NYG at PHI – 2nd half
Posted: September 25th, 2011 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 105 Comments »The comeback is on. NYG 14, PHI 13.
We’re running the ball. LeSean is 15-88 so far.
We’ve outgained the Giants 230-205.
We’ve run 42 plays to their 22.
Let’s hope we wear them down. It is a humid day and our running attack should take a toll on them in the 2nd half.
We get the ball to start the 2nd half. Let’s go.
As bad as they played, it’s pretty big being only down by 1 at the half.
Vick just doesn’t look right out there.
So, one team has a few big plays, exposing poor secondary play and the other team is grinding it out on the ground and is taking chunks of yards at a time.
Just like we expected…
Right on.
is it just me or did vick look a little dizzy as the game went on.
and that last bit with Celek and 3 other O-linemen having to tell him to get off the field so they could kick the FG?
Something does look odd with Vick. Not sure what’s going on.
Anyone else think Vick still looks concussed? I wonder if we see Kafka/young.
Something is wrong, and that’s definitely a big candidate.
Hopefully Shady is his usual self in the second half.
For those not in the city, I can’t underestimate how gross it is. Fatigue is going to set in.
Another key dropped ball by the Eagles’ WRs.
Yeah those are painful.
Yeah those are painful.
Another key dropped ball by the Eagles’ WRs.
More missed tackles.
More missed tackles.
Can ANYONE on this D tackle?
Trent Cole.
Very relevant question.
Can ANYONE on this D tackle?
Whatever Nnamdi was screaming there, I’m going to assume it was directly responsible for the resulting sack.
Big stop by the defense. Don’t want Eli and Co. building up any momentum/confidence.
Where is Desean?
Thank god Mccoy is a beast.
why the fuck does McCoy never touch the ball near the goal line?
Really? All those weapons and the fullback twice? With Mccoy beasting all game long? Decisions like these are why I lost faith in Andy being able to win a super bowl.
Why do you run a FB draw at the half yard line? 1) Owen has no forward momentum, and 2) he’s starting 3 yards deep. It makes no sense.
We’ve got the lead. How about the D coming up with a turnover now? Love to see that.
Did Juan Castillo teach Asante how to tackle?
Greatest coach ever.
Seconded
Mike Kafka in at QB. We’re running the ball well. We’ve got the lead. Let’s be smart here.
I saw TD there, screw you you off-screen safety
tell me about it!
WTF! You had 4 downs to get a touchdown from the half yard line. What makes you think you’ll get a 4 and 1?
C’mon Andy. That’s a terrible decision to go for it at midfield with only a 2 point lead.
I liked going for it at that spot ont he field, but I hated the call. After the goal line stand, you can’t come back and try to jam it down their throats on 4-1.
Not at this point in the game only up 2 when your defense has shut them down all half. Instead of pinning them deep you risk giving them life, and the lead. Both of which look like they are happening.
Your defense really hasn’t shut them down most of the game, though. They’ve had a few good series. 2 PTs is a nothing lead, even with a shutdown D. At that point, if you have the Ravens of old Steelers defense, maybe you get conservative with a 2 pt lead. With a regular defense, you can’t let it affect your play calling. You’re not running out a full quarter with a 2-pt lead.
Tommy, this team is incredibly sloppy and it’s all the coaches’ fault.
Beautiful play by the little ball of hate right there.
The Giants call 2 early timeouts in a close game when they’re behind and may need them for later.
Seriously, were the coaching headsets switched? This is bizarro Eagles-Giants.
Twilight zone game.
Sloppy, Tommy. Sloppy.
Absolutely. Team is making way too many mistakes. Cost us a game last week. Might today as well.
The reality is half of the guys on defense just don’t belong on the field in a starter role. I understand Page shouldn’t be out there if everyone is healthy, but he’s a huge liability in coverage.
The linebackers, well, we know that song and dance.
I hate to say this but the Eagles deserve to lose today. Poor execution on the field and a terrible job by the coaching staff. Welcome to last place Andy.
Am I the only one who is completely conditioned to lack confidence in this squad in close games? Always seems like they come up small, but maybe that’s just yeras of disappointment, and I shouldn’t give up.
Not at all. Andy hasn’t been a good gameday coach for a long time. He, Marty and Juan have all done poorly today. The poor performance on the field is a direct reflection of their leadership.
JESUS Christ
Wow, no deep balls all game with Vick and they bring in Kafka and dial it up. It makes no sense. No rhyme or reason to what they’re doing.
It made sense in a way. They tried to catch the Giants off guard. Problem is that Giants didn’t bite. Kafka can’t make that throw.
Man – You can’t lose the turnover battle and expect to win the game.
What’s everyones confidence level in this team at 1-2?
Another missed tackle.
The worst problem with this team is whom do you trust to make a play? I mean who do we have complete confidence in with the game on the line?
Well, Kafka can’t bring this team back down 9.
Tommy what’s with the bad tackling? Where the heck does that come from?
Especially with all the fundamentals talk in the off-season, shouldn’t that be #1 on the list of defense?
Run/Pass wise, this has been the most conservative game I’ve ever seen from a Reid offense.
This defense is like watching the Bad News Bears.
Yep.
Seriously – 3 weeks I’ve gone from a believer in this team to thinking Reid signed his own resignation by loading up. Maybe that’s why they’ve never done it before.
Let’s not go over the top yet. 1-2 isn’t the season.
No, but it’s hard to think of many positives. The team hasn’t looked good in any of the 3 games. And it’s not just one thing hurting them, it’s breakdowns everywhere.
I’m having trouble finding a silver lining here.
If I had to dig one up it would sound like: Losing to a good team (ATL) is acceptable, but maybe this is embarrassing enough that the players step up.
That’s really stretching it though. We have some serious holes.
I hate division games
After 3 games, I can safely say this is nothing more than an 8-8 team preparing for next season.
What cofidence do you have in any player who’d return next year? Either a hugely over-rated team, or just a terrible coaching job. Either way, 8-8 this year, which might be a strech if today is used as evidence., doesn’t give me cofidence for next year.
I’m blowing up here. Fire everyone. This is half a Giants team beating a mostly healthy Philly team. This is as bad as it gets for Reid.
I’m glad I stayed up late last night. Much to tired from this lackluster performance to really even be wound up in a negative way. It would be nice if the defense would stop giving up big plays, and the offense could cut down on the turnovers…
Again I must say how much I love the optimism in here, it’s amazing
Redzone redone redzone. Story of our season so far. We can’t produce on either side if the ball
Every player on Defense should give their game check to charity. Not a single freakin’ one of them earned their money.
have to agree with that.
Let’s be fair – one guy did earn his paycheck (on Offense). Every other player and coach should give their paycheck to Shady.
Trent Cole was solid.
Guys, let’s just relax here okay. Andy is going to do a better job next week putting guys in a position to succeed.
My sarcasm detector is beeping. Regardless 14-2 is not a bad record at all
I’m not one get on the FIRE EVERYONE train, but to say we are not living up to expectations is a HUGE understatement.
Offense is off (outside of McCoy, 1st and goal on the 3 twice, and you can’t get it in?).
Defense is actually pretty bad (ATL last week, and we look bad against receivers off the street)
Coaching: We can’t punch it in short yardage in two separate drives at the goal line. Those were for points. Then we go for it on 4th and short when it’s not worth points? After 6 straight unsuccessful short yardage attempts, why are we trying again in a spot that failure would give the Giants good field position?
When Tony Romo leads his team to a comeback win with a broken rib and punctured lung, I can’t excuse Vick for sitting down with a broken off-hand. I realize he tried to go back out there, but it’s not grit unless you go back out and get it done.
Vick never seemed 100% right today. I have no problem with the coaches sitting him. Gotta think about the overall season. If he wasn’t coming off a concussion last week, I’d agree with you.
He was making terrible throwing decisions and MUST have been suffering lingering concussion symptoms. I realize he doesn’t want to miss any time, which is admirable, but you have to think long-term, and now he has a broken right hand to go along with a rung bell.
Really annoyed with Vince Young right now. Slow to pick up the offense, hurt when we need him to play, and the never-ending “dream team” crap.
+1 to that. He’s become an albatross already.
+1 to that. He’s become an albatross already.
This is terrible
Terrible
Thanks to all ye who complained that they didn’t give Kafka vertical passes. Don’t have to hear that again.
All I have to say is that I do not envy you Tommy. You will have to re watch that awesomeness. I dont think its that out of the question that this team is playing the way it is so far. There was just so much turnover from last year to this year and as washington has proved before you cant build thru free agency.
All I have to say is that I do not envy you Tommy. You will have to re watch that awesomeness. I dont think its that out of the question that this team is playing the way it is so far. There was just so much turnover from last year to this year and as washington has proved before you cant build thru free agency.
Tommy,
I’d really love your take on Andy’s decision to go for it on 4th down. I thought it was terrible since we had just proved we couldn’t convert short yardage. Am I missing something?
Dumb decision.
Dumb? A team should be able to get a yard on the ground. What is dumb is not going for it on 4th and short. But I see you advocate a very conservate game plan. If they get it on 4th and 1 it’s a great, if they don’t not so much. I’d rather see them take a risk then play overly conservate.
It’s dumb when you’ve consistently failed to get short yardage in pretty much every previous attempt in the game. 2 long drives ended in FGs because they couldn’t get a few tough yards.
It’s dumb when you’ve consistently failed to get short yardage in pretty much every previous attempt in the game. 2 long drives ended in FGs because they couldn’t get a few tough yards.
I’m usually trying to stay positive, but I do have a hard time doing so now. Way to sloppy. Missed tackles, drops urgh. I’m not quite with the fire or bench everyone but damn. Coaching was bad as well.
The team is very undisciplined. Penalties, sloppy play, mistakes, red zone woes, etc.
Please explain to me why DeSean Jackson deserves a big contract?
Please name me some college LBs, that can tackle – I’m already starting to look forward to the draft…
And Reid, oh Reid… Why did you go for it on 4th and 1????????
No need for DGR this week…we sucked in all aspects
Color me concerned. Glad the schedule gets a little softer(or does it, Buffalo?) coming up, because we need a lot of time to work out a lot of kinks.
Thats all I can muster up to say right now. Sigh.
I’m not sure it gets softer. No reason to assume the niners won’t light up Juan’s defense like everybody else. Kafka/Young are going to have to come up with 30+ points for the Eagles to have a shot. The season is spinning out of control already.
Listening to Vick’s press conference, and I think describing it as “frustrated” would be an understatement.
If you’re looking for someone to blame, look no further. I had a dream that the Birds lost to the Kansas City Chiefs last night. Bad vibes, man. I’ll try better next week.
I had a dream last night that we drafted Robert Griffin out of Baylor.
Maybe I jinxed our QBs.
Giants played well. Jerry Reese lost the headline contest this summer but he drafts good guys. Good draft picks don’t make headlines. It was awful for Eli to throw up a jump ball right at Nmandi, but Victor Cruz went up and caught it, good for him.
We looked pretty awful in most phases out there today. It was just sloppy sloppy sloppy all game long and I think thats a reflection of the coaching primarily. They gotta get the team focused and dialed in and they didn’t do that at all.
Kurt Coleman, what the hell happened between preseason and now? Why do Eagles defenders of the last few years seem to oscillate between solid starters and absolute trash within a couple of games of each other? Can anyone on this team maintain their high level of play besides Trent Cole?
The Wide 9 seems like it can be gameplanned around, I think if the other team lines up and calls traditional pass plays 60% of the time it would be awesome, but other teams are starting to not do that.