3 hours ago, rrfierce said:

Number 1 rushing team.

Man that sounds good.

Nunber 1 Rushing team with the #2 being 177 yards behind us, the #3 being 459 yards behind, and the #4 being 468 yards behind.

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

Agree with you on this. If you would’ve told me, they’d be a top three defense coming out of the bye for seven consecutive weeks I would’ve been floored. I was hoping for just top half of the league. Before the bye they were very similar to what happened with Desai. He’s have a game like the rams where they’d look good (saints) and then a game like the commanders where they were just awful all around (Tampa this year). Moreover they would have these drives in critical moments where they just couldn’t get off the field when they needed too (Atlanta week 2). Now they are consistent and can get off the field when they really need too  

Credit to fangio for inserting deJean and maximizing the talent we have here. That was my biggest gripe heading into the bye week. If he was worth the money we were paying him and he was the genius architect of this defense then he should be getting more out of guys then someone like Desai. He currently is and guys are playing fast and physical. I think part of it was learning curve of players and figuring out how to maximize guys.

I also think it makes a major difference that Jalen Carter has decided he was going to play like a all pro almost every single snap because when he plays the way that he is an unstoppable forced that makes everybody else around him better.

One thing that I would add is that not only is the Total Defense #1 in yards allowed, they are #3 in Passing yards allowed (within 64 passing yards of being #1), #7 in Rushing yards allowed (within 47 yards of being #5), and #6 in Points allowed (within 14 points of being #3, and those 14 points arguably have been on a pick 6 by the O and a return TD given up by the STs).  It is an across the board outstanding performance.

Well, went to the game after all, and it was 65-70% Eagles fans in there. Haven't watched the game on replay yet (getting out of that stadium's parking lot is a debacle), but here's some thoughts from watching it live.

OFFENSE

- I'd make this a solid B+ game from Jalen. No huge plays, no mistakes, and didn't seem like he missed too much either. He was very efficient using his legs to get yards when necessary. The stalls in the red zone the 1st 2 drives were annoying, but on the 2nd one when he missed Goedert (may have been Calcaterra), it wouldn't have counted because somehow we were offsides...on offense. The drive to take the lead before the half -- used his legs to get a 1st down, then threw the TD. Same with the drive to go up 27-14 - made the plays necessary to answer the last real challenge from the Rams.

- I've got no words to describe Saquon. Seeing him pull away live...he's so much faster than everyone else on the field it's stupid. Seems like he gets what is blocked, makes a juke and it's off to the races. Every play feels like he might break it. And he just took the heart out of the Rams and their fans. Opposing fans just shaking their heads and muttering. Got to the point they were praying we would pass.

- Our offensive line just wears teams out. You can just see it in the 2nd half. The Rams defense was spent and wanted no part of us in the 2nd half. We ran all over them, and they couldn't get near Hurts.

- AJ Brown is a monster in real life. AJ, Saquon, the O-Line, Jalen -- we are just beating the hell out of people. 37 points without Smitty is bananas.

DEFENSE

- Stafford had no time to breathe. Obviously losing BG is terrible, but it felt like everyone on the D-Line was winning consistently.

- OK, I have a question for the refs -- have we decided holding Jalen Carter is legal? I focused on him a bunch, and he was constantly beating double teams and then being tackled by an offensive lineman.

- Speaking of the refs, that sure as hell didn't look like PI in the end zone. They gifted them a TD.

- Stafford is really good and made some insane throws (there was one to Nacua against Slay that I couldn't believe he attempted let alone completed). Seeing the field -- nothing was open. There were no easy throws down the field at all.

- Cooper locked up Cooper.

- Baun didn't stand out as much, but Dean was everywhere. 

- Isiah Rodgers is no Slay. They clearly went after him.

SPECIAL TEAMS

- Thanks for coming back Jake.

 

 

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

Wonder what it takes to get the ball back from the guy 

 

Barkley is just having so much fun

19 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

If we lose on Sunday, how fast does the "Here comes another collapse!" narrative take hold here.

5 minutes into the first quarter.

Nice to see Jeffery doing well
 

 

5 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Sounds like BG's is fully torn. Don't recall JP ever playing with a fully torn biceps but I could be wrong.

ToddFather played a game with a fully torn bicep…a single game.  Maybe that’s where it’s coming from?

1 minute ago, pisceschica said:

Nice to see Jeffery doing well
 

 

Bit revisionist history from that person IMO but it was good to see Alshon 

1 hour ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

They touched on this during the broadcast.  I agreed with Sirianni.  Minimizing the damage Stafford could do was the right move.  We were getting the ball at the beginning of the second half.  No need to get too greedy there.

It was 3rd and 13 and deep at the Rams 27. In addition the Rams gave up after the sack by killing the clock and then doing the cowards draw on 3rd to keep the clock running. Maybe some of it is hindsight but in general, one of the things that drives me nuts about Sirianni is he flip flops from being aggressive to passive too much. I don't think calling a time out is being overly aggressive or greedy in that situation. Keep in mind the previous Rams drives were 3 and out 6 yards.. 3 and out -8 yards. That drive was 2 plays -3 yards at the time. Show some faith in the D that clearly adjusted after the first two drives. 

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

 

IF it were to be his last game as a professional, his play was the second best game to go out on. 

4 minutes ago, pisceschica said:

Nice to see Jeffery doing well
 

 

Alshon was right all along.

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

You probably already touched on this at some point but even before that whole sequence, Nick was pretty bad with the clock. They sacked Stafford to bring up 3rd and 13 and had all their timeouts but didn't stop the clock letting the Rams milk out at least 30 seconds. Eagles end up getting the ball back with 26 seconds but could have had a minute and still would have 1 timeout left. 

I didn't have a problem with letting the clock run there. If he'd have called a timeout and the Rams actually converted and then went on to score, everyone would be screaming bloody murder about the stupidity of giving the Rams free time. (You know they would.)

There's a fine line that has to be traversed in situations like that, and I fully understand and appreciate the decision that was made there.

The only issue I had was stupidly trying a running play with seven seconds left instead of chucking a Hail Mary.

43 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

I was fine with him not taking a timeout on 3rd and 13.  They had plenty of time when they got the ball back.  They just did not want to pass the ball.  It was inexplicably conservative. 

They had 26 seconds and at the 37 because the punt sucked. They were fortunate he shanked it but didn't have the time to capitalize. 

1 hour ago, Saltpeter said:

From this list, Green and Lawson seem like the picks. Body type makes sense and they've done something-ish in the NFL. I'd for sure work them both out.

If we're talking pure outside rusher, I'd rather take my chances with Jalyx Hunt. But if Fangio wants to mix in those looks he had with BG, he's gotta look outside.

Regarding your last sentence, Fangio could start to move Jalen Carter up and down the line in the BG role.

 

 

 

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

 

Is the 72 yard run the same play as the TD Saquon ran last week against the Commies?

I haven’t seen anyone on here give Sirianni the proper credit for declining then accepting the 10-yard penalty against the Rams to force them into a 3rd and long leading to a sack, instead of a very doable 4th and short.  Worked the officials perfectly as soon as he saw McVay leave his offense on the field.  Normally a coach will need to burn a timeout to do that, or not be allowed to at all.

It doesn’t feed into the narrative that the head coach of a 9-2 team doesn’t know what he’s doing, though.

1 hour ago, Diehardfan said:

Yeah, I think that's the best they can hope for unless Howie gets Watt out of retirement, which is unlikely, but that's fine. BG was smart and didn't get fooled often, so someone who doesn't get out of position vs the run and give the real pass rushing threats the ability to stay fresh works for me. Moving someone out on a few downs and getting another DT could be a smart move as well.

I agree that is unlikely, but wouldn't that be amazing!

1 minute ago, Alphagrand said:

I haven’t seen anyone on here give Sirianni the proper credit for declining then accepting the 10-yard penalty against the Rams to force them into a 3rd and long leading to a sack, instead of a very doable 4th and short.  Worked the officials perfectly as soon as he saw McVay leave his offense on the field.  Normally a coach will need to burn a timeout to do that, or not be allowed to at all.

It doesn’t feed into the narrative that the head coach of a 9-2 team doesn’t know what he’s doing, though.

I was shocked the refs let him do that. Kudos to him -- all they could do was say no, but he got away with it.

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Sanders didn't have this OL either (though Lomas Brown and Kevin Glover were great players in the seasons he ran behind them). 

If we're judging strictly by their home run threat ability, I'd probably go

1) Barry 

2) Chris Johnson

3) Barkley 

I'd have to give consideration to Earl Campbell.

1 minute ago, mattwill said:

I agree that is unlikely, but wouldn't that be amazing!

Fun distraction if nothing else on a semi gloomy day. 

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

Lost in the Barkley performance was Hurts played maybe his best game last night. Took a bad sack but aside from that he was decisive.

That bad sack was indeed bad, but it also wasn't on him. 

3 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I haven’t seen anyone on here give Sirianni the proper credit for declining then accepting the 10-yard penalty against the Rams to force them into a 3rd and long leading to a sack, instead of a very doable 4th and short.  Worked the officials perfectly as soon as he saw McVay leave his offense on the field.  Normally a coach will need to burn a timeout to do that, or not be allowed to at all.

It doesn’t feed into the narrative that the head coach of a 9-2 team doesn’t know what he’s doing, though.

To be honest, that sequence never made any sense at all. You can't decline then change your mind. There must have been something that happened in between to explain it all.