Micheal Vick's return to Atlanta this afternoon was a success for he and the Eagles. Vick himself threw for 48 yards and a td and ran for 17 yds and another TD to help guide the Eagles to another win. Aside, from Vick other offensive standouts for the Birds on the day include Donovan Mcnabb who threw for 238 yards and a TD, Leonard who compiled a combined 100 yards of offense and a TD, and finally Jeremy Maclin and Reggie Brown who each stepped up in the absence of the injured Desean Jackson, to pull in 4 catches for 83 yards and 2 receptions for 64 yards respectively. It was the defense though that was truly the Eagle's big star on this afternoon. They held the Falcons , without Matt Ryan, Micheal Tuerner, or Micheal Jenkins, to under 300 total yards, with only 61 of them through the running game. The Birds also forced 4 Atlanta turnovers and took advantage of each of them in getting the win. The Eagles struck first midway through the 1st quarter, with a David Aker's field goal and a 4 yd TD pass from Mcnabb to Leonard Weaver for a 10-0 lead. Another Aker's field goal made it 13-0 in the 2nd quarter and an interception as time expired in the half kept it that way. In the 3rd quarter Vick ran for his first TD, and Sheldon Brown picked up the 2nd and last interception of the day for the Birds, returning it 83 yds for a TD and a 27-0 lead. That was day for Mcnabb as he left the game early in the 4th quarter to give Vick a chance to play in front of his old home crowd. Vick used the opportunity to drive down and toss a 5 yd TD pass to Brent Celek for a 34-0 lead, but he hurt his hand during the drive and had to leave the game in favor of Kevin Kolb. It didn't seem too serious though so I won't be worried. Anyway from there the Falcons finally managed to get on the board with a TD, to avoid an embarrassing shutout, before the Eagles closed out the 34-7 win. So the Birds move to 8-4 overall, now tied for 1st in the NFC East, and with a win next week against the Giants, they can just about clinch a playoff berth and are in position now to win the division and perhaps do more than just get to the playoffs.
2 comments:
Well its good to see Vick actually get (a chance) something done and its nice to see a dominating performance by the Eagles because it could have been another Oakland repeat.
-to ph1llysports
yeah it was nice to see
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