3 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

A lot of short stuff this year from the Eagles - they haven't been able to manufacture to much in the mid and deep levels (other than 1 deep shot in each game)

I'm not an X's and O's guy so tell me if this is dumb or not. Why don't they get Barkley more runs to the outside, or toss plays, and screens? Get him out in space? The O line isn't opening up the inside holes for him as much as last year.

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

On defense, something to keep in mind is last year they improved dramatically after the bye and starting Cooper. This year they have Campbell and Mukuba already playing well, Za'Darius in his first game making plays. They need to bench Adoree Jackson. They probably won't be the top defense again, but will be among the top defenses.

Have to have somebody you trust to replace adoree Jackson. I’m not against letting Bennett go out there and see what he has. But I am guessing fangio doesn’t think he’s ready because he just got here in the middle of training camp/preseason. If he was here from April I think that would’ve already been done. I just don’t think fangio believes he is ready to be inserted there yet and trust him to not have some mental lapses.

Tbh i think their deadline if guys stay healthy is a CB. Maybe a TE for the offense if goedert doesn’t stay healthy. Outside chance at a RG if steen isn’t good enough

Vikes stoned on their tush push. Hate to see it.

2 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

The refs did not want the Chiefs starting 0-2.

Frankly, Campbell’s hit prior on mahomes to the roughing of the passer, felt more like a penalty than the roughing the passer he got.

I'm guessing JJ McCarthy does not squat 590

Apparently he can't take a snap either.

"It's one of the more impressive things that Philadelphia do it so well and never mess it up."

At least Chris gets some things right.

What an ugly play in the Vikes Falcons game. QB sneak that looked terrible and you cant see where the ball is. Ban the play.

Watching the Vikings fail on a QB sneak makes me grateful for the Tush Push. Also, 😂.

Just now, kiwieagle said:

A lot of short stuff this year from the Eagles - they haven't been able to manufacture to much in the mid and deep levels (other than 1 deep shot in each game)

They fell into the trap of not running play action early last season as well - as soon as they started running it, the offense began to boom.

It’s simple. With a RB like Saquon Barkley THEY SHOULD BE RUNNING PLAY ACTION ON EVERY PASSING PLAY.

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Frankly, Campbell’s hit prior on mahomes to the roughing of the passer, felt more like a penalty than the roughing the passer he got.

Neither were. The one the called was a hit to the shoulder where part of his arm continued on to gently nudge the helmet a bit.

It was a pathetic call. Put pressure sensors in the QB helmets.

Thank God he didn't spit on him though, that would have been really bad!

Vic game planning for the Chiefs game after never blitzing in the SB.

Love seeing other teams fail at the sneak. Love it.

31 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

More or less, yes. His job isn’t to throw for 300 yards; his job is to figure out how we end with the highest score. When that stops, we’ve got a problem. It stopped in 2023, regardless of how many yards he threw for

Just two weeks in but you do kinda feel those 2023 vibes, offensively speaking.

1 minute ago, Ace Nova said:

They fell into the trap of not running play action early last season as well - as soon as they started running it, the offense began to boom.

It’s simple. With a RB like Saquon Barkley THEY SHOULD BE RUNNING PLAY ACTION ON EVERY PASSING PLAY.

They now have something like 10 plays of 2nd and 3 or less and zero passes out of that play. Its like they are doing the defense a favor keeping it simple.

Chris Jones butthurt. 🤣🤣🤣

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Just now, we_gotta_believe said:

Just two weeks in but you do kinda feel those 2023 vibes, offensively speaking.

The issue with the 2023 offense was turnovers, not yardage.

1 minute ago, SkippyX said:

Neither were. The one the called was a hit to the shoulder where part of his arm continued on to gently nudge the helmet a bit.

It was a pathetic call. Put pressure sensors in the QB helmets.

I’d have to go back and watch but It felt like official threw the penalty flag for roughing cause it looked like someone’s hand was close to mahomes facemask.

Younger folks call this Aura farming

OK I want to get something off my chest about this team, this offense, the coaches, and Hurts.

First of all, and this is an absolutely necessary disclaimer...we should all be very content. 2-0 against these two teams while combating a SB hangover and some not insignificant changes...bra-freaking-vo. It may not have been pretty, but it's highly commendable. So what follows is just an overdissection because that's the point of talking football on a blog.

I think we are venting our offensive frustrations in the wrong direction. Jalen Hurts is what he is now. He's no longer a variable in this offense. He's a constant. What he's not and never will be is a pure, good passer. What he is is a QB with an incredible W/L record and a SB MVP. What he is is a highly dynamic, clutch QB who finds ways to win, finds ways to grind out positive plays, has a clutch calm that infects his teammates in big spots, and an opportunistic passer. But I will reiterate, what he is not is a pure, good passer. The Eagles will NEVER be a good team on 3rd and 10+ that utilizes the traditional passing concepts you, I, or anyone else want to see beyond the sticks. That's not coaching, that's not because we have a new OC that is like Brian Johnson...that's because QB is not good at it.

An OC cannot unload a stereotypically elegant, aggressive gameplan with the passing concepts people have in mind with Hurts as the QB. It's not going to generate a good result. When Barkley runs for 200 yards, Hurts goes 5/5 on tush pushes with efficient passing, and the Eagles win in a blowout...no one second guesses it then.

Which brings me back to the variable. Hurts is the constant. Siri is a SB winning offense minded HC who has been here for years now, even if OC has been a revolving door. We've seen the offense look bad like this and run these same concepts before. I think the coaching changes are having far less effect than anyone is saying.

This team buttered their bread with the running game. Barkley is getting shut down at the LOS at a vastly higher rate than last year. The offensive line is not run blocking in the same universe that it was last year. To my eyes, that delta (OL run blocking 2025 vs 2024) is so much more profound than anything else on the team. Everyone is talking about Hurts, but it's the same Hurts as 2024. And I really don't think the offensive coaching has changed much either. Even for all the changes on defense, they are gradually moving in the direction of last year.

If we want to criticize parts of the team that aren't what they were last year and nitpick style points, I'd look past Hurts and all things defense and focus solely on OL run blocking. That is the unquestioned foundation and catalyst for everything this team tries to do...and it hasn't been good.

28 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Should be mentioned a million times …. My god, Za’Darius Smith was incredible today. What an instant impact.

He certainly was. He played 20 snaps. Do we think he should hover around that number all year, or do we want to see him get 30+? I don't want to beat his body up since he's 33, but he's also in tremendous shape. Let's hope today was just a tease of what he can provide.