Eagles Vs. Washington: Knee Jerk Reactions
Knee-jerk reactions to the Eagles win over the Redskins.
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Knee-jerk reactions to the Eagles win over the Redskins.
The first half was a thing of beauty for the entire Philadelphia Eagles offense. We knew the offense was going to be fun to watch, but the play of the defense was an added bonus in the first half.
Then, the Eagles hung on for dear life in a highly impressive 33-27 victory over Washington to the shock of many.
The 33-year-old Vick may be the old man on the block now, but he's proud to have helped pave the way for multidimensional quarterbacks in the NFL. More teams are turning to QBs who can run and the read-option offense has become the latest trend.
Washington is coming into the new season on a seven-game win streak, and they aren't looking to end that any time soon. The Philadelphia Eagles need to try and focus on every offensive weapon the Redskins have and stay away from their defensive stars. Philly also needs to expose RG3 if his knee really isn't 100 percent, and force him into making mistakes.
The Eagles spent their holiday Monday getting ready to start the Chip Kelly era next week against the Redskins.
Getting fired was the best thing to ever happen to Charlie Manuel in Philadelphia. Imagine he plays out the season, and the Phillies continue to play as poorly as they had. Charlie leaves, everyone is miserable, the season sort of fades away into nothingness.
Coach Chip Kelly talked to both quarterbacks Monday morning and informed them of his decision. For Vick, the decision served as a validation for his decision to remain with the Eagles this season.
Eagles head coach Chip Kelly said Michael Vick will be the team's starter for the regular season opener against the Redskins.
It's a rebirth for the once-dilapidated, muddy youth football field, thanks in part to Eagles' quarterback Michael Vick.
When Chip Kelly showed up, Michael Vick stuck around, and the rejuvenated QB has never looked better than he has in the first two preseason games.
Nick Foles or Michael Vick? It's the question we have been asking for months now. Well, last night, we may have finally gotten our answer.
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This is the part of the Eagles preseason that is usually pretty tough to get through. It's like coming down off of a caffeine high. When training camp starts, everyone is so fired up. Then there's the first preseason game, and everyone's fired up. And then we have to wait an entire month through terrible football and lesser storylines until we get an actual game.
After one preseason game we are really no closer to projecting a winner in the quarterback competition.
A new coach, a new system, a new attitude, a new excitement. It didn't matter. One of the most anticipated preseason games in over a decade for the Eagles resulted in a carryover of the same old problems.
So it begins tonight. The great experiment on whether Chip Kelly is as adept to getting an NFL team to think and react like him as he did college programs. We'll get to see the visionary's lab work out in the open, as the arduous process starts in getting the Eagles back on track again.
Michael Vick will start Friday night's Eagles preseason opener against the New England Patriots, Chip Kelly announced today.
Eagles QB Michael Vick's brother Marcus offers a bounty on Riley Cooper on Twitter.
It's not a quarterback controversy, it's a quarterback competition. Nick Foles says he's got what it takes to win the job.
More than 65,000 tickets were distributed for practice, and nearly half the people showed up. The estimated crowd of 30,000 was a club record for practice.
Jeremy Maclin's teammates knew something was terribly wrong when the wide receiver went down Saturday.
Michael Vick and Nick Foles may be the only two quarterbacks being mentioned with regularity during this training camp, but rookie Matt Barkley is stating his case to be in the discussion.
"I'm confident in myself and I'm very confident. That's the only reason why I'm standing here."
