In 15 words or less, that’s the best way I can sum up the melee that occurred between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins in the fourth quarter this past Sunday.

Here is what Baker had to say about his block on Foles (courtesy of Sheil Kapadia of Phillymag):

“The whistle had not been blown. He was going towards the ball, the ballcarrier was taking a right and he could have made the tackle. I did not even really hit him hard. I just happened to hit him on his shoulder, and he happened to fall. He’s the quarterback and I guess that’s why there was an ejection.”

Unfortunately for Mr. Baker, video doesn’t lie.



Baker says that the ballcarrier was taking a right and that Foles could have made the tackle. As seen here, that’s not the case. It also would have been impossible for Foles to make a tackle on the play considering that the ballcarrier was already tackled before Baker laid his hit on Foles. This was nothing more than a defensive player taking a cheap shot on the opposing team’s quarterback to try to take him out of the game.

Fortunately for the Eagles, it didn’t work. Not only did Foles get up, but he threw the go-ahead touchdown pass two plays later. As Chip Kelly put it, Nick Foles is one “tough sucker”, and that’s been evident since his college days at the University of Arizona. As Kelly said back in January of 2013 when he was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles,

“We hit him as many times as we could hit him (at Oregon), and he just kept getting up and making plays. He completed a 15-yard pass left-handed against us once. I remember just standing on the sideline shaking my head, going, ‘I don’t know what we have to do to stop him.’

If you haven’t seen the play Kelly referenced on that January day, here it is.



Nick Foles is one tough son of a gun, and I’m glad he’s the Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback.