Eagles vs. Buccaneers 2015: 10 things we learned from Philadelphia’s

Not coincidentally, perhaps so did their season.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will try again for consecutive victories, something it has not achieved in two years. Winston was first QB to throw four TDs in first half vs. Eagles since Eli Manning in Andy Reid’s last game as Philadelphia’s coach in 2012….

Philadelphia Eagles’ Mark Sanchez chases after Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Lavonte David after throwing an interception during the second half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, November 22, 2015, in Philadelphia.

Jameis Winston finished the day with 19 completions out of 29 attempted passes for 246 yards, including five touchdown passes to five different players. Was it the Bucs’ successful running attack that enabled Winston’s excellence?

They allowed 521 yards.

While Kelly was concerned by continuing with his Eagles overhaul, the holdovers such as Cox and Barwin have become overwhelmed, and you can’t blame them if the bending turned to breaking.

“We got that cleared up quick”, Sanchez said. So it’s really not Sproles’ fault. They needed a quarterback, and just happened to have their choice of either Winston or Mariota. They got into the secondary and we didn’t get it knocked down. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

And they were at a loss to explain any of it. It’s a waiting game, hopefully from the Bucs’ perspective, dotted with indications that the arrow is pointed upward. This was Alonso’s third game back and he was practically invisible against the Bucs – Alonso had just one tackle in the game, the same number as offensive tackle Jason Peters, TE Zach Ertz and WR Riley Cooper, who made tackles after interceptions or fumbles. “We didn’t do anything well today, starting with the coaching”. Here are 10 things we learned from this very bad game. “But there’s enough blame to go around for everybody”. Afterward, players said they were merely discussing a miscommunication on the play. Tampa Bay’s Doug Martin had 177 of his 235 yards in the first half of the Buccaneers’ 45-17 win at Philadelphia. This, after replays showed Smith’s knee hitting the ground before the ball popped out.

After the recovery Sanchez marched the Eagles 86 yards in seven plays, connecting with Josh Huff on a 39-yard score. Eagles lead the Buccaneers, 7-0.

At one point, the two argued over comments Kelly made during his post-game press conference. Over that 6-game span, Winston completed 61 percent of his passes for nine TDs and just two INTs.

On third-and-10, the Bucs line up in the empty back formation once more but don’t run the cross concept.

Langford scored on a 2-yard run with 24 seconds left to cap a 65-yard drive. You can never play good run defense with those big runs. The last time Eagles’ fans saw it, Andy Reid was taking his final lap around the National Football League in the big, black windbreaker. Byron Maxwell went for the interception on the play, but he came up with nothing but air.

“I don’t have an explanation for it”, Kelly said, “but I know we weren’t ready to play on defense”. I just told him to stay the course, and understand that his name’s always going to be out in front. They even tried 12 defenders on the field, that in the third quarter.

Smith also said earlier in the week that while Gerald McCoy’s play wasn’t showing up on the stat sheet at the end of the game, he was continuing to play hard and do good things for the team.