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Roob’s Instant Observations: Tanner McKee shows Kenny Pickett how it’s done originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Tanner McKee is better than Kenny Pickett.
And it’s not even close.
And there are other takeaways from the Eagles’ 14-13 preseason win over the Patriots Thursday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
But that’s the most significant one.
Pickett was dreadful. McKee was terrific.
More on the quarterbacks and the rest of the Eagles’ second preseason game in tonight’s 10 Instant Observations:
1. I didn’t think Pickett was that bad Friday night in Baltimore. He wasn’t great, but running a vanilla offense with backup receivers behind a makeshift offensive line, he wasn’t awful. Maybe he could build on it against the Patriots Thursday night in Foxborough. Wrong. He was awful. Pickett really looked lost at times. At one point, he took four sacks in the span of eight dropbacks, then had two pointless three-yard scrambles that could well have been sacks. Pickett struggled early in training camp with holding onto the ball too long, and that’s the Kenny Pickett we saw against the Patriots. Sacks will happen, but on a 4th-and-8? A 3rd-year veteran who’s started 24 regular-season games has to know to get rid of the football on fourth down. Even an interception is better than a sack. Throw the darn football, Kenny. Just throw the freaking ball. Pickett completed 11 of 13 passes but for only 67 yards and only 43 net yards. And 19 of those yards came on a short pass that Will Shipley turned into a long gain with an outstanding individual effort that had nothing to do with Pickett. Even in an ultra-vanilla offense, 3.3 yards per attempt is unacceptable. I hadn’t really entertained the notion that Tanner McKee could win the No. 2 quarterback spot. Until now.
2. And McKee looked tremendous Thursday night. He came in to start the third quarter and immediately threw two darts – a 13-yarder to E.J. Jenkins and an 11-yarder to Joseph…
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Publish date : 2024-08-16 02:31:36
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