It is a different week but it is the same story. The Eagles lose to the Bronco's 52-20. As most experts predicted Peyton Manning torched the Eagles defense through the air. The defensive coordinator, Billy Davis, had no answers against Manning and all of his explosive offensive weapons. The Bronco's distributed the ball to all of their skilled position players which left Billy Davis looking confused. The Eagles defense only stopped the Bronco's two times the entire game and only got to Manning three times. However, they only sacked Manning one out of those three times and they did not force any turnovers. This is a recipe for disaster when the defense cannot get off of the field.
All of the blame cannot just go towards the defensive side of the ball because the offense along with special teams played a part in today's lose. First off, the Eagles special teams looked even worse then the defense in my opinion and they have a lot of work to do before their next game. Versus the Bronco's the Eagles special teams gave up a kick return for a touchdown and allowed a blocked punt for a touchdown. Also, Henry, the Eagles Kicker, missed another field goal this week. It is unacceptable for the Special teams to give up 17 points. That alone gave the Eagles the lose today.
The Eagles offense the past two weeks has only gotten worse. This is a big concern for me and should be to the Eagles fans. Are teams already catching onto Chip Kelly? Or are the players just not performing? Both are interesting questions to think about. However, I believe the players are just not making plays when they are given the opportunity. Also, remember the Eagles do not have their star Wide Receiver Jeremy Maclin who is out for the season because of injury. They do not have enough play makers at the Wide Receiver position in order to make big plays down the field but this does not give the Wide Receivers an excuse for dropping wide open passes thrown by Vick. They are not only dropping passes for big yardage but they are also not finishing their routes which leaves Vick stranded. All of these are reasons for the Eagles struggles the past few weeks.
This post was a good summary of that game. Manning has their defense out the game.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it was just the players under performing, hopefully Foles can get them into 1st place by the end of the season now.