Thoughts on Thursday night game, recap, analysis
Last night. Yes, a close one, but in a way, still a good solid win. The offense was good enough to get the points up and likely would have gotten more if the defense could have earned a few stops, but they were piss poor. It was a game that was garanteed to be won by 3, 7, or 10 points so 8.5 or 7.5 or 9 didn't matter as much in this situation. The sloppy play on the part of the Eagles can't be overlooked as with penalties they tried early and often to give the game to the Texans. The Texans to their credit played very good football for 3 quarters, but that is still what made the Eagles a nice play. Even playing as well as they were, and as poorly as the Eagles had been playing until around the end of the 3rd, they had earned only a 4 point advantage. Turnovers are a part of the game you can't always depend on but are a factor to emphasize a play and were crucial last night as Schaub was forced to extend plays to give his team a chance, thus committing 2 critical turnovers. The Eagles Defensive line should be credited with much sounder play than the secondary can claim, though penalties hurt them as well.
All in all this game wrapped up well. The Eagles had too many reasons to be able to win this game and cover. They were home, on a short week and eager to vindicate a loss to the Bears, an offense far superior to the Texans defense, and overall, just more talented as a unit, which despite being one of their sloppiest games of the year, still earned the W. It's these multitudes of assets to win a game that made the Birds a nice play last night. Perhaps 5 out of 10 times they win the game by 16 or 17.
Curious if anybody else saw things the same way
Last night. Yes, a close one, but in a way, still a good solid win. The offense was good enough to get the points up and likely would have gotten more if the defense could have earned a few stops, but they were piss poor. It was a game that was garanteed to be won by 3, 7, or 10 points so 8.5 or 7.5 or 9 didn't matter as much in this situation. The sloppy play on the part of the Eagles can't be overlooked as with penalties they tried early and often to give the game to the Texans. The Texans to their credit played very good football for 3 quarters, but that is still what made the Eagles a nice play. Even playing as well as they were, and as poorly as the Eagles had been playing until around the end of the 3rd, they had earned only a 4 point advantage. Turnovers are a part of the game you can't always depend on but are a factor to emphasize a play and were crucial last night as Schaub was forced to extend plays to give his team a chance, thus committing 2 critical turnovers. The Eagles Defensive line should be credited with much sounder play than the secondary can claim, though penalties hurt them as well.
All in all this game wrapped up well. The Eagles had too many reasons to be able to win this game and cover. They were home, on a short week and eager to vindicate a loss to the Bears, an offense far superior to the Texans defense, and overall, just more talented as a unit, which despite being one of their sloppiest games of the year, still earned the W. It's these multitudes of assets to win a game that made the Birds a nice play last night. Perhaps 5 out of 10 times they win the game by 16 or 17.
Curious if anybody else saw things the same way
