Eagles vs. Vikings: The good, the bad, and the awful

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The Eagles finally showed up. It just took a week. They re-emerged Thursday night on nationwide TV,  relocating to 2-0 with their dominant 34-28 victory over the winless Minnesota Vikings at Lincoln Financial D'Andre Swift,  that had a mere two touches in the period opener,  revealed what he is capable of doing when fed the round,  while the defense remains to be the solid factor of the 2023 Eagles,  forcing 4 turnovers and providing them a period total of Eagles depend on a dominant ground game Fran Tarkenton Jersey,  banging Minnesota for 259 backyards on the ground,  balancing 5.4 lawns a carry,  with Swift blazing a trail on a career-best 175 backyards hurrying on 28 brings and a goal. There was a lots of good,  a touch of some poor,  and awful blunders that will require to be tidied up in the Eagles' 34-28 success. The GoodTailback D'Andre Swift showing what he can do when he obtains touches. By the end of the third quarter,  the previous St. Joseph's Prep and Georgia celebrity rushed for a game-high 107 yards on 18 lugs. He completed with a career-best 175 yards on 28 lugs and a goal. If he can remain healthy and balanced,  he will certainly be a huge part in the Eagles' crime. His 43-yard run with 4:25 left secured the guard Landon Dickerson's punishing block on Vikings' nose take on Harrison Phillips that sprung Swift on the 43-yard run. Only 2 games right into the period,  kicker Jake Elliott has been a great tool. He started four basket in the period opener against New England and toenailed a 24- and 61-yarder versus Minnesota. Receiver DeVonta Smith's 63-yard goal reception with 10:54 left in the third quarter,  giving the Eagles a 27-7 lead and quite much concluding the overmatched Vikings. Smith's 54-yard reception on the Eagles' opening drive established Jake Elliott's 24-yard basket. The distinction with the touchdown function and the first-quarter function was Injures hit Smith in stride on the TD,  and he had to wait for the ball in the very first quarter,  turning around to make the catch over the Vikings' cost-free security Theo Jackson. Smith do with 131 backyards on four Zach Cunningham taking down Vikings' tailback Alex Mattison for a five-yard loss at the Vikings' 25 on Minnesota's 2nd drive of the 2nd half. Cunningham later did a great job covering Jefferson discovering the center on a third-and-four at the Vikings' 36 with 5:36 left in the 3rd quarter. Protective end Josh Sweat causing the Vikings' fourth fumble of the video game,  which brought about a 20-7 Eagles' lead. On the 2nd play of the 2nd half,  Sweat defeated Vikings' back-up left deal with Olisaemeka Udoh to the outside,  Kirk Cousins' blind side,  for a strip sack. Fletcher Cox chose up the loose round. 2 plays later on,  Harms scored his second TD of the video game. The three fumbles the Eagles triggered in the very first half,  which provides them 5 caused turnovers in the first fifty percent this season over their very first 2 video games. Safety And Security Terrell Edmunds' forced fumble on Jefferson by the goal line,  giving the Eagles their 3rd fumble recuperation in the fifty percent while protecting against the Vikings from racking up. The Eagles' first drive of the second quarter was a power declaration. It went 16 plays,  13 on the ground and consumed 7 minutes,  and 55 seconds while traveling 75 lawns. It ended with the Hurts' one-yard dive and an Eagles' 10-7 lead with 2:44 left in the being slammed recently for falling short to aid on a New England goal,  safety and security Justin Evans triggered a fumble with 6:09 left in the very first quarter,  popping the sphere devoid of behind the Vikings' Brandon Powell. Linebacker Nicholas Morrow was there for the fumble recovery at the Eagles' 27. Evans later on broke up a pass with much less than 2 mins to cornerback Avonte Maddox coming near force Mattison to mess up at the Minnesota 39 on the Vikings' 2nd drive. Evans was there to get the fumble at the Vikings' 39. The Eagles,  nevertheless,  wasted the possibility with more defective play calling and Jake Elliott's tackle Jordan Davis doing it once again,  taxing Cousins on the Vikings' first drive,  bursting via the Vikings' overlook a third-and-nine at their 41,  requiring Relatives to injure his give the center to port receiver K.J. ' seven-yard scramble on the third play of the game to preserve the Eagles' initial series of the game on a third-and-five at their 30. The BadLeft take on Jordan Mailata getting shoved back by Vikings' protective end Danielle Hunter for a 12-yard sack on a third-and-22 at the Vikings' 49 with 12:04 to play. The sack pressed the Eagles out of field goal range. It was the fourth sack the Eagles quit for minus-22 yards-and third sack quit by Mailata,  that at one time seemed to have an appealing future,  though has been irregular for the last couple of 's holding fine on a second-and-one at the Eagles' 34,  which eliminated a Swift nine-yard gain with 8:35 left in the third quarter. Swift himself getting toenailed for a false start on the exact same drive,  which at the time was the Eagles' 4th charge for 25 lawns. The Vikings,  to that factor,  had actually not been ' inability to toss the sphere in the first half. He finished 10 of 13 masquerade 84 backyards with an interception-and of the 84 yards,  54 began Harms' first-quarter conclusion to Smith,  leaving him 30 lawns on the various other nine Darius Slay obtained the far better of Justin Jefferson last period,  holding him to one catch on 5 targets and the Eagles in general held him to six catches on 12 targets. By halftime,  Jefferson had 5 catches on five targets for 57 lawns. In one series in 2 out of three plays,  Jefferson had 45 backyards versus Kill,  including a 23-yard function on a third-and-three at the Vikings' 21 with 10:36 to play. Jefferson caught 11 passes on 13 targets for 159 lawns. He wins Round 2 in his ongoing fight versus Slay. The Eagles,  however,  won the the Eagles' second drive,  right take on Lane Johnson's incorrect beginning on a third-and-four at the Eagles' 16. It pushed the Eagles back to the 11 and ultimately required them to like it was in the period opener,  the Eagles failed to enter the end zone on the opening drive,  going for a basket. The play calling the red zone had a whole lot to do with UglyWho to criticize? Evans,  Slaughter,  Cunningham,  Edmunds or cornerback Josh Jobe on Relatives' 10-yard TD pass to K.J. Osborn with 7:41 to play,  pulling Minnesota,  as soon as down 27-7,  to 27-21. Jobe never ever followed Osborn going across right to left,  Slay followed Jefferson and remained with his guy,  so that should have selected up Osborn? Cunningham remained in the center of the area and had no concept Osborn was standing there alone,  while in the best edge of the end area Jamin Davis Jersey,  Slay,  Jobe and Edmunds all went with back Rashaad Penny's holding call with 13:04 left in the fourth quarter on a first-and-10 that erased Injures' 25-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Brown,  which would have sealed the triumph. It was the Eagles' 5th penalty for 35 lawns at that point-and one of the most costly. Jobe getting injury around like a carousel on newbie Jordan Addison's 62-yard TD function from Cousins on a third-and-10 with 9:09 left in the third quarter,  which kept the Vikings within striking distance at 27-14. Did Bill Belichick create the protective template to beat the Eagles' crime in Game One? The Vikings' protective planner Brian Flores appeared to follow it. Like the Patriots,  Minnesota threw a great deal of soft zone at the Eagles,  moving items to and fro and backwards and forwards on the line of scrimmage,  after that retreating and bold Hurts to throw it. He disguised a Tampa florida Two protection by revealing Cover 0, ' which suggests no safety and securities,  and perplexed Hurts at times,  and catching Nick Sirianni and offending planner Brian Johnson unsuspecting as Belichik carried out in Week 1. Other teams will undoubtedly comply with,  unless Hurts makes the appropriate read failure to cover tight end T.J. Hockenson through the center on a third-and-nine at the Eagles' 41 on the Vikings' very first ownership of the 2nd quarter. After making two strong plays in the initial quarter,  his defensive shortages resurfaced. The conclusion caused the initial touchdown of the video game and a 7-3 Minnesota lead. He later on was melted by Hockenson on a short TD with 1:10 to Mario Goodrich jumping off of Hockenson at the Eagles' 3 on the Vikings' second-quarter touchdown. It was solid play layout by the Vikings,  that had their tight end wide open,  while protective end Derek Barnett looked lost,  not understanding whether to hurry the quarterback or peel back right into protection,  and Goodrich not reacting quick sufficient as the play unfolded before Eagles' very first quarter. Yeah,  certain,  they led 3-0,  but it must have been more. The Eagles dominated the initial quarter,  regulating the sphere for 12:30 to Minnesota's little 2:30,  outgaining the Vikings 97-11,  and compeling fumbles on 2 of the Vikings' very first 3 belongings. The 4 first-quarter drives led to a 24-yard basket,  a three-and-out,  an interception and a missed 55-yard basket. Harms' interception by Theo Jackson at midfield with 2:58 left in the very first quarter. Fortunately,  the Vikings transformed the ball right back on the following play. Harms forced the ball on third-and-16,  and if Jackson did not get it,  there were a few even more Vikings around the grab it. Joseph Santoliquito is a prize-winning sportswriter based in the Philly area that has written function tales for ,  ,  ,  ,  Deadspin and The Philadelphia Daily News. In 2006,  he was nominated for an Emmy Award for an unique task piece for called "Love initially Beep." He is most noted for his acclaimed function over school wrestler A.J. Detwiler in February 2006,  which appeared on SportsCenter. In 2015,  he was chosen president of the Boxing Writers Association of America.