2 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

He's like the guy isn't a freaking QB

Even if it that was true, and it's not, then he's still designing bad plays. No boots, rollouts, designed play-action deep shots that are easier reads. 

1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

I'm not talking about just the wildcard game though

Name a game since the bye where the Eagles needed to play catchup rather than clock burning ball control.

24 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

No more strawmen. Let’s start being honest.

it’s Brian Johnsons fault. 

Even he’s doing well in Washington hahaha. 

2 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Name a game since the bye where the Eagles needed to play catchup rather than clock burning ball control.

That's not a requirement to throw it deep though. You don't have to 'need to play catchup' to throw the ball deep. You lost me here

The gameplan for this game better be "let saquon run for another 300 yards against this team"

39 minutes ago, mattwill said:

You are moving the goalposts. You asked me to provide analytics to support my position.  I responded that no one on the outside can. Neither you nor me nor anyone.  All we can do is speculate.

Matt, I don’t need the Eagles analytics from you. I want you to go out and find info that backs you theory lurie might have change because the analytics are out there and accessible to you. We live in a time where we have access to a ton of data/analytics. Bring me any that would indicate after 20+ years that maybe Jeffrey Lurie would want to change his mind and the overall organizations mind. I gave you a 5 year sample where passing statistics and the chiefs philosophy has shown passing attacks being elite or top of the league were far more vital to winning a title as some champions had rushing attacks that were average to bottom half of the league. You have yet to give me anything but your speculation and theory. all you’ve done is is tell me Lurie is like a politician so you take things with a grain of salt, he works in the film industry and we don’t have eagles analytics to say he changed or not after 20+ years  

 

1 hour ago, Eriv20 said:

They’ve been calling little to nothing over the middle for 2 years now. Either they call it and hurts changes the play at the LOS or they don’t bec he can’t consistently execute it. We will never know. But I find it hard to believe that hurts is only as good as Steichen. Lots of elite qbs lose their off coordinators. Happens all the time. 

The thing is, there have been times where he does throw it over the middle. He CAN do a lot of things, the problem is that he will do them once or twice then never again. And on top of that he has horrible pocket presence, he always bails to the wrong side so there's no one to throw, and he consistently takes the dumbest sacks I have ever seen.

That's why I don't like him. The dude has shown flashes here and there but he hasn't had a game where he was truly on fire since the super bowl, and of course the defense wasted it.

18 minutes ago, RLC said:

Even if it that was true, and it's not, then he's still designing bad plays. No boots, rollouts, designed play-action deep shots that are easier reads. 

HAHA. Funny how that stuff existed when Tanner McKee played. Whos offense was it then? Did they let Tanner design all of his own plays and use them when he plays?

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned already, but not only did Bryce Huff play 1 snap in the Wildcard round, it was the garbage time single snap Mitchell got his interception. This guy might be a bigger FA fail than Byron Maxwell and Nnamdi Asomugha. 

 

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned already, but not only did Bryce Huff play 1 snap in the Wildcard round, it was the garbage time single snap Mitchell got his interception. This guy might be a bigger FA fail than Byron Maxwell and Nnamdi Asomugha. 

 

He makes ND Kalu looks like Reggie White.

1 hour ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Him, Larry Fitzgerald’s son, and Darren Sharper’s son all play on the same team. 

Only good role model for those 3 is Fitzgerald lol

I don't have time to read back thru the blog to see if already discussed but.... Did you guys see that there's a 60% chance of snow during the game? And very cold temps....  Saquan summons his inner Shady.  Snowbowl 2.0

42 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

No more strawmen. Let’s start being honest.

it’s Brian Johnsons fault. 

Wrong again. I blame Mcnabb.

2 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

He makes ND Kalu looks like Reggie White.

He’s the Victor Abiamiri of Juqua Parkers. 

1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

So you're saying for the 2nd half of the season we haven't thrown deep because we haven't needed to? Am I understanding you correctly?

I'm saying when we have and are protecting a lead, generally speaking the play calling will naturally be more conservative. Or at least that's the case for most teams in the league. A few rare coaches buck that trend (e.g. Lions) but overall the team with the best OL and best RB in the NFL, is going to tend to lean on them until the other team proves they can't stop it.

I like the edge rusher from Michigan, Josaiah Stewart. Not the biggest like Smith, but also plays similar to him. Surprisingly powerful for his size, has an edginess to his game combined with crazy burst and acceleration to get to the QB. Not sure how I feel about two undersized ends in Smith & Stewart, but both are unique due to their strength, tenacity and being good in the run game. 

1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

So you're saying for the 2nd half of the season we haven't thrown deep because we haven't needed to? Am I understanding you correctly?

They did the same thing in 2022. Jump out to a big lead and then milk it in the second half. The same way they iced the Pittsburgh game this year with a ten minute drive in the 4th. Nick doesn’t run up the score. The difference this year is that they have a 2k yard back to ice games out. 

15 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned already, but not only did Bryce Huff play 1 snap in the Wildcard round, it was the garbage time single snap Mitchell got his interception. This guy might be a bigger FA fail than Byron Maxwell and Nnamdi Asomugha. 

 

Gotta trade him for even a late draft pick, if not 2025 then 2026. Something will be better than nothing. Chalk it up as a loss and move on. 

52 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

No more strawmen. Let’s start being honest.

it’s Brian Johnsons fault. 

McNabb's fault.  

 

 

 

Gotta get down to primary causes... everything really starts there.

36 minutes ago, RLC said:

Even if it that was true, and it's not, then he's still designing bad plays. No boots, rollouts, designed play-action deep shots that are easier reads. 

Here’s a good one that they should use more often   
https://bsky.app/profile/ryansasaki.bsky.social/post/3lbklvw2lq22t

36 minutes ago, mattwill said:

There is?  What is that difference?  

In basic terms, if I’m the QB and I see Devonta Smith lined up 1-on-1 against an average CB I’m throwing it and trusting he will win a contested catch.  Same with AJ Brown.  IMO, Hurts isn’t showing enough trust in his targets to win those battles 

18 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned already, but not only did Bryce Huff play 1 snap in the Wildcard round, it was the garbage time single snap Mitchell got his interception. This guy might be a bigger FA fail than Byron Maxwell and Nnamdi Asomugha. 

 

Easy now... let's do the math... Huff plays 1 snap which equals MItchell's first career INT.  If he had played two snaps, that might have been DeJean's first and Mitchell's first... three snaps and Milton Williams pulls down a first INT.

 

 

Fangio is killing us with these personnel decisions.  Stupid McNabb!!!

24 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Matt, I don’t need the Eagles analytics from you. I want you to go out and find info that backs you theory lurie might have change because the analytics are out there and accessible to you. We live in a time where we have access to a ton of data/analytics. Bring me any that would indicate after 20+ years that maybe Jeffrey Lurie would want to change his mind and the overall organizations mind. I gave you a 5 year sample where passing statistics and the chiefs philosophy has shown passing attacks being elite or top of the league were far more vital to winning a title as some champions had rushing attacks that were average to bottom half of the league. You have yet to give me anything but your speculation and theory. all you’ve done is is tell me Lurie is like a politician so you take things with a grain of salt, he works in the film industry and we don’t have eagles analytics to say he changed or not after 20+ years  

And all you have done is say that you believe what Lurie says in a press conference, and that he isn’t capable of change.

9 minutes ago, mattwill said:

And all you have done is say that you believe what Lurie says in a press conference, and that he isn’t capable of change.

No, I actually gave you the data about champions/chiefs over the last 5 years in terms of their rushing attacks and passing attacks sit in the league but I guess you just missed that a couple pages ago.

But at this point, this is a pointless conversation. Have a good night Matt 

10 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

In basic terms, if I’m the QB and I see Devonta Smith lined up 1-on-1 against an average CB I’m throwing it and trusting he will win a contested catch.  Same with AJ Brown.  IMO, Hurts isn’t showing enough trust in his targets to win those battles 

I wouldn’t trust Smith to win a contested catch, but I’d trust him to get open 1v1 against an average corner. That’s his game — precision route running.

AJ Brown? Yeah, I’m trusting him to win a contested catch against virtually any CB in the league.