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Chip Kelly met with the home media Monday afternoon to talk about his team’s win over Giants and answer a few questions about who will play quarterback against Tampa Bay this Sunday. Mike Vick missed the second half of the game against the Giants with a hamstring strain and is day-to-day for Sunday’s matchup in Tampa Bay.
The Giants fell to 0-5 for the first time since 1987, when replacement players were responsible for three of those defeats, and the first time in a non-strike season since 1979. From 1990-2012, 48 teams started 0-5. None of them made the playoffs.
We’ve got quite a day planned here moving ahead. I said basically what I needed to say. I usually do it on Sunday. Again, unfortunately the game is very, very close at the end of the third quarter and we did not get the job done and it’s my job and I take full responsibility for it. I know that we’re maligning my quarterback today and believe me, there’s a bunch of people involved in that. Those things don’t happen just one on one now. It’s a team concept. Whether you have a pressure situation, whether you have somebody that comes loose in front of him and he tries to move, whether the receiver doesn’t do what he’s supposed to do, whether people don’t come back for the ball… whatever it is. It’s a team game, and yes, the head coach is the guy that’s responsible for the losses, and the players need to be there for each other in all circumstances and in this one, criticizing the quarterback for the outcome for everything there at the end of the game really is not right.
The Eagles defense came up big in the fourth quarter, leading the Birds to a 36-21 win over the New York Football Giants at MetLife Stadium in a game that effectively ended Big Blue’s season.
Right tackle David Diehl, Future Hall of Fame guard Chris Snee and starting center David Baas have all been out significant time this season.
Rookie right tackle Justin Pugh – a Bucks County native – has had his ups and downs.
Diehl is expected to be back and starting at right guard.
Eagles head coach Chip Kelly answers questions from the New York Giants Media via about this Sunday’s game against between Big Blue and the Birds.
Uncertain when David Baas or Chris Snee might return, the Giants today fortified their offensive line when they signed Dallas Reynolds, who started 14 games at center last season for the Philadelphia Eagles. The Giants may also be looking for the inside track to the Birds new offense under Chip Kelly.
Major matchups with State Championship seedings on the line are all over the place this weekend .
Big Blue struggles again against Big Red and Kansas City, especially on offense. Over the last two games the Giants have been outscored 69-7 and fell to 0-4, one of the worst starts in team history.
