Top 10 Well Played Games by Eagles Qb

[Seventy_Yard_FG]

I saw an article on Garcia just now and got to thinking what are your top 10 games played by an Eagles QB and then maybe like a top 25 for people who have more time.  Seems like it might be a good way to look at the ‘best qb in Eagles history’ question.

[Green_Guinness]

#1 - Nick Foles in SB LII.

#2 - Nick Foles in the 2018 (2017 Season) NFCCG vs the ViQueens (FOLES!  CLAP!  FOLES!  CLAP!).

The rest of you can finish the list.

 

[Thrive]

5 minutes ago, Seventy_Yard_FG said:

I saw an article on Garcia just now and got to thinking what are your top 10 games played by an Eagles QB and then maybe like a top 25 for people who have more time.  Seems like it might be a good way to look at the ‘best qb in Eagles history’ question.

In my lifetime and off the top of my head: the 2 epic games by Nick, Vick vs Washington in 2010, Vick v New York in 2010, McNabb v. Chicago in 2001, McNabb v. Arizona in 2002, Wentz v. Washington in 2017, Nick v. Oakland.

Sorry, wasn’t following football during the Randall era.

[Seventy_Yard_FG]

8 minutes ago, Thrive said:

In my lifetime and off the top of my head: the 2 epic games by Nick, Vick vs Washington in 2010, Vick v New York in 2010, McNabb v. Chicago in 2001, McNabb v. Arizona in 2002, Wentz v. Washington in 2017, Nick v. Oakland.

Sorry, wasn’t following football during the Randall era.

Yeah there probably aren’t many people that can talk fairly about all eras

[Green_Guinness]

@downundermike

If we invite RTK to this thread he'd probably be like:  Hurts 1st Half vs the Denver Broncos.

 

[Bwestbrook36]

2 minutes ago, Green_Guinness said:

@downundermike

If we invite RTK to this thread he'd probably be like:  Hurts 1st Half vs the Denver Broncos.

 

Don't forget the 2 Koy games

[Green_Guinness]

3 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Don't forget the 2 Koy games

He was killing it vs SF until he got hurt.  Even the SF players came over to pat him on the back as they stretchered him off.

 

[opa-opa]

There was the Koy Detmer game in SF where we crushed them 37-20 or something like that. I remember I was there and hearing 49er fans asking "Koy who?"

[Bwestbrook36]

5 minutes ago, Green_Guinness said:

He was killing it vs SF until he got hurt.  Even the SF players came over to pat him on the back as they stretchered him off.

 

And would have won the super bowl had they let Koy play the whole championship game against the Panthers to advance.

 

Wasn't it later found out that Koy faked the injury against the niners? 

[Thrive]

9 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

And would have won the super bowl had they let Koy play the whole championship game against the Panthers to advance.

 

Wasn't it later found out that Koy faked the injury against the niners? 

Wait what?

[EagleJoe8]

Can't see anything topping LII given how great Foles played start to finish, on top of the fact that it was a Super Bowl. His NFCCG was great too, although the offense didn't really start getting on track until the 2nd quarter.

I hate repeating games already mentioned, but Foles vs Oakland and Vick vs the Redskins 2010 would be up there as well.

 

To list one not yet mentioned, I thought Wentz was playing terrific against the Rams in 2017 up until the knee injury took him out.

[Green_Guinness]

5 minutes ago, EagleJoe8 said:

Can't see anything topping LII given how great Foles played start to finish, on top of the fact that it was a Super Bowl. His NFCCG was great too, although the offense didn't really start getting on track until the 2nd quarter.

I hate repeating games already mentioned, but Foles vs Oakland and Vick vs the Redskins 2010 would be up there as well.

 

To list one not yet mentioned, I thought Wentz was playing terrific against the Rams in 2017 up until the knee injury took him out.

Throwing the game leading TD pass on a torn up knee was pure grit.

 

[RUEagle]

The 2 Foles games obviously.  The Vick Monday night massacre game would likely be #3 for me. 

[Iggles_Phan]

2 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

And would have won the super bowl had they let Koy play the whole championship game against the Panthers to advance.

 

Wasn't it later found out that Koy faked the injury against the niners? 

I don't think so.  It was a dislocated elbow.

[Bwestbrook36]

11 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I don't think so.  It was a dislocated elbow.

There was a story on it.... Maybe it was his brother..... It was in practice, my bad. Still knew something happened with a fake injury lol

[Koy] came up to me like a couple days before that day and was like ‘hey, they want me to go on injured reserve so they can keep me around, what do you think?' And I’m like, ‘well, if they’re going to keep you around, you know I wouldn’t not do it.’ So that day before practice he comes up and he’s like ‘okay, today’s the day they told me.’

 

"So, we’re kind of in team period at the end of practice and they’re like ‘alright, Koy, you’re in!’ And so, he kind of goes in, runs a play, runs another play and then he looks at me and gives me this wink as he’s stepping in to call the play. And so I’m like, trying not to laugh cause I’m like, how is this gonna go down, you know? It’s a running play. He hands off and and as he’s coming out after the hand off to carry out his bootleg fake, he goes down and rolls around and grabs his knee.

 

"And oh man, you know, the whole practice kinda stops like, ‘what happened?’ And guys were coming up to me and, ‘oh man is this the same knee he hurt at Colorado?’ And I’m like ‘yeah I think so I don’t know, maybe he just you know twisted a little or something.’ So they end up bringing the cart out and they cart him off the field.

[Mike030270]

3 hours ago, Thrive said:

In my lifetime and off the top of my head: the 2 epic games by Nick, Vick vs Washington in 2010, Vick v New York in 2010, McNabb v. Chicago in 2001, McNabb v. Arizona in 2002, Wentz v. Washington in 2017, Nick v. Oakland.

Sorry, wasn’t following football during the Randall era.

Even if you did it's difficult to take Nick's 3 epic games and Vicks 2 epic games out and that's half the list lol

I'd put Cards 2017 just because it was the first time an Eagles QB threw 3TDs in the 1st quarter of a game

There's also the Snowbowl. So that's 4 games with Nick

[Bwestbrook36]

8 hours ago, EagleJoe8 said:

I hate repeating games already mentioned, but Foles vs Oakland

This game is probably one I wouldn't list. Foles played great don't get me wrong....

The Oakland defense was pathetic that day though. Tripping over themselves blowing coverage all day, leaving freaking Cooper open all day. 

I'll put them on equal ground, the Oakland defense was as bad as Foles was good that day. That is why I was never all that impressed with that game. 

[Iggles_Phan]

7 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

There was a story on it.... Maybe it was his brother..... It was in practice, my bad. Still knew something happened with a fake injury lol

[Koy] came up to me like a couple days before that day and was like ‘hey, they want me to go on injured reserve so they can keep me around, what do you think?' And I’m like, ‘well, if they’re going to keep you around, you know I wouldn’t not do it.’ So that day before practice he comes up and he’s like ‘okay, today’s the day they told me.’

 

"So, we’re kind of in team period at the end of practice and they’re like ‘alright, Koy, you’re in!’ And so, he kind of goes in, runs a play, runs another play and then he looks at me and gives me this wink as he’s stepping in to call the play. And so I’m like, trying not to laugh cause I’m like, how is this gonna go down, you know? It’s a running play. He hands off and and as he’s coming out after the hand off to carry out his bootleg fake, he goes down and rolls around and grabs his knee.

 

"And oh man, you know, the whole practice kinda stops like, ‘what happened?’ And guys were coming up to me and, ‘oh man is this the same knee he hurt at Colorado?’ And I’m like ‘yeah I think so I don’t know, maybe he just you know twisted a little or something.’ So they end up bringing the cart out and they cart him off the field.

Yup, that was his rookie year and they wanted the roster spot.  

[Aerolithe_Lion]

11 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

Even if you did it's difficult to take Nick's 3 epic games and Vicks 2 epic games out and that's half the list lol

I'd put Cards 2017 just because it was the first time an Eagles QB threw 3TDs in the 1st quarter of a game

There's also the Snowbowl. So that's 4 games with Nick

The snow bowl was all Shady. Nick was actually subpar in that game. I remember his first pick of the season was a lame duck to open the game. Then the pass down the middle to the racist WR in the third quarter, I forget his name, that was the only real big passing play all day.

[Mike030270]

18 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

The snow bowl was all Shady. Nick was actually subpar in that game. I remember his first pick of the season was a lame duck to open the game. Then the pass down the middle to the racist WR in the third quarter, I forget his name, that was the only real big passing play all day.

I forgot it was top 10 by Eagles QB lol

[Iggles_Phan]

Top 10 games by QB, there is really a strong bias to post-2000 games because before then, passing wasn't what it has become.  But I found 3 from the past that I'd elevate.  The 1960s with VanBrocklin, even the 1970s and early 1980s with Jaworski was just such a different era, it can't be compared to the era after the 5 yard illegal contact rule was implemented.

 

Nick Foles:
Super Bowl LII, obviously.
2017 season NFC CG.
7 TD game against the Raiders in 2013.

Carson Wentz:
2017 MNF Washingteam
2017 LA Rams game where he was injured 4 TDs in that game, including one with a torn ACL/LCL

Donovan McNabb:
2004 MNF against Dallas - 14 second scramble game.
2002 Arizona Cardinals game on broken ankle.

Rodney Peete:
1995 Wild Card playoff game against the Detroit Lions

Randall Cunningham:
1989 Washingteam - right after signing his contract extension
1990 New England 4 TD passes, 1 more rushing.  

 

Put them in whatever order you wish.

[Captain F]

LII

2018 nfccg

4th n 26

Foles Raiders 7 td's

Vick Skins

McNabb Arizona Ankle game

Wentz 2017 Skins  Houdini game

Vick Miracle at the Meadowlands 2 comeback 

[time2rock]

14 minutes ago, What The F said:

 

Vick Skins

 

Sounds like a name for a porn star

 

[EagleJoe8]

58 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Top 10 games by QB, there is really a strong bias to post-2000 games because before then, passing wasn't what it has become.  But I found 3 from the past that I'd elevate.  The 1960s with VanBrocklin, even the 1970s and early 1980s with Jaworski was just such a different era, it can't be compared to the era after the 5 yard illegal contact rule was implemented.

 

Nick Foles:
Super Bowl LII, obviously.
2017 season NFC CG.
7 TD game against the Raiders in 2013.

Carson Wentz:
2017 MNF Washingteam
2017 LA Rams game where he was injured 4 TDs in that game, including one with a torn ACL/LCL

Donovan McNabb:
2004 MNF against Dallas - 14 second scramble game.
2002 Arizona Cardinals game on broken ankle.

Rodney Peete:
1995 Wild Card playoff game against the Detroit Lions

Randall Cunningham:
1989 Washingteam - right after signing his contract extension
1990 New England 4 TD passes, 1 more rushing.  

 

Put them in whatever order you wish.

The only road game I ever got to go to. Picked a hell of a game to go to. Fun weekend. 

[eagle45]

My nominees, in no particular order...

Foles SB52

Foles 7TD

Foles NFCCG

Vick against WTF

Mcnabb broken ankle game

Mcnabb GB 2004