Eagles Don’t Lose to Mark Sanchez, Which Seems Good
Going into the season, I had three locks for wins while schedule predicting: Indianapolis at home, Washington at home, and Houston at home. 2 for 2 and not looking back.
The Eagles moved the ball well in a comfortable defeat of the injury ridden, Sanchized Redskins. Colt McCoy fractured his ankle in the first half, leading to Mark Sanchez coming full circle, at which point we all knew it was over. There were bumps along the way for sure (especially in the red zone) but the Eagles did what they had to do. They beat the team they were supposed to beat.
If you tune into 97.5 or 94.1 this week, they will only talk about the 4th & goal stop and the Wentz redzone interception. Nothing else. But, there are a lot of solid positives to take from this position. Off the top of my head:
- Good to have Golden Tate join us
- Josh Adams, who was insanely good in college, turns out to be pretty good in the NFL
- The defense has allowed less than 150 total yards in the past two second halves they’ve played
At the end of the day, the Eagles will go into Dallas next week with a chance to control their own destiny. They’ve won two in a row for the first time all year, and a chance to throw a haymaker at their biggest rival, and obstacle. It’s been a crazy road to get here, but damn it feels good to have life.
The Eagles are like Glenn in The Walking Dead. You think he’s eaten alive and left for dead. In reality, he’s hiding under a dumpster and comes out alive and swinging. (If you’re a fan of that show just ignore what happens next for the sake of my analogy).
Hats off to you Eagles fans: surviving Jason Witten as a commentator is tough, but we battled through!