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Eydugstr
It was a tough game. The Eagles are a lot better team than they're given credit for, much improved from the Chip Kelly squads.
Like m/c pointed out, the aggravating thing for me was the O-line. Their front seven went through us like a hot knife through butter. Even trying to settle down and just run the ball at the beginning of the game wasn't working. Don't think that we really backed them down any at all, until Alex Smith started running the ball.
Kareem Hunt's move to get the ball in the end zone...priceless. How he saw that, or even just reacted to do that, while being surrounded by that many arms, legs and eagles jerseys...Great job. Even if the Zebras had called that one the other way, believe he still would've punched it in right after.
It sucked that Smith didn't connect with Tyreek Hill on the long pass. He missed another opportunity to Wilson later in the game as well, when he caught the Eagles trying to blitz. Alex did throw some erratic passes today. But I'm glad they didn't give up on the deep ball, later in the game he connected with Conley on a nice pass.
Sorensen played well from start to finish. Chris Jones got better as the game went along. The defense really stepped up today when we needed it.
Tough win but still a win. In a way I'm grateful because it shows us what we need to work on.
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