DutchBird
Well-Known Member
It is a loss that everyone learns from. It was a letdown game because the Eagles looked past the Lions. We see it all the time in the NFL.
Couple things I take out of the loss.
Wentz is a future NFL All Pro. I think he could someday be the best QB in the NFL. He is not there by a longshot yet but what what I have seen so far only cements how good he really is. I think he got greedy with the deep ball. I don't think Pederson called for that ball to be thrown there and that Agholor was supposed to clear out for an underneath route and Wentz made a rookie mistake
The coaching staff made some great adjustments at the half and as a whole the Eagles dominated the second half. However as a whole there were some major issues with penalties. They left too many plays on the field because of poor execution.
Nothing wrong with the play call on 3rd down. The Lions used all their timeouts and we may have been able to pin them deep if we did not get the first down. Mathews is to blame for that fumble. Everyone knows that ball security is the most important thing that late in the game.
The Eagles defense was again dominating. Sure they laid an egg in the first qtr but after that the really shut the Lions down. Overall still only giving up less than 250 yards.
Which ones?
A good number of plays on the field were called back either because of completely bogus penalties, non-calls, or legit calls - that were only called on the Eagles (and the Lions got away with). Officiating incompetence that had a material impact on the outcome of the game.
Telling examples:
The OPI on Celek; the non-DPI call on DGB in the endzone. The phantom chop block on Sproles. The bogus holding on Brooks. The holding called on Barbre (legit, but more blatant holds never called on Detroit).