1 minute ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

This is kind of how it goes when you have a successful team. Lots of bandwagon fans who jumped on board the past few years, especially on social media, who probably didn't even have to suffer through 2020 Wentz which wasn't that long ago and don't know how to handle losing. Who didn't have their Thanksgiving ruined in 2015 by Eric Rowe and don't know who Ricky Manning Jr is. And the pain goes back further. I'm disappointed by the past two games and hope they can turn it around despite my concerns. But overall you have to be happy and live in the moment of the past two seasons. You don't get a shot of going 14-3 every year and the playoffs. Be thankful for it because when it's gone it's not fun times. Lots of people who have been fans longer than I've been alive on here who can attest to that. 

No one is bandwagoning  because they’re calling stuff out. Lol. Sorry we don’t like our team playing like ass. Sorry we can see that they haven’t fixed any of their issues all season. Sorry we don’t like watching them get torn apart for two weeks in a row, looking like a college team trying to play in the nfl. They’re playing slow, soft, unimaginative, and disinterested football. How does that make someone a bandwagon fan to say that? lol. 

I guess we’re supposed to get on our knees a top them off because they have stacked up some tight wins against AFC teams? A drop my MVS, a missed wide open TD vs Josh Allen,  2 inches against Dallas, and this team is 7-6 lol. A wins a win but let’s not act like any of these victories have been decisive or due to our dominance lol.

We’ve been lucky, all season.

53 minutes ago, RLC said:

I'm not sure.

Howie/Lurie were right about Groh/Taylor. Doug does have trouble assembling a staff. Keep in mind that Howie hired Schwartz for Doug. Still, the Scangarello hire was a disaster.

Hopefully Nick is willing to do what Doug wasn't and proactively change his staff.

We very likely don’t have a Super Bowl if Doug didn’t fight for Frank Reich when Howie and Lurie wanted him fired. You can point to the times they appeared to be right, but we also have two clear pieces of evidence that they were dead wrong. 

5 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

It's a perfect storm of they don't have the talent and the DC probably just isn't very good. 

I watched him put Sydney brown 1 on 1 with a TE and put Byard at LBer to cover a RB….

I watched him put 6 on the line, and drop 2 back at the snap, for them to delay blitz QB spy on 3rd and medium….

I watched him put Nolan Smith in to press their TE, and drop him in a zone backpedal to cover a seam route….

That’s all I need to know about Desai’s brain. That’s not talent issues, that’s horrible coaching mind. 

There are fans that go to extremes on the spectrum with this team and if you are in the middle somewhere then the group on each side thinks you're all the way on the other side of the spectrum from them.  You can recognize the team has problems and not be happy with performance, but also not think the sky is falling.  You can be pissed at the mistakes and issues and want them to get better but also recognize the winning and achievements the last 2 years.  You can hate the vanilla offense and the struggles but appreciate the talent is there and the issues are fixable.  You can hate the defensive scheme and lack of talent at LB and secondary but have hope that the D line will get pass rush and the corners will step up.  

Not everything has to be an extreme.  Last year people called them frauds with a weak schedule and they wouldn't go anywhere...they went to the Super Bowl.

I know, I know, I know:  the way they played the last 2 weeks was horrible, and to some that means that's how they will always play from now on and they have no chance, not even against the Cardinals or Giants.  Do you guys see what's happened around the league?  Supposed great teams lose to bad teams every season.  Supposed playoff contenders have horrible performances, even their wins get excused by refs, the other team making mistakes or struggling in an ugly win...just like the Eagles.  The Chiefs lost to the Broncos, won some close low scoring games against lesser teams.  The 49ers lost 3 in a row and bounced back. Cowboys lost to the friggin Cardinals.  The Titans suck and they just beat the Dolphins.  

Now, how will the Eagles respond?  They should be pissed off and go out and prove it.  4 more games to go, we'll see how they respond.  The sky isn't falling unless they've quit and give up and play like this the rest of the season.

 

17 minutes ago, judunno said:

Spadaro confirmed it. I always suspected it.

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46 minutes ago, Next_Up said:

Coming off a SB year, losing key players to FA, adding a new OC and DC and looking at arguably the toughest stretch in a schedule in recent history, what were your expectations? If they win vs the Hawks, which is a really tough place to win, and they come out of that stretch 4-2 are we then going to complain about style points? 

I felt this way for a while with Desai, I think people are grilling him when really they need to look at the roster and accept they have a lot more name value guys then what they’re actually getting out of the value of the player. I’m not saying desai has been good or doesn’t have any blame in this. But the reality is this defense is just not nearly as talented as people are wanting to believe. It was always going to be a regression, because of who the Eagles lost. They lost a bunch of guys on defense. Hargrave, suh, Joseph, Epps, Edwards, CJGJ, white and maddox is out with injury most of the year. That is 8 guys who played a large portion of the snaps. And then you replace them with a lot of younger guys that don’t have near the experience as those guys do. Carter, brown, Davis, Blankenship, smith and Dean all have upside but all are young. It was going to be a learning curve and a wall for some due to the long season and injuries. And if they did replace it with experience guys, it’s guys closer to the end of their careers, who aren’t as good or nearly the same players they were in their primes.

I talked about this during the game and weeks prior, if you go through every positional unit on the Eagles they have downgraded (to what extent can be argued) at every positional unit. Like Kevin Byard is not good. Listening to solak talk about how slow he is, I went back and watched a Titans game last year, this year and with the eagles. The stark difference between what he was just last year and this year is amazing. And he looks just a slow when he was with the Titans this year, so this isn’t he change of defense as the issue. CJGJ was a significantly better player. The eagles DT rotation is not there as Williams hasn’t been as good as he was down the stretch last year. Hargrave was a pro bowler 17 weeks and in the playoffs. As great as Carter can be he’s not there yet. Our linebackers and slot corner position is significantly worse.

so yes, Desai needs to be better and needs to make improvements. But the issue comes you don’t have the personnel to run the defense that makes it better. The second half against Dallas, they were obvious adjustments because the defense played better. Yeah, the Eagles for the most part still had problems getting off the field when they needed to. That’s because you don’t have the personnel to get the consistent stops against the better teams. That’s the reality when you lose 8 guys and downgrade at every positional unit and when some guys name has more value then his play.

as for the offense, I’m way more frustrated with that unit and coaching from Sirianni and Johnson. had all 11 guys healthy for that Dallas game. yet eagles managed to score 6 points a week after Dallas gave up 35 to geno smith and the Seahawks. Add on there’s been things that been talked about for weeks now about why their offense is inconsistent. And it continues to be the same issues. The inconsistency issues and frankly predictability with the talent they have is worrisome. With how much talent that unit has there’s no reasons the eagles consistently should be behind double digits at halftime as they score 6 or 7 points week in and week out. The turnovers are another issue which really falls on players not taking care of the ball.

I think what bothers me the most with the offense is how simplistic it is as it’s simply our best players are going to beat your best players. That’s fine. Can win a ton of games that way until you run into a team that has as much talent as you. Because then your talent isn’t always better than the other teams talent. I think that’s what happened with San Francisco and Dallas. They have very good Defensive coordinators. And they have talent on that side of the ball. So you’re not just gonna win with talent alone. Gonna have to be better schematically to go along with your talent in those games. Frankly it felt a lot like 2019-2020 with Doug where the conversation had become we are not very creative, we rarely used motion and we were essentially running a pretty basic offense that teams adjusted to and figured out. 

that said, I have a hard time believing they’re gonna fire either one of these coordinators this offseason. Unless the wheels completely fall off on offense, i assume both are back. I would bring in a pair of eyes from the outside though to help them. It’s why I said I’d bring in Frank reich. Because I think you need somebody from the outside looking in who can tell see some things your self scouting isn’t picking up on.  

Still kind of irks me but when was the last game you saw where 3 different penalties were picked up against the same team?  Besides Eagles Cowboys 

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

There are fans that go to extremes on the spectrum with this team and if you are in the middle somewhere then the group on each side thinks you're all the way on the other side of the spectrum from them.  You can recognize the team has problems and not be happy with performance, but also not think the sky is falling.  You can be pissed at the mistakes and issues and want them to get better but also recognize the winning and achievements the last 2 years.  You can hate the vanilla offense and the struggles but appreciate the talent is there and the issues are fixable.  You can hate the defensive scheme and lack of talent at LB and secondary but have hope that the D line will get pass rush and the corners will step up.  

Not everything has to be an extreme.  Last year people called them frauds with a weak schedule and they wouldn't go anywhere...they went to the Super Bowl.

I know, I know, I know:  the way they played the last 2 weeks was horrible, and to some that means that's how they will always play from now on and they have no chance, not even against the Cardinals or Giants.  Do you guys see what's happened around the league?  Supposed great teams lose to bad teams every season.  Supposed playoff contenders have horrible performances, even their wins get excused by refs, the other team making mistakes or struggling in an ugly win...just like the Eagles.  The Chiefs lost to the Broncos, won some close low scoring games against lesser teams.  The 49ers lost 3 in a row and bounced back. Cowboys lost to the friggin Cardinals.  The Titans suck and they just beat the Dolphins.  

Now, how will the Eagles respond?  They should be pissed off and go out and prove it.  4 more games to go, we'll see how they respond.  The sky isn't falling unless they've quit and give up and play like this the rest of the season.

 

They should’ve been pissed after last week and they came out and looked exactly the same, just worse on defense to start lol. I have 0 confidence they’re snapping out of this. If I saw them playing hard, and having some amazing flashes and players whooping each other up and having fun, and losing competitively I’d have some more confidence. These last two weeks it seems like they don’t even want to be on the field, and this is every level of the defense, all 4 position groups on the offense. Everyone seems lackadaisical and nonchalant. 

My biggest long-term concern with the Eagles right now is Sirianni. Howie will add pieces to the defense if it proves to be the downfall this season, no one in the NFL can turn a broken unit around better than Howie. Also if things get really bad defensively, like if they lose a playoff game in embarrassing fashion like they did vs SF, Desai could get canned.

The offense, not worried about the talent.

But I don't know what to make of Sirianni as an offensive schemer and that's the most important thing you can have in an offensive head coach. If it turns out he's not a good offensive schemer, he's not going to be long for the NFL as a head coach, because the rah rah stuff will wear out its welcome before long. And the whole point of having an offensive head coach is so the brains behind your offense don't get hired away when you're successful and you can have consistency with your offense and QB.

Hopefully the offense comes out the last month and looks a lot better, but Sirianni was a hire from day one I had no idea what to make of the guy(nobody did really) and I've just been evaluating him as we go. I've never drew a final conclusion one way or the other on him. So far he's had a lot of success, but the offensive metrics in this offense and how vanilla it is are really starting to worry me.

7 minutes ago, GoEagles614 said:

No one is bandwagoning  because they’re calling stuff out. Lol. Sorry we don’t like our team playing like ass. Sorry we can see that they haven’t fixed any of their issues all season. Sorry we don’t like watching them get torn apart for two weeks in a row, looking like a college team trying to play in the nfl. They’re playing slow, soft, unimaginative, and disinterested football. How does that make someone a bandwagon fan to say that? lol. 

I guess we’re supposed to get on our knees a top them off because they have stacked up some tight wins against AFC teams? A drop my MVS, a missed wide open TD vs Josh Allen,  2 inches against Dallas, and this team is 7-6 lol. A wins a win but let’s not act like any of these victories have been decisive or due to our dominance lol.

We’ve been lucky, all season.

I agree they've played like ass the last 2 weeks.  They've also had some ugly, scrappy wins.  There's a lot we've said all season they need to improve.

But those caveats can be said for most teams wins.  Fans around the league say the same stuff for their rivals:  they won because of refs, because of a dropped pass, because of a penalty or turnover, etc.  If you view everything negative, you can find reasons why any team might have lost any game.  You don't have the best record in the NFL 2 years in a row and go to the Super Bowl because of luck.  

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

I felt this way for a while with Desai, I think people are grilling him when really, they need to look at the roster and except they have a lot more than name, value players then what they’re actually getting out of the value of the player. It was always going to be a regression, because of who the Eagles lost. They lost a bunch of guys on defense. Hargrave, suh, Joseph, Epps, Edwards, CJGJ, white and maddox is out with injury most of the year. That is 8 guys who played a large portion of the snaps. And then you replace them with a lot of younger guys that don’t have near the experience as those guys do. Carter, brown, Davis, Blankenship, smith and Dean all have upside but all are young. It was going to be a learning curve and a wall for some due to the long season and injuries. And if they did replace it with experience guys, it’s guys closer to the end of their careers, who aren’t as good or nearly the same players they were in their primes.

I talked about this during the game and weeks prior, if you go through every positional unit on the Eagles they have downgraded (to what extent can be argued) at every positional unit. Like Kevin Byard is not good. Listening to solak talk about how slow he is, I went back and watched a Titans game last year, this year and with the eagles. The stark difference between what he was just last year and this year is amazing. And he looks just a slow when he was with the Titans this year, so this isn’t he change the fences in this morning. CJGJ was a significantly better player. The eagles DT rotation is not there as Williams hasn’t been as good as he was down the stretch last year. Hargrave was a pro bowler 17 weeks and in the playoffs. As great as Carter can be he’s not there yet. Our linebackers and slot corner position is significantly worse.

so yes, Shawn Desai needs to be better and needs to make improvements. But the issue comes you don’t have the personnel to run the defense that makes it better. The second half against Dallas, they were obvious adjustments because the defense played better. Yeah, the Eagles for the most part still had problems getting off the field when they needed to. That’s because you don’t have the personnel to get the consistent stops against the better teams. That’s the reality when you lose 8 guys and downgrade at every positional unit and when some guys name has more value then his play.

as for the offense, I’m way more frustrated with that unit and coaching from Sirianni and Johnson. had all 11 guys healthy for that Dallas game. yet eagles managed to score 6 points a week after Dallas gave up 35 to geno smith and the Seahawks. Add on there’s been things that been talked about for weeks now about why their offense is inconsistent. And it continues to be the same issues. The inconsistency issues and frankly predictability with the talent they have is worrisome. With how much talent that unit has there’s no reasons the eagles consistently should be behind double digits at halftime as they score 6 or 7 points week in and week out. The turnovers are another issue which really falls on players not taking care of the ball.

I think what bothers me the most with the offense is how simplistic it is as it’s simply our best players are going to beat your best players. That’s fine. Can win a ton of games that way until you run into a team that has as much talent as you. Because then your talent isn’t always better than the other teams talent. I think that’s what happened with San Francisco and Dallas. They have very good Defensive coordinators. And they have talent on that side of the ball. So you’re not just gonna win with talent alone. Gonna have to be better schematically to go along with your talent in those games. Frankly it felt a lot like 2019-2020 with Doug where the conversation had become we are not very creative, we rarely used motion and we were essentially running a pretty basic offense that teams adjusted to and figured out. 

that said, I have a hard time believing they’re gonna fire either one of these coordinators this offseason. Unless the wheels completely fall off on offense, i assume both are back. I would bring in a pair of eyes from the outside though to help them. It’s why I said I’d bring in Frank reich. Because I think you need somebody from the outside looking in who can tell see some things your self scouting isn’t picking up on.  

This long ass post to cover up for some god awful decisions. Tell me if you have a 3rd and medium and Josh Sweat playing the joker role, are you going to have him fake a blitz to drop to coverage to them delay blitz anyways into a QB spy? 
 

Almost everytime we show blitz, it actually is a slower pass rush than us just sending 4 lol. He’s constantly calling these players where his defense is slowing themselves down for no reason. He’ll have 1-2 guys just standing doing nothing some plays, especially LBers voiding whole zones to go spy a blocking HB lol. 
 

I’m sorry, I can’t blame the NFL players for being dominated over and over again. His scheme and his play calling suck butt and is consistently putting the offense in a position to win. Too soft unimaginative, and very obvious where the holes are in the defense pre-snap. 

3 minutes ago, GoEagles614 said:

They should’ve been pissed after last week and they came out and looked exactly the same, just worse on defense to start lol. I have 0 confidence they’re snapping out of this. If I saw them playing hard, and having some amazing flashes and players whooping each other up and having fun, and losing competitively I’d have some more confidence. These last two weeks it seems like they don’t even want to be on the field, and this is every level of the defense, all 4 position groups on the offense. Everyone seems lackadaisical and nonchalant. 

I get it.  But what we've also seen:

The O line still working, getting into space making blocks, Lane Johnson had an amazing game against Bosa that was lost in the bigger picture.  Swift - when they actually give him the ball - continues to work hard and make plays.  Smitty is out there making catches, taking contact, getting YAC and getting hit.  He got a big hit against the Cowboys and got right back up.  He's fighting.  Blankenship is playing aggressive.  Despite the criticism, Slay actually played well the last 2 weeks and the receivers he covered didn't do well against him.  Cunningham was back and out there making plays.  Sidney Brown made some impact plays and was playing aggressive and physical (he's a rookie still developing).  Ringo was thrown in there and he made a couple plays and played aggressive.  The D line and Reddick are working hard and not giving up, they're collapsing the pocket and getting pressure but the LBs suck in coverage so the QB finds a receiver.  Goedert is out there fighting and getting YAC through tacklers.  Hurts doesn't give up, his demeanor is always the same whether we like his performance or not he's not giving up.  Special teams are making plays, Elliot is money and Covey has actually become a good returner despite everyone hating him before.  

So, I disagree that not a single player or unit wants to be on the field and has given up. that's simply not true.  They've got beat down and the losses cause frustration, of course.  They need to man up and get over it and go out and prove something this week and the rest of the season.  

8 minutes ago, NOTW said:

I agree they've played like ass the last 2 weeks.  They've also had some ugly, scrappy wins.  There's a lot we've said all season they need to improve.

But those caveats can be said for most teams wins.  Fans around the league say the same stuff for their rivals:  they won because of refs, because of a dropped pass, because of a penalty or turnover, etc.  If you view everything negative, you can find reasons why any team might have lost any game.  You don't have the best record in the NFL 2 years in a row and go to the Super Bowl because of luck.  

You actually do. Their schedule was ass last year. They played the Giants and a QBless SF in the playoffs. And then got dominated for en entire half in the SB and gave up a 10 point lead and forced no negative plays against the chiefs. That same defense is playing the same way this year letting bad QBs tear them up. Offense is much worse. Luck is very real, and literally most of why many teams win or lose. Wether a fumble bounces a certain way, or a bad officiating call, or injuries, and a tipped pass that goes the other way, or whatever it is. There’s so much luck in football it’s crazy, this team isn’t helping themselves where they can control, and the luck part isn’t saving them.
 

They didn’t score a F’ing TD with AJ Brown, Smitty, Dallas, Swift, and Jalen Hurts on the field. Idc about their "scrappy wins” because they’re letting every team stay close with them and not executing for an entire half of football every week. That’s not impressive to me.

I’m not going to celebrate a team that’s shooting themselves in both feet over and over like they’re unstoppable. 

2 hours ago, NOTW said:

 

 

I’ve tried to watch the Sopranos multiple times and it’s just so boring. Overrated show. Just like the Godfather is such an overrated movie. 

Italians have good food but that’s about it. 

14 minutes ago, NOTW said:

There are fans that go to extremes on the spectrum with this team and if you are in the middle somewhere then the group on each side thinks you're all the way on the other side of the spectrum from them.  You can recognize the team has problems and not be happy with performance, but also not think the sky is falling.  You can be pissed at the mistakes and issues and want them to get better but also recognize the winning and achievements the last 2 years.  You can hate the vanilla offense and the struggles but appreciate the talent is there and the issues are fixable.  You can hate the defensive scheme and lack of talent at LB and secondary but have hope that the D line will get pass rush and the corners will step up.  

Not everything has to be an extreme.  Last year people called them frauds with a weak schedule and they wouldn't go anywhere...they went to the Super Bowl.

I know, I know, I know:  the way they played the last 2 weeks was horrible, and to some that means that's how they will always play from now on and they have no chance, not even against the Cardinals or Giants.  Do you guys see what's happened around the league?  Supposed great teams lose to bad teams every season.  Supposed playoff contenders have horrible performances, even their wins get excused by refs, the other team making mistakes or struggling in an ugly win...just like the Eagles.  The Chiefs lost to the Broncos, won some close low scoring games against lesser teams.  The 49ers lost 3 in a row and bounced back. Cowboys lost to the friggin Cardinals.  The Titans suck and they just beat the Dolphins.  

Now, how will the Eagles respond?  They should be pissed off and go out and prove it.  4 more games to go, we'll see how they respond.  The sky isn't falling unless they've quit and give up and play like this the rest of the season.

 

Great post. Said it better than I ever could've.

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

Not really sure why he’s surprised. Talked about this for weeks now. They have basically 3 reliable receivers and the rest you never know what is gonna happen when you throw them the ball. And hurts appears to really only trust smith, brown and goedert so he hardly looks or goes to those progressions. It’s why I’ve said for weeks this offseason they have to upgrade their no. 3 wr and get another option cause it makes them easier to defend. 

I sort of disagree with the notion than he can only rely on 3 receivers. I feel a really good QB should be able to make receivers better. Maybe Brady was a total outlier, but what he did with some no names was special. 
Could it also have something to do with AJB and Smitty having that "more” personal relationship with Hurts? IDK, but he has had other receivers open and if you can trust the receiver to catch a ball while open, what the heck is he even doing on the field?! Sure, they may not be as explosive as the main two, but in terms of moving the chains and getting positiv yards you have to involve other players. 
Idk if any of that is/could be true, as I don’t have any game tapes etc. to prove this point. It’s an assumption, as he basically only throws to them. Other teams know this, so why not take advantage of it by using other options? And yes, I know Q. Watkins has messed up in the past, but still, you have to get them involved in the game and have the other team somewhat guessing what and where you will throw the ball..

just a thought ✌️

1 minute ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

I’ve tried to watch the Sopranos multiple times and it’s just so boring. Overrated show. Just like the Godfather is such an overrated movie. 

Italians have good food but that’s about it. 

7 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

I’ve tried to watch the Sopranos multiple times and it’s just so boring. Overrated show.

Banned

Ertz might sign today. Tuesday is usually the weekly NFL action day.

2 minutes ago, NOTW said:

I get it.  But what we've also seen:

The O line still working, getting into space making blocks, Lane Johnson had an amazing game against Bosa that was lost in the bigger picture.  Swift - when they actually give him the ball - continues to work hard and make plays.  Smitty is out there making catches, taking contact, getting YAC and getting hit.  He got a big hit against the Cowboys and got right back up.  He's fighting.  Blankenship is playing aggressive.  Despite the criticism, Slay actually played well the last 2 weeks and the receivers he covered didn't do well against him.  Cunningham was back and out there making plays.  Sidney Brown made some impact plays and was playing aggressive and physical (he's a rookie still developing).  Ringo was thrown in there and he made a couple plays and played aggressive.  The D line and Reddick are working hard and not giving up, they're collapsing the pocket and getting pressure but the LBs suck in coverage so the QB finds a receiver.  Goedert is out there fighting and getting YAC through tacklers.  Hurts doesn't give up, his demeanor is always the same whether we like his performance or not he's not giving up.  Special teams are making plays, Elliot is money and Covey has actually become a good returner despite everyone hating him before.  

So, I disagree that not a single player or unit wants to be on the field and has given up. that's simply not true.  They've got beat down and the losses cause frustration, of course.  They need to man up and get over it and go out and prove something this week and the rest of the season.  

They’re all going to make plays lol. You bring up Smitty who had 2 drops and a fumble. AJ who had a drop and a fumble. Hurts who takes sacks for no reason, and a fumble. OL is decent but we’re making the pass pro all night instead of forcing the issue on the ground. The closest average distance to the QB with our pass rush vs Cowboys was 4.4 yards lmao. Slay/Bradbury having "good stats” the last two weeks isn’t necessarily them playing out of their mind, it’s the scheme leaves the middle of the field wide open, so they’re often getting attacked less. They also had crucial penalties vs Dallas. 
 

My posts aren’t attacks on the players, more-so the coaching that can’t get these guys going in the first quarter, can’t get any Rythm or prowess on either side of the ball, and a defense who allows offense to do anything they want due to it’s soft nature, and are severely misusing some all-pro level skill weapons on offense. 

16 minutes ago, NOTW said:

There are fans that go to extremes on the spectrum with this team and if you are in the middle somewhere then the group on each side thinks you're all the way on the other side of the spectrum from them.  You can recognize the team has problems and not be happy with performance, but also not think the sky is falling.  You can be pissed at the mistakes and issues and want them to get better but also recognize the winning and achievements the last 2 years.  You can hate the vanilla offense and the struggles but appreciate the talent is there and the issues are fixable.  You can hate the defensive scheme and lack of talent at LB and secondary but have hope that the D line will get pass rush and the corners will step up.  

Not everything has to be an extreme.  Last year people called them frauds with a weak schedule and they wouldn't go anywhere...they went to the Super Bowl.

I know, I know, I know:  the way they played the last 2 weeks was horrible, and to some that means that's how they will always play from now on and they have no chance, not even against the Cardinals or Giants.  Do you guys see what's happened around the league?  Supposed great teams lose to bad teams every season.  Supposed playoff contenders have horrible performances, even their wins get excused by refs, the other team making mistakes or struggling in an ugly win...just like the Eagles.  The Chiefs lost to the Broncos, won some close low scoring games against lesser teams.  The 49ers lost 3 in a row and bounced back. Cowboys lost to the friggin Cardinals.  The Titans suck and they just beat the Dolphins.  

Now, how will the Eagles respond?  They should be pissed off and go out and prove it.  4 more games to go, we'll see how they respond.  The sky isn't falling unless they've quit and give up and play like this the rest of the season.

 

Great post. The coaches can't keep doing the same stuff expecting different results. I've said a few times this reminds me of McNabb's last season where at the end they lost to Dallas twice. Romo was laughing before the snap telling the defense exactly what coverage they were in. There was no creativity and they were transparent. Sadly, that's where we are again.

4 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

I’ve tried to watch the Sopranos multiple times and it’s just so boring. Overrated show. Just like the Godfather is such an overrated movie. 

Italians have good food but that’s about it. 

You got me thinking about the Romans, congrats.

19 minutes ago, GoEagles614 said:

This long ass post to cover up for some god awful decisions. Tell me if you have a 3rd and medium and Josh Sweat playing the joker role, are you going to have him fake a blitz to drop to coverage to them delay blitz anyways into a QB spy? 
 

Almost everytime we show blitz, it actually is a slower pass rush than us just sending 4 lol. He’s constantly calling these players where his defense is slowing themselves down for no reason. He’ll have 1-2 guys just standing doing nothing some plays, especially LBers voiding whole zones to go spy a blocking HB lol. 
 

I’m sorry, I can’t blame the NFL players for being dominated over and over again. His scheme and his play calling suck butt and is consistently putting the offense in a position to win. Too soft unimaginative, and very obvious where the holes are in the defense pre-snap. 

Just to let you know, the Cowboys have done that with Micha Parsons before. And the Niners this year have done that with Bosa. The great Jimmy Johnson did that with Trent cole. Like like you think that is just exclusive to desai as the only person in the history of defensive coordinators to do that. Lol. They used cole many times for the same thing you are complaining about with sweat right now  

Go look at what they lost last year from that defense. 8 Fing players. And then go look at who they replace them with. It is a downgrade across-the-board. You have young guys with hardly any experience or playing the snap they are asked too. Or older guys who are at the end of their careers. 

you keep saying these adjustments like they are magically making up for bad or mediocre players. Lol. It’s laughable you think adjustments are just gonna make this unit good. make up for 2 has-been linebackers, a bad slot corner, slower then crap safety, a bad linebacker, slow plodding corner that is regressing and bad depth along their DL to keep guys fresh. But sure it’s simply the adjustments that’s are going to make all those problems go away. 

did the thought ever cross your mind that desai is throwing anything everything against the wall hoping it will stick because he knows his personnel isn’t good enough? So he is trying all these things hoping something hits. As we’ve seen the basics and simple things it’s gonna fail due to lack of personnel talent  

fire desai. I don’t give a flying F. When fire him and you don’t fix the Fing personnel you’re going have the same Fing problem. And you’re gonna sit there a **** why isn’t this better and i want to fire this coordinator. It’s because your personnel is a bigger Fing problem. 

22 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

My biggest long-term concern with the Eagles right now is Sirianni. Howie will add pieces to the defense if it proves to be the downfall this season, no one in the NFL can turn a broken unit around better than Howie. Also if things get really bad defensively, like if they lose a playoff game in embarrassing fashion like they did vs SF, Desai could get canned.

The offense, not worried about the talent.

But I don't know what to make of Sirianni as an offensive schemer and that's the most important thing you can have in an offensive head coach. If it turns out he's not a good offensive schemer, he's not going to be long for the NFL as a head coach, because the rah rah stuff will wear out its welcome before long. And the whole point of having an offensive head coach is so the brains behind your offense don't get hired away when you're successful and you can have consistency with your offense and QB.

Hopefully the offense comes out the last month and looks a lot better, but Sirianni was a hire from day one I had no idea what to make of the guy(nobSoody did really) and I've just been evaluating him as we go. I've never drew a final conclusion one way or the other on him. So far he's had a lot of success, but the offensive metrics in this offense and how vanilla it is are really starting to worry me.

It's apparent that Siri is a good motivator and there are probably other strengths that make him a good Head Coach but offensive play design and play calling aren't his strength.  Now, you don't have the best record in the NFL 2 years in a row and make a Super Bowl simply by luck or by the players only.  But look back to when he was calling plays last year the offense struggled.  Steichen took over and they ran the ball more and got more creative.  And just like that, Steichen gets hired as a HC. They promised promoting BJ would mean less drop off and bring consistency...it hasn't.  Siri and BJ design plays together and put the game plan together.  It seems that Siri thinks he can just rely on Hurts and the playmakers to make it happen, and the plays and calls are predictable.

Siri needs a really talented offensive mind as the OC...that's not BJ.  I really hope they just bring in Reich to consult and get some fresh ideas.  And in the offseason there's a change but we'll see.

On defense, they still have a bend but don't break mentality and don't get enough pressure.  They leave vulnerabilities so the other team moves the ball down the field with ease and next thing you know they're already in the red zone.  They need to get more aggressive on every down and for God sakes get off the field on 3rd down, it's atrocious.  They likely won't fire any coordinator, but if they do they're not firing both.  So if I had to pick, I'd take a new OC to get the talent they have more efficient and scoring points, and give Desai better talent in the back 7, and for Siri to push him to change.

53 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

Yeah, they way the let Pollard kinda of float within 5 yards of the LOS is smart.  And he did a great job of moving with Dak during scrambles to make himself available for that short throw so Dak didn't have to run

Doesnt that come down to the qb and where his eyes go?