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After two weeks of facing teams in the AFC, the Eagles first match against an NFC opponent is a division foe. The Washington Redskins pay a visit to Philadelphia marred with injury, but coming off a strong win against Jacksonville. The Eagles two wins this season are based on two excellent second-half performances that ended […]
The last time the Eagles started a season 3-0 was 10 years ago in 2004. That chance has presented itself on Sunday afternoon when the 2014 Eagles play their first divisional game of the season. After Monday's win over the Colts, the Eagles may have been flying high. But there were still many things they […]
After a Week 1 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Eagles prepared for a Monday night showdown with the Indianapolis Colts in Week 2. Now, they are working toward the first divisional game of the season, Sunday’s meeting with the Washington Redskins. Here are the stories from this week. Monday, Sept. 15 Kevin Durso provided […]
The Eagles needed another second-half comeback to pull off their second win of the season. This one involved much more drama and a lot of critical plays late in the game. Darren Sproles stole the show, but it was Malcolm Jenkins and Nick Foles adding their own key plays to the film this week. Here […]
It’s a happy Tuesday morning as the Eagles defied the odds and reversed the course of fate. It wasn’t Andrew Luck delivering a game-winning drive, but Nick Foles, Darren Sproles and the Eagles. So the Eagles are 2-0. That’s the good. The bad is that they struggled through the first 30 minutes once again and […]
There was a general theme that kept coming to mind while watching the second half storyline develop on Monday. For as bad as the Eagles were in the first half and as bad as their tendencies continued to be in the second half, how were they still keeping up with the Colts? Last year, the […]
Much like their Week 1 game, the first half for the Eagles was forgettable. In the second half, they made it a game again. Trailing 17-6 at the half, the Eagles notched two quick scores to even the score late in the third. That didn’t stop the Colts from making a quick scoring drive of […]
Week 1 is in the books. But before we turn the page to Week 2, there’s still one last evaluation to be done. The Eagles win over the Jaguars in Week 1 was a tale of two halves. But as a whole, how did it rank? Here’s another new segment to Eagledelphia. Each week, we’ll […]
Introducing a new weekly series on Eagledelphia. Every Tuesday, we’ll be analyzing three plays that affected the outcome of the game for the Eagles. Here is the first edition from Week 1 of the 2014 season. Offensively, there were two plays that really said a lot about the Eagles comeback effort against the Jaguars. Obviously, […]
The opening half of the season opener was a punch to the gut. The anticipation and excitement built up for this Sunday afternoon was gone in a hurry. Two fumbles and an interception were the focus of the first half, a half filled with mistakes that allowed the Jacksonville Jaguars to open up a 17-0 […]