Eagles win again, but starters are awful again
While New England rested a good portion of its best players, the Eagles played all their starters yet were outplayed and beaten. The defense was its usual terrible self. Sure they got sacks, but on third down New England's second teamers converted more often than not. The defense made rookie QB Ryan Mallett look like Tom Brady. The defense is also soft as tapioca pudding. The defense was sucking so much Reid lost it for the first time I've ever seen (and during a preseason game no less) and was caught on camera screaming at Cullen Jenkins who stood up and yelled back. This will be one topic of discussion on the sports talk radio.
The primary topic of discussion though will be Michael Vick and Nick Foles. So far in 2 preseason games Vick has gotten knocked out of the game on his 6th play of each and played a total of 5 minutes. His first injury was bad luck, but his second was the typical stupid Vick play - wildly and blindly spinning around in the pocket, throwing a ball up for grabs that should have been picked, while putting himself in a completely vulnerable position to get crushed. And Vick was crushed, right in the ribs. The rookie QBs in the game on both teams showed more football smarts than Vick when put in similar positions.
Foles once again in relief looked poised and made several impressive throws. He also moved the offense fairly efficiently while Vick did next to nothing but get hurt again. Granted Foles was once again not playing the other team's best, but he still threaded passes and put them right where they needed to be and most significantly got rid of the ball quickly and on target. His one pick was underthrown and was partially the result of indecision. Of course fans will get carried away and begin anointing him the starter.
The other big topic of discussion will be the 20 penalties with 16 being accepted for 131 yards. This team is just as stupid and careless as ever. They've learned nothing from last year.
There were a few Eagles players that did look good with Foles standing out the most. Kendricks once again made plays and is the ONE guy on the defense that can recognize a screen. Philip Hunt continued his good pass rushing and had a strip. McCoy ran well on his few touches, DRC made some plays and got a pick that was nullified by a penalty (of course), and Clay Harbor made bunch of catches including a toe tapper in the back corner of the endzone for a TD.
Fire Castillo.