Philadelphia Eagles Will Need To Outgun Arizona Cardinals
Chip Kelly has to open it up and Bradford has to beat Palmer in a shootout.
The Philadelphia Eagles narrowly edged the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, 23-20, to improve their chances at the postseason and all but crush Buffalo’s. The Eagles also scored a touchdown on their first possession of the game, a 61-yard drive that saw them convert a couple of third-down situations and finally cash in when Darren Sproles scored on a 1-yard run to make it 7-0.
It’s quite a turnaround in two weeks.
McCoy did not interact with Eagles coach Chip Kelly during warm-ups, staying on the Bills’ side of the field before departing for the locker room ahead of kickoff.
But a stunning 35-28 win at New England changed everything.
The Eagles improved to 6-7 with their second straight win and with three games left, including two at home, they are tied for first place in the sorry NFC East. With season ending wins over the Redskins and Giants, the Eagles will win the division and make the playoffs. It has strong playoff implications for both teams. We’re not enemies. I won’t say anything wrong to him. Obviously, we’re still not great out there.
The Buffalo Bills vs Philadelphia Eagles game has an early start time today.
The Eagles acquired Bradford in March for Nick Foles and a second-round pick after Bradford missed most of the last two seasons with back-to-back ACL tears. He has completed 65.2 percent of his passes, averaged 7.3 yards per pass and thrown five touchdowns and only one interception in those four starts. “We moved the ball up and down the field and then we’d get a darn penalty”. “But for us to control our own destiny where we don’t have to depend on anyone else, and if we take care of our business, we will end up where we want to be”. “I’ll think about that in the offseason”. But Kelly’s long-term plans include Bradford.
“We talked about it as a coaching staff and in individual position meetings and in group settings of it’s important to play with emotion, but not to let emotion play with you”, Kelly said.
The Eagles’ defense did several things to keep the Buffalo offense under control.
Buffalo, once again, lost a crucial football game to a less talented team late in the season, becoming their own worst enemy in the process. Anytime you can mention knee and Bradford in the same sentence without the words anterior cruciate ligament is a good thing.