DeSean Jackson had a good game against the Patriots but he could really have had eye-popping production last night. Jackson caught four passes for 82 yards. He was wide open deep on the pass play in which Michael Vick got injured while trying to get the ball to him.
Number 10 came back to catch an underthrown Nick Foles pass for a 4o-yard gain It could have been a long touchdown play, but Foles couldn’t step into the throw because the pass rush was in his face.
I loved the throw Foles made to him in the red zone. It was a great throw and a great catch. The rookie threw the ball low to let Jackson protect himself and he got rid it very quickly. Jackson’s route was perfect because he gave the young quarterback plenty of room to get it in there.
Jackson will be utilized much more in the red zone than in the past, but it’s going to require that Vick be as quick and accurate with his reads and throws as Foles was with that one.
At times because of Jackson’s personality, people take his football intelligence for granted. I remember Andy Reid marveling at how Jackson grasped the west coast offense and it’s nuances very quickly as a rookie. I think they can use him more on intermediate routes, as long as he’ll be allowed to protect himself.
Eagles rookie wide receiver and punt returner, Damaris Johnson really hurt himself last night by dropping a punt and two passes. He was able to get open but he couldn’t catch the football. He’s got to have quality performances in the final two games, if he wants to secure his position on the football team.
Mardy Gilyard made a couple of nice catches last night in his attempt to win himself a job. He’s got to be amazing in the last two games to win himself a job.
Chad Hall made a couple of outstanding catches to keep the door open to his chances of making this team. He’ll need Johnson to continue to stumble to make the squad. Hall is as dependable as they come. I don’t think I’ve seen him drop a football all camp.
LeSean McCoy didn’t have a long night but he was effective. Like usual he was making tacklers miss.
The 220-pound back also ran inside plus he showed us his ability to catch the football out of the backfield. Brown will also need to show he can contribute on special teams as a coverage guy.
Rookie running back Chris Polk showed us what he can do last night by running hard and aggressive. He’s not going to outrun anybody, but he does have quick feet with good vision and it him find the hole if it’s there.
This young man loves contact and he might have had a chance to make this team as a fullback, if he had been given a shot at the job. He has the size and the mindset to play fullback for somebody if he gets the chance. Polk is just a good blocker as the fullbacks in camp. I love his toughness and hard nose play, but he doesn’t have a chance to make this football team as a running back.
Eagles fullback Stanley Havili made a great cut to his right, then up into the hole and nearly had himself a touchdown on the play. You know that Andy Reid and Marty Morhinweg are going to lull defenses to sleep, then hand it off to Havili or flip a screen to him near the goalline.
Havili also made a good hit on the punt team. His job consists of blocking, playing special teams, then catching the football and running with it.
I can really envisions where Clay Harbor plays in many formations lined up as the “FB” and will stay in block or slip out in the flats, or go in motion to drag a defennder with him and then a quick trap play up the gut to McCoy..If the Eagles were to make this move, it would allow them to pick-up one of the many good TE’s who will be on the Waiver WIre, maybe a real blocking TE to help at at LT which could help Celek go out in more pass plays..
My 3 moves I see by the end of Camp are Harbor moves to FB-HB Position
Ealges then Pick-up another TE, they also pick-up a bigger LB to play the Sam spot and then pick-up a Safety off the Waiver list..
So a guy who is haven a great camp at tight end and is goin to expand the offense your moving to fullback to block? And sign another tight end to play Harbors spot?
And after how MK has played at the Sam spot ,given its against some back ups..but hes smacking ball carriers, your bringin in a guy off the street to play Sam?
Suspect suggestions with little to no knowledge of this roster put into your statements.
Should they switch Shady to wide out too…?
I think this is as talented team as Andy Reid has had, yet I have them rated about 5th in the NFC. I can’t expect the team with the 6th-9th best QB in the NFC to carry the team in the playoffs. I like Vick, he is all about winning any way possible. The big problem with that last comment “any way possible” usually means leaving the pocket too early, scrambling and not seeing opening recievers. Vick has probably tried to learn how to be elite in todays NFL, but it’s just too much to ask. He’s can’t read defenses all that well, he’s way to short to see throwing lanes and his natural instinct has been to run his whole life. He shows glimpses of greatness, but it’s the exception, not the rule. Vick can light up the bad teams, but the good playoff defenses will continue to eat him up.
The red zone problems clearly show the Eagles weaknesses. Small qb, small reecievers, tall lineman in a confined space with a qb that can be confused in his pre-snap reads.
It may sound simplistic that you need a 6′-2″+ qb today. I prefer a guy that is a good athlete, not great so he has to depend on his arm to make plays, not his feet.
No Eorck, you are missing my point..
In the Eagles System, there is no true FB, when you see most of the plays and formation when Harbo is in the game, he initially lines up in the backfield or just outside the OT’s and many time goes in motion, he is rarely lined up like a “traditional TE – next to the OT, so there really is not much of a change in hwat he will be doing, He will be on the field more than a true “FB” would be in the Eagles System making a “true FB” not really neccessary for the Eagles to have …