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Nick Foles throws first interception of the season in blizzard-like conditions

Nick Foles tossed 238 passes this season before throwing his first interception. (Rich Schultz /Getty Images) We know that blizzard-like conditions are
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Nick Foles throws first interception of the season in blizzard-like conditions
Nick Foles throws first interception of the season in blizzard-like conditions

Nick Foles tossed 238 passes this season before throwing his first interception. (Rich Schultz /Getty Images)

We know that blizzard-like conditions are affecting several games on the East Coast, and now, the Weather Gods have conspired to end the interception-less streak established by Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles. The second-year starter had thrown 238 passes without an interception, the eighth-longest streak in NFL history, and put up the best single month passer rating in league history with his 152.8 mark in October.

However, with conditions at Lincoln Financial Field hard for anybody trying to throw the ball, Foles threw up his first pick of the season with 12:19 left in the first half of the Eagles' game against the Detroit Lions. He threw a deep pass from his own 33-yard line that was picked by Lions cornerback Chris Houston at the 50-yard line, and Houston returned the ball to the Philadelphia 30. On the subsequent drive, Detroit scored the first touchdown of the day when Joique Bell ran it in from two yards out.

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It wasn't just a problem for Foles -- the entire Philadelphia offense was sputtering. Halfway through the second quarter, Detroit had 131 yards on 29 plays, while the Eagles had three total yards on 14 plays.

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SI.com contributing NFL writer and Seattle resident Doug Farrar started writing about football locally in 2002, and became Football Outsiders' West Coast NFL guy in 2006. He was fascinated by FO's idea to combine Bill James with Dr. Z, and wrote for the site for six years. He wrote a game-tape column called "Cover-2" for a number of years, and contributed to six editions of "Pro Football Prospectus" and the "Football Outsiders Almanac." In 2009,  Doug was invited to join Yahoo Sports' NFL team, and covered Senior Bowls, scouting combines, Super Bowls, and all sorts of other things for Yahoo Sports and the Shutdown Corner blog through June, 2013. Doug received the proverbial offer he couldn't refuse from SI.com in 2013, and that was that. Doug has also written for the Seattle Times, the Washington Post, the New York Sun, FOX Sports, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine.  He also makes regular appearances on several local and national radio shows, and has hosted several podcasts over the years. He counts Dan Jenkins, Thomas Boswell, Frank Deford, Ralph Wiley, Peter King, and Bill Simmons as the writers who made him want to do this for a living. In his rare off-time, Doug can be found reading, hiking, working out, searching for new Hendrix, Who, and MC5 bootlegs, and wondering if the Mariners will ever be good again.

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