Battle Of Pennsylvania

The media has been hyping this game up as, “Bush vs Dean, The battle for Pennsylvania.” After the two teams made a week 4 trade swapping the two middle linebackers. Now, just like the last time the eagles took the field there was 10 combined turnovers between the teams, split down the middle. Jalen managed to only account for 2 this week, still far from good but a hell of a lot better then the four he had vs Dallas and five in the Arizona desert. The other three turnovers came from the hands of Miles Sanders. Or lack of. Fumbling three total times. In a pathetic outing (11 carries/28yards/1touchdown/3fumbles) which lead him to getting benched, in replace for recently signed veteran Mark Ingram. The offensive woes for the Eagles certainly continued this week. Out of their 38 points scored the offense only managed 17 of them. Hurts bombed a beautiful ball before half to A.J Brown, who burnt the press coverage for 81 yards and a 2 yard scamper by Miles Sanders. More putrid redzone efficiency staggered Philadelphias offense, goin only 1 of 7. That’s 14.7%, if they can’t fix this problem fast, I can ensure you this season will not end in the playoffs. Which is a very sad realization knowing they’re sitting at 5-2. The defense and special teams is what saved the day for Philadelphia. After going down 10-0 early to Pittsburgh, The Eagles turned a sack fumble credited to Josh Sweat, in to a scoop and score touchdown by Jeff Okudah. Next drive Philly forced a 3 and out, and Kenneth Gainwell gave The eagles a reason to not look back as a 59 yard punt return touchdown changed momentum and opened the floodgates. Last real notable thing is CJ-GJ’s campaign for Defensive Player of the Year, adding another interception return for a touchdown to his stats (7 interception / 4 for a touchdown). The battle of Bush and Dean was dominated by Bush’s collective team. Although if you single those two out (stats vs stats) it was not even close. Dean who has 1 pass deflection only could find assisted tackles on the day, recording officially 0 solo tackles. While Bush went on to match the deflection and a combined total of 7 tackles 3 being solo along with 2 for a loss. Since the trade Bush has ( 28 total tackles/8 for a loss/.5 sacks/ 1 interception/ 1 touchdown). While Dean has (13 total tackles, 2 for a loss, and 1 sack). The Philadelphia Eagles defense helped me sleep better, but the state of this offense in my opinion will be its downfall. I’m still not fooled by rookie head coach P.Philly’s 5-2 start to the season but all I can do is tune in and pray this offense wakes up soon. Next up, Philadelphia will travel to Houston for a Monday night showdown vs as of writing the 2-4 Texans.