Philadelphia Eagles Research Paper

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After defeating the Atlanta Falcons last Sunday for their second straight victory, the Philadelphia Eagles took their talents on the road to CenturyLink Field against the Seattle Seahawks. The Eagles came into today's game with a record of 1-4 on the road. Nevertheless, the Eagles were not able to change their fortunes as they were dominated on both sides of the ball, losing to the Seahawks 26-15.

To open up the game, the Eagles' defense did an excellent job of forcing Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and their offense into an early 3 and out.

However, the Eagles' offense could not do anything on their opening possession, despite getting a defensive pass interference penalty called on Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman.

On the Seahawks'
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The Eagles' offense, however, finally put together a beautiful scoring drive, where they stuck with the running game and got all three tight ends …show more content…
Seahawks kicker Steven Hauschka made a 21-yard field goal, increasing their lead over the Eagles to 16-7.

Lastly, before the first half ended, the Eagles' offense got the ball back but Wentz was intercepted by Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor.

In the second half, both teams traded punts but on the Eagles' second offensive possession, Wentz threw his second interception of the game. This time, he was intercepted by Sherman as he was trying to fit a deep ball to wide receiver Bryce Treggs.

After the Eagles' second turnover of the game, the Seahawks' offense put together another scoring drive, which ended in some trickery as Baldwin threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Wilson. With 7:31 left in the third quarter, the Seahawks held a commanding 23-7 lead over the Eagles.

If things could not get worse for the Eagles, they were without running backs Ryan Mathews and Darren Sproles for the rest of the game due to

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