Super Bowl Wrap Up

Congrats to the Eagles on pouncing on a Pats team that looked vulnerable this year, and not letting go until the end of the game.  Neither defense was particularly steadfast yesterday, combining to stop just 4 drives short of gaining 50% of their potential yards.  One of them was likely the most key of the game, when Brandon Graham shoved the ball out of Tom Brady's hand with just over 2 minutes to go in the game.  Without that stop, the Eagles very likely lose this game.  Also, Nick Foles should get a huge amount of credit for this victory.  The Eagles backs had several big plays, but were largely inefficient on the day.  Foles completed 65% of his passes, and should have had more if Alshon Jeffrey doesn't lose the ball in the air and flip it to a Pats DB.  He threw into tight windows all day and only a couple of passes were not basically perfectly placed. 

One of the real turning points in the game that is tough to quantify was the loss of Brandin Cooks for the Pats.  The Eagles had been one of the best team's at defending the deep ball all season, but the Pats were able to get in 8 deep passing plays, of the 13 they attempted.  If Cooks had played more, that number could be higher.  It also likely would have opened up things for the Pats backs a bit more, since Malcolm Jenkins likely would not have been able to play short on them so often.  It should also be pointed out that Tom Brady looked off.  He hit a bunch of chunk plays (45% of total yards were deep passing plays), but for most of the early part of the game he threw behind receivers or overshot them.  The Eagles got some pressure but mostly later in the game. So this might just be the first true sign of father time catching up to him.