Where to start concerning today's game? Injuries? How about the lack of a potent offense? The timeouts that were needlesly called with 5 minutes remaining in the game? First of all, four Eagles were seriously injured, including Jamaal Jackson (torn bicep), Leonard Weaver (torn acl), Stewart Bradley (concussion), and Kevin Kolb (concussion). Jason Peters suffered a mild sprain but returned to action. The thing that concerns me is, why were Bradley and Kolb placed back in the game despite suffering concussions? Bradley could hardly walk and Kolb clearly was off his game, yet they were both placed back in the game until halftime. The team is lucky neither of the two were hit in the head again, or who knows what would have happened. Obivously, everyone is concerned about Kolb's performance (or lack of). Kolb looked insecure with his throws, threw needlesly off of his back foot, and threw into double coverage more times than I can remember. While I am with Kolb 100% of the way, he needs to step up his game if he wants to keep his starting job. Another that concerns me is the use of all three timeouts with more than 5 MINUTES remaining in the game. Had the Eagles saved these timeouts, they would have gotten the ball back with roughly three minutes remaining, and when Vick didn't convert on 4th down, could have probably forced Green Bay to at least run some plays and hoped for a 3 and out.
Overall grading:
Coaching: C (poor use of timeouts, lackluster play call, and terrible special teams play)
Offense: C (despite terrible play by Kolb, Vick seems to have saved some dignity)
Defense: B (intercepted Rodgers twice, held Green Bay for the most part)
Special Teams: D (Nelson had three straight kickoff returns of over 28 yards)
Overall: C
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