Mark Sanchez’s Limitations Destroying Eagles’ Playoff Chances

December 21, 2014   ·   Ty Schalter   ·   Jump to comments

How does a quarterback complete three-quarters of his passes and lose?
When that quarterback is Mark Sanchez, and his team desperately needs to win.
Since seeing the Eagles through to a 31-21 win over the Houston Texans in Week 9, Sanchez has played unevenly but creditably. When he led the Eagles to a 33-10 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving, it looked like Sanchez had conquered his demons—and the Eagles were on their way to conquering the NFC.
Since then, the Eagles are 0-3. Being bottled up by the Seattle Seahawks wasn't a surprise. Getting outgunned by Tony Romo and the Cowboys in the Week 15 rematch wasn't out of the realm of possibility. Letting Washington, previously 3-11, break its six-game losing streak against them was something the Eagles could not afford to do.
Unfortunately for the Eagles, Sanchez did about as well as he could do in Saturday's 27-24 loss.
LeSean McCoy and Darren Sproles held up their end of the deal, averaging 4.3...

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