One things for sure, the Philadelphia Eagles wildly remembers what happened on November 18th.
Doug Pederson’s team got spanked by the New Orleans Saints 48-7 in Week 11. It felt more than just an ass-whooping, because the eagles got beat in every phase of the game that a team could possibly get beaten.
Philly’s offense was held to 196 total yards and just seven total points on that day. The difference back then was Carson Wentz was still playing and he tossed three interceptions. He wasn’t the only issue as the defense allowed 546 total yards, four touchdown passes by Drew Brees to go with a 153.2 passer rating, and 100-plus scrimmages yards to both Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara.
The biggest difference since then is Nick Foles is behind center and the defense is playing with way more fire now than they were in November as they rally behind their back-up QB for the 2nd-straight season.
After beating Chicago — the Eagles head to New Orleans a much different team than the one that got their doors blown off in Week 11.
“Yeah, it wasn’t very good the first time,” Pederson said Sunday, stating the obvious. “And you know, we’ll take a look at that film. We’ll take a look at this one. I think we’re a different football team now than we were then. And we’ve just got to put a good plan together in all three phases. Go back down there, we’re on the road, it’s going to be in a dome, it’s going to be loud again, all those things, and it’s going to be a great atmosphere.”
As far as Jason Peters is concerned, he is looking for a bit of get-back for the Saints running up the score.
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“We didn’t play well at all,” left tackle Jason Peters said, via NOLA.com. “They ran up the score. We wanted them again, we got them again.
Peters added: “This time, hey, we coming. It’s definitely not going to be the same outcome.”
