46 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Who is this f'ing moron? 

Jason Kelce?  He played center for the Eagles for 13 years.

3 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Coop's pick 6 was the 1st time I realized we were gonna blow these guys out

Same here...

What an awesome experience for you and your family, congrats. Glad you made it home safe!

21 minutes ago, austinfan said:

I'm relaxed about next season, Howie plays roster chess, he's always thinking 3 moves ahead.

You'll know who they liked off the PS when they announce how they signed for next season.

And he's patient, Smith looked like crap as a rookie, undersized, lost in space, now he's trending to be an elite 3-4 OLB.

Won't surprise me if he's got someone like Ringo penciled in as a future starter.

And he stockpiles people, Ojomo, Booker, Young are all 3-4 DE types, the truly irreplaceable guys are Carter and Davis - Carter is obvious, but stop and think about how hard it is to find a true NT v a 4-3/3-4 type pass rushing DT. Davis sets the based defense against the run, the same way Carter sets the pass rush.

 

Hurts is a caretaker, but an elite caretaker. No, he wouldn't be a good fit for a gunslinging offense where he has to throw 50 times a game under pressure. But those offenses rarely go anywhere, see Burrow. But it's not trivial to be a top caretaker, b/c the key is his ability to make big plays with the game on the line, which he does again and again. Most caretaker types lack the skill and "grace under pressure" to come through when it counts. Think how often all season that Hurts made a key throw or scrambled for a 1st down in a close game.

I'd like to see them find an OC with some WCO experience, who knows how to integrate the short passing game with the run game - Moore improved on that but still pushed for the big play too often - I think Hurts could handle a bigger load with a rhythm short passing game to make teams pay for trying to stop the run. The big play should come out of ball control when teams start cheating up against Barkley and the short passes underneath (crossing routes, use the TE and RBs more in the passing game) - like the throw that was the dagger against KC.

 

That isn't who Hurts is though and never will be. 

He throws outside the hashmarks and an awesome deep ball. He will never be a guy who throws over the middle consistently. I don't see how people don't see this at this point. This is a Hurts offense and will be until he leaves. 

Less big plays down the field is just dumb. This is an explosive offense with two of the top 15 WRs, best offensive line, best RB, and an guy who throws an awesome deep ball and you want to dink and dunk. Like what 

Hurts threw what 5 nice deep sideline balls the last 2 games. GIVE ME MORE OF IT 

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

I get wanting to be a HC but that's a horrible place. I hope he has guarantees they won't fire him in the first year because it's not getting fixed that quickly 

2 minutes ago, Vlad67 said:

Like je comes to the meeting with scout or manager and says..."dude, just don' t pick me..." ?

Something along those lines

The fan voting accounts for 25% of the MVP vote. The person who topped the fan poll… Cooper Dejean. 

6 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Well, since I did this every other week, here are my takeaways after the 2nd greatest night of my life (yeah, getting married stays in first place). Taking dad to the game, seeing it with him, my brother and niece and my buddy and his 2 kids was epic. Watched the replay on the flight home.

OFFENSE

- That was another A+ game from Jalen -- no doubt about it. The interception sucked, but he was under duress and couldn't get the ball out far enough. The TD to Smitty was the most beautiful thing I have seen from this team in a while (both the play call and the execution), but the thing that really stood out was his decision making, particularly about when to escape the pocket. He didn't bail prematurely, and when he ran he committed and generally went up the middle. When he did escape the pocket to the sidelines, he kept his eyes downfield to make plays (did have the one great scramble down the sideline in the 2nd half) - pass to Smitty, 22 yards to Barkley. He looked like SB 57 Jalen. 22 attempts with a 10.0 YPA, and only 2 sacks for -11 yards. Hell, he even threw to Dotson...when he plays like that, we are a juggernaut.

- The Chiefs committed to stopping Barkley and forced Hurts to beat them, but it was huge that Kellen stuck with the running game despite the lack of success. 25 for 57 seems like a debacle, but sticking with the run kept the passing game open for Jalen. The throws to Saquon were somewhat an extension of the run game (other than the 22 yarder) as well. Saquon took a beating to open up the offense. And Jalen gashed them for huge runs as well. Still getting 135 on the ground was amazing given the Chiefs sold out to stop it.

- The offensive line, despite the lack of rushing from Barkley, played an unreal game. Jalen trusted the protection and the pockets were immaculate. The pocket on the deep shot to Smitty - just absurd. Chris Jones had no impact at all in this game, and he's supposed to be the best DT in the league. Dickerson and Jurgens gutted it out, Becton came back in, and Mailata and Lane made Karlaftis disappear 

- OK, they didn't show a replay in the stadium, but feels like that OPI call on AJ was crap (the unnecessary roughness call on the Goedert hit felt like a makeup call). But AJ, Smitty and Dotson got 1 on 1 opportunities and made them pay. The back shoulder throw to AJ was amazing, as was the bomb to Smitty. The Chiefs left their DBs on islands and got torched.

- Speaking of the OPI on AJ, going for the 4th down was when I realized Nick wasn't messing around. The punt on 4th and 2 in SB 57 when down 28-27 was Nick being scared of the Chiefs, and then they get the big punt return. First drive, Nick decided we aren't playing scared and they throw a go ball on 4th down. Nick clearly had beaten into these guys' heads not to be intimated by the Chiefs' aura, not to be scared, and that we were better. And first chance he got, he bet on his guys. Was a HUGE call for the team's confidence and attitude. The team wasn't scared or in awe of the Chiefs; they treated them like little brothers.

DEFENSE

- I'm not sure what more can be said about the DL. Sweat and Williams likely played themselves out of our price range this offseason, but what a way to go out. But I thought Hunt and Ojomo played out of their mind. Hunt was a safety a couple years ago and was bull rushing a pro bowl OL (playing out of position) -- the sky is the limit for this guy. And Ojomo seems to be ready to take over for Milton next year. 

- Nolan Smith is the most violent edge player we've had in forever. Honestly, he's like BG but potentially with more skills. 

- Thank you Andy for being Andy...the Chiefs utter refusal to run the ball was huge for us. 7 carries by RBs all game...out of 49 plays. This was the 2006 game against Jacksonville when he threw 85% of the time in tropical storm winds. They had 3 called runs in the 1st half, so it wasn't just a function of being down multiple scores. Orlovsky pointed this out, but since Vic knew Andy wouldn't run (and the Chiefs aren't a good running team), he put the ends way outside and the DL rushed hard but in control to keep Mahomes from escaping to the side. All he could do was step up into the DTs. Perfect gameplan and execution. 

- I have been saying we won't do it, but...please, pay Baun what it takes. Whatever it takes. He's a monster and can do anything (blitz, cover, stop the run, etc.)

- Coop's pick 6 was the 1st time I realized we were gonna blow these guys out. 

- I never noticed Slay all game, which means he must have been excellent.

- Way to pad stats against McCollum and Sydney Brown, Pat. 

OK, here's 3 generations during the confetti. And before anyone goes there, my niece is only 17.

That's weird they didn't show the OPI replay. I swear they did for the TV? I thought it was BS but I'm biased

Glad you guys had fun

6 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

- The offensive line, despite the lack of rushing from Barkley, played an unreal game. Jalen trusted the protection and the pockets were immaculate. The pocket on the deep shot to Smitty - just absurd. Chris Jones had no impact at all in this game, and he's supposed to be the best DT in the league. Dickerson and Jurgens gutted it out, Becton came back in, and Mailata and Lane made Karlaftis disappear 

They kept in seven to block on the deep pass.  Only Brown, Smith, and Goedert running routes. 

It was a normal shot play design from midfield.  But the balls to call it there was special.  Moore doesn't do that on his own.  Sirianni went for the kill.

8 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Well, since I did this every other week, here are my takeaways after the 2nd greatest night of my life (yeah, getting married stays in first place). Taking dad to the game, seeing it with him, my brother and niece and my buddy and his 2 kids was epic. Watched the replay on the flight home.

OFFENSE

- That was another A+ game from Jalen -- no doubt about it. The interception sucked, but he was under duress and couldn't get the ball out far enough. The TD to Smitty was the most beautiful thing I have seen from this team in a while (both the play call and the execution), but the thing that really stood out was his decision making, particularly about when to escape the pocket. He didn't bail prematurely, and when he ran he committed and generally went up the middle. When he did escape the pocket to the sidelines, he kept his eyes downfield to make plays (did have the one great scramble down the sideline in the 2nd half) - pass to Smitty, 22 yards to Barkley. He looked like SB 57 Jalen. 22 attempts with a 10.0 YPA, and only 2 sacks for -11 yards. Hell, he even threw to Dotson...when he plays like that, we are a juggernaut.

- The Chiefs committed to stopping Barkley and forced Hurts to beat them, but it was huge that Kellen stuck with the running game despite the lack of success. 25 for 57 seems like a debacle, but sticking with the run kept the passing game open for Jalen. The throws to Saquon were somewhat an extension of the run game (other than the 22 yarder) as well. Saquon took a beating to open up the offense. And Jalen gashed them for huge runs as well. Still getting 135 on the ground was amazing given the Chiefs sold out to stop it.

- The offensive line, despite the lack of rushing from Barkley, played an unreal game. Jalen trusted the protection and the pockets were immaculate. The pocket on the deep shot to Smitty - just absurd. Chris Jones had no impact at all in this game, and he's supposed to be the best DT in the league. Dickerson and Jurgens gutted it out, Becton came back in, and Mailata and Lane made Karlaftis disappear 

- OK, they didn't show a replay in the stadium, but feels like that OPI call on AJ was crap (the unnecessary roughness call on the Goedert hit felt like a makeup call). But AJ, Smitty and Dotson got 1 on 1 opportunities and made them pay. The back shoulder throw to AJ was amazing, as was the bomb to Smitty. The Chiefs left their DBs on islands and got torched.

- Speaking of the OPI on AJ, going for the 4th down was when I realized Nick wasn't messing around. The punt on 4th and 2 in SB 57 when down 28-27 was Nick being scared of the Chiefs, and then they get the big punt return. First drive, Nick decided we aren't playing scared and they throw a go ball on 4th down. Nick clearly had beaten into these guys' heads not to be intimated by the Chiefs' aura, not to be scared, and that we were better. And first chance he got, he bet on his guys. Was a HUGE call for the team's confidence and attitude. The team wasn't scared or in awe of the Chiefs; they treated them like little brothers.

DEFENSE

- I'm not sure what more can be said about the DL. Sweat and Williams likely played themselves out of our price range this offseason, but what a way to go out. But I thought Hunt and Ojomo played out of their mind. Hunt was a safety a couple years ago and was bull rushing a pro bowl OL (playing out of position) -- the sky is the limit for this guy. And Ojomo seems to be ready to take over for Milton next year. 

- Nolan Smith is the most violent edge player we've had in forever. Honestly, he's like BG but potentially with more skills. 

- Thank you Andy for being Andy...the Chiefs utter refusal to run the ball was huge for us. 7 carries by RBs all game...out of 49 plays. This was the 2006 game against Jacksonville when he threw 85% of the time in tropical storm winds. They had 3 called runs in the 1st half, so it wasn't just a function of being down multiple scores. Orlovsky pointed this out, but since Vic knew Andy wouldn't run (and the Chiefs aren't a good running team), he put the ends way outside and the DL rushed hard but in control to keep Mahomes from escaping to the side. All he could do was step up into the DTs. Perfect gameplan and execution. 

- I have been saying we won't do it, but...please, pay Baun what it takes. Whatever it takes. He's a monster and can do anything (blitz, cover, stop the run, etc.)

- Coop's pick 6 was the 1st time I realized we were gonna blow these guys out. 

- I never noticed Slay all game, which means he must have been excellent.

- Way to pad stats against McCollum and Sydney Brown, Pat. 

OK, here's 3 generations during the confetti. And before anyone goes there, my niece is only 17.

What I told a buddy today. I don't recall hearing Slay, Reed, or Mitchell name beside that tackle on the TE from the announcers. It was an dominate win 

Some people are being hard on Jason.  Of course it hurts him to see his Brother lose and not only lose but get their doors blown off in the Super Bowl.   I didn't expect him to start gloating but yes, I know deep down he's still happy we won.   

5 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

Same here...

What an awesome experience for you and your family, congrats. Glad you made it home safe!

The New Orleans airport isn't nearly large enough to accommodate the crowd...every flight was delayed at least an hour. But Bourbon Street was fun, and it's a trip when your 17 year old niece drinks a hurricane faster than you can.

6 minutes ago, austinfan said:

I'm relaxed about next season, Howie plays roster chess, he's always thinking 3 moves ahead.

You'll know who they liked off the PS when they announce how they signed for next season.

And he's patient, Smith looked like crap as a rookie, undersized, lost in space, now he's trending to be an elite 3-4 OLB.

Won't surprise me if he's got someone like Ringo penciled in as a future starter.

And he stockpiles people, Ojomo, Booker, Young are all 3-4 DE types, the truly irreplaceable guys are Carter and Davis - Carter is obvious, but stop and think about how hard it is to find a true NT v a 4-3/3-4 type pass rushing DT. Davis sets the based defense against the run, the same way Carter sets the pass rush.

 

Hurts is a caretaker, but an elite caretaker. No, he wouldn't be a good fit for a gunslinging offense where he has to throw 50 times a game under pressure. But those offenses rarely go anywhere, see Burrow. But it's not trivial to be a top caretaker, b/c the key is his ability to make big plays with the game on the line, which he does again and again. Most caretaker types lack the skill and "grace under pressure" to come through when it counts. Think how often all season that Hurts made a key throw or scrambled for a 1st down in a close game.

I'd like to see them find an OC with some WCO experience, who knows how to integrate the short passing game with the run game - Moore improved on that but still pushed for the big play too often - I think Hurts could handle a bigger load with a rhythm short passing game to make teams pay for trying to stop the run. The big play should come out of ball control when teams start cheating up against Barkley and the short passes underneath (crossing routes, use the TE and RBs more in the passing game) - like the throw that was the dagger against KC.

 

I am pretty sure Patullo is coming in as the new OC.  I think the question is who comes in as the QB coach.  I agree that getting more efficient is the key but I don't think a specific background helps.  Hurts has functioned well when RPO's are working in the quick game.  If they look outside, I think it should be someone with experience with Todd Monken.  

2 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

That's weird they didn't show the OPI replay. I swear they did for the TV? I thought it was BS but I'm biased

Glad you guys had fun

I think they showed it, but the angle was terrible and you couldn't see anything. We were all dumbfounded. Thought the fix was in.

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

What was your most important play of the 2024 season?

Toss up for me between Saquon's TD in the snow and DeJean's pick 6. Smitty's TD was up there, but I think the game was close to decided at that point.

Barkley's TD in the NFCCG also a candidate.

Carter sack vs Stafford as well.

Best football move of the year was Barkley's spin move prior to the backwards hurdle. I am never going to see anything close to that again.

Best offensive play of the year was a Devonte Smith catch in the corner of the end zone. I don't remember the opponent, but he would describe his use of the dead legs, where he softens his body to get his feet down. It was such a small space play. 

Bets defensive play of the year goes to Cooper Dejean de-cleating Derrick Henry in the open field. That was such a statement moment for Cooper and the entire defense. They were going to showing up with bully energy. 

The plays in the Super Bowl all exist in a separate category...what a great team performance. My personal fave has to be Jalen Carter smacking Mahomes in the face. He is a bad bad man and going to be with us for a long time.

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

There’s a lot in this quote. It is a lot cause I’d argue there’s history that can support it and history that that says that's not entirely accurate 

 

 

Of course some exaggerated revisionist history there to honor Hurts. Obviously they drafted him in the 2nd and had him on their board and liked him. But at the time they had just signed Wentz to a big contract. At the time Howie said "QB Factory" and wanting to have a backup, knowing firsthand from Foles how important a good backup is. Which means they know a backup QB can win a Super Bowl. So it's not that huge a stretch but at the same time, were they really saying back then, that Hurts will win a Super Bowl? 

2 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I think they showed it, but the angle was terrible and you couldn't see anything. We were all dumbfounded. Thought the fix was in.

Yes! We were all scared when that happened thinking we were going to get flagged to death for the rest of the game

4 hours ago, just relax said:

It must be awful, being as miserable as you.

lol..HE who?..He used to be a reasonable poster, but now just completely irrelevant. 

20 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Wonder how last season would have gone if Gannon hadn't screwed up hiring Fangio.

Eagles deserved the pick they got for tampering.

Now Fangio wouldn't have had the talent he had this season, but somehow I don't think the defense would have collapsed either.

It probably would have been a better season but I don't know if we would have made it past SF.  The defense just lacked talent through the middle.  Also, the offense could not adapt and cope with blitzes.  This was as big a problem the last 4 games of the season.  

16 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

trade them picket

2 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

and it's a trip when your 17 year old niece drinks a hurricane faster than you can.

Oh wow, those are so sweet and strong, haven't had one in 25+ years...that was the go to back in my early 20's...either that or a Long Island tea. Back when I drank for an outcome, when it was quantity vs quality 🤣. 

11 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Well, since I did this every other week, here are my takeaways after the 2nd greatest night of my life (yeah, getting married stays in first place). Taking dad to the game, seeing it with him, my brother and niece and my buddy and his 2 kids was epic. Watched the replay on the flight home.

OFFENSE

- That was another A+ game from Jalen -- no doubt about it. The interception sucked, but he was under duress and couldn't get the ball out far enough. The TD to Smitty was the most beautiful thing I have seen from this team in a while (both the play call and the execution), but the thing that really stood out was his decision making, particularly about when to escape the pocket. He didn't bail prematurely, and when he ran he committed and generally went up the middle. When he did escape the pocket to the sidelines, he kept his eyes downfield to make plays (did have the one great scramble down the sideline in the 2nd half) - pass to Smitty, 22 yards to Barkley. He looked like SB 57 Jalen. 22 attempts with a 10.0 YPA, and only 2 sacks for -11 yards. Hell, he even threw to Dotson...when he plays like that, we are a juggernaut.

- The Chiefs committed to stopping Barkley and forced Hurts to beat them, but it was huge that Kellen stuck with the running game despite the lack of success. 25 for 57 seems like a debacle, but sticking with the run kept the passing game open for Jalen. The throws to Saquon were somewhat an extension of the run game (other than the 22 yarder) as well. Saquon took a beating to open up the offense. And Jalen gashed them for huge runs as well. Still getting 135 on the ground was amazing given the Chiefs sold out to stop it.

- The offensive line, despite the lack of rushing from Barkley, played an unreal game. Jalen trusted the protection and the pockets were immaculate. The pocket on the deep shot to Smitty - just absurd. Chris Jones had no impact at all in this game, and he's supposed to be the best DT in the league. Dickerson and Jurgens gutted it out, Becton came back in, and Mailata and Lane made Karlaftis disappear 

- OK, they didn't show a replay in the stadium, but feels like that OPI call on AJ was crap (the unnecessary roughness call on the Goedert hit felt like a makeup call). But AJ, Smitty and Dotson got 1 on 1 opportunities and made them pay. The back shoulder throw to AJ was amazing, as was the bomb to Smitty. The Chiefs left their DBs on islands and got torched.

- Speaking of the OPI on AJ, going for the 4th down was when I realized Nick wasn't messing around. The punt on 4th and 2 in SB 57 when down 28-27 was Nick being scared of the Chiefs, and then they get the big punt return. First drive, Nick decided we aren't playing scared and they throw a go ball on 4th down. Nick clearly had beaten into these guys' heads not to be intimated by the Chiefs' aura, not to be scared, and that we were better. And first chance he got, he bet on his guys. Was a HUGE call for the team's confidence and attitude. The team wasn't scared or in awe of the Chiefs; they treated them like little brothers.

DEFENSE

- I'm not sure what more can be said about the DL. Sweat and Williams likely played themselves out of our price range this offseason, but what a way to go out. But I thought Hunt and Ojomo played out of their mind. Hunt was a safety a couple years ago and was bull rushing a pro bowl OL (playing out of position) -- the sky is the limit for this guy. And Ojomo seems to be ready to take over for Milton next year. 

- Nolan Smith is the most violent edge player we've had in forever. Honestly, he's like BG but potentially with more skills. 

- Thank you Andy for being Andy...the Chiefs utter refusal to run the ball was huge for us. 7 carries by RBs all game...out of 49 plays. This was the 2006 game against Jacksonville when he threw 85% of the time in tropical storm winds. They had 3 called runs in the 1st half, so it wasn't just a function of being down multiple scores. Orlovsky pointed this out, but since Vic knew Andy wouldn't run (and the Chiefs aren't a good running team), he put the ends way outside and the DL rushed hard but in control to keep Mahomes from escaping to the side. All he could do was step up into the DTs. Perfect gameplan and execution. 

- I have been saying we won't do it, but...please, pay Baun what it takes. Whatever it takes. He's a monster and can do anything (blitz, cover, stop the run, etc.)

- Coop's pick 6 was the 1st time I realized we were gonna blow these guys out. 

- I never noticed Slay all game, which means he must have been excellent.

- Way to pad stats against McCollum and Sydney Brown, Pat. 

OK, here's 3 generations during the confetti. And before anyone goes there, my niece is only 17.

Great stuff. Was there with my dad too and it was definitely one to remember. Whenever I would tell someone I was going out for the game they would say "I hope it’s a great game” and my response was "I don’t. I hope they blow them out and it’s considered the most boring Super Bowl ever by casual fans” and that’s what we got. Couldn’t have asked for anything better than that. 
 

I didn’t think anything would ever top Patrick Robinson’s pick 6 in the 2017 NFCCG and DeJean just went right over the top with that the other night. I was floating during that. 
 

Few other random things I liked that I noticed:

-Shipley was hyping the crowd up on every special teams touchback which I thought was pretty cool. He was fired up. 
 

-The crowd went absolutely nuts when Trotter Jr made a tackle on the kickoff in garbage time in the 4th quarter and hit the axe celebration. 
 

-The overall crowd seemed 50/50 as far as fan base representation but the Philly crowd was so much louder and into it than KC which came across in the building and on TV. It helps that they beat the brakes off of them and never let them back in the game. 

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

What was your most important play of the 2024 season?

Toss up for me between Saquon's TD in the snow and DeJean's pick 6. Smitty's TD was up there, but I think the game was close to decided at that point.

Barkley's TD in the NFCCG also a candidate.

Carter sack vs Stafford as well.

Almost have to go with Carter’s sack on Stafford. If that doesn’t happen, Stafford appears to have an easy TD and very likely everything else after doesn’t happen. 

1 hour ago, Alphagrand said:

Someone was mentioning the upcoming America's Game episode for the Eagles on NFL Network.  My guess is the three Eagles featured would be Hurts, Sirianni, and AJ Brown.  I would say someone from the defense, but not sure if Graham or Slay would be selected in that spot. 

Elite whites getting no love.  Q?  But the obvious is Saquon. 

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

What was your most important play of the 2024 season?

Toss up for me between Saquon's TD in the snow and DeJean's pick 6. Smitty's TD was up there, but I think the game was close to decided at that point.

Barkley's TD in the NFCCG also a candidate.

Carter sack vs Stafford as well.

100% Carter’s sack on third down against the Rams. He single-handedly saved the season on that play. 

 

20 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Well, since I did this every other week, here are my takeaways after the 2nd greatest night of my life (yeah, getting married stays in first place). Taking dad to the game, seeing it with him, my brother and niece and my buddy and his 2 kids was epic. Watched the replay on the flight home.

OFFENSE

- That was another A+ game from Jalen -- no doubt about it. The interception sucked, but he was under duress and couldn't get the ball out far enough. The TD to Smitty was the most beautiful thing I have seen from this team in a while (both the play call and the execution), but the thing that really stood out was his decision making, particularly about when to escape the pocket. He didn't bail prematurely, and when he ran he committed and generally went up the middle. When he did escape the pocket to the sidelines, he kept his eyes downfield to make plays (did have the one great scramble down the sideline in the 2nd half) - pass to Smitty, 22 yards to Barkley. He looked like SB 57 Jalen. 22 attempts with a 10.0 YPA, and only 2 sacks for -11 yards. Hell, he even threw to Dotson...when he plays like that, we are a juggernaut.

- The Chiefs committed to stopping Barkley and forced Hurts to beat them, but it was huge that Kellen stuck with the running game despite the lack of success. 25 for 57 seems like a debacle, but sticking with the run kept the passing game open for Jalen. The throws to Saquon were somewhat an extension of the run game (other than the 22 yarder) as well. Saquon took a beating to open up the offense. And Jalen gashed them for huge runs as well. Still getting 135 on the ground was amazing given the Chiefs sold out to stop it.

- The offensive line, despite the lack of rushing from Barkley, played an unreal game. Jalen trusted the protection and the pockets were immaculate. The pocket on the deep shot to Smitty - just absurd. Chris Jones had no impact at all in this game, and he's supposed to be the best DT in the league. Dickerson and Jurgens gutted it out, Becton came back in, and Mailata and Lane made Karlaftis disappear 

- OK, they didn't show a replay in the stadium, but feels like that OPI call on AJ was crap (the unnecessary roughness call on the Goedert hit felt like a makeup call). But AJ, Smitty and Dotson got 1 on 1 opportunities and made them pay. The back shoulder throw to AJ was amazing, as was the bomb to Smitty. The Chiefs left their DBs on islands and got torched.

- Speaking of the OPI on AJ, going for the 4th down was when I realized Nick wasn't messing around. The punt on 4th and 2 in SB 57 when down 28-27 was Nick being scared of the Chiefs, and then they get the big punt return. First drive, Nick decided we aren't playing scared and they throw a go ball on 4th down. Nick clearly had beaten into these guys' heads not to be intimated by the Chiefs' aura, not to be scared, and that we were better. And first chance he got, he bet on his guys. Was a HUGE call for the team's confidence and attitude. The team wasn't scared or in awe of the Chiefs; they treated them like little brothers.

DEFENSE

- I'm not sure what more can be said about the DL. Sweat and Williams likely played themselves out of our price range this offseason, but what a way to go out. But I thought Hunt and Ojomo played out of their mind. Hunt was a safety a couple years ago and was bull rushing a pro bowl OL (playing out of position) -- the sky is the limit for this guy. And Ojomo seems to be ready to take over for Milton next year. 

- Nolan Smith is the most violent edge player we've had in forever. Honestly, he's like BG but potentially with more skills. 

- Thank you Andy for being Andy...the Chiefs utter refusal to run the ball was huge for us. 7 carries by RBs all game...out of 49 plays. This was the 2006 game against Jacksonville when he threw 85% of the time in tropical storm winds. They had 3 called runs in the 1st half, so it wasn't just a function of being down multiple scores. Orlovsky pointed this out, but since Vic knew Andy wouldn't run (and the Chiefs aren't a good running team), he put the ends way outside and the DL rushed hard but in control to keep Mahomes from escaping to the side. All he could do was step up into the DTs. Perfect gameplan and execution. 

- I have been saying we won't do it, but...please, pay Baun what it takes. Whatever it takes. He's a monster and can do anything (blitz, cover, stop the run, etc.)

- Coop's pick 6 was the 1st time I realized we were gonna blow these guys out. 

- I never noticed Slay all game, which means he must have been excellent.

- Way to pad stats against McCollum and Sydney Brown, Pat. 

OK, here's 3 generations during the confetti. And before anyone goes there, my niece is only 17.

Guys in this group!