Eagles drown Jaguars in dominant second half
PHILADELPHIA --
Lamine Diane Jersey 's halftime me sage to his team was simple: Execute. threw two in the second half and the rallied from 17-0 deficit to beat the 34-17 Sunday. "You can't lose your head out there," Kelly said. "You have to understand that it's a long game. We felt there were plays to be made." Foles overcame three turnovers in the first half and threw a to early in the fourth quarter to give the their first lead. 17 yards for a TD to seal the win. threw two to rookie in the first quarter as the (0-1) jumped ahead of the defending NFC East champion (1-0) early.But the Jags couldn't sustain their succe s."It's going to be a good le son for us to take a look at this game and see it is going to be a full 60 minutes that you have to play," coach said.The scored TDs on their first two po se sions in the third quarter to get within 17-14. hit a 51-yard field goal on his first career attempt in the fourth to tie it at 17-17.Then Foles made a perfect deep throw to a wide-open Maclin for the longest pa s of his career to put the ahead 24-17."We tried that about five times. We finally got it," Kelly said. had a in his debut with Philadelphia. caught a from
Terrance Ferguson Jersey Foles.Hurns, a rookie free agent from Miami, became the first player with a pair of touchdown receptions in the first quarter of his NFL debut. He scored on his first two catches."There's a lot of good things that we did. But at the end of the day, we didn't finish," Hurns said.Foles rebounded from an awful first half to finish with 322 yards pa sing. He had two fumbles and one pick in the first 20 minutes after he had only four turnovers (two fumbles, two INTs) in a breakout season last year that ended with him being offensive MVP of the ."When you face adversity, you have to respond," Foles said. "You can't get frustrated. We made corrections and kept playing."Early on, the barely resembled the offense that set several team records in 2013. The stifled Kelly's up-tempo attack, limiting the to only 129 yards in the first half.Sproles got them going. He made a one-handed catch and turned it into an 8-yard gain right before he burst up the middle for a 49
Derrick Walton Jersey -yard TD run on fourth-and-one. The longest run in Sproles' nine-year career cut the deficit to 17-7."We knew they were getting kind of tired," Sproles said. "We hurried up on them and they weren't even set. They left a big hole in the middle of the field and that's what you want to see as a running back."After the Jags went three-and-out, Sproles returned a punt 22 yards to the 40. On third-and-5, Foles hit Ertz over the middle for a score to get the within 17-14.In the first half, Foles looked nothing like the guy who posted one of the best statistical seasons in history last year. He had
Julius Erving Jersey 27 touchdown pa ses and only two interceptions, setting an NFL record for best TD/interception ratio. His pa ser rating of 119.2 was the third-highest ever.Foles lost fumbles on Philadelphia's first two po se sions, setting up both of Jacksonville's touchdowns.First, Henne connected with Hurns on a 34-yard TD
Chris Webber Jersey pa s to make it 7-0. Henne then hit Hurns for a 21-yard score on slant pa s to make it 14-0. nailed a 49-yard field goal to put the up 17-0 in the second quarter.The were at the Jags 5 when Foles threw an interception to in the back of the end zone.NOTES: All-Pro LG sustained a left knee injury in the first half. RT injured his right ankle. Kelly had no updates. ... SS and LB left with head injuries. ... DE blocked Scobee's 36-yard field goal to keep it at 17-0.Copyright 2014 by The A sociated Pre s