Crossing Broad
Behold, the paradox of sport, when a game of football can be as ugly as it is beautiful.
Case in point, this one, a Monday Night Football slugfest featuring some of the worst offensive play you’ll ever see. Vic Fangio’s unit was as good as Kevin Patullo’s was bad, and regardless of where you fall on the spectrum that connects both sides of the ball, there’s no denying that the Eagles just made a few more plays than the Packers en route to a gritty 10-7 road win at Lambeau.
For that reason alone, you have to go Posidelphia despite wanting to jump off a bridge through the first three quarters, then at the end of the 4th. It was a classic case of the famous meme:
End of the day, the Eagles defense held Green Bay to 261 yards and one score. Jordan Love finished 20-36 for 176 yards and the Packers only converted 5 of 13 third down attempts. They entered the red zone only once and fumbled twice, a truly putrid performance without Tucker Kraft, Matthew Golden, and a depleted receiving corps.
It’ll go down as one of the best Eagles defensive performances probably ever, and it’ll cover up, at least temporarily, a poor offensive outing, especially coming off a BYE. We’ll have the rest of the week to talk about that nonsense, but for now, we celebrate a win as the Birds move to 7-2.
TO THE OBSERVATIONS
1) Obviously the Disney vs. Google standoff is pathetic. A couple of billion-dollar corporations bickering like children while working and middle class YouTube TV customers are forced to seek alternatives. Figure it out. Grow up.
2) False start on the Packers on their first QB sneak. We should ban the play because the refs can’t officiate it properly.
3) Jalyx Hunt with the drive-killing sack to kick things off. Really nice to see one of the existing EDGE guys make a big play after the addition of Jaelan Phillips. A bit of motivation for that group, perhaps.
4) It’s the small things that make you smile, like Jalen Hurts opening the game from under center.
5) The refs really do stink, don’t they? Everybody watching on television saw the Eagles jump on the first tush push, yet the zebras did not.
6) That was such a good opening drive by the Eagles before the fumble. Key third down conversions, good play calling, methodical and smart, then you give credit where it’s due. It was a great punch out by Keisean Nixon, who looked like prime Peanut Tillman out there. Jalen Hurts came down on top of the tackler and GB made a really nice play. Don’t think it has to be anything more complicated than that.
7) Anybody else have bad flashbacks to the Sao Paulo game with all of the slipping on the second Eagles drive? They had some receivers sliding around before that as well.
8) The Coward’s Draw returns! Put it in the bagster....
