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Had a chance to watch Kyle McCord's performance from Saturday, after DVR'ing it from the rerun on NFL network.
Game was weird. Philly sat a BUNCH of key players, including several starting caliber OL, and offense for both teams was pedestrian.
Philly also played two QBs -- DTR and McCord. And alternated them back and forth in both halves, which is a weird way to get either QB into the flow of the game. I think the intent was for the team to move McCord "up" so that he was getting run with the 2nd stringers, instead of with the 3rd / 4th / 5th stringers like in the first preseason game, to get a more accurate gauge on his capabilities.
During the first series he played, which came midway through the second half, Philly established the run and Cleveland couldn't stop it. Despite playing some 2nd string RB, they were consistently opening holes, and the playcalling kept the ball on the ground. Once they got into the red zone, McCord threw the ball twice, and had a TD pass on a slant, where the receiver got inside the CB for a relatively easy score.
The announcers were speculating about whether the Eagles would play McCord for the rest of the game, and he started the 3rd quarter [but then they went back to DTR, in the alternating fashion described above]. McCord strung together a couple of first downs, and had three consecutive compleitions at one point to some random WR struggling to make the team. The drive bogged down and resulted in a punt.
Then they went back to DTR, then McCord later on. As the game progressed into the 4th quarter, McCord started having players further down the roster out there, and the results slipped a bit. On one play, he hit a WR in coverage, and the ball popped up for an INT, but it was nullified by a Cleveland penalty.
DTR threw a pick six, and then sat the rest of the game, leaving McCord to finish up the game in mop up duty. Things got sloppy, but I think it had more to do with the personnel than McCord. At one point, there was a Cleveland offsides penalty, so 1st and 5, and Philly couldn't convert. They had a run for no gain. Then a quick pass out to the RB on the left side in space, that should have gone for 10+ yards but the RB botched the catch. Then McCord had two consecutive incompletions, turning the ball over on downs.
He got flushed from the pocket a couple of times, and forced to throw the ball away [just like at SU]. He also had a "tush push" run on 3rd down, and in true Eagles fashion picked up the first down easily.
Overall, it was a markedly better performance from the first preseason game, but it was an up and down performance. I saw from one of the posts over the weekend [and I was scrollling fast, so might have misread] that McCord threw a pick six, but it turned out that was DTR. Was relieved it wasn't Kyle.
Game was weird. Philly sat a BUNCH of key players, including several starting caliber OL, and offense for both teams was pedestrian.
Philly also played two QBs -- DTR and McCord. And alternated them back and forth in both halves, which is a weird way to get either QB into the flow of the game. I think the intent was for the team to move McCord "up" so that he was getting run with the 2nd stringers, instead of with the 3rd / 4th / 5th stringers like in the first preseason game, to get a more accurate gauge on his capabilities.
During the first series he played, which came midway through the second half, Philly established the run and Cleveland couldn't stop it. Despite playing some 2nd string RB, they were consistently opening holes, and the playcalling kept the ball on the ground. Once they got into the red zone, McCord threw the ball twice, and had a TD pass on a slant, where the receiver got inside the CB for a relatively easy score.
The announcers were speculating about whether the Eagles would play McCord for the rest of the game, and he started the 3rd quarter [but then they went back to DTR, in the alternating fashion described above]. McCord strung together a couple of first downs, and had three consecutive compleitions at one point to some random WR struggling to make the team. The drive bogged down and resulted in a punt.
Then they went back to DTR, then McCord later on. As the game progressed into the 4th quarter, McCord started having players further down the roster out there, and the results slipped a bit. On one play, he hit a WR in coverage, and the ball popped up for an INT, but it was nullified by a Cleveland penalty.
DTR threw a pick six, and then sat the rest of the game, leaving McCord to finish up the game in mop up duty. Things got sloppy, but I think it had more to do with the personnel than McCord. At one point, there was a Cleveland offsides penalty, so 1st and 5, and Philly couldn't convert. They had a run for no gain. Then a quick pass out to the RB on the left side in space, that should have gone for 10+ yards but the RB botched the catch. Then McCord had two consecutive incompletions, turning the ball over on downs.
He got flushed from the pocket a couple of times, and forced to throw the ball away [just like at SU]. He also had a "tush push" run on 3rd down, and in true Eagles fashion picked up the first down easily.
Overall, it was a markedly better performance from the first preseason game, but it was an up and down performance. I saw from one of the posts over the weekend [and I was scrollling fast, so might have misread] that McCord threw a pick six, but it turned out that was DTR. Was relieved it wasn't Kyle.
