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  • Another look at the Rams game-Tommy Lawler

    Clean It Up
    Posted: December 13th, 2017 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 42 Comments
    The Eagles won on Sunday. They did this despite:

    Nigel Bradham dropping a pair of INTs, including one in the Red Zone
    Mack Hollins dropping a TD
    Giving up a blocked punt for TD
    Missing multiple tackles
    Allowing 5 plays of 20 or more yards
    Having a false start inside the 1-yard line
    Allowing the Rams to go 4 for 4 in the Red Zone
    The Eagles won that game because Carson Wentz played so well for three quarters and the team was clutch in the 4th quarter, winning in all three phases.

    They won’t be able to make those kinds of mistakes with Nick Foles as QB. I’m not saying the team has to be perfect. This isn’t a flawed team that is .500 and fighting for their playoff lives. That was the 2006 Eagles. This is an outstanding team.

    But this team doesn’t just want to have a good season. They don’t want to just make the postseason. They want to win the Super Bowl.

    To win games down the stretch and in January, the Eagles are going to need to cut down on mistakes and make plays when they those chances come up. That game might have been very different if Bradham caught the ball in the Red Zone. That would have killed a scoring drive and deflated the Rams. That game might have been very different if Corey Clement blocked the correct rusher on the punt. The Eagles still had the lead at that moment.

    The fact the Eagles did make those clutch plays in the 4th quarter says a lot about this team. And Foles had a hand in some of those plays. There was real pressure in that game on Sunday. Foles handled it well. That is something that will translate well to the postseason.

    The defense really struggled in the 3rd quarter. Jim Schwartz said they were awful. Forget the desperation play at the end and the Rams ran 10 plays for 15 yards in the final quarter. It wasn’t like Jared Goff and Todd Gurley were sitting out, either. The Eagles just outplayed them when it mattered.

    The Eagles need to start playing clean football on Sunday. The Giants are hardly tough competition right now, but the Eagles need to get back to good habits.

    *****

    Doug Pederson said that Zach Ertz is out of concussion protocol and will play on Sunday. That’s the good news.

    Stefen Wisniewski sat out practice with a bum ankle. That’s not good. The offense struggled when he went out on Sunday. The combination of Chance Warmack and Isaac Seumalo were not nearly as effective at LG as Wiz had been. That hurt the offense.

    Foles is more nimble than some realize, but there is no question that pressure will bother him more than it did Wentz.

    The Eagles need the O-line to stay healthy. If Wiz needs to sit Sunday to get back to 100 percent, do it. You can beat the Giants with Seumalo at LG. You aren’t going to win much in January with him. You need Wiz for that.
    "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"
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