2 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

You are wrestling with a pig, brother.  

You are in agreement with the person who thinks a team that takes the lead with under 40 seconds left "crushed" the Eagles.

I wasn't online during the game day thread so I'm not sure how much this was discussed, but I thought it was a novel idea for the Cards to do the onside kick with the score tied 28-28 and 5 1/2 minutes left.  I won't pretend that I would have done it -- the rule being what it is now, there's almost no chance to recover it -- but it ensured the Cards were going to get the ball back, regardless of what happened.  You can do that when you've scored TDs on three straight long drives and know the Eagles defense cannot stop you.  There was a slim chance if they'd kicked deep the Eagles could have milked the last 5:30 off the clock on offense and kicked a FG.  Giving the Eagles the ball at the ARI 39 very much narrowed that possibility.  Not much downside, and if you recover the onside kick, it's even better.

I think the Cards strategized even if the Eagles went in for a TD to go up 35-28, their plan was to go right back down the field, score a TD, and convert another two-point conversion to win it.  Pretty depressing when a 3-win team plays that strategy and gets it right.   

Bit of a bummer there is no Thursday Night Football tonight. 

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

There is your answer if changing DC's helped or hurt. Cost the division and #2 seed most likely. 

 

 

Jeff McLane seems to have blocked me on twitter.  No idea what the reason behind that is other than me letting him know how much of a little **** he is.  

2 hours ago, eagle45 said:

@mattwill

Eagles 28-Giants 24

No one feels any better about anything heading into a road playoff game.

I feel fine.  Any Given Sunday.

24 minutes ago, Random Reglar said:

No,  the Eagles took a lead early,  and with less than 40 seconds left,  the Cards took the lead. Then,  a Hail Mary which could have won the game for the Eagles.  



 

It was a weird game.  Eagles only had 3 first half offensive possessions, one in the 2nd qtr.  Defense gave up 4 consecutive TD drives in 2nd half.  While the score was close, we got it handed to us.  

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

That’s the current theme. Mailata said he’s exhausted from practice because guys are flying around and haven’t practiced this hard all season!

 

It all seems very last gasp of air. Either they actually somehow turn it around this week or completely drown. 

they need to turn it around in the playoffs.   they could suck against the Giants and lose and it really wouldn't matter.   The Eagles should be resting the tired players against the Giants. 

3 hours ago, Random Reglar said:

This was the Cardinals Super Bowl.   Gannon and everything.  And the Cardinals won a very close game.   Cards score a TD in the last minute and the Eagles had a Hail Mary there after that that failed. 

If Maddox doesn't fall down,  and that's not a 36 yard pass,  but just a 10 yard pass,  maybe the Eagles stop the Cards and win.

This is absurd.

But I’ll say one thing….lots of teams circled us on their calendar this year.  We ain’t gonna be anybody’s Super Bowl next year.  

@mattwill

Eagles 20 giants 23

Wild card blowout incoming 

25 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Is a missed FG a turnover?  

Thats a good one. I’ll think about it

32 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

If you think about it along those lines then a punt is a turnover as well, but instead of a fumble near the line of scrimmage, it's like a deep pass that is intercepted. 

A punt is an intentional offering of possession of the football in exchange for field position advantage. A failed 4th down is a turnover because the offense had no intentional of giving the opponent the football

change if possession yes; but turnover implies unintended consequences

9 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I wasn't online during the game day thread so I'm not sure how much this was discussed, but I thought it was a novel idea for the Cards to do the onside kick with the score tied 28-28 and 5 1/2 minutes left.  I won't pretend that I would have done it -- the rule being what it is now, there's almost no chance to recover it -- but it ensured the Cards were going to get the ball back, regardless of what happened.  You can do that when you've scored TDs on three straight long drives and know the Eagles defense cannot stop you.  There was a slim chance if they'd kicked deep the Eagles could have milked the last 5:30 off the clock on offense and kicked a FG.  Giving the Eagles the ball at the ARI 39 very much narrowed that possibility.  Not much downside, and if you recover the onside kick, it's even better.

I think the Cards strategized even if the Eagles went in for a TD to go up 35-28, their plan was to go right back down the field, score a TD, and convert another two-point conversion to win it.  Pretty depressing when a 3-win team plays that strategy and gets it right.   

Like you I wasn't in the game thread but I knew what they were doing watching the game. If we'd have dinked and dunked to the 25 they'd have tried to let us score to preserve clock and tried for a TD and 2 point. They knew we couldn't even slow them down.

I love Dan Campbell’s ability to be direct in a non-combative way. Just seems like a genuine guy who is not afraid to be himself.

https://x.com/The33rdTeamFB/status/1742576489109860500?s=20

20 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I wasn't online during the game day thread so I'm not sure how much this was discussed, but I thought it was a novel idea for the Cards to do the onside kick with the score tied 28-28 and 5 1/2 minutes left.  I won't pretend that I would have done it -- the rule being what it is now, there's almost no chance to recover it -- but it ensured the Cards were going to get the ball back, regardless of what happened.  You can do that when you've scored TDs on three straight long drives and know the Eagles defense cannot stop you.  There was a slim chance if they'd kicked deep the Eagles could have milked the last 5:30 off the clock on offense and kicked a FG.  Giving the Eagles the ball at the ARI 39 very much narrowed that possibility.  Not much downside, and if you recover the onside kick, it's even better.

I think the Cards strategized even if the Eagles went in for a TD to go up 35-28, their plan was to go right back down the field, score a TD, and convert another two-point conversion to win it.  Pretty depressing when a 3-win team plays that strategy and gets it right.   

The Cardinals are 3-4 with Kyler Murray at QB,  and 1-9 without Kyler Murray.  The Cards are a mid team with Kyler Murray,  not a bad one.

21 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I wasn't online during the game day thread so I'm not sure how much this was discussed, but I thought it was a novel idea for the Cards to do the onside kick with the score tied 28-28 and 5 1/2 minutes left.  I won't pretend that I would have done it -- the rule being what it is now, there's almost no chance to recover it -- but it ensured the Cards were going to get the ball back, regardless of what happened.  You can do that when you've scored TDs on three straight long drives and know the Eagles defense cannot stop you.  There was a slim chance if they'd kicked deep the Eagles could have milked the last 5:30 off the clock on offense and kicked a FG.  Giving the Eagles the ball at the ARI 39 very much narrowed that possibility.  Not much downside, and if you recover the onside kick, it's even better.

I think the Cards strategized even if the Eagles went in for a TD to go up 35-28, their plan was to go right back down the field, score a TD, and convert another two-point conversion to win it.  Pretty depressing when a 3-win team plays that strategy and gets it right.   

The onside kick definitely increases the chance that the Cards get the ball back. Increases the chances that the Eagles take the lead (they did), but increases the chances the Cards get the ball back. (they did).   It seemed like a smart move on Sunday.

 

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

Scott Mitchell still collecting L’s after all this time

23 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

It was a weird game.  Eagles only had 3 first half offensive possessions, one in the 2nd qtr.  Defense gave up 4 consecutive TD drives in 2nd half.  While the score was close, we got it handed to us.  

And in the first half,  Sydney Brown had a 99 yard interception return for a TD.  That gave the Eagles 7,  and subtracted likely points from the Cards.

21-6 at the half.

32 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I wasn't online during the game day thread so I'm not sure how much this was discussed, but I thought it was a novel idea for the Cards to do the onside kick with the score tied 28-28 and 5 1/2 minutes left.  I won't pretend that I would have done it -- the rule being what it is now, there's almost no chance to recover it -- but it ensured the Cards were going to get the ball back, regardless of what happened.  You can do that when you've scored TDs on three straight long drives and know the Eagles defense cannot stop you.  There was a slim chance if they'd kicked deep the Eagles could have milked the last 5:30 off the clock on offense and kicked a FG.  Giving the Eagles the ball at the ARI 39 very much narrowed that possibility.  Not much downside, and if you recover the onside kick, it's even better.

I think the Cards strategized even if the Eagles went in for a TD to go up 35-28, their plan was to go right back down the field, score a TD, and convert another two-point conversion to win it.  Pretty depressing when a 3-win team plays that strategy and gets it right.   

GDT basically felt that Cards didn't respect us and they'd get the ball back eventually and be able to score at will

22 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

This is absurd.

But I’ll say one thing….lots of teams circled us on their calendar this year.  We ain’t gonna be anybody’s Super Bowl next year.  

Depends on what happens in the playoffs.

Any Given Sunday.

I expect the Eagles to win over the South team.

Then they play the 9ers.  The Eagles should be the underdog on that one. But I've seen Purdy suck against the Ravens.  If Purdy sucks,  or if the Eagles play great, they could win that one. The Eagles have beaten the Cowboys this year. The Eagles could play a good game,  and win again and go to the Super Bowl.  The Eagles have Super Bowl experience, and that could come in useful.

Any Given Sunday.   I'm not a believer in "the last thing you did is the thing you will always do,"  like so many here seem to be.  The Eagles went 10-1 to start the season.  The only loss was to the Jets.  That must mean that the Jets were the best team the Eagles played of the first 11, right?  No, clearly wrong.  

35 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I wasn't online during the game day thread so I'm not sure how much this was discussed, but I thought it was a novel idea for the Cards to do the onside kick with the score tied 28-28 and 5 1/2 minutes left.  I won't pretend that I would have done it -- the rule being what it is now, there's almost no chance to recover it -- but it ensured the Cards were going to get the ball back, regardless of what happened.  You can do that when you've scored TDs on three straight long drives and know the Eagles defense cannot stop you.  There was a slim chance if they'd kicked deep the Eagles could have milked the last 5:30 off the clock on offense and kicked a FG.  Giving the Eagles the ball at the ARI 39 very much narrowed that possibility.  Not much downside, and if you recover the onside kick, it's even better.

I think the Cards strategized even if the Eagles went in for a TD to go up 35-28, their plan was to go right back down the field, score a TD, and convert another two-point conversion to win it.  Pretty depressing when a 3-win team plays that strategy and gets it right.   

Speaking of which, I still have no idea why the refs called offsides on that play. No one looked close to offsides. But the penalty actually helped them shorten the field even more which was their plan 1B. Weird twist. 

8 minutes ago, Random Reglar said:

And in the first half,  Sydney Brown had a 99 yard interception return for a TD.  That gave the Eagles 7,  and subtracted likely points from the Cards.

21-6 at the half.

28-10 2nd half.

35 minutes ago, Random Reglar said:

they need to turn it around in the playoffs.   they could suck against the Giants and lose and it really wouldn't matter.   The Eagles should be resting the tired players against the Giants. 

They have no right to be tired. I'm f'ing tired of all this they are tired crap. They lollygag here and lollygag there.  They are lollygaggers.

43 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I wasn't online during the game day thread so I'm not sure how much this was discussed, but I thought it was a novel idea for the Cards to do the onside kick with the score tied 28-28 and 5 1/2 minutes left.  I won't pretend that I would have done it -- the rule being what it is now, there's almost no chance to recover it -- but it ensured the Cards were going to get the ball back, regardless of what happened.  You can do that when you've scored TDs on three straight long drives and know the Eagles defense cannot stop you.  There was a slim chance if they'd kicked deep the Eagles could have milked the last 5:30 off the clock on offense and kicked a FG.  Giving the Eagles the ball at the ARI 39 very much narrowed that possibility.  Not much downside, and if you recover the onside kick, it's even better.

I think the Cards strategized even if the Eagles went in for a TD to go up 35-28, their plan was to go right back down the field, score a TD, and convert another two-point conversion to win it.  Pretty depressing when a 3-win team plays that strategy and gets it right.   

Gannon said it worked out perfectly. Defense held them to a field goal and he wanted to end the game with the ball in Kyler’s hands which they did. 

Not feeling confident about this, but what the hell.

@mattwill

Eagles 23

Giants 21

Bonus: 55+ yd FG for Elliot