Eagles Hang on defeat Browns 17-16 in Opener

Ok you can all stop biting your nails and pulling out your hair the Eagles pulled out a wild victory against the Cleveland Browns 17-16. Boy did nobody see this coming the Browns defense was all over Vick all day forcing him to throw 4 interceptions to only two touchdowns. Thankfully the Eagles defense was stellar as they had 4 INTS of their own 2 of which were Coleman and two were Rogers-Cromartie. All though the Eagles only got 2 sacks they applied tremendous pressure on Weeden forcing him to made bad decisions. The D also held Richardson to only 39 yards total rushing so the Browns offense could not generate much. The Eagles only scored one touchdown in the first half which was a late touchdown in the second quarter where Vick threw a bullet to Maclin who made a nice toe touch catch in the end zone. So the half was over and the score was 10-6 not bad considering how the Eagles started, I then thought to myself like most Eagles fans did "OK they started off slow but now are in a rhythm lets put these Browns away." That just never seemed to happen though, Late in the fourth quarter Vick was again picked by LB D'qwell Jackson who took it in for a score. So the Eagles with 6 minutes left are down by 6 and most people at that time figured it was probably over with the way Vick was playing but oh no that was not the case. Vick and the offense remained poised and led a tremendous 91 yard drive and Vick finished it off with a touchdown to Clay Harbor to win the game. The Eagles got lucky on the play before the score though, Vick threw a pass to Maclin that went right through the hands of the Browns defender. So we caught a brake and Vick made them pay. The bright side of this game is obliviously that we are 1-0 but it took too much to get it. If the Eagles want to beat the Ravens Vick has to improve and I mean HAS TO improve because that kind of game again next week will not get the Eagles a W oh no not with the Ravens offense and defense. Two things that I liked the most of the game was that first we were efficient in the red zone which the Eagles were terrible at last season. We went 2-2 in the red zone with two scores. The second thing is that the Eagles were able to put together a fourth quarter comeback which last years team would not have been able to do. The Eagles showed that they can pull through in clutch time which we did not do last year. So for now the Eagles are 1-0 which was a important win since the Cowboys and the Redskins both won their games this week.

The Eagles take on the Ravens next week at 1 in Philly. The Eagles will have the crowd on their side and if they want to win again Vick needs to have a better game meaning NO TURNOVERS.