1 minute ago, jamiller said:

Awesome when kids follow in the tradition.

I just hope my kids get to experience/watch a SB with the Cowboys in it...preferrably winning one. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have experienced/watched '77, '92, '93, and '95. All they have ever seen is failure in the post-season.

23 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

I had typed up some things that I think are happening earlier this week but decided not post them...I'll try to be brief.

I think the vanilla approach deliberate and is simply because what the Eagles did last year worked well and they basically out-athleted everyone else for the most part (20-2 stretch). They didn't have to get cute or show too much. Maybe that is by design idk. If not these are some questions I would be asking:

1. How often do the Eagles use motion to determine man or zone in the secondary? This definitely matters as it can create lesser chance of success on the initial play call if the defense has an advantage with whatever coverage they are in. I watch the Eagles, but not every game, I don't seem to recall a lot of motion, I may be wrong.

2. How often does Jalen audible? Again, I don't see a lot of it but I don't watch every game. If the intial play call is called to work against a certain zone/man look, and you get that look, fine, run it. You have to be able to audible out to a more effective play if you aren't getting the defensive alignment the play was designed to run against. Typically blocking assignments change based on the look, not necessarily the play itself, but sometimes you need to change the play.

3. Does Jalen get the correct read of the defense alignment pre-snap? If he is then I would expect more audibles being called, especially when coverages are more disguised than they were say 10 years ago and even further back. It seems to me a lot of veteran QBs audible more frequently than the Eagles do, again I may be wrong.

4. Do they have tendencies in the play calling? Absolutley yes. I posted yesterday or the day before about the under center vs shotgun/run vs pass tendencies. I actually found an estimated stat (admitted limited data from the source article publisher) that said the Eagles run 85% of the time when under center this year. Last year the percentage was 84%. That alone can make running the ball very difficult. If I were the D coordinator I am loading the box every time they are under center, and likely bringing a run blitz, with two deep safeties to prevent the home run ball.

At the same time, a healthier O-Line might just allow the Eagles to out-athlete everyone again this year. This might sound crazy but I have even considered the fact that the Eagles may simply be holding back putting anything on tape before they really need to (they are 4-1 with an inside track at HFA), maybe saving some formations/plays/looks for the play-offs/SB run. I am sure when we all played (not NFL I know 😁) plays were added each week as the season went along, maybe some of that is happening as well.

Yeah a lot of that has been analyzed. The players are mentioning publicly that it's taking too long to get plays in, which reduces time for Jalen to read defenses pre-snap. He's been pretty good with audibles. I also think Patullo was trying to redo last year and just run Barkley and expect it to be wide open, and with a banged up O line that's not happening. He'll adjust to some more passing or get Barkley outside a little, then never do it again and shrink to conservative again. Hurts at one point said they need to not play to not lose. Patullo might be too scared of risk, playing too safe. They need to open up the playbook and let the talent do their thing.

I'm already concerned, but if they look meh again tonight, it's going to be sounding the alarm time. They have way too much talent to be playing the way they have and each game that goes by without improvement is more of an indictment on the coaching.

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

Yeah a lot of that has been analyzed. The players are mentioning publicly that it's taking too long to get plays in, which reduces time for Jalen to read defenses pre-snap. He's been pretty good with audibles. I also think Patullo was trying to redo last year and just run Barkley and expect it to be wide open, and with a banged up O line that's not happening. He'll adjust to some more passing or get Barkley outside a little, then never do it again and shrink to conservative again. Hurts at one point said they need to not play to not lose. Patullo might be too scared of risk, playing too safe. They need to open up the playbook and let the talent do their thing.

I think Jalen plays better in the pass game when he is slinging it and is more loose. I know you can't just take stupid chances but he needs some rope...additionally PHI needs to use play action more...they were 5th in the league through 2 games, not sure what they are after 5 games...last year they ranked 6th in play action.

Gameday Afternoon Eagles-Giants Game Score Predictions Update - Only 7 hours until Kickoff

37 predictions recorded

35 are for an Eagles win and 2 are for a Giants win.  The average predicted score is Eagles 29 Giants 15.

I believe I got everyone's prediction. If you don't see your name below, I either missed your prediction or you haven't submitted one yet.

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.

The list of the 37 predictions that are recorded is presented below, sorted high to low by Eagles points predicted. Giants win predictions when any come in are highlighted in yellow.

3 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I'm already concerned, but if they look meh again tonight, it's going to be sounding the alarm time. They have way too much talent to be playing the way they have and each game that goes by without improvement is more of an indictment on the coaching.

Don't be surprised if it's a close game and not the satisfying offensive performance everyone hopes for. Short week, injuries, crap field over there, Patullo playing things too safe, they may play conservative and try to get out with a win and use the longer time to rest and prep for the Vikings game. I hope not, I hope they offense shows out, but I wouldn't be surprised.

9 minutes ago, Iggles25 said:

@mattwill

Eagles 27

Giants 20

Bonus: Hurts more rushing yards than Barkley.

Thanks. Yours will appear in the next update.

26 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Spoon fight?

2 dangerous offenses = knife fight; 2 inept offenses = spoon fight

If I thought either of these teams could run effectively, I'd say it might be a rock fight.

Holy crap! Mike went off!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/658558720645320/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

19 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Don't be surprised if it's a close game and not the satisfying offensive performance everyone hopes for. Short week, injuries, crap field over there, Patullo playing things too safe, they may play conservative and try to get out with a win and use the longer time to rest and prep for the Vikings game. I hope not, I hope they offense shows out, but I wouldn't be surprised.

I won't be surprised, in fact I'm expecting it honestly.

11 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

Holy crap! Mike went off!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/658558720645320/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

Mike keeps his coke supplier busy.

1 hour ago, shlo said:

It's a shame McNabb had so many years with terrible receivers.

5 years at the beginning of his career. When he also had outstanding TEs, RBs, and the best OL in the nfl.

And after that he had all of that plus top notch WRs too.

People give Hurts crap for having it easy. Mcnabb had AR as the total control HC/OC his entire career here with no instability. A better pass blocking OL. And lots of WRs after 2003 that knew how to get open…and some of the best pass catching backs of their generation.

Am I overreacting or is it too early to be going into a church and lighting a candle for the team ? I’m sure there are more sensible ways to help the team, but I don’t trust the offense as a whole to actually play well enough to not have the defense Fed late in the game.

2 minutes ago, NOTW said:

That can't be accurate. I remember after Week 1 people talking about how much more under center there was

@mattwill

Eagles 16

Giants 17

Another stinker.

No individual receiver goes over 75 yards receiving on our team, and Jordan Davis gets a sack.

28 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Don't be surprised if it's a close game and not the satisfying offensive performance everyone hopes for. Short week, injuries, crap field over there, Patullo playing things too safe, they may play conservative and try to get out with a win and use the longer time to rest and prep for the Vikings game. I hope not, I hope they offense shows out, but I wouldn't be surprised.

You're right. I think the Giants would really have to lay an egg for this to be a total blowout.

The Eagles don't really need to lay it all out there unless it's a one score game in the 4th quarter.

What I'm going to be looking for is an end to the unforced penalties and some improved run blocking.

We may still get some three and outs because there's no need to put Hurts at risk or throw into danger.

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

That can't be accurate. I remember after Week 1 people talking about how much more under center there was

Maybe it's just Dan's understanding.

7 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Mike keeps his coke supplier busy.

He’s not wrong though, playing football, not just at receiver, was a whole other experience up until 20-25 years ago. The podcast that pissed him off was younger players basically saying DBs had it easy when Deion was playing because receivers were slow and not hard to cover.

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

That can't be accurate. I remember after Week 1 people talking about how much more under center there was

Unless he meant 5 pass plays from under center?

Right there someone else is saying 7 under center plays in one game

@mattwill

Eagles 19

Giants 13

Giants defense gets 7 sacks

18 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

That can't be accurate. I remember after Week 1 people talking about how much more under center there was

There was but they quickly realized that they run from under center every time. No passing form under center. Hurts would have to understand a basic QB fundamental like how to take a drop, and he cant do that.

37 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

Holy crap! Mike went off!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/658558720645320/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

I feel like that recording started in the middle of his rant and context is missing. What was he going on about?

@mattwill

Eagles 13

Giants 23

Skattebo over 100 yards rushing

14 minutes ago, EagleJoe8 said:

I feel like that recording started in the middle of his rant and context is missing. What was he going on about?

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