22 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

Feel the same, he takes care of himself and the offseason seriously.

freak athletes like that AP, Barry, Henry are good well into their 30’s

AP’s last great season was age 30. He only had one more 1,000 yard rushing year after with Washington which anyone barely remembers at 1,042 yards.

8 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Don’t know if there is a set pattern besides it’s usually not a divisional opponent. I think they would want it to have some appeal being the first game so I don’t see it being Raiders. Denver, Chicago maybe. I could see it being Rams and another Divisional round repeat. 

I could see the rams, unless they trade Bradford. Then that might be a rough game for LA and turn in to a dud week 1 game.

 

15 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

There might be something up with this guy.  Was a HC candidate after a really good year for Stroud.  Now 1 year later he's fired eventhough they made the playoffs and lost WRs throughout the year.  

Maybe him and Stroud didn't get along.

All the reporting has been he clashed heads with Stroud. I wouldn’t  be surprised if he’s kinda like DeFilippo.

11 minutes ago, eaglestime34 said:

How is the formula determined?  I understand the opponent formula. How is the location decided?

Rotation is probably a better word than formula. 
 

Aside from 6 division games, you play one other full NFC division, 2 games home, 2 away.  3 years later, you play the same division but in the opposite location. 
 

You play one full AFC division, 2 home, 2 away. 4 years later, you play the same division, but in the opposite location. 
 

The final 3 games are dictated by your finish the previous season. You play the same place finisher in the other 2 conference divisions that you don’t play in full, 1 home, 1 away. 
 

The final game is an out of conference game against the same place finishing team from the division you played 2 years prior. The location depends which conference has the extra home game. Even numbered years, the NFC gets the extra home game. Odd numbered years, it’s the AFC. 

1 hour ago, NOTW said:

I forget which show/talking head said this but already talking about a Nick Sirianni coaching tree. Steichen, Gannon, Moore (does he really count?).

I heard on the radio the other day that Mike Tomlin has no coaching tree eventhough he's been HC forever in Pittsburgh and obviously has had success.

I haven't really looked into this but I just remember he had Dick Labeau at DC for a long time but never became a head coach.  

I don’t see it being the Lions. They will want to save that one. It will most likely be the Commanders with there being 2 games to profit on.

38 minutes ago, eaglestime34 said:

How is the formula determined?  I understand the opponent formula. How is the location decided?

We played the Jaguars at home this year because both finished 2nd last year in respective divisions. The division moves each year but so does the home/away. 

It’s essentially determines who have 8 home games vs 8 away games every year.

2 minutes ago, MillerTime said:

I don’t see it being the Lions. They will want to save that one. It will most likely be the Commanders with there being 2 games to profit on.

I would love to play the lions week 1 so we can beat them while they’re healthy. 

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

We played the Jaguars at home this year because both finished 2nd last year in respective divisions. The division moves each year but so does the home/away. 

It’s essentially what determines have 8 home games vs 8 away games every year.

 I understood the opponents how that's figured. I just didn't understand how they did the locations people explained it.

30 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

It has to be a home opponent

I don’t think they would disrespect us that much lol

12 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I think he's very happy as an OL coach and running game coordinator.  He knows his niche and doesn't have the ego to want more.  He's very content, it seems from the outside, just being identified as one of the very best to ever do what he does.  

Frankly, I think he's as good an OL coach as the league has ever seen.  There have been a few great eras of OL players with franchises.  Raiders of the 70s with Art Shell, Gene Upshaw and Jim Otto... then to the Hogs of the 80s with Joe Jacoby, Jeff Bostic, Mark May, etc.  to the Cowboys of the 90s (as much as I hate to say it), the Eagles OL under Stoutland has been one of the very best ever for a prolonged period of time... and he's developed some great OL.  Peters was great when he got here, but Stout made him better.  Lane Johnson.  Jason Kelce.  Brandon Brooks.  Landon Dickerson.  Jordan Mailata.  Now Cam Jurgens, and reclaiming Mekhi Becton.  The guy is elite.  And, its guys like him that should get into the HoF as assistant coaches.  I know they don't do it, but they really should.  The game isn't the game without them!

The guy before Soutland was no slouch either, Howard Mudd was one of the best, though most of his work was in Indianapolis, coached here 2011-2012,

2011:  Peters, Mathis, Kelce, Herremans, however, couldn't do much with Watkins.

2012:  Dunlap, Mathis, Reynolds, Scott, Herremans - there's only so much an OL coach can do.

Stoutland came in 2013, had Peters - Mathis - Kelce - Herremans - Lane. Peters and Mathis were allpro. Sure Stout would be the first to admit that Mudd laid the foundation.

1 minute ago, austinfan said:

The guy before Soutland was no slouch either, Howard Mudd was one of the best, though most of his work was in Indianapolis, coached here 2011-2012,

2011:  Peters, Mathis, Kelce, Herremans, however, couldn't do much with Watkins.

2012:  Dunlap, Mathis, Reynolds, Scott, Herremans - there's only so much an OL coach can do.

Stoutland came in 2013, had Peters - Mathis - Kelce - Herremans - Lane. Peters and Mathis were allpro. Sure Stout would be the first to admit that Mudd laid the foundation.

Kelce’s worst years were under Mudd. Same with Johnson. He was a very good O-line coach but Stoutland took both to a new level. As well as Wisnewski, Mathis. 

1 hour ago, devpool said:

I also don't get the hate. The NFL is the one putting her on the screen. A million celebrities at these games all year long but she's the only one they constantly show. Not her fault and people really overdo it

It's being overblown. They showed a shot of her when she was being booed, she has a bemused look - for one thing, I'm sure she's heard the stories from Kylie, and her family were Eagle fans and will be again when Travis retires. So she knows it had nothing to do with her and everything to do with the Chiefs.

There is meaning behind the tears of Reed Blankenship. Remember, he didnt have an easy road. Not just that he was a UDFA, but even before that. Injury likely cost him in the recruiting process. Battled a long way from where he started.

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

Kelce’s worst years were under Mudd. Same with Johnson. He was a very good O-line coach but Stoutland took both to a new level. As well as Wisnewski, Mathis. 

Kelce was an undersized rookie under Mudd, who made him a starter as a 6th rd pick.

Mathis came to Philly at age 30, after being a backup in Cincinnati (started once in his first 5 years). Mudd saw him as a perfect fit for his zone blocking scheme and made him the starting LG.

Johnson was a rookie under Stoutland, never played for Mudd. #4 pick in the draft. Allowed Herremans to move inside where he was better suited.

2 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

Damn wanted Slowik for PGC.

Not really. Terrible fit with Hurts. 

2 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

If they trust Hurts to be the guy he was at the end of the year and not the guy he was at the beginning of the year, then they can lean much heavier on the passing game, and Barkley's work load can be reduced dramatically from this past year... getting maybe only about 12-15 carries a game rather than 20+, especially if they add a back in the draft that can carry some of the load, or if they will trust Shipley this year.

They're going to give Shipley a bigger work load, watching him at the end of the season, I saw Charlie Garner - for you youngsters, Garner was a lean, explosive one cut RB who was a HR threat coming off the bench.Left Philly after 5 years, had two big seasons in SF (1229, 1142 yards), then broke down. Dangerous receiver as well.

5 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Kelce was an undersized rookie under Mudd, who made him a starter as a 6th rd pick.

Mathis came to Philly at age 30, after being a backup in Cincinnati (started once in his first 5 years). Mudd saw him as a perfect fit for his zone blocking scheme and made him the starting LG.

Johnson was a rookie under Stoutland, never played for Mudd. #4 pick in the draft. Allowed Herremans to move inside where he was better suited.

Yea I was wrong about Johnson. 
 

Still with Mathis, his only AP and PB seasons came under Stoutland. That has to count for something. 

3 minutes ago, austinfan said:

They're going to give Shipley a bigger work load, watching him at the end of the season, I saw Charlie Garner - for you youngsters, Garner was a lean, explosive one cut RB who was a HR threat coming off the bench.Left Philly after 5 years, had two big seasons in SF (1229, 1142 yards), then broke down. Dangerous receiver as well.

That's a stretch in my book.  It would be great, but I don't see it.  

 

And as a 2nd round pick, he wasn't drafted to be a RB2... he was drafted as a lead back... but injury concerns built and they signed Watters in free agency after his rookie year with a new coaching staff... and he became RB2.

Has Lane Johnson passed Jason Kelce as the eagles best OL of all time?

3 hours ago, BigEFly said:

I get that Thuney is their second best OL (after Creed) but never understood the move to OT.  I realize he’s a rookie and for some reason they have him backing up Taylor, but what’s up with Suamataia?  I had him on my draft board for swing OT for the Eagles with an eye towards starting when Lane retired. He needed refining but how bad can he be?

The Chiefs really have not done a good developing o-line. Suamataia started the first game and was benched in the second game.  He really didn't make it back on the field since then.  I think the lack of development just really caught up with them. 

3 hours ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I know not every circumstance is the same, but I hope they don’t just blindly promote from within for the new OC spot like they did in 2018 after Reich left. I think that was a little different because McDaniels pulling out of the Indy job screwed everything up as far as trying to find a replacement for Reich so late in the cycle which is why they settled on Groh. 
 

I don’t know enough about Patullo’s potential, but this is a very coveted, king-maker position and they have a lot of leverage to interview the best and brightest. Any modicum of success is pretty much a guaranteed path to a HC job within a year or two and I’m assuming they will have a lot of options. 

Actually, they don't have much leverage b/c most of the top candidates already have jobs.

They can poach an assistant, but not an experienced OC.

32 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I could see the rams, unless they trade Bradford. Then that might be a rough game for LA and turn in to a dud week 1 game.

 

Bradford? Funny if intentional or not

8 hours ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

Do you have time to do Amtrak?  How far from Philly are you?

I’m over in Idaho

11 minutes ago, austinfan said:

They're going to give Shipley a bigger work load, watching him at the end of the season, I saw Charlie Garner - for you youngsters, Garner was a lean, explosive one cut RB who was a HR threat coming off the bench.Left Philly after 5 years, had two big seasons in SF (1229, 1142 yards), then broke down. Dangerous receiver as well.

Had 2 good year,s in SF 2 really good years in OAK was a few rushing and receiving yards short of 1000 rushing and 1000 receiving in 2001?

I still remember his first start, he had a bum ankle in camp then week 4 against 49ers got the start, moved Herschel to FB and garner ripped of a couple big runs a couple tds putting up a 40 burger against the eventual super bowl champs that year.