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Birds 24/7

Eagles-Panthers Game Review: The Defense

A position-by-position review of the Eagles’ defensive performance against the Panthers, after having reviewed the game.

Birds 24/7

Eagles-Panthers Game Review: The Offense

mccoy1aA position-by-position review of how the Eagles’ offense performed against the Panthers, after having reviewed the game.

Birds 24/7

How the Eagles Scored Two TDs On the Same Play

brown-block1Nick Foles saw five defenders in the box, and so his decision was simple: hand the ball off to Bryce Brown.

Matt Barkley got a 2 vs. 2 matchup he liked on the perimeter, and so he threw the screen outside to Greg Salas.

The play-calls were exactly the same. Yet the quarterbacks made two different decisions, both which resulted in touchdowns.

We talked about run-pass options in this space over the weekend. And Grantland’s Chris Brown explained them further in his terrific piece about Chip Kelly’s offense. After Monday’s practice, we caught up with several players to gain a better understanding of the “packaged play” concept.

Birds 24/7

Eagles-Patriots Game Review: The Offense

Notes on Lane Johnson, the quarterbacks, Greg Salas and others in our game review of the Eagles’ offense.

Birds 24/7

Eagles-Patriots Game Review: The Defense

Vinny CurryHere’s what we saw from the Eagles’ defense after having reviewed Friday night’s game against the Patriots. Notes on Vinny Curry, Fletcher Cox, Jake Knott and others.

Birds 24/7

No-22: What We Saw From Chip Kelly’s Offense

Chip Kelly said after Friday’s game that his up-tempo package is just one of many tools in his toolbox.

The truth is, it’s likely to become the foundation of his offense. It’s what Kelly had so much success with at Oregon. It’s what the Eagles have been practicing all offseason long. And it’s a style that other NFL teams are already having success with.

But as we saw Friday night, there’s more to it than just tempo.

Here’s a review of what we saw after reviewing the TV tape.

Restaurants

Adam Erace Says Serpico Is Extraordinary

Adam Erace says that Serpico is everything we wanted it to be and maybe even more. The dashi haunts my dreams. It comes ice cold, […]

Restaurants

Cheap Eats: Farmer’s Road Drive Thru

In the cover story of the current issue of The Atlantic, David H. Freedman lays out an argument to soothe the stomach of every Bloomberg-hating, […]

Restaurants

Trying To Do Right at Morgan’s Pier

Trey Popp laments the loss of George Sabatino’s $30 three-course dinner menu at Morgan’s Pier. On the first weekend of June, four weeks after it […]

Restaurants

Unorthodox Indian at Indeblue

Trey Popp visits Indeblue’s Midtown Village location and finds that chef Rakesh Ramola is willing to go far afield in order to appeal to Philadelphia diners. […]

City Life

Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Unorthodox Indian Food at Indeblue

At Indeblue, where you can dip pulled-pork samosas in blue-cheese sauce and mop up apple/goat cheese chutney with bacon-wrapped bison kabobs, one of the thornier […]

City Life

Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Finer Summer Picnic Fare at Morgan’s Pier

It’s awkward to start a restaurant review with a coroner’s report, especially about a place that’s still thronged with customers. But sometimes autopsy is the […]

Restaurants

Adam Erace reviews South Philly’s Ratchada

From Cafe de Laos to Ratchada, the South Philly Thai/Lao haven may have changed its name, but to Erace, it’s still bringing the heat—both literally […]

Restaurants

Where We’re Eating: Luke’s Lobster

Two things you need to know about Luke’s Lobster. One, you should go right now. And two, if you didn’t hear me the first time, […]

Restaurants

Where We’re Eating: Penang

For me, Penang was always one of the restaurants that defined Philly’s Chinatown. Before I lived here, it was the place my wife and I […]