Eagles Overcome Five Turnovers, Edge Browns 17-16

Michael Vick threw four interceptions, but his touchdown pass to Clay Harbor with 1:18 remaining gave the Philadelphia Eagles a 17-16 victory over the Cleveland Browns in a Week 1 nail-biter.

Vick, coming off a career-high 14 interceptions last season, made up for a sloppy 3 1/2 quarters by guiding the Eagles on a 16-play, 91-yard drive that ended in Harbor's four-yard score.

Brandon Weeden, the first Browns rookie to start the season under center in the Super Bowl era, was intercepted for the fourth time on the ensuing possession to seal the outcome.

Vick finished with 317 yards on 29-of-56 passes and also threw a touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin, who hauled in seven passes for 96 yards.

LeSean McCoy rushed for 110 yards on 20 carries, but accounted for another turnover with a fumble.

Source: Sports Network

 

i took them in 2 of my succide pools so i was really rooting for them today. i was getting nervious towards the end but luckly they pulled it off

 

Lol the Browns...

 

Would've been over with the pick in the end zone

 

hey atleast we dident get a L like some nfc east team

 

The Eagles did almost everything possible to lose this game and the Browns still lost.....god, they stink.

 

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I'd prefer and L then squeaking out a win against the Browns, the freaking BROWNS!?!?!?!?! Nice 4 pick performance Vick, suck my rod.

 

If you're serious you belong on a freaking short bus

 

watch the giants lose to them

 

The Browns forced those turnovers. It's not like Vick sucks. Defense looked legit. Weeden on the other hand..... What did he do to earn the starting position?

McCoy would have won this game by double digits. Or he could have come in after Weeden's 4 INTs (and 2 fumbles, even though Browns recovered both) and won it by 2. Maybe starting over for the 30th time in 13 years wouldn't be so bad.

 

First off, it doesn't matter if it's 1 or 25 points. They're not going to turn a team away from the playoffs because they have more wins but 1 barely came against the Browns. Again, it's a win.

Second, Brandon Weeden is AWFUL.
Third, Michael Vick played AWFUL.
Fourth, the Eagles AND Browns defense brought it today. People need to be off Ryans saying he's done and such. The man was a stud today and unlike most Eagles linebackers the last 2 seasons he actually tackled people, even in the open field. This game scared the CRAP out of me but Vick is ironing out the kinks. I think he played smart with the exception of those rushed throws which turned into INT's but he's showed he can throw the ball away and make the smartish decisions. This offense showed signs of brilliance but then shot themselves right in the foot. I look forward to seeing what the future brings.

 

And anyone that says they'd rather get an L than barely beating the Browns is a moron. No offense to anyone who may have said that. Wins get you in the playoffs. And generally wins before Week 7 are a good thing.

 

you're really stretching the definition of forced IMO.

 

I actually very much agree with this. McCoy should be starting in Cleveland he is the far better QB at this point. The Browns defense is young and scrappy. They play hard from start to finish. They were a dropped pick in the endzone away from single handedly winning this game because the Browns Offense is terrible.

Vick is not crap he's a good QB he didn't throw the ball to the Browns D thinking they were Desean Jackson the D played damn good football and forced those picks. They pressured Vick all game long.

A stat for you. Vick was hurried or pressured more times than ANY QUARTERBACK IN THE LAST 40 YEARS in this game. That is the definition of forcing bad plays. Pressure the QB.

According to Elias Sports the last QB to be pressured more times than Vick in this game was in 1960.

 

That stat was in the local paper today it also said that the pressure in this game alone was double the most pressure Vick had in a single game before yesterday.

 

well maybe a run play or two to keep the defense honest would've helped but hell, what do i know i'm just a fan.

 

Oh no most certainly the Eagles should have ran the ball A LOT more than they did

 

The o-line didn't play great, no question. But if his dumb butt could read blitzes and get rid of the ball earlier than 7 seconds, that might force off the dogs and make it so the Browns couldn't bring heat every down.

 

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Please stop making excuses for his crapty excuse of a game.