The Eagles lost their preseason matchup to the Bengals tonight, 22-9. Once again the 1st string defense looked pretty good. Joselio Hanson did get beat by Terrell Owens for a 40 yard reception, that led to the only score for Cincinnati's starters. Other than that the D was solid, intercepting Carson Palmer twice, and holding the Bengals' running game to just 3.4 yards per carry. The 2nd and 3rd string defense's were at least better than last week with not as many breakdowns and several positive performances. Trevor Lindley and Daniel Teo' Nesheim were both solid again with a pair of tackles, Brandon Graham had a sack, and Keenan Clayton had an interception.
Offensively, Kevin Kolb looked pretty good again, completing 11 of 17 passes for 126 yards but again he couldn't get the 1st team offense into end zone, settling for 2 field goals. It wasn't totally Kolb's fault they didn't get in the zone with team committing 5 penalties and Jeremy Maclin twice fumbling the ball away before leaving the game with a minor shoulder surgery. The backup offenses weren't much better, combining for just 1field goal and lots of penalties and turnovers in the 2nd half. Both Mike Vick and Mike Kafka were intercepted twice and Vick was sacked several times. At least it's only the preseason.
2 comments:
This game for me is a sign of how the Eagles are going to be an ok team this season. Although they didn't score much those penalties definately made a difference and thats something that can be fixed and like you said the D was solid so things dont seem to bad.
-to ph1llysports
yeah it seems the D will be better than most though and that might be enough for at least a .500 season
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