Cheap shot on Nick Foles incites brawl in Redskins-Eagles game

The Redskins-Eagles game kept getting chippier and chippier until things finally boiled over on one of the cheapest hits that will take place in the NFL this season.

Eagles quarterback Nick Foles threw what appeared to be an interception by Bashaud Breeland (it was overturned after a replay review), and he was nonchalantly following the play as Breeland was tackled. As Breeland was going to the ground, Redskins defensive tackle Chris Baker blindsided him, hitting him and lifting Foles off his feet. Eagles offensive tackle Jason Peters was the first to get to Baker, hitting him in the face, and a brawl started on the sideline.

The officials lost control of the game early, when there was a lot of talking and pushing (DeSean Jackson, in his return to Philadelphia, set the tone by reacting to a late hit by Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins in the first quarter), so it shouldn't have been a huge surprise it boiled over eventually. Baker was ejected, as was Peters. How bad were the officials? They originally announced that Redkins offensive tackle Trent Williams was ejected ... but got the wrong team. They meant Peters, who wears the same No. 71 that Williams wears.

Foles was fine to continue, or else Baker's inevitable fine might have been much, much heavier than it already will be. The cheap shot and ensuing brawl seemingly lit a fire under the Eagles, who pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 37-34 win.

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