2 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said:

My first time hearing the Jake Elliott origin story too

 

So do the Eagles consider bringing in competition or are we confident that Jake can be what he always has been? He sure looked great on Sunday, and he also handled the kickoffs.

 

 

15 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

They showed the OPI play at the game and the fans really lost their ****** over it. You can hear it on the replay telecast.  We all fell like it "Chiefs game to lose at that moment". 

45 minutes ago, McMVP said:

He actually has owned it.  He has had Sirianni on "where Colin was wrong” a couple times now 

Let’s not pretend Sirianni hasn’t been easy to criticize at times.  I’ve heard it in here by many posters (including myself)

Pretty sure that after the rant at Eagles fans, Siri was taken to the woodshed by Lurie and Don.  I suspect that Big Dom’s coaching role is keeping him settled. 

4 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

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. 

That makes sense because it was so loud for Eagles. You could hear the crowd over everything with the DeJean pick

14 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

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.

Yup....I take a red eye right after the game, and the airport gate next to mine had the direct flight back to Philly. The airport was taken over for quite a bit right after midnight on Sunday. 

1 hour ago, austinfan said:

Or replace him with a more reliable OT. He got taken to the cleaners in one game, wouldn't trust him against a top pass rusher without a lot of help.

I wonder what their long term plan with Darian Kinnard is. Kept him on the roster all year long. Run of the mill bottom of the roster OL or potential OL6/7 swing tackle.

1 hour ago, Captain F said:

Reschedule flight.. sleep on subway.  Don't miss the parade

I so so wish bud I so so wish

11 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

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. 

I honestly thought the crowd was ~50-60% Eagles, 20-25% Chiefs and the rest unaffiliated. 

When we booed Taylor, I knew it was basically a home game.

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

It's the Carter sack,

 

I'll throw an underrated one not mentioned yet. Dallas Goederts 61 yard catch and run against the Saints on 3rd and 16 with a minute left that set up the game winning TD. Without that play Eagles are 1-3 heading into the bye and who knows how much more unraveled they would have been.

Great choice too. I remember thinking had we gone into the bye on a 3 game skid, there was a small chance Siri gets canned with the interim having two weeks to get ready for Cleveland. 
 

Apparently, there’s something magical about us playing in the Superdome this year. 

1 hour ago, NCiggles said:

I am shocked that a former NFL scout for the Jets can't evaluate talent.  

Also can't evaluate what he did this past year in the NFL either.  The defensive cohesion when he came into the lineup was really trajectory altering for this defense.  The defense transformed on the back end when he stepped into the lineup.

25 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

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 

Mitchell gave up a td at the end 

1 hour ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

We had already started talking about the offseason.

But I have no issue with your excellent suggestion.  

I'll make the switch this weekend.

Or leave this one open for a while, AND open a new offseason blog.

 

Then people can post about the Super Bowl euphoria here... and post about the offseason there.    Best of both worlds.   This thread isn't 'long' yet by EMB Blog standards.

11 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

So do the Eagles consider bringing in competition or are we confident that Jake can be what he always has been? He sure looked great on Sunday, and he also handled the kickoffs.

Apparently he was hurt this season. Someone said it was on the Chris long podcast 

So just curious have the flowers grown and bloomed then officially that Siri planted when he began?

1 hour ago, austinfan said:

I think DeJean will eventually be a starting S who moves to slot in the 5 man secondary.

He can play outside, but is unlikely to be dominant there, whereas inside, he gives Fangio a Swiss army knife type player who can play SS, FS, NCB, zone, man.

Talk about disguising coverages, you not only have to know where DeJean is, but what role he seems to be filling.

And it gives you a lot of roster flexibility.

Unique combination of size, strength, speed and smarts.

 

33 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 interception did not suck.  When he threw it, he was going to be a sack that took them out of field goal range. Do you think a Mann punt would have pinned the Chiefs that deep.  Best pass for kick I have seen since playing mud ball as a kid. (In PA, it’s snow, in the south it’s mud.)

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Member when the usual suspects were queefing uncontrollably about Hurts allegedly having "analytically the worst QB performance ever in a playoff game!"

Member?

Pepperridge farm does

Both things are true.  Shocking. 

14 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

So do the Eagles consider bringing in competition or are we confident that Jake can be what he always has been? He sure looked great on Sunday, and he also handled the kickoffs.

He gets the benefit of the doubt after that performance but there is always someone else ready.

 

1 hour ago, austinfan said:

Or replace him with a more reliable OT. He got taken to the cleaners in one game, wouldn't trust him against a top pass rusher without a lot of help.

Those are very expensive and hard to get your hands on in a reserve capacity.

4 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

That interception did not suck.  When he threw it, he was going to be a sack that took them out of field goal range. Do you think a Mann punt would have pinned the Chiefs that deep.  Best pass for kick I have seen since playing mud ball as a kid. (In PA, it’s snow, in the south it’s mud.)

I'd have preferred the Chiefs player not catch it and we got the FG. The end result was OK, but still sucked missing on the 3 to go up 10.

Couldn't hear "What's My Name" on the TV broadcast at all. This helps a little. Crowd was insane.

 

 

Pretty sure my section started the "We Want Wentz" chant in the 4th quarter.

9 minutes ago, tuffstuff07 said:

Apparently he was hurt this season. Someone said it was on the Chris long podcast 

Was he ever on the injury reports?