3 hours ago, T-1000 said:

I wonder how many more times Hurts has to go toe to toe with guys like Mahomes, Allen, Lamar, ans Burrow before people realize he is a top 5 QB in this league? Hell, since that ESPN list came out a bunch of other morons came out with lists where he wasn't top 10, although I think it's clearly rage bait because nobody would be dumb enough to have Hurts outside of the top 10. Some dude from the Athletic the other day had a top 10 list with Love, Dak, and Lawrence in the top 10 and no Hurts. Oh, and Mr. Overrated Justin Herbert was 5th.

No matter how many times he wins there will still be criticism because "he doesn't look like our image of a great QB". There were many in this blog (cough, cough) that criticized him and never thought he could get it done. I will continue believing in the guy because he is a m'fing winner 🏆

3 hours ago, McMVP said:

Eh…not sure I get that comparison.

Were there some parts of McNabb’s game that was better? Sure…but Hurts is still young and has the desire to constantly improve. If you want to compare these two, to me it comes down to the trait of intestinal fortitude. Hurts is a gamer in the biggest moments…I never felt confident that McNabb could bring his best when needed.

He could Air Guitar with the best of them though…

You are correct in thinking its a terrible comparison.

McNabb can't sniff Hurts' jock.

Hurts averages 36 TDs per 17 at 264.2 yards per game as a starter.

McNabb averaged 29.5 TDs per 17 at 256.3 yards per game as an Eagle.

McNabb is one of the least clutch QBs in NFL history (look at his turnover numbers regular vs playoffs)

Bottom 100 worst plays in NFL History will always include pick - do over - pick in the SB.

The Bruschi throw might have been worse.

He put the ball in the hands of a Packer AFTER 4th and 26 while still trailing (Pinkston went outside and he threw the ball inside)

Hurts is known for being a SB MVP, a great leader, an insanely powerful athlete, and a winner.

McNabb is known for fighting with TO, getting Mommy and Daddy to verbally fight Philly fans, getting fat, and puking in the Super Bowl.

NFCCG 1 - fumble inside the Rams 10 leads to an easy 7 in a 5 point loss.

NFCCG 2 - Ronde! (and just a horrific, nothing, pathetic, game start to finish. It was all-time bad)

NFCCG 3 - Picks a plenty (yes he was injured in the game but he was still awful)

NFCCG 4 - He had a very efficient and good game.

SB - Its hard to find a worse "anchor QB sinks team" game. He was as bad as Jaworski as far as killing any chance of winning goes with 2 turnovers that were 100% only on him. The coaches, trainers, fans, offense, defense, etc did everything right... McNabb repeatedly gave the ball to New England. I wish McNabb could hit RBs in the flat the way he hit Bruschi with that pick.

The SB started a streak of 5 playoff games with 2+ turnovers. That team won despite McNabb.

This does not mean he had the worst statistics or the worst passer rating. Some guys like Elway and Kelly and even Mahomes just got beaten by a far superior team and had bad stats as a result (yes, they also made a few bad throws like Mahomes to DeJean and his miss of Hopkins) McNabb was on the better team in that SB and he by himself decided the game in the Patriots favor with his pathetic play.

ESPN.com

Turning Point: Super Bowl XXXIX

The Bristol experts discuss what was the turning point of Super Bowl XXXIX.

NFCCG 5 - I dare you to watch him tackle Hank Baskett with a worm burner. It was the QB version of the Riley Cooper drop. Baskett might have scored but he was going for 50+ McNabb tackled him with a ball to the shoelaces.

He was so awful in the first half that Arizona just got out to too big of a lead. The Eagles exhausted themselves just tying the game then McNabb went 0-4 in the last 4 plays. (Curtis was pulled down early but the 3 earlier throws were crap) It might not have even been close at the end if DJ did not force a fumble off a pick return from a McNabb flub.

These games are all on YouTube. Feel free to watch if your memory is betraying you into thinking McNabb was great.

His last 2 games as a 33 year old QB who should still be in his prime were back to back playoff games vs Dallas.

If they win week 17 they get the bye. If not they face Dallas again.

He led them to 7 points on 23 drives.

Vick led them to 7 points in 3 plays.

24-0 Dallas

Dancing in the tunnel before the rematch.

34-14 Dallas

The greatest QB Guru in NFL History threw out a 34 year old McNabb because he knew he was worthless.

If you need a QB to outplay Mahomes... Hurts is your man.

If you need a QB to outplay Brady on one magical day. Foles is your man.

If you need a QB to outperform Jim Miller, Shaun King, Tavaris Jackson, Dome Culpeper, and Dome Vick in the cold... and your defense shows up, maybe you can get by with #5

Have I missed anything?

14 hours ago, Waiting4Someday said:

I guess I'd rather watch Interstellar and not know what it happening, but try to figure it out, than a Marvel movie where it's rinse and repeat.

I love Interatellar, have seen it easily more than 2 dozen times.

It took me a while to figure out how humans from the future could put a wormhole by Saturn if we were going to become extinct and not get off our own planet. Then one viewing I had enough edibles and it clicked

14 hours ago, NCiggles said:

I thought Interstellar was made by some Hollywood guy who thinks he's smarter than he is. He read some article about black holes and time dilation without understanding either.

Quite the opposite. They engaged scientists and poured a ton of time & money into creating the most realistic depiction of a black hole ever.

They literally started from scratch and used physics to create a model to render it. The end result generated by the computers was a scientific discovery in itself, since at that time no one had seen a black hole. Only recently have we been able to photograph one and the results confirm what was depicted in the film.

13 hours ago, bpac55 said:

That's why I'm trying to like it. I know how well done it was. The production and visuals are top notch. I just don't know a damn thing about quantum physics or anything related. When MM went through the black hole and was then floating in the book shelf, it lost me.

Yeah, the tesseract scene is a bit much for me too. I have to suspend belief and accept that 5th dimensional humans from the future have technology that is, to us, indistinguishable from magic. But the one thing I don’t get that I need to read up on is how gravity can traverse time. It’s more of a lack of reading on my part to get a basic understanding of it so I can get all Dunning-Kruger up in here.

8 hours ago, T-1000 said:

Words cannot describe how great this guy is, how much of a beast he is, and what a freak he is to still be at the top of his game at 35 years old. Lists are so subjective and difficult but he is probably a top 10 Eagle of all time and definitely the greatest offensive lineman in Eagles history.

Right up there with Jason Peters.

9 hours ago, bpac55 said:

*were

Bryan Braman died yesterday. Thanks for LII. Fly high!

17 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Bryan Braman died yesterday. Thanks for LII. Fly high!

F cancer

31 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Bryan Braman died yesterday. Thanks for LII. Fly high!

Damn, I know it was just brought to our attention about 2 weeks ago but man that was quick. Sad to seee this today.

damn, RIP

1 hour ago, paco said:

Yeah, the tesseract scene is a bit much for me too. I have to suspend belief and accept that 5th dimensional humans from the future have technology that is, to us, indistinguishable from magic. But the one thing I don’t get that I need to read up on is how gravity can traverse time. It’s more of a lack of reading on my part to get a basic understanding of it so I can get all Dunning-Kruger up in here.

This is a great explanation stolen from elsewhere

Technically to be more accurate, in order to solve the equation of gravity, there needed to be someone (cooper and tars) to observe that which is unobservable.

You cannot see past the event horizon of a black hole, but if you could, it would provide the data needed to solve the gravitational equation they needed in order to make cooper station viable and for the human race to survive. Humans surviving brings them further into the future for the possibility of manipulating the wormhole to Gargantua and placing the tessersct inside the black hole, to also influence the past. It's a cyclical time loop for the story purposes, and functions like a snake eating it's tail.

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

Bryan Braman died yesterday. Thanks for LII. Fly high!

Very shocked on how quick that timeline was.

RIP

4 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I just saw F1 in the theaters. I really enjoyed that one.

It's like The Natural but about racing?

1 hour ago, paco said:

Quite the opposite. They engaged scientists and poured a ton of time & money into creating the most realistic depiction of a black hole ever.

They literally started from scratch and used physics to create a model to render it. The end result generated by the computers was a scientific discovery in itself, since at that time no one had seen a black hole. Only recently have we been able to photograph one and the results confirm what was depicted in the film.

No one has said my insights are right.

15 hours ago, bpac55 said:

That's why I'm trying to like it. I know how well done it was. The production and visuals are top notch. I just don't know a damn thing about quantum physics or anything related. When MM went through the black hole and was then floating in the book shelf, it lost me.

Yes Matvei Michkov did go through the black hole of Putin and hockey to find himself in the other black hole called Flyers hockey. Very confusing for the young lad.

1 hour ago, paco said:

Yeah, the tesseract scene is a bit much for me too. I have to suspend belief and accept that 5th dimensional humans from the future have technology that is, to us, indistinguishable from magic. But the one thing I don’t get that I need to read up on is how gravity can traverse time. It’s more of a lack of reading on my part to get a basic understanding of it so I can get all Dunning-Kruger up in here.

I probably will just watch some youtube videos or TikToks on it so I think I know more.

3 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

Very shocked on how quick that timeline was.

RIP

We lost a family friend to pancreatic cancer last year. I reached out to him in February about replacing our AC/Furnace. He said of course but he mentioned he was having some health issues they were trying to figure out. A few weeks later he was diagnosed with stage 5 pancreatic cancer (on his 40th birthday).

He didn’t make it to the summer. F cancer.

1 hour ago, just relax said:

Right up there with Jason Peters.

Wish he knew when to retire on top

6 hours ago, SkippyX said:

You are correct in thinking its a terrible comparison.

McNabb can't sniff Hurts' jock.

Hurts averages 36 TDs per 17 at 264.2 yards per game as a starter.

McNabb averaged 29.5 TDs per 17 at 256.3 yards per game as an Eagle.

McNabb is one of the least clutch QBs in NFL history (look at his turnover numbers regular vs playoffs)

Bottom 100 worst plays in NFL History will always include pick - do over - pick in the SB.

The Bruschi throw might have been worse.

He put the ball in the hands of a Packer AFTER 4th and 26 while still trailing (Pinkston went outside and he threw the ball inside)

Hurts is known for being a SB MVP, a great leader, an insanely powerful athlete, and a winner.

McNabb is known for fighting with TO, getting Mommy and Daddy to verbally fight Philly fans, getting fat, and puking in the Super Bowl.

NFCCG 1 - fumble inside the Rams 10 leads to an easy 7 in a 5 point loss.

NFCCG 2 - Ronde! (and just a horrific, nothing, pathetic, game start to finish. It was all-time bad)

NFCCG 3 - Picks a plenty (yes he was injured in the game but he was still awful)

NFCCG 4 - He had a very efficient and good game.

SB - Its hard to find a worse "anchor QB sinks team" game. He was as bad as Jaworski as far as killing any chance of winning goes with 2 turnovers that were 100% only on him. The coaches, trainers, fans, offense, defense, etc did everything right... McNabb repeatedly gave the ball to New England. I wish McNabb could hit RBs in the flat the way he hit Bruschi with that pick.

The SB started a streak of 5 playoff games with 2+ turnovers. That team won despite McNabb.

This does not mean he had the worst statistics or the worst passer rating. Some guys like Elway and Kelly and even Mahomes just got beaten by a far superior team and had bad stats as a result (yes, they also made a few bad throws like Mahomes to DeJean and his miss of Hopkins) McNabb was on the better team in that SB and he by himself decided the game in the Patriots favor with his pathetic play.

ESPN.com

Turning Point: Super Bowl XXXIX

The Bristol experts discuss what was the turning point of Super Bowl XXXIX.

NFCCG 5 - I dare you to watch him tackle Hank Baskett with a worm burner. It was the QB version of the Riley Cooper drop. Baskett might have scored but he was going for 50+ McNabb tackled him with a ball to the shoelaces.

He was so awful in the first half that Arizona just got out to too big of a lead. The Eagles exhausted themselves just tying the game then McNabb went 0-4 in the last 4 plays. (Curtis was pulled down early but the 3 earlier throws were crap) It might not have even been close at the end if DJ did not force a fumble off a pick return from a McNabb flub.

These games are all on YouTube. Feel free to watch if your memory is betraying you into thinking McNabb was great.

His last 2 games as a 33 year old QB who should still be in his prime were back to back playoff games vs Dallas.

If they win week 17 they get the bye. If not they face Dallas again.

He led them to 7 points on 23 drives.

Vick led them to 7 points in 3 plays.

24-0 Dallas

Dancing in the tunnel before the rematch.

34-14 Dallas

The greatest QB Guru in NFL History threw out a 34 year old McNabb because he knew he was worthless.

If you need a QB to outplay Mahomes... Hurts is your man.

If you need a QB to outplay Brady on one magical day. Foles is your man.

If you need a QB to outperform Jim Miller, Shaun King, Tavaris Jackson, Dome Culpeper, and Dome Vick in the cold... and your defense shows up, maybe you can get by with #5

1st and 10 from the 19 and Andy Reid decides passing it to Westbrook on a wheel route that is double covered is the play to dial up. F'ing run the ball.

4 hours ago, Swoop said:

Have I missed anything?

We are now talking about black holes and how gravity dilates time but not one person has joked about not being able see past anyones mom's event horizon.

The McNabb disrespect is a bit much