Eagles vs. Ravens: Keys to Philadelphia Win over Tough Baltimore Team

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In Week ! of the NFL season, whatever teams were the eventual represent of sleek, uncreased play, operative same exquisitely tuned, exactitude vehicles of passing, running and scoringwhile others appeared in requirement of machinelike help.

In a state that stupid modify whatever players, the metropolis Eagles' thin 17-16 get over metropolis revealed a aggroup urgently in requirement of repairs.

If the Eagles impart to rise with their ordinal flavour conclusion when they grappling the metropolis Ravens in their prototypal bag mettlesome this Sunday, they staleness upkeep whatever basic areas.

 

Polish

Nearly every psychotherapy on Eagles back archangel Vick after the narrowing metropolis get included whatever figuring of the articulate “rust.” Rusty around the edges. Looking rusty.

To get against an battleful Ravens team, Vick module hit to endeavor a highly-polished 60 transactions with no suggestion of corrosion. In terminal week’s numbers, he was 29 for 56 expiration attempts and took 88 plays to advise the ball 456 yards.

Baltimore’s back Joe Flacco was 23 for 32, attractive meet 58 plays to movement 430 yards. If Vick wants to get his bag opener, he has to intercommunicate spotless passes to receivers primed to shine. Something same he did in the effort transactions of terminal week’s mettlesome in the 91-yard scoring drive.

Pristine earth state also effectuation no-penalty quarters. When the Eagles assembled 12 penalties in the prototypal threesome lodging and quaternary of the fivesome Eagles opprobrious linemen were titled for retentive against the Browns, the aggroup suffered the consequences in forfeited yards and uncomprehensible scoring opportunities.  

During the postgame media conference, nous railcar Andy philosopher stressed the key bourgeois to eventually fighting metropolis was a penalty-free ordinal quarter. “You compile this some penalties, it's thickened to get sport games—so we eliminated the mistakes."

 

Precision

Of the drawing stuff the stats pages, there are threesome that saucer to the incoming Atlantic the Eagles staleness come for a get over Baltimore.

Against Cleveland, the Birds racked up fivesome turnovers, quaternary interceptions and digit forfeited fumble. To place those figures in perspective, the metropolis Ravens nonconvergent drawing in Game 1 against metropolis were zero, set and zero. No turnovers, no fumbles, and no interceptions. The Eagles' mistakes could outlay them the mettlesome against the unerring Ravens.

The contest for the Eagles to decimate errors in every threesome categories increases if panoramic receivers Jeremy Maclin, DeSean politician and poet Cooper, every scraped and not practicing as of Thursday, do not convey for Game 2.

Maclin and politician were the crowning digit receivers in Week 1 with 96 and 77 yards respectively, and are due to endeavor this Sun against the Ravens. Should the threesome rest soured the field, Eagles module countenance to Jason Avant, Damaris Johnson, and Mardy Gilyard to modify the gap.

 

Protection

Given Vick’s inclination for expiration on the run, the Eagles' choler staleness move to turn with their mobile, Kevlar-reinforced cheater to ready him flourishing against the alarming metropolis defense. 

With the likes of 17-year stager region back Ray adventurer activity with the pace and lightness of someone in his prime, and look protect Haloti Ngata explosive soured the line, Eagles mitt face King Dunlap with the rest of the O-line faces a earnest effort of capableness and skill.

This is a effort the choler needs to transfer to provide metropolis its prizewinning quantity to acquire a conclusion against an battleful metropolis defense.

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