1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

Did you ever post who was calling Hurts a scumbag and wished he got injured? You went missing when people were asking

I've called him a scumbag plenty of times. But he can't find anything about posters wishing qb1 to get injured. End of the day everyone wants the same thing and that's a championship. You don't wish injuries to anyone no matter how much you might dislike a player

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

Is there a hot read that Hurts can check to that he doesn't? Are receivers running the right routes? Finally, he looked at Dotson and could have thrown to him albeit the defender could make a play on the ball.  He moved to Wilson and Wilson has leverage on his DB. He could have thrown to him but does not.  Then he runs out of time.  Hurts needs to have a better internal clock on this play.  He could just throw it away if he doesn't want to throw the first read which looks like it was to Dotson.  He should know they are sending an extra pass rusher.  I agree with Haff that the routes don't take advantage of the coverage but that isn't most of the reason there's a negative result on this play.  

He definitely needs to throw it away instead of eating a sack. That's on Hurts. But from a play design perspective, this isn't what you want to see from your OC at all. I'm not all that worried about Moore leaving for Dallas if that's what ends up happening.

1 hour ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

A bit off topic…

Listening to Baltimore sports radio and of course every one is upset over the Ravens inability to get it done in the playoffs. Specifically, Lamar. 

What no one has mentioned is that they lost that game in the regular season when they lost to teams like the Raiders and Browns. If they win just one of those games, they’re hosting the Bills and I’d bet the Ravens would have won. 

Home field is so important, especially when you’re going against an elite QB like Allen. Only one team has won on the road this post season. 

You live in Balt?

5 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

They can do TE screens but a WR screen is a death sentence for whatever reason 

During the game I made a post to not forget the screen game and you responded "Ew”. I didn’t understand at the time but I’m guessing you thought I meant those terrible WR screens, but I was meaning the delayed RB/TE screens.
 

I don’t know why they’re not a part of our offense, especially when Hurts is struggling to read coverage post snap. 

 

3 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

Both Detroit coordinators going to 2 of the 4 most dysfunctional organizations is almost poetic…up until Campbell out of nowhere (with help) turned Detroit around, Detroit was just that.  The Jets however is a lost cause…Johnson might have a bit more success as there’s at least a skeleton to build from in Chicago, if you can overcome Poles.

14 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Some thoughts on a game I watched in a hotel room in Maui (got home after midnight PST last night, so my brain is still waking up). All in all, it was somehow both very encouraging and frustrating at the same time. It felt exactly like the Jacksonville game -- we dominated yet had to hold on at the end.

OFFENSE

- OVERALL: this was a marked improvement from the Green Bay game, which was a low bar, but still. Being honest about it, we should have scored 40+. Jake missed 2 extra points. Lane false start on the brotherly shove. AJ drop on the back shoulder throw. That's 13 points right there, and that doesn't include Jalen taking sacks to knock us out of FG range twice in the 2nd quarter. We went from 290 yards against GB to 350 against LAR, but it was 413 gross yards (before sack yardage lost) on Sunday vs. 300 against GB. 

- I'm giving Jalen a C- for this game. It wasn't ALL bad -- the TD run was awesome, and the 2 Barkley long TD runs were checks by Jalen at the line. He did throw it down the field finally (Smith unnecessary roughness, couple shots to AJ), and 15/20 with no turnovers will work. But the sacks. My God, the sacks. You just can't let that happen 7 times. I feel like he is so determined not to turn it over that he is simply eating sacks unless it is wide open. But on the safety, Goedert is open. On another sack Smitty is running wide open. Either he's being too conservative or just not seeing the field, or a combination of both. I won't say we can't keep winning this way, because we have, but we are making it more difficult and taking points off the board. With 413 gross yards, including 285 on the ground, you have to score more than 28.

- Kellen spent too much time on job interviews, because the play calling at times was just ridiculous. The safety was on Jalen, but you have a hobbled QB backed up - run the ball. And the 2nd down call on our last drive -- what the hell? Barkley has been unstoppable and we go roll out to the left with an injured QB? Run it, and then have Jalen throw from the pocket on 3rd down (AJ slant). Smart of Jalen to take that sack and keep the clock running at least.

- AJ doesn't drop a pass all year, drops 2 in this game. Both were killer drops as well on 2nd down. Not sure if it is the conditions, the knee, or just one of those days. But when the opportunities are limited, you can't drop them. Read some more pages of that book.

- I'm just out of things to say about Saquon. The man isn't human. His vision and breakaway speed are absurd.

- The OL played well, which is odd to say on a day when the QB was sacked 7 times. 285 on the ground, and most of those sacks Jalen had time. Becton did seem to struggle in pass protection but was a monster on runs.

- Please just stay healthy for 2 more games Goedert. That's all we need. 2 games. And run more screens to him (maybe without Becton down field). 

- Remember, in their last 4 games, this Rams defense gave up 6, 9, 9 and 9 points (not including week 18 game played by backups). The only "good" offense was the Vikings with Sam Darnold, but still...they were on fire and we dropped 28 that should have been 41. The sky isn't falling, and we are close.

DEFENSE

- Jalen Carter is the best DT in football. Sorry Chris Jones. And Nolan Smith is quickly becoming an elite edge rusher. The 2023 1st round was a masterpiece by Howie. Those 2 are lethal on stunts and basically dominated the game. And they both caused fumbles, which is becoming a recurring theme.

- Moro Ojomo and Jalyx Hunt making plays in playoff games...insane. The depth and youth on our D line is just amazing. To lose Cox, Hargrave, Reddick, BG (injury), Suh and Joseph in 2 years and still have this deep and dominant a D line is amazing.  We are younger, cheaper and better.

- Oren Burks held up much better than I expected. Especially in coverage, and he made some nice plays in the backfield as well. Thought we'd see a lot more Trotter. 2 tackles for loss, no blown coverage assignments -- just a solid game. 

- Slay, Rodgers and Coop all dropped picks that they should have had. Gotta make those plays.

- Rodgers filled in well for Q overall, but I really hope the rookie is back next week.

- I love Fangio, but why with the soft prevent right away after the Barkley TD. Stafford is too good and has too much experience to make it easy for him like that. Fangio is too quick to just drop back and play soft.

Overall, this was so close to being a complete blowout (offense leaving points on the field, defense dropping picks). If they can bring it all together...watch out. Anyway, flights booked and tickets purchased; see you in Philly Sunday. 

You are one poster I look forward to reading here. On the money. I think the C- is a bit hard though, taking into account and according to your stats, we left all kinds of points on the table (with all the penalties, missed kicks and WR drops) and still scored 28. And did it against a hot defense that hadn't given up much. Just doesn't all add up for me. Take into consideration the bum leg and the weather as well. 

16 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Some thoughts on a game I watched in a hotel room in Maui (got home after midnight PST last night, so my brain is still waking up). All in all, it was somehow both very encouraging and frustrating at the same time. It felt exactly like the Jacksonville game -- we dominated yet had to hold on at the end.

OFFENSE

- I'm giving Jalen a C- for this game. It wasn't ALL bad -- the TD run was awesome, and the 2 Barkley long TD runs were checks by Jalen at the line. He did throw it down the field finally (Smith unnecessary roughness, couple shots to AJ), and 15/20 with no turnovers will work. But the sacks. My God, the sacks. You just can't let that happen 7 times. I feel like he is so determined not to turn it over that he is simply eating sacks unless it is wide open. But on the safety, Goedert is open. On another sack Smitty is running wide open. Either he's being too conservative or just not seeing the field, or a combination of both. I won't say we can't keep winning this way, because we have, but we are making it more difficult and taking points off the board. With 413 gross yards, including 285 on the ground, you have to score more than 28.

 

I don't have any proof of this, but I still think they are running half field reads with Jalen. I am assuming because of his inability to quickly read. It would explain why we see so many routes going to the same parts of the field and an open guy on the opposite side that he never throws too. I think his reads are either left side of field, right side of the field or inside the numbers on both sides. I almost never see him look to one section of the field and then switch to the other side or inside the numbers to outside. Some of the route concepts don't make a ton of sense otherwise.

14 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Is there a hot read that Hurts can check to that he doesn't? Are receivers running the right routes? Finally, he looked at Dotson and could have thrown to him albeit the defender could make a play on the ball.  He moved to Wilson and Wilson has leverage on his DB. He could have thrown to him but does not.  Then he runs out of time.  Hurts needs to have a better internal clock on this play.  He could just throw it away if he doesn't want to throw the first read which looks like it was to Dotson.  He should know they are sending an extra pass rusher.  I agree with Haff that the routes don't take advantage of the coverage but that isn't most of the reason there's a negative result on this play.  

even on this one, he doesn't look to the other side of the field in his progression, he looks there after he's in scramble mode.

2 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

You are one poster I look forward to reading here. On the money. I think the C- is a bit hard though, taking into account according your stats we left all kinds of points on the table (with all the penalties and WR drops) and still scored 28. And did it against a hot defense that hadn't given up much. Just doesn't all add up for me. Take into consideration the bum leg and the weather as well. 

Maybe I could have gone C or C+, but the sacks were just brutal and mainly on Jalen, IMO. Creating 7 negative plays like that is a big reason we left points on the field (at least 6). Had he thrown most of those away, and had AJ brought in that back shoulder, it would have been a good game. 

Like I said, we are close. Just have to eliminate the negative plays. Yes, he didn't turn it over, but a sack is also a negative play. 

12 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

- Kellen spent too much time on job interviews, because the play calling at times was just ridiculous. The safety was on Jalen, but you have a hobbled QB backed up - run the ball. And the 2nd down call on our last drive -- what the hell? Barkley has been unstoppable and we go roll out to the left with an injured QB? Run it, and then have Jalen throw from the pocket on 3rd down (AJ slant). Smart of Jalen to take that sack and keep the clock running at least.

The 2nd down play is what stuck out to me as well.  Just an atrocious time to get sacked for -12 yards and leave yourself with 3rd and 19.  I listened to Nick's postgame interview when he was asked about it and he replied "we have to get on the same page there".  At first I thought he meant he and Kellen Moore, but on follow-up he sounded like he was saying (without saying it) that someone blew a blocking assignment there to let the Rams DL come free to the QB. 

It looked like the play was supposed to be the same one to Goedert as the first play of the game, where it was an easy completion for 14 yards.

2 hours ago, Khani1 said:

Its a combination of a bad arm and that he can not throw to an area with anticipation.  They guy has to get open first and then he sees the play.

There’s a few throws he struggles with, but I think a lot boils down to he often starts games with mechanical breakdowns.  The GB game he had that loopy shot put throw to start and then settled in.  It was cold AF last week, so that going to effect every throw differently unless you have super human size hands.  There was a throw (out route IIRC to DG) that came out weak and honestly should have been a pick 6 from the 1 look I got at it, no replay shown unfortunately.  He hardly ever settles for throws that require mustard though.

16 minutes ago, Godfather said:

I've called him a scumbag plenty of times. But he can't find anything about posters wishing qb1 to get injured. End of the day everyone wants the same thing and that's a championship. You don't wish injuries to anyone no matter how much you might dislike a player

I remember seeing those posts literally this past game when Hurts got rolled up on saying I wish he was injured. Ignore if you want to but you know it happens. 

5 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

The 2nd down play is what stuck out to me as well.  Just an atrocious time to get sacked for -12 yards and leave yourself with 3rd and 19.  I listened to Nick's postgame interview when he was asked about it and he replied "we have to get on the same page there".  At first I thought he meant he and Kellen Moore, but on follow-up he sounded like he was saying (without saying it) that someone blew a blocking assignment there to let the Rams DL come free to the QB. 

It looked like the play was supposed to be the same one to Goedert as the first play of the game, where it was an easy completion for 14 yards.

Becton looked lost at times in the passing game from falling down when Lane tried to pass him a guy to just not blocking/seeing a guy at least one other play. Wasn't his best game for sure, but most of the sacks were still on Hurts not throwing the ball away. The biggest thing he needs to do is learn how to step into a throw away near a guy so he doesn't get called for intentional grounding (that part hasn't been an issue really, but he just doesn't throw the ball away).

2 hours ago, Saltpeter said:

QB arm strength discussion has been tiresome for a while. Not having Josh Allen arm strength=/= Chad Pennington.

FYP…

15 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Maybe I could have gone C or C+, but the sacks were just brutal and mainly on Jalen, IMO. Creating 7 negative plays like that is a big reason we left points on the field (at least 6). Had he thrown most of those away, and had AJ brought in that back shoulder, it would have been a good game. 

Like I said, we are close. Just have to eliminate the negative plays. Yes, he didn't turn it over, but a sack is also a negative play. 

Understand the holding the ball thing. But Stafford's one fumble where he's trying to do too much overshadows everything negative that Hurts did. Yet I'm sure Stafford will get pretty solid marks for his performance where his most impressive drive is against a prevent defense late in the game. And ultimately they lose. Seen Stafford hold the ball too long as well as Goff. It's not just Hurts. And 3-4 of the sacks were not on Hurts. But everything will get blown out of proportion with the safety. I get it. 

So give me Hurts performance under the conditions all day long. Bottom line, team should have scored 41 points in the snow. Then we would all be hushed.

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

I hope he does well but I think Glenn is a bit overrated as a DC to be honest. I know he seemed to work miracles until all the injuries caught up with him, but I also think the talent on that defense masked quite a few mistakes on his part.

Jets with their current ownership and decision making structure is a death sentence.  If he gets the job I hope he succeeds for the sake of Jets fans, but that org is a dumpster fire.  Maybe even a shipping container ship fire….

5 minutes ago, twistr said:

Becton looked lost at times in the passing game from falling down when Lane tried to pass him a guy to just not blocking/seeing a guy at least one other play. Wasn't his best game for sure, but most of the sacks were still on Hurts not throwing the ball away. The biggest thing he needs to do is learn how to step into a throw away near a guy so he doesn't get called for intentional grounding (that part hasn't been an issue really, but he just doesn't throw the ball away).

I took a look at the 2nd down play in question again, and Mailata didn't block anybody.  He and Dickerson were trying to block the same guy and it allowed Turner to come through unblocked.  Perhaps Goedert was responsible for the block by design there, but I doubt it.  I think the play called for him to contact Turner, then leak out into his pattern.

It's too bad Hurts didn't simply step inside on Turner, because  1) there's no way Turner could have changed direction in the snow and  2) there was no other pressure at all from the Rams DL.  Neither Goedert nor AJ Brown were open to that side of the field, so the play wasn't going to work as the initial play to Goedert, anyway.

5 hours ago, NYEagle said:

Also, to all of you nitpicking fans, waaaa...waaaa...waaaaa, the Eagles will be playing in their 8th NFCCG since 2000 with a chance to go to their 3rd Super Bowl and play for their 2nd Lombardi.  I will tell you as a fan growing up in the 80's and 90's, be f'ing grateful!!  Enjoy this ride, there may come a time where there will be ZERO NFCCG's in 2 DECADES instead of basically going to a 3rd of the NFCCG's over 25 years!  

I have this argument with my friends who are raiders, bucs, rams fans. I've known nothing but success in my time as an Eagles fan. Since I was a kid (I'm 31) they've had like 5 losing seasons. The standard has changed, it's no longer "oh nice we made the playoffs".

Obviously you can't win the super bowl every year unless you're the chiefs, but with the team we have right now honestly an nfccg loss would be an enormous disappointment. This is probably the best eagles team ever in terms of pure talent, and yet every game feels like a struggle even against weaker opponents. 

Sure there may come a time again when there's no NFCCG in 20 years (if the NFL is even around long enough for us to reach that point and have a drought that long), but right now no i will not be grateful just to make it to an NFCCG. Am I happy they made it? Yea of course. Is the season a success if they lose the NFCCG to the FING COMMIES? Hell no. This is the easiest path any team could have had to the Super bowl, if they choke it's going to be embarrassing 

9 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

Understand the holding the ball thing. But Stafford's one fumble where he's trying to do too much overshadows everything negative that Hurts did. Yet I'm sure Stafford will get pretty solid marks for his performance where his most impressive drive is against a prevent defense late in the game. And ultimately they lose. Seen Stafford hold the ball too long as well as Goff. It's not just Hurts. 

So give me Hurts performance under the conditions all day long. Bottom line, team should have scored 41 points in the snow. Then we would all be hushed.

I haven't looked as closely, but I'd give Stafford a C at best, and likely also a C-. Yeah, he piled up stats against the prevent defense (and almost brought them back), but he had a fumble (Jalen fumbled too, but KG jumped on it) and 3 balls that should have been picked. 

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

It's this kind of stuff that worries me with Burks. Runs himself right into the LG when the path to the QB is as wide open as it can get. Also, throws like this are the reason why I keep saying Stafford is the best in the conference.

 

Honestly, that’s just as much the combo block and gap shifting to cut his lane.  He was shooting the gap initially and seemed to be at the point of no return when Ojomo made his swim move to get inside.  From that vantage point he was shooting off the left hip of Ojomo.

 

1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

For some reason I'm surprised and didn't think about him joining Jets

They like hiring DC's, and it's where he grew up. 

8 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

Jets with their current ownership and decision making structure is a death sentence.  If he gets the job I hope he succeeds for the sake of Jets fans, but that org is a dumpster fire.  Maybe even a shipping container ship fire….

It's actually the NFL version of Centralia, PA

1 hour ago, Eagles_ftw said:

That particular game, no, but the last game against the Commanders they couldn't contain JD.  The game against the Ravens Jackson could've run for huge gains multiple times with the space he was given (but luckily he didn't), it's been an ongoing issue. 

Fangio won’t look at Daniels’ running stats the same way he looked at Stafford’s running stats.  As a result the game plan will be different.

14 minutes ago, justwinbaby said:

I remember seeing those posts literally this past game when Hurts got rolled up on saying I wish he was injured. Ignore if you want to but you know it happens. 

I posted on here at halftime and haven't been back on until today. I didn't read through the entire blog. If that's true, that's disappointing