It appears Philadelphia has a bigger problem than we previously thought.
Yesterday, Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles (1-1) defeated the Detroit Lions (0-2) by a score of 35-32. Vick had a solid outing, going 21 for 34 with 284 passing yards and 2 touchdowns. Desean Jackson had his first solid outing of the year as well, catching 4 balls for a total of 135 yards, including a touchdown. The story of the day, however, was the dominant performance by Lesean "Shady" McCoy, who had 15 carries for 120 yards, including 3 touchdowns.
The run-pass play calling was even throughout the entire game, which is a shocker considering the Eagles are such a pass heavy team. The thing that suprises me is that it came with a quarterback at the helm that is a very capable runner. If the Eagles can keep the run-pass playcalling even with Kolb, I believe they will experience the same success they did this week. Shady McCoy can obivously run the ball.
Defensively, the team was borderline terrible. Besides Nate Allen's 2nd career interception, the defense seemed to sit down and let the Lions run all over them, including allowing rookie Running Back Jahvid Best to rush for 3 touchdowns. The team nearly lost the game in the end, allowing two Lion touchdowns in the final minutes of the game. That being said, the Special Teams were also lackluster.
On Special Teams, one player in particular sticks out in everyone's mind: Riley Cooper. When the Lions were down just three points with less than two minutes left, they opted for the onside kick, which they recovered thanks to a mishandling of the ball by Rookie Wide Reciever Riley Cooper. This play could have cost the team the game; thankfully, it did not. Overall, Special Teams play needs to durastically improve.
Grading:
Offense: A (Strong outings by Vick and McCoy)
Defense: C (Almost lost the game, gave up 3td's to a rookie rb)
Special Teams: D (Almost lost the game on onsides kick)
Overall: B
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