"Those two fumbles, I just had to make the most of the opportunity," Coleman said. It was his first two-touchdown game since high school. His coach from Northmont High in Clayton, Ohio, even texted: "Back to high school days, huh?"
"I haven't had two touchdowns in a long, long time, so it was a good feeling," Coleman said.
Only one defender has scored two touchdowns off fumbles in the regular season: Fred "Dippy" Evans did it for the Chicago Bears in 1948. The NFL's record books don't track such statistics for the preseason.
The most prominent Eagle to play, backup quarterback Mike Vick, showed his familiar speed and had a few nice throws in one quarter of action. He led two drives, giving the Eagles a final look at their fallback option in case starter Kevin Kolb gets hurt. Vick, who started the game, led the Eagles to one field goal and a punt. He went 3 for 5 for 56 yards and ran twice for 11 yards.
"I felt like I got done what I needed to get done. . . . I played with confidence, threw the ball strong. I was going to all the right places, and I just let my vision work for me," Vick said.
The team's emergency third quarterback, rookie Mike Kafka, had an ugly night in his longest stint of the preseason. In three quarters, he was 9 for 27 for 76 yards, threw an interception, and had a 26.9 passer rating.
Coleman produced more offense than either quarterback. He grabbed a Joe McKnight fumble and ran it back 64 yards, blowing by quarterback Mark Brunell in what was never a fair contest: Coleman, a 22-year-old fresh out of college pulling away from the 39-year-old veteran entering his 18th NFL season.
