Eagles sluggish, Vikings fumble as Philly hangs on to win

Eagles sluggish, Vikings fumble as Philly hangs on to win

PHILADELPHIA - - Started by running back D'Andre Quick and wide collector DeVonta Smith, the Philadelphia Falcons woke up in the last part of their "Thursday Night Football" matchup against the Minnesota Vikings for a 34-28 win in Week 2.

Neither one of the groups looked completely durable in the principal half. The Birds' protection concocted stops, and their offense beat the ground with run plays to rule generally season of ownership while the Vikings counted four lost bungles. This is what to be aware of each group's presentation:

The one steady in a generally unstable game between the Falcons and Minnesota Vikings was Philly's ground game.

The Hawks scrambled for in excess of 250 yards with a couple of Jalen Damages scores, balancing a passing assault that was lopsided for a second consecutive week. One of the additional promising improvements was the exhibition of D'Andre Quick, who scrambled for a profession high 175 yards. It was the most surging yards by a Bird since LeSean McCoy in 2013 (217 rush yards). He conveyed the heap with Kenneth Gainwell (ribs) sidelined.

The most noteworthy grouping came in the main half when Philadelphia organized a 16-play, 75-yard drive highlighting 13 surges. Harms presently has 28 vocation surging scores, attached with Cam Newton for the most through a QB's initial 50 profession games.

The Birds are 2-0, yet it hasn't looked pretty all the time. That is especially valid for the passing game, which has faltered for broadened extends. However, the guard produced three focal points and when it made a difference, Philadelphia had the option to rest back on the run - - an extravagance that will prove to be useful pushing ahead.

Purchase a breakout execution: DeVonta Smith ejected for four gets for 131 yards and a score, including a couple of snatches of 50 or more yards. Corner Darius Kill anticipated soon Smith is viewed as the best collector in the association. While it's too soon to place him in that discussion, every one of the signs propose Smith is coming up for a lifelong year.

Eye-popping detail: Including end of the season games, Damages has 10 hurrying scores on QB sneaks starting from the beginning of last season, seven a bigger number of than some other sign guest. The "tush push" has been critical: Damages has now changed over 34 of 36 sneaks when moved by partners the last two seasons including end of the season games. No other QB has in excess of 10 push sneaks in that time.

Essential play: With the Birds nursing a 13-7 second from last quarter lead, cautious end Josh Sweat fell off the edge and thumped the ball free from Kirk Cousins. Fletcher Cox recuperated and thundered to Minnesota's 7-yard line, setting up a Damages TD plunge. That was the start of the end for Minnesota. - - Tim McManus

The Vikings didn't simply lose to the Hawks. For the second time in as many games this season, they didn't allow themselves an opportunity to win.

The Vikings lost three mishandles in the principal half alone, including one by collector Justin Jefferson as he endeavored to broaden the ball into the end zone, and wrapped up with four in the game. Joined with their messy exhibition in Seven days 1 misfortune to the Tampa Sound Pirates, the Vikings turned into the principal NFL group starting around 2003 to lose six mishandles in the initial two rounds of a season.

Who can say for sure how this game, or last week's down, would have played out had the Vikings figured out how to clutch the ball. Indeed, even with the turnovers, they figured out how to transform a 27-7 deficiency into a one-score game halfway on two distinct events in the final quarter. In one or the other occasion, they're 0-2 with games approaching against two of the NFL's top quarterbacks - - Justin Herbert and Patrick Mahomes - - alongside quite possibly of its best generally speaking group, the San Francisco 49ers. The Vikings should find answers rapidly before the season moves away from them.

Upsetting pattern: The Vikings haven't had anything looking like a running match-up in either game this season. In all honesty they've scarcely attempted, and it's quite reasonable to review their choice to head out in different directions from previous starter Dalvin Cook in June and supplant him with long-lasting reinforcement Alexander Mattison.

Mattison oversaw only 28 yards on eight conveys Thursday night, seven days subsequent to acquiring 34 yards on 11 conveys. Mattison likewise represented one of the Vikings' mishandles Thursday night.

Greatest opening in the blueprint: Then again, the Vikings couldn't stop the Falcons' running match-up. Supplanting starter Quick wrapped up with 175 yards, and the Falcons scrambled for 259 generally by exploiting a strange and at last ineffective guarded arrangement.

The Vikings have taken on a three-security look as their base protection, and they spent a large part of the initial 3/4 utilizing guarded fronts that included either two, one or sporadically no cautious linemen. The Hawks had an uncommon actual edge forthright, and they exploited it.