Andy Dalton's Field Day

Guys really? That is not the Philadelphia team I have come to love since I was really young. There was no fight, there was no heart, this is just a throwback to the lackadaisical play from last year. But, I’ll hold in the rant for now and just speak upon stats.

So you know how I said they need to establish the run? As it turns out they probably read my post, but then thought it was opposite day or something. 60 PASSING ATTEMPTS. I don’t think there has been that many attempts by a quarterback this season, and the “record” was broken by a rookie who isn’t supposed to do that ever! Come on Doug, we know already that you weren’t that great of a QB in your career, but you shouldn’t be living out your hay day through Carson. He doesn’t deserve it and it is certainly hindering his progress throughout the season. Granted I am not blaming Wentz for his picks. The score book doesn’t take into account that 2 of them were tipped or picked a the line which our offensive line needs to handle. 308 yards and a TD isn’t bad, but it still came along with way too many passing attempts. 16 attempts for the rushing attack is ridiculous honestly, and Smallwood couldn’t have under performed anymore. 8 attempts for 19 yards. If you think that’s bad? If you consider his longest run being for 9 yards, he rushed 7 times for 10 yards. Which simply isn’t acceptable. You can certainly praise Paul Turner for his really good stat line, but you also have to consider all of his yards were in garbage time. Though you can’t deny that he can catch, which is something the Eagles need in a receiver right now.

Our defense i don’t think has shown up to a game since the Falcons game. The only 3 players we could really see on the field were Nigel Bradham, Bennie Logan, and Brandon Graham who all had attempts to pay defense Nigel and Bennie both had forced fumbles, and Graham had 2 tackles for a loss. The secondary was picked apart play by play and drive by drive as they stormed down the field almost every possession. The Eagles made Andy Dalton look like a pro bowl player,  which he certainly isn’t. He posted a 130 passer rating, which is his highest all season. The one real highlight was Kenjon Barner ripping the Bengals special teams to shreds, returning 2 kicks for 44 yards a piece. Which stands to reason the offense probably should've capitalized on that field position. Which of course they didn’t they had 60 passing attempts that went nowhere.