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

Why i said I’m way more frustrated with sirianni and Johnson. They have really no reason to be as frustrating as they are. Everyone is healthy and it’s like pulling teeth for halves of games. 

Agreed. There's no reason the offense shouldn't be #1 in the league

5 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I think people are jumping off the ship on the offense a little too quick after the Dallas game. Hurts moved the ball fine and made good throws. The drops and fumbles killed them from putting up at least 20+. I’m not saying they win the game, but it wouldn’t have looked like as bad as a loss and we would just be complaining about the defense like we have all season. The pass interference on AJ during the Goedert play was killer too. 

It has no creativity, Hurts only throws to three people, and they haven't scored a TD without the shove in I don't know how long.

9 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I think people are jumping off the ship on the offense a little too quick after the Dallas game. Hurts moved the ball fine and made good throws. The drops and fumbles killed them from putting up at least 20+. I’m not saying they win the game, but it wouldn’t have looked like as bad as a loss and we would just be complaining about the defense like we have all season. The pass interference on AJ during the Goedert play was killer too. 

In fairness my issues with the offense have been the same issues for weeks now. They turn the ball over too much. They are inconsistent for large portions of games (lately been first half of games). And the eagles are way too reliant on 3 guys in the passing game and just our talent being better than other teams in having success. Those have been my gripes since Miami. 

 

 

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

In fairness my issues with the offense have been the same issues for weeks now. They turn the ball over too much. They are inconsistent for large portions of games (lately been first half of games). And the eagles are way too reliant on 3 guys in the passing game and just our talent being better than other teams in having success. Those have been my gripes since Miami. 

I'm fine with being reliant on 3 players in the passing game when they are as good as AJ, Smitty, and Goedert. Sure I would like to see way more designed plays to get the ball into Swift's hands out in space, but beggars can't be choosers I guess. What I'm not fine with is the mind-numbing inability to scheme those main 3 guys open when our OL is supposed to be one of the best in the league. Ideally the threat of the running game means we should have plenty of holes to exploit in the secondary, and failing that, we should still be able to create mismatches almost at will given the talent of those three guys, regardless of which defense we're up against. 

2 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I think it was confirmed that it was. I feel like it’s his cousin. Like the movie my cousin Vinny but with being a sports agent 

I heard he represents two utes.  

Darius Slay is definitely a loser. Awesome talent, works at his craft, a tier below HOF level but in that kind of conversation.

But there's a reason a guy of his talent was never a team captain until recently. His quote about NFL rivalries before the 49ers game ("we could all be on different teams next year") was so pathetic.

52 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I think people are jumping off the ship on the offense a little too quick after the Dallas game. Hurts moved the ball fine and made good throws. The drops and fumbles killed them from putting up at least 20+. I’m not saying they win the game, but it wouldn’t have looked like as bad as a loss and we would just be complaining about the defense like we have all season. The pass interference on AJ during the Goedert play was killer too. 

It's a ticky tack call but it's a coaching issue. 

5 hours ago, GoEagles614 said:

Getting blown out back to back, losing to Jets, not fixing any defensive issues we’ve had since the 2nd half of last year’s Super Bowl. Team is playing with low effort, physicality, and creativity. Idk what your record is, if you can’t get your players to get up to do their job you need new coordinators or a new coach. Went from one of the best 1st half team’s last year to one of the worst this year. Worst defense in the league. Terrible first half offense. Terrible turnovers ever single week. No Rhythm on offense for 65% of games. 
 

10-3 in nail biters against almost every team including losing to Zach Wilson. Blown out against NFC playoff worthy teams. 
 

If there’s no improvement, he’s getting bounced first round and will be out of a job. 

Sirianni is not getting fired this year.

I've never heard more excuses about fatigue in the NFL. My goodness.

If you wanna blame the whole damn thing on fatigue and not your nonsense scheme, just do walkthroughs all week.

5 hours 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. 

Nah.  When you get blown out in back to back games by your two biggest rivals, its going to lead to some upset amongst even the most ardent fans.  I'd be willing to wager I've been a fan as long, if not longer, than you... and can't remember once where the team was embarrassed like that in back to back weeks in national broadcast games.  It may have happened, but I probably blocked it out of my mind.

 

Meanwhile we know that its the first time EVER a team 8 games over 0.500 has been beaten in back to back weeks by 20+ points.   So, the Eagles are making history... but not the kind you want to make.  It's great to be 10-3.  It sucks to be embarrassed like that back to back games by the biggest rivals.  And with greater expectations comes greater disappointment when the team underperforms.  Perfect storm of anger brewing amongst the faithful, not just the bandwagoners.  Most of the time, the true bandwagoners would just move on to the next hot team, they don't come to the EMB to vent their frustration with the team.

2 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

Sirianni is not getting fired this year.

Or next year. Mid 2025 at the earliest and that's only if things completely derail.

2 hours ago, vikas83 said:

Well, maybe it is this easy to explain

 

The guy they passed over to bring in Desai.  

We need the organizational philosophy to go out the window, draft some damn LBs and bring an aggressive DC 

As for Brian Johnson, any of us would be more qualified.

27 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

I'm fine with being reliant on 3 players in the passing game when they are as good as AJ, Smitty, and Goedert. Sure I would like to see way more designed plays to get the ball into Swift's hands out in space, but beggars can't be choosers I guess. What I'm not fine with is the mind-numbing inability to scheme those main 3 guys open when our OL is supposed to be one of the best in the league. Ideally the threat of the running game means we should have plenty of holes to exploit in the secondary, and failing that, we should still be able to create mismatches almost at will given the talent of those three guys, regardless of which defense were up against. 

My issue of the over reliant of the 3 is that if anything happens to one of them like goedert you have even more inconsistencies and more east to defend as you just have 2 you are gonna look at. Frankly swift should be way more involved in the passing game. It’s his best asset.  Their scheming is an issue. I think it’s our guys are better and we will beat you. Like what was talked about with smith yesterday, using him in motion will be a killer to opposing defenses. 

1 hour ago, NCiggles said:

There's also an income tax benefit to deferring the money.  You can set up a Rabbi Trust that serves an investment device for the money.  He then can make withdraws after a vesting period and only be taxed on the withdraw rather than capital gains on the growth. 

What's a rabbit trust account?

4 minutes ago, Swoop said:

We need the organizational philosophy to go out the window, draft some damn LBs and bring an aggressive DC 

As for Brian Johnson, any of us would be more qualified.

I do have advanced degrees in super techmo bowl and madden. 

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

What's a rabbit trust account?

He called it a rabbi trust 

 

Anyone thinking Dennard Wilson was the solution or the reason for this, whew. Wilson didn't get a DC job anywhere.

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

He called it a rabbi trust 

 

1 minute ago, RLC said:

Anyone thinking Dennard Wilson was the solution or the reason for this, whew. Wilson didn't get a DC job anywhere.

Out of curiosity, how many DC jobs were vacant when the Eagles found themselves needing a new DC?  As I recall, Gannon was supposed to be returning and all the DC jobs seemed to have been filled by the time the Super Bowl rolled around and Gannon bailed on the team, including the Super Bowl prep (or so it seemed).  

8 hours ago, bpac55 said:

Eagles or Jalen Hurts? 

 

Smith leads NFL WRs in snaps.
Brown is #4 in snaps.
The Eagles lead the NFL in most snaps by the top 2 WRs.

 

Seems that we all agree that the Eagles DL is gassed right now. They are playing too many snaps. All of them are playing a good 10+ snaps more than they should be. Part of the solution is giving more snaps to Nolan Smith.  Another oversight by the staff IMO is not having Ojomo active against the Cowboys. He can play across the line at the very least to give the DL a breather.

Problem is, I don't know who you deactivate to make him active. This is an area where guys like Covey and Watkins are wasting a roster spot. Quez played 26 snaps on offense but doesn't play any special teams at all. Covey, on the other hand, had 1 ST snap since the Cowboys only punted once and played 2 snaps on offense when the starters were pulled. Covey is averaging 4 snaps per game as a returner...that's it. Not taking away from what he gives the team as a PR, but having a WR 3/4 who can be your return guy but also contribute on offense gives a team that much more roster flexibility. 

Another name is Tarron Jackson. He's just sitting on the practice squad. I think he's shown at the very least, he can contribute as a backup in the NFL. Why not call him up? They need to give the DL a breather. In 2021, Jackson played 21% of the defensive snaps and 19% of ST snaps. I think at the very least, you call up Tarron Jackson, who can give you DL and ST snaps and deactivate Patrick Johnson, who only plays ST and doesn't stand out at all. He's got 3 ST tackles on the year. Let Jackson eat those up. They are very similar athletes so I don't think there would be much of a ST drop at all.

 

6 hours ago, judunno said:

Unfortunately the plans and play design looks like it encourages this behavior.

and Smith and Brown are always on the field. If the Eagles didn't want Hurts throwing to Smith and Brown all the time,  the Eagles wouldn't have Smith and Brown on the field all the time.  

YIKKKKES Nick. Your passing game runs through 3 guys? I mean, I get it but at the same time, what in the world? Yes, AJ, DeVonta and Goedert are your top 3 guys but that essentially tells me that they do nothing to game plan their RB as weapons in the passing game when all 3 have shown they can, yes I'm even including the guy I hate the most in KG. If this is how the coaching staff thinks, I don't see things improving.