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Coggin mentioned in our Slack channel that Ian Eagle and Charles Davis shared a great note on Sunday’s broadcast. Julio Jones was the last Eagle to score a first quarter touchdown. Is that true? It is indeed true:
So the statistic is that in the last 10 Eagles games, the only first quarter touchdown has been scored by Julio Jones, who had a cup of coffee with the Birds and finished his Hall of Fame-worthy career with just 11 receptions here, but three TDs.
There is, however, a caveat in distinguishing between first drive and first quarter scoring. The Eagles did score on their opening drive on Sunday, which kicked off a 37-point avalanche. Jake Elliott’s field goal only took place in the second quarter because the Bengals opened with a 10-minute drive that burned almost the entirety of the first frame. The Eagles started a bit quicker on offense in this game, they just didn’t score until the second because of a lopsided time of possession.
If you take it a little further and look at some scoring differentials, the Eagles have a +39 total point differential, which is 11th-best in the NFL. They are -30 in the 1st quarter, which is third-worst, +20 in the second quarter, which is ninth-best, +21 in the third quarter, which is fourth-best, and +28 in the fourth quarter, which is also fourth-best. They’ve been a strong second half team, they just start slow more often than not. If they can remedy that, look out.
TOUCHDOWN JULIO JONES.
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