Bad field position combined with overall terrible play has let the Eagles kick it into gear. Kevin K

PHILADELPHIA - OCTOBER 17: LeSean McCoy #25 of the Philadelphia Eagles runs against Brent Grimes #20 of the Atlanta Falcons during their game at Lincoln Financial Field on October 17 2010 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) Kevin Kolb was highly ford rent a car mountain home efficient in throwing for 326 yards and a career-high three touchdowns, and the Philadelphia Eagles trounced the visiting Atlanta Falcons , 31-17.
Kolb, who has been mired in a much-publicized quarterback controversy with the injured Michael Vick , completed 23-of-29 passes and was picked off once for the Eagles (4-2), who have won four of their last five games and notched their first home victory in three tries.
One thing that I really saw (while Vick started) was the way Mike plays the game, Kolb said. He s out there just playing the game. Sometimes, as a quarterback, you want to execute things so efficiently that you forget to just play the game. I ve been doing that for a lot of years now, and I don t worry about the execution things ford rent a car mountain home and who to get the ball to.
The main target of the game was Jeremy Maclin , who caught seven balls for a career-best 159 yards and two touchdowns, ford rent a car mountain home including one that went for 83 yards. DeSean Jackson added a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown before being knocked out of the game with a head injury early in the second quarter on a scary hit from Atlanta s Dunta Robinson , who also left the game.
Matt Ryan was largely ineffective in his second homecoming for Atlanta (4-2), connecting on just 23-of-42 throws for 250 yards with two touchdowns to Tony Gonzalez and an interception. The Philadelphia-area native fell to 0-2 in his career at Lincoln Financial Field.
Obviously, today was a tough afternoon for our football ford rent a car mountain home team in all three phases, said Falcons head coach Mike Smith . We gave up way too many explosive plays. We ve got a whole lot of work to do, obviously, as a football team. It was a very tough day for the Falcons.
Atlanta went three-and-out on the game s first series, and Philadelphia gained possession at its own 47. After Kolb hit Maclin on a 22-yard pass play, Jackson got an end around to the left and sprinted his way past the defense before just getting over the goal line for a 31-yard touchdown three minutes into the game.
The Falcons looked to cut into their deficit, as a 42-yard completion from Ryan to Jenkins put them in field goal range. Matt Bryant s 41-yard attempt, however, banged off the left upright and fell to the field.
Kolb made Atlanta pay for its mistake, driving the Eagles downfield 69 yards in just six plays. Jackson finished off the possession ford rent a car mountain home by catching a perfect pass over the middle in the end zone from 34 yards out for a 14-0 lead with 6:50 still left in the opening quarter.
The Falcons offense gained just one first down combined on their next three drives on an Eagles defensive penalty and Philadelphia extended its lead to 21 points midway ford rent a car mountain home through the second after a 44-yard punt return by Jorrick Calvin gave the hosts good field position.
The return put the Eagles at the Falcons 34, and Kolb directed a seven-play drive that ended when Maclin made a diving touchdown grab just over the goal line near the right pylon from eight yards away.
Philadelphia was driving late in the first half until a tipped pass resulted in an interception. Kolb was whistled for a horse-collar tackle, which gave the Falcons the ball on the Eagles 31 with just under a minute left. After a pass interference call in the end zone, Ryan hit Gonzalez on a one-yard scoring pass with 14 seconds ford rent a car mountain home left for a 14-point game.
Bryant drilled a 26-yard field goal with seven minutes left in the third to cut Atlanta s deficit to 10, but the Eagles had an immediate answer, as Kolb found Maclin streaking down the left sideline wide open for an 83-yard touchdown toss less than a minute later.
Ryan s 13-yard touchdown pass to Gonzalez with 5:40 left in the game brought the Falcons to within 11, but Atlanta didn t get the onside kick, and David Akers 30-yard field goal gave Philadelphia a 31-17 lead with three minutes to play.
Akers went 1-for-4 on field goal attempts, giving him three missed three field goals in the game for the first time in his career The Eagles, who played without starting left tackle Jason Peters , allowed only one sack while recording three two from Trent Cole Philadelphia running back LeSean McCoy had 64 yards rushing on 21 carries and added four catches for 21 yards Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel had an interception, giving him 31 since 2006, the most in the NFL during ford rent a car mountain home that time The Eagles have won six of the last seven meetings between ford rent a car mountain home the teams.
David Akers finally got his range back to kick a 31 yard field goal to give the Eagles the 14 point lead. The Falcons will now fall to 4-2 and the Eagles will rise to 4-2 at the conclusion of the game.
Not good news everyone, Falcons linebacker Curtis Lofton went down with an injury but walked off by his own power. For a game that just hasn t gone the Falcons way this is just salt poured onto the wounds.
ford rent a car mountain home Amazing how when you are behind things in the passing game start to open up. Tony Gonzalez scored a touchdown to make things look a little bit more respectable, ford rent a car mountain home but Falcons fans know full well that the offense has been completely mediocre for three games in a row now.
The game has entered a lull as we head into the second half of the fourth quarter. The Eagles have scored whenever they wanted and if not for three missed field goals by David Akers the margin could be a lot worse.
It remains 28-10 but the Falcons have not shown any offensive punch that would lead us to believe they could complete the comeback. On a positive note, Michael ford rent a car mountain home Jenkins needs only six yards to notch a career-high in receiving yards. He has four catches for 78 yards in his first game back.
At first it looked like this was going to be DeSean Jackson s day after he started the first quarter with 78 yards and two touchdowns. Jackson s day, however, was cut short with a head injury opening the door for Jeremy Maclin to light the Falcons secondary ford rent a car mountain home on fire.
In a huge momentum swing, Matt Ryan found Tony Gonzalez in the end zone to bring the halftime deficit ford rent a car mountain home to only 14. Two plays after Harry Douglas got the pass interference ford rent a car mountain home call putting the ball on the one-yard-line, Gonzalez cashed in.
Bad field position combined with overall terrible play has let the Eagles kick it into gear. Kevin Kolb is getting plenty of time and making all the right reads, Philadelphia is simply outplaying Atlanta.
As the Eagles came marching down the field again Dunta Robinson layed some wood on DeSean Jackson as he tried to stop the first down. Both Robinson and Jackson left the field with assistance as they head to the locker room.
An already dull day gets a little worse as third-string running back Antone Smith went down with an injury on a special ford rent a car mountain home teams play. It seemed Smith was a little giddy walking off the field as it seemed it was an injury to the back.
It s all well and good to say the Falcons never start off well, but a 14-0 hole, is a 14-0 hole. The Falcons offense can t finish drives, the defense can t stop them. The Eagles are out playing, out executing and in my view are out coaching the Falcons.
INJURY UPDATE : Eagles starting CB Ellis Hobbs down for a minute ford rent a car mountain home on the turf, eventually walked off slowly under own power. #atlphi10 less than a minute ago via TweetDeck Atlanta_Falcons Atlanta_Falcons
We can put the speculation to rest now. The Atlanta Falcons will not see Michael Vick in today s game at Lincoln Financial Field. As much as Vick wants to play against his former team, it s apparent that Andy Reid thinks he s the Eagles future at quarterback and doesn t want to risk aggravating his rib injury.
All eyes have been on Vick this week so it s somewhat surprising he was late to the stadium and now not warming up with the team. Jay Glazer also reported that Vick could enter the game if he needed to handoff but he can t take a hit with the rib cartilage damage.
But the Atlanta team the Eagles rolled over last season was banged up and disheartened. And I have to wonder if the way Reid let Vick roll up the score that day in the Georgia Dome really set all that well with Vick s former teammates. Atlanta never wronged Vick or did anything that should make him want to seek revenge; in fact, it was the other way around, Vick s prison term leaving the Falcons franchise briefly in ruins.
Bowen picks the Falcons to win 20-13 based largely on this revenge scenario. It is unfortunate that Michael Vick will not be playing in this one since it would have brought the story full circle. There s a chance he could still get in the game, but it s not likely, though Jason Kirk thinks Vick will find a way to make it happen.
We found out this morning that Vick would be the team s third quarterback meaning the chances ford rent a car mountain home that the Falcons would get to exact some revenge for last season s 34-7 Eagles win, would be slim at best.
Now it appears Vick will be a footnote in this crucial NFC matchup. Kevin Kolb vs. the Atlanta Falcons doesn t have the same ring to it, but I don t see a whole lot of Falcons fans complaining about that.
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Kevin Kolb will get the start at quarterback for the Eagles but it will be Mike Kafka and not Michael Vick who will back him up. Vick, who is recovering from rib cartilage damage, ford rent a car mountain home will be the team s emergency third quarterback.
Michael Vick will be listed as the Eagles No. 3 quarterback in Sunday s game against the Atlanta Falcons , meaning he isn t quite ready to return from a rib cartilage injury sustained two weeks ago. Rookie Mike Kafka, who hasn t played in an NFL regular-season game, will be Kolb s backup.
The listing of Vick as the third quarterback