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Lowly Eagles beat God walking the Earth

The Eagles once again turned in a turd of a first half blowing red zone chance after red zone chance, missing chip shot field goals, dropping passes, dropping touchdowns, missing throws, missing touchdowns, missing blocks, jumping offside 3 times for free first downs, and making scrub running back, Trent Richardson, look like a pro-bowler. And the play calls were Reidesque at times too. So at the half the Eagles trailed 20-6.

Yet despite this lead and the Eagles beating themselves, Andrew Luck, the greatest QB of all time, was not good enough to win the game. How can this be? Well, the Eagles started playing better on both sides of the ball and got some crucial breaks, some created some gifted.

An obvious pass interference penalty got them a first and goal and McCoy scored to make it 20-13. Then the very next offensive play by the Colts, Cox stripped Richardson and DeMeco Ryans recovered it putting the Eagles in excellent field position to tie the game. The offense almost blew it with a false start on Cooper and a bad Foles pass behind Ertz. But then a draw to McCoy went for 20. But that was followed up with a hands to the face penalty via Kelce. This is how it went all night. But then Sproles made one of the best runs I've seen in awhile to make it 20 all.



It was at this point I thought the Eagles might be able to pull this game out. But then predictably, the defense offered little resistance as the Colts went right down the field to go back up by 7. The Colts TD was followed by a 3 and out by the Eagles partially due to Foles sliding 1 yard short of the first down. Another example of the Eagles just not finishing plays or 1 little mistake by 1 person derailing everything.

The Colts started driving and were in field goal range and poised to go up 10 where the "turning point of the game" happened. On third and 9 Luck threw an interception to Jenkins. On the play Boykin made contact with Hilton, the intended receiver, and he fell down. Replays showed the contact occurred inside 5 yards, a slight grab of the jersey by Boykin that could have been called, and Hilton just stumbling and bumbling and falling down on his own. Good non-call by the refs, but a huge break for the Eagles because it could have been called by the letter of the law.

The Eagles took advantage of the break and a really bad horsecollar that wasn't penalty, and drove to tie the game with a TD to Maclin after a Sproles screen that went for 51 yards. Unfortunately they scored so fast that the Colts had plenty of time to drive for a game winning field goal.

But the greatest comeback QB in history went THREE AND OUT versus the much maligned Eagles defense. The play calls were terrible, but on 3rd and 5 Luck threw it into the ground. If the Colts want to whine about the bad calls mentioned above, what happened here? This is where the Colts blew it.

Eagles took advantage again. The first play after the punt Foles hit Ertz for 24 yards with maybe his best pass of the game. This was followed by another Sproles screen for 17 which was followed by Parkey hitting 2 game winning field goals of 36 yards. Eat it Colts and your stupid "icing the kicker" timeout. Eagles win, 30-27 and are now 2-0.

Other notes:

• I kinda thought this game was on the boring side until the 4th quarter.
• OMG, Casey Matthews is the worst!!!!!!!11! No, actually much worse is the mindless herd of the dumbest and most predictable fans in sports ripping him on the radio and in comment sections as if his missed tackle had any significant impact at all. Here are 8 far worse plays that had much more impact - Cooper's dropped TD, Parkey's missed chip shot, Fletcher's dropped interception, all 3 "neutral zone infractions" that gave the Colts first downs, Foles missing a wide open Ertz, and Maclin deciding he was going to bowl over a linebacker instead of outrunning him for the first.
• Despite not looking sharp and making a ton of mistakes, the Eagles offense is #1 in points and 2nd in yards. Imagine if they could score in the first half. Foles is the #2 QB in passing yards.
• I was pretty impressed by the defense essentially stifling Luck. He only had 170 yards passing and did not hit anything long and never really got into a rhythm. I guess they decided to let them run the ball and just concentrate on pass defense. That failed vs. the Saints, but worked this game.
• Sproles is pretty damn good.
• Receivers must play better.
• No sacks allowed by the patchwork offensive line. They did not do as well consistently in run blocking.
• Once the line gets their starters back, hopefully Celek won't have to stay in and block.
• Tirico is as good as Gruden is bad.