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Saints Alive! Mistakes, Brees Conspire To Demolish Eagles
Philadelphia, PA (AHN) – Two third-quarter turnovers by the Eagles opened the door on Sunday, and Drew Brees drove the Saints through it for a 48-22 rout at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday.
Trailing by just four points at halftime, Philadelphia fumbled away the second-half kickoff and third-year quarterback Kevin Kolb threw an interception.
Both mistakes resulted in New Orleans touchdowns, and a Saints lead that was more than safe in Brees’ hands.
“It wasn’t right today, any phase of it,” Eagles head coach Andy Reid said. “It was an absolutely horrendous performance.”
The All-Pro Brees completed 25-of-34 passes for 311 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, torching a defense that had surrendered just 169 total yards at Carolina in Week 1.
“He was really good today. I take my hat off to him. They had a good game play,” Eagles safety Quintin Mikell said of Brees and the Saints. “Having said that, we make some mistakes, and you can’t do that against a good quarterback.”
The Saints led 17-10 with less than a minute left in the first half, and Kolb led Philadelphia down the field for a David Akers field goal.
That momentum stopped dead after the break however, as Ellis Hobbs coughed up the kickoff return. Two plays later, Brees found tight end Heath Evans for an 11-yard score.
Two plays after that, Kolb threw his first interception of the game, to linebacker Scott Shanle, and running back Mike Bell capitalized with a seven-yard touchdown.
Kolb, playing in place of the injured Donovan McNabb, got the Eagles back within two touchdowns, at 34-20, late in the third quarter.
Kolb found Jason Avant in the end zone on fourth-and-goal, but that would be the last gasp for Philadelphia.
Saints running back Reggie Bush scored from 19 yards out to make it 41-20, and Brees fumbled out of his own end zone for a safety.
Then New Orleans defensive back Darren Sharper picked off Kolb and took it back 97 yards for a score.
Kolb finished with 391 yards passing, including two touchdowns and three picks. The last of those interceptions ended the game.
New Orleans improved to 2-0 with the victory and now head to Buffalo. The Eagles dropped to 1-1, and host Kansas City in Week 3.
Sunday marked the first time since a 49-14 loss at Dallas in 1969 that the Eagles allowed 48 points in a single game.
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