7 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Signed another DT I see. Makes me wonder if there are injuries we aren’t aware of yet with our DTs.

They need snap eaters for TC and the Preseason games. Not injuries, just won’t be giving the starters any preseason games snaps

6 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

How do you figure 97 yards of offensive production and numerous GREAT blocks is choking?

Lots of runs without the ball setting up Hurts and the receivers for very effective play action success.

6 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Can’t rehash this over and over endlessly. I’ve explained my opinion clearly already.

Your opinion on that is 100% wrong.

4 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Gainwell just had no explosion

Can you name an RB2 on any team that has explosion?

4 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

I’ve never been a Gainwell hater in fact. Just comes off that way for Siri die hard blind fans…because I see him as a quality reliable backup third string RB.

Which was what his role on the Eagles was … quality reliable backup.

7 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Both matter is my point. To have the Oline…but only gain 8 yards instead of the 60 was my issue.

The reason a RB gains 60 is that the Defense failed in its gap discipline. The five O-Linemen are offset by the four D-Linemen. Although the Eagles O-Linemen are the best in the NFL getting to the second level and blocking a Linebacker or Safety, most O Lines are consumed blocking the defender in front of them. Stoutland’s scheme gets its disproportionate share of second level blocks by pulling the Tackles and/or Guards from the non-play side in order to Create a numbers mismatch on the play side, thereby opening the hole the RB runs through. What Spags and Tomlinson and Schwartz did to combat that numbers mismatch was to consistently have eight defenders in the box … sometimes even nine. When you fill a hole with bodies, the RB isn’t able to break through the LOS into the Secondary, therefore no 60 yard runs.

When you watch replays of Saquon’s long runs, in many of them he is never touched by a defender. That simply doesn’t happen when there are eight in the box.

7 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

I mean if the coach can’t come up with effective gameplans and scripted plays? Need a guy that can do that job then.

The scripts were very effective in doing what they are designed to do, which is test and illuminate how the Defensive scheme is being deployed. There is a tried and true saying that "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” The scripts in the 1st Quarter are the preparation that puts the team in the position to capitalize on the opportunities that come in the 2nd. 3rd, and 4th Quarters.

Without confirmation on the field, the suppositions that the coaching staff puts into the game plan are just guesses. By testing those suppositions in the controlled environment of the scripts, supposition is replaced with knowledge.

8 hours ago, mattwill said:

Can you name an RB2 on any team that has explosion?

Sure…Will Shipley

3 hours ago, mattwill said:

The reason a RB gains 60 is that the Defense failed in its gap discipline. The five O-Linemen are offset by the four D-Linemen. Although the Eagles O-Linemen are the best in the NFL getting to the second level and blocking a Linebacker or Safety, most O Lines are consumed blocking the defender in front of them. Stoutland’s scheme gets its disproportionate share of second level blocks by pulling the Tackles and/or Guards from the non-play side in order to Create a numbers mismatch on the play side, thereby opening the hole the RB runs through. What Spags and Tomlinson and Schwartz did to combat that numbers mismatch was to consistently have eight defenders in the box … sometimes even nine. When you fill a hole with bodies, the RB isn’t able to break through the LOS into the Secondary, therefore no 60 yard runs.

When you watch replays of Saquon’s long runs, in many of them he is never touched by a defender. That simply doesn’t happen when there are eight in the box.

It’s when you have everybody in the box and the RB breaks through that long runs occur.

3 hours ago, mattwill said:

The scripts were very effective in doing what they are designed to do, which is test and illuminate how the Defensive scheme is being deployed. There is a tried and true saying that "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” The scripts in the 1st Quarter are the preparation that puts the team in the position to capitalize on the opportunities that come in the 2nd. 3rd, and 4th Quarters.

Without confirmation on the field, the suppositions that the coaching staff puts into the game plan are just guesses. By testing those suppositions in the controlled environment of the scripts, supposition is replaced with knowledge.

Sure….they took an uber talented O and purposely made it the worst in the league for a quarter of the season.

The coaching gameplaned scripts were garbage….something our guys just had to overcome.

The playcalling wasn’t good all the way around for the most part. Many key plays came from audibles.

On 7/22/2025 at 8:11 PM, cunninghamtheman said:

You need to actually look into this much more. It’s effecting the balance of the league. It is an advantage for us…because of Lurie. You seem to miss plenty of what occurs with our organization so much. You endlessly heap praise on Rosie…when really this is more about the liquid cash money Lurie makes available. All owners and teams are dealing with the same cap. That part I don’t think is really much of an issue for majority of teams. Seems a franchise here and there struggle some just with this part of the financials…many times just due to extra crap going on around everything with the ownership and/or team financials.

Do you understand the concept of how the void years helps the players get paid? Can you remove the stick out of your butt regarding Goodell to understand this ????

A veteran player who has given service to the league... he signs a one year deal or a two year deal. Teams have low cap space... so there in theory could be a limited competition for his services... the usage of the void years spreads out the initial cap hit and makes it 1/5th in the current year. That enables the veteran player to get more teams to bid for his services and more importantly allows him to get paid a high amount due to not costing the team the whole cap charge.

This is big time advantage for the player.... the player.... Your agenda vs Goodell and life long commitment to create a narrative that Howie isn't an elite GM if not the best GM in all of sports.... it's getting in the way of you understanding the big picture of how the players benefit.

Goodell can't just decide things on his own, especially things that he won't get any support on. " Hey I want to screw the Eagles, let me F$%% it up for the entire league just because it could hurt the Eagles" That's not reality.

On 7/22/2025 at 8:34 PM, cunninghamtheman said:

I didn’t ignore it…flat told you not worthy of my answer.

Yet you wonder why everyone thinks you are an @rse

10 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

I will admit I was a little like Ham wondering why we didn't score in the first 1/4 After awhile I realized what they were doing. why they were doing it, and it made sense. So after that it wasn't a problem for me anymore as I understood it to be like boxing. Set them up. Worked well and also stymied KC. They were powerless. As the game went on, it just got worse for them

IDK, to me it was obvious... they passed too much..., 30 pass plays for 36 yards and 2 turnovers the first 7 games... not really rocket science.

10 hours ago, mattwill said:

Which was what his role on the Eagles was … quality reliable backup.

Gainwell's role was simple the first 3 years... he was the only RB trusted to work on passing downs. Sanders can run, but has no heart, not toughness, not football acumen. He is an early down guy ... all the big plays he was off the field. Swift struggled too... Barkley came in and things changed... but Gainwell was even better with less snaps.

If you are a simpleton and only look at speed... you are clueless to what it takes to win. You are probably a guy who loved both of the MeSeans... guys who can run but not football player types. not winner type players that understand the game.

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Sure…Will Shipley

the guy that got caught from behind in the championship game?

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

The coaching gameplaned scripts were garbage….something our guys just had to overcome.

I agree, I wasn't a fan of how Moore forced too much passing early in games the first half of the season.

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

The playcalling wasn’t good all the way around for the most part. Many key plays came from audibles.

Isn't that football?

5 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Sure…Will Shipley

He has exploded for 2.7 YPC. That is some really impressive explosion.

5 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

It’s when you have everybody in the box and the RB breaks through that long runs occur.

You may want to review the video of Saquon’s long runs. He rarely had to power through the LOS. He regularly was 5 or more yards past the LOS before any contact by a defender. As the stats below show , over 2/3 of his 2,000 yards rushing were yards before contact. That was not only the highest number of YBCON, but also the highest percentage of yards as well.

5 hours ago, joemas6 said:

Yet you wonder why everyone thinks you are an @rse

Oh what a captivating riveting question…Saquan or Miles? How could I possibly strive for anything more than that?

8 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Oh what a captivating riveting question…Saquan or Miles? How could I possibly strive for anything more than that?

agree, was a very simple yes or no answer that would have saved time.... but I can see you aren't interested in that, you like to drag out the conversations because you have nothing better to do with your time except to start needless arguments. The narcissistic characteristic of needing the attention. Once a question is answered then the spotlight goes away

But that leads to the other questions... why show a comparison between Sanders and Barkley... what was the purpose?

5 hours ago, joemas6 said:

IDK, to me it was obvious... they passed too much..., 30 pass plays for 36 yards and 2 turnovers the first 7 games... not really rocket science.

Not rocket science….but not so overly simplistic like you are trying to make it. Feels like it’d about this level of thinking going into the script and gameplan on O though. If we had somebody qualified to actually get a bit more specific and detailed maybe we’d score a bit more in the first quarter. You and Siri both seem to think this way…run or pass. But in actual pro O playbooks there should be an abundance of different plays in each category. See when you watch other teams you’ll even notice certain pass plays when called receivers are schemed open even.. dare I dream.