3 hours ago, mattwill said:

53 predictions recorded thus far.  36 for an Eagles win and 16for a Seahawks win, and one prediction for a tie.  The Average Predicted Score is a very close Eagles 25 Seahawks 24.

Put my bonus picks as — Eagles get 2+ INT 

The bills ran the ball 49 times and passed 15. 
 

that’s clearly how to beat the cowboys , along with aggressive defence 

 

THE FINAL STRETCH.   WEEK 15.   After starting the Season 10-1.  The Eagles have been on a two game slide against our Rivals 49ers and The Boys.    Again, every Season has ups and downs but these last two weeks do not define the Birds. With that said, the Eagles have Officially Clinched a Playoff Berth for the 3rd Straight Season.   The Cowboys took a beating in Buffalo too.   Now it's matter of seeding but we are in the Dance.  Don't look now but The Birds have a desperate Seahawks Team to play.   During the Pete Carroll Era, the Eagles have lost 7 straight games including a Playoff Game.   The last win was during the Andy/Donovan Era in 2008.  Let's just say Hawks have had our number this last Decade plus.  The Seahawks lead the All-Time Series 12-7.   This is the 8th Matchup in the Pete Carroll Era.   The Seahawks have been in the Wild Card race all season but they've hit a bump in the road with 4 straight losses.  Geno has taken a step back this year with his overall performance and injuries.   The Eagles may have to see Drew Lock today. 

As for the Birds, after two bad losses. There's been some changes as Matt Patricia is getting a chance to call the Plays on Defense.   Desai will be up in the Booth.  Look, I know that seems like maybe the Eagles are hitting the panic button on Defense but I feel it's just shaking things up a little.  Patricia isn't the best Head Coach but is a good DC and has some experience with all those Patriots Seasons.  Now before the season, this game and the Bills game concerned me most.   Well they took care of the Bills and now they will have to finally beat the Seahawks.   There are reports of Jalen coming down with a sickness.  Mariota is a pretty good backup but I still want Jalen out there.  Hopefully with a good nights rest and some more Nyquil or Advil, Jalen will be out there.  Seahawks are still in the Hunt because the Bottom of the NFC is just average at best.   Yes Pete Carroll losing 5 straight games will be very rare to see but this is a situation where I feel the Birds are going to finally Bounce Back.   I think the Defense got the Memo and will be playing their butts off this week.   I also think the Eagles will lean on the Run Game while Jalen deals with his sickness.    The Eagles are still in control of Winning the Division.   The 49ers have not clinched the #1 Seed so everything is still in play.  The Eagles are 4-1 in Primetime this season, let's make it 5-1.   Birds finally get back to Winning and take down the Seahawks for the 8th Win in the Series.  Pete Carroll gets his 8th Loss of the Season, on his 8th Matchup against the Birds

 

THE BIRDS - 28

THE HAWKS - 16

 

JALEN - RUSH TD

DEVONTA - TD

GOEDERT - TD

SWIFT -  RUSH TD

 

DEFENSE: MULTIPLE SACKS, INT and FUMBLE

2 hours ago, rrfierce said:

The bills ran the ball 49 times and passed 15. 
 

that’s clearly how to beat the cowboys , along with aggressive defence 

Bills held the ball for 35 min.

@mattwill

I can't think of a time when we had such a negative feeling about this team. I don't think we were even this down when Wentz tore his ACL and they had to move to Foles. Just a complete feeling of doom and gloom. Injuries, locker room stories, coaching changes but not coaching changes or whatever you want to call the DC circus, Hurts being sick and the biggest factor, Big Dom being suspended  just have me feeling completely deflated about this team.

So what better time for the Eagles to give us that game where they dominate from whistle to whistle!

Eagles-56

Seahawks- 14

Jalen Hurts goes full MJ flu game. 375 yards passing, 3 TDs and 2 Brotherly Shoves.

Kelee Ringo- Pick 6

This is the way. I fully support making Al Harris the DC. Weaken an opponent and hopefully bring in a hometown guy who can right the ship.

 

41 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

@mattwill

 I don't think we were even this down when Wentz tore his ACL and they had to move to Foles. Just a complete feeling of doom and gloom.

Bro, were you here during that? People were calling for Nate Sudfeld.....

If Dan Quinn gets a HC job, can easily see them promoting Harris.

No pressure on Patricia tonight. Excited for a ton of cover 1!

3 hours ago, rrfierce said:

The bills ran the ball 49 times and passed 15. 
 

that’s clearly how to beat the cowboys 

Well it is easier to do that when your defense makes stops and only allows 3 points through the first 3 quarters 

Absolutely nobody has suggested that Patricia will step in and make this defense world beaters. The personnel isn’t good enough for that.

What is reasonable to expect is that he can make some incremental improvements, and put the players in position to make a few more stops per game…which could be significant.

We are dead LAST on 3rd down and like 30th in the red zone. Is it really that far fetched to think that a guy with his experience could make some improvement there?

1 hour ago, bpac55 said:

This is the way. I fully support making Al Harris the DC. Weaken an opponent and hopefully bring in a hometown guy who can right the ship.

 

Would much rather go get Wilson back.

1 hour ago, bpac55 said:

I can't think of a time when we had such a negative feeling about this team

Oh to be young again.

9 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

It's time to start thinking about who the next DC is going to be, because there will be a new one next season.

Some names I've already started to compile.

Robert Saleh(if fired)

Dennis Allen(if fired)

Al Harris

Mike Zimmer

Matt Eberflus(if fired)

Wilson, or John Butler. That's my short list. 

Patricia worked for over a decade under one of the greatest defensive coaches of all time (Belichick). He at a minimum should be competent enough to avoid 7 touchdown drives in a row. Amazingly, that would be an improvement.

What the Ravens will do against the Whiners is play a very physical, dirty game on D.  Whether they win or not, it will be a physical one next week and the Whiners are quietly beat up on D.

As for tonight. Let's see. With the high amount of negativity around the D, kind of taken the pressure of the team a bit.  Just need no turnovers on D today and a desire to run the ball hard.

And how about those Cowboys?

1 minute ago, Mike31mt said:

Patricia worked for over a decade under one of the greatest defensive coaches of all time (Belichick). He at a minimum should be competent enough to avoid 7 touchdown drives in a row. Amazingly, that would be an improvement.

Yep. I'm cautiously optimistic. I still don't like the idea of a panic move but the defense quite literally can't get any worse.

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

 

That's pretty good

We don't need the defense to be good. We just need it to not be awful. They give up points AND long drives. Worst of worst worlds.

4 hours ago, rrfierce said:

The bills ran the ball 49 times and passed 15. 
 

that’s clearly how to beat the cowboys , along with aggressive defence 

But with Johnson and Siri- we like to pass pass pass, with 2 or 3 runs sprinkled in per half....  

 

It was great seeing a coach stick to the run... I had been calling for that against the Cowboys all year

46 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

Well it is easier to do that when your defense makes stops and only allows 3 points through the first 3 quarters 

It's easy to run the ball, when you started the game running the ball and you score on every drive. Then it really doesn't matter a whole lot what your defense does, if anything running the ball shortens the game and gives your defense plenty of rest. 

@mattwill 

Eagles 34
Seahawks - 23

Bonus Metcalf goes over 150

Odd timing with Patricia taking over once Slay goes out with knee surgery. 

I did not have that on my 2023 bingo card 

 

16 minutes ago, garingovt2000 said:

Odd timing with Patricia taking over once Slay goes out with knee surgery. 

Could be, I also wonder if this was just the plan. I’m sure they’ve known for some time he needed the surgery but he played through that really tough stretch of the schedule. May have just identified this as the week to have it done to be able to be back in time for the playoffs while also being available for that rough series of the schedule. 

If Sirianni was the guy who hired Desai, Howie and Lurie might not ever let a HC hire a coordinator again.