57 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

Mark Ruffalo was recently filming HBO's new mini series Task, which was filmed in DELCO locations. That is probably why he was there.

I have only watched the first episode so far. It's OK. Trying to have him do a Delco/Philly area accent was not good. Also, people talk about Wawa far too often.

2 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Well, I think my heart rate and blood pressure may finally be back to normal after yesterday. What an unbelievable roller coaster of emotions...I was despondent at half time, and then the whole world changed. Here are my takeaways from what turned out to be the most encouraging Eagles win in a long time -- if we can stay with the 2nd half, aggressive play calling instead of playing not to lose, the NFL is in serious trouble.

OFFENSE

• Hurts...that 2nd half was played just about perfectly. So very much to like...the deep ball to AJ to get it started was perfect, the TD to Goedert. Then 2 long TD drives to win the game -- 13 plays and 87 yards and 17 plays and 91 yards. Yes, they had the turnover on downs in between those 2, but can't win them all (I didn't like going for it on 4th and 7 there either). The final TD pass to Smitty was another dime and a great read. Hurts has always been best when they spread the defense out -- he's excellent in no back looks. The condensed formations and short passing game that we were trying was forcing a square peg into a round hole -- like Andy trying to make McNabb into a west coast timing QB instead of letting him throw it down the field. When we get this Jalen, we're unstoppable.

• AJ Brown is a monster, and we FINALLY adjusted to scheme him into 1 on 1 looks. Going 3x1 with AJ by himself should have been obvious but it took us 2,5 games to get to it. Better late than never. But once Hurts saw the one on one coverage, he let it rip and AJ made plays. AJ is the best Eagles receiver I have ever watched, and yes that includes TO.

• Fred Johnson is the hero of this game. First off, Matt Pryor isn't a tackle no matter how much we claim he is. He's serviceable as a guard and frankly is fine as a backup guard. But he's too stiff and slow to play tackle. If Schefter wants to say last week's game was won in March, then this one was won in August when Howie sent a 7th round pick to the Bucs for big Fred. I'm not sure he gave up a single pressure after coming in.

• Barkley just has no where to run right now. Mailata and Dickerson aren't right, especially Landon. I know everyone wants to pick on Steen, but he's been fine/good.

• Really thought we were screwed when we missed on the 2 point conversion -- haven't seen a replay, but looked like Smitty could have brought it down.

• After the game, both Jalen and AJ made comments that made it clear that the offensive philosophy and play calling was simply to not lose. They made it clear that this was coming from the coaches, and they have had enough. Hopefully Nick listens like he did last year. We overcorrected and got too conservative, and they have to find that balance.

DEFENSE

• This is the guy who blew up the combine and we traded up to draft in 2022. Jordan Davis is outplaying Jalen Carter right now, which sounds insane. Away from the blocked FG, his chase down of Stafford was huge and forced the only Rams punt of the game. He played almost 70% of the snaps and still had gas in the tank. Why didn't we buy this guy a Peloton 3 years ago??????????

• Jalen Carter is still really friggin good, and hopefully he keeps playing his way into shape.

• Baun and Campbell are the best LB duo in the NFL, and they are excellent in underneath pass coverage. If Dean comes back, I really want all 3 on the field and mass confusion as offenses don't know who'd blitzing and who's dropping.

• Q shut down Adams completely.

• Jackson was better in this game and wasn't a complete liability. And then Bennett came in and showed why he isn't starting. Jackson still gives me nightmares, but somehow he is the best option it seems.

• Blankenship shouldn't be 1 on 1 with Adams, but that was clearly OPI on Adams (Reed was beat already). Much more egregious than AJ's TD that Jason McCourty was crying about.

• I know this sounds odd to say in a game where they forced only one punt, but...the defense was great yesterday. The Rams 2 TDs were on a blatant OPI and a very short field. The offense kept putting them right back out there in the 1st half, and they kept the game within reach. Holding Stafford and those receivers to less than 200 passing yards and a 82.4 rating (5.9 YPA) is great work. Got gashed some on the ground, but made sure the game didn't get away from us in the 1st half.

SPECIAL TEAMS

• OK, maybe work on catching knuckle balls.

• I now expect JD to block at least one kick a game...

Good points. Who do you take off the field to add Dean?

Just now, NCiggles said:

I have only watched the first episode so far. It's OK. Trying to have him do a Delco/Philly area accent was not good. Also, people talk about Wawa far too often.

2nd episode is MUCH better. I haven't seen the latest one from last nigh yet.

I want to know who was controlling the offense in the second half, because that did not feel like Patullo based on the first 10 quarters of the season.

😂

2 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Believe the 2007-08 patriots should be on that list. Went 18-1 in 2007 (regular season and Super Bowl) then won their first 2 games in 2008 so they’d be 20-1

14 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

The Patriots never had a 34-1 stretch during the 2003-2004 seasons. They went 14-2 both seasons and the longest 1-loss stretch they had was 27-1.

They won 15 straight in 2003 including playoffs, then won 6 straight in 2004 before losing at PIT for a 21-game win streak, then won six more before losing again at MIA.

Chat GPT.

49 minutes ago, KINGnabb said:

An import stat to remember this week:

The Eagles Vs The Bucs last 4 seasons:

With AJ: 1-0

Without AJ: 0-4

Do what you will with that information.

Pistol formation inside zone run to the weak side.

Just now, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I want to know who was controlling the offense in the second half, because that did not feel like Patullo based on the first 10 quarters of the season.

Yep. Them opening things up isn't a bad point for people to make, but it was more than that. KP showed he had no feel for the game and that felt totally different.

9 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

There is no way KP was calling those plays. If he was someone went into the file room and handed him Kellen Moore's play sheet. I don't know if it was Hurts or Nick but I'm with Hugh.

People wonder what Hurts was saying to him. It may have been I'm calling my own damn plays the rest of this game and you can pretend to flip the sheet and radio stuff in but you are done.

I saw Hugh Douglas saying that. And I agree.

And Im not someone who has been down on Patullo. I think there were obvious changes in our offense this year and I dont know why. But change isnt bad and I was willing to give it time to adjust. But it was not working well at all through 2 and a half weeks. Suddenly in the 2nd half, the passing game was more explosive. Run game still had a poor average, but there were a few chunk runs of like 7, 9, 12 yards... little cracks were beginning to form for the run game. Everything was suddenly better.

I dont know who took over. But more of that please.

Last season Kellen Moore used the Passing game to set up the Running game.

Maybe this season calls for the Passing game to set up the Running game?

2 hours ago, Waiting4Someday said:

That stunt is wildly ineffective, back to the drawing board.

I would have to guess it was either a mistake or to draw the OT out of position so he misses the DB coming off the edge. Kudos to Fred Johnson on this play.

Please run the ball to the outside.

3 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I saw Hugh Douglas saying that. And I agree.

And Im not someone who has been down on Patullo. I think there were obvious changes in our offense this year and I dont know why. But change isnt bad and I was willing to give it time to adjust. But it was not working well at all through 2 and a half weeks. Suddenly in the 2nd half, the passing game was more explosive. Run game still had a poor average, but there were a few chunk runs of like 7, 9, 12 yards... little cracks were beginning to form for the run game. Everything was suddenly better.

I dont know who took over. But more of that please.

Will brain be able to handle it when you find out Jalen was just making the calls?

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

I have only watched the first episode so far. It's OK. Trying to have him do a Delco/Philly area accent was not good. Also, people talk about Wawa far too often.

Doesn't sound like a harrible take for delcO; should've talked more about Ac-ca-me or wooder ice.

Just now, Connecticut Eagle said:

Please run the ball to the outside.

They’re expecting the Oline to open up those wide holes they made last year and it’s just not happening yet

Just now, NCiggles said:

Will brain be able to handle it when you find out Jalen was just making the calls?

I think he was. They alluded to that on NBC Philly during the hurry up offense. He may not be able to see the field and process quickly, but if that guy has a feel for it let him cook.

13 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Well, I think my heart rate and blood pressure may finally be back to normal after yesterday. What an unbelievable roller coaster of emotions...I was despondent at half time, and then the whole world changed. Here are my takeaways from what turned out to be the most encouraging Eagles win in a long time -- if we can stay with the 2nd half, aggressive play calling instead of playing not to lose, the NFL is in serious trouble.

OFFENSE

• Hurts...that 2nd half was played just about perfectly. So very much to like...the deep ball to AJ to get it started was perfect, the TD to Goedert. Then 2 long TD drives to win the game -- 13 plays and 87 yards and 17 plays and 91 yards. Yes, they had the turnover on downs in between those 2, but can't win them all (I didn't like going for it on 4th and 7 there either). The final TD pass to Smitty was another dime and a great read. Hurts has always been best when they spread the defense out -- he's excellent in no back looks. The condensed formations and short passing game that we were trying was forcing a square peg into a round hole -- like Andy trying to make McNabb into a west coast timing QB instead of letting him throw it down the field. When we get this Jalen, we're unstoppable.

• AJ Brown is a monster, and we FINALLY adjusted to scheme him into 1 on 1 looks. Going 3x1 with AJ by himself should have been obvious but it took us 2,5 games to get to it. Better late than never. But once Hurts saw the one on one coverage, he let it rip and AJ made plays. AJ is the best Eagles receiver I have ever watched, and yes that includes TO.

• Fred Johnson is the hero of this game. First off, Matt Pryor isn't a tackle no matter how much we claim he is. He's serviceable as a guard and frankly is fine as a backup guard. But he's too stiff and slow to play tackle. If Schefter wants to say last week's game was won in March, then this one was won in August when Howie sent a 7th round pick to the Bucs for big Fred. I'm not sure he gave up a single pressure after coming in.

• Barkley just has no where to run right now. Mailata and Dickerson aren't right, especially Landon. I know everyone wants to pick on Steen, but he's been fine/good.

• Really thought we were screwed when we missed on the 2 point conversion -- haven't seen a replay, but looked like Smitty could have brought it down.

• After the game, both Jalen and AJ made comments that made it clear that the offensive philosophy and play calling was simply to not lose. They made it clear that this was coming from the coaches, and they have had enough. Hopefully Nick listens like he did last year. We overcorrected and got too conservative, and they have to find that balance.

DEFENSE

• This is the guy who blew up the combine and we traded up to draft in 2022. Jordan Davis is outplaying Jalen Carter right now, which sounds insane. Away from the blocked FG, his chase down of Stafford was huge and forced the only Rams punt of the game. He played almost 70% of the snaps and still had gas in the tank. Why didn't we buy this guy a Peloton 3 years ago??????????

• Jalen Carter is still really friggin good, and hopefully he keeps playing his way into shape.

• Baun and Campbell are the best LB duo in the NFL, and they are excellent in underneath pass coverage. If Dean comes back, I really want all 3 on the field and mass confusion as offenses don't know who'd blitzing and who's dropping.

• Q shut down Adams completely.

• Jackson was better in this game and wasn't a complete liability. And then Bennett came in and showed why he isn't starting. Jackson still gives me nightmares, but somehow he is the best option it seems.

• Blankenship shouldn't be 1 on 1 with Adams, but that was clearly OPI on Adams (Reed was beat already). Much more egregious than AJ's TD that Jason McCourty was crying about.

• I know this sounds odd to say in a game where they forced only one punt, but...the defense was great yesterday. The Rams 2 TDs were on a blatant OPI and a very short field. The offense kept putting them right back out there in the 1st half, and they kept the game within reach. Holding Stafford and those receivers to less than 200 passing yards and a 82.4 rating (5.9 YPA) is great work. Got gashed some on the ground, but made sure the game didn't get away from us in the 1st half.

SPECIAL TEAMS

• OK, maybe work on catching knuckle balls.

• I now expect JD to block at least one kick a game...

Not sure how much Q shut down Adams versus Nakua on our CB2 was always going to be the better option.

2 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Will brain be able to handle it when you find out Jalen was just making the calls?

Awfully kind of you to assume he has a brain

5 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Please run the ball to the outside.

Speak for yourself! I personally like the 1 yard gains off the draws that are stuffed up the middle each time.

15 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I want to know who was controlling the offense in the second half, because that did not feel like Patullo based on the first 10 quarters of the season.

I bet it was still patullo. However, them being down 3 scores he couldn’t do what he normally wanted to do. The offense looks a lot better when we start throwing the ball to AJ Brown.

Chris Long kind of touched on what I said yesterday. You’re not 2024 Eagles. Teams have adapted and adjusted. You are not going to be able to just be the 2024 Eagles and win the same way with the same identity. So you have to be your own new identity. I thought yesterday after being down 3 scores they couldn’t just be Barkley rid for 2K and passing game just be efficient. they figured out their identity is really good when they Fing get the ball to AJ Brown.

2 hours ago, Diehardfan said:

I didn't know Mark was an Eagles fan

Probably just doing cross promotion for his show Task.

I've also noticed a lot of celebs have recently been jumping on the bandwagon out of the blue

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

After yesterday I'm even more confused about why the hell they traded for Bigsby than when the trade was made and I was confused then. It's not like they traded a 7th for him. They gave up a 5th, which isn't nothing, he's a 3rd string RB, he never plays, and he couldn't field a single kickoff. It really does feel like Howie just has "acquire depreciated assets we liked in the draft" OCD.

I'm hoping it's just taking some time for them to get him some playing time on offense. He's too good of a RB to not play. YES, we have Saquon, but bringing in another RB who offers a different skillset is never a bad thing. They FORCED the ball to Kenny Gainwell and he's half the player that Bigsby is.