14 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

What you missed because you blindly pointed at big picture scoring stats and those things is…..our O was not being given adequate competent levels to be executed. Hurts just bailing our O out playmaking in long difficult unfavorable situations isn’t an actual plan or scheme.

No, it is not a plan, but replacing Matt Pryor with Fred Johnson is a plan.

14 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Context as in we couldn’t beat a college team with the predictable so low level O being run from Siri. Feeling like we are in danger of being in that position again here without any quality O mind.

🎶🎶🎶 You’ve said it before and you’ll say it again. Repetition is Ham’s best friend. 🎶🎶🎶

On 9/25/2025 at 1:38 AM, joemas6 said:

Matt Pryor came off the field and they were able to play offense. 5 drives ...no first downs....a sack/ fumble on a guy he let hit Hurts.. minus 3 yards.

Without him = zero punts... 4 TDs on 5 drives.

Patullo, Hurts... Jesus, Mohammad, Buddah... none had the impact that taking Pryor out of the game had. End of subject really.

Everyone remember the game we sacked Troy Aikman 12 times back in the 80s.... did their game plan or " rallying rhe troops" matter ? Or the fact they couldn't block Reggie, Jerome, Clyde and company?

Don't make a simple thing complicated.

I was at the 12 sack game. It was in Dallas and my boss had season tickets and he invited me to come with him. It was a miserable game from his perspective, wonderful from mine.

Regarding your other points, this visual evidence strongly supports your points.

57 minutes ago, joemas6 said:

I had a few softball tournaments in Lakeland ( home of Freddie Mitchell) we had to stay in the shade as much as possible. Just warming up with a couple of throws and my shirt was drenched. Definitely different than Philu area, especially this time if year.. it was 83 degrees today but very comfortable.

They also get the "saltwater breeze" down there. Lakeland is a horrible town. Really crime filled. I'm glad you made it out alive

52 minutes ago, mattwill said:

I was at the 12 sack game. It was in Dallas and my boss had season tickets and he invited me to come with him. It was a miserable game from his perspective, wonderful from mine.

Regarding your other points, this visual evidence strongly supports your points.

I appreciate the videos... but what would support my point even better.. is showing Matt Pryor. Then even Ham would understand the play calls were irrelevant with Pryor not being able to execute any blocks.

49 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

They also get the "saltwater breeze" down there. Lakeland is a horrible town. Really crime filled. I'm glad you made it out alive

Im sure I wasn't in the bad area. The complex was beautiful and whatever bars we found, I don't remember much I was 21 and 23 at time . I wasn't allowed to be one of the drivers being under 25....lol. I do remember going to Ibor city in Tampa though. Lots if fun.

2 hours ago, joemas6 said:

Im sure I wasn't in the bad area. The complex was beautiful and whatever bars we found, I don't remember much I was 21 and 23 at time . I wasn't allowed to be one of the drivers being under 25....lol. I do remember going to Ibor city in Tampa though. Lots if fun.

Ybor city is crazy(when you are young) What they used to say was. "If you arrive in Ybor city Friday night and you make it home by Monday, you are doing it wrong" Serious party town

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Saturday Noon Eagles-Bucs Predictions Update - 29 hours until Kickoff

49 predictions recorded

36 predictions are for an Eagles win and 13 are for a Bucs win.  The average predicted score continues to be Eagles 27 Bucs 22.

I believe I got everyone's prediction. If you don't see your name below, I either missed your prediction or you haven't submitted one yet.

As always, please tag your prediction post with @mattwill that way I will be sure to see/record it.  Score predictions can also have an optional "Bonus Pick" tiebreaker prediction.  I will be taking predictions right up until Kickoff.

A list of the 49 predictions is presented below, sorted high to low by Eagles points predicted. The Bucs win predictions are highlighted in yellow.

An alphabetical list of the screen names of the folks who have submitted this week is as follows. If you don't see your name there, I don't have a prediction from you yet.

Barkley, who set an NFL record last year with 2,504 rushing yards and averaged 5.7 yards per carry, is averaging a pedestrian 3.3 yards per carry this year through three games, which ranks 23rd out of 29 backs with at least 30 carries.

19 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Barkley, who set an NFL record last year with 2,504 rushing yards and averaged 5.7 yards per carry, is averaging a pedestrian 3.3 yards per carry this year through three games, which ranks 23rd out of 29 backs with at least 30 carries.

And your point is?

On 9/25/2025 at 7:24 PM, GreenbleedinNC said:

He should, he has the best supporting cast in the league

You have been on repeat for the entire time Siri has been here. At some point you will put together the terrible lack of O scheme and coaching setting up any level of players doesn’t work. Well…”doesn’t work” isn’t completely accurate. Hardly ever works. Yet our guys have been the unique exception actually. They overcome this almost insurmountable obstacle so unbelievably.

26 minutes ago, mattwill said:

And your point is?

About only one conclusion to arrive at…poor O setup(scheme, coaching, playcalling) plan

On 9/26/2025 at 12:57 AM, GreenbleedinNC said:

Oh I used to enjoy the return game. Who was that little dude the Bears used to have? He was electric

Devin Hester

On 9/25/2025 at 4:48 PM, mattwill said:

Your statement argued that Hurts was the only leader. He is the tactical leader implementing the Offensive Strategy. Fangio leads by setting and adjusting the Defensive Strategy. You don’t need to be on the field to deliver that essential highest order, highest impact leadership. Then the position coaches and the players deploy the specific tactical steps that implement the strategy. Hurts has nothing to do with the setting of Fangio’s strategy, nor does he interact with the defensive position coaches on the sideline, and as I pointed out in my prior comment he isn’t on the field when the Defense is on the field, and those defenders aren’t on the field when Hurts is on the field with the Offense. So his role and actions are as the prime tactical leader of the Offense.

Regarding BG’s comment, he has said the same thing about Sirianni. It is a both/and situation/observation.

You are trying to cram a square peg into a round hole.

I call complete BS on this crap. He’s the leader of our whole team. Welcomes every single new player joining. He makes a point to always interact with D players…not just the O. It was right there happening….Hurts was going up to defenders as well as coaches. He inspires and leads by example. He works so very hard at all areas of his craft. He makes sure everybodies focus is squarely on winning the SB. I mean everybody wants to win it all….many say they are trying to reach the big game. Hurts at such a young age so uniquely came head on to very clearly define….it’s about winning championships. Not moral victories. Not playoffs…nothing less than champions. For a franchise had only won a single SB in all their years.

Being overlooked some how….is the teams confidence and faith in Hurts. After the abysmal crippling start to Siri HC performance….started his tenure so inept…this whole time since….this team believes they will find a way to win. For good reason….Hurts has lead them to an impeccable run of success. Unmatched in franchise history.

On 9/26/2025 at 8:30 AM, joemas6 said:

Dude, we have to stop their run game. All yiu do is mention receivers...why? Is the weather a factor for our pass coverage ... or does it fatigue our defense stopping the run?

We need to contain Irving, White etc....so that our defense doesn't get gassed and keep the game from snowballing on us like last year and the Arizona game at the end of 2023. Im not really worried about Chris Godwin catching 4 or 7 passes... that won't beat us. Irving rushes for 100 and White adds another 50... with the field being 120 degrees like it was last week.. that's a concern. Not Godwin

It’s almost a half right take here. Yes…gotta contain their rushing attack is most key. But…4 catches by Godwin would be the most they’d even strive for there. Several to Egbuka. That would be the exact production balance formula for their success.

See I took away you pretty much stating the Bucs game strategy would be to do what we were known so much for. Control clock…play it safe and keep it low scoring more than shutout.

On 9/26/2025 at 8:34 AM, joemas6 said:

Yeah.. I like to point out the big picture... the big picture is what matters

Yeah…you equate Hurts forced to just add lib playmake …as…well we scored these many points…so things must be rolling brilliantly scheme/plan/playcalling wise. Big picture….sounds like it would make sense…as long as you ignore the facts and all details. Facts and details were struggles ….setting up very unfavorable down and distance situations ….TO BE OVERCOME!

Hurts….AJ…whomever willing is to success overcoming such inadequacies …can’t just be ignored and glossed over. Exactly why you always miss what’s actually going on so much with our team. This is the glaring obvious obstacle going to be so difficult to overcome to go all the way this season.

We won the SB…returned almost the entire O personnel. Dream job setup…if you leave out considering it’s under Siri’s O. Couldn’t have asked for a better setup to lure in a top O mind OC. But…no…went with the break in case of emergency option in Patullo instead.

On 9/26/2025 at 8:34 AM, joemas6 said:

Yeah.. I like to point out the big picture... the big picture is what matters

Exactly why you believed we were unstoppable best team at 10-1 before the collapse a couple seasons back. How could we not win that SB. Scoring points…10-1…yet I was right there telling you the problem existed. Details…..much more important than big picture.

On 9/25/2025 at 10:50 PM, Senhorcook said:

I detest the kickoff. Put the ball on the 20 and play ball.

What’s to detest?