Let's say the Eagles offense puts up a bunch of points this weekend. Everyone will say the Bills defense sucks. Have given up over 30 points 3 times in 6 weeks. Can't win here.

Maybe no Lane after all

1 hour ago, vikas83 said:

A couple weeks ago it looked like he played his way into shape. I’m assuming injuries and a shorter offseason played a role in his usual offseason training regimen.

5 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

Let's say the Eagles offense puts up a bunch of points this weekend. Everyone will say the Bills defense sucks. Have given up over 30 points 3 times in 6 weeks. Can't win here.

And let’s say they score 13… then there’s a bigger problem.

6 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

Let's say the Eagles offense puts up a bunch of points this weekend. Everyone will say the Bills defense sucks. Have given up over 30 points 3 times in 6 weeks. Can't win here.

What happens if the O can't score more then say 13 points?

If your claiming the Bills Defense has been so so in the last 6 weeks then you better worry more about what people will say if we suck vs this so so defense. Even more if Jalen plays like he did vs the Packers, Lions, Cowboys or Chargers.

@mattwill

Eagles 17

Bills 15

Weather will have an impact and Barkley will be the key factor again

59 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I would be in favor of Toth at LG and Kendall at C the next 2 weeks to give Landon and Cam some time off, but I see no chance they do it.

Toth at center seems like the move with the lowest downside performance wise. He is likely better than an injured Cam. That kind of spot rest and recovery I favor, even as we fight for better seeding.

Haven't seen a lot of Marcus Epps posts, but I haven't heard his name called a lot since he took over and that's usually a good thing for someone in the secondary. Him being able to come in, be competent, and not have them rely on Sydney Brown has been a nice plus.

16 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

What happens if the O can't score more then say 13 points?

If your claiming the Bills Defense has been so so in the last 6 weeks then you better worry more about what people will say if we suck vs this so so defense. Even more if Jalen plays like he did vs the Packers, Lions, Cowboys or Chargers.

My guess is weather will impact this game, so it's a wasted exercise to really determine much here.

12 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Haven't seen a lot of Marcus Epps posts, but I haven't heard his name called a lot since he took over and that's usually a good thing for someone in the secondary. Him being able to come in, be competent, and not have them rely on Sydney Brown has been a nice plus.

Howie bringing back Big Fred and Epps late in camp (or after camp in Epps' case) really saved the season.

34 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

Lets not even worry about "Scenarios" until after we play the Bills. It's worthless even thinking about it until we know they can beat a playoff type team this weekend. Number 2 seed don't mean crap if we can't make it out of the first round. This weekend will show if the Birds O is back on track or not.

Everything we talk about on here is worthless. It's what we do as fans. Just like talking to our TVs during the game.

30 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Maybe no Lane after all

I couldn't care less if Lane doesn't play again in the regular season -- he's got plenty of experience.

I would like Carter to knock the rust off and hopefully trust his shoulders. But on a snap count.

1 minute ago, vikas83 said:

I couldn't care less if Lane doesn't play again in the regular season -- he's got plenty of experience.

I would like Carter to knock the rust off and hopefully trust his shoulders. But on a snap count.

Agreed. Carter is the bigger worry, especially since Vic made comments about his conditioning earlier in the year. Too much time off for him could be an issue.

1 minute ago, vikas83 said:

Howie bringing back Big Fred and Epps late in camp (or after camp in Epps' case) really saved the season.

Following the trade deadline we had and other smaller moves, Howie has done a nice job of filling holes that were on the team. Not his best job of bullet proofing a team, but a nice recovery. If he would have stood pat at deadline I would have been more disappointed. I still think he made things hard on himself this year. More than he needed to, but as we stand now, a solid turnaround.

Yes I'm fine with Lane sitting the rest of the way. Lis franc is not something you wanna mess around with and his injury is typically like 6 or so weeks recovery when it happened. Don't want him to have a setback in what could be a meaningless game for seeding.

3 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

Following the trade deadline we had and other smaller moves, Howie has done a nice job of filling holes that were on the team. Not his best job of bullet proofing a team, but a nice recovery. If he would have stood pat at deadline I would have been more disappointed. I still think he made things hard on himself this year. More than he needed to, but as we stand now, a solid turnaround.

Adding Phillips has been such a force multiplier for our pass rush, and now he hopefully get a healthy JC back as well. Carter/Davis/Ojomo/Young/BG at DT, Phillips/Smith/Hunt/BG on the edge. Our pass rush is improved from the Super Bowl if Carter is healthy: Davis is way better this year, Ojomo has been better than 2024 Milt, Phillips is better than Sweat, and Hunt has taken a leap.

The funny thing…

The eagles OL is banged up. Resting the jeopardizes Hurts and Barkley. Resting the offense means more snaps for defense so you better rest them too.

You really going to start Hurts and pound it with Barkley in the snow if you have 2/5 of your starting OL?

4 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Hi @mattwill

Do you have a summary of the pre-season record predictions from the EMB? Thanks.

I do. I will post it shortly here in the Blog and also in a thread of its own in TATE.

All due respect to Cam Jurgens - everyone knows he’s banged up and not having his best year but somehow he made the pro bowl over Mailata & Lane?

Popularity contest much?

Bills clinched so we'll see if they rest him or not. He prob plays.

Lego Linc

Good 2026 schedule news:

9 home games

The Eagles and Cowboys schedule will be about the same difficulty since these 1st or 2nd place pairs are not really distinguishable

Bears or Packers

Steelers or Ravens

Panthers or Bucs

6 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

Good 2026 schedule news:

9 home games

The Eagles and Cowboys schedule will be about the same difficulty since these 1st or 2nd place pairs are not really distinguishable

Bears or Packers

Steelers or Ravens

Panthers or Bucs

Money is on one of those "home" games being international.