Philadelphia Eagles performance report – NFL Special part 2
Philadelphia Eagles’ victory in Week 4 took their record to 3-1 with good hopes of winning more games in the season.
In this part, we continue our analysis on Eagles’ performance from Week 5 to 10 of the regular season.
This section will highlight how the Eagles slumped, never to rise again. Their defeats in Week 5 and 6 were competitive, but the next three games were utter disappointment.
Week 5: Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers’ defence was powerful, they did not give opportunities to Eagles’ offence to score points in the first half of the game and beat the Eagles by 16-14.
Eagles quarterback Michael Vick threw touchdown passes to running back LeSean McCoy and tight end Brent Celek in third and fourth quarter respectively.
Vick completed 20 of 30 passes for 175 yards and scored two touchdowns, his passer rating was 104.2. He threw passes to receivers Jason Avant, Jeremy Maclin and DeSean Jackson, but none of them reached the end zone.
Week 6: Detroit Lions
Eagles had 16 penalties and three turnovers in the game. Despite this, until the end of the third quarter they were leading the game 13-6. In the fourth quarter Detroit Lions offence performed really well and tied the game at 23-23.
A 45-yard field goal by Lions kicker Jason Hanson led their way to overtime victory.
Vick scored two touchdowns and completed 28 of 46 passes for 311 yards along with two interceptions.
After their second consecutive loss they entered their bye week, but it did not help them as the following games brought even more miseries to the team.
Week 8: Atlanta Falcons
After the bye, Eagles met leaders of National Football Conference (NFC) South Atlanta Falcons, who outclassed them by 30-17.
Eagles defence failed to stop Falcons offence. They let Falcons to cover 8.5 yards per pass and 3.9 yards per rushing attempt.
Eagles, on the other hand, could not stand in front of the best opposing defence in the National Football League (NFL). Vick completed 21 of 35 passes for 191 yards.
Week 9: New Orleans Saints
Eagles were better than New Orleans Saints at rushing and passing throughout the game, but could not score more touchdowns, and lost by 13-28.
Vick’s performance was not good; however, he became the first player in the NFL history with 20,000 passing yards.
He completed 22 of 41 passes for 272 yards and scored a touchdown. He threw a 77-yard pass to Jackson, who rushed towards the end zone for the Eagles’ first and only touchdown.
Eagles defence fell flat in front of Saints, who scored three touchdowns in the first half, whereas, Eagles gained only three points with a field goal.
Week 10: Dallas Cowboys
This game ended the season for Vick, as he got concussed in second quarter of a 38-23 loss against Dallas Cowboys.
He completed 6 of 9 passes for 70 yards and threw a one-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Riley Cooper in the first quarter.
Rookie quarterback Nick Foles replaced Vick, and threw a 44-yards pas to Maclin in the third quarter of the game.
At the end of the third quarter both teams tied up at 17-17, but Eagles defence got thrashed by opposing offence, which scored three touchdowns in the end.
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