I was wondering the same thing. I guess they can't handle a little wind.
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for all those that said the packers team wasn't bad because any team that lost their star QB would be as bad as we were, the eagles are going to the NFC chanpionship game after losing their QB who was probably going to win the MVP before his injury
with better players and coaching you CAN withstand an injury to your QB
That's exactly the point. It would be nice to have a TEAM that isn't entirely dependent on 1 player having to perform at an all-world level just to be competitive. One thing the playoffs tell me year after year is that you still need a good to great D to win the Superb Owl. Teams with video game offenses and pathetic D's just don't win it.
Eagles had back to back 7-9 records the previous 2 years.. and a 4 win year a few years prior to that. A lot easier to reload that way.
Refs are giving the game to New England.
Huh. Dick LeBeau defense getting torched in Foxboro. Some things never change.
Mariota does not look like a guy who should have been the #2 pick in the draft.
And the Eagles defense. That's the dumb part of this "Backup X" has been successful discussion. The Vikings are also playing a journeyman backup but they have a top 3 defense. Blake Bortles has a lot of QB Winz this year too but I'm not ready to say he's a successful QB.
Foles has started a few seasons' worth of games and he did enough to not lose. That's usually what it takes on a team that does not have to worry about the defense's inability to get off of the fiel.d
The recent Packers have relied on their offense to win games. That's not an ideal scenario for any journeyman to step into.
Foles vs Hundley
Code:Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
56.4 537 5 5.0 2 2.0 35 5.3 5.4 9.4 76.7 79.5 31.4 5 44 4.65 4.75 4.7
60.8 1836 9 2.8 12 3.8 55 5.8 4.7 9.6 166.9 70.6 40.5 29 197 4.75 3.71 8.4