The leader looks bad when things go badly and Sam was the face of failure in the first half. The Eagles were unable to move the ball at all, except for two isolated explosion plays -- DeMarco Murray's 30-yard run, and Nelson Agholor's 45-yard one-handed catch.
But Sam played a very good game, as I broke down here, with a quarterback rating of 122.6 He was hounded by a blistering pass rush, especially in the first half, and even there he showed good escapability. Twice he broke tackles to thrown long downfield. One was over an open Riley Cooper's head, the other was the touchdown to Celek.