etc.
Not that there are bodies being strewn about the field after huge hits but it’s still getting done.
You kids and your InterWebNet VooDoo......Scary
Hey Wildy...
Great post (again). Remember in the off-season -after all the high profile acquisitions – when I said that this team is going to need the first part of the season to the get their act together because of all the changes and no off-season? I got beat down real good for saying that the Eagles were going to have problems getting it right.
Well their act is now, officially, together. The rest of the season is going to be a Wild Eagle ride.
Go Iggles.
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Good Job WE
Few notes
-I think Brent Celek and Jason Avant are going to be a big part of our offense. Every defense is going to keep their safeties back to prevent DeSean from going DeSean on their D. Maclin is getting a lot of attention as well and McCoy is also a big part of the defensive gameplan so that leaves Celek and Avant with favorable matchups. They should put up good numbers the rest of the way.
-How about our offensive line. I posted a piece about how our O-line could become our strength at somepoint during the season. They are all prefect fits for Mudd. People saw 4 players either at a diff position or diff team than last year and paniced. I love our Oline and they havn’t even reached their ceiling yet. That was their first game together as a whole group.
-Our CBs were outstanding Sunday Night. Miles Austin didn’t catch a pass til the 3rd quarter and Dez Bryant until midway thru the 4th.
All the hype and excitement for this team was shown Sunday night but Andy made a good point, we still have a losing record. Long way to go but gotta feel great about this team right now.
"The positions I played, every play, I was making contact, not like that … Deion Sanders. He couldn’t tackle my wife. He’s back there dancing out there instead of hitting." -Chuck Bednarik
by MidwesternEaglesfan on Oct 31, 2011 10:23 PM EDT reply actions
Doesn't Avant have more catches than DeSean this year?
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I think this scheme is definitely for Jason Peters
He’s too athletic to wait for the def. lineman to hit him, he’s the one who dominates the line not the DE or LB.
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Mike Vick: "Why would they kick to Desean?"
Matt Dodge: "Snap too high!"
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