will we ever win?

RG3 and 7

The Eagles "finally" stopped their home field losing streak (which was made a bigger deal than it should have been), but of course they had to make what was a blowout a nailbiter in the process. After putting up 17 points in the first half and marching down the field to open the second for another TD to make it 24-0, the offense decided to call it a day. The following drives were mostly a parade of 3 and outs.

Meanwhile the defense was shutting down the Ethnic Degradations offense and RG0, holding him to just 4 yards passing in the first half and zero points. But as the offense stalled later in the game they were put on the field more and more and they eventually cracked. First they gave up a long touchdown pass and run to the fullback (of all people) as Chung crushed Trent Cole instead of the receiver. Then they converted the 2 point conversion.

On Washington's next series a few minutes later RG0 underthrew a deep ball into the endzone that his receiver adjusted to and made a great catch. Then they converted the 2 point conversion.

After the Eagles offense failed to put the game away again, Donnie Jones unleashed a 70 yard punt that was downed at the 4. That didn't faze Washington though as they methodically went down the field. I was certain the Eagles would lose after pathetically giving up a 3rd and 25 on the drive and I was going to blame Kelly for the loss as his offense went into the tank. But in the end the previously terrible then suddenly hot RG0 returned to terrible again with an awful decision and throw, floating up a prayer into the endzone that landed in Brandon Boykin's intercepting hands to seal the 24-16 win for the Eagles. After the game Boykin said, "I just saw the ball floating in the air, and I was like, "Is this real life?'" It was a pretty ridiculous pass.

Other notes:

• The defensive line played great with Cox and Logan standing out.
• There was even a Brandon Graham sighting!
• I thought Connor Barwin though was the defensive player of the game with some batted passes, great tackles and the sack and forced fumble of RG0 as they were position to score points.
• The offensive line was ok. They can be better. They also got called a lot for holding and hands to the face penalties.
• What's up with Celek's afterburners?
• Foles was solid again and though made a couple of iffy throws - Avant down the middle and Cooper on a slant - he still didn't get picked.
• Foles had a great run on his touchdown and outrushed RG0, 47 yards to 44.
• McCoy danced too much again and cost the team first downs. Glad he wasn't hurt though with the hamstring thing.
• Brown was useless again.
• Another week, another missed challenge.
• What was Washington doing with their offensive game plan?
• What was Chip Kelly doing with his offensive game plan after going up 24-0?
• This was the first game in a while I got emotionally involved. I guess that's a good thing.