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Remember in week 1 when Peyton Manning came out of the off-season gun slinging touchdowns for the Denver Broncos, throwing seven, in his emphatic win against the Baltimore Ravens? Guess who just matched that bar with seven of his own?
Your boy, Nick Foles.
He replaced Michael Vick after Vick re-injured his hamstring in last week’s game with the New York Giants, forcing him to sit out today’s matchup in Oakland.
The Eagles put on a clinic against the Raiders, dismantling the secondary, with five different players scoring touchdowns on the day (Riley Cooper, Brent Celek, Zach Ertz, LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson) in their impressive 49-20 victory Sunday afternoon. Foles ended the day 406 yards and an NFL record, rejuvenating the hopes for Philadelphia this season and leading them to a 4-5 record, after nine games.
Foles joins the likes of Sid Luckman, Adrian Burk, George Blanda, Y.A. Tittle, Joe Kapp and Peyton Manning in the history books, as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for seven touchdowns in a game.
Fantasy Football owners who started Nick Foles today, you won too.