9.27.2009

Eagles / Chiefs liveblog Second half

THIRD QUARTER

13:20 - KC ball, 3rd and 20 and they go with an off tackle run. Todd Haley has no confidence in this offense right now.

12:20 - D-Jax for 17. Kolb hangs in a collapsing pocket.

11:45 - Offense running well so they bring in Vick to slow things down. Around the end for 5. Yawn.

11:25 - Kolb to Maclin tickling the sideline for 9 yards and a first down. Lots of zip on the ball.

11:00 - Kolb to Maclin for 10. Surgical.

9:55 - Vick handoff to McCoy for 2. Biggest result is a hard hit to Shady's head.

9:15 - Akers from 38. 27-7 Eagles.

The line on Kevin Kolb: 18 for 26, 250 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT. Solid.

Larry Johnson, 12 carries for 20 yards

6:00 - 3rd and 1, Cassel stopped for -1 on a QB draw. Nice play by Bunkley. KC punt. FAKE! Snap to the upback. 1st down, KC.

4:56 - Larry Johnson FUNBLE, recovered by Quentin Mikell.

New terminology alert: Funble, a fumble recovered by your team. Self-explanatory.

KC challenge. Did Gocong strip before Johnson hit ground?

Call stands. Eagles ball, 1st and 10 on own 47.

2:30 - KC gashing with the run. LJ for 10. Bradley end around for 26. KC in Eagle territory.

Penalties - KC:8/70 Phi:3/20
KC 0/7 on 3rd down.

0:14 - 3rd and 14, KC run. 4th and 9 Eagles 46.

End of quarter: 27-7 Eagles

FOURTH QUARTER

9:36 - Mush. Back and forth. Most significant moment of the last 6 minutes was Omar Gaither walking by the open mic on the ref calling an illegal block in the back on KC and saying "good call ref".

Eagles ball at their own 28.

8:45 - Kolb laser to Celek for 15.
Celek 7-69 0TD
Jackson 6-149 1TD

6:43 - Kolb to Celek, over the middle, 35 yards TOUCHDOWN!
Celek 8-104 1TD
Jackson 6-149 1TD

4:40 - Eagles ball. Garcia in. Final stats on Kolb: 24/34 327 2TD 0INT Nice, nice game.

KC has no confidence in their offense. Down 27 with 6 minutes left, and they were still running.

4:35 - Fumble by Garcia on the QB exchange. KC recovery.

4:30 - Cassel fumbles in the shotgun, but falls on it.

3:59 - KC RB #25 Jamaal Charles 25 yard TD run called back on a holding call on #83 Bradley.

2:00 warning - 4th and 7, Matt Cassel pass to Terrance Copper for 8 yards. KC 1st and goal at the 9.

1:54 - Booby Wade WR screen, 9 yard run for the TD. 34-14.

BTW - I'm running 7-2 on my early game picks. Det, GB, SF, NE, Phi, NYG, Bal. Losing on Ten and Hou.

1:01 - Garcia takes a knee. One more to go into the bye 2-1.

FINAL SCORE: Eagles 34 Chiefs 14

Upcoming schedule: BYE, TB, @Oak, @Was. We can easily be 5-1 going into the heart of the schedule, back-to-back home games vs the Giants and Cowboys.

Final thoughts:
Kevin Kolb was very solid and, more impressively, poised under pressure.

Brent Celek is the real deal.

Defensive tackling was better, but there's much room for improvement. KC isn't the test.

The wildcat has to go. It contributed nothing. Kolb didn't need the help.

Ditch Vick. Not because of his old problems, but because using him slows down the offense and not using him will eventually be a distraction.

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