7 minutes ago, Parrot Head said:

OMG the cope in here.

Hurts needs to put this team on his back and get a W.

Hurts is not that type of QB, we have to face that fact. 

It comes down to Barkley now, which is pretty sad when our QB is making roughly an avg of 55 mill a year. 

 

Im on the Arch Manning wagon for 2026, just have to hope we suck enough to be in a spot to move up for him and really change the direction of this team with a QB breed family. 

90 Minutes to Kickoff Predictions Update

60 predictions recorded ... with a run of predictions of a Bucs win after the Lane Johnson is out announcement.  I personally believe it will be an "Eagles have a big Johnson" day. 

39 predictions are for an Eagles win and 21 are for a Bucs win.  The average predicted score has narrowed down to Eagles 22 Bucs 19.

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 60 predictions is presented below, sorted alphabetically by the name of the predictor.  If you don't see your name there, then I haven't yet recorded a prediction for you.

2 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

Hurts is not that type of QB, we have to face that fact. 

It comes down to Barkley now, which is pretty sad when our QB is making roughly an avg of 55 mill a year. 

 

Im on the Arch Manning wagon for 2026, just have to hope we suck enough to be in a spot to move up for him and really change the direction of this team with a QB breed family. 

We’re not coming anywhere close to Arch 

No AJ, no Smith, no Lane. This one could get ugly. A week before the bye where the players know they’ll get a chance to rest. 3 road games out of 4 off the back of a huge road win last week. This one really could just be ugly. I don’t really see a way for us to win it given everyone we are missing and knowing Tampa are Hurts Achilles heel.

Teams aren't supposed to win down 3 of their 5 best players, especially when they're all on one side of the ball.

Getting a W today would be huge for the rest of the season. Make this a rock fight.

18 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

Hurts is not that type of QB, we have to face that fact. 

It comes down to Barkley now, which is pretty sad when our QB is making roughly an avg of 55 mill a year. 

 

Im on the Arch Manning wagon for 2026, just have to hope we suck enough to be in a spot to move up for him and really change the direction of this team with a QB breed family. 

I need to watch him more before anointing him, and see him take steps forward after another off season.  Stats and everything look pretty right now, but he could be TLawrence 2.0 TBH.

This fanbase is defeated

Just now, Texas Eagle said:

This fanbase is defeated

Sirianni tried to break us last week. It unified the blog.

Just now, RLC said:

Teams aren't supposed to win down 3 of their 5 best players, especially when they're all on one side of the ball.

Getting a W today would be huge for the rest of the season. Make this a rock fight.

Couldn’t agree more. I’m not trying to be negative when I say I don’t see us getting the win I just think it’s all set up for a loss. 3 of our best players on offense all out. On the road again against a team who need to respond after last week. I don’t think they are as bad as they showed last week and I don’t think our defense is as good as it was last week.

2 minutes ago, RLC said:

Teams aren't supposed to win down 3 of their 5 best players, especially when they're all on one side of the ball.

Getting a W today would be huge for the rest of the season. Make this a rock fight.

Tampa’s IL is even worse.  This needs to be a convincing win either way.

1 minute ago, Texas Eagle said:

This fanbase is defeated

I’m not sure I’d say defeated. Just being realistic given the injuries we have to such key player’s.

I hate to say this, but it’s worth pointing out that Brown has now missed 4 of his last 5 games.  

2 minutes ago, Texas Eagle said:

This fanbase is defeated

I'm feeling a win today. 

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I hate to say this, but it’s worth pointing out that Brown has now missed 4 of his last 5 games.  

He’s still young and will be fine, but Anquan Boldin he is not.  His cliff will come quicker than we think.

3 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I'm feeling a win today. 

Same…a convincing one.

3 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

Same…a convincing one.

Despite an ugly loss to Atlanta,  beating the saints and then winning this game with these injuries would be a real momentum builder. 

I might start to feel this is more than a .500 team if they beat both of these teams when everyone thought they were already dead both weeks. 

9 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I’m not sure I’d say defeated. Just being realistic given the injuries we have to such key player’s.

Bucs got handled by the Broncos and have plenty of injuries of their own

2 minutes ago, Texas Eagle said:

Bucs got handled by the Broncos and have plenty of injuries of their own

Doesn't matter if the eagles suck bruh. They just suck. We are going to lose every game. 🥲

Well that's it for me.  I have to go watch this ridiculous youth football on a Sunday instead of the real stuff. 

Catch you later when I catch up on all the whining you guys do during a likely win. 

9 minutes ago, Texas Eagle said:

Bucs got handled by the Broncos and have plenty of injuries of their own

I know but I don’t think that’s the true version of the Bucs. They are better than that.

Like this decision. Keep Becton at RG. 

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Well that's it for me.  I have to go watch this ridiculous youth football on a Sunday instead of the real stuff. 

Catch you later when I catch up on all the whining you guys do during a likely win. 

Whining is my middle name… 😊😊😊

51 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

Wrong!  Conference win is important.   Back ups have to step up and Hurts is getting paid to lead his team to a victory in difficult circumstances.  TB has injuries and just got smoked by Denver, most of the players are dealing with damage to their homes. TB is a distracted team. A loss today would suck.  We should win this game.

Absolutely. This is a game where Hurts needs to show that he can win without his main weapons. That’s what separates a great QB from an average or below QB…IMO

Arch will spend two more years in college, his uncles have probably told him he's going to play for a putrid NFL team to start, so better to polish your game on a college team that can keep you upright and play big games in January.

A lot of talk pre-game about the heat. Good game to run the ball!