NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nick Foles got the Philadelphia Eagles off to a fast start
Jay Ajayi Jersey , only to be robbed of another fantastic finish by a veteran receiver’s uncharacteristic drop.“
football. It’s tough,” Foles said after a tense 20-14 divisional playoff loss in
New Orleans on Sunday. “We started the game off hot, battled the rest of the
game and gave ourselves an opportunity to win at the end.”Indeed, Foles had the
Eagles inside the Saints 30 with just less than two minutes left when his
accurate slant pass bounced off of normally reliable receiver Alshon Jeffery’s
hands and fell into the arms of Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore, virtually
sealing Philadelphia’s fate.“I honestly felt at the bottom of my heart that when
we walked out on the field, we’d been in that situation so many times that we
were going to find a way to score a touchdown,” said Eagles tight end Zach Ertz,
whose 16-yard catch over the middle helped get Philadelphia’s final drive
rolling. “We were really close. That’s how it’s been all year. We’ve been
extremely close a lot of times, and it just wasn’t our year.”After
all
http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-jason-kelce-jersey , Foles engineered late, go-ahead drives in the playoffs a week earlier and last
season in the Super Bowl.Time will tell if that was Foles’ finale with
Philadelphia. The Eagles might not be able to justify keeping him around as they
continue to develop young franchise QB Carson Wentz.They must decide by
mid-February if they want to exercise a $20 million option to keep Foles —
likely as a backup — for 2019.But if this was it, Foles latest performance won’t
tarnish his Eagles legacy.“We went out there and gave it everything we had
tonight,” said Foles, who finished 18 for 31 passing for 201 yards, one
touchdown passing, one short rushing TD and two interceptions. “Everybody has to
keep their head up high because that’s what it’s about. Sometimes you win and
sometimes you lose. I don’t have any regrets.”With his score on a keeper in the
fourth quarter, Foles joined Pittsburgh QB Kordell Stewart and New York Jets
running back Freeman McNeil as the only players in the Super Bowl era with at
least one TD on a pass, catch and a run in their career playoff games.“There’s
always throws you’d like to have back,” Eagles coach Doug Peterson said. “But
the way he hung in there and battled and gave our offense a chance to go down
there and possibly win this football games
Womens Chance Warmack Jersey , I thought overall he played pretty well.”Foles filled in memorably last season when Wentz had a knee injury and led
the Eagles to their first NFL title since 1960, going 5-0 in games that he
started and finished.Foles returned to the starting lineup after a back injury
sidelined Wentz last month and led the Eagles to four straight wins, including a
16-15 comeback victory at Chicago in the wild-card round.Foles’ uncanny knack
for staying poised under pressure was no less evident in New Orleans than in his
previous high-stakes triumphs. He largely mitigated the effects of the deafening
din of the Superdome with his calm decisiveness. He was not sacked and made only
one pivotal mistake — an underthrown downfield pass that intercepted by
Lattimore as the Eagles were seeking to build on their early two-TD lead.“I was
trying to take a shot down the field and needed to get the ball another foot or
so,” Foles said. “Lattimore made a good play.”The Saints capitalized on that
turnover with a long, gritty drive made it 14-7, and New Orleans methodically
scored 13 more unanswered points to pull out their sixth straight home playoff
victory since coach Sean Payton and QB Drew Brees joined forces in New Orleans
in 2006.Foles also could have used more time with the ball. The Saints dominated
time of possession by nearly 33 minutes to 12 during the last three
quarters.“He’s a good quarterback, man. He got the ball out quick. He did a good
job of surveying the defense and trying to find out where to fit the ball in,”
Saints defensive tackle Tyeler Davison said. “He had good poise in the pocket.
But at the end of the day, he can only do what he can do.“Our game plan was to
get after him, make him uncomfortable back there in the pocket and I feel like
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Lang-USA TODAY SportsThe Philadelphia Eagles had a speed need at wide receiver.
The Philadelphia Eagles had a need at defensive tackle. Howie Roseman acted
swiftly in alleviating both. Neither move impacts the compensatory pick formula
negatively. Both moves make the team better.Desean Jackson’s return bolsters a
group that still has a decision looming. Nelson Agholor’s option becomes fully
guaranteed on March 13th. If the Eagles’ wanted to get him off the books, this
move ensures another full-on “Weapons For Wentz” overhaul wouldn’t be necessary.
Not only that, but his route tree success rates match up well with Carson
Wentz’s best throws:Teams will have to respect Jackson’s deep speed, as the
Eagles found out in Week 2 on his 75-yard touchdown. There’s also Alshon Jeffery
who began demanding cone bracket coverage on the backside of trip formations.
Simply put, the Eagles will enter the season more dangerous than in 2018.Adding
to the haul of the day was the acquisition of former Jacksonville Jaguars’
defensive tackle Malik Jackson. This allows the Eagles’ to not feel the need to
reach for a defensive tackle in the 2019 NFL Draft and also adds a darn good,
productive player. The price of a 3-year, $30M deal isn’t bad either considering
that’s roughly what they were planning to pay Timmy Jernigan anyway.We talk
about the impact of Desean and Malik on The Kist & Solak Show #84! We also
dig into the details of Jason Peters’ contract and say goodbye to Stefen
Wisniewski. And of course we react to Nick Foles securing the bag from the
Jaguars.Listen to all of it on the media player below or click here if the
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