Eagles O-Line Battling Injuries As They Prepare For Orakpo & Kerrigan
BREAKING NEWS, Eagles, News, Offensive Line Friday, October 14th, 2011
Who knows who is going to play on the Birds offensive line on Sunday? Starting left tackle Jason Peters has been ruled out for the game, now King Dunlap who took over Peters’ place at left tackle, is having problems with muscle spasms.
Dunlap missed practice yesterday and today, but there still is a chance that he plays on Sunday. Andy Reid said they’re going to let him rest his back for the next couple of days and hopefully the big guy is ready to go on Sunday. Andy Reid doesn’t think missing a couple of days of practice will bother him.
“King’s a smart kid, so I don’t think that would necessarily be a problem” Reid said. “I want to make sure he feels alright before we do that, but I think he would be okay. He practiced Wednesday and I think he would be okay”.
Today with Dunlap down, the Eagles moved starting right tackle Todd Herremans to left tackle and they had Winston Justice playing the right tackle spot. Justice is still recovering from off season knee surgery. Reid said he continues to make improvements, but he’s still not quite all the way back.
“You know what, it seems like every week he’s getting a little bit better and feeling more comfortable”, Reid said after practice. “So he deserves the opportunity to play if that presents itself, there”.
One of the keys to this game concerns the Eagles ability to block Washington Redskins pass rushers, Brian Orakpo and Ryan Kerrigan. They will be battling the Birds ailing tackles. Kerrigan is very good but he’s a rookie, so I think Justice with help from tight end Brent Celek can handle him, but Orakpo is a different story.
He’s one of the best pass rushers in the league and he’s got a tremendous motor which he never turns off. Matching Herremans up against Orakpo is a good idea.
If the Eagles can give Michael Vick some time, he can have great success throwing the ball against the Skins. That’s a big if because Orakpo and Kerrigan do a good of making quarterbacks uncomfortable in the pocket.
When you’re watching the game, make sure to keep an eye on how Herremans and whichever other tackle winds up playing are doing blocking Orakpo and Kerrigan. Those battles will have a lot to with deciding which team wins this football game.
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Shady might as well go to the locker room. He is done for the day. He had to much success in the 1st half and MM got jealous.
oh Rocko…are you kidding me? He’s had fine protection all game. Qbs get sacked from time to time.
There are 2 deals here.
1 – we shouldn;t even be throwing the ball period.
2 – in last 3 drives our 2 QBs went: bad pass missed by deangelo hall, doinked off guy;s head int, terrible int, another bad pass into wsh arms (dropped)
can;t keep other teams around like that…esp on road….been a recurring theme all year.
SHouldn;t matter here cause its the Grossman/Beck disaster show….though Beck will probably have a good drive here on emotion
Birds are trying to take advantage of the way the redskins are playing defense… and being that the skins wont let us run the ball the birds are forced to throw…
I agree vinnie!
I’m pretty sure I could play better QB than this Washington duo.
Lets go Buffalo!
Ok look. Lets say eagles hold Wsh to a fg here….will be only 10 mins left…up 11 and wsh already wasted a timeout.
Eagles get 2 drives…handoff each time and you’re going to run the skins out of time…….
oh well…won;t matter now as the stupid skins wiping themselvesout….delay of game.
ok…now eagles burn a TO. fabulous. just run run run run run run
The Eagles have taken all the positive built up vibe from the first half and totally killed it with this 2nd half offensive debacle. This is all MM and his play calling.
redskins dead here….fg screwup took out their will.
they know game now over
Wow it works again. Runing the ball.
nice. Stop that clock with an incomplete pass.
Keep Wsh alive. only up 2 tds with 7 mins to go. Stop that clock!!
Fantastic!! WHat’s that about 4 passes 2 runs the last drive. perfect!!!!
Holy shit this will NEVER win against a good team.
No points in 2nd half or 4th quarter again. How can that be?
I dont like that the eagles arent generating any points from these drives… It looks like andy is letting up again… like he always does in games like this…
Vinne shut up man. You sound ridiculous; plus you’re a falcons fan you bum.
Exactly Jon and Dag. He’s letting up with a 14 pt lead and no points in the second half. This is utterly ridiculous. I still say fire him.
BirdoBeamen
October 11, 2011 – 12:37 pm
This is why we shouldn’t argue with Canadians about American Football.
Stick to hockey chump.
remember…if not for incomplete pass last drive…if had been a run instead (even for a loss) then there’d be at 2:15 tight now, not 2:44
Thats the wide 9 for you, a QB sneak up the middle. ANDY STILL HAS TO GO. FIRE EM.
thats the diff between kneeling down and having to get a 1st down
We all know the scenario. When does Washington get the ball back? With 1 45 left at thier own 40?
#25 The Closer…lol….
we’d be at 2:00 min warning now….and at best wsh gets ball with less than 1:00….right now they can still get ball back with almost 2:00….becasue of one inc.
but I know nothing
LOL – Reid almost horked up a burger when McCoy jabbed him.
Now that’s the smartest thing you said ( but I know nothing ) all day
Well a win is a win. 2 weeks to get ready for Dallas Sun night.
That wasnt a first down are you serious? What did they look at on review? I thought he was 2 yards past the marker.
GAME OVER………BITCHES
Gotta give ‘em credit when they earn it and they did. I never thought the Eagles D would stop let alone own the the skins running game today but they did! My hats off to the D for coming up big time!
We Have our safeties for the future!!! Great Aggressive play by both of them!!! I TOLD YALL WEEK 6 WAS WHEN WE’D PLAY LIKE A GOOD TEAM.. I SAID WEEKS 6-8… I WAS SO RIGHT…
I have a good feel for this team now… This defense is strong… and they were still using the wide9 but in a situational way which is smart.. im about to head to pj whelihans to celebrate this win..
BTW.. WHERE IS PAUL “KING NEGADELPHIAN” MAN… HES BEEN MIA THIS WHOLE GAME MAYBE BECAUSE HE PICKED AGAINST THE EAGLES AND WAS WRONG AS USUAL… IS HE EVER RIGHT?
JH, it was one game. Let’s not get out of hand. Let’s see if they can keep it going for 4-5 games. O points second half, sloppily played game.
Hey Jon – Chill pal, That’s 1 reasonably well played game, against the Skins, in 5. It’s going in the right direction which, for this team, is huge given what’s been happening.