Adrian Fedkiw
What the hell happened?!
The Philadelphia Eagles suffered another brutal loss, falling 27-24 to the Detroit Lions in a game where their receivers dropped the ball seven times on top of all of the other miscues that were made.
It was a slop show, let’s see what went wrong …
HOW THE GRADING WORKS
To put it simply a (+) is a win for the offense, a (-) is a win for the defense and a (/) is a tie. For example, if a team has a 1st and 10 and the offense picks up five-or-more yards it’s a win for them. It’s a victory for the defense if they hold the offense to three yards or fewer. A four-yard gain is a tie.
An offensive touchdown results into (+++), but a turnover forced by the defense gets (- – ). A field goal is (++) and a safety (–). If the defense forces a three-and-out they get a bonus of (–).
(++)- Offense gains 15-29 yards past the original line of scrimmage. If the offense commits a holding penalty and they pick up 15 yards on a 1st and 20, the offense gets just one (+) instead of two.
(+++)- 30-49 yards (++++)-
50-74 yards (+++++)-
75-or-more yards (+++++)-
WEEK 3: Philadelphia vs Detroit
Phi 1st Poss: 15:00
1+10 (24)- gun23- wide of Sanders left sideline stop (-)
2+10 (24)- gun13- quick slant Agholor right slot, on 27 Justin Coleman (+)
3+3 (31)- offsides (+)
1+10 (36)- gun32- Sanders wide open down the right sideline, Slay bites on Goedert underneath route (+++)
1+10 (24)- gun21- batted into air by Harrison (-)
2+10 (24)- gun22- Brooks kickout, Robinson tck down the line backside (-)
3+11 (25)- gun22- Post corner route Agholor on Coleman, PI (+)
1+10 (11)- gun12- Mike Daniels penetrates deep into backfield, forces Sproles out wide right (-)
2+9 (10)- gun31- Sanders RT 3 yds (-)
3+6 (7)- gun32- Hollins outroute on 29 Melvin, sharp left stem before breaking outside, defended well not a good throw (-)
++
8-6 Phi | Eagles hit Sanders down right sideline, RBs coming out of the backfield has been a problem for Detroit
Det 1st Poss: Jamal Agnew 100-yard KO return down the left sideline (++++++++)
8-0 Det | 14-8 Det | Lions special teams was struggling coming in
Phi 2nd Poss: 11:14
1+10 (25)- sing20- Ertz post corner on 29 Melvin wide open 23 yards, had a CB on him (++)
1+10 (48)- gun02- Seumalo good block, driven forward, Howard runs through Walker (+)
1+10 (41)- gun02- same run play, 7 more yards for Howard (+)
2+3 (35)- gun02- Howard up the middle, 2 yds (+)
3+1 (33)- gun20- Two great blocks by Lane, but then got in Sanders’ way (+)
1+10 (24)- gun20- flip left Agholor, Hollins blocking 5 yds (+)
2+5 (19)- gun02- Sanders wide left Jones ranges over to make tck (-)
3+6 (20)- gun1buti- Wentz takes off up the middle and gets down to the 1 (++)
1+GL (1)- I- lead block by Alex Ellis and TD for Howard, Lane and Big V wall Lions off (+++)
12-1 Phi | 20-15 Phi | First quarter woes cured?
Det 2nd Poss: 6:15
1+10 (25)- sing12- Golladay stop on Darby 7 yds (+)
2+3 (32)- gun12ss- flip right Amendola 2 yds (/)
3+1 (34)- gun11- Johnson up the middle (+)
1+10 (36)- gunbuMR21- in between pocket of Darby and Jenkins, stutter and go fakes out Darby (++)
1+!0 (44)- singssti1ti- Johnson spins out of tackle 1 yd (-)
2+9 (45)- I11- Stafford scrambled around before firing inc left sideline (-)
3+9 (45)- gun21- Golladay comeback on Darby all over him, first down (+)
1+10 (34)- I20- 71 Wagner wash down the line, 6 yds (+)
2+4 (28)- I10- counter, FB lead block and 83 James (+)
1+10 (18)- gun20- Darby in zone, late to recognize Thomas on wheel (++)
1+GL (1)- singbuti- Johnson up the middle (/)
2+GL (1)- I- Johnson stood up at the goal line (/)
3+GL (1)- Hockenson inc in back of end zone, stepped OOB, Spence offsides (P)
3+G (1)- Johnson up and over for the TD (+++)
12-2 Det | 27-22 Det | Teams are literally just going after Darby, one throw after another
Phi 3rd Poss: 14:09
1+10 (25)- gunsstibuti- interesting formation with 2 WRs lined up as halfbacks, faked jet sweep and Wetnz took off for 3 (-)
2+7 (28)- gun21- bull rush Flowers, collapses pocket, Wentz rolls right and throws it away (-)
3+7 (28)- gun3ssslot1- out route, sharp inside stem and broke hard outside, good route from hollins (+)
1+10 (39)- gun31- Sanders LG up the middle 4 yds (/)
2+6 (43)- sing21- outroute Hollins OPI
2+16 (33)- gun1bu- Whiteside over middle spotted up 10 yds (-)
3+6 (43)- gun21- outroute Agholor, drop 10 drops in first 2 years in league, 9 in last 3 Coleman solid coverage but needs to hang on (-)
4-1 Det | 31-22 Det | Agholor drop on 3rd down
Det 3rd Poss: 10:47
1+10 (20)- I20- LOOK AT THE TIME AND THE POCKET!!! Jones deep cross, Jenkins tried to undercut and inc (++)
1+10 (39)- sing20- PA boot right, finally some pressure, this forces inc (-)
2+10 (39)- gun21- FS flip right Johnson, sniffed out by Jenkins (-)
3+15 (34)- gun21- loads of time again, yes its 3+15 but front four doing nothing (-)
3-2 Phi | 33-25 Det | THE TIME
Phi 4th Poss: 8:45
1+10 (10)- gun30- Sanders wide right, Flowers does a great job of getting down the line, Dillard gets hurt (-)
2+8 (12)- gun22MBFgun21- Sanders off RT 5 yds (+)
3+3 (7)- gunDssti- Wentz gets good protection this time, open behind Davis deep cross (++)
1+10 (29)- gun12- Seumalo misses block, Sanders fumbles and Seumalo recovers (-)
2+8 (31)- gun02- Howard off LT 2 yds (-)
3+5 (34)- gun23- offsides (+)
1+10 (39)- gun13- Sanders gains 6 on first down (+), linemen not generating holes
2+4 (45)- gun31- Lane and Brooks push forward, Miles puts the ball on the ground again (—)
6-5 Det | 39-30 Det | OL run blocking not it at the moment, Sanders needs to get to the 2nd level so he can make defenders miss, but that’s not occurring
Det 4th Poss: 4:50
1+10 (49)- gun12ssti- McKissic reverse down to the 8, 41 yards (+++)
1+GL (7)- sing11ti- Cox penetrates and BG tck (-)
2+GL (7)- gun21- Maddox good coverage on Golladay (-)
3+GL (7)- gun03- Douglas glove tech on Hockenson, long arms affects the pass (-)
++
5-3 Det | 44-33 Det | McKissic 41 yards on 1st play after TO
Phi 5th Poss: 3:25
1+10 (15)- gun21- Ertz over the middle and leaps over the defender, (++)
1+10 (38)- gun13- zone read Wentz keeper 5 yds left side (+)
2+5 (43)- gun23- great protection allowed for Wentz to get through his reads and hits Hollins over the middle (-)
1+10 (45)- gun22MBF- a catch and fumble by Agholor, Slay runs it down inside the 20 wow (—-_)
5-3 Det | 49-36 Det | Agholor catch and fumble
Det 5th Poss: 1:51
1+10 (22)- I02- BG slices through and Johnson gets through tackle, 4 yds (/)
2+6 (18)- singss1- screen left Amendola, sniffed out by Douglas (-)
3+8 (20)- gun22- TE stunt, no pressure, Jones quick slant (-)
++
20-10 DET
2-2 | 51-38 Det | settle for FG
Phi 6th Poss: :54
1+10 (24)- gun2ss2- outroute Ertz on Walker right sideline PBU (-)
2+10 (24)- gunbuti1M41- Wentz slides left and takes the sack (-) Kennard 4 sacks
2-0 Det | 53-38 Det | Kennard 4 sacks more than Eagles have all year
Det 6th Poss: 15:00
1+10 (25)- I20- Johnson up the middle 3 yds (-)
2+7 (28)- singssti1- Johnson cut off LT, Decker seal (+)
3+1 (34)- sing11- Johnson up the middle 2 yds (+)
1+10 (36)- sing20- gun21FS- out route Marvin Jones on Jenkins, late throw, threw him too wide (-)
2+10 (36)- sing21- Jenkins off the edge, couldn’t wrap up, back footed ball and Bradham in cov (-)
3+10 (36)- 3+15- Slid up in the pocket and launched downfield to Golladay, inc (-)
4-2 Phi | 55-42 Det | 6 and out, good start for defense
Phi 7th Poss: 12:16
1+10 (16)- gun23bu- backfoots pass to Hollins, got into open space and Wentz hit him on the move (++)
1+10 (35)- gunbussti- Agholor pop pass 5 yds (+)
2+5 (40)- gun13- push from Peters allows Howard to plow forward (+)
1+10 (45)- gun1bu- Howard RG 3 yds (-)
2+7 (48)- gunbu1- wide throw of Sproles, Slay could’ve had a pick 6 (-)
3+7 (48)- gun31- Hollins OPI for a 2nd time, pushing off of 38, pass also wasn’t hung onto (-)
4-3 Phi | 58-46 Det | Hollins 2nd OPI
Det 7th Poss: 9:24
1+10 (2)- I10- Johnson stuffed behind los (-)
2+11 (1)- I02ML11- Hockenson outroute left sideline (+)
1+10 (14)- I01- Johnson hit in BF by BG and Ridgeway (-)
2+11 (13)- sing02- Bradham blitz, Jenkins gets enough depth on his zone from slot, out route (-)
3+11 (13)- gun12- Stafford took a shot (-)
4-1 Phi | 59-50 Det | Jones’ outroute covered with Jenkins dropping back into zone after lining up from slot
Phi 8th Poss: 6:59
1+10 (47)- sing20- Howard up the middle 2 yds (-)
2+8 (49)- gun23- quick slant Howard lined out wide left (-)
3+8 (49)- gun13bu- deep in route Hollins on 38 from bunch, a bit late to react (+)
1+10 (25)- gun12ss- Ertz right flat 6 yds (+)
2+4 (19)- sing20- Howard off LT no gain, Tavai good d, REPLAY RECORD IT (-)
3+5 (20)- gunsstissti- cross Agholor, spins out of pair of tackles and TD (++++)
20-17 DET
6-3 Phi | 62-56 Det | Agholor redeems himself
Det 8th Poss: 4:15
1+10 (25)- gun21- Spence chases Stafford down (-)
2+7 (28)- Johnson nice cutback 3 yds (/)
3+4 (32)- gun31- Sendejo big blitz through the middle, great throw to Jones sidearm flick, deep cross on Maddox (++)
1+10 (42)- sing11dti- Johnson bounces it wide right 2 yds (-)
2+7 (39)- I11- Bawden left flat 12 yds (+)
1+10 (29)- sing1ssti- Johnson wide left, Brown tck (-)
2+10 (29)- FS gun02- Amendola crossing route, lots of yardage after the catch, Zach Brown didn’t recognize the crosser (++)
1+!0 (12)- sing01- post to Hockenson ripped out by Douglas (-)
2+10 (12)- sing12sstiMLMR- Jones cross on Jones, pulled away early in route and kept sep (+++)
27-17 DET
8-4 Det | 70-60 Det | 4/5 Stafford 71 yds on the drive BIG TIME DRIVE FOR STAFFORD
Phi 9th Poss: 14:49
1+10 (25)- 15/24 217 yds so far for Wentz, sacked just once but pressure has been there singssti- Jones sack, Ertz taken away with double team, didn’t have enough time to get to his 2nd or 3rd reads (-)
2+13 (22)- gunbu1- Wentz doesn’t get rid of the ball, good coverage downfield and takes another sack (-)
3+20 (15)- Etz drop (-)
5-0 Det | 75-60 Det | Wentz takes two sacks
Det 9th Poss: 13:02
1+10 (48)- Brown off RT 3 yds (-)
2+7 (45)- singss1- wide right Johnson, defended well by Brown (-)
3+10 (48)- gun21- comeback right sideline to Golladay, 9 yds (-)
5-0 Phi | 75-65 Det | big 3 and out
Phi 10th Poss: 11:31
1+10 (20)- sing20- Robinson stuffs the run again (-) Howard 10/34
2+8 (22)- gun21- Sanders beats Jones downfield, ball underthrown and Sanders had to wait for it (+++)
1+10 (45)- gun20- Sanders churs ahead behind offensive line 5 yds (+)
2+5 (50)- gun31- Sanders gets through the crease, not a sharp cut on Diggs, tackled down (++)
1+10 (25)- sing32- Goedert wide open on post corner and dropped it (-)
2+10 (25)- gun22- Sproles up the middle 3 yds (-)
3+7 (22)- gun22- Sanders out of backfield on Davis, throw led him oob, roughing passer (+)
1+10 (11)- gun21- Sanders wide left, Diggs big hit (-)
2+9 (10)- gun12ss- Sproles right sideline, Davis hit on defenseless player, Goedert missed (+)
1+GL (5)- gun12- Howard charges forward for 3 (/)
2+GL (2)- outroute by Agholor covered well by Coleman (-)
3+GL (2)- gun02- sprint right to Agholor quick out TD (+++)
27-24 DET
11-5 Phi | 80-76 Det | Sanders out of BF and didn’t make defender miss
Det 10th Poss: 6:59
1+10 (25)- sing02- PA boot left Hockenson, Sendejo chops him down (-)
2+9 (26)- sing11- PA right sideline to Jones outroute, way too easy on Jones (++)
1+10 (44)- sing11- toss left, McLeod shook a block and slowed Johnson down (-)
2+11 (45)- I11- Brown tips it into the air, Douglas knocks it down (-)
3+11 (45)- gun1bu- outroute Amendola right sideline toe tap (++)
1+10 (42)- I10- Johnson up the middle for 2 (-)
2+8 (40)- sing20- Johnson off RT no gain (-)
3+8 (40)- gunss2shiftss- Stafford scrambled right, Jones was open over middle, but Stafford couldn’t hit him (-)
6-4 Phi | 84-82 Det | 2 3rd down conversions, Stafford couldn’t hit Jones over the middle
Phi 11th Poss: 3:16
1+10 (20)- gun22- Agholor cross on Coleman, wrapped up immediately (-)
2+8 (22)- gunss3- pass batted at LOS (-)
3+8 (22)- gun32- out and up to Agholor left sideline inc, Coleman great coverage (-)
4+8 (22)- gun21ML31- Wentz takes off and doesn’t get to the line (-)
6-0 Det | 90-82 Det | 4 and out, OL didn’t give Wentz enough time on Agholor out and up
Det 11th Poss: 2:18
1+10 (28)- I02- Johnson stuffed up the middle, no gain (-)
2+10 (28)- gun11- Spence brings Johnson down in BF (-)
3+11 (29)- gun22- Jones good coverage downfield on Golladay (-)
blocked FG Jenkins (—)
8-0 Phi | 90-90 | blocked FG by Jenkins
Phi 12th Poss: 1:40
1+10 (50)- gun23- quick out Ertz on Walker inc (-)
2+10 (50)- gun1bu- deep in route Hollins, juggled and dropped, Ford filling in for Slay, good preseason and solid play (-)
3+10 (50)- gun23- stop Agholor, couldn’t wiggle free from Diggs on turn upfield (-)
4+5 (45)- gun32- catch right sideline Sproles, but OPI called (P)
4+15 (45)- gun32- deep post, Whiteside can’t hang on, Melvin in coverage (-)
6-0 Det | 96-90 Det | 2 more drops
Det 12th Poss: KNEELS
Final- 27-24 Det 96-90 Det (1 ¾*)