NOTES FROM EAGLES 24-20 LOSS TO THE CARDINALS IN THE DESERT

Al Thompson
Eagles wide receiver Jeremy Maclin was spectacular in defeat catching 12 passes for 187 yards and two touchdowns. Photo by Todd Bauders/contrastphotography.com

There was a lot of everything that the went on during and after the Eagles (5-2) thrilling 24-20 loss to the Arizona Cardinals (6-1) at the University Phoenix Stadium Sunday: Big plays on on offense and defense, Big bombs by Carson Palmer (75-yarder to John Brown), a 54-yard Nick Foles to Jeremy Maclin, stellar defensive play by LB DeMeco Ryans for the Eagles and S  Rashad Johnson for the Cardinals.

* Larry Fitzgerald at his Hall of Fame best hauling in seven passes for 160 yards and a touchdown.

* WR Jeremy Maclin set a career-high with 187 yards on 12 receptions, while adding two touchdowns … His 12 catches were his second-highest output and tied for the fourth-most ever by an Eagle … Maclin has six multi-touchdown games in his career. He has reached the end zone in five of seven games this year and seven of his last nine dating back to 2012 … With 32 career touchdown receptions, Maclin is tied with DeSean Jackson and Ben Hawkins for eighth in Eagles history … Maclin has 297 career receptions, he moved into a tie with Jason Avant for 11th on the team’s all-time list. He also moved into 10th on the Eagles all-time receiving yards list with 4,085 … His 12 career 100-yard games are tied with Terrell Owens for 10th in franchise history … Maclin has six 50-plus yard touchdowns in his career, including two this year.

* QB Nick Foles set an Eagles record with 36 completions, while racking up 411 yards and two touchdowns, marking his third 400-yard game and the second-highest total of his career … Foles is tied with Michael Vick, Randall Cunningham and Sonny Jurgensen for the most 400-yard games ever by an Eagles … Foles has eclipsed the 300-yard mark four times this season and eight times in his career … The last Eagles quarterback with four 300-yard games in a season was Donovan McNabb in 2006.

* K Cody Parkey went 2-2 on field goal attempts, including a 54 yarder, the longest of his career and tied for the third-longest in Eagles history … It was the longest by an Eagles kicker since David Akers hit a 57 yarder on 9/14/03 vs. NE … Parkey has played in just seven games in his career, but has already connected on three 50-plus yarders, becoming just the sixth Eagle to do so in his career … The last Eagle with three in the same season was Paul McFadden in 1984.

Birdseed … The Eagles have allowed just two sacks in the last six games, which is their best six-game stretch since sacks became an official stat in 1982 … Jordan Matthews has had at least four receptions in each of the last five games … The Eagles amassed a season-high 27 first downs and 521 total net yards … The 7:05 drive was the longest of the season by Philadelphia … S Nate Allen forced and recovered a fumble, extending the Eagles streak to 20 consecutive contests with at least one takeaway, their longest since 1995.

Notes are courtesy of the Philadelphia Eagles.

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