On 11/18/2025 at 7:00 AM, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Derrick Gunn is on Mt. Rushmore of Eagles reporters. When he says something it is very noteworthy

DGunn says there are "lots of people (in the Eagles) that are frustrated with the QB situation”

Compares it to "Carson Wentz Pt. 2”

Who would risk their career even by grumbling out loud frustrations with our leader?

Just now, cunninghamtheman said:

Who would risk their career even by grumbling out loud frustrations with our leader?

AJ would be the obvious and first guess….yet he just came out loudly stating the opposite.

On 11/18/2025 at 10:15 AM, mattwill said:

For @cunninghamtheman

"The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that winning — for lack of a better word — is good.

Winning is right.

Winning works.

Winning clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of football.

Winning, in all its forms — winning in life, winning in money, winning in love, knowledge — has marked the upward surge of Eagles fans.

And winning — you mark my words — will not only save the Eagles, but the entire city of Philadelphia.”

Actually I’m all about getting those Ws this season. I know it isn’t as consistent as I usually predictably demonstrate. But the schedule and the situation aligned this season where we just need to grab those W each week. Not the same situation we went into last season with at all.

33 minutes ago, mjkline1958 said:

Went over the game again, read some to see if it's just me - it isn't. We're running too many late breaking hitch routes, the D's know it, and have it covered because we're not throwing at the break. We lead the league in 3 and outs partially due to the lack of creativity. How hard is it to install crossing patterns, rub routes, bunch sets?

Same as last 6 years. Players are playing as well.

46 minutes ago, mjkline1958 said:

Went over the game again, read some to see if it's just me - it isn't. We're running too many late breaking hitch routes, the D's know it, and have it covered because we're not throwing at the break. We lead the league in 3 and outs partially due to the lack of creativity. How hard is it to install crossing patterns, rub routes, bunch sets?

Fran Duffy...Eagles insider did a great job on his podcast showing all this. Explaining the difference this year vs the last 4 years.

The same concepts they have used since 2021. Yet on the videos he shows how Hurts isn't decisive and then throwing lanes disappear as he switches from one read to the next. On multiple plays.

The second thing was a deep dive on AJ Brown. His data from last 9 games of last year vs his 9 games this year. He was looking at top speed, average speed and distance ran.

Basically looking to analyze if he was just running more distance this year as a decoy or if something scheme wise could be the issue. His conclusion ( to save on the endless data he gave) was last year the data shows AJ being more explosive. Top end speed and more time running over 18.5 mph last year.

So if you combine a worse line, less threat of run and less pass protection, with your #1 WR being less explosive, causing your QB to be less decisive... it's leading to these results.

The straight up passing game is 4th worst in the league...Denver at 9-2 is one of the 3 teams below us if that means anything??

But interesting when you see the tape and the data all in one place. Plus just the mistakes at the wrong time and some fluke plays. We had drops early, a WR false start on a tush push, AJ stumbled and was called for an illegal block...the last two weeks also had the worst weather... it's been like Murphys law for this offense. As they said, the bye came at the wrong time. But definitely a great one for the defense!

38 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

"Lots of people”????

Don't worry....pretend just like Reddick situation and ignore it. It works for you. Gunners isn't the only one here with this stuff. There are insiders making great points....why isn't anyone disagreeing with AJ. The feeling is he is more popular in the locker room.

A leader knows how to be part of a group..not above it. Seems like an issue a lot of them have with the QB.

And as a few point out...." the passing game looks exactly how Hurts wants it to look"

The QB is the guy who gets credited for wins regardless of how well he played or how good he looks. The other guys not so much. Reading the room might be the issue here.

43 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Pretty tough for there to even be "lots of people” …AJ even just gave his huge vote of confidence……of course the game plan was to feed him the ball.

Feed him the ball? 8 targets looks like a game plan of feeding someone the ball?

23 hours ago, mattwill said:

Tuesday Noon Eagles-Cowboys Week Twelve Game Score Predictions Update - 123 hours until Kickoff

10 predictions recorded. 7 are for an Eagles win and 3 are for a Cowboys win.  The average predicted score is Eagles 23 Cowboys 18.

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 10 predictions that are recorded is presented below, sorted high to low by Eagles points predicted.

Eagles 23.... Dallas 20

Defensive score by the Eagles

44 minutes ago, joemas6 said:

Fran Duffy...Eagles insider did a great job on his podcast showing all this. Explaining the difference this year vs the last 4 years.

The same concepts they have used since 2021. Yet on the videos he shows how Hurts isn't decisive and then throwing lanes disappear as he switches from one read to the next. On multiple plays.

The second thing was a deep dive on AJ Brown. His data from last 9 games of last year vs his 9 games this year. He was looking at top speed, average speed and distance ran.

Basically looking to analyze if he was just running more distance this year as a decoy or if something scheme wise could be the issue. His conclusion ( to save on the endless data he gave) was last year the data shows AJ being more explosive. Top end speed and more time running over 18.5 mph last year.

So if you combine a worse line, less threat of run and less pass protection, with your #1 WR being less explosive, causing your QB to be less decisive... it's leading to these results.

The straight up passing game is 4th worst in the league...Denver at 9-2 is one of the 3 teams below us if that means anything??

But interesting when you see the tape and the data all in one place. Plus just the mistakes at the wrong time and some fluke plays. We had drops early, a WR false start on a tush push, AJ stumbled and was called for an illegal block...the last two weeks also had the worst weather... it's been like Murphys law for this offense. As they said, the bye came at the wrong time. But definitely a great one for the defense!

So the coach running the O doesn’t have much of anything running crisp. Short version!

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Who would risk their career even by grumbling out loud frustrations with our leader?

Apparently a lot of people you were all for this stuff when it was Wentz but now it’s Hurts under fire and you don’t want to believe any of it…. And it isn’t like these are the first reports coming out about him either clearly something is going on

You look at a lot of quarterbacks, they’re going to sling it. They’re going to trying to throw it through the eye of the needle. Sometimes you just have to take that chance. That’s not his game. That’s why he stands back there, a lot of the time he’s patting the ball, patting the ball, and it throws the timing of the offense off. The rhythm is thrown off. They can’t get him out of it.

It’s frustrating, in a lot of ways, to the coaching staff. And to the players. Extremely frustrating to the players. Because when they look at the film, the next day or a few days later, they see what’s available out there and what should’ve happened, and it didn’t happen, that’s frustrating to them as well.

[…]

I’m just basically telling you there’s a lot of people in that organization that are frustrated with the quarterback situation right now. But the quarterback understands he has them over a barrel. This is almost Carson Wentz part two. They’re not going to eat this kind of money yet.“

That’s part of the conversation from Gunn and Joyner posted the link to the article couple days ago.