Eagles Lose To The Falcons 26 - 24....Over Reaction Tuesday

The Philadelphia Eagles game against the Atlanta Falcons was a great game for fans of the NFL as Chip Kelly's blitz style on offense and loose covering defense makes for an exciting brand of football, almost has an Arena League feel to it at times.  I have some observations of the game from the Eagles point of view with some interesting facts.  The Eagles are 1-4 in their last five regular season games and I see a blue print that defenses are using with Kelly's offense.  They are attacking the offensive line in the middle and this is where it seems to be weak. Jason Kelce, a fan favorite in Philly, made two bonehead mistakes by unnecessarily blocking men that had no chance of making the play and it negated two huge plays that could have shifted the game.  When he wasn't doing that he was getting run over in the run game and it's an identified weakness now. Andrew Gardener didn't do too well either as the Eagles decided to pass the ball 52 times and run it 16 times. There's some work to do on offense and defense as x plays (plays of 20 yds. or more) hurt the team and one 3rd down and 15 was especially painful as the team was clawing back into the game.  Julio Jones had his way with Byron Maxwell and lit the lamp for 9 catches, 141 yds. and 2 Tds.  It was an evening very similar to what was routinely seen last year.  Here's some other observations about the game again from the Eagles perspective

Chip Kelly Has To Decide what this team's identity is. If you bring Murray and Mathews here then use them in the run game which zaps the defensive lineman and  it gives Sam Bradford a chance to lather up and the receivers too. He looked like a rookie coach in the 1st half and he left his team looking confused on offense and defense.  Every play someone looked lost and that my friends is coaching.

The team will get better but now I'm looking at Kelly's calls and Bill Davis' defense with my magnifying glass because again they are 1-4 in it's last 5 games.

Ok, that's what's called Over reaction Tuesday after a Monday night loss.