7 hours ago, mattwill said:

Ham, I told you I would slice and dice the Super Bowl Play By Play. Here is what it shows. 12 drives with Hurts as QB, with 32 series in those 12 drives. There were 13 3rd Downs of which 5 were 3rd and 7 or longer (highlighted in blue). 3 of the 5 did not achieve a 1st Down. One of the three was an interception and the other two resulted in field goals. Of the 32 1st Down plays, 7 were passes and 25 were runs. One thing that happens with the heavy emphasis on running plays is that opportunities for play action passes is significant. Also Spags' 8 in the Box approach left our Receivers covered one on one, and they feasted when called upon.

Come on now...stop with the facts...although it's so refreshing having someone else on here that takes 3 minutes to do easy research... but you are letting facts get in the way of the left field theories.. Hurts just was forced into so many 3rd and longs due to Barkley choking...lol.

We needed to change the offense...lol. Ham was right all along....can't win the way they were playing all season... lol.

Btw... for such a fan of the QB and who preaches about the win now mode... I am still baffled as to why he was upset with the Cam extension? Makes zero logical sense.

17 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

If only he was the main reason for those wins. Instead he dig us a hole at 2-5 we overcame to still make the playoffs despite him. He did improve massively this past season I will volunteer. Really felt like the whole team witnessing how hard he fought to keep his job after screwing up early in the season….galvanized our whole team around him. After he got past that Giants game where he let on he wasn’t blocking out everything he said by the fans about his playcalling…he started to actually mature some there.

At what point do you get over the 2021 start?

1 hour ago, joemas6 said:

New England paid Milton Williams $26 mil per year ....5 sacks...lol

https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/saquon-barkley-stats-tonight-how-eagles-rb-fare-chiefs-super-bowl-lix The part Ham misses is where they say Spags had to account for Barkley EVERY play. What a fantastic weapon/decoy

15 hours ago, mattwill said:

Now you are practicing theater.

I'm practicing sarcasm

14 hours ago, mattwill said:

That is your opinion. Everybody has one. With that said, I’ll ask you the same question I asked Ham. Why do you care if he has a diffraction than you do?

The discussion is entertaining. On one side you have logic, on the other side you have Ham's constant drum beat rambling that Hurts is a god, and is the only reason for our success agenda, having to cover for a lame coach and a GM who makes some bad investments and that we fail he hire O mind geniuses and a RB who "choked" in the SB, so Hurts had to cover for his deficiencies. IDK anyone else who can make 65(literally) posts in a ROW. Me and Joe are "haters" because we treat Hurts like any other player. He is not to be touched in Hamityville, nor criticized and some of the responses are comical to me as I enjoy seeing how other people think. We all have opinions that is what the board is for. All fans are different, with different views and qualities and drawbacks and shortcomings, so I enjoy the banter with everyone. Ham is the board TMZ reporter- entertaining!!!!! 🤣 At least I can answer point blank questions. Ham has difficulty in this area

A little more background. I played TE in HS, which doesn't qualify me for much but at least I had some experience with it. I began as a RB then was changed to TE. I was a sprinter in HS track. So although no pro by any stretch I did learn some things albeit LONG ago. ASG is a nice person, Doesn't post much. His grandson is a TE for Central Arkansas. We are all pulling for him to be an Eagle in the future. Some others that will pop in are DWD(Down with Dallas) and Senorcook, but me, Joe and Ham post almost every day. I'm retired so it's something to do and by admission I instigate things and "poke the bear" It's a bad quality I have LOL. Carry on

42 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

I'm practicing sarcasm

Understood, but you are (1) saying what you are saying for its theatrical effect, and (2) perpetuating the negative/polarized communications cycle that pervades this thread.

Ham isn’t a troll in my thinking because he isn’t saying his inflammatory comments purely to get attention. He truly believes what he says and says it with such volume (number of comments) that it has the same effect as trolling. A troll throws in a zinger and then sits back and watches the reaction. Ham doesn’t eat for a response. He responds himself. he isn’t attempting to have a conversation/discussion. He is giving a lecture.

But often the trigger for the lecture is his response to what he hears … in this case your sarcasm. It becomes a feedback loop. To torture a metaphor, you are the guitar and Ham is the amp. When the guitar gets near the amp in a particular way it squalks.

22 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

A little more background. I played TE in HS, which doesn't qualify me for much but at least I had some experience with it. I began as a RB then was changed to TE. I was a sprinter in HS track. So although no pro by any stretch I did learn some things albeit LONG ago. ASG is a nice person, Doesn't post much. His grandson is a TE for Central Arkansas. We are all pulling for him to be an Eagle in the future. Some others that will pop in are DWD(Down with Dallas) and Senorcook, but me, Joe and Ham post almost every day. I'm retired so it's something to do and by admission I instigate things and "poke the bear" It's a bad quality I have LOL. Carry on

Not a bad quality. We all have it / do it. But it does derail the tone of the thread a bit. All three of you are football knowledgeable. Your on the field experience doesn’t surprise me. It shows in your comments.

24 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Understood, but you are (1) saying what you are saying for its theatrical effect, and (2) perpetuating the negative/polarized communications cycle that pervades this thread.

Ham isn’t a troll in my thinking because he isn’t saying his inflammatory comments purely to get attention. He truly believes what he says and says it with such volume (number of comments) that it has the same effect as trolling. A troll throws in a zinger and then sits back and watches the reaction. Ham doesn’t eat for a response. He responds himself. he isn’t attempting to have a conversation/discussion. He is giving a lecture.

But often the trigger for the lecture is his response to what he hears … in this case your sarcasm. It becomes a feedback loop. To torture a metaphor, you are the guitar and Ham is the amp. When the guitar gets near the amp in a particular way it squalks.

Yep we have some heated debates. We've been doing it for years. As a musician for 24 years(besides my regular job) theatrics comes with the territory

1 hour ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Yep we have some heated debates. We've been doing it for years. As a musician for 24 years(besides my regular job) theatrics comes with the territory

Fair enough, and as a lifelong single father … 24/7/365 during its height, but he is 54 now so I’m "emeritus” … I can get a bit presumptuous and even preachy, but what I have observed in my short time here is a lot of really good football knowledge and insight from all of you. The information Ham cites is frequently very solid, but instead of focusing on that information he leaps to focusing on personalities rather than actions, and individuality rather than collaboration as a team. The idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts is alien to him.

I guess I’m arguing for this forum to become greater than the sum of its parts as well.

/rant

2 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Yep we have some heated debates. We've been doing it for years. As a musician for 24 years(besides my regular job) theatrics comes with the territory

On a related subject to your post, there is no way even Ham can disagree with the fact that Mailata is the Eagles’ MVP

Happy Mothers Day to y’all!

Some talking heads opining on the best QBs in the NFL now.

Philadelphia Eagles On SI

Eagles' Jalen Hurts Comes In With Polarizing Ranking

The Philadelphia Eagles have one of the best overall quarterbacks in the National Football League in Jalen Hurts. He's young at 26 years old and already has acc

And here is the referenced Bleacher Report article

NFL's Top QBs After 2025 Draft

NFL's Top QBs After 2025 Draft

Thoughts on Steen’s pivotal season

Philadelphia Eagles On SI

Breakthrough Or Bust For Eagles' Third-Year Hopeful?

PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles have greenlighted the sequel to Tyler Steen’s excellent adventure at right guard. However, the 2023 third-round pick’s pending run at

PFF’s Trevor Sikkema believes the Eagles need more help on the Edge

Philadelphia Eagles On SI

Eagles 'Biggest' Need Could Be Solved With Superstar

The Philadelphia Eagles could simply take the roster as they have it right now into the 2025 season and make some noise once again. Philadelphia arguably has th

Over in the Blog the following interesting question was posed.

2 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

If you could guarantee two of the following Eagles in 2025 would play really well, which two would you choose:

Jalyx Hunt

Kelee Ringo

Tyler Steen

Jihaad Campbell

Andrew Mukuba

Azeez Ojulari

Moro Ojomo

Jordan Davis

Ty Robinson

My response was as follows. What say you?

1 hour ago, mattwill said:

Hunt and Ringo

Hunt to expand the upside of the team and Ringo to limit the downside/vulnerability of the team.

Steen can be just OK and the O-Line as a whole can still be great.

Ojulari is a temporary fix with only a one-year contract. Off he balls out, and I would love to see that happen, then he gets very expensive by comparison for Howie at the end of the season.

Ojomo is in a similar situation to Ojulari.

When I got the list down to three, Davis was the third with Hunt and Ringo. I would love to see Davis take a leap forward in his is game, but Hunt has more upside IMO and Ringo represents more vulnerability for the team … and if Davis does take the leap, he is in the same contract situation as Ojulari and Ojomo.

Robinson, Mukuba and Campbell are all rookies. They will be on my list next season.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/eagles-film-review-ty-robinson-plays-like-a-wrecking-ball/ar-AA1EyT2p?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=da1116d3b121404883e82b58e17b58f5&ei=17

1 hour ago, mattwill said:

Thoughts on Steen’s pivotal season

Philadelphia Eagles On SI

Breakthrough Or Bust For Eagles' Third-Year Hopeful?

PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles have greenlighted the sequel to Tyler Steen’s excellent adventure at right guard. However, the 2023 third-round pick’s pending run at

"In handicapping Steen vs. the field, the latter is further ahead with the sequel set to start but there's no obvious Becton-level upside for Steen to deal with this time."   It's too early to make this statement leap IMO. Any student of Stoutland U could emerge in an instant. 10 days for Becton to take Steens job. Would not shock me if another guy emerges, so from the "latter" who they say is farther ahead of Steen, they really make no claims as to who that could be, but the rooks all have upside or they wouldn't be here and the NFL guys we picked up could easily translate under Stoutland's tutelage. Going to be a huge competition and it would be nice to find "the guy" who can be a RG lifer. Steen has been wanting that job for awhile, but somehow can't take the final step needed. Still, you can make a very nice living with BU loot. Going to be fun watching the process here

Pierce could be Lanes replacement. Howie likes to draft them early, let them get a year or 2 in. He is a big kid to play at RG, but it will give him valuable playing time, even if he is inserted later at RT(in 2 years). I believe Lane signed through 2027,but he could retire before his contract is up. Stoutland will get them sorted out

11 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

"In handicapping Steen vs. the field, the latter is further ahead with the sequel set to start but there's no obvious Becton-level upside for Steen to deal with this time."   It's too early to make this statement leap IMO. Any student of Stoutland U could emerge in an instant. 10 days for Becton to take Steens job. Would not shock me if another guy emerges, so from the "latter" who they say is farther ahead of Steen, they really make no claims as to who that could be, but the rooks all have upside or they wouldn't be here and the NFL guys we picked up could easily translate under Stoutland's tutelage. Going to be a huge competition and it would be nice to find "the guy" who can be a RG lifer. Steen has been wanting that job for awhile, but somehow can't take the final step needed. Still, you can make a very nice living with BU loot. Going to be fun watching the process here

I agree. Going to be fun to watch/follow.

4 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Pierce could be Lanes replacement. Howie likes to draft them early, let them get a year or 2 in. He is a big kid to play at RG, but it will give him valuable playing time, even if he is inserted later at RT(in 2 years). I believe Lane signed through 2027,but he could retire before his contract is up. Stoutland will get them sorted out

All four of the O-Line additions on Draft Saturday are intriguing. Doesn’t mean they will all work out, but it is a treasure trove of "clay” for Stoutland to Work with. Williams, Hinton, and Pierce all have the requisite size that Stoutland likes. Kendall, while smaller, still very nicely fits the Sox profile, with enough size to kick out to Guard if necessary. And that doesn’t even include the possibilities that a Kenyon Green reclamation project has.

I suspect Pierce is the one from Williams, Hinton, Pierce who is most likely to end up on the Practice Squad.

The 53-man cut down is going to be very interesting.

2 hours ago, mattwill said:

PFF’s Trevor Sikkema believes the Eagles need more help on the Edge

Philadelphia Eagles On SI

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The Philadelphia Eagles could simply take the roster as they have it right now into the 2025 season and make some noise once again. Philadelphia arguably has th

I read an article recently that they are "not giving up" on Huff. That could be a smokescreen for "we can't find a deal for him" LOL. That being said it could not hurt to bring in a solid pro(which Huff was supposed to give us). I don't believe Howie is done bringing in guys. We could see some additions as guys get tossed as camp get rolling. Stoutland and Fangio are both more than adept at spotting losers early and showing them the door. The fact Fangio had little use for Huff makes me think once again of the smokescreen that "we haven't given up" when In fact they probably already have, but have no imminent deal. I figured he would be traded in the draft

46 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/eagles-film-review-ty-robinson-plays-like-a-wrecking-ball/ar-AA1EyT2p?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=da1116d3b121404883e82b58e17b58f5&ei=17

What should impress is the "non stop motor" part. That is hard to find or develop as there are usually limits. The other stuff can be coached up, so I believe he finds his way to the roster. If we can combine all that with the motor/perseverance, you end up with a great player. Non stop motor is an overused phrase, but we have many of those. I more than like the word "relentless" because that can become intimidating. Liked this pick up alot

9 minutes ago, mattwill said:

All four of the O-Line additions on Draft Saturday are intriguing. Doesn’t mean they will all work out, but it is a treasure trove of "clay” for Stoutland to Work with. Williams, Hinton, and Pierce all have the requisite size that Stoutland likes. Kendall, while smaller, still very nicely fits the Sox profile, with enough size to kick out to Guard if necessary. And that doesn’t even include the possibilities that a Kenyon Green reclamation project has.

I suspect Pierce is the one from Williams, Hinton, Pierce who is most likely to end up on the Practice Squad.

The 53-man cut down is going to be very interesting.

Tough decisions ahead. IDK is Pierce TOO big to play G? Sometimes you lose the inside leverage game with a kid his size. I believe he is 6'8" without going back to re read

I agree Green could be this years Becton LOL