This pretty much describes the offense perfectly in a nut-shell and if there's any good news to it it's that there is an answer to their issues because they've proven they can do it well. The things and concepts that they do actually excel at they don't do it enough. 

• 6th in success rate throwing in between the numbers but 30th in usage
• 4th in RB screen success rate but 28th in usage
• 7th in success rate running slants but 22nd in usage
• 1st in success rate running curl routes but 28th in usage
• 6th in rushing success/3rd passing success rate out of Pony personnel but 18th in usage

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

It’s always someone with A and J in their name. Aj brown and Alshon Jeffery lol. 

it’s definitely cardio quez and ghost of Julio’s past 

 

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

Lol. Your second stint was injury after injury. And the first time they cut you by using "gang member” to justify it. lol 

 

I think he played a full season twice in his entire career. Odd statistic 

We did it. We made history!

 

Another aspect about why the team performs the way they do that I've thought about:  hubris and over confidence.  They seem to not stay hungry and aggressive when they are winning so many games.  I remember after they started declining after the SB win, Colin Cowherd used a great analogy for them at the time:  like lottery winners who go broke because they don't know how to sustain it.

They tried then to replicate success and that's understandable the first season after the SB win.  They also had a solid draft because they didn't feel the need to reach for needs, they stuck to the board).  But they tried keeping vets past their age who were declining or injured all the time.  They thought they could make it work with Wentz.  They lost the aggressive play calling and creativity they had in 2017 when people were excited about "Big Balls Doug" and keeping the foot on the gas pedal in games.

Siri's team the last 2 seasons has had the best record in the NFL.  They made the Super Bowl and only lost by 3, then instead of a SB hangover year with a very tough schedule, they are again the best record (currently tied, that will of course change).

Do you think they get too relaxed and over confident rather than stay hungry and aggressive?  They seem to think they just need to execute and stick to the plan and the talent on the roster will come together.  Meanwhile what fans and media see are the need for some big changes.  Siri joked about the "Run the Ball" sign guys and said yeah they do need to run more...then only gave Swift 11 carries.  

They seem to only make major changes when they have losing seasons.  They need to find ways to keep the hunger and aggressive nature all the time.  And always change an innovate, don't settle or get too comfortable.

46 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

We don’t have enough information to say he’s the future. He was a fourth round pick and played his first real snaps last night. People are getting way ahead of themselves. 

On the contrary.  The defense is giving up TD drives left, right and center.   We know what Bradberry is.  Time to find out what Ringo is and we'll actually know what the needs are regarding CB going into the draft.   A bunch of folks said that we don't need to go after a CB early in the draft, because we have Ricks, Jobe and Ringo.  Well, from what we've seen so far, that's not really true at all.  IF they were actually good enough that we could overlook CB in the draft, then they should be on the field over Bradberry.  And AJ had some things to say about Ringo, so let's find out.   The defense is getting beat anyway, might as well see if something can be learned from it.  He's by no means a savior.  He's a question mark.   But, that question mark might just be better than Bradberry, and if not, we go back to Bradberry.  

But young players can only learn so much by watching, eventually they need to get on the field.  

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

In 2020 metcalf went off for 10 catches and 177 yards. I’d say this is a better unit then that team but statistically they aren’t  

I actually think Lockett is a bad matchup for bradberry too. Lockett is the type of receiver that’ll give him fits. 

Bradberry on Metcalf and Slay on Lockett makes way more sense.  

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

I think the question becomes louder if the eagles lose this game to the Seahawks and if he has troubles with DK and Lockett 

The question might be louder in here, but not at Novacare. 

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

I think the question becomes louder if the eagles lose this game to the Seahawks and if he has troubles with DK and Lockett 

Don't forget JSN...he's better than Lockett.

4 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

The question might be louder in here, but not at Novacare. 

I would argue if he struggles vs. Seahawks and if he somehow struggles again against the giants then it don’t think unthinkable that that question is discussed inside the novacare center.  

30 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

We are a pretty long way from pre-season but in pre-season Ringo was easily the worst of the young CBs. Ricks, Jobe, and even Goodrich looked better than Ringo in coverage.

Ringo is about to become very overrated in here because he made 2 tackles in run support last night. He cant cover. Bradberry can cover in zone, which has always been his strength. Teams are beating him with speed in man. On the other side of the field, Slay should be in man 100% of the time, and always looks beat in zone coverage which seems how they make him play the majority of his snaps. 

Oh, I don't expect much.  But, we all read what AJ Brown had to say.  

31 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

btw - This is the time to bring Suh back. They need him more than Ertz.

That time was before now.  

13 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Another aspect about why the team performs the way they do that I've thought about:  hubris and over confidence.  They seem to not stay hungry and aggressive when they are winning so many games.  I remember after they started declining after the SB win, Colin Cowherd used a great analogy for them at the time:  like lottery winners who go broke because they don't know how to sustain it.

They tried then to replicate success and that's understandable the first season after the SB win.  They also had a solid draft because they didn't feel the need to reach for needs, they stuck to the board).  But they tried keeping vets past their age who were declining or injured all the time.  They thought they could make it work with Wentz.  They lost the aggressive play calling and creativity they had in 2017 when people were excited about "Big Balls Doug" and keeping the foot on the gas pedal in games.

Siri's team the last 2 seasons has had the best record in the NFL.  They made the Super Bowl and only lost by 3, then instead of a SB hangover year with a very tough schedule, they are again the best record (currently tied, that will of course change).

Do you think they get too relaxed and over confident rather than stay hungry and aggressive?  They seem to think they just need to execute and stick to the plan and the talent on the roster will come together.  Meanwhile what fans and media see are the need for some big changes.  Siri joked about the "Run the Ball" sign guys and said yeah they do need to run more...then only gave Swift 11 carries.  

They seem to only make major changes when they have losing seasons.  They need to find ways to keep the hunger and aggressive nature all the time.  And always change an innovate, don't settle or get too comfortable.

I don't know if it's being relaxed or over confident, but I do think a big part of it is that these guys don't really know how to overcome adversity and the types of ass-kickings they've succumbed to the past two weeks. Mainly because they haven't lost a lot up until this point over the last two seasons (which is obviously a good thing). My concern with this team was always how will they face adversity if things start to go sideways? It's easy to smile and be happy when you're going 24-2 in Hurts starts and haven't lost consecutive games in his starts in two seasons. But now they're in new waters that they haven't been in two years. Will AJ stay mature or pop off in anonymous text messages to the media? Will Slay keep it together? What about other guys like Carter who is known to have his own maturity issues in college? A lot of that comes down to Nick and his leadership. Some of that burden falls on the vets like Kelce, Lane, Cox, and Graham. 

San Francisco lost three straight earlier in the season and rebounded back to 100% fire rate. It's not the end of the world losing two games in a row, but it is if you have a bunch of guys that don't know what to do with that challenge. 

52 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

More worried about Slay on DK tbh. Doesn't he always eat his lunch? I remember the last time we played DK went off, and that was when Slay was 3 years younger.

Might need to start chirping at DK early and often...get him tossed 😁

Just now, Joe Ball said:

Don't forget JSN...he's better than Lockett.

I like JSN but he’s not better currently than Lockett. In time i agree. Right now he’s not. 

4 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

On the contrary.  The defense is giving up TD drives left, right and center.   We know what Bradberry is.  Time to find out what Ringo is and we'll actually know what the needs are regarding CB going into the draft.   A bunch of folks said that we don't need to go after a CB early in the draft, because we have Ricks, Jobe and Ringo.  Well, from what we've seen so far, that's not really true at all.  IF they were actually good enough that we could overlook CB in the draft, then they should be on the field over Bradberry.  And AJ had some things to say about Ringo, so let's find out.   The defense is getting beat anyway, might as well see if something can be learned from it.  He's by no means a savior.  He's a question mark.   But, that question mark might just be better than Bradberry, and if not, we go back to Bradberry.  

But young players can only learn so much by watching, eventually they need to get on the field.  

Bradberry is not Bradley Fletcher. My goodness, you guys. The defense does not suck because of him. We have maybe one good safety. We have no good LBs. Is Bradberry as good as he was last year? Of course not.  It you don’t bench him for Ringo right now. We have enough shuffling in the secondary. Ringo was literally the last corner on the roster before last night. He’s fine sitting. 

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

Lol. Your second stint was injury after injury. And the first time they cut you by using "gang member” to justify it. lol 

 

If a LB can wear 17, then a punter can wear 10.  Sorry, Desean.  

13 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

The question might be louder in here, but not at Novacare. 

If he struggles against the Seahawks and then has issues in the giants game following then i think that question definitely becomes louder inside the novacare center. 

and I’m not justifying sitting Bradberry. id keep playing him. My issue with the defense is their safeties arent nearly as good as last year. slot corner is significantly downgraded. linebackers have been significantly downgraded. And I would argue your defensive tackle position is also significantly downgraded because you don’t have depth and you don’t have a guy playing like Jonathan hargrave did late in the year.

9 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

This pretty much describes the offense perfectly in a nut-shell and if there's any good news to it it's that there is an answer to their issues because they've proven they can do it well. The things and concepts that they do actually excel at they don't do it enough. 

• 6th in success rate throwing in between the numbers but 30th in usage
• 4th in RB screen success rate but 28th in usage
• 7th in success rate running slants but 22nd in usage
• 1st in success rate running curl routes but 28th in usage
• 6th in rushing success/3rd passing success rate out of Pony personnel but 18th in usage

All this tells me is that Siri is obsessed with explosive plays and when they're not there there's nothing to supplement the shortfall.

We've seen that this scheme isn't sustainable over the last 2 games and opposing defenses are adequately prepared when facing us. 

This team has definitely been smelling itself over recent weeks. The invincibility of winning close games after being down 10 points, etc.  Sometimes in life, if you can't stay humble,life will do it to you.

Sacking Desai would be harsh - the :LB corp is injured or full of limited players.  The Safeties are injured and rotating. The NCB is injured yet again.. The DL has a DE released because he didn't want to be here and didn't replace him.  We can critique the performance, but GM has his finger prints over this roster.  You stack the DL, OL and WR room, you lose elsewhere.

This does bear considering tho

As for the Chiefs.  One of the most indulged teams in the NFL  since Brady left NE and Manning left the Colts.  Their QB is a made man and the Zebras largely officiate games with that in mind. They got the same level of service that the Birds have had the toys exit the pram. I hope they don't make the playoffs, just for the entertainment value -a lot of talk will did Taylor and Trav curse that team?

 

2 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Another aspect about why the team performs the way they do that I've thought about:  hubris and over confidence.  They seem to not stay hungry and aggressive when they are winning so many games.  I remember after they started declining after the SB win, Colin Cowherd used a great analogy for them at the time:  like lottery winners who go broke because they don't know how to sustain it.

They tried then to replicate success and that's understandable the first season after the SB win.  They also had a solid draft because they didn't feel the need to reach for needs, they stuck to the board).  But they tried keeping vets past their age who were declining or injured all the time.  They thought they could make it work with Wentz.  They lost the aggressive play calling and creativity they had in 2017 when people were excited about "Big Balls Doug" and keeping the foot on the gas pedal in games.

Siri's team the last 2 seasons has had the best record in the NFL.  They made the Super Bowl and only lost by 3, then instead of a SB hangover year with a very tough schedule, they are again the best record (currently tied, that will of course change).

Do you think they get too relaxed and over confident rather than stay hungry and aggressive?  They seem to think they just need to execute and stick to the plan and the talent on the roster will come together.  Meanwhile what fans and media see are the need for some big changes.  Siri joked about the "Run the Ball" sign guys and said yeah they do need to run more...then only gave Swift 11 carries.  

They seem to only make major changes when they have losing seasons.  They need to find ways to keep the hunger and aggressive nature all the time.  And always change an innovate, don't settle or get too comfortable.

There is a lot to be said for this.  The Eagles have defaulted to the coaching philosophy of emotional intelligence.  IMO 95% of the time that's a positive, but there is the other 5% of the time (like now, perhaps) where certain guys need a kick in the ass.  Do the Eagles have any coaches who are adept at that psychological skill?  Doug was a "buy some ice cream" coach and Nick is a "grow the flower" coach. 

We've seen Nick get pretty angry on the sidelines when things go wrong -- how does that Nick play in the locker room, and how much is it brought out?  There are some players currently who need a "Good talking to"

"Perhaps a bit more"

 

 

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

I think the question becomes louder if the eagles lose this game to the Seahawks and if he has troubles with DK and Lockett 

DK suplexed Warner yesterday, hopefully he’ll be suspended for a couple of games.  

1 minute ago, UK Eagle said:

This team has definitely been smelling itself over recent weeks. The invincibility of winning close games after being down 10 points, etc.  Sometimes in life, if you can't stay humble,life will do it to you.

Sacking Desai would be harsh - the :LB corp is injured or full of limited players.  The Safeties are injured and rotating. The NCB is injured yet again.. The DL has a DE released because he didn't want to be here and didn't replace him.  We can critique the performance, but GM has his finger prints over this roster.  You stack the DL, OL and WR room, you lose elsewhere.

This does bear considering tho

As for the Chiefs.  One of the most indulged teams in the NFL  since Brady left NE and Manning left the Colts.  Their QB is a made man and the Zebras largely officiate games with that in mind. They got the same level of service that the Birds have had the toys exit the pram. I hope they don't make the playoffs, just for the entertainment value -a lot of talk will did Taylor and Trav curse that team?

 

Naw Andy did when he decided to give mahomes the early 2000s treatment at wr. Really rice is he only Wr on that roster worth anything. Toney is a headcase and a bust. Moore is a bust. Watson is a JAG. MVS is basically Todd pinkston. Rice is a rookie and he’s fine. But the rest scream of pinkston, thrash and Freddie 

 

Is Jonathan Gannon going to f'ing gut us?

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Is Jonathan Gannon going to f'ing gut us?

Sadly i actually worry about that offense against our defense. They are bad defensively but offense with murray they have weapons. McBride has been fantastic and getting better every week. Hollywood brown is a good wr. And James conner is healthy. And moore is a solid wr. If murray doesn’t do anything stupid he should have a good game against this defense