Westbrook didn't have eye-popping numbers, but was efficient.
No, seriously. It has actually happened. Andy Reid called more run plays yesterday than he did passing plays. In all, the Eagles ran 61 plays. Of those 61 plays, 29 of them were passing plays, which means 32 of them were running plays.
Those 32 running plays moved the ball a total of 185 yards split between 13 carries by Brian Westbrook for 64 yards, nine carries by LeSean McCoy for 46 yards, four carries by Donovan McNabb for 27 yards, three carries by Kevin Kolb for four yards, two carries by DeSean Jackson for 33 yards, and one carry by Leonard Weaver for 11 yards.
For the entire team, that's 5.8 yards per carry.
Compare that to the 29 passing attempts (17 completions) between McNabb (18) and Kevin Kolb (11) for a combined 102 yards, that's six yards per completion. If you're paying attention, 5.8 yards per carry and six yards per completion is pretty damn close, and incredibly uncharacteristic of the Eagles under Reid.
Two of the three offensive touchdowns did come through the air, and the only rushing touchdown came courtesy of Donovan McNabb, but it doesn't change the fact that the rushing game was more effective than the passing game, and that if the Eagles want to win this year, they'll keep it this way.
If they want to win without Donovan McNabb at 100 percent (because I still maintain that he will play), then they better keep rushing this often, and perhaps more importantly, this effectively.
Granted, the Eagles had an enormous lead, so they ran the ball more to run the clock down, but any running is good coming from Reid, and it's certainly a step in the right direction.
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