Yesterdays early game included the Philadelphia Eagles in a showdown against the Washington Redskins at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. In an interesting week 3 match up, Kirk Cousins stepped up for his team as the starting QB for Washington, after a devastating injury to starting QB Robert Griffin III the week before, against the valiant 2-0 NFC East rival.
1st Quarter: The game started with Cousins and the redskins taking command of the field as they scored the first TD of the game on their opening drive with 11 plays and 82 yards.( I remember watching this game thinking the redskins were off to such a great start.) But in such an unexpected turn, Philadelphia's kick returner Chris Polk, takes the ball 102 yards to tie the game up 7-7 for the eagles with a single, 13-second play! Talk about a shocker!
Afterwards the redskins march on and score another touchdown as Cousins throws a 4-yard TD to Pierre Garcon.
2nd Quarter: The second quarter is where this back-and-forth marathon of game opens up as both teams competed to outscore each other. First Washington scores a field goal giving the 'skins a 10-point lead at 17-7, only to have Foles throw an 8 yard pass to Jordan Matthews giving the eagles 7 more points. Coincidentally, the same results are duplicated within the end of the half, as Washington makes another field goal for 3, and Philadelphia scores another TD just seconds before the end of the 2nd quarter, giving the eagles the first lead of the game at the half, at 21-20.
3rd Quarter: Right after the half, the eagles score a pair of field goals, and the redskins score a TD when Cousins connects with DeSean Jackson in an epic 81-yard pass to tie the game up once again at 27-27. (Great moment in this game as Jackson scores, he breaks the Philly tackle, runs in backwards to the end-zone, and mocks his former team that released him as eagles fans vocalize their displeasure. What a game!)
4th Quarter: With such a close game all tied up, the redskins had a golden opportunity to take the lead with a comfortable 33-yard field goal, but Kai Forbath, who had made 18 straight field goals, somehow hit the right upright on his attempt, keeping the game tied with Philly's offence taking control. On the next play, Foles throw a what seemed to be interception to redskins' Bashaud Breeland that simultaneously lead to a brawl between the rivals as the redskins' Chris Baker nails a defenseless Nick Foles with a heavy hit far from play action. After the initial shot to Foles eagles offensive lineman J. Peters would get involved and be ejected from play along with Baker.
After a few minutes to regather, the eagles went back to business as the scored a TD and field goal going up by 10, with the redskins scoring one last TD with 4:16 left to play in the game, final score 37-34, bringing the eagles to an undefeated 3-0 start.
In such a close battle, it is interesting to see what would've happened if the redskins kicker had not missed that critical field goal, or if the eagles special team didn't return that opening kick for a touchdown. It will be exciting to see these teams go at it again, this time in D.C on December 16th.
A great game for those who watched!
Final Player Highlights:
Passing: K. Cousins (WSH) - 427 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing: A. Morris (WSH) - 23 CAR, 77 YDS
Receiving: J. Maclin (PHI) - 8 REC, 154 YDS, 1 T
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