kearly":matlusen said:
The Eagles not only stacked the box pretty much all game, but they did a ton of aggressive run blitzing too.
They paid the price for it in the secondary. And when it was all said in done, they STILL gave up over 180 yards rushing because they had such a hard time getting Seattle off the field.
Once again, another great post from Kearly.
Philly knew what they had to do to stop us and executed their plan well but it still wasn't enough.
Russ, Marshawn, and our receiver core are executing on the same level they have all year (save a rough patch that Russ went through mid-season that is partly due to the O-Line). The improved look to our offense over the last few weeks is largely due to our line stabilizing and improving.
LJP looks better than expected, although Max Unger's absence is still noticeable.
Carp continues to look generally good with a real nasty streak. He made a couple bone headed plays again, which luckily weren't noticed by the stripes.
Okung had his best game of the year despite his predictable false start. Looks like he is still mentally bothered by his injury and looking for any edge that he can get even though he physically looks as good as preinjury.
Sweezy pretty much disappeared in this game (in a good way). He just did his job which he has consistently done all year. He continues to help out Britt and maybe makes Britt look better than he actually is.
Britt took too much heat for his performance last weekend. I count two to three blown plays by him which is about the best you could ask of a rookie against such a stout defense that was undoubtedly focusing on him. He made some nice plays to cover blocks that should have been made by running backs. He was trying to do too much though. Several times he peeled off a block on the line to try to pick up an outside rusher. This left the inside guy up to Sweezy who wasn't in position to make the block and resulted in pressure to Russ. This may be on Cable. Britt did it enough to make me think it was an assignment. I would generally think it is better off letting Russ deal with the outside guy, but Russ does seem to evade inside pressure better than edge pressure so..,
I maintain what I have consistently stated since mid-season. The line is steadily improving as a unit and before the end of the year will be as good or better than the line that took is all the way last year.
-bsd