If Michael Vick doesn’t get his bell rung in his return to Atlanta on Sunday night, who knows how many points the Eagles offense would have put on the board.
When you say the Eagles are dangerous because of the speed and big-play ability of the skill players all over the field, that isn’t a cliche. The Eagles can literally score on any play from any point on the field. DeSean Jackson and Michael Vick are flat out sick when it comes to raw athletic ability. Madden ’12 couldn’t produce more highlights than those two will by season’s end.
But, this Eagles team is so much more than that as we saw during the Birds 35-31 loss that dropped them into a second-place tie with the Cowboys in the NFC East.
Eagles wideout Jeremy Maclin exploded for 13 catches, 171 yards and two scores in the Eagles 35-31 loss on Sunday.
McCoy, the Eagles second round selection in the 2009 draft piled up 95 yards and two touchdowns on just 18 carries on Sunday night. That brings his two-game total to 217 yards on 33 carries, good enough for a 6.6 yard-per-carry average. He’s fifth in the league in rushing after two weeks, and his YPC is second only to the Falcons Michael Turner among running backs with 30-plus carries in the first two weeks. When’s the last time the Eagles had a running back in the top 5 in yards or in YPC under pass happy Andy Reid?
Speaking of the Eagles passing game, the team has Jackson along with Maclin and recently acquired Steve Smith. With those weapons, you just don’t know who’s going to get the ball on any given week, let alone any certain play.
A week ago it was Jackson who was the star. This week, it was Maclin who showed he is fully recovered from his offseason illness. Maclin exploded for career highs inc catches and yards, 13 and 171, respectively. He had a timely drop as Mike Kafka was moving the Eagles deep in falcons territory late in the game, but still, the guy was a stud on Sunday.
If you’re an opposing defensive coordinator, how do you sleep the week of an Eagles game? How do you gameplan for this team. You can’t spy on the quarterback or put your best corner on one guy. If you do, someone else will burn you.
