Eagles-Washington brawl after Nick Foles hurt

Defensive box scores are far less thrilling than their offensive counterparts. Most numbers are single-digits, unless a player like linebacker DeMeco Ryans has an exceptional game and records 11 tackles, as he did against 

The Philadelphia Eagles kick off their third game of the 2014 NFL season against the Washington Redskins on Sunday. Kickoff time is 1:00 PM EST. This is your first quarter open thread.  Tweet Share on Twitter Share Share on Facebook  Share Share 

The end result of the play was Baker and Peters being ejected from the game, an incomplete pass and the Eagles taking over on second down. Essentially this entire blowup, fight and two players leaving were all for nothing.

We know what the Eagles have done over the past two weeks. Over the same timeframe, Washington has lost to Houston (in Houston) 17 – 6 and destroyed Jacksonville at home, 41 – 10. Neither resume is very impressive. Yes, the Eagles are 2 – 0 and scoring 

In week 2 however the Colts ran for 169 yards against a typically stout Eagles run defense. This almost put them in a position to win before the Eagles took advantage of a late interception by Andrew Luck to wrap the game up. Let's look at some of the