This team could very well lose to the Giants with how they've been playing. This isn't a guaranteed win

15 minutes ago, Parrot Head said:

A change-of-pace, power run game to compliment Swift would make a huge difference for this offense.

They even have the player to do it, but they are too stupid to make it happen.

Long, time-consuming scoring drives would solve so many problems for this team.

Kenneth Walker showed us that last night.

Does anyone ever ask the coaches why Penny never plays?

2 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

I think we’d need to change the nature of the run game as Hurts can’t take the punishment anymore

Hurts only works in an offense where he's running the football. If you're 3 years in with a running QB and he's already cooked, physically, then your problem has become waaaaay worse. And to be honest, I feel you're right. It's Wentz all over again. The athleticism is gone and he's not developed mentally enough to evolve into a QB who can beat you with his arm alone.

5 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

They did that in the first half. Yet still managed to watch the defense crumble away in the second half. Also how about not running out of shotgun every single time. 

The shotgun is a major problem, as it robs the RB of forward momentum AND it tips the defense to which side we are running to.

At least they have a new run play where Kelce pulls a bit so they don’t know the exact gap (thanks to Stout most likely).

2 minutes ago, Swoop said:

This team could very well lose to the Giants with how they've been playing. This isn't a guaranteed win

They will 

5 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Two of the four against Philly. Fun!

Completely forgot about that Bears game. Not fun!

2 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

Does anyone ever ask the coaches why Penny never plays?

What a great signing he’s been. Penny/Swift was supposed to be the one two combo but nope. They’d rather force Gainwell because he’s the better pass blocker… riiiiight

8 hours ago, T-1000 said:

Right, so he gave up 92 yards in a minute and 24 seconds to an offense led by a career backup? I must have missed him out on the field on defense.

No, but he put them in a position where that drive mattered because he has no situational awareness. Anyone defending the play of Hurts on here today is delusional. The ONLY positive I saw last night was that Ringo outplayed my expectations. 

5 minutes ago, xxeaglesfanxx said:

If you say so. Devito about to have the game of his career.

Eagles are at home, backs against the wall, Devito has come hurtling down to earth. The circumstances say the Eagles win. That being said, I think there's a real chance they lose to them in NY.

8 hours ago, mattwill said:

 Week Fifteen / Game Fourteen Prediction results

And then there were three!  Losses that is.  There was one clear winner of the chicken dinner this week ... @mayanh8 with a predicted score of Eagles 17 Seahawks 19 ... just one point off the actual score.   @EaglePhan1986 was the runnerup this week ... only 3 points off the actual Eagles score (he predicted 14 rather than 17) and spot on the Seahawks score of 20.

For the first thirteen games the chicken dinner has gone to:
@Alphagrand in Week One where the 66 recorded predictions were 65 for an Eagles win and 1 for a Patriots win
@Iggles25 and @bbabraham in Week Two where the 71 recorded predictions were 56 for an Eagles win and 15 for a Vikings win
@Cliftoma in Week Three where the 77 recorded predictions were 73 for an Eagles win and 4 for a Buccaneers win
@Casey @ Bat in Week Four where the 75 recorded predictions were 72 for an Eagles win and 3 for a Commanders win
@Mike030270 and @Texas Eagle in Week Five where the 78 recorded predictions were 63 for an Eagles win and 15 for a Rams win
@GoEagles5921 in Week Six where the 82 recorded predictions were 79 for an Eagles win and 3 for a Jets win
@jwill2420 and @mattwill in Week Seven where the 76 recorded predictions were 46 for an Eagles win and 30 for a Dolphins win
@Mortimer in Week Eight where the 70 recorded predictions were 66 for an Eagles win and 4 for a Commanders win
@Uscg-green in Week Nine where the 77 recorded predictions were 64 for an Eagles win and 13 for a Cowboys win
@Captain F in Week Eleven where the 86 recorded predictions were 53 for an Eagles win and 31 for a Chiefs win, and 2 were for a tie
@paco and @Mortimer in Week Twelve where the 88 recorded predictions were 74 for an Eagles win and 14 for a Bills win
@dawkins4prez in Week Thirteen where the 100 recorded predictions were 70 for an Eagles win and 29 for a Niners win and 1 with no score
@ManchesterEagle and @Giggity_goo in Week Fourteen where the 96 recorded predictions were 54 for an Eagles win and 42 for a Cowboys win, and
@mayanh8 in Week Fifteen where where the 81 recorded predictions were 60 for an Eagles win and 20 for a Seahawks win and 1 for a tie.

The Bonus pick results this week had the following winners:

@Ace Nova with "Hurts 2 total TD’s"
@B3 with "Hurts with two rushing TDs"
@Godfather with "QB1 continues to be a turnover machine"
@LacesOut with "I smell a 3 game losing streak"
@paco with 
@Swoop with "Hurts with another turnover "
@LeanMeanGM with "Penny revenge game! We've been saving him all season for this moment. Penny finishes the game with 0 carries for 0 yards "

Honorable Mention goes to

@DrPhilly who was half right with "Hurts with two rushing TDs, one in the last 5 mins that ultimately wins the game."

Here are the 81 predictions in score order

That's it.  I'm meme'ing all my bonus picks from now own  

2 minutes ago, xxeaglesfanxx said:

What a great signing he’s been. Penny/Swift was supposed to be the one two combo but nope. They’d rather force Gainwell because he’s the better pass blocker… riiiiight

On another note, Trey Sermon had a good game on Saturday.

Just now, M.C. said:

On another note, Trey Sermon had a good game on Saturday.

He really didn't. That a box score game. Indy just completely whipped the Steelers.

3 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

No, but he put them in a position where that drive mattered because he has no situational awareness. Anyone defending the play of Hurts on here today is delusional. The ONLY positive I saw last night was that Ringo outplayed my expectations. 

Ringo might prove useful down the road against teams like SF who run outside and throw to the flat to get shedding/tacking match-ups against finesse CBs.

Agreed on Ringo...I also like what I see with Sidney Brown.

Anyone on free agents list that Eagles be willing to take a look at ?

https://nfltraderumors.co/top-100-2023-nfl-free-agents-list/

Ringo should start for the rest of the year.

I am not complaining about the refs.

I am not complaining about the refs.

I have a question in general. Last night's game included, but this is not about questioning last nights game.

We know we have this long FG thing working against us.

I feel like there is something similar with this team and PI calls. Is it just because we are biased as fans or is it really, really lopsided how many extremely ticky tack PI, and holding calls go against our CBs vs how often our WRs do not get the call at all on far more egregious infractions?

Last nights game is a clear example of what I mean. The Bradberry call was kind of ridiculous. But even worse when nothing is called for Quez, OR for AJ Brown on the last throw of the game. 

And it feels like there are numerous more instances of this bias in every single game. 

2 minutes ago, Talkingbirds said:

Anyone on free agents list that Eagles be willing to take a look at ?

https://nfltraderumors.co/top-100-2023-nfl-free-agents-list/

That's a sad, sad list of players.

The wheels have completely come off on offense. Hard to have any confidence that they can get it straightened out with the same people in the room, but they still have 3 weeks to bring in Reich or someone else to help out. They have to do it now though, while there's still time to make the needed adjustments.

2 minutes ago, Talkingbirds said:

Anyone on free agents list that Eagles be willing to take a look at ?

https://nfltraderumors.co/top-100-2023-nfl-free-agents-list/

why???? how would any of those players help us for the rest of this season?

I know @ManuManu didn't like the insinuation that Ringo is better, but man how could he be worse? 

7 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

It’s not just that. Post June 1st just means you push most of the dead money to 2025 which would be like $13M

I know, but at least you don't eat the whole hit at once. There's really no other way to get out of that contract though. Nobody is trading for him.

20 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Two of the four against Philly. Fun!

That was Brian Griese on that drive for Chicago. That was such a frustrating season. 

Just now, we_gotta_believe said:

The wheels have completely come off on offense. Hard to have any confidence that they can get it straightened out with the same people in the room, but they still have 3 weeks to bring in Reich or someone else to help out. They have to do it now though, while there's still time to make the needed adjustments.

There's a $255M reason why Desai got "axed" and BJ didn't. BJ is the biggest problem on this team. I'm sure everyone is the FO knows it. But who's going to be the one to neuter Hurt's best friend and destroy the trust relationship between the team and franchise QB?

Everyone keeps complaining about the defense and I get that.  The defense is what it is at this point.  The linebackers are non existent and the secondary is average at best.  That said, I think they are doing what they can based on the talent they have.

 

The issue is the offense folks! If the offense plays up to their potential (Including Jalen Hurts) they should easily score close to 30 points a game or more - that’s how much talent this offense has.

 They need to focus on commanding and controlling the game on offense - keep the defense fresh (The defense actually gets stops when they’re fresh) and off the field as much as possible.  They need to forget about the "big play ball” until it’s given to them.  They need to stop forcing big plays when they’re just not there.  Not to mention, every time this offense comes off the field after a couple of minutes - that just puts the defense right back out there.  It’s a losing formula. 

They ran the ball effectively last night and that was a breath of fresh air.  The issues were that after a few good runs they would immediately go back to try to hitting big plays, etc.  

They need better play designs on short/intermediate routes - they need to give up WR screens to 170 lb WR’s (Not only do they rarely work, good chance they will get a WR hurt eventually)

The one type of  play that seems to work almost all the time and yet they only run it once or twice are the quick short and intermediate slants and cross plays.  Do they not see that they work?  Why not focus on those?  They typically get at least 6-7 yards and then sometimes can go for good yards with some YAC.

They really need to wake up and wake up soon if they expect to make any sort of run this year.

 

Thats my 2 cent Monday rant.  🙂