1 minute ago, RememberTheKoy said:

I think Washington is not setting themselves up for long term success loading up on long term talent but I do think they are setting up to contend in the now to capitalize on Daniels. They won some close games but Daniels is great and that roster is better this season. Plus they have a ton of confidence now rolling into this season.

We only won 2 more games last season. I think the difference in the schedule will be enough to swing it to the Redskins. Getting to play Miami, Atlanta and Seattle instead of Buffalo, Bucs and Rams is big. Plus we saw it in 2018 and even 2023, teams aew going to be bringing their all against us as the defending champs. We are probably going to see another slow start for the offense as it yet again is under a new OC.

You are looking at the number of wins, not the nature of them. We were running out the clock in the fourth quarters in most of our wins while they were scrambling to take the lead in theirs.

The Giants went 8-3 in one-score games in 2016. They went 22-59 the following five seasons. They went 8-4 in one-score games in 2022. They have gone 9-25 since.

Like you, I could also throw in an anecdotal argument. Teams have now had an offseason to prepare for the Kingsbury/Daniels offense.

6 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

You are looking at the number of wins, not the nature of them. We were running out the clock in the fourth quarters in most of our wins while they were scrambling to take the lead in theirs.

The Giants went 8-3 in one-score games in 2016. They went 22-59 the following five seasons. They went 8-4 in one-score games in 2022. They have gone 9-25 since.

Like you, I could also throw in an anecdotal argument. Teams have now had an offseason to prepare for the Kingsbury/Daniels offense.

Not only did they add names as opposed to talented players (classic Washington + classic Josh Harris), they also brought back older guys like Ertz and Wagner who are cheating father time as well. Their biggest issue was the inability to stop the run, and trading Allen for Kinlaw made that worse.

After 2021, Howie went out and got AJ Brown for the offense and Reddick and CJGJ for the defense -- guys entering or in their prime. Peters is betting on a bunch of guys on the downside of their careers.

Is there a signature under my posts? I added a new line in the about me section of the profile but I don't know where to edit the sig. I was assuming that is it.

1 hour ago, Alphagrand said:

That's what I meant yesterday by the NFC West having the easiest schedule, so whoever emerges from that division is likely the Eagles' foremost competition this season. I don't see SEA or ARI winning that division, so it defaults to the Rams or 49ers. San Fran has the easier 3 flex opponents which could make the difference if they play well within the division.

I don't think the 49ers will need to actually BE that good this season to look like they're much better.

Another one and done 1 seed

3 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Not only did they add names as opposed to talented players (classic Washington + classic Josh Harris), they also brought back older guys like Ertz and Wagner who are cheating father time as well. Their biggest issue was the inability to stop the run, and trading Allen for Kinlaw made that worse.

After 2021, Howie went out and got AJ Brown for the offense and Reddick and CJGJ for the defense -- guys entering or in their prime. Peters is betting on a bunch of guys on the downside of their careers.

Plus 17 weeks of hard games without a lot of depth behind the older guys won't be good for them.

6 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Is there a signature under my posts? I added a new line in the about me section of the profile but I don't know where to edit the sig. I was assuming that is it.

Nope.

Go to account settings and then signature, there will be a glorious box.

7 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Nope.

Go to account settings and then signature, there will be a glorious box.

Thanks. I'm going to find that box and put something in it.

Thank you @mattwill for the new sig line.

2 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

There is no argument. I said a certain height/arm length doesnt play outside in the NFL. Those guys read that I said "cant" play in the NFL and listed a player who has done it. They read wrong. I didnt say cant. But they kinda helped prove my point about doesnt. Because even though he got stuck there this season out of necessity, and played really well, his team wants to move him back inside anyway. Argument over. No hair up. I said "oy" because both of them made the same mistake misreading the post.

That's right I forgot you've never been wrong before. How silly of me to point out an example that proved your point wrong. I should know better

2 minutes ago, justwinbaby said:

That's right I forgot you've never been wrong before. How silly of me to point out an example that proved your point wrong. I should know better

You misread and proved some other point wrong that no one ever said. Congratulations winning your imaginary argument against no one!

Just now, HazletonEagle said:

You misread and proved some other point wrong that no one ever said. Congratulations winning your imaginary argument against no one!

I mean not really. I'd say when someone says CBs with arms under 30 inches don't play outsidein the NFL is factually wrong because well I just showed you they do. So you saying that Mac won't play on the outside really you just don't have a clue like the rest of us. He very well could play both inside and out.

2 hours ago, mattwill said:

Sure let’s save those high day 3 picks to spend on kickers, fullbacks, punters, and double up on TEs in the 4th.

The "bites at the apple” strategy is only as good as your board. A lot of teams end up galaxy braining themselves.

I’ve read some people acting like Mukuba’s size is some unheard of thing. Eagles themselves recently had a guy like that - Marcus Epps. 5’11, 190ish, sub 30 in arms, tried to murder everyone he tackled. He held up just fine in Philly.

I’m much more worried about Mukuba having little man coverage versatility or agility.

5 hours ago, just relax said:

Well, my avatar is worthless so sure, for two months. I’m saying 9-8 or better; you’re saying 8-9 or worse. Is that correct?

Bring the donkey back!

5 hours ago, just relax said:

This, I agree with. I think they'll be better this year but there's a limit because they will lack continuity. Almost half the team is on one-year contracts.

It's the Josh Harris effect. They will plateau, and it will be a long, sad slide down from there.

A part of me wants them to ban the tush push, just so the Eagles remain almost as effective with a QB sneak without the push.

You can bet Sirianni will keep training that play and will be as cocky as ever after the first TD with the new brotherly shove.

2 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

They didn't anticipate it leading to an almost unstoppable QB sneak.

1. Tom Brady was praised for it being unstoppable, with a NYT article showing him being pushed.

2. It's not unstoppable, Eagles are just better at it. If it were unstoppable due to the nature of the play and every/most teams did it, that would be unstoppable. The Eagles are just dominant at it, and they hate it. The Bills run it the 2nd most after us. Other teams try, and just can't do it. They want to ban it because the Eagles dominate it.

2 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Nope.

Go to account settings and then signature, there will be a glorious box.

I tried to find it a while ago and make my signature look good again in Dark Mode. I couldn't find it! No more weird white background on it.

3 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I don’t see what can of worms it opens. Like I said before, it actually fixes a major advantage the offense has over the defense. Offense gets the benefit of forward progress AND pushing. Defense gets nothing. So it’s not fair that WR and RBs get pushed for a 1st or a TD downfield. If you are going to allow pushing to benefit the offense then pushing the ball carrier back should also apply and the spot should be when the play is dead, not up to the furtherest point the offense got.

Defense is obviously going to be allowed to push to stop forward progress. The ban is going to be for offenses who are trying to advance the ball via the push.

Not sure if you watched the full video I posted, but they said it will be difficult for the refs to be consistent about and it has to be defined clearly. Florio also said that when it was a rule prior to 2006 (I think that's the year he said?) that the refs are the ones who suggested to remove the rule, because it was so hard to determine given how players can bump into each other and form piles, and they found statistically it wasn't even being called much. They hadn't imagined anyone would design a play to use a push, the Eagles took advantage.

Part of the can of worms is this: they already have tried calling flags against the Eagles running the play, they've had to review some. The league is already biased against the Eagles trying to stop it. Teams have tried various ways. The Commanders leaping over the line was ridiculous. The other parts are in the refs trying to decipher if a ball carrier running for a 1st down or TD was actually pushed by a teammate, or if that teammate happened to be right next to them blocking a defender. What about a fumble, can people be pushed during that? Can teams pile on? That's an actual injury concern not this play. To your point about forward progress, if that's the issue then just change that. Make it wherever the ball finally lands and the two teams fight (as originally designed) to gain or defend yards on the field. The tush push isn't about forward progress or any other situation, it's about not liking that the Eagles can convert a QB sneak almost at will so they're grasping at ways to ban it.

I think it's just sour grapes from teams that hate the Philly does it so well. They hate that they try to practice to stop it, they hate that it's such a high success rate that it makes going for it on 4th and short an almost guarantee. They've made up BS excuses like injury, it doesn't "look" like a football play, it's boring, pace of play, other things that make no logical sense. They're grasping at straws trying to ban it.

You don't ban something just because 1 team is dominant at it. Other teams have tried it, and they aren't as successful. So the play itself isn't an advantage. The advantage is the talented and strong O line and a QB with strong legs. I'd have to look up info on this, but months ago I saw a reporter on Twitter state that before the "push" was added, they ran a successful QB sneak with Wentz that worked so well because of the O line and Wentz' size and strength.

Having said all that...the Eagles should practice running a traditional QB sneak, and more plays handing to the RB or other short yardage plays. They have done some fakes off the formation but not that many. In a way I hope it gets banned so that the Eagles can still dominate. There have been many times where the "pushers" barely do anything. You can see in highlights and replays that Hurts is already there and the line is so good, they barely need the push. So ban it, and let the Eagles dominant O line and strong QB still convert anyway. Then what? They can't ban the QB sneak. Siri is already pissed about it, and petty to begin with. You know he's going to want to troll other teams. So they'll run fakes off it and hopefully convert or score TDs from passing, tossing to Barkley, different looks. They'll run QB sneaks and gloat when they convert. All this nonsense just because 1 team out of 32 has a high success rate.

8 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Not sure if you watched the full video I posted, but they said it will be difficult for the refs to be consistent about and it has to be defined clearly. Florio also said that when it was a rule prior to 2006 (I think that's the year he said?) that the refs are the ones who suggested to remove the rule, because it was so hard to determine given how players can bump into each other and form piles, and they found statistically it wasn't even being called much. They hadn't imagined anyone would design a play to use a push, the Eagles took advantage.

Part of the can of worms is this: they already have tried calling flags against the Eagles running the play, they've had to review some. The league is already biased against the Eagles trying to stop it. Teams have tried various ways. The Commanders leaping over the line was ridiculous. The other parts are in the refs trying to decipher if a ball carrier running for a 1st down or TD was actually pushed by a teammate, or if that teammate happened to be right next to them blocking a defender. What about a fumble, can people be pushed during that? Can teams pile on? That's an actual injury concern not this play. To your point about forward progress, if that's the issue then just change that. Make it wherever the ball finally lands and the two teams fight (as originally designed) to gain or defend yards on the field. The tush push isn't about forward progress or any other situation, it's about not liking that the Eagles can convert a QB sneak almost at will so they're grasping at ways to ban it.

I think it's just sour grapes from teams that hate the Philly does it so well. They hate that they try to practice to stop it, they hate that it's such a high success rate that it makes going for it on 4th and short an almost guarantee. They've made up BS excuses like injury, it doesn't "look" like a football play, it's boring, pace of play, other things that make no logical sense. They're grasping at straws trying to ban it.

You don't ban something just because 1 team is dominant at it. Other teams have tried it, and they aren't as successful. So the play itself isn't an advantage. The advantage is the talented and strong O line and a QB with strong legs. I'd have to look up info on this, but months ago I saw a reporter on Twitter state that before the "push" was added, they ran a successful QB sneak with Wentz that worked so well because of the O line and Wentz' size and strength.

Having said all that...the Eagles should practice running a traditional QB sneak, and more plays handing to the RB or other short yardage plays. They have done some fakes off the formation but not that many. In a way I hope it gets banned so that the Eagles can still dominate. There have been many times where the "pushers" barely do anything. You can see in highlights and replays that Hurts is already there and the line is so good, they barely need the push. So ban it, and let the Eagles dominant O line and strong QB still convert anyway. Then what? They can't ban the QB sneak. Siri is already pissed about it, and petty to begin with. You know he's going to want to troll other teams. So they'll run fakes off it and hopefully convert or score TDs from passing, tossing to Barkley, different looks. They'll run QB sneaks and gloat when they convert. All this nonsense just because 1 team out of 32 has a high success rate.

The entire reasoning behind it is ridiculous, I agree. And it’s going to be an ish show with officiating. If it were me I would experiment with it not being a flag/penalty. Instead, just blow the play dead the second it becomes obvious (the tush push/downfield scrums). Football is chaotic so I would want them to be lenient with bumping and nudging on any given play.

Treat it like the pick play. It’s illegal but can you teach it how to be legal and stretch the law.

Phillies are getting to enjoy a home spring training game in May tonight.

I say every year that the offseason moves steal the show but the second year players really determines if the team improves or regresses.

Im kind of wondering what more could possibly come from Mitchell and Dejean. That’s not a season that you build on. I’d be ecstatic if they could just match their rookie seasons. Sure, they each got beat a few times. A few times. They just don’t exactly have room for improvement.

1 hour ago, beto_eagles said:

A part of me wants them to ban the tush push, just so the Eagles remain almost as effective with a QB sneak without the push.

You can bet Sirianni will keep training that play and will be as cocky as ever after the first TD with the new brotherly shove.

They’ll be fine without the push. Part of me wants to see it banned for the same reason.

2 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Bring the donkey back!

Please! It’s an ass.

4 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

You are looking at the number of wins, not the nature of them. We were running out the clock in the fourth quarters in most of our wins while they were scrambling to take the lead in theirs.

The Giants went 8-3 in one-score games in 2016. They went 22-59 the following five seasons. They went 8-4 in one-score games in 2022. They have gone 9-25 since.

Like you, I could also throw in an anecdotal argument. Teams have now had an offseason to prepare for the Kingsbury/Daniels offense.

I don't think you're going to see Daniels and the Washington offense take a step back. We saw it from 2017-2019 when 2nd year QBs were the best in the league with Wentz, Mahomes and then Lamar. Saw it too in 2022 with Hurts. Daniels will be a smart bet to throw money at for MVP this upcoming season. They improved the offensive line and gave him more weapons.

NY Giants are one of the worst run organizations in the NFL. Those next 5 seasons were spent with a washed Eli Manning and Daniel Jones. No surprise they were losing.

Eagles had a point differential of 160 last season. Yes they were great. But as I pointed out the last two times they went to the Super Bowl they also had huge point differentials but the following season with every team coming fully focused to try to knock off the king that wasn't the case in the seasons that followed the Super Bowl.

Eagles PD 2017: +162

Eagles PD 2018: +19

Eagles PD 2022: +133

Eagles PD 2023: +5

Eagles PD 2024: +160

Eagles PD 2025: ?

Every game we play this season we are going to be getting the absolute best effort from every team we play. That's why repeating is so tough.

32 minutes ago, just relax said:

Please! It’s an ass.