Second half of New Orleans Saints vs Philadelphia Eagles

The Saints had a few short yard runs shut down at the line of scrimmage in the first drive of the half, but that’s ok since they were effective with a handful of short passes and they get into Eagle territory.

The Eagles just do not seem to have the coverage down in the secondary and the receivers are getting open and getting the receptions.

Ironically after I say something about a lack of defense and the Eagles force a turnover and get the ball back on a fumble. This is something Phiadelphia needs to help change the tempo back in their favor but they need to make sure not to squander this and convert on the possession.

And in one play the Eagles do just that and Michael Vick goes deep with a pass to DeSean Jackson and he breaks a tackle at mid field and gets into the end zone and the score is at Eagles 10 to Saints 21.

And on the kick off return the Eagles manage to force another fumble and Philadelphia recovers and the Eagles appear to be back in the game. The next play Vick doesn’t see anyone open so he runs it and gets the first down. They do not conver the 6 points but take a field goal so the score is now 13 to 21.

The amount of time that the Eagle defense is giving Saints quarterback Drew Brees to find a receiver open is way more then they should and with a quarterback as accurate as he is he will make the play almost every time. This drive was no different and they the score again. New Orleans lead 28 to Philadelphia 13.

On the kick off return the Eagles try a trick play. The ball is fielded by Brandon Boykin, but just as he catches it, off to the far right of him is Riley Cooper lying on the field in the end zone. He jumps up and Boykin does a lateral to Cooper and he runs down field. He does a good job of avoiding a tackle and actually runs the entire length of the field and gets what most think is a touchdown.

They do call the play back since the lateral was actually a forward pass, had it been a bit further back and not gone forward they would have gotten away with it, but it didn’t work.

As the third quarter ends a pass by Michael Vick get the Eagles at mid field and the score is still 28 to 13. Once again the ball is fumbled and the Saints recover and just over 2 minutes in the football game so it appears that the Eagles just could not pull off a win tonight.

Philadelphia stops the Saints again and they will get the ball back but it will not help them much the way they have played tonight. A decent drive and as the clock is winding down the Eagles have made it into the red zone again.

The Saints win the game with a score of Eagles 13 to Saints 28.