On Sunday afternoon, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Atlanta Falcons 24-15, thanks to a tremendous performance from the defense, which shutdown the NFL's most prolific offense. The Eagles' defense did a great job in pressuring Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan as he was intercepted by cornerback Leodis McKelvin late in the fourth quarter to seal the victory. McKelvin, who has been under fire this season for his poor performance, got redemption after getting beat deep by Falcons wide receiver Taylor Gabriel for a 76-yard touchdown reception earlier in the fourth quarter. After the game, he had a few things to say about the Falcons' offense, which has been compared to the 2000 St. Louis Rams' offense aka The Greatest Show on Turf. "I was
The War Eagles crushed the Mustangs in a 35-10 victory! Twadylor, having been the star of the game, caught 2 TD and had 150 receiving yards. As celebration, the team went to Mallard. There, they met up with Greg. The whole team feasted that night. Greg and Twadylor became star receivers on the team.
Philadelphia Eagles fans will always remember Chip Kelly as the arrogant dictator who parted with the likes of DeSean Jackson, LeSean McCoy, Jeremy Maclin, Nick Foles and Evan Mathis. Mathis, of course, went on to win a Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos last season.
Philadelphia dumped the Indiana Colts in their preseason opener at home last Sunday, 36-10, as the Eagles’ rookies played with a purpose, as reported by SB Nation.
He continued to prove no moment is too big for him, as he made the Seattle’s biggest play of the season to this point. With the game against New England on the line, both teams had the situation they wanted with New England’s best offensive weapon (Gronkowski) and Seattle’s best defensive presence (Chancellor) matched up against each other. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady threw a fourth-down fade route in the end zone to Gronk with 14 seconds remaining, but Chancellor wasn’t going to allow the Seahawks to lose another heartbreaker to the Patriots after Seattle’s Super Bowl fiasco. Chancellor jammed Gronkowski so well as he entered his route that the Patriots tight end was never able to execute his fade route. The ball bounced incomplete and the Seahawks secured the
The Philadelphia Eagles are football team with tons of history, and great information. First, the were first founded in 1924 as the “Frankford Yellowjackets.” Bert Bell is the founder of the Frankford Yellowjackets he invested his own money into this team. After seven years of the team competing in AFL football the team went bankrupt in 1931. The city of Philadelphia was loving the football thing, and they demanded a team. A group led by Bert Bell founded the Philadelphia Eagles. They were one of the first teams in the NFL, and the commissioner of the NFL was Bert Bell. Going through many difficult season the Eagles won their first NFL championship in 1960, led by quarterback Norm Van Brocklin. After that the Eagles had bad times in the
In those 10 games spanning from the regular season all the way to the superbowl Nick Foles led the Eagles team to a 9-1 record, and played a vital role in the Eagles upset win over the New England Patriots. To finish off the season, in the Super Bowl Nick threw for nearly 400 passing yards along with 3 passing touchdowns. Nick cemented his spot in Eagles history with a game sealing receiving touchdown. Nick Foles knew what it took to be the best and he stepped up when his name was
Why are the eagles gonna go to the super bowl. I think the Eagles are gonna go to the super bowl. Because they did good last year plus they got a better running back then they did last year Demarco Murray. They also have a better QB than last year Sam Bradford. They also have a good backup running back. Back from last year they made it to the second round of the playoffs and lost to the Saints.
An Atlanta mother called 911 for help, when police entered the home they found a family massacre, now the mother of five children is behind bars for the deadly stabbing attack on her family.
Falcons quarterback, Matt Ryan, came out guns slinging for just one possession tonight. Ryan looked fantastic throwing 6-of-6 completions for 86 yards and a touchdown.
In last year’s NFL Draft, the Eagles used their first two picks to address the defensive side of the football. With their first round selection, they took defensive end Derek Barnett, who carved out his role and racked up five sacks. In the second round, the Eagles drafted cornerback Sidney Jones, who slid in the draft due to a torn Achilles but played in the regular season finale against the Dallas Cowboys.
Three… Two… One… And the buzzer goes off. The Athen Eagles are moving on to the state championship! The crowd is running on the floor, the band is playing their school song, and everyone's hugging the coaches and players. The final score was 60-63. The star player Nathan Bell hit the winning three in the left corner for his last chance at a state championship.
The Texas City disaster took place on April 16th, 1947, with the detonation of 2300 tons of ammonium nitrate, near the Texas City docks. The Grandcamp was set to embark on an assigned trip to Europe to help in the reconstruction of various countries in the aftermath of the Second World War. The ships were loaded with 32.5 % ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which is a high explosive used in military and mining operations. The result of which was a DDT which is a deflagration to detonation causing a massive explosion leading to many deaths, destroyed homes, and the surroundings being ruined. The leading causes of this horrific tragedy were poor transportation and storing laws of ammonium nitrate which was a main component in the disaster, if these two components had have been handled with more care the lives of innocent people would not have been lost.
Both defenses mitigated the playmaking elite passers from stretching the field, but it was Staubach who pulled off the unthinkable with the clock ticking. After the Vikings took a 14-10 lead on running back Brent McClanahan’s 1 yard rushing score, the Cowboys needed a touchdown on the games’ final drive.
In terms of the Eagles, they were awarded three players off the waiver wire. According to ESPN's Mike Reiss, the Eagles claimed New England Patriots linebacker rookie Kamu Grugier-Hill and were awarded former Baltimore Ravens safety Terrence Brooks and former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Bryce Treggs, according to 97.5 The Fanatic's Geoff Mosher.
Eagles vs. Lions in 2015 kicks off Thanksgiving football 4-6 Philadelphia Eagles go up against 3-7 Detroit Lions in Lion’s homefield The NFL will show three games on Thanksgiving Day, and to kick things off the first Thanksgiving football event is in Detroit where the Lions will host the Philadelphia Eagles in a fight between two teams that seem to be unexpectedly headed in reverse directions. Eagles struggling, lost last two games The Eagles won over the Dallas Cowboys in Week 9, which brought them to .500, but then they ended up losing games to both the Dolphins and the Buccaneers. Last weekend the Eagles lost 45-17 against the Buccaneers with Jameis Winston leading his team to victory.