8 minutes ago, jamiller said:

Agreed.  If we lose to Dallas but win out. Conversely, really helps the #1 seed to beat Dallas (of course), as the Niners and Lions are right behind us.    

This is some of my favorite stuff in the season. When all the W/L variables matter. It always matters but I don't track it until closer to the Playoffs.

Same...along with all the X' & O's the next two months I am all about football, strategy, matchups, tendencies, etc. Best time of year.

4 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

He would need a clean throwing lane to both see the TE break and to get a laser pass there.   If he’s timing the ball to a spot, then he doesn’t need the lane to see nor would he need to throw a laser.  
 

If you watch it in full speed, he wasn’t timing the ball there because he started to scramble as soon as the TE began his break. 

That's not a laser throw.   He started to scramble far too soon, far too frequently.   Seems to be the theme for the day.

19 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

That's a clean pocket that he bails, and Smith is wide open on the sideline.   This was hero ball from Hurts.   Seems the game wasn't so much on Johnson, but on Hurts' execution.  

We can equally blame both sides. It was bad.

Just now, RLC said:

We can equally blame both sides. It was bad.

I meant the offensive side, obviously.  There's no excuse for allowing 6 straight TD drives... but only coming away with 19 points offensively is also not good enough.  

9 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Then we have a bigger problem.  You can't put players into pass routes that the QB isn't willing to throw the ball to.  So he either needs to trust that guy, or they need to keep that guy off the field.

Yeh, he's either a decoy or a blocker only. You can't play that way, Hurts has to trust he will do his job like a professional is getting paid to do, in that same process Hurts has to do his job and throw to the open player...or throw it away.

15 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

He was going through his progressions a lot last season. Might have to do with having a different QB coach this season as to why we've seen a difference

I agree. Shane seemed to make him more comfortable which probably allowed him to do that. When he was flat Shane seemed to know which plays to call to get him into a rhythm. BJ and Nick suck together. 

 

Not trying to get too down here because he’s the best receiver this team has had in almost 20 years since TO, but AJ worries me a bit. Especially if the team starts to face challenges and suffers a few losses. One of the things I’m curious to see with the character of this team is how they face adversity. There hasn’t been a lot of losing the past two seasons so it’s easy to be happy and all smiles. But after the ass-kicking they got Sunday and another tough test coming up, this is where you have to buckle down and be resilient. 
 

I don’t know if it’s a cardio or lack of interest issue with AJ, but he just looks SLOW when things aren’t going his way. Not a lot of tenacity or fight. That needs to change. 
 

 

9 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

he started to scramble as soon as the TE began his break. 

I am going to ask a question and I am not trying to be a smart a$$. Does Jalen hang in the pocket on pass plays where he knows receivers should be breaking open? I ask this because if the answer is no and he just bails at the first sign of pressure every time it comes...just get used to this type of play. Sometimes the QB takes a hit to make the play, of course that's how a lot of hand injuries have occurred (Stafford this year). 

I guess I am saying that the passing game requires QBs to trust where they are throwing the ball and trust the receiver to be there even before the break is made by the receiver. Sometime the receiver slips down and it's incomplete, or worse picked off...but that is the way the passing game works and why they practice throwing before the receiver breaks, you have to be throwing to spots. The QB also has to know where every route ends on the play...not just the primary receiver.

11 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

   He started to scramble far too soon, far too frequently.   Seems to be the theme for the day.

That we can agree on. No matter the type of pass it should have/could have been he did start to scramble too soon…he’s been doing that the last few games for some reason.   

10 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

I agree. Shane seemed to make him more comfortable which probably allowed him to do that. When he was flat Shane seemed to know which plays to call to get him into a rhythm. BJ and Nick suck together. 

Man that sucks for him, and the Eagles because there is definitely a difference between this year and last.

1 hour ago, Ace Nova said:

I don’t think Jalen had a good game and maybe with Goedert he attempts that throw.

 

That said, in game time speed the TE was open for maybe a second and Hurts had zero throwing window during that second.  He would have needed to touch pass the ball over the line, 3-4 defenders and time it perfectly before any of the DB’s zeroed in less than a second later.  Not an easy throw to make in that much traffic. 

It's an NFL throw...

1 minute ago, Joe Ball said:

I am going to ask a question and I am not trying to be a smart a$$. Does Jalen hang in the pocket on pass plays where he knows receivers should be breaking open? I ask this because if the answer is no and he just bails at the first sign of pressure every time it comes...just get used to this type of play. Sometimes the QB takes a hit to make the play, of course that's how a lot of hand injuries have occurred (Stafford this year). 

I guess I am saying that the passing game requires QBs to trust where they are throwing the ball and trust the receiver to be there even before the break is made by the receiver. Sometime the receiver slips down and it's incomplete, or worse picked off...but that is the way the passing game works and why they practice throwing before the receiver breaks, you have to be throwing to spots. The QB also has to know where every route ends on the play...not just the primary receiver.

He’s actually been hanging in the pocket for the most part this season but  for whatever reason, it seem like the last few games he’s been scrambling outside the pocket a little too soon imo and then throwing the ball quite often.  Not sure if this has to do with the pressure he feels or if he wants better throwing lanes, etc etc. 

Looks like maybe they are getting him unless he is in town for some other reason. 

 

4 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

He’s actually been hanging in the pocket for the most part this season but  for whatever reason, it seem like the last few games he’s been scrambling outside the pocket a little too soon imo and then throwing the ball quite often.  Not sure if this has to do with the pressure he feels or if he wants better throwing lanes, etc etc. 

Cool, I haven't watched enough of him to have a well informed opinion and didn't want to assume. I'm not trying to dog on Hurts, he is an awesome player.

4 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Looks like maybe they are getting him unless he is in town for some other reason. 

 

I am guessing you are just being a troll since 

 

A) The sign says HERTZ BOSTON

and

B) That is not Zach Ertz

5 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Looks like maybe they are getting him unless he is in town for some other reason. 

 

He’s actually renting a car in Boston so he can drive down to Philly. 

1 minute ago, pallidrone said:

I am guessing you are just being a troll since 

 

A) The sign says HERTZ BOSTON

and

B) That is not Zach Ertz

Spoiler

Pretty sure that’s the joke

 

1 minute ago, pallidrone said:

I am guessing you are just being a troll since 

 

A) The sign says HERTZ BOSTON

and

B) That is not Zach Ertz

"Thats Avonte Maddox”

Howard Eskin 

1 minute ago, Ace Nova said:

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Pretty sure that’s the joke

 

Normally I would let it go and just ignore his nonsense, but I am in a foul mood.

1 minute ago, pallidrone said:

Normally I would let it go and just ignore his nonsense, but I am in a foul mood.

That’s Fitz and it’s a long running joke on here

21 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Not trying to get too down here because he’s the best receiver this team has had in almost 20 years since TO, but AJ worries me a bit. Especially if the team starts to face challenges and suffers a few losses. One of the things I’m curious to see with the character of this team is how they face adversity. There hasn’t been a lot of losing the past two seasons so it’s easy to be happy and all smiles. But after the ass-kicking they got Sunday and another tough test coming up, this is where you have to buckle down and be resilient. 
 

I don’t know if it’s a cardio or lack of interest issue with AJ, but he just looks SLOW when things aren’t going his way. Not a lot of tenacity or fight. That needs to change. 
 

 

Is it a poor block? For a WR? If the play cuts inside it is a GREAT block (but doesn't do much because 31 is there too).

Meh.

2 minutes ago, jamiller said:

Is it a poor block? For a WR? If the play cuts inside it is a GREAT block (but doesn't do much because 31 is there too).

Meh.

Yeh, at least he didn't hold...stalk blocking is easier said than done...we used to run mirror drills a lot to teach our young ones...

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Big loss, he was killing it

54 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

 

 

AJ Brown not making the effort to make his block has been a common theme this season.  At his size and build, he should be an elite blocking WR for the few times he's called upon.  Lots of WR screens have failed this year because of Brown not blocking his guy.