2 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

We just finished a very frustrating and disappointing regular season stretch and enter the postseason. Here is our chance to see what our team's leaders are all about.

Have we not said that every week since the SF loss though? That this team needs to respond that we need to see what this team can do? That we need the leaders to step up. Cox said we’d find out more about this team after the Seattle loss. Well we found out that this team has no answers and has quit.

I´m going to take a slightly different view. They got the playoffs booked very early, really. Perhaps too early. I can see how this would lead to a bit of complacency, especially after the ´gauntlet´ (I am so fed up of that word, has to be something better). Perhaps the runs that Dallas and SF went on caught them by surprise a little? Perhaps there just wasn´t the juice they needed, and they couldn´t turn the tap on because, well - they were playoff bound already.

Now we are at the playoffs. This is where it matters. All players want to win things. They are in the tournament now, and all bets are off. There aren´t many encouraging signs, but like I said before, no team that doesn´t make the playoffs can  win the title. Remember when that pretty poor Giants team won it all against the 18-0 Patriots? I saw them that year in London (I think it was that year) against Miami. They were hilariously inept. But they got hot at the right time. 

Rah Rah Tampa Bay here we Come!!!

There hasn't been such a collapse in Philadelphia sports since the 1964 Phils.  

But yea, rah rah rah playoffs let's go!  

*Spits*

The problem, the way I see it is the coaches don't make adjustments. If Defenses are going to blitz us, then we need a double TE set to max protect. Or Hurts needs to read the blitz and throw the ball on a quick slant to Brown or other WR. Hurts never lines up under center and hands the ball off to the RB another thing they could change. 

Its not all on the Defense and their inability to tackle. The offense isn't putting points up on the board. 

42 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

And that’s because the reality is this is not a good team. It’s a team with talent but as a team it isn’t a good team. It isn’t well coached and as a result they’ve been found out.

Perhaps I’m delusional, but I do think with the right coaching this would be a very good team, but they’re poorly coached by a guy who had a message and the team got tired of hearing the message. It’s kind of like hockey coaches. At some point the message runs thin with the team. Sirianni’s bipolar like antics ran its fill with the team and they tuned him out. They looked to the coach for answers and he had none. He doesn’t seem to project the emotional intelligence that Mr. Lurie told us he wanted back when he fired Chip Kelly. 

1 minute ago, EazyEaglez said:

Perhaps I’m delusional, but I do think with the right coaching this would be a very good team, but they’re poorly coached by a guy who had a message and the team got tired of hearing the message. It’s kind of like hockey coaches. At some point the message runs thin with the team. Sirianni’s bipolar like antics ran its fill with the team and they tuned him out. They looked to the coach for answers and he had none. He doesn’t seem to project the emotional intelligence that Mr. Lurie told us he wanted back when he fired Chip Kelly. 

I think the offense can still be good with the players that they have. They just keep getting in their own way. If they can get back to where they were earlier this year then they have a chance to make enough plays to win next week. If they can stop the turnovers and stop the missed plays (which I put mostly on the players) then they can overcome the poor coaching and scheme just based on the players they have.

2 hours ago, brkmsn said:

I just don't believe a new start = the grass is greener. I've read a lot of posts, even from you hoping the Eagles lose so the so-called "fix" will happen sooner. 

I definitely don't believe the coaching has been perfect nor do I believe the execution on the field has been perfect. I do believe that everybody is capable of doing their part to fix things. We just finished a very frustrating and disappointing regular season stretch and enter the postseason. Here is our chance to see what our team's leaders are all about.

Maybe not but the relationship is over after this historic collapse. We keep hearing next week. They have no heart. They called horrible plays on both sides. Hurts reverted to trash so it's funny they are in Tampa for a WC again. They are done. 

well if the trend continues, the players won't show up again. 

16 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

But we need a big loss otherwise that head cheerleader is going to be back for another year. I don’t want to waste 2024.

As he should be. Calling for Siriani to be fired after three straight playoff appearances is idiotic.  New coordinators for next year, sure, but Siri isn’t going anywhere.

It figures they torment us with a Monday night game.

5 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I think the offense can still be good with the players that they have. They just keep getting in their own way. If they can get back to where they were earlier this year then they have a chance to make enough plays to win next week. If they can stop the turnovers and stop the missed plays (which I put mostly on the players) then they can overcome the poor coaching and scheme just based on the players they have.

There’s just some fundamentally flawed schemes here on both sides of the football. How is it they only rush 4, but still you see wide open receivers? Heck the Giants blitzed nearly every play, but somehow everyone always seemed to have two or three defenders around them. Maybe it’s Jalen, but if that’s the case why didn’t the coaches get into the film work and fix the issue unless they didn’t believe there was one. To me the schemes seem fundamentally flawed. 

1 hour ago, Soumak said:

well if the trend continues, the players won't show up again. 

Going to be interesting to see what Slay shows up considering he sacrificed multiple games in order to get his knee fixed. He better come out there and not get burned.

1 hour ago, nipples said:

As he should be. Calling for Siriani to be fired after three straight playoff appearances is idiotic.  New coordinators for next year, sure, but Siri isn’t going anywhere.

I agree that he’s not but that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t.

3 hours ago, nipples said:

As he should be. Calling for Siriani to be fired after three straight playoff appearances is idiotic.  New coordinators for next year, sure, but Siri isn’t going anywhere.

Dude, he fired Doug a fews years after a ring when he didn't make the playoffs once. Bringing him back after this is worse than giving Chip that last year. It's a collapse like we have never seen and he can't even do the one thing he brings to the table in terms of motivation. He brings nothing else offensively or defensively. Making the playoffs means crap with the talent he has. He is a horrible coach and looks completely lost. People saying give him one more want to waste time when the writing is on the wall.

1 hour ago, Diehardfan said:

Dude, he fired Doug a fews after a ring when he didn't make the playoffs once. Bringing him back after this is worse than giving Chip that last year. It's a collapse like we have never seen and he can't even do the one thing he brings to the table in terms of motivation. He brings nothing else offensively or defensively. Making the playoffs means crap with the talent he has. He is a horrible coach and looks completely lost. People saying give him one more want to waste time when the writing is on the wall.

100% agree with you.

They did lay down. They couldn't hang with the freaking Giants. They do keep doing the same damn things over and over expecting them to suddenly change. They have no answer for the blitz. They are predictable.

 

A coach who deserves to keep their job either is a good CEO, motivates, or knows one side of the ball at an elite level (Andy/Mike).

A CEO knows how to fix at least a few things when they are going wrong. Nick hasn't come close and the team and their problems are getting worse.

He isn't motivating them because they look flat as hell and haven't been up for a game in weeks. Again, they got BLOWN OUT by the Giants.

He doesn't know defense

He doesn't know offense because the game plans suck and they look worse every week.

The only thing he has is making the playoffs 3 years in a row with a talented team. With the above issues that doesn't mean crap at this point after a historic collapse.

Mike Missanelli? GTFO, his job is to wind up people for clicks and calls. He's good at it, but that doesn't make him a gifted football analyst. He just needs to wind people up. He's tell people my house is purple or green, despite it being pink, if he thought it would generate eyeballs

10 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

Perhaps I’m delusional, but I do think with the right coaching this would be a very good team, but they’re poorly coached by a guy who had a message and the team got tired of hearing the message.

They need a good draft to be a very good football team because Howie as screwed up FA money with those 2 stupid DB moves with Bradberry and Slay, without replacing those corners and adding some LBs the defense will continue to struggle.  They also need to get a couple of strong runners on the team, every back can't lack the ability to break tackles if you expect to compete with the big dogs......Chris Rodriguez from Kentucky would have fit the bill for them last year but Howie the Dumbarse doesn't know a damn thing.

On 1/7/2024 at 7:57 PM, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Ok let’s run through this… Say the Bucs turn up next week the same as they did this week and get nothing going. And say somehow we get enough to win. I mean do we really think we can beat the Rams or Packers? Because I don’t. Both would annihilate us.

Honestly, I don't even think we beat the Bucs if our defense plays the way they have the past 6 weeks, especially the past 3 weeks. However, I think with Slay back and the offensive guys returning, they'll win a close one vs the Bucs. U just have to hope the rams and GB pull off upsets lol. I think we can beat either at home with a few calls going our way.

5 hours ago, Diehardfan said:

Dude, he fired Doug a fews years after a ring when he didn't make the playoffs once. Bringing him back after this is worse than giving Chip that last year. It's a collapse like we have never seen and he can't even do the one thing he brings to the table in terms of motivation. He brings nothing else offensively or defensively. Making the playoffs means crap with the talent he has. He is a horrible coach and looks completely lost. People saying give him one more want to waste time when the writing is on the wall.

I 100% disagree. Chip was way worse, because the idiot released a number of great players and tried to make Murray an east/west runner. He also had a very basic offense as well. 

If Nick released AJ Brown, Swift, and then traded Hurts for Kyler Murray, I'd agree, lol

4 hours ago, MF POON said:

I 100% disagree. Chip was way worse, because the idiot released a number of great players and tried to make Murray an east/west runner. He also had a very basic offense as well. 

If Nick released AJ Brown, Swift, and then traded Hurts for Kyler Murray, I'd agree, lol

Yeah, his GM powers were much worse we agree. This collapse is worse than anything during Chip even the Billy Davis D

12 hours ago, nipples said:

As he should be. Calling for Siriani to be fired after three straight playoff appearances is idiotic.  New coordinators for next year, sure, but Siri isn’t going anywhere.

Why wait for next year??? I was ready to move on from Brian Johnson several games ago. Yesterday would be an opportune moment. I will settle for today.

5 hours ago, EagleVA said:

They need a good draft to be a very good football team because Howie as screwed up FA money with those 2 stupid DB moves with Bradberry and Slay, without replacing those corners and adding some LBs the defense will continue to struggle.  They also need to get a couple of strong runners on the team, every back can't lack the ability to break tackles if you expect to compete with the big dogs......Chris Rodriguez from Kentucky would have fit the bill for them last year but Howie the Dumbarse doesn't know a damn thing.

We are lacking talent, especially on defensive side...but Until we get decent coaching in place, it doesn't matter who and how.... wastes talent. Don't think we can get any good  coaches to come here..but...we may get lucky. No more promoting from within this organization. Definitely need coaches from outside.

6 hours ago, kiwinavega said:

Mike Missanelli? GTFO, his job is to wind up people for clicks and calls. He's good at it, but that doesn't make him a gifted football analyst. He just needs to wind people up. He's tell people my house is purple or green, despite it being pink, if he thought it would generate eyeballs

No dude. Not Mike. One of the best LB to ever play for the Eagles. Seth was spot on. 

AJ and Hurts lost at least two games cuz of their dumb turnovers.

The defense lost the 49ers and Cardinals game bcuz no one can tackle.

Sure the playcalling has sucked but to not admit everyone is partly responsible for this mess is just dumb.