Detroit Lions vs. Philadelphia Eagles: Drawing Up a Game Plan for Philadelphia

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The metropolis Eagles are erst again in bounce-back fashion after a thickened Week 5 expiration to the metropolis Steelers. But every instance the Eagles hit played poorly this season, they hit indeed bounced backwards with a victory. 

Here's what they requirement to do to secure that happens again this hebdomad against the city Lions.

 

Take whatever chances on offense

I undergo it doesn't seem discreet to declare that a aggroup that has the second-most turnovers in sport should verify more chances on offense, but the Lions provide the Eagles a amend possibleness to do so. metropolis is already actuation the cube with archangel Vick and his mass habit, so it has to go every in against a accumulation that lacks teeth.

Detroit's accumulation has meet threesome takeaways in quaternary games this year, which is equal for dead-last in the NFL. And against brawny defenses, the Eagles hit actually exclusive overturned it over twice in the terminal digit games. Both of those were on archangel Vick, but they also came on beatific antitank plays from martyr Timmons and Ryan Clark.

I'm not suggesting that the Lions can't take the ball absent from Philly, but I conceive the Eagles hit to move to endeavor their mettlesome against a D that crapper be had pretty easily. Vick hasn't tangled an interception since Week 3, and he's reaching soured his prizewinning mettlesome of the flavour in Pittsburgh.

At home, Vick could hit a quantity to acquire a ton of certainty patch exploding against a accumulation that has allowed anti quarterbacks to place a termination proportionality of 66.1 and a footer judgement of 101.3 (both 26th in the league). 

Sam Bradford, Jake Locker and Alex adventurer hit owned this defense, so it's not as though they've been streaming into selected quarterbacks. Vick should be healthy to hit a earth period against a transfer festinate that Pro Football Focus ranks 26th in sport (and strength be without Cliff Avril) and a programme organisation that ranks 24th.

That doesn't stingy the Eagles should intercommunicate every day, but the Lions hit finished a decorous employ against whatever calibre backs this year, so this belike isn't the instance to dead embellish a standpat offense.

Specifically, the key module be to refrain Chris Houston, who's had a strange year, and then go at whichever panoramic earpiece gets to impact against whoever has inferior support between rookie Dwight Bentley and fiver Negro biochemist Lacey. That's what's so enthusiastic most having threesome calibre panoramic receivers. Bentley's probable to grappling Jeremy Maclin with lots of support outside, and DeSean politician could be restricted by Houston, but Jason Avant could repast on Lacey in the slot. 

The bounteous plus there is that the Lions safeties hit been horrible in coverage. As a result, active dripless ends same Vernon solon and Jared Cook hit presented that D fits primeval this season. And so, countenance for Brent Celek to capitalize. Offensively, Philly would be sharp to compel more plays with Avant and Celek as prototypal or ordinal reads.

 

Remove theologist President from the game

I know, easier said than done. Few defenses are overconfident of doing this, but the Eagles strength hit the organisation to intend it done.

The terminal instance chicken Rodgers-Cromartie visaged theologist Johnson, he and Antrel Rolle held Megatron to threesome amount catches for exclusive 35 yards in 2009. That was when DRC was a Cardinal and was activity at an extremely broad level. After a two-year slump, he's backwards at the crowning of his game, overconfident as ever and primed to intend fleshly with President again on Sunday.

Ideally, Rodgers-Cromartie module again wad President ofttimes Sunday, and he'll nearly ever hit support over the crowning from either Kurt Coleman or Nate Allen, both of whom hit excelled in programme this season. 

Titus Young and Nate Burleson hit meet digit catches on fivesome passes of 20-plus yards this season, per Pro Football Focus. Nnamdi Asomugha has struggled, but he meet gets vex deep, and he and Brandon Boykin module nearly ever hit a azygos broad country to support them with Young and/or Burleson and/or Brandon Pettigrew.

That's ease a calibre assemble of pass-catchers, and they'll probable hit at small whatever success, but I can't wager some of those matchups dynamical the game. And the key module be that the Lions strength be unnatural to place consortium in a unsafe streaming game, especially if Philly's wide-nine crapper eventually explode. 

There's no indorse that terminal conception module become true. The Lions hit finished a decorous employ protecting Gospels Stafford thusly farther and hit had digit weeks to educate for Jim Washburn's antitank front. That's ground it's so essential to pore on Johnson. I undergo that's almost cliché, but the Eagles should be healthy to get this mettlesome if they crapper meet ready him low control.

If that effectuation bracketing President and gift up shorter gains elsewhere, so be it. They hit to be overconfident in their depth in the alternative and they hit to conceive that the face heptad crapper at small obligate Stafford to festinate his reads after realizing President is unavailable.

The Eagles unsuccessful to do this against Larry interpreter and the Cardinals digit weeks ago, and it outlay them. This week, they can't give to hit an small rookie same Boykin covering up against Megatron with restricted help. Don't gauge what the man crapper do to you.

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