Dickerson is also not 100% hasn’t been since the start of the year still playing fine but needs to be mentioned

3 hours ago, mjkline1958 said:

Was listening to Baldy on the Anthony Gargano show - would love to have beers with Gargano, Baldy and Kelce! We do lead the league in 3 and outs, unfortunately. I do get it, at least somewhat. We've steered away from zone reads/read options as Hurts took a lot of hits last yr on those and we're protecting him, rightfully so. I'm assuming we'll see them mixed in more in the playoffs. Our OL isn't as good or stable as last yr, causing Barkley to have to run more outside the tackles, but the Jumbo sets are helping with that.

After quickly running through the game again, Hurts didn't throw to an open AJ at least 3 times. Supposedly the throw to the EZ late was not on the coaches, but something Hurts and AJ cooked up. If true, at least they're working together, but a dope play either way at that point of the game.

This stuff - or the slippery field - doesn't absolve KP of this miserable O. Doubt it's just me who expected some changes after the bye, but it felt like regression. This guy doesn't seem to have an ounce of creativity or guts.

The Eagles suck..let's be honest. Winning doesn't matter...it's the method. Would be much better if we got a first down and then punted. The 3 and outs make such a difference

2 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Well obviously Howie felt we needed another or better option at CB2,so he wasn't irrelevant

Howie was throwing wet paper towels at the ceiling and hoping one would stick. No guarantee this guy would ever dress. Another guy to work in to try to get snaps. I wouldn't worry about every little move, the big moves matter more...Philips could be the best add at the deadline...and came cheap. If we traded a 3rd, plus a 6th for Philips and a 7th... that's great value. Now pretend this CB was a free throw in... same difference. 2 teams didn't want him, there was no guarantee. Philips was traded because they wanted some value back. Much different

2 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

3rd in their division after the loss to us. Look at their schedule,not tough at all until us. So who knows how good their D is.

Aren't they a top defense?

1 hour ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Hard to judge against GB I mean the 1st quarter only 2 drives(one GB one Philly)and we should have scored on our first drive if not for a fumble.

Next if Mailata doesn’t slip next play Barkley doesn’t slip does that change things??? Not sure

4th drive penalties derail us been the story of our offense this entire season

Starting drive after the half we get 3. Two drives later we score a TD.

My point opportunities have been there for this offense we just keep shooting ourselves in the foot

I mean.. the take away from everyone watching with me at the bar was exactly this...it was there but our offensive players kept shooting themselves in the foot...dumb mistakes.

1 hour ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Agreed, but this is the back 1/2 of the season. The record is good. I suppose I was expecting us to play like last year by now. The offense is very erratic, the D is keeping us in games and IMO that's not going to hold up in the playoffs. I want to see what we do now vs Detroit

But we still had Carolina and the Rams game last half of the year that wasn't particularly sharp. I think sometimes we get too greedy here thinking it needs to be domination on both sides of the ball every game.

I still see injuries playing a factor...the QB was off his game...untimely slips...or a questionable holding call etc. It is what it is... the team fights and wins. Frigid weather in early November... it's not that easy.

Win and move on to Detroit... we have big games coming up the next 3 weeks...all huge for seeding position. 3 wins could almost lock in a #2 seed. Then a nice stretch run to the finish. Gotta move on, plus I'm excited to see Philips keep playing in this defense

Just leaving this right here

18 minutes ago, joemas6 said:

Howie was throwing wet paper towels at the ceiling and hoping one would stick. No guarantee this guy would ever dress. Another guy to work in to try to get snaps. I wouldn't worry about every little move, the big moves matter more...Philips could be the best add at the deadline...and came cheap. If we traded a 3rd, plus a 6th for Philips and a 7th... that's great value. Now pretend this CB was a free throw in... same difference. 2 teams didn't want him, there was no guarantee. Philips was traded because they wanted some value back. Much different

Good point

16 minutes ago, joemas6 said:

Aren't they a top defense?

They haven't played anyone. I posted their schedule

2 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Agreed, but this is the back 1/2 of the season. The record is good. I suppose I was expecting us to play like last year by now. The offense is very erratic, the D is keeping us in games and IMO that's not going to hold up in the playoffs. I want to see what we do now vs Detroit

Which team is playing absolutely consistently that you think will hold up in the playoffs?

34 minutes ago, joemas6 said:

it was there but our offensive players kept shooting themselves in the foot...dumb mistakes.

This has been my take in every game I’ve watch this season as well

22 minutes ago, joemas6 said:

Which team is playing absolutely consistently that you think will hold up in the playoffs?

Pats,Colts,Denver, Bucs, Seattle maybe the Rams

2 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Pats,Colts,Denver, Bucs, Seattle maybe the Rams

Bucs doing a nice job without their top 2 WR's too. We have top WR's and can't get them any stats to speak of

https://www.nfl.com/players/a-j-brown/stats/logs/2025/ Very inconsistent

https://www.nfl.com/players/devonta-smith/stats/logs/2025/ Better

7 hours ago, mjkline1958 said:

If they printed playbooks anymore Siri would be the most eco friendly coach

9 hours ago, mjkline1958 said:

Was listening to Baldy on the Anthony Gargano show - would love to have beers with Gargano, Baldy and Kelce! We do lead the league in 3 and outs, unfortunately. I do get it, at least somewhat. We've steered away from zone reads/read options as Hurts took a lot of hits last yr on those and we're protecting him, rightfully so. I'm assuming we'll see them mixed in more in the playoffs. Our OL isn't as good or stable as last yr, causing Barkley to have to run more outside the tackles, but the Jumbo sets are helping with that.

After quickly running through the game again, Hurts didn't throw to an open AJ at least 3 times. Supposedly the throw to the EZ late was not on the coaches, but something Hurts and AJ cooked up. If true, at least they're working together, but a dope play either way at that point of the game.

This stuff - or the slippery field - doesn't absolve KP of this miserable O. Doubt it's just me who expected some changes after the bye, but it felt like regression. This guy doesn't seem to have an ounce of creativity or guts.

The comment below provides the Ying to your Yang.

8 hours ago, BigEFly said:

So let me get this straight, Eagles at leading the NFC with a conservative offensive game plan again that focuses on limiting turnovers. They can burst when they need to do so. They showed that in the playoffs last year and in their two games before the bye. But Barkley isn’t running for 2,000 so Patullo, Barkley, AJ and Hurts must suck. That’s what I am reading and because of that we should chuck it all. Eagles were conservative to end the half so bad but not conservative at the end of the game, so bad. Conservative bad/not conservative bad. Got it, I just think this is flawed reasoning.

AJ isn’t being critical of the playcalling, folks, he is self scouting. The hammy is frustrating. None of you ever had to battle through a frustrating issue that you could not control. Your body letting you down.

That said, the conservative playcalling is hurting the running game a bit. The rawness of Patullo is hurting a bit too. But the play is getting better.

Two teams played in February. Eagles got the best of every division as a result and also got two of the toughest divisions in football at the same time. The process is working but some want to scrap everything. I don’t follow that reasoning. Get better everyday is a great winning philosophy.

36 minutes ago, mattwill said:

The comment below provides the Ying to your Yang.

If it was a "conservative" offense Bark WOULD be rushing on a 2000 pace(not close). Bigs and Ship would have some stats. Don't confuse "conservative" offense with "lack of" offense. Limiting turnovers is great, but you also need to score too. There are no points given for moving the ball unless it's across the GL. AJ, one could call, officially disgruntled after his little, latest tirade which he has hinted about earlier, and I really didn't want to see us have diversions like this. Ham claimed Hurts brought him in and it appears Hurts wants him out because he is ignoring him(some friend eh?). Hurts has failed to throw to an open AJ how many times now? No slot production either. I was saying before most these WR's wants stats, to be noticed, recognized, ego boosted, whatever you choose to call it. Luckily our D is closing down opponents to this point, at a slightly better pace then opposition is shutting us down, but let's not confuse this with the offense we had last year. Guys like Darius Cooper will be wondering if they will get any looks if stars like AJ aren't. IDK, maybe I expect too much. Or maybe others make too many excuses. everyone has their own opinions. They key for me thus far is the beat up O line. The BU's are playing well, but the ARE BU's for a reason, but it seems to me Patullo hasn't adjusted for this. He's running the plays assuming this the same healthy line from last year. It's not. Maybe that is the problem???? IDK just my take. On the the Lions who will require much more effort

As of today at midnight https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/points-per-game

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/red-zone-scores-per-game(RZ only)

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/touchdowns-per-game  Not too bad, we're scoring from outside the RZ. So it's not an official disaster LOL

Thursday morning Eagles-Lions Score Predictions Update - 93 hours until Sunday Night Kickoff

9 predictions recorded. Only 4 are for an Eagles win, while 5 are for a Lions win. The average predicted score is Eagles 25 Lions 20

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.

The list of the 9 predictions that are recorded thus far is presented below, sorted high to low by Eagles points predicted.

27-20 Lions .We can't get untracked once again. Hurts with a pick @mattwill

8 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

Pats,Colts,Denver, Bucs, Seattle maybe the Rams

Really... you watching these teams? Denver offense looking consistent? Bucs just lost again. Colts just lost last week. Pats offense surely isn't consistent. Rams lost to us. Seattle beating up bad teams.

Are you really more confident in Sam Darnold, Daniel Jones, Drake Maye and Bo Nix than the Eagles?

I think your bar is lower for those teams and when they look bad or lose you just skip over it.

For the Eagles...it needs to be score every possession while throwing a shutout or we complain.

But we beat 2 of the teams on your list. Idk which team has had a more difficult schedule. Throw in playing in road games at 100 degrees and then 20 degrees within about a month's time difference and winning both games.

bUt tHe oThEr tEaMs... lol