The Daily Numbers: 8 inches of fluffy white snow that fell on Lincoln Financial Field yesterday.
0 points scored by the Eagles in the first half.
34 points scored in the 2nd half, 28 of them in the 4th quarter.
0 points scored by Eagles in 4th quarter of last 4 games.
217 yards rushing for LeSean McCoy on 29 carries. That’s an Eagles single-game record.
40 and 57 yard TD bolts for Shady in 2nd half.
148 yards rushing for McCoy in the 4th quarter.
14-3, Eagles record when McCoy rushes for 100 yards.
38 yard run for Chris Polk in the 4th quarter.
299 yards rushing for Eagles in the game.
5 fumbles for Lions QB Matthew Stafford.
3 catches for 49 yards for ‘Megatron,’ Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson.
1 interception for Nick Foles, snapping his streak of 237 pass attempts without a pick.
19 TD passes without interception for Foles, 1 short of NFL record, that also went by the boards yesterday.
2 special teams TDs given up by Birds, both a punt and kickoff return by Jeremy Ross.
5 straight wins and 8-5 mark for the Eagles.
12 inches of snow recorded in Newark, Del., the top spot in region.
1 inch, the forecast for the region as of Sunday morning.
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Give a lot of credit for Eagles huge win to the offensive line, and to cornerback Cary Williams, who offered Chip Kelly some play-calling tips based on the footing on the field.
I Don’t Get It: Really glad we now have “double-scan” radar. How’d that work out for you yesterday.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Brent Celek, for his move to slide in the snow to kill the clock, rather than coast into the end zone for a TD to pad his stats, and which also would have stopped the clock.
Quote Box: “It was almost like every stop he took was on dry ground.”
_ Cary Williams, on the running of his teammate LeSean McCoy.
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