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Sam Bradford takes some shots in his Eagles debut

Posted by Darin Gantt on August 22, 2015, 7:26 PM EDT

The Eagles finally got a look at the quarterback they’re counting on saving them. No, not Tim Tebow, the other one.

But what they saw out of Sam Bradford in his first game back from his twin torn ACLs still had them holding their breath.

Bradford took several hard shots from the Ravens on his opening drive, with linebacker Terrell Suggs drawing a penalty after diving at his legs, and then defensive lineman Brandon Williams pounding him into the ground.

But Bradford led a crisp touchdown drive also, an 11-play, 84-yard march capped by a Ryan Mathews touchdown run. He completed 3-of-5 passes, but taking so many shots so early in his comeback will create a worry.

That’s probably why Mark Sanchez took the field for the second possession, making it a short night for Bradford.

My take: Wasn't super accurate but also wasn't checking down, was aggressive with his throws. If that holds through the regular season, we can safely say the check down thing was largely coaching.

But we will see...

For 1 drive he looked like a stud. I miss him

Peters -
“He was trying to just take a cheap shot at the quarterback. I’m pretty sure he planned it,” Peters said. “We practiced them all week; they knew he was running the read-option. Anytime you get a quarterback running the read-option, they can take a cheap shot.”

Suggs -
"If you want to run the read-option with your starting quarterback that has had two knee surgeries, that’s on you," he said. "I could have hit him harder that that. I eased up."

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Lost a lot of respect for Suggs. That was a cheap shot 100%. Sure, a QB running the read-option is fair game but Suggs, unabated to the QB chose to dive right at Bradford's knees. Hope karma catches up with Suggs quickly.

moklerman wrote:Lost a lot of respect for Suggs. That was a cheap shot 100%. Sure, a QB running the read-option is fair game but Suggs, unabated to the QB chose to dive right at Bradford's knees. Hope karma catches up with Suggs quickly.

Agreed.

There's just no defending the "tackle". Bradford hands off to the running back and doesn't even carry out the option of the run/option. He's just standing there and Suggs goes for his left knee. Fuckin' asshole.