We can overthink this game of football, right? Sometimes it just comes down to beating the man across the line of scrimmage from you and making a play. And that’s what happened with the Eagles’ offense on Sunday: They were down by 19 points and they needed to make plays.
And boy, oh boy, did they make plays.
The Eagles roared back in the second half to win the game, 33-26, scoring 26 unanswered points. They opened up the passing game, connecting on plays that gained 38, 33, 25, and 23 yards. Faced with a large deficit, the Eagles responded to the challenge and found something.
After two games in which they controlled the offense with a short passing game and a commitment to the run, the Eagles shocked the Los Angeles Rams’ defense with a vertical passing attack.
As they move forward with eyes on another huge challenge – Sunday at Tampa against the 3-0 Buccaneers, could the lessons learned from the win at Lincoln Financial Field serve as something to build upon?
“We definitely are going to try and build on this momentum in the second half,” saidsaid wide receiver A.J. Brown, who caught six passes for 109 yards and a touchdown in the second half on nine targets. “There are a lot of things we can do to get better. We’re going to learn what we did in the first half and continue to learn what we did in the second half and try to keep the momentum going.”