29 minutes ago, Blazehound said:

No way the Panthers beat Tampa Bay twice in three weeks plus the Seahawks.

If they do, they really earned the 3 seed.

9 minutes ago, shlo said:

I'm skeptical about the success the offense had. The Commanders defense is terrible, and particularly so aginst the run. And they were playing a game they knew they were losing as soon as Josh Johnson entered the game. To me the offense still looks sluggish, inconsistent, and without rhythm.

The Eagles O is their own worst enemy.

59 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

Even at the 3 seed, I think the Eagles have a pretty favorable bracket.

Bears at the 2 seed most likely host the Packers or Lions which would be a close game that they could easily lose.

The 1, 5, and 6 seeds will be the Seahawks, Niners, and Rams. We really want the Rams to get the 1 seed because them hosting the nfc championship game would be 75% Eagle fans.

Either way, whoever the #1 seed could ultimately lose to whichever wild card team they face. That would mean if the Eagles get through the divisional round that they’ll host the NFCCG again.

Think there’s a good chance of this happening.

The Eagles basically need to win 1’out of the last 2 games for the 3 seed, right?

2 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

The Eagles O is their own worst enemy.

The constant self-inflicted wounds by pre snap penalties support this thesis.

8 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

This isn't true, they convert it over 60%. It's a majority conversion play, which is always acceptable. They aren't better off running it because they have the highest rate of tackle for losses in the NFL. They need to run it and actually execute it. And Stoutland needs to do his job for a change this season and start coaching up the OL. And they need to get back to doing it the old way, because they changed some things about how they do it and they made it worse. Because this coaching staff overthinks and sucks at everything.

If anything they need to do it more. Just do it right. In no way with this OL ever be better off handing it off than sneaking it. Unless they hand it off on a fake tush push. But certainly not a traditional run.

If it remains their best way to get 1 yard, fine. But I believe their best option to get 1 yard is Hurts rolling out with an option to Goedert vs keeping.

Regardless, going for it on 4th and 1 and undercutting zone coverage to get to 4th and 1 simply because of the tush push need to be off the table. It’s no longer 1st and 9.

2 hours ago, krzyroone07 said:

Rest seems like the worst of ideas to me. This isn’t a team firing on all cylinders.

Playing Buffalo in 20 degrees isn’t the thing to get them firing on all cylinders. A healthy OL might though.

The biggest change over 2 weeks in both games is that the running game is…ostensibly…back. But not only did they play 2 horrible defense…they played 2 horrible defenses in cold weather that truly quit. Both defenses were visibly apathetic at times, had minimal interest in flowing to the ball, and were allergic to tackling. They looked like defenses in the Honolulu pro bowl game.

I don’t know if the run blocking and running game are actually back or if they truly faced 2 defenses 2 weeks in a row that had no interest whatsoever in getting physical enough to stop it.

7 hours ago, DaBirds said:

I’m not 100% DJ caught that. 🤣

Great ending though.

You are correct. That was a ref proving Puka wrong and NOT wanting to go on TV to say he didn't complete the process of the catch. He was looking at him like "OH crap you didnt really just let go of that ball."

1 hour ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

Even at the 3 seed, I think the Eagles have a pretty favorable bracket.

Bears at the 2 seed most likely host the Packers or Lions which would be a close game that they could easily lose.

The 1, 5, and 6 seeds will be the Seahawks, Niners, and Rams. We really want the Rams to get the 1 seed because them hosting the nfc championship game would be 75% Eagle fans.

Either way, whoever the #1 seed could ultimately lose to whichever wild card team they face. That would mean if the Eagles get through the divisional round that they’ll host the NFCCG again.

Think there’s a good chance of this happening.

Under the massive assumption that the Eagles can actually win 2 playoff games, the benefit to Rams as 1 seed is a cush nice weather hospitable crowd in the NFCCG. Benefit to Seahawks as 1 seed is that they’ll get knocked off in the divisional game.

20 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Playing Buffalo in 20 degrees isn’t the thing to get them firing on all cylinders. A healthy OL might though.

Just my opinion, but if you rest starters and get smoked by Buffalo right before the playoffs it’s a recipe to flame out in the first round. Like I said, they lack many things but I think they’d benefit from confidence gained by beating a team like Buffalo

At minimum, I am bringing a Hall of Famer named Justin Tucker in for a tryout today. Figure you only need him for a few games and he should be well rested. Had one bad season in his entire career and kicked many a playoff game. This is your guy. Elliott is unplayable right now. But if not Elliott, Koo the guy from the Falcons has had a solid career there. Change of scenery type of deal here. Kickers are like relief pitchers and they go hot and cold. Need to at least try to correct this issue. Perfect timing for tryouts as we really dont need the next 2 games and Elliott is likely gone this offseason anyway. This year the margin of error for this team is smaller and can't afford to lose 3 points routinely.

3 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

At minimum, I am bringing a Hall of Famer named Justin Tucker in for a tryout today. Figure you only need him for a few games and he should be well rested. Had one bad season in his entire career and kicked many a playoff game. This is your guy. Elliott is unplayable right now. If not Elliott, Koo the guy from the Falcons has had a solid career there. Change of scenery type of deal here. Kickers are like relief pitchers. Need to try at least try to correct this issue. Perfect timing for tryouts as we really dont need the next 2 games and Elliott is likely gone this offseason anyway.

People thought this about Elliott last year and he recovered for the post season. Really, the issue was with his long snapper. It should come as no surprise that this year "his" struggles began when his LS got injured again.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

People thought this about Elliott last year and he recovered for the post season. Really, the issue was with his long snapper. It should come as no surprise that this year "his" struggles began when his LS got injured again.

The guy is just too fragile. It's always been the excuse about the snapper, or the holder or whatever with him. 3 bad seasons now out of last 6. And 4 bad seasons in his career from 50+. This guy is now over-rated and likely washed at age 30. Ready to move on and detaching any emotion here.

Good win yesterday. 3 FG misses are worrisome. All were missing to the left. Jake is a vet and should know how to make in-game adjustments. Or the ST coach would make the call to correct the problem. They changed the LS to address the misses in previous games. That did not work as well as intended. The issues appeared to be on Jake and for the coaches to work with him to make things right again.

Re the next game vs Buffalo, that is a good team and a potential AFC team at SB. Resting the starters and got beat would be bad for confidence going into playoff. If they win over the Bills, that would be a huge booster! Sit the players recovering from injuries and play to win the game, would be the best approach IMHO.

Just now, jojodancer said:

The guy is just too fragile. It's always been the excuse about the snapper, or the holder or whatever with him. 3 bad seasons now out of last 6. And 4 bad seasons in his career from 50+. This guy is now over-rated and likely washed at age 30. Ready to move on.

Like last year, competition in TC is welcomed. Its premature to be bashing him so badly.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

Like last year, competition in TC is welcomed. Its premature to be bashing him so badly.

I don't think so. Yesterday was embarrassing in not just missing the field goals, but how badly they missed. In consecutive fashion with lack of making adjustments, which at this time of year is essential with kickers and the inclement weather. This is now 2 bad seasons in a row. Think he's had as much rope as anybody. Worst kicker in the league. Literally.

Should juat rest them until the playoffs.

27 minutes ago, krzyroone07 said:

Just my opinion, but if you rest starters and get smoked by Buffalo right before the playoffs it’s a recipe to flame out in the first round. Like I said, they lack many things but I think they’d benefit from confidence gained by beating a team like Buffalo

I understand that opinion, but respectfully disagree. I see a team that had 15 games to sort it out this year and made absolutely zero progress in doing so. Excluding the debate about Hurts and Patullo (and they are the QB and OC for the playoffs, so that's not changing), that leaves 2 theoretically reversible problems......the need for more time to build confidence/rhythm/sort-it-out or the need to get a healthy OL and rested Barkley.

Again, they had 15 games with no progress on the former option. I really don't think a 20 degree game against the Bills is the missing piece. But 21 days of r&r might actually do it for Barkley and the OL.

15 minutes ago, Penn7980 said:

Good win yesterday. 3 FG misses are worrisome. All were missing to the left. Jake is a vet and should know how to make in-game adjustments. Or the ST coach would make the call to correct the problem. They changed the LS to address the misses in previous games. That did not work as well as intended. The issues appeared to be on Jake and for the coaches to work with him to make things right again.

Re the next game vs Buffalo, that is a good team and a potential AFC team at SB. Resting the starters and got beat would be bad for confidence going into playoff. If they win over the Bills, that would be a huge booster! Sit the players recovering from injuries and play to win the game, would be the best approach IMHO.

What happens if they play the starters, lose, and drop a few guys to injury? That's the most likely scenario in a cold weather game against a very good team that needs the W when the Eagles all know they don't need it.

I don't think anyone's confidence or feelings will be hurt if a bunch of our backups get their doors blown off while the starters are goofing off on the sidelines.

11 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

I don't think so. Yesterday was embarrassing in not just missing the field goals, but how badly they missed. In consecutive fashion with lack of making adjustments, which at this time of year is essential with kickers and the inclement weather. This is now 2 bad seasons in a row. Think he's had as much rope as anybody. Worst kicker in the league. Literally.

Well, Im not gonna pretend to know if its the kicker or the snaps. Issues have coincided with snapper issues but the team will know. If Elliott is released, obviously they felt its him. If hes not, then Im not gonna keep complaining they need to bring in a new kicker and Elliott sucks. It would indicate they dont think he has an issue.

6 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Should juat rest them until the playoffs.

Thats stupid.

5 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I understand that opinion, but respectfully disagree. I see a team that had 15 games to sort it out this year and made absolutely zero progress in doing so. Excluding the debate about Hurts and Patullo (and they are the QB and OC for the playoffs, so that's not changing), that leaves 2 theoretically reversible problems......the need for more time to build confidence/rhythm/sort-it-out or the need to get a healthy OL and rested Barkley.

Again, they had 15 games with no progress on the former option. I really don't think a 20 degree game against the Bills is the missing piece. But 21 days of r&r might actually do it for Barkley and the OL.

Yea I see that side of it, and it might wind up being the right view. We have seen teams get hot at the right time and figure it out at the end of the season, which I think we need to occur. We’d limit that option by shutting it down. But again, it’s entirely hypothetical and just my view.

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

I understand that opinion, but respectfully disagree. I see a team that had 15 games to sort it out this year and made absolutely zero progress in doing so. Excluding the debate about Hurts and Patullo (and they are the QB and OC for the playoffs, so that's not changing), that leaves 2 theoretically reversible problems......the need for more time to build confidence/rhythm/sort-it-out or the need to get a healthy OL and rested Barkley.

Again, they had 15 games with no progress on the former option. I really don't think a 20 degree game against the Bills is the missing piece. But 21 days of r&r might actually do it for Barkley and the OL.

Yup. This team has more to lose than gain by playing starters next week. This team looks best when it's rested. It's the defense needing rest because of heavy snap counts. While the offense needs it because of injured guys and just resting some vets. That will do them more help than harm overall. As they have played on many short weeks all season and a ton of games over 3 years. A game in the arctic of Buffalo on a slick field potentially will prove nothing for me. Rest your guys. First opponent should be at home against a lesser opponent and could afford to take a chance on rust factor.

4 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

Yup. This team has more to lose than gain by playing starters next week. This team looks best when it's rested. It's more the defense that really needs it, with heavy snap counts. The offense needs it because of injured guys and just resting some vets. That will do them more help than harm overall. As they have played on many short weeks all season and a ton of games over 3 years. A game in the arctic of Buffalo on a slick field potentially will prove nothing for me. Rest your guys. First opponent should be at home against a lesser opponent and could afford to take a chance on rust factor.

This is not a rhythm passing team where we could lose some delicate balance we've had this year and risk coming out flat in the playoffs. When the OL blows open holes and Barkley dominates, everything else falls into place. This is also a smart, well-coached defense that has played too many snaps this year. The opportunity for a rested defense, rested Barkley, and just maybe an OL that is healthier than it's been since week 1 will (IMO) do far more to facilitate a fast start wild card weekend than even the best case scenario feel-good performance against the Bills.

This is also a seasoned playoff team. They don't need a cold weather game against the Bills to feel ready for the playoffs. Jaelan Phillips is the only player of note on the entire team that hasn't played extensive snaps in huge playoff games. This team has it's flaws, but their mental space in a playoff game isn't going to be one of them. That's something that will significantly offset a long layoff pre-playoffs.