PHILADELPHIA – Nick Foles drew a lot of attention for the second half of his 2013 season. Foles went 7-1 as the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback, took the team to the playoffs and went on to be named MVP of the Pro Bowl.

Less attention was paid to the first half of Foles’ season, which included his best performance (that seven-touchdown game in Oakland) and his worst. That would be his start against the Dallas Cowboys. Foles completed 11 of 29 passes for 80 yards and was sacked three times before being knocked out just before halftime.

If he hadn’t been hurt, maybe Foles would have rallied the Eagles to a second-half victory against Dallas. As it was, his next performance was that record-tying game against the Raiders. Foles has shown that his poor performances can be pretty bad, but also that he rebounds nicely.

“I simply didn’t execute [Sunday],” Foles said Wednesday. “I wasn’t really doing a good job of stepping up in the pocket. The O-line was giving me a good pocket to step up into. It’s one of those things where you keep playing, you keep working. Once I started stepping into the pocket, getting some completions, we were running the ball well, we started getting things flowing.”

Foles cited one play in the first half. Wide receiver Jeremy Maclin was open. Foles saw him.

“I was trying to get the ball to him,” Foles said. “It was one of those things that, if instead of sliding right I had stepped up in the pocket, I think I deliver the ball down there and we get some points. It’s a learning opportunity right there. That’s one of those things you wished you hit, but we just have to learn from.”

Instead, Foles was sacked and fumbled the ball on that play. Instead of an Eagles touchdown, that led to a Jaguars touchdown.

“I know what it takes to fix those [things],” Foles said. “We’re going to work to improve every single day. I was definitely inaccurate on a few throws. When you watch that on film, it sort of excites me. It’s correctable. It’s not something you look at and there’s nothing you can do about it. All the stuff I saw on film, it’s correctable.”