From: jmd@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (joseph.m.dakes)
Subject: Re: Eagles Report
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:50:49 GMT
Keywords: Eagles 31 Cards 17

In article <1992Sep14.173350.2297@midway.uchicago.edu>, epc1@quads.uchicago.edu (Merlin) writes:
> >Randall gets an A- for his performance.  He did everything.  He
> >scrambled for a first down when needed, hit the long bombs, put
> >touch on the short passes, and read the defense almost perfectly.
> >He has got
> >to learn to put the ball away when the rush comes.
> 
> There is no doubt he is in good shape mentally and physically but
> he needs to either scramble or pass when the pocket collapses.
> He's taking too long to make up his mind!  I give Randall a B+.

I know there isn't much diff between an A- and a B+, but 17-22 for
3TDs and no intercepts is an awesome performance even with two fumbles
of which they lost one.  I'll take that anytime.  I think he will lose
some of that indecisiveness the more he plays.

> >Herschel Walker gets an A- for his performance, too.  Herschel,
> >like Randall, coughed the ball up again.  But he made some good
> >runs and allowed the Eagles to dominate the time of possession.
> 
> Walker had some good runs and he got stuffed a couple of times.
> He did, however, make the short 3rd down conversions in the game.
> He did well but I'm beginning to see the flaws which Vikings fans
> trumpet.  Basically, Herschel has long runs and sometimes he gets
> struffed.  I do not believe that this is a problem because we
> have a multi-faceted offense which does not rely on Walker.  However,
> I would find a greater peace of mind if he could run 4 yds/carry
> instead of 20/-1/3 yds.  Some of the fault is with the offensive
> line, of course.  Walker gets a B+ because of his tenacity when things
> got tough, he just tried harder.  He definitely is trying.  Hope
> he can keep it up.

I think the Vikings fans are getting to you.  I'll let you in on a
little secret, every back in the NFL gets stuffed.  How many times
did Herschel get stuffed last nite?  Not many.  He was effective
not only at running the football, but at setting up the pass, and
controlling the clock.  In the fourth quarter up by ten, the Birds
went on a drive that lasted over six minutes because Herschel was
able to run the football.  The Eagles didn't score on the drive, but
it didn't matter.  They ate up the clock, game over.   Phoenix didn't
get a chance to come back.

> >The Eagles receiving corps get an A for their effort.  Fred
> >Barnett, IMO, is becoming one of the best WRs in the game.  Nobody
> >in the Cards secondary could stick with him.  The Eagles punishing
> >rushing attack forced the Cards to move their safeties up which
> >allowed Barnett to draw single coverage.  And he just ate 'em up.
> 
> Barnett was excellent.  I hope that we get better diversity though.
> Relying on just one receiver is dangerous.  I wonder why Williams
> wasn't thrown to more often....

Why weren't they throwing to Williams?  Because the Cards couldn't
stop Barnett, that's why.  Who would you throw to if you were Randall?
Williams over the middle for ten or Barnett streaking down the
sidelines for fifty?  The Cards couldn't afford to double up on Barnett
because they had to bring the safeties up to help stop the rush.  If
they had doubled Barnett, you could rest assured that Williams or Dixon
would have been the recipient of Randall's strikes.

> >For the second week in a row the Eagles special teams did a very
> >good job.  Great coverage, good returns, and no missed PATs!  Give
> >them an A-!
> 
> They look solid but they're not as strong as the Falcons w/Deion.

Of course not, but neither are they as pathetic as they have been the
past two seasons.

> >'Zel gets a big
> >F for his performance with the rest of the defense getting a B.
> >For the first time last night the Eagles defense missed Jerome Brown.
> 
> The defense missed alot of tackles.  They need to brush up on their
> fundumentals.  If Phoenix were stronger, the defense would've looked
> alot worse out there.  I would give the DBs and LBs a C.  The DL deserve
> a B.  We need better tackling, better push up the middle, better 
> blitzing, and a better Izel.  The defense looked average.
> I think the Eagle's D needs to try harder because there isn't much of
> a difference between a good D and an average one.

This is great!  We're raggin' on the defense because it gave up 14
points and just a little over 200 total yards.  I'd say, we're a bit
spoiled.  The secondary struggled, but no way the LBs get a C with the
way Seth Joyner played.  He was everywhere!

E-A-G-L-E-S

Joe Dakes
AT&T Microelectronics
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