Immediate Thoughts: Eagles-Falcons

1. IT ENDED THE SAME EXACT WAY AS THE PLAYOFFS!

2. LIKE IT SERIOUSLY ENDED THE SAME EXACT WAY AS IN JANUARY!!!

3. Julio needs a team that can get him the ball in the red zone.

4. Eagles defense >>>>>>>> Eagles offense

5. Eagles doing just enough to get the win feels very reminiscent of last season.

6. QB Nick Foles is in regular season shape (bad). WR Nick Foles is in post season shape (good).

7. Carson Wentz can’t come back soon enough.

8. Nelson Agholor seems more than capable shouldering the receiving load until Alshon comes back.

9. Mike Wallace looks just like Torrey Smith.

10. RB rotation surprised me to start. Sproles, Clement, and Smallwood all got touches before Ajayi. Kind of questioned Ajayi’s health for most of the first half.

11. Jay Ajayi is definitely healthy.

12. Also surprised by the tight end reps. Thought the team would go heavy with two tight end sets considering injuries at WR.

13. Zach Ertz looked like his frustrating self from two years ago.

14. Dallas Goedert debut was very rookie tight end.

15. The OLine looks every bit as good as last year.

16. I’m not sure who was better between the DLine and secondary. Both were awesome.

17. Ronald Darby = CB1. Jalen Mills = CB2. there is no debate.

18. Julio exposed Mills, but he’s also really good at football, so it can be excused.

19. Sydney Jones looked awesome. Almost blew the game with a late penalty, but his teammates had his back.

20. The Eagles held Calvin Ridley without a catch. That’s cool.

21. In fact, Julio Jones was the only ATL receiver with more than 30 yds receiving.

22. Red zone defense won the game, by far.

23. No one on the defensive line really stood out. They were collectively awesome.

24. Derek Barnett had some bad penalties though.

25. Jordan Hick is awesome. That late illegal contact penalty was late and BS, but Hicks is awesome.

26. Linebackers as a whole really impressed me. Gerry and Grugier-Hill made some big plays.

27. The Eagles called Philly Philly again and it was everything.

28. The refs were brutal. 26 penalties for 236 yards sets a bad tone for the NFL season.

29. The Eagles are still the best time in football and look every bit as good as last year.

30. I really like the banner.

31. And I almost forgot, Cameron Johnston looked really really good.