Iggles Blitz

by Tommy Lawlor

Eagles Lose Late to NE, 24-21

Posted August 22nd, 2026 | No Comments »

The Eagles struggled a week ago. They were much better vs New England, but still fell after blowing a late lead. The outcome isn’t as important as the fact the Eagles improved dramatically and played much better.

Let’s focus on some players who shined. DT Ty Robinson was the star of the game. He had 4 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 TFLs and several QB hits. He was disruptive all game long. This comes after getting a sack last week and looking good in practice. The light has come on for Robinson. It will be fun to watch the tape and see how he won so many battles. He is clearly DL5 right now. That might not sound impressive, but he wasn’t secure in that role a few weeks back so it is a good thing.

RB Will Shipley had a strong showing, going 11-56-1. He ran hard and was impressive. Strong blocking helped him quite a bit. Still Shipley looked good after a strong week of practice.

Drew Kendall started at LG and played well. He had a key block on Shipley’s TD run.

RB Carson Steele had a breakout game. He was 6-84-1 as a receiver and ran for 33 yards. Steele is one of the guys who shines in the preseason, but generally isn’t quite good enough for real games. He was a lot of fun to watch. Maybe he is practice squad material.

Jeremiah Trotter had another sack and looked good. The DL played well. Gabe Hall, Zion Wilson and Robinson all flashed. They were stout against the run and got pressure on the QB. Uar Bernard made a couple of tackles and looked better. Josh Weru had the first sack of his football career and flashed again.

Darius Cooper was 3-44 and looked much better. It was good to see him come alive.

Markel Bell had some impressive blocks. He threw a DL to the ground on one play, showing just how big and powerful he is.

I don’t know what to make of the QB situation. Nick Sirianni explained that Andy Dalton got the start because they wanted Tanner McKee to play more of the game. Dalton struggled again, going 3-10-44. He had a couple of bad throws. Tanner McKee was up and down. His numbers were good, 16-22-173 with a pair of TDs. The numbers are better than his performance. McKee had some good throws and impressive moments, but also struggled at times. It was good to see him get better. I wish we could have seen him play with the 2’s.

Kelee Ringo was better than last week. Fangio said he thought he’d shown progress. We’ll keep an eye on him. Fangio doesn’t give out compliments lightly.

CBs Ambry Thomas got burned for a long TD. Shaun Wade gave up quite a few catches. He did force a fumble. The third string CBs are not good.

Tackling was sloppy late in the game and helped the Pats to come back and win. LB Chance Campbell had 6 tackles and looked good at times. Remember that he is a Fangio favorite. Cole Wisniewski made his debut and showed some promise.

It was good to see the Eagles respond to last week’s poor showing and play so much better. There is a lot to like. I thought the Eagles 2’s looked good. I would be pretty happy if I had a better feel for the backup QB situation. That has me confused.

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