Colts vs. Eagles: Score and Twitter Reaction from 2015 Preseason

To be fair though, Tebow did have to throw to young and unproven receivers, he’s been out of football two years and despite the fact he completed only 50% of his passes, he did not turn the ball over which is a plus. After that, well, it’s fair to say that the possibility of Bradford suffering a physical setback and Sanchez being inconsistent or turnover-prone isn’t the longest exacta shot on the board.

Tebow threw for 69 yards and ran for a touchdown in his first game in two years, Kenjon Barner returned a punt 92 yards for a touchdown and ran for a score and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Indianapolis Colts 36-10 Sunday. Later on, he showed excellent instincts, jumping in front of the target on a throw that might have been a tad late. He played with the Eagles third and fourth-string offense against similar units for the Colts.

Robert Woods: Woods had a casual two catches for 11 yards to start the preseason with Buffalo. He provided generally sound coverage throughout the contest. Eagles coach Chip Kelly decided to hold Bradford, who is recovering from a torn left ACL, out of the first preseason game. “For me, it’s going back, watching film, looking at everything, trying to make corrections and get better one day at a time”, the quarterback said.

Tim Tebow #11 of the Philadelphia Eagles warms up prior to the preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts on August 16, 2015 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

“I think I’ve improved”, he said.

Gaines suffered the injury during the first week of training camp and hasn’t played or practiced since. You’re able to play a game that you love. “It’s not just our training sessions”. I thought he did a really nice job competing with (projected starter) Nolan (Carroll) out there. “We’ll see how he grows from here”.

Brandon Graham was buzzing out there, as he was a rare starting linebacker who saw some playing time (Kiko Alonso, DeMeco Ryans, and Mychal Kendricks did not play).

– After another good defensive series, then Reynolds intercepts Bennett again. Archaic NFL rules prevented him from joining the team until after his Stanford graduation, which wasn’t until June.

“It doesn’t matter to us”, said Allen Barbre after practice Thursday, when the conversation spun to the continuity of the offense and the necessity of using every available moment to have it in concert before the regular-season opener.

That might not be enough to keep a first- or second-round pick out of sight, out of mind for a full season.

It was the same old Mark Sanchez but not, at least in the first preseason game, the same old Eagles defense. More than likely, it’s hard work and experience.

He said he wanted to be out there this weekend as well but the coach had other plans for him. “He’s a lot like [linebacker] Marcus [Smith] in Year 2”. To be fair, the offensive line protecting him wasn’t Philadelphia’s best and constantly put him in compromising situations. “I don’t think that would surprise anybody if we didn’t do that in the preseason and all of a sudden Tim had an opportunity to play during the season and we sprung it on him”.

– This H.H. Gregg commercial on the local Indy area broadcast makes me want to punch someone. “But at the same time it’s only one game”. Solid. Surprisingly aggressive, but not necessarily all on the same page.