Well, nobody expected the Eagles to win this week. Hell, nobody really even expected them to cover the 10 point line. However, the Eagles didn't belong on the same field as the Denver Broncos yesterday.
Let's start with the positives:
Ok, now let's talk about what went wrong. The Eagles were actually relatively close early. Peyton Manning is the best QB to ever play the game. He makes the best defenses in the league look silly most days. Therefore, when you are on offense, you need to score points to stay in a game with him. The Eagles offense was moving the ball early. However, a big drop by Brent Celek slowed them down, and made them settle for a field goal. There were several more drops in this game, which just can't happen. Coaching can put players in the best position, but they still need to make plays. Leaving points on the field will cause losses vs anybody, especially against the best offense on the planet. In the second half, the offense looked like they gave up. Vick didn't get any time, receivers didn't get open. Desean is the only weapon for Vick right now. Riley Cooper, aka The NFL's Michael Richards, is awful. He isn't a starting caliber receiver in this league. I think Ertz and Celek are talented players, but consistently dropping passes cancels anything they bring out. We will see how the offense rebounds next week against a shitty Giants defense.
Speaking of defense, I don't really remember what that is. Between the last few years and this year, I don't have confidence in stopping the Jaguars offense, let alone the Broncos. I could have thrown for 300 yds and 3 tds with the weapons the Broncos have against this secondary. Players were wide open on every play. Wes Welker kept running the same play, everybody knew it was coming, and yet it kept working. If they wanted to, they could have thrown it to him 30 times for 300 yds and 4 tds. Demaryius Thomas was a physical mismatch against our cornerbacks. Eric Decker lit us up too. They even ran the ball down our throats for good measure. Then reports came out today that Fletcher Cox and the rest of the defense was taunting Peyton. Calling out "Papa John's" for this awful commercial. That is funny and all, but you don't taunt legends when they are making you look foolish.
Hopefully we will see better results this week against the Fredo Manning of the Manning brothers and big blue. However, it looks like Eagles fans are in for a long season.
As a diehard Eagles fan I found this post really funny. First of all, I agree that the game vs the Bronco's was an embarrassment. That was a tough matchup for the Eagles, and is for most teams in the NFL. However, with this game in the past, I like how the Eagles have bounced back from this loss with a couple of wins in recent weeks. I was interested in your comments about Riley Cooper though. I realize that he is not a very liked player right now because of the incident that occurred over the summer, but do you still think he is "awful"? I think it is a shame that incident happened because I really thought he was poised for a breakout season in 2013-2014. He is a big physical receiver and can get up for jump balls. I think he has been greatly improved this year and has emerged as a good second-string option with Jeremy Maclin out. With 5 catches for 139 yards and 3 td's against the raiders last week I think he is proving that he can play well.
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