Rookie linebacker Mychal Kendricks and rookie defensive back Brandon Boykin were taken to school by the Steelers, especially on the final drive of the game. The youngsters were telegraphing the coverages on the last drive and they have to learn to disguise what they’re doing by moving around before the snap of the football.
They must be aware of the 30 second clock and how many seconds are on it, so they’ll have a good idea about when the ball is going to be snapped. When they’re in man-to-man they should stay off of the man they’re going to cover and give a zone look. They should time their movements, so that they get in the right position when the ball is snapped.
“I think it’s a combination of things”, Kurt Coleman. “Roethlisberger is a two-time Super Bowl winner. I mean, he knows what to expect. He’s not fearful of that moment. He did a great job of leading his team down there. But really, I think what it all comes down to is how we play, play within ourselves and understand how they’re going to attack us. I think we had several opportunities to get off of the field, watching the film. We put ourselves in the right position; we just didn’t make the plays.”
Young Eagles defensive tackle Cedric Thornton gave Pittsburgh guard Willie Colon the fits and force him to hold and tackle him. Thornton was dominating Colon with his quickness off the ball. It was a great matchup for the cat quick Thornton against the big and physical Colon.
He forced the big guy to move his feet and that gave Thornton the advantage. The Pittsburgh guard couldn’t block the young Eagles defensive tackle so he decided to tackle him and created two holding calls
Rookie defensive tackle Fletcher Cox tried to out-muscle Colon and he had very little success with the big guy. He’s got to do a better job of evaluating the linemen he’s going up against. It would have been a better game plan for Cox if he had tried .
Not only the young players..The LB’s have to do a better job of being where they are supposed to be on passing downs. Sometimes in the course of the game the CB is matched up man, but the scheme is to force the WR inside, and the LB is supposed to come underneath… The play that stands out to me would be against the Giants on the Cruz TD where Ryans was a little late. Boykins was matched up with Cruz in the slot. Gotta watch Johnson in the slot! Could get a pick or two if the rotation is quick. Just don’t be hesitant!
Here’s the Reality of the 2012 Eagles Season
Defensivley, they are ranked 10th overall in the NFL and 7th in th NFC
giving up approx 3007 yards per game and giving up 19.8 Pts per Game
Sack totals are 14 so far, and have 6 Int’s and 8 Recovered Fumbles total which is pretty good
Offensively, they are ranked 9th Overall In the NFL and 5th in the NFC and average 383 Yards per Game, but the problems are that they have only avaeraged 16 Points per Game Scored which is 31st in the entire NFL (above the lowly Jagauars and Dead Last in the NFC
They also rank Dead Last in the NFC with a -7 in the all important GIve/Takaway Category and 31st in the entire NFL in ball security
Heres a list of the Top 6 Teams in Give/Takaways Stats Category in the NFC
(Falcons,Bears,Redskins,49ers,Cardinals & Giants) which is a list of Teams
with are a combined 22-8 this season so far and are probably legitimate Playoff Teams besides the Redksins)
This Season is most likely lost already,in my opinion, for QB Vick cannot protect the Ball or play at a high-level consistently making this week’s game a Must-Win.. Their Offense is just not very good or efficent or productive
Eagles Defense is fine, their Offense and their QB are not
Eagles with a 3-2 record and the season is most likely lost already?16 ponts per game is largely due to turnovers, not their inept to move the ball. If you want to blame Vick for the turnovers then do so, but acting as if their offense is not productive is ridiculous
Paul your a nitwit.
3007 yards a game is insane… would hate to see who is worse
also vick has had 4 drives in the 4th quarter to give the eagles the lead… FOUR !!! in 5 games.
regardless of anything else, how is that not playing consistently at somewhat of a high level ? I have sit and read many of your comments, and they ALL say that the phillies and eagles are done for… try a different opinion.
Maybe so EROCK, but I am right much more often about this Eagle Team than must of you Kool-Aid Drinkers..
This Team is just not all that good, an average OL at best, average TE’s with no bog play capability and an overrated WR corp who I have stated is average in comparison with other NFL Teams and a shitty QB.. No real surprise here E-Rock, I have been saying the same shit for 3 Years now…
I have little to no expectations for this 2012 Team and its Coaching Staff and that’s just the way it is and something I have stated since Summer Camp..
@Paulman – did you even watch the game live on Sunday? Your a Panthers fan are you not? And Paul, you are not much more often right about this team, than myself “A KOOLAID Drinker” and proud of it….if thats what you want to call a fan that believes his team can still get it done..
You are starting to piss me off with you negativity on every single post…
The eagles have a good, not great defense. However, no defense can CONSISTENTLY cover 2-4 turnovers/game by the offense. Vick is talented enough to play quarterback but not CONSISTENT enough to get to the superbowl. I see a 9-7 team unless Vick changes his ways (which I doubt he can- he is 32).
Eagles Defense = 10th in the league in points allowed (ave)
Eagles Offense = 31st in the league in points scored (ave) Only Jax is worse.
Can anyone spot the issue with this team?
all I had growing up was Kool-aid.. so I’m fine with it…Remember the commercials on Saturday Morning …Heeeyyyyyy Kool-Aid
Hahahaha @Gotta – me too, the ‘red’ kind! hahahaa
bugsy – don;t forget – many of those points (ave) are also from short fields/turnovers….
@Navy good point – Even the Giants game when the Eagles didn’t commit a turnover, the Giants were seeing short field after short field. Shows how impressive the defense really has been, when you think about all the turnovers and the special teams giving up field position. Defense isn’t the problem, but there is always room for growth/improvement from all areas on a football team.
Yep Navy. Special teams has put them in a whole quite a bit this year. Good point.