Just now, Diehardfan said:

They seem to do it often at the end. We normally don't care because they are up so much.

The garbage time stuff I don't really count, because I don't think the defense is really trying when the results are already decided like that.  

5 minutes ago, Eagles_ftw said:

The garbage time stuff I don't really count, because I don't think the defense is really trying when the results are already decided like that.  

I don't either, but they looked the same when it did matter.

49 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I think my two biggest concerns are 1) the ill discipline that players showed today and at times last week. And 2) Fangio when the game is on the line. There’s probably going to be a play off game where we need a stop with the clock running out and I’m not sure we can trust Fangio to get it right.

Real weird day for the D. They were atrocious at getting stops in the red zone but did came up with 5 turnovers which should have been the game if the O managed a few more points from it. As a side note, something was up with Mann all game and he did them no favours in field position. 

But to put some balance to the D always coming up shorty at the end of the games argument, they did get the stop via turnover which should have ended the game. WAS was in kill the clock and kick the FG mode for that drive. So that was a big clutch end of game stop. No one is talking about what ended up being the GE drive if Smith makes a wide open catch that he makes 999 times out of 1000. 

Something just felt off once Hurts went it, we were hanging by a thread and just needed the O to finish one of those FG drives with a TD, or D to come up big once in the red zone but neither could get it done.  

23 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

It got a lot worse in the 4th quarter but I’m not sure I’d say it was good up to that point.

We gave up 14 points and 119 yards to the opposing QB after 3 quarters. 9 times out of 10 you’re going to win a game with those numbers. 

Daniels looked terrible after 3 quarters. The only time he moved the ball was when he ran the ball or when we had a breakdown in coverage and he had wide open receivers. 

5 hours ago, Road to Victory said:

We gave up 14 points and 119 yards to the opposing QB after 3 quarters. 9 times out of 10 you’re going to win a game with those numbers. 

Daniels looked terrible after 3 quarters. The only time he moved the ball was when he ran the ball or when we had a breakdown in coverage and he had wide open receivers. 

It’s as though people aren’t even watching the game with some of these comments.  

1 hour ago, time2rock said:

It’s as though people aren’t even watching the game with some of these comments.  

I watched the full game and said throughout the game the defense was having problems. Yes we had the 5 turnovers but despite that we still gave up 36 points! That’s a bad day for the defense. Getting that many turnovers and still giving up that many points almost makes it worse.

3 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I watched the full game and said throughout the game the defense was having problems. Yes we had the 5 turnovers but despite that we still gave up 36 points! That’s a bad day for the defense. Getting that many turnovers and still giving up that many points almost makes it worse.

Honestly the offense just wasn't very good. Tailoring the offense around Jalen came back to bite us because something like that doesn't work without the QB run threat unless the QB is laser accurate, they basically just stack 9 and go after Barkley. But at the same time with the amount of points the offense scored, they were about as good as you could hope for them to be with Pickett cold off the bench.

...I think the sad truth is that our team is just not set up to have someone come in cold from the bench because the skillset types from our starter to our backups is too different. That's a big reason why Justin Fields would have been a better pickup.

35 minutes ago, AmericanEagle77 said:

.I think the sad truth is that our team is just not set up to have someone come in cold from the bench because the skillset types from our starter to our backups is too different. That's a big reason why Justin Fields would have been a better pickup.

Yeah I said yesterday Fields made more sense but apparently he wanted to go somewhere he had a chance to play. But yeah he was much better suited to this offense.

24 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Yeah I said yesterday Fields made more sense but apparently he wanted to go somewhere he had a chance to play. But yeah he was much better suited to this offense.

Considering what Howie gave up for Pickett, I’d rather have Fields too. With that being the case at least Pickett has won in this league. He has a record of 14-10 while Fields was an abysmal 10-28 prior to the season. In his defense he did play for that horrible Bears franchise.

11 hours ago, Road to Victory said:

Yeah, but they did have 5 turnovers and Daniels had 119 yards at the end of the 3rd. I wouldn’t worry, they had a bad quarter of football  with a backup QB on offense. The game would’ve been a blowout if Hurts didn’t get injured. 

This^^^^. Also would have helped if Smith caught the ball.

Rather a loss now. Than in January and February. 

5 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I watched the full game and said throughout the game the defense was having problems. Yes we had the 5 turnovers but despite that we still gave up 36 points! That’s a bad day for the defense. Getting that many turnovers and still giving up that many points almost makes it worse.

The majority of that damage was done in the 4th quarter.  RtV was not wrong ... our D only allowed 119 yards (and 14 points) through 3 quarters.  Big hit to lose CJGJ in the 3rd.  McCollum struggled in his place.  That led to confusion and blown coverages.  The defense has been playing so well due in large part to being on the same page together, having developed good communication and a nice chemistry playing together.  That was obviously disrupted with CJGJ out.  The good news is, he didn't leave due to injury meaning he'll be back next weekend.  Biggest thing now is to beat Dallas so we can lock up the division.   

Bad game by the defense, but it was an anomaly in a weird game. Flush it, on to next week. I would expect them to come out pissed, motivated and prepared to dominate Dallas next week.

This was Washington's Super Bowl, they played well. We'll beat them if we see them in the playoffs. 

Just now, NOTW said:

Bad game by the defense, but it was an anomaly in a weird game. Flush it, on to next week. I would expect them to come out pissed, motivated and prepared to dominate Dallas next week.

This was Washington's Super Bowl, they played well. We'll beat them if we see them in the playoffs. 

All great defenses have a let down game or 2 especially in todays league with everything geared towards the offense. People act like we didnt just shut down some of the top qbs and offenses in the game. Hell they even handled the redskins late into 3rd. They made the stop to win the game initially too. Just wasn't in the cards for this game. The sky isnt falling

1 minute ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

All great defenses have a let down game or 2 especially in todays league with everything geared towards the offense. People act like we didnt just shut down some of the top qbs and offenses in the game. Hell they even handled the redskins late into 3rd. They made the stop to win the game initially too. Just wasn't in the cards for this game. The sky isnt falling

You know a lot of our fans are negadelphians and anxious, always looking for the worst. They had a 10 game win streak but 1 game means it's all over and they're overrated. 

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

You know a lot of our fans are negadelphians and anxious, always looking for the worst. They had a 10 game win streak but 1 game means it's all over and they're overrated. 

They said that after the panthers game too lol. 

4 hours ago, time2rock said:

The majority of that damage was done in the 4th quarter.  RtV was not wrong ... our D only allowed 119 yards (and 14 points) through 3 quarters.  Big hit to lose CJGJ in the 3rd.  McCollum struggled in his place.  That led to confusion and blown coverages.  The defense has been playing so well due in large part to being on the same page together, having developed good communication and a nice chemistry playing together.  That was obviously disrupted with CJGJ out.  The good news is, he didn't leave due to injury meaning he'll be back next weekend.  Biggest thing now is to beat Dallas so we can lock up the division.   

F the refs , especially REF #14. He called a personal foul on CJGJ but not on the washington Player hitting him in the face, in front of him. There is Blind..and there is #14. Fire his ass.

They created a ton of turnovers and the Eagles couldn’t move the ball on offense unless AJ drew a penalty. Of course the dam is going to break eventually. 

On 12/22/2024 at 8:15 PM, Road to Victory said:

Yeah, but they did have 5 turnovers and Daniels had 119 yards at the end of the 3rd. I wouldn’t worry, they had a bad quarter of football  with a backup QB on offense. The game would’ve been a blowout if Hurts didn’t get injured. 

Agreed. I was a little unfair in my criticism of the D. Overreacting, I guess. As most of us do on here.  

But to get 5 TOs from the D, and the D still gives up 36 points, that's a head scratcher to me. Hopefully it gets cleaned up for the Cowboys and they get a W and clinch the NFC East. Would love for them to sit most of the starters again the NYG for that final game. It would be like a mini-bye week.

6 hours ago, DaBirds said:

They created a ton of turnovers and the Eagles couldn’t move the ball on offense unless AJ drew a penalty. Of course the dam is going to break eventually. 

Exactly. The offense couldn't turn any of those drives into 7. And our defense was wearing down in the 2nd half. Our offense wasn't able to sustain any long scoring drives either. The dam broke. If the offense was still operating normally the Commanders would have had to change their offense and play keep-up. Which would play better into how the defense would have operated since the Commanders would have become one-dimensional.

When the offense can't sustain drives and score TD's when it matters in the 2nd half you are praying the other team's offense falls on its face.