16 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

A still photo from 'Turning Point' that I saw a little while ago and laughed out loud at the Chief's stats on the scoreboard. Almost halftime and they're averaging 0.9 yards per play. Of course, the play that they're about to run is the Baun INT. 

 

I’m guessing that didn’t help the average lol. 

The Defense seems to play better every time I watch the game. 🦅

12 minutes ago, LacesOut said:

The Defense seems to play better every time I watch the game. 🦅

https://www.espn.com/nfl/playbyplay/_/gameId/401671889

There's a stretch of 7 straight defensive plays where the only positive yardage is a Pacheco 3 yard run.

1. Mahomes sacked for a loss of 4.

2. Mahomes sacked for a loss of 2.

3. Cooper DeJean pick 6.

4. Pacheco run for loss of 2.

5. Pachecho run for a gain of 3.

6. Mahomes sacked for a loss of 7.

7. Baun INT.

 

That's just sick.

20 hours ago, EagleJoe8 said:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/playbyplay/_/gameId/401671889

There's a stretch of 7 straight defensive plays where the only positive yardage is a Pacheco 3 yard run.

1. Mahomes sacked for a loss of 4.

2. Mahomes sacked for a loss of 2.

3. Cooper DeJean pick 6.

4. Pacheco run for loss of 2.

5. Pachecho run for a gain of 3.

6. Mahomes sacked for a loss of 7.

7. Baun INT.

 

That's just sick.

Amazing! I never expected that Defensive performance for the SB. It was AWESOME. 

3 hours ago, LacesOut said:

Amazing! I never expected that Defensive performance for the SB. It was AWESOME. 

I did, but it was in 1992 after beating the Saints. Reggie was going to be MVP. If not Reggie, then Randall. 

 

On 2/9/2025 at 9:08 PM, NJWolverEagle11 said:

@Jenkins27the season for Sirianni kinda went how it did for Ryan Day

Facts! Both will go back to back too 👀

Watching again, the highlights.

Hurts TD throws to AJ and Smitty were perfect. 

I'm an obtuse person. 

I didn't realize how good our Iggles were, until they beat the Rams in that playoff game. I wish I would've enjoyed the regular season more.

Just an amazing team and season. Very happy to be alive to witness it. 

20 hours ago, LacesOut said:

Watching again, the highlights.

Hurts TD throws to AJ and Smitty were perfect. 

Wish Dotson coulda got his...but we won 

21 hours ago, NJWolverEagle11 said:

Wish Dotson coulda got his...but we won 

Don't care about Dotson, it was amazing he had a couple catches at all.

I was hoping Barkley would break open a big run for a TD.

6 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Don't care about Dotson, it was amazing he had a couple catches at all.

I was hoping Barkley would break open a big run for a TD.

That was the only thing missing from the game. 

Just now, EagleJoe8 said:

That was the only thing missing from the game. 

Yes. But in a weird way, for how the season went it was nice to show that the team wasn't just about Barkley. There were narratives - even among some Eagles fans - that the team sucked without Barkley and it was a one man team. That's what the Chiefs thought and they made their entire game plan to stop Barkley and just kind of let Mahomes toss the ball around. They completely underestimated the defense, and Hurts was clutch and focused. They were stunned and had no answer. So it showed the team is dominant everywhere not just Barkley.

3 hours ago, NOTW said:

Don't care about Dotson, it was amazing he had a couple catches at all.

I was hoping Barkley would break open a big run for a TD.

That too lol

 

17 hours ago, NOTW said:

Chopper, Sic Balls!

On 3/6/2025 at 6:13 PM, EagleJoe8 said:

I’m guessing that didn’t help the average lol. 

Took my mother to a doctors appointment today, and like always happens in doctors offices, we were sitting and waiting. Their 0.9 yards of offense as pictured in that screenshot kept rolling through my mind. 

They were averaging 2 feet and just over 8 inches of offense per play through the 1st half. That's it. lol That still amazes me, and thrills me beyond description that it was the Eagles holding them to that... in the SUPER BOWL!

We've seen dominant Eagles Defenses hold good down and kick the ever loving ish out of them, The House of Pain Game and the Body Bag game come to mind. But this was the Super Bowl! There's a word for that....

 

@VaBeach_Eagle The 2008 Steelers won the SB but before that the Eagles tried to kill Ben Roethlisberger. I think they had 8 sacks but I don't think they tracked hits and pressures back then... there were a lot.

It used to really bug me that McNabb wet the bed vs an AZ team he killed earlier and robbed us of a chance to see them do that again. The 40-8ers game was another example of a SB champ that the Eagles just woodshedded.

 

To see it happen in the actual SB is the top moment in a 50+ year 4 for 4 lifetime of following these teams.

I no longer hold any bad feelings for those Eagles teams that failed in the past...  (I reserve the right to debate the merits of those players of course)

 

For the Eagles and us as fans, all the suffering was a part of getting us to here. It sure feels good to be on the top with 3 SBs in 8 years and 2 wins with that complete destruction last month.

12 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

Took my mother to a doctors appointment today, and like always happens in doctors offices, we were sitting and waiting. Their 0.9 yards of offense as pictured in that screenshot kept rolling through my mind. 

They were averaging 2 feet and just over 8 inches of offense per play through the 1st half. That's it. lol That still amazes me, and thrills me beyond description that it was the Eagles holding them to that... in the SUPER BOWL!

We've seen dominant Eagles Defenses hold good down and kick the ever loving ish out of them, The House of Pain Game and the Body Bag game come to mind. But this was the Super Bowl! There's a word for that....

 

The Body Bag game and House of Pain game were just before my time as a fan, so I'm glad I got to see this one.

53 minutes ago, EagleJoe8 said:

The Body Bag game and House of Pain game were just before my time as a fan, so I'm glad I got to see this one.

If you're interested in watching  a 34 year old game (the Body Bag Game won't embed but it's on YouTube):

 

Spoiler

I just watched a few minutes of it. Blast from the past seeing some of those players. 

Eagles win 13-6, so it wasn't an exciting, high scoring game. But the Eagles D took it to them. But as great as that game was back then, the Super Bowl D was even more impressive in how they completely destroyed Mahomes and the Chiefs. 

1 hour ago, SkippyX said:

@VaBeach_Eagle The 2008 Steelers won the SB but before that the Eagles tried to kill Ben Roethlisberger. I think they had 8 sacks but I don't think they tracked hits and pressures back then... there were a lot.

It used to really bug me that McNabb wet the bed vs an AZ team he killed earlier and robbed us of a chance to see them do that again. The 40-8ers game was another example of a SB champ that the Eagles just woodshedded.

 

To see it happen in the actual SB is the top moment in a 50+ year 4 for 4 lifetime of following these teams.

I no longer hold any bad feelings for those Eagles teams that failed in the past...  (I reserve the right to debate the merits of those players of course)

 

For the Eagles and us as fans, all the suffering was a part of getting us to here. It sure feels good to be on the top with 3 SBs in 8 years and 2 wins with that complete destruction last month.

If that Steelers game is the one that I'm thinking of, it's the one where Dawk took flight and stripped Roethlisberger while he was in the pocket. 

That game in SF won me $10 from a Niner's fan at work. That Monday he walked in and just threw the $10 bill at me and walked away lol. I still remember Steve Young pouting after being yanked. 

It's definitely a surreal sort if thing to be sitting here with two Lombardi's now and that Super Bowl performance and thinking about the realistic possibility that this team would win a couple more. 

Amazing this thread now hit 100 pages. I'm surprised it didn't reach that during the game.

9 hours ago, EagleJoe8 said:

Amazing this thread now hit 100 pages. I'm surprised it didn't reach that during the game.

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