Ansah, Ebron, Levy out for Lions against Eagles

But Wentz said he saw an “alert” while breaking the huddle that signaled he should test the Lions with a long pass, so the eager 23-year-old let it rip.

Golden Tate got out of the doghouse and finally made a big play for the Detroit Lions. He still hasn’t turned the ball over, but there is a lot of ballgame left.

Sunday, October 9, the Philadelphia Eagles (3-0) take on the Detroit Lions (1-3). The Lions have gotten picked apart by all four quarterbacks, who have combined to throw 12 touchdowns and only one interception. Matthew Stafford threw five touchdown passes as the Lions had their way with the Eagles last Thanksgiving, but he has a much taller task this year against a revamped secondary. Carson Wentz will continue his claim as Philadelphia’s golden boy by completing over 70% of his passes, none of which will be intercepted, as the Birds continue their ideal start to the 2016 season. “Oftentimes, I know people want to make it as if that’s different. But we need to buckle down as week one”, Pederson said. The former big man on campus is a national star now and Wentz acknowledged that he got a little more attention than usual. “It’s special to have a kid like that, especially as a rookie”.

FAST FACTS: Eagles DE Brandon Graham aims for a fourth consecutive game with a sack. After a defensive stop, the Lions went the length of the field again, scoring on Riddick’s second receiving touchdown, a 17-yard play, to lead 14-0 at the end of the first quarter.

Wentz still had a solid game, completing 25-of-33 passes for 238 yards with two touchdowns and the game-ending interception that ultimately sealed the Eagles’ fate. They’ve looked stellar for the first 3 weeks of this season, and Wentz looks like the guy who should’ve went first overall. For the third time in four games, he finished with a passer rating above 100, checking out at 102.8. Many looked to be unfair but several were of the Eagles’ own doing like a pair of delay of games calls on Wentz.

It proved to be an very bad time for the Eagles’ first turnover of the season. That was plenty of time to get into Sturgis’ range, which was quite substantial based on his three earlier field goals. “We’ve done it before in practice”. Slay couldn’t believe it. “Well-spoken”, Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich said of Schwartz.

“Little deeper than I expected him to be”, Stafford said of Tate’s route, which initially took him all the way across the field on a crossing route. He’s really throwing this.

Eagles head coach Doug Pederson identified Vaitai as a real option to step in at right tackle if veteran Lane Johnson was to lose his appeal of a 10-game suspension for using PEDs. Campbell’s interception of a deflected pass set up Arizona’s first score on a 21-yard pass from Stanton to Fitzgerald with 1:40 left in the half.

“It’s worth a shot”, he said.

Wentz was more upset about the pass than the decision. It wasn’t a ideal throw. “We thought we had a chance there”.

There have been a lot of upsets in the first four weeks of the 2016 National Football League season, but that trend will only last for so long.

The Eagles win this one.

There is work to be done.