4 minutes ago, RLC said:

Arizona blitzed. Hurts threw a 1 on 1 to Devonta Smtih on an alert. He hit Smith in the hands. Smith dropped out. That's not bad playcalling. That's just a bad play by Smitty. 

Curious though is the good analytics play to take a shot like that on 3rd down and 5 instead of trying to just convert? Why are they so enamored with doing that on 3rd instead of dialing up something to move the chains? It's failed them in practically every game they lost recently.

Huge break for Michigan.

31 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

It’s baffling this even needs to be said out loud 

He is a freaking clown.

59 minutes ago, metal said:

I'm pretty sure that isn't even a lineman. It looks like #85 which I think is Trey McBride.

Looks like Sweat takes the outside shoulder to contain thinking that the LB would attack the B gap… instead the LB keeps depth and shuffles outside, so not squeezing the gap and also making the geometry to defeat the incoming block worse.

Playing 5 defenders vs 6 blockers is tough (as Nolan had to stay home on the other side to contain a QB keep), even harder with bad technique / hesitation. Not sure if a 4-2 front would make that much of a difference, if nobody wins their 1v1s.

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

Yeah his point on offense was spot on. They don’t have an identity and they can’t fix the mistakes they are making.

They absolutely can offensively, because they have the pieces, trouble is the guy calling plays and drawing up the offense is clueless how to do it.

 

I'll lay it out for him: 

Use Swift to run the ball, out of pistol or under center.
Use play action and get the ball to Brown over the middle where he's moving either forward or horizontally and let him get some YAC.  Stop with the outs and come backs to him all the time.
Scrap the bubble screen completely out of the playbook.
Stop looking to set up 3rd and 1 situations so that you can run the Shove.
On 3rd and 5 or more, throw the ball 7 or more yards down the field.  Square ins, deep crosses.

And use MOTION to allow Hurts to know if its man or zone more easily and make the defense have to adjust to you, rather than the other way around.

Oh.. and get the plays in faster so that they are at the line fast enough to be able to do all of this.

9 minutes ago, RLC said:

Arizona blitzed. Hurts threw a 1 on 1 to Devonta Smtih on an alert. He hit Smith in the hands. Smith dropped out. That's not bad playcalling. That's just a bad play by Smitty. 

Mmmm hmmm.

 

20 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

Completely ignorant statement.  You saw all around the league teams trying to imitate or just flat out struggling in their 3rd and 4th and short plays all year long (unless they were playing the Eagles defense), meanwhile the Eagles have an unstoppable play.  It is transformative.  It's an automatic 1-2 yards and no other team can do it anywhere near as well as we can.  

The worst offense of the last 30 years was the 2006 Oakland Raiders.  They averaged over 4 yards per play.

The tush push averages less than 2.

Its not transformative.

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Isn’t that what Sidney Brown was hinting at? 

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Of course not...  they started 10-1, their preparation is flawless.  

2 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Isn’t that what Sidney Brown was hinting at? 

Devonta Smith last week said issues were communication and getting the small details right.

10 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

He is a freaking clown.

He’s almost too good of a guy at this point.  He knows it’s beyond idiotic to drop Reddick back in pass defense 7 times.  He’s just covering for Patricia or whoever’s brainiac idea it was to do that. 

Herbstreit just called some team the Philadelphia Eagles of college football.

Kiss of death

29 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

Completely ignorant statement.  You saw all around the league teams trying to imitate or just flat out struggling in their 3rd and 4th and short plays all year long (unless they were playing the Eagles defense), meanwhile the Eagles have an unstoppable play.  It is transformative.  It's an automatic 1-2 yards and no other team can do it anywhere near as well as we can.  

 

1-2 yards isn't transformative.    Having real options off of it that leads to explosive plays might make it transformative.   We finally saw a variation yesterday.  When was the last time before that?    They play to set up that play, and its hurting the offense overall.   Its why they like to throw short of the sticks on 3rd down so much... hoping to get close enough to set up the Shove rather than just calling a play to convert.  It's become a crutch, not a weapon.

The Eagles signed Reddick to rush the passer. Teams know Reddick rushes the passer. The style of defense they run is predominantly built around the position that Reddick plays. Yet Sirianni thinks they need to drop him back SEVEN FU%$ING times so teams don't catch on that Reddick is going to rush the passer???? My goodness, get this guy out of town. Leave. 

2 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

He’s almost too good of a guy at this point.  He knows it’s beyond idiotic to drop Reddick back in pass defense 7 times.  He’s just covering for Patricia or whoever’s brainiac idea it was to do that. 

That's garbage.  He's the HC.  He has every right and the responsibility to tell the DC to knock that crap off.  If they are continuing to do it, its because he's allowing it.  He's not being too good of a guy, he's being a bad HC.  

3 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Devonta Smith last week said issues were communication and getting the small details right.

 

4 hours ago, Joe Ball said:

He is valuable, great year returning punts. You don't even have to say "He's moved up on the depth chart". Just get him in the game on third downs, 2nd and long a dozen times a game...Welker, Edelman, Beasley type of receiver possibly? I am not saying get him that many touches, but he has to be accounted for and it could open up other options. I know he might be a tad smaller/lighter but he can contribute more than they have allowed him to so far on offense. 

I agree with wanting Covey to get snaps and targets.   He's a slot wr,  who is very much like a slot wr.

I pay attention to the Eagles of course and also the Ravens.  The Ravens picked up Keaton Mitchell as a udfa this year. Half the year goes by without seeing Mitchell.   Then they put him in and he's instantaneously the best running back the Ravens have.  Just because he's faster.  "Wow,  look at that,  the fastest guy we have,  running outside, he's making a lot of really big plays."

Covey is the same type of thing.   "Wow,  the NFL's best punt returner is also capable of yards after catch, or rushing yards.  Who could possibly have envisioned that?"  Yeah.  Who could NOT have envisioned that? 

 

The Eagles would have drafted Micah Parsons and make him a coverage MLB. He'd probably still be good at it because he's a freak but he wouldn't be the same player he is in Dallas if he was an Eagle. 

Corum would look good in Eagles green if they let Swift walk

Reddick dropping into coverage once or twice is fine. It's a good changeup.

7 times? GTFO.

Now we know why we ask Devonta Smith to lead block despite being 160 lbs. can’t be predictable, can’t have him just catch balls 

4 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

See that's where a coach comes in handy.  One that knows how to run an NFL offense.

I think we are already seeing this year what happens when we try to run a non rpo based offense

Good answer by Michigan

8 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

The Eagles signed Reddick to rush the passer. Teams know Reddick rushes the passer. The style of defense they run is predominantly built around the position that Reddick plays. Yet Sirianni thinks they need to drop him back SEVEN FU%$ING times so teams don't catch on that Reddick is going to rush the passer???? My goodness, get this guy out of town. Leave. 

Its just coachspeak man