6 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

A few different people trying to make more of this story. Really thought he put highest respect on our franchise.

Agreed. How can you "make more” of respect?

4 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

A few different people trying to make more of this story. Really thought he put highest respect on our franchise.

As Muhammad Ali had once declared, "The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights." Mahomes is doing that work now. September 14 is when he steps back into the ring.

This was part of the attempt to sensationalize the situation into some dead time article. I liked the effort actually by this writer. Wasn’t just flat out clickbait lying headlining to get attention. Gorab Saha wrote. Not super familiar with this creator of Eagles content. Mentioned him because was thinking he might just be a decent noteworthy guy. Sensationalized and put nice window dressing on a dead time article he pumped out. But it wasn’t just total BS which runs rampant surrounding football in early July.

For what’s it worth…love most any throw back towards Muhammad Ali. Felt like a reach using it about Mahomes after a SB defeat though. Don’t think Mahomes is really that guy so much. Not viewing him as Mr Blue Collar hardest worker and focused on his profession at the highest levels. The quote fits Hurts to perfection however. Hurts really soaked in the SB confetti that fell in that first unsuccessful attempt. Hurts only talked about becoming a champion and doing what it takes to make that happen every moment after that day.

Saw Hurts even incredibly determined and focused this offseason even after becoming a champion. Got married with insane levels of marriage celebration events this year also. Yet…Hurts was right out there again as that first player league wide hitting the practice field towards 2025 season. That quote about how it’s all won so far away from the playing field in February: Hurts is the exact poster boy for that mentality. Really could be argued the main contributing factor to his(our teams) success. Hurts isn’t the tallest. Doesn’t have the most elite cannon arm. Not the fastest. Never been the most coached up player. Never relied on O coaching genius and brilliance in the NFL. Not the smartest and brightest QB.

So what traits do stick out about Hurts at elite levels as an NFL QB?

20 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

As Muhammad Ali had once declared, "The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights." Mahomes is doing that work now. September 14 is when he steps back into the ring.

This was part of the attempt to sensationalize the situation into some dead time article. I liked the effort actually by this writer. Wasn’t just flat out clickbait lying headlining to get attention. Gorab Saha wrote. Not super familiar with this creator of Eagles content. Mentioned him because was thinking he might just be a decent noteworthy guy. Sensationalized and put nice window dressing on a dead time article he pumped out. But it wasn’t just total BS which runs rampant surrounding football in early July.

The NFL and the NFLPA both want the audience for the game to be as large as possible. There is no such thing as "dead time” in that effort. So the article is no surprise. What is pleasantly surprising is the quality of the article.

6 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Saw Hurts even incredibly determined and focused this offseason even after becoming a champion. Got married with insane levels of marriage celebration events this year also. Yet…Hurts was right out there again as that first player league wide hitting the practice field towards 2025 season. That quote about how it’s all won so far away from the playing field in February: Hurts is the exact poster boy for that mentality. Really could be argued the main contributing factor to his(our teams) success. Hurts isn’t the tallest. Doesn’t have the most elite cannon arm. Not the fastest. Never been the most coached up player. Never relied on O coaching genius and brilliance in the NFL. Not the smartest and brightest QB.

So what traits do stick out about Hurts at elite levels as an NFL QB?

All of them.

Just now, cunninghamtheman said:

Saw Hurts even incredibly determined and focused this offseason even after becoming a champion. Got married with insane levels of marriage celebration events this year also. Yet…Hurts was right out there again as that first player league wide hitting the practice field towards 2025 season. That quote about how it’s all won so far away from the playing field in February: Hurts is the exact poster boy for that mentality. Really could be argued the main contributing factor to his(our teams) success. Hurts isn’t the tallest. Doesn’t have the most elite cannon arm. Not the fastest. Never been the most coached up player. Never relied on O coaching genius and brilliance in the NFL. Not the smartest and brightest QB.

So what traits do stick out about Hurts at elite levels as an NFL QB?

My take and answer: he’s as elite as it’s ever come in all the areas any player can really actually control. Dedicated. Competitive. Drive. Coachable. Leadership. Maturity. Professional. Unstoppable willpower that can’t be denied. Selfless(He is opposite of a late game garbage time stat focused grabbing player).

He leads. Welcomes each teammate to the organization. Not just O players…every player. Sets the culture for our Eagles.

59 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

My take and answer: he’s as elite as it’s ever come in all the areas any player can really actually control. Dedicated. Competitive. Drive. Coachable. Leadership. Maturity. Professional. Unstoppable willpower that can’t be denied. Selfless(He is opposite of a late game garbage time stat focused grabbing player).

He leads. Welcomes each teammate to the organization. Not just O players…every player. Sets the culture for our Eagles.

What was your purpose in repeating those thoughts for the umpteenth time? We all know how you feel. So why repeat it?

You said you were answering a question. Who asked that question?

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Sets the culture for our Eagles.

He doesn’t set the culture. Sirianni and Howie and Lurie set the culture. Hurts buys into that culture 100% and reinforces it.

1 minute ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Boxing is an individual sport, not to be confused with a team sport. So whatever Ali say doesn't apply as it's apples to oranges. C'mon now. I have no clue what you are "reaching" for here

He appears to be talking to himself.

4 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Polish dem nuts!!!!! Work it baby!!!! He also has the BEST SUPPORTING CAST in the league

Best culture in the league too.

2 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

He is in need of gold stars on his "resume"(whatever that is). He constantly polishes Hurts balls even though Pickett and McKee both performed at a similar level. He fails to understand much of Hurts success(not all) are because he has the best supporting cast, but his agenda won't allow him to say it. Hurts carries the other 52 guys in Hamityville. After reverting back to the KISS offense Hurts did indeed blossom. if not for that move who know how it would have gone

His performance in the last three games of the season pretty clearly indicate that it would have gone well.

3 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Best GM too who replaces lost players with good ones, not hacks. Hurts doesn't need to struggle like some other QB's do

I worry less about how a QB reactively deals with struggles than how much the QB has a proactive mindset that avoids struggles. Hurts showed that he was very good at reading the opposing defenses and exploiting their weaknesses.

1 minute ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

I meant if we hadn't changed him out of the high risk panic attack offense and making him a game manager IDK how last season would have looked as he was leading the league in picks the first 4 weeks

We weren’t just changing his role. We were changing the whole Offensive approach from "more is more” to "less is more.”

Looking forward to the first 5 tough weeks out of the gate. Can't sleep on Denver. Excellent first 2 weeks. Our arch rival followed by a SB rematch

27 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

The first 4 weeks I would disagree with you. League leading picks(not all his fault) But still forcing things playing hero ball. After we got him as a game manager he settled down and did worlds better

He wasn’t forcing things, Moore was forcing things.

1 hour ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Alot of that was changing the way the O line approached the game going to more play action

I respectfully disagree … but it is possible we are on the same page. If you look at the first game two things jump out. First is the Run-Pass ratio. 39 pass plays and 35 runs. Hurts had 10 called runs and it appears that they all were RPOs. The Packers showed what an offseason of film study can do, because none of Hurts’ RPO runs were for anything other than short yardage. If a receiver had been open on those 10 RPOs the ratio would have been 49-25 rather than 39-35. Bottom-line, they scrapped the RPOs. That did produce more play action passes, but the real change was that the run pass ratio moved to 60% running plays from 40%running plays.

1 hour ago, mattwill said:

Absolute must.

4 hours ago, mattwill said:

What was your purpose in repeating those thoughts for the umpteenth time? We all know how you feel. So why repeat it?

You said you were answering a question. Who asked that question?

LOL... Do I need to repeat the 3 commandments?

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"I feel like we compete with the Eagles. We beat them, for the most part, when we played them," Prescott said Tuesday (h/t The Athletic's Jon Machota.) "I don't want to say, 'Check the record,' when the other guy's holding a trophy right now. So credit to them, they've earned it, and they deserve it, by all means."

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

"I feel like we compete with the Eagles. We beat them, for the most part, when we played them," Prescott said Tuesday (h/t The Athletic's Jon Machota.) "I don't want to say, 'Check the record,' when the other guy's holding a trophy right now. So credit to them, they've earned it, and they deserve it, by all means."

Ham, why do you think Dak’s quote has any gravitas?