Philadelphia Eagles vs Baltimore Ravens Week 2 Preview

The 1-0 Eagles will take on the 1-0 Ravens in a huge game at 1:00 ET now this game is a game that will have many story lines such as will Vick have a bounce back game? Also how will the Eagles respond to the Ravens no huddle offense and can the D have another stellar performance. Now I know that most people are picking the Ravens to defeat the Eagles based on Vick's performance last week and on how well the Ravens played overall against the Bengals on Monday night but I wouldn't sleep on the Eagles this week and here is why I pick the Eagles to win this game.

1. Michael Vick will have a bounce back game- Vick is most likely not going to throw four interceptions again against the Ravens and the Ravens struggled against mobile quarterbacks last season so if Vick can move the pocket it will make the Ravens struggle to get after Vick which means he will have more time to throw the football. Vick knows that if he does not perform well in this one you will be hearing the Foles chants at the Linc.

2. The Eagles defense will have another stellar performance- Yes the Ravens offense looked unstoppable last week but I saw a completely different Eagles defense last week, one that the cornerbacks and safeties were unstoppable. Asomugha let only one completion on him the entire game and Rogers-Cromartie racked up 2 interceptions. Kurt Coleman had a pair of picks as well and Nate Allen was all over the field making big tackles against the run and in pass coverage. What I saw though that was amazing was the play of linebackers Demeco Ryans and Mychal Kendricks. Ryans had over 6 tackles and would not allow Richardson to have more than a yard a gain. He was plugging up every hole possible by either beating the lineman or moving the lineman into the hole causing the back to be plugged up.

3. Eagles will become more balanced early in the game on offense- McCoy only had about 7 carries in the first half compared to the Eagles throwing the ball about 30 times. The Eagles know that if they make Vick throw that many times again he is bound to make mistakes so to stop that give McCoy the ball and let him do what he does. He had over 100 rushing last game after a stellar second half where he had 19 carries.

A question that was brought up by Adam Caplan on philadelphiaeagles.com was that when Boldin is moved in the inside and Jacoby Jones is on the outside, where will Boykin go? In my opinion and in most others Boykin is not big enough to cover Boldin the whole game, Bold is a tough, hard, fast runner so to me this is what you do, you move Asomugha into the slot, push Curtis Marsh out to the outside and have him cover Jacoby Jones. What you do with Boykin is when Boldin is moved to the outside then put Boykin back in the slot.
Injury Report: Not good news for the Eagles as Desean Jackson (Hamstring) is questionable for the game as well as Jeremy Maclin who has a hip flexer. The Eagles signed Mardy Gilyard to fill that void encase neither can go.

My prediction for the game is the Eagles win 24-21 in a big game which puts the Eagles at 2-0.