Thursday Morning Season Record Predictions Update ... only 16 hours to kickoff.

45 season record predictions submitted by the following posters.   As always, when you post your prediction please tag it with @mattwill so that I get a notification that you have made it.  If you see a prediction that is missing the @mattwill please reply to it and tag your reply with @mattwill

Thursday Morning Game Score Predictions Update - Only 16 hours until Kickoff

47 predictions recorded

44 predictions are for an Eagles win and 3 are for a Cowboys win.  The average predicted score continues to be Eagles 32 Cowboys 19.

As always, please tag your prediction post with @mattwill that way I will be sure to see/record it.  Score predictions can also have an optional "Bonus Pick" tiebreaker prediction.  I will be taking predictions right up until Kickoff.

A list of the 47 predictions is presented below, sorted high to low by Eagles points predicted  If you don't see your name there, then I haven't yet recorded a prediction for you.

7 hours ago, mattwill said:

I’m as big a RTK critic as there is, but credit where credit is due, his comments of late have been more than solid, and he has resisted the urge to troll.

It was just a dumb joke.

It was an interesting editorial decision to leave out the Rams comeback attempt, but I understand why they did it.

Of course they only have so much time, that's probably the number one reason.

But the story of the Eagles season wasn't them barely holding on in that game. That game was the exception to an otherwise dominant run.

Also, IMO, the Eagles were clearly the better team and the only reasons that game was close was 1. the snow and 2. the Eagles thought it was over and let their guard down.

1 minute ago, Mike31mt said:

It was an interesting editorial decision to leave out the Rams comeback attempt, but I understand why they did it.

Of course they only have so much time, that's probably the number one reason.

But the story of the Eagles season wasn't them barely holding on in that game. That game was the exception to an otherwise dominant run.

Also, IMO, the Eagles were clearly the better team and the only reasons that game was close was 1. the snow and 2. the Eagles thought it was over and let their guard down.

The story is that the Championship Game and Superbowl were won in as dominant a fashion as I've ever seen it done, to drop 55 on the Commanders and then be 5 scores up in the Superbowl halfway through the 4th quarter is more or less unheard of. As a fan they were the perfect trophy games, I could just get happily drunk safe in the knowledge it was never in doubt.

Game today

3 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Game today

😲

@mattwill Birds 31- Boys 27.

Jordan Davis with a sack

Final record is 12-5.

2 hours ago, mattwill said:

Thursday Morning Game Score Predictions Update - Only 16 hours until Kickoff

47 predictions recorded

44 predictions are for an Eagles win and 3 are for a Cowboys win.  The average predicted score continues to be Eagles 32 Cowboys 19.

As always, please tag your prediction post with @mattwill that way I will be sure to see/record it.  Score predictions can also have an optional "Bonus Pick" tiebreaker prediction.  I will be taking predictions right up until Kickoff.

A list of the 47 predictions is presented below, sorted high to low by Eagles points predicted  If you don't see your name there, then I haven't yet recorded a prediction for you.

28-20 Birds @mattwill Bonus: J.Campbell gets a sack.

13-4 record, McKee gets multiple wins in spot duty.

36 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

It was an interesting editorial decision to leave out the Rams comeback attempt, but I understand why they did it.

Of course they only have so much time, that's probably the number one reason.

But the story of the Eagles season wasn't them barely holding on in that game. That game was the exception to an otherwise dominant run.

Also, IMO, the Eagles were clearly the better team and the only reasons that game was close was 1. the snow and 2. the Eagles thought it was over and let their guard down.

You can’t tell the story of that game without Carter’s sack and the ensuing hurry — how he brilliantly set up that sack too. They didn’t have to quote Hurts about getting the scoring started in that game. They didn’t need Barkley talking about how that run in the snow took him back to his Penn State days. They could have cut out Baun talking about Barkley telling the team to "stay right here” during the Super Bowl.

My thought was the NFL didn’t want to give Carter much screen time because of his issues at Georgia. It’s hard to fit everything in a 42-minute episode, but it was easily the biggest omission.

9 hours ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

I thought that too. His voice wasn’t very commanding.

Well, John Facenda wasn't available.

1 minute ago, just relax said:

Well, John Facenda wasn't available.

Just wait until the NFL uses AI slop to recreate his voice just to save a few bucks.

I was asked to go out of town to cover a girls volleyball match. I couldnt tell work, No. I have to watch TV that night. So, if you guys can all refrain from posting about the game till I get home it is much appreciated.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

20 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

You can’t tell the story of that game without Carter’s sack and the ensuing hurry — how he brilliantly set up that sack too. They didn’t have to quote Hurts about getting the scoring started in that game. They didn’t need Barkley talking about how that run in the snow took him back to his Penn State days. They could have cut out Baun talking about Barkley telling the team to "stay right here” during the Super Bowl.

My thought was the NFL didn’t want to give Carter much screen time because of his issues at Georgia. It’s hard to fit everything in a 42-minute episode, but it was easily the biggest omission.

I suspect you might be overthinking that. I don't think they have any issues with Carter at this point. The entire episode was drama free. They also didn't show Nakobe saving the Jags game or that the Cleveland game was close. For whatever reason they decided to just cover the games an all positive way. The closest to a negative that game was when they said they needed the break and that was just to introduce Baldiani. They didn't show the Saquon drop vs Atl either

8 hours ago, Penn7980 said:

Kyle at NFL Network suggested the very first offensive play should run the Brotherly Shove, not to make 1st down, but to make a statement to the league, in your face kind!

I want to see the dagger again

@mattwill

Super Bowl Champs 33

Cowpukes 17

24 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I was asked to go out of town to cover a girls volleyball match. I couldnt tell work, No. I have to watch TV that night. So, if you guys can all refrain from posting about the game till I get home it is much appreciated.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

41 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

You can’t tell the story of that game without Carter’s sack and the ensuing hurry — how he brilliantly set up that sack too. They didn’t have to quote Hurts about getting the scoring started in that game. They didn’t need Barkley talking about how that run in the snow took him back to his Penn State days. They could have cut out Baun talking about Barkley telling the team to "stay right here” during the Super Bowl.

My thought was the NFL didn’t want to give Carter much screen time because of his issues at Georgia. It’s hard to fit everything in a 42-minute episode, but it was easily the biggest omission.

That's true but I don't think their goal was to tell the story of each game. I was actually hoping it was, but they skipped over a bunch of games and moments. They somewhat gave us that narrative with the Baldianni era stuff and showing the Bucs score, but they skimmed over a lot.

It seemed like they mostly wanted to tell the stories from the perspectives of Nick, Jalen, Zack, and Saquon, so I'm guessing that's why they added those anecdotes and omitted some of the other team moments.

I do think they could have touched on it quickly, but I'm guessing they were thinking it would have distracted from the main theme. I'm trying to think back now and I don't think they touched on any real in-game scenarios aside from the Dagger.

The joy and USP of NFL Redzone was the ability to not have to channel hop to find a game to watch amid the many pharmaceutical and pizza commercials. By allowing full ads in it, it becomes nothing special in and of itself, so in reality, you can go and find a YouTube stream or just watch the scores on X and get the same experience. We don't lack for alternatives - where 20 years ago,we did.

The best advice is to just not bother so viewing figures go down, but the spice is a powerful drug

12 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

that is the best referee job in the world. They are some of the highest paid. Why? Who the hell knows. They dont do much. Also, coaches dont ever get to question them. Parents dont know the rules. No one in the stands if ever yelling at them. There are not very many calls they need to make. Line calls are actually left up to other students/players who are volunteered as corner judges. There is no controversy. Ridiculously easy, and well paying job.

I am conflicted right now. I have a no Dallas rule for my fantasy football team except, I dont mind having their kicker because if he does well it may mean theyve settled for a lot of FGs.

I have Jake Elliott, but Aubrey just got dropped in my league.

I think Im going to stick with Jake...

@mattwill Eagles 22- 17

Overall record 12-5

Too much rust. The game is going to be similar to last year's GB slopfest. It is going to take a couple of weeks to get everything humming. I will be watching the DL very closely.

55 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

I suspect you might be overthinking that. I don't think they have any issues with Carter at this point. The entire episode was drama free. They also didn't show Nakobe saving the Jags game or that the Cleveland game was close. For whatever reason they decided to just cover the games an all positive way. The closest to a negative that game was when they said they needed the break and that was just to introduce Baldiani. They didn't show the Saquon drop vs Atl either

That Carter takeover saved a game in the playoffs. It’s not really comparable to a regular season game-winning pick or a slog against Cleveland. I don’t see how highlighting what he did would be considered a negative. It was the single biggest defensive play of the entire season.

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

Game today

Big if true.