A Win Is A Win

A win is a win, it's as simple as that. Sometimes a win is not pretty or flashy, but in the end if you score more points than the other team than you did something right. On Sunday the Eagles escaped with a narrow 35-32 victory over the Detroit Lions. The Eagles fell behind early but their offense kept them in the game and the Birds went into halftime with a 24-17 lead. In the second half the Eagles scored 14 unanswered points, and when I saw Shady McCoy running into the end-zone to give the Eagles a 35-17 lead, I thought for sure that the game was over. Boy was I wrong. The Eagles defense fell asleep from that point on and after a two touchdowns and a 2 point conversion, the Lions were ready attempt an onsides kick down by just 3. On occasion, when I am sitting at home and I see a dropped pass or a botched play I tend to yell at the T.V. I could have caught that, or I could have made that play. The botched reception that rookie Riley Cooper made on the onsides kick is definitely a play that I could have made. The ball was kicked and it popped up right into the hands of Riley Cooper, and as we all know, the hands is the worst place for the ball to hit you when your trying to make a catch. Sarcasm aside, Riley Cooper did not make the play and the Lions recovered and had the ball at around their own 40 with just under 2 minutes to go. Thankfully, the Eagles defense clamped down, the Lions went 4 and out, and the Eagles were able to escape with a victory. Like I said it wasn't pretty but a win is a win. Overall, the offense played very well behind Michael Vick who went 21 of 34 passing with 284 yards and 2 touchdowns and made Jeremy Maclin and DeSean Jackson two of his favorite targets as they both got touchdowns. LeSean McCoy also had a big day as the Eagles finally decided to run the football. He rushed 16 times for 120 yards and 3 touchdowns. The defense gave up some big plays early but they looked pretty good at the end of the first half and into the third quarter. At the end when they went into a prevent defense is where they really got burned. Looking ahead to next week, the Eagles will take on the Jacksonville Jaguars. Stay tuned to the blog for a preview to the game which will include info on the QB controversy and the status of Stewart Bradley for next week.