DAL at PHI – 1st half

Posted: October 30th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 126 Comments »

Dion Lewis was in a car accident this morning and is inactive.  Ronnie Brown is going to be the backup RB and KOR.  He has never returned a KO in his NFL career.  Makes you wonder if Dallas will kick short to test him.  Lewis is okay, but is a bit shook up so the Eagles are going to let him sit out tonight.

This isn’t an ideal situation, but if Dallas kicks deep, we don’t even have to return KOs.  And I am sorta glad Ronnie will be part of the game after the way the trade situation went down.  He’s a pro, but guys like him need to be involved to stay sharp.  Who knows…maybe he makes a big play for us tonight.

INACTIVES

RB Dion Lewis
G Julian Vandervelde

DE Phillip Hunt
LB Keenan Clayton
S Jarrad Page
CB Curtis Marsh

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Hated to see the Giants win today, but at least they couldn’t enjoy it.

Loved seeing the Skins get shut out by the Bills.  WAS has lost 3 in a row and are 3-4.

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Go Eagles!!!

126 Comments on “DAL at PHI – 1st half”

  1. 1 the guy said at 7:35 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    “Brown has three career kickoff returns, all in the 2007 preseason. Average of 26.0 yards per return, long of 29.”
    https://twitter.com/#!/EaglesInsider/status/130788685523333120

    Honestly, if Brown just catches the ball in the end zone and kneels, he’ll probably have a better average than Dion Lewis did.

    PS: No comment on Clayton?

  2. 2 Anonymous said at 7:46 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Forgot to mention that. Not a good sign for him. 2 games in a row inactive. You have to wonder if he’s done something to get in the doghouse or if he’s just not done enough to stand out and earn PT. Either way, not encouraging.

  3. 3 Anonymous said at 9:26 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Tommy Dion is inactive because he was in a car accident earlier today.

  4. 4 Anonymous said at 7:45 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I hate to say it that early, but THIS game is our season!!

    Go Eagles!!!

  5. 5 Kammich said at 8:03 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Its time. Its time. Its VADER TIME.

    err, EAGLES TIME.

    go birds. win at any costs.

  6. 6 Anonymous said at 8:06 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Stole this from a fellow Eagles fan:

    ‘RONNIE BROWN!
    Here’s your chance to be a hero! Again!
    And you don’t have to save a life this time!’

  7. 7 Adithya Pugazhendhi said at 9:02 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Thank you, thank you. That was me.

  8. 8 Mike Roman said at 8:07 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Great Big Van Vader reference.

  9. 9 Kammich said at 8:13 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    damn right, man.

  10. 10 Anonymous said at 8:11 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    When’s the actual kickoff?!

  11. 11 Anonymous said at 8:12 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    820pm, give or take.

  12. 12 Anonymous said at 8:18 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    But don’t they always do much BS before the kickoff on Sunday night games?!

  13. 13 Anonymous said at 8:26 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Yup, they know we don’t have any other option.

  14. 14 Anirudh Jangalapalli said at 8:11 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Uh-oh. I’m hoping we don’t have another Greg Lewis-gate like that Packers season opener a few years ago.

  15. 15 Corry Henry said at 8:13 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I’m having a hard time getting a read on this game. It seems for both teams, they’re their on worst enemy. On top of that, it’s a divisional game. You can never use stats, records, or anything really to make an educated guess as to who wins.

    I will say that their Oline vs. our Dline is a hugely in our favor. However, it would not suprise me to see them A) run the ball and B) get the ball out as fast as possible. Given our tackling woes and the fact that both Austin and Bryant are tough to bring down, this could be a long night for the Eagles secondary. Hopefully the last 6 quarters they played were not an aberration. I’m also concerned about our 2nd half offense. It seems the Eagles go into coast mode rather than “kill” mode.

    With all that said, go Eagles!

  16. 16 Zachary said at 8:15 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    So much nervous energy, I hate late games…

  17. 17 Daniel Suraci said at 8:19 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Ronnie Brown!? Say it ain’t so!

  18. 18 Jon Blank said at 8:21 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    C’mon Eagles, don’t screw this up. Gotta have this one.

  19. 19 Anonymous said at 8:27 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I’ve been trying not to think too much football between sundays this year, it would be too depressing. But now I’m starting to get really nervous.

  20. 20 Jon Blank said at 8:31 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    1st crisis averted. Hopefully the Cowboys don’t have to kick off again. 🙂

  21. 21 Anonymous said at 8:33 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I like short passes 😀

  22. 22 Anonymous said at 8:38 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Jason peters rules!

  23. 23 Anonymous said at 8:39 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    They made it tough with a 3rd and 9 in the redzone, but you gotta love a successful redzone trip on the first drive.

  24. 24 Anonymous said at 8:39 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I don’t know if anyone noticed or not, but that was a really good grab by Maclin, Vick didn’t exactly lay it out for him. Anyways, WOO HOO!

  25. 25 Anonymous said at 8:40 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Or lay it in there, but I know the blitz was coming. Anyways, WOO HOO again!

  26. 26 Anonymous said at 8:41 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    That was a great grab. Not only holding on, but staying balanced so that he can make the first guy miss.

  27. 27 Anonymous said at 8:44 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Great catch. Great start.

    Let’s go D.

  28. 28 Anonymous said at 8:40 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Wow, that was easy.
    Now if the rest of the night goes like that…

  29. 29 Anonymous said at 8:44 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Henery the VIII says I spoke too soon.

  30. 30 Anonymous said at 8:44 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Wouldn’t that be nice? Don’t we deserve a game like that?

  31. 31 Anonymous said at 8:41 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    First I saw Vick sack, then tackle for loss, then… TOUCHDOWN

  32. 32 Anonymous said at 8:43 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    What the f*ck was that? He can’t kick?

  33. 33 Jon Blank said at 8:43 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Nice job Henery. Are we drafting a kicker again next year?

  34. 34 Anonymous said at 8:45 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    That was a little strange. Henery hasn’t seemed to have problems on getting his kicks deep so far in the past. That was two in a row. I know the cold is supposedly supposed to make the ball go a little shorter, but he should still be able to get better kicks than that.

  35. 35 Anonymous said at 8:47 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    8th Sack!

  36. 36 Anonymous said at 8:48 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Nice Free Agent huh? LOL

  37. 37 Anonymous said at 8:49 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Pick up I mean! And another!

  38. 38 Anonymous said at 8:53 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I’ll admit that when we first signed Babin, I was thinking he was a one hit wonder, and even with Washburn, it wouldn’t work out again here. I’m glad to have been flat out wrong on that.

  39. 39 Niklas Dyrby Johansen said at 8:49 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    That’s what a healthy defensive line will do!

  40. 40 Anonymous said at 8:50 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Exactly! Great start by the guys up front. I want more.

  41. 41 Anonymous said at 8:49 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    2 sacks!

  42. 42 Eric Weaver said at 8:51 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    T Laws getting in on the action.

  43. 43 Anonymous said at 8:51 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Score early and often and then you can take the run option away from the Cowboys.

  44. 44 the guy said at 8:51 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Did anyone else see Romo taking an elbow to the head from Cole as he was going down on the Babin sack? Looked painful.

  45. 45 Eric Weaver said at 8:53 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    When I saw it live I thought they’d flag someone for hands to the face. I guess they deemed the hit from Cole incidental because of Romo being dragged down.

  46. 46 Anonymous said at 8:53 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Why oh why after a nice 5 yard run on 1st does this happen? They’re in shotgun with no one in the backfield. Run it down their throats again!

  47. 47 Anonymous said at 8:55 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Tommy is there some kind of hacking going on here? I have something about amazon parrots at the bottom of this blog.

  48. 48 Anonymous said at 8:56 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    LOL ..Nice..Celek!!!

  49. 49 Anonymous said at 9:02 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I’m seeing the same thing.

  50. 50 Anonymous said at 8:58 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Wow!! McCoy!

  51. 51 Anonymous said at 8:59 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I’m guessing morton didn’t see that stiff arm

  52. 52 Anonymous said at 8:59 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Ryan is furious so says Al!! LMAO WOOOOOO

  53. 53 Anonymous said at 9:02 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Watching him get pissed off is kinda fun.

  54. 54 Niklas Dyrby Johansen said at 9:00 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Best rushing defense my ass.

  55. 55 Anonymous said at 9:01 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Suck ass Angelo Cataldi and Morton! Rooting against the Eagles for the sake of change.

  56. 56 Anonymous said at 9:02 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    And did you see Morton’s boy Lee get stiff armed to the ground? Great stuff!

  57. 57 the guy said at 9:07 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I’m not sure that was even a stiff arm, more like a brush off. Shady barely looked at him.

  58. 58 Anonymous said at 9:01 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Rob Ryan getting smacked for disobeying his father. Touche.

  59. 59 Corry Henry said at 9:01 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    79 yard touchdown drive followed up by a 90 yard touchdown drive. Couldn’t really ask for a better start to the game.

  60. 60 Jon Blank said at 9:01 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Rage meter filling….. Mccoy entering beast mode……. Cowboys beware……

  61. 61 Eric Weaver said at 9:02 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I figured if they had time they could pass against this poor secondary, but… geez… running like crazy.

  62. 62 Anonymous said at 9:02 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Hey Dallas now you know how it feels to have a big mouth Ryan coaching your team. LOL.Buddy was the best though.

  63. 63 Alex Karklins said at 9:02 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Shades of the Pickle Juice game so far. Please keep it up!

  64. 64 Anonymous said at 9:03 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Great start by the Eagles. Offense is really clicking. Shady is on fire and Vick is getting protection.

  65. 65 Anonymous said at 9:04 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    How some could even think about cutting Colt. How does he always weave trough everyone and make the tackle?

  66. 66 Corry Henry said at 9:06 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    yeah, if you have to cut a safety, Page is your man.

  67. 67 Anonymous said at 9:05 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    WOOO HOOO!!! Somehow I punched myself in the nose after that int.

  68. 68 Anonymous said at 9:06 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Was it me, or was that Romo play action really really weak on that play?

  69. 69 Anonymous said at 9:07 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    That was dumb by Vick.

  70. 70 Anonymous said at 9:08 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I thought that was going to be a personal foul, so that’s good.

  71. 71 Anonymous said at 9:09 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Am I alone? Have the parrots eaten everyone?

  72. 72 Corry Henry said at 9:09 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I hold my breath every time Vick takes off like that. One because it’s amazing he’s that fast and elusive and two because I REALLY don’t want him to get hurt.

  73. 73 Daniel Suraci said at 9:11 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Vick injured a Cowboy by scrambling. Ultimate badass? I think so.

  74. 74 Anonymous said at 9:15 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    That was a nice dive by Vick

  75. 75 Anonymous said at 9:15 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Beautiful pass to Avant, I mean beautiful.

  76. 76 Corry Henry said at 9:16 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Which was just put to shame by that pass to Celek. TD!

  77. 77 Anonymous said at 9:15 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Vick is playing incredibly sharp so far tonight. That was a great throw on third down.

  78. 78 Anonymous said at 9:18 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Sharp is a great word. He’s doing a terrific job of running the offense.

  79. 79 Anonymous said at 9:16 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Vick is on FIRE!!!!!!!!!

  80. 80 Anonymous said at 9:17 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    For real. He’s got a clean pocket and is just shredding the Boys.

    Loving this.

  81. 81 Jon Blank said at 9:17 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Hey Rob Ryan, what were those dream team comments you made in the preseason? I don’t quite remember. Could you repeat them?

  82. 82 Eric Weaver said at 9:17 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Tommy,

    The best thing about that score? Vick went through his progressions and threw to a receiver that wasn’t open at the time.

    If he can anticipate players more, the sky’s the limit.

  83. 83 Anonymous said at 9:17 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Falcons, Giants, 49ers and the Bills didn’t get to see this team that’s playing right now.

  84. 84 Jon Blank said at 9:18 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Hopefully the Giants get to see this team in a few weeks.

  85. 85 Anonymous said at 9:19 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Agreed.

  86. 86 Anonymous said at 9:20 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Neither have we, but I like what I’m seeing.

  87. 87 Anonymous said at 9:18 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    So far this game is like everyone expected. Tough, tight division game where we are struggling to run the football

  88. 88 Anonymous said at 9:19 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    LOL

  89. 89 Anonymous said at 9:20 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    They have to keep the pedal down

  90. 90 Anonymous said at 9:21 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Uh oh. Here come the dream team comments.

  91. 91 Niklas Dyrby Johansen said at 9:23 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    And the best thing is, our scoring drives have lasted from 7-11 plays. Glad to see us not just being a big-play team.

  92. 92 Anonymous said at 9:24 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    They’re running the ball!! Woo hoo

  93. 93 Anonymous said at 9:23 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    So far after two big run plays, they’ve responded on the next play. Liking that.

  94. 94 Niklas Dyrby Johansen said at 9:24 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    And of course, we’ve been very sharp in the red zone. Was not expecting that!

  95. 95 Anonymous said at 9:25 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Challenge!! They win that!

  96. 96 Anonymous said at 9:25 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Geez, I knew that without the replay.

  97. 97 Anonymous said at 9:25 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    You think you’re so smart. STFU.

  98. 98 Anonymous said at 9:26 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Sorry I’m bipolar and having a manic episode.

  99. 99 Niklas Dyrby Johansen said at 9:25 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    And finally a good challenge from Andy. The sky’s the limit!

  100. 100 Anonymous said at 9:25 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Even though he was out of bounds that was impressive

  101. 101 Anonymous said at 9:26 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Press from Asante? Who is this team?

    I will say, if Asante turns his head around on that, he has a great chance at a pick.

  102. 102 Anonymous said at 9:26 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Even on the last completion he gave up, he had great coverage.

  103. 103 Anonymous said at 9:29 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Wait, can someone explain that rule? I thought if you went out of bounds, you couldn’t be the first to touch the ball?

  104. 104 Anonymous said at 9:30 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I think that’s on punt returns, but I’m not entirely sure either.

  105. 105 Anonymous said at 9:30 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Even Andy can do no wrong. Geez, this is weird.

  106. 106 Corry Henry said at 9:32 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I’m so glad that search party went out and found Celek and brought him back.

  107. 107 marc said at 9:32 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    No lead is safe against the Eagles’ DEFENSE . . . a bit upside down . . . but unfortunately true

  108. 108 Niklas Dyrby Johansen said at 9:33 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Same exact play as on the earlier 3rd down conversion to Avant?

  109. 109 Anonymous said at 9:34 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    This is like a lower scoring version of last year’s Redskins game.

  110. 110 Anonymous said at 9:35 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I like Collingsworth. Is that just me? lol

  111. 111 Anonymous said at 9:36 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Tommy, there’s is NO rush by the Cowboys. ZERO ZIP NADDA

  112. 112 marc said at 9:37 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    VICK . . . IN THE ZONE!!!

  113. 113 Niklas Dyrby Johansen said at 9:37 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Very nice play design.

  114. 114 Anonymous said at 9:37 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Wow. Simply wow. Right now, Vick is passing like Rodgers but is still running like Vick.

  115. 115 Eric Weaver said at 9:38 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Vick has a perfect QB rating right now.

  116. 116 Anonymous said at 9:39 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Tommy, please do us all a favor and avoid starting a separate 2nd half thread.

    Maybe that’s how the Eagles will keep scoring also in the 2nd half?!!

  117. 117 Anonymous said at 9:41 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Hahaha. I like that suggestion. Generally, I’m not very superstitious, but when it comes to the Eagles, if we are playing well, I refuse to change anything I am doing.

  118. 118 Anonymous said at 9:45 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Exactly, never change a winning thread. :))

  119. 119 Jon Blank said at 9:39 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Hopefully the let down against the Niners will serve the Eagles well in the 2nd half.

  120. 120 Jon Blank said at 9:44 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Haven’t we learned yet that Schmitt should not be a focal point of our red zone offense?

  121. 121 Anonymous said at 9:47 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    It’s disappointing that we didn’t get the TD on that drive, but don’t really agree with the announcers on that play. Schmitt was clearly not the first read, but Dallas had the WRs covered well. With Vick getting pressured, he tossed it to Schmitt to get rid of the ball in hopes of being able to make a play.

  122. 122 Anonymous said at 9:52 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    During the play it looked to me like Shady was targeted but got caught in traffic

  123. 123 Anonymous said at 9:58 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Possibly. It certainly looked like Maclin (I think) was running a route to the back corner of the endzone, and it looked like Vick was looking there as his first read, and then to a second read on the left side of the field (same side of the field) before tossing it towards Schmitt. Either way, I don’t think the play was designed to “catch the defense off guard” with a trick-type play call. The announcers were basically arguing that Schmitt shouldn’t be on the field at all in the redzone which I think is a bit much.

  124. 124 Corry Henry said at 10:02 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Am I the only one that really hates that the NBC halftime shows spends about 15 seconds talking about the current game?

  125. 125 the guy said at 10:07 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    Nope. Costas was talking about the Rams as if they’re back in the playoff hunt.

    Pretty much every year one of the worst teams beats one of the best. Usually happens a couple times. I’d much rather some analysis of the current game.

  126. 126 Anonymous said at 10:07 PM on October 30th, 2011:

    I don’t like it either because really the only time I watch SNF is when I care about the game being played