Well, they have Myles Garrett, but he´s going to have to deal with Mailata and Johnson. Not much else on the Browns D worries me too much

1 hour ago, kiwinavega said:

Well, they have Myles Garrett, but he´s going to have to deal with Mailata and Johnson. Not much else on the Browns D worries me too much

Browns defense is good. Their offense isn’t much of a concern but then our defense will no doubt give them yards and opportunities in the red zone. I think we should beat them yes but they aren’t a dumpster fire as was suggested.

I agree dumpster fire is a bit of an overreach

12 minutes ago, kiwinavega said:

I agree dumpster fire is a bit of an overreach

I think they are a decent team. Like an 8-9 or 9-8 type team. That makes them good enough to be a threat to us.

2 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Browns defense is good. Their offense isn’t much of a concern but then our defense will no doubt give them yards and opportunities in the red zone. I think we should beat them yes but they aren’t a dumpster fire as was suggested.

With the vanilla defenses the Eagles defense has been playing all offenses could be an issue.

1 hour ago, EazyEaglez said:

With the vanilla defenses the Eagles defense has been playing all offenses could be an issue.

Well that’s very true! Browns will need to be run heavy given their QB and that may well work nicely for them against us!

On 9/17/2024 at 7:50 PM, Devaster said:

To be fair though when they tried to run in those situations in the game, when Atlanta knew we wanted to run, Atlanta run-blitzed and was able to stop the eagles on a couple occasions. Think back to the 1st drive of the game inside the 5. I think you still run it there. Worse case you get no yardage and burn 45sec. Otherwise maybe they convert or get a couple yards and leave an easy Tush Push play for 1-2 yards which was working all game.

And if they stopped the run, then what?

14 minutes ago, Procus said:

And if they stopped the run, then what?

Run the ball on 4th down. Seems to me that running the ball on 3rd down would have taken almost 40 seconds off the clock. Then run the ball again on 4th. maybe they get the first down, maybe not. If they do, game over, if not, the Falcons would have less time with no timeouts starting from like the 8 yard line. Far better then kicking the FG and giving them ball at the 30 with the extra 40 seconds on the clock. A real head coach would have known not to throw the ball in this situation because the risk of throwing an incompletion and stopping the clock would be far too costly when the goal is to run out the clock and get the first down.

18 minutes ago, jsdarkstar said:

Run the ball on 4th down. Seems to me that running the ball on 3rd down would have taken almost 40 seconds off the clock. Then run the ball again on 4th. maybe they get the first down, maybe not. If they do, game over, if not, the Falcons would have less time with no timeouts starting from like the 8 yard line. Far better then kicking the FG and giving them ball at the 30 with the extra 40 seconds on the clock. A real head coach would have known not to throw the ball in this situation because the risk of throwing an incompletion and stopping the clock would be far too costly when the goal is to run out the clock and get the first down.

Exactly! 

 

6 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Well that’s very true! Browns will need to be run heavy given their QB and that may well work nicely for them against us!

Well our defense can’t stop the run or pass. 😂

Yeah agree. Barkley catches that 95% of the time. Heck even I could have caught that. Didnt matter if he got the first down, if he catches it, game over.

13 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

Well our defense can’t stop the run or pass. 😂

Exactly! It’s a real issue but I think the run issues lead to the pass issues. I’m just not sure they have the personnel to deal with the run.

Terrible call. Run the ball, chew the clock. If they don’t get it on third you go for it again on fourth. At least they only need a fg vs a td.

Of course the defense played their heads off today. I’ll take it.

On 9/18/2024 at 10:42 AM, toolg said:

They should have run the ball. So the clock keeps ticking even if they're stop short of the first down. But it didn't matter anyway. The Faclons went right down the field and scored.

And then if they didn't get the first down I would have gone for it on 4th as long as it was minimal yardage.  Even if stopped, the Falcons likely get it on their own 2-3 yard line and would have had little room to work with (and one false move by the Falcons its a safety and likely game over anyway). 

5 hours ago, Wallyhorse said:

And then if they didn't get the first down I would have gone for it on 4th as long as it was minimal yardage.  Even if stopped, the Falcons likely get it on their own 2-3 yard line and would have had little room to work with (and one false move by the Falcons its a safety and likely game over anyway). 

That’s why the whole thing made no sense. Last year and certainly the year before in those situations that’s 4 down territory. It was 3rd and fairly short so going for it on 4th down seems like the logical move unless they lose yardage. And even if they lose yardage unless it’s a penalty the clock still runs.

10 hours ago, Wallyhorse said:

And then if they didn't get the first down I would have gone for it on 4th as long as it was minimal yardage.  Even if stopped, the Falcons likely get it on their own 2-3 yard line and would have had little room to work with (and one false move by the Falcons its a safety and likely game over anyway). 

Right? I don't know why Sirianni is so aggressive on 4th down early in the game but decides to take 3 points at the end. They went from a 3 point lead to 6 points. The only difference is it takes more than a FG to tie the game. They still lose on a TD and PAT either way, which is what occurred. If they go for it on 4th down and convert it, the game is over. The Falcons never get the ball back.

11 minutes ago, toolg said:

Right? I don't know why Sirianni is so aggressive on 4th down early in the game but decides to take 3 points at the end. They went from a 3 point lead to 6 points. The only difference is it takes more than a FG to tie the game. They still lose on a TD and PAT either way, which is what occurred. If they go for it on 4th down and convert it, the game is over. The Falcons never get the ball back.

Because he has zero situational awareness. He has no feel for a game or for what the right decision is at any given moment. He had that in 2022 but I think looking back that was because this offense was operating at an elite level and so those big decisions paid off.