Adrian Fedkiw
That wasn’t fun.
Kirk Cousins tossed three of his four touchdown passes to Stefon Diggs and the Minnesota Vikings pounded the Philadelphia Eagles 38-20 on Sunday afternoon.
So what happened? Let’s take a look …
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 6: Philadelphia at Minnesota
Min 1st Poss: 15:00
1+10 (25) sing2ss1- hitch Diggs right side, Jones tck 4 yds (/)
2+6 (29) BG offsides 2+1 Cook off left side, 6 yds Elflein seal and Reiff kickout (+),
1+10 (39) off 11- Toss left, Cox down the line 5 yds (+)
2+5 (44) off11- Diggs reverse, 10 yds, BG was upfield, (+)
1+10 (46) I12 Douglas step for step with Diggs down the left sideline (-)
2+10 (46) sing12 Cox on Cook immediately in the BF, Dozier went down to block and Cox went into open space (-)
3+13 (49) gun12- Diving catch by Thielen 19 yds, nice throw by Cousins behind McLeod in zone (++)
1+10 (29) sing1ssti- O’Neill got out in front, Cook big alley 14 yds (+)
1+10 (15) I11- Flip right Thielen 5 yds on Jones (+),
2+5 Cook (10) off10 RG 3 yds (/),
3+2 (7) gun20 Cox on Cook, challenging spot (+)
1+GL (5) gun02- Ridgeway down the line on Cook in BF (-),
2+GL (6) out and up on Jones, good ball BRC TD Thielen beats Jones (+++)
7-0 MIN
11-3 Min | 13 plays 75 yds 7:17
Phi 1st Poss: 7:43
1+10 (7) sing11- Howard off RT 5 yds cut back (+)
2+5 (12) gun21- Sanders couldn’t wiggle through hole, Stephen gobbles him up (/) 3+2 (15) sing02ti- ran the ball up the middle, Kendricks comes up to make the tackle (-)
3-1 Min | 14-4 Min | Ran the ball 3 straight times and stuffed on 3rd and 2
Min 2nd Poss: 5:30
1+10 (44) offsing11MR02- Rudolph TE screen left flat 5 yds (+)
2+5 (49) off02- Diggs inside move on Jones, terrible attempt at tackle (++)
1+10 (33) sing02ssti- Thielen end around no gain, Gerry plays it well (-)
2+10 (33) sing10- Cook wide left 5 yds Gerry gets him oob, strung out well (-)
3+6 (29) gun30MR21- Cousins takes off and stopped shy of 1st down, Douglas hold keeps the drive alive (+)
1+10 (23) off12ss- BG stuffs Cook on screen 3 yds (-)
2+7 (20) sing21- Douglas all over Thielen BRC of end zone (-)
3+8 (21) gun30- lofted FLC, couldn’t get feet in (-)
5-5 | 19-9 Min | Douglas tough penalty, but Jenkins able to do enough 21-3 in plays
Phi 2nd Poss: 1:54
1+10 (25) sing20- Wentz takes off, hold tacked on (+)
1+10 (38) sing11ti- Howard nice cut and 6 yds (+)
2+5 (42) sing11ti2HB- Howard up the middle, stuffed by Joseph (-)
3+3 (44) gun1bu- Flip right Jeffery first down (+)
1+10 (48) gun21- Howard churns up the middle for 5 (+)
2+5 (47) gun21- stop Jeffery on Rhodes left sideline, boxed him out (+)
1+10 (40) gun12- Sanders wide left, pulling Seumalo and Kelce, Barr tck (-)
2+7 (37) gun13- Wentz able to get away from Griffen, overpowers Dillard left arm, got it to Jeffery for a yd (-)
3+6 (35) gun31- Wentz escaped left and Kendricks did an unbelievable job of tipping it away, Agholor got behind him (-)
53 yd FG (++)
7-3 Phi | 22-11 Min | Good possession by Philly to run the ball, maintain the ball
Min 3rd Poss: 12:10
1+10 (25) sing12- Madison got past Brown, ran past his angle (+) Sweat didn’t keep contain
1+10 (38) Diggs 62 yd TD, ran past Douglas (++++++)
17-3 MIN
7-0 Min | 30-11 Min | Diggs ran past Douglas on post good throw and TD
Phi 3rd Poss: 11:39
1+10 (25) gun21- Goedert screen right 9 yds (+)
2+1 (34) gun21- drop by Ertz RPO, thrown behind, didn’t get hands up (/)
3+1 (34) sing11dti- PA roll right, hits crossing Jeffery over the middle, Smith imm tck (+)
1+10 (43) sing11ti2HB (Goedert and Ertz) PA Goedert left flat 8 yds (+)
2+2 (49) gun11 (12) Waynes on Agholor down the fight sideline, Agholor tried to initiate contact and get the PI (/)
3+2 (49) gun02ss (12) Goedert dropped over the middle, Kendricks in coverage (-)
4+2 (49) gun02 (12) inc for Jeffery quick slant, 21 on the coverage Hughes, thrown a bit high, got hands though and inc (-)
3-2 Phi | 32-14 Min | First drive Eagles really got a chance to throw the ball
Min 4th Poss:
1+10 (49) off11- 51-yd TD, right past Douglas goes Diggs, was in zone, McLeod reacted to Thielen crossing??? (+++++)
24-3 Min
6-0 Min | 38-14 Min | Diggs AGAIN
Phi 4th Poss: 9:31
1+10 (25) sing11ti 2HB (Ertz and Goedert) (12) Howard nice hole off left side 9 yds, Ertz trap block on Hunter (+),
2+1 (34) gun02 (12) Goedert out on Barr (+)
1+10 (45) gun13 (12) Goedert out on RPO same route on other side (+)
2+2 (48) gun31 (12) Wentz easy yardage off the right side, 16 yds, zone read fake (++)
1+10 (32) gun22ssti (EG in stack) (12) Sanders down the right seam TD on Kendricks 32 yds down the seam, this is coming behind Goedert and Ertz in the stack (+++++) GREAT CALL
24-10 MIN
11-0 Phi | 38-25 Min | Attacked with Goedert and exploited Kendricks with Sanders down the right seam 32 yds, felt at this point the Eagles had the capability of getting back in it because of how easy they just scored against a great defense.
Min 5th Poss: 7:02
1+10 (25) Rudolph chip left flat, big yardage (++)
1+10 (40) Ridgeway penetrates into BF on Cook loss of 1 (-)
2+11 Thielen over the middle cross 7 yds (+)
3+4 BG swim move lined up inside, ripped through on Elflein (-)
3-2 Min | 41-27 Min | BG sack
Phi 5th Poss: 4:30 +
1+10 (23) Barr comes through on Howard, navigates and wasn’t picked up loss of 4 (-) 2+14 Wentz took off left side, hits open Jeffery soft spot of zone (++)
1+10 (41) Jeffery flip left no gain, Rhodes imm tack (-)
2+10 Sanders wide right no gain, Joseph makes the play (-)
Hunter set the edge on Lane
3+10 sails through the hands of Ertz, hand was grabbed, held but nothing called (-)
4-2 Min | 45-29 Min | Two run stuffs in a row kills the drive
Min 6th Poss: 1:51
1+10 (20) Douglas PI, Thielen but nothing called on Ertz (+)
1+10 Cook first down on screen 11 yds, Bradberry gets out in front (+)
1+10 (45) too far for Diggs this time on post pattern (-)
2+10 Cook taken down in BF (-)
3+12 bounced off the pad of Diggs right sideline and into the hands of Sendejo, through hands and off helmet (—) 5-2 Phi | 47-34 Min | Crazy turn of events with Sendejo’s int
Phi 6th Poss: 1:02
1+10 (48) Sanders screen left 9 yds past Kendricks, Kelce pull on combo (+)
2+1 Flip left Jeffery 3 yds (+)
1+10 (40) Wentz thrown away, lots of Vikings came on play (-),
2+10 flip left Agholor 8 yds (+)
3+2 swing left Agholor 5 yds (+)
1+10 (27) Ertz left flat 6 yds (+)
2+4 Wentz hit as he threw (-)
3+4 Hollins couldn’t go up and get it over Waynes right side (-)
FAKE FG ??? (-)
5-4 Phi | 51-39 Phi | FAKE FG
Phi 7th Poss: 15:00 (NEVER COUNTED + ON ST ABOVE)
1+10 (25) Howard right side 3 yds (-)
2+7 PA deep cross Agholor 24 yds, nice pass (++)
1+10 (49) Jeffery hit as the throw came by Waynes (-)
2+10 wheel route to Sanders wide open, underthrown but able to camp under it 45 yds (+++) Barr got picked off, too shallow with his coverage
1+GL (3) Howard plunges ahead for 1 (/)
2+GL (3) Great job of working the pocket, improv and hits Jeffery for the TD (+++)
8-2 Phi | 49-43 Min | Hit Sanders along the left sideline
Min 7th Poss: 12:11
1+10 (25) Cousins under duress and thrown into the ground boot leg didn’t work, Barnett got in the face of Cousins,
2+10 Cox on Cook 2 yds (-)
3+8 Jones all over Diggs, wheel route, good position, PI on Jones terrible call if you’re not gonna call it on them (+)
1+10 (35) Cook great job of reversing field, 78 hold (P)
1+20 (25) illegal block in back 81 (P)
1+30 Diggs another drop (-)
2+30 Ridgeway in BF again, loss of 3 for Mattison (-)
3+33 flip left Thielen (-)
5-1 Phi | 50-47 Min | back to back penalties, hold and block in back
Phi 8th Poss: 9:03
1+10 (45) Jeffery down the right sideline , Waynes couldn’t get enough depth (+++)
1+10 (29) Howard plucks ahead for 3 (-)
2+7 Howard up the middle 5 yds (+)
3+2 Jeffery bottled up on flip to right (-)
4+3 40 yd FG (++)
6-2 Phi | 53-52 Phi | Jeffery fade, outside release and Waynes didn’t get enough depth in zone
Min 8th Poss: 6:19
1+10 (25) + 1+10 (38) quick slant Diggs 8 yds (+)
Cook picked up Ridgeway 2+2 Cousins escapes pocket and Johnson sliding catch, not challenged (++)
1+10 (38) Diggs reverse pass, didn’t throw it, made two miss and picked up 8 yds (+) 2+2 Cook up the middle first down (+)
1+10 (+) 2+5 13/38 James in for Jones, Thielen flip right (+)
1+10 (14) shovel pass doesn’t fool Graham (-) 2+9 (11)
Diggs in the back of the end zone, great toe tap wow! (+++)
31-20 MIN
11-1 Min | 63-54 Min | Great catch by Diggs for TD 7/167 3 TD
Phi 9th Poss: 1:16
1+10 (25) Howard stuffed up the middle 2 yds (-)
2+7 Wentz excaped to his left and found Ertz left sideline (+)
1+10 (39) off LT, dragged Harris did Howard and 12 yds (+)
1+10 (49) Agholor flip right 6 yds (+) 2+4 post on Waynes, overthrown good coverage (-)
3+4 DOG 3+9 Wentz sacked, Kendricks and Alexander through the middle (-)
3-3 | 66-57 Min | AGAP blitz at the right time
Min 9th Poss: 13:01
1+10 (12) Mattison 4 yds (/)
2+6 Smith open left side 29 yds (++)
1+10 (45) Mattison 2 yds RG (-)
2+8 big hole for Mattison off the right side 35 yds (+++)
1+10 (18) PA boot left Rudolph open left flat (+) 1+GL (5) Brown comes up to make tck (-) 2+GL (6) holding on Jones Diggs (+) 1+GL (3) Mattison LG 2 yds (/)
2+GL (1) Cook toss left TD (+++)
10-2 Min | 77-59 Min |
FINAL: 38-20 Min 77-59 Min (1 ½*)