Eagles Soar, Beat Ravens, 24-23

With the one-point win over the Ravens and Browns, the Eagles become the first team in NFL history to win each of its first two games of the season by one point.

The Eagles struggled last season when trailing and in close games and despite all of the worry about Vick’s ability to stay healthy and lead the offense, Philadelphia has control of the top spot in the NFC East thanks to two big wins to start the season.

Vick starred for the Eagles and has their fans feeling good at 2-0, as Jason Brewer of Bleeding Green Nation wrote in his post-game recap.

The 17-16 win over the Cleveland Browns in Philadelphia’s first game had many wondering if they’d overrated the Eagles, even if they came away with the win. The margin of victory was the same Week 2, but the result seems so much different after downing a quality opponent behind a strong - if turnover-prone - offensive performance.

Baltimore led 17-7 at halftime when things began to fall apart. Bruce Raffel of Baltimore Beat Down had an easy time finding things to fault in the collapse.

Raffel also criticized the defensive effort in a game he termed winnable. Zachary Beard from the site took the opportunity to call out offensive coordinator Cam Cameron for the poor showing, going play-by-play to criticize bad playcalling decisions made as the Ravens squandered their lead.

Philadelphia initially led 7-0 midway through the first quarter, but the Ravens would dominate the remainder of the half to take a 17-7 advantage into halftime. The Eagles responded in the third quarter with a pair of scores to tie the game up at 17-17, but Baltimore would take back the lead with a couple of fourth quarter field goals.

With about four minutes remaining in the game, Vick led the Eagles on their longest drive of the day, a nine-play, 80-yard rumble down the field punctuated by the quarterback’s 1-yard touchdown run. The Ravens had nearly two minutes to possibly get into field goal position, but the Eagles defense shut things down at the end.

Ed Reed is a professional, so of course he got an interception later in the third quarter anyway. He’s not about to get embarrassed out there.

Eagles’ trainers got Maclin to the sidelines. He was then seen being carted off the field, lying flat on his back for the ride to the locker room. Details on Maclin’s injury were not available, but the sight of him being carted off the field does not bode well for his availability through the rest of the game. Maclin had been dealing with a hip injury prior to this game.

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Up until this moment he was having a great day, and now has 1 INT and 1 TD on the day.

Emotions are high in Philly, and plays like this wont cool them anytime soon.

Jackson is one of the smaller players on the field in this game, if not the smallest, so it only stands to reason that he would be the one involved in the scrum. Of course, Jackson wasn’t the only one mixing it up. The highlights below:

Earlier in the game, Pollard displayed his impressive skills by diving to intercept a Vick pass in the end zone as the Eagles were nearing a touchdown. Since being acquired by Baltimore before the 2011 season, Pollard has appeared in every game for the Ravens, making 15 starts including Sunday.

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What’s more to say? I’m still not sure what this is... I just can’t stop watching it.

Shady McCoy does some things almost too easily. Touchdowns are supposed to be exciting, important moments. Like, for instance, for the Cleveland Browns who may not score more than half a dozen on offense all year. But McCoy is at his job.

He packed his Spiderman lunchbox with a turkey sandwich and some Baked Lays, clocked in on the old timesheet machine and put on his jersey. He’s thinking about going home and catching up on The Voice episodes he taped on the DVR.

Yeesh, it’s easy to blame in on Vick, but that was a Superman pick. [insert another labored suprhero reference here]

The game will air on CBS and DirecTV channel 712. The forecast for the game’s kickoff is partly cloudy with a high of 77 degrees.

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Philadelphia was a 1-point home favorite at midweek because the Ravens were the only team in this matchup that looked like a contender in Week 1.

The Eagles struggled to a weak win at Cleveland while the Ravens routed Cincinnati. And Baltimore’s recent history against the NFC East generally and the Eagles specifically is giving bettors more ammunition to bet on the Ravens.

Oddsmakers opened up the Eagles as 1-point favorites, at home. Lines are fluctuating between favoring the home team by a point to giving them 2.5. Baltimore is 4-1 straight up in its last five games; Philadelphia is 5-0 straight up in its last five games, but only 3-8 straight up in its last 11 games at home, and 3-6 against the spread in its last nine home contests.

The over-under opened at 43.5 and has bumped up to 46 at most shops. Both teams feature impressive defenses and potentially explosive offenses -- bettors should note that the total has gone under in six of Baltimore’s last nine games, and in four of Philadelphia’s last five.

The game is scheduled to kick off Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, and can be seen on CBS.

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