Eagles Should Feature McCoy And Rookie Backs Against The Ravens
BREAKING NEWS, Eagles, General News, News Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
I’m not sure what the game plan will be this week for the Baltimore Ravens, but it should feature LeSean McCoy and the team’s running game. There’s no way the Eagles should come out and put the ball in Michael Vick’s hands and let him start throwing the football all over the place.
Andy Reid and Marty Mornhinweg have already given the game plan to Vick and the other quarterbacks, that happens on Tuesday. It will be unveiled to the rest of the team this morning. I’ve talked about the ability of Reid and Mornhinweg to design an elaborate offensive game plan, but I haven’t focused on their inability to make adjustments to it during the game.
On Sunday, they let that strength become a weakness when they refuse to abandon the game plan when the situation changes. If Vick had been on his game, the Eagles could have thrown for 500 yards against the Browns, but that’s irrelevant because Vick was off his game and McCoy was piling up big yardage. You must deal with the situation at hand.
Reid and Mornhinweg have to be disciplined and know when they must give up on the passing game because their quarterback is throwing interceptions every other throw. The defense was playing well and the running game was working. They should have talked to rookies Bryce Brown and Chris Polk at halftime and informed them that they each would carry the ball five to ten times in the second half.
The Birds should have taken the football out of Vick’s hands and grounded the ball with with McCoy and the rookies. If Vick and the Eagles hadn’t been turning the ball over, the Browns would have never been able to score. The defense was playing great and McCoy was ripping through the Cleveland defense.
I know they don’t want to burn McCoy out but they kept all these running backs around for situations like the one on Sunday. They don’t want to forced to give the ball to McCoy too many times in a game, so he won’t be burned out at the end of the season. Brown and Polk should have carried the ball at least five times each in the second half of the Cleveland game.
Nothing has changed with Reid and Mornhinweg. Yes, they do a great job of putting together a game plan before game day, but they struggle with in-game decision-making. This wasn’t a tough decision. It was obvious that Vick was struggling and not properly seeing the coverage. They should have taken the ball out his hands and saved him from himself.
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I think the bottom line is Vick isnt a Pro-caliber QB. He is making mistakes as a 10 yr veteran that Rookies don’t make. If your really an Eagles fan you want the best Qb for the Eagles to win the SB. Vick obviously can’t do this. That being said Gotta root for the birds to win Sunday.
Ah, the infamous “ALL CAPS” The old Jerry Springer move…If you don’t have an intelligent arguement, just start yelling.
Of course Vick gets hit more, as he has been top 3 in “hits over 3 seconds” his entire career. (as proven by Football outsiders, who are quantifiably more reliable than Sheil Kapida.
Rank the Olines? Didn’t you see the teams I put up there?
Dallas? Their oline is a disaster
Chicago…didn’t they set a record for sacks given up last year?
Honestly….how many straws do you have left to clutch at?
I will tell you one thing. I coach 2 football teams, one being a 12-14 yr oldgirls touch team (cue the “HA HA HA you coach girls” f-ing pussy from Realtalk). ANyway, for the most part this is their 1st introduction to the game. My QBs have never played before, and I don’t let them hold the ball more than 4 seconds. And you know what? By mid season they always get the ball out of their hands on time. Oh….and they always have pressure on them because there’s no oline. Just someone coming hard from 5 yrds off the LOS.
Can you explain to me why ‘m able toI coach 13 yr old girls who can handle pressure and get the ball off quicker than your hero?
@giants fan… take a look at what your credible source has to say:
Like Solomon, Andy Benoit, writing for FootballOutsiders.com, points to the plays dialed up by offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg as one of the culprits to Vick’s struggles.
“Just about every pass play (which there were too many of, by the way) involved slow-developing routes from the outside receivers,” Benoit wrote Thursday. “The interior routes from the slot and tight ends were also slow-developing and too easily defended. Vick had to spend the first two seconds of his dropback just waiting for routes to unfold.”
This statement was preceded by:
When the Eagles have the ball. Any conversation about this offense has to start with quarterback Michael Vick who had an abysmal effort against the Browns last week. And while it’s easy to just point to the four-interception effort as proof that Vick bears most of the responsibility for this unit’s shortcomings, the reality is that it’s more complicated than that.
The offensive line has to improve as does the play-calling…
www dot nbcphiladelphia dot com/blogs/birds-nest/What-to-Watch-Ravens-vs-Eagles-169745506.html
Giants Fan… time and again I can easily prove not only are you a liar but don’t understand the game of football at is most fundamental level. Time on and again you come on this site half cocked spouting BS. This is a team game and yet you focus on one player no matter what the topic… you’re pathetic. Grow up and get over your hatred.
Did you really site a 12-14 yr old girls touch team as your reference? I’ll let you try again before I respond….
10 MORE MV STARTS BEFORE GCOBB HAS ONE LESS BIGOT!!!!
Lionsden…..you watching this 1st Q? You still going to argue/imply Chicago has a better Oline than the Birds?
We have 2 QBs here, both under incredible pressure….and suprisingly,(at least to you) they’re not playing “give away” like your hero. Strange.
Also, thy’re only being hit when sacked….amazing how many hits are avoided when the ball leaves the Qbs hand before the very last mili-second.
Oh….and you can pretty much guarantee they’re both going to get better as the game goes along and they start figuring out the Ds they’re seeing…..
Maybe I spoke a little too early on Cutler. I guess I forgot he was Jay Cutler for a moment. He’s about 6% better than VIck.
Deep down every Bears fan knows, despite all the “Cutler to Marshall – they’ll be great – this will be Cutler’s year” hyperbole spouted by TV analysts this offseason (sound familiar). Deep doen every Bears fan knows they’re not going anywhere with him at the helm.
Eagles fans know the same thing.
when vicks in the game the only call down field throws its the coaches
are you really comparing girls touch football to NFL? seriously?
HAHAHAHEEHEHAHAHAEHEHEHE! Wow!
RT… trust me as long as I’m on this site (which will only be for short periods at a time due to me not being able to stomach the propaganda and hate) he will never live that one down.
Unreal I guess he felt comfortable after you admitted to coaching AAU.
I am not comparing girls touch to the NFL, I’m just sayin I coach 13 year old girls who understand quarterbacking fundamentals more than your hero.
I just asked you why you might think that is…of course you didn’t answer…instead resorting to your childish atempted putdowns. Predictable.
And Lion….when you go quoting Oursider articles I read days before you did, make sure you include all the releant pieces like…..
“To be clear, if Vick were a better presnap reader and anticipation passer, he may have found more ways to overcome these circumstances. But that’s not Vick’s game. It never has been. Andy Reid and Marty Mornhinweg know this, that’s why they don’t call more quick-timing plays for Vick. They play to his strengths by stretching the field and allowing him to hold the ball. This tacitly encourages sandlot plays. But by using these tactics almost exclusively and making dumpoff patterns somewhat of an afterthought, Vick’s strengths can become weaknesses. We saw that Sunday.”
“If the Browns could stymie Philadelphia’s offense by having second-year free safety Eric Hagg roam deep in centerfield, what do you think the Ravens can do with Ed Reed? Or, if the Browns can give Vick pause early in the down simply by feigning a few blitzes out of their 4-3 front, what effect do you think the Ravens’ amoeba front seven looks will have?”
“The Ravens disguise and rotate their downfield zone coverages extremely well, and they obviously pack more pass-rushing punch than the Browns. If Vick has to hold the ball for prolonged stretches again this week, he’s liable to break a rib sometime around his third or fourth interception. ”
“The Eagles don’t want Vick in a chess match with Ray Lewis and Dean Pees. So, they’ll once again be reluctant to put a lot of quick-hitting passes in the gameplan, as these tend to require pre-snap recognition.”
“Vick over the years has had trouble recognizing blitzing corners. (Remember what Antoine Winfield and the Vikings did to him on that snow-delayed Tuesday game in December 2010?) “
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!
You don’t even read your own articles: “But what stagnated Philly’s offense more than anything was the play-calling.”
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9 MORE MV STARTS UNTIL GCOBB HAS ONE LESS BIGOT!!!
” I coach 2 football teams, one being a 12-14 yr oldgirls touch team…ANyway, for the most part this is their 1st introduction to the game. My QBs have never played before, and I don’t let them hold the ball more than 4 seconds. And you know what? By mid season they always get the ball out of their hands on time. Oh….and they always have pressure on them because there’s no oline. Just someone coming hard from 5 yrds off the LOS.
Can you explain to me why ‘m able toI coach 13 yr old girls who can handle pressure and get the ball off quicker than your hero?” – Vinnie the Evicted. CLOWN PRINCE OF GCOBB. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!
Oh wait… there’s a new one:
“I am not comparing girls touch to the NFL, I’m just sayin I coach 13 year old girls who understand quarterbacking fundamentals more than your hero.” – Vinnie the Evicted, CLOWN PRINCE OF GCOBB.
Happy Birthday Lionsden.
10 is such a fun age to be.
E-A-G-L-E-S – Eagles!
Proud of the team as a whole. A win against a top team! Hats off to the defense, who came up big the final 2 minutes of the game!
Proud to be an Eagles fan!
to the ‘love triangle” – Hi Hata’s!