Did it look pretty? No.. but at the end, Vince Young got it done for the Eagles, with a 17-10 victory. He just has “it”. His game winning 9 minute,18 play, 80 yard drive saved the Eagles season and gave the Eagles yet another win in the Meadowlands. Young struggled early, but looked more and more comfortable running the offense as the game went on.
He also had great protection all game from his O line This allowed Young to move around in the pocket and make plays down the field. He finished 23 of 36 with 258 yards 2 TDs and 2 INTs. He also had a 63.8 completion percentage. However, numbers don’t tell all, as it was his last drive that cemented his great game, and an Eagles victory in the process.
Young did exactly what you would expect him to do, play better as the game went on as he was running his first game in a new offense, which is a very difficult thing to do.
He did struggle early, throwing an interception on the 2nd drive, on a deep ball to Jackson. Jackson had his man beat deep, and Young underthrew him and was picked off. DeSean could have showed more effort to get the ball, but this was just a bad pass on Young’s part. If he led Jackson, he would have been trotting to the end zone.
Young early in the game was off target on occasion, and it looked like he wasn’t really putting any zip on his throws. This was especially the case on the Eagles fifth drive, on 3rd down, when Young floated a pass to Jackson by the sideline. The pass was underthrown, and Jackson came back to make a nice catch, Jackson left the game for a short period after this, but returned.
His second INT wasn’t as bad as the first. Young kind of forced the ball into Clay Harbor’s arms, and it was tipped and intercepted. The good thing about both of these early turnovers didn’t hurt the Eagles, because the Eagles defense didn’t allow the Giants to score any points after they coughed up the ball.
Young’s play started to change when the Eagles were deep in their territory, and he fired a deep pass to Jackson that was on mark, and that Jackson caught around the Giants 50. It would have been a huge gain, except Jackson taunted the Giants sideline, and there was a penalty called on the Giants, illegal use of the hands. The Referee said that the penalties offset, and that negated the pass. This was a really strange call, because the illegal use of the hands was during the play, and Jackson’s penalty was after the play was over. I don’t think this was called correctly, but it still shows Jackson’s immaturity taunting the Giants and costing his team a big gain. Thankfully for the Eagles, this didn’t hurt them in the end.
In the second half, Young played considerably better. He threw with more zip on the ball, and almost every pass was accurate. He was also much more confident.
Early in the 3rd Quarter, DeSean Jackson gave Young and the Eagles offense good field position, and they capitalized on it. He threw an accurate strike over the middle, to former Giant Steve Smith for his first TD as an Eagle. This gave the Eagles a 10-0 lead at the time.
After this, except for a red-zone interception in the 3rd quarter, Young didn’t miss a beat. He was effective in the pocket, and was effective in using the play action in the passing game. In many cases, he was able to freeze the LBs and throw the ball over the middle of the field.
However, in the 4th Quarter, the Giants tied the game at 10 all. The Eagles got the ball back, and they sealed the game, led by Young He was at his best when the game, and the season were on the line. Young led the Eagles to a game-winning drive that lasted 9 minutes and took the life out of the Giants. This was achieved by running the ball and Vince Young being able to fit the ball into tight coverage. In the red zone, on 3rd and goal, Young made a great throw over the middle to Riley Cooper for the game winning TD. He was 7-9 on the game winning drive with 67 yards passing and a TD. Very efficient to say the least.
One of the most impressive things about this drive was that the Eagles acted as a unit. Many times during this game and early in the season, the Eagles didn’t seem like they were playing the same game. Young’s leadership turned all this around. He showed and poise under pressure. He just is clutch when the game is on the line and rescued the Eagles when it looked like they were going to collapse again.
Although he started off shaky, Young got better and looked more comfortable as the game went on. Young finished the game with dominant game winning drive, and gave the Eagles their fourth win of the season. Now the question is does he start on Sunday? Ill look at this question later in the week.
If you’re going to write on something, at least get your facts straight. Young threw THREE interceptions. THREE. It could have cost us the game but since the defense was so stout, they bailed him out.
Kudos to Young on the last drive of the game. It wasn’t anything spectacular but he got the job done at the end and thats all that matters. He earned his paycheck.
Vick definitely get his football legs under him as the game wore on and looked pretty good in the 2nd half and of course was outstanding on the final drive which had some good play-calling and mixing it up with runs,screeens,intermediate routes.. crossing routes, qb keeps which really kept the Giants on their toes… I congratulate him and did anyone notice how VY stayed in the Pocket and step into his throws instead of bailing out wide like VIck does.. I think the OL gives Vick more time than he thinks and sometimes ends up running into trouble instead of sliding up and getting rid of the ball… VY wasn’t hit no where near as often as Vicks seems to get.. It’s the same OL… VY even throw some deep balls which Vick hasn’t been able to do the last couple of games.. Even when the big plays do’t work, you have to try to lossen up the Defense and make them think they have to defense the entire field..
1 pick was deflected off Harbor’s hands straight up in the air,
HIs 1st Int to D-JAx was thrown too late and floated out there which was an easy pick .. The one pick in the end-zone to COpper had too much air also, and COoper needs to do a better job of protectiing his QB and going in for the ball or at least attempt to break it up since the QB had better position and the ball was thorwn to the inside instead of the outside
My Bad, should have been VY got his football legs back after game wore on..
Paulman
Kind of like how it was the best D performance of the year, same goes for the Oline. They haven’t played that well all season. Mudd has those men workin. That’s why VY didn’t get hit as much
I still saw instances where Reid tried to lose the game. Why pass in the red zone for the go-ahead score, especially after Young had already thrown 3 picks? We were already in field-goal range. Why risk it?
Then there were the wasted time outs and the predictable play-calling
I’ve said it for years now. This team has won in spite of Reid, not because of him. It has been the spectacular play of individuals that has saved Reid time and time again.
Westbrook saved an entire season against the Giants. Jackson also saved an entire season against them, and he might have just done it again.
Nothing has changed. Let the record show that Reid’s a bum!
Questioning why we did what we did for the gohead score? Cause the Giants were plugin the run. We had match ups that favored us on that series. There secondary is horrible.
Wasted time-outs? When? We had the game on ice at the end so when did we need the timeouts d-low?
Reid has some issues. But the defense won this game. Jackson did his part by being a star.
Patriots better be ready to air it out. There rungame is suspect. Yeah they didnt have Bradshaw but the D did a nice job of gap controll and wrapping. Laws and Jenkins pushed the play right back into the backs face several times.
@Drummer – it paid off throwing in the redzone didnt it? Good job by AR!
Dont forget the Giants did get back into field goal range, right before they fumbled…so who knows how the game would of ended…Giants may have ran on that play Eli fumbled instead of passing….
Getting that TD in the redzone was huge!
I think I can root for this guy. I liked the enthusiasm. I like that he can see over the dashboard. I liked that after he threw the TD to Cooper he was chest bumping the oline rather than turning to a camera and slamming his fist into his chest like a certain other QB on the roster. Teammates seemed to respond.
The final drive was fantastic. That being said, there wouldn’t have been a final drive had we played anyone other that this incompetent NYG squad. Drop 3 INT performances and the odds are against that you’ll still be within striking distance of the recieving team.
From mid 1st Q till halftime Young was Interception, inc, inc, inc, inc, complete, inc, inc, Interception, complete, complete, inc, Interception.
That’s not going to get it done against anyone competent. In fact its downright pathetic. I’m glad he was able to turn it around and play better in the first half, but the Birds won’t be able to recover from those foibles in the future.
Oh, and
I aslo think there was the same issue going on last night as with Vick last year. Teams have no film on Young with the Eagles’ and therefore cannot predict what he or Birds offense will look like. give teams a couple of game films and it might be trouble.
He sat in the pocket and killed there soft middle. Thats not somehting you can shceme for. Any qb with the time he had could do that.
Vick is by far a better q right now. He hasnt played up to the level i think hes capable of but stop sweating Vince Young and remember if thats Mike,he frozen ropes that first bomb pass and you know it. Dude had the worst delivery and release. Props to VY for holding it down though. I like him if we need him again. No question he still has skill. What about the run lanes there all night? He just want taking them.Mike is 50 yards rushing against them.
Beat Pats.
Do the cats that write these articles watch the games? or have them proof read? I mean C’Mon man….
“Early in the 3rd Quarter, DeSean Jackson gave Young and the Eagles offense good field position, and they capitalized on it. He threw an accurate strike over the middle, to former Giant Steve Smith for his first TD as an Eagle. This gave the Eagles a 10-0 lead at the time”
Didnt this happen late in the 2nd quarter?
man some of you can’t give vince young the credit he deserves because it deflects attention from your diva, who is playing at a piss poor level right now, can’t lead team to victory, averages over two turn overs a game, 20th out of thirty three on the qb rating before last night’s game, but “vick is by far a better q right now” than vince young must be trash
Let the record say that Drummer is a crabby old hater
Schiller, if you want to play lawyer get the lingo straight, its “let the record reflect”, and you could do a better job of calling out drummer
Thanks for playing semantics with not he point jakedog. Good contribution.
ha, I type to fast – “not THE point”
Would it surprise anyone if the Eagles beat the Pats then lose 16-10 to the Seattle Seahawks?
Remember last season against the Vikings?
Guys don’t do it to yourself….The Eagles will win a few and lose a higher draft pick.
reality