4 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I would sit everyone or no one other than Cam. My comment was that I'd sit Jurgens for Toth because that seems like an actual upgrade if you're playing to win.

I like the idea of playing no one, but I'm not sure who the other tackle is... unless Lane needs PT.

Fred-Toth-Kendall-Pryor-C.Williams/H.Pierce (!?)

The POOR BABY! Josh Allen stuff is hilarious.

They have 2025's Saquon in James Cook.

They have a top 3 OL

They have 2 very good TEs.

They don't have Diggs because the relationship soured, Allen included.

Diggs is killing it in NE.

They don't have deep threat and tall target Mack Hollins because Allen did not fight for him.

They have Brandin Cooks because he hand picked them after forcing his way out of his last team.

The Bills are 6 in points and 5 in yards on offense. They ran into a Vic Fangio buzz saw. Its not their weakness on display.

McNabb's targets were far worse because of worm burner McNabb.

He was the most scattershot WCO QB in NFL history.

We saw Foles mastery of the position make Riley Cooper look like an NFL #2 WR.

We saw McNabb make everyone worse at WR.

Just watch the shoestring throw QB tackle on Baskett in the NFCCG.

He throws that to chest level and they might win the SB that year.

Too bad he was McNabb.

AJ Feely and Garcia just plugged in and kept it going. McNabb only carried the 2000 offense.

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

Barring the Rams getting upset by the Falcons or Cardinals, the Eagles will play the Seahawks/Niners/Packers first.

Rank them in order who you'd most like to play to least.

Packers, Seahawks, 49ers.

Pretty easy decision imo

3 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

I like the idea of playing no one, but I'm not sure who the other tackle is... unless Lane needs PT.

Fred-Toth-Kendall-Pryor-C.Williams/H.Pierce (!?)

I think you elevate Pierce from the PS. I don't think they want to add Williams to the 53 (not sure if window closed - missed 3 games, but hasn't been 21 days technically). Guess you could elevate him and cut AJ Dillon.

11 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I'm still thinking Super Bowl. While we all obsess on KP and the offense, this defense since the bye (and getting Phillips) has held GB to 7, Detroit to 9 and Buffalo to 12. Those are the 3rd (Detroit), 6th (Buffalo) and 13th (GB) highest scoring teams in the NFL. And Carter is finally healthier. This defense can drag KP to the Super Bowl.

Agreed.

I do think that Sirianni's conservative approach will be loosened some once we get to a win or go home game.

31 minutes ago, pisceschica said:

The eagles won’t be this lucky in playoffs.

I don't know what game you were watching but the defense was so dominant with pressure, containment and coverage that they literally had Allen rattled and sped up. That final pass is incomplete because a sped up Allen, heard ghosts and threw that ball a half second early. The defense doesn't always have to be perfect to have their presence be felt.

Rest 'em up next week. And then we have a brand new season and would not at all be surprised that this offense pulls its weight and plays more complementary footbball. They've had some good moments the last 3 weeks. Need more consistency and adapting midstream during games. As per usual, Hurts will show up for the big games, especially in the running department.... and hopefully they take that dang stray jacket off. Had pretty good accuracy yesterday with the intermediate and deep throws. We're good!

2 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I agree their WRs are not great, but having the top running attack in the NFL is a huge boost (and something McNabb never had). Our secondary is too good to be threatened by those WRs -- most of Buffalo's big plays were 50/50 balls (one of which wasn't caught, another where PI was BS). The one matchup in the playoffs that is concerning is LA since they can get Puka or Adams on Adoree through formations -- we'll help with a safety, but then Q is all alone on the short side against an all pro. You need 2 top WRs to really attack this secondary.

Yup. Coming into that buffalo game, I thought the secondary would do really well because the only threat you had to worry about was shakir. Which works to the Eagles favor because Cooper DeJean is so good. The fact of the matter is the only way the passing game really got beat in that game was 2 unbelievable catches (one shouldn’t have been but in the box score it goes), a hook and latter and frankly a BS PI Mitchell.

The reason I rather not face the Rams in the first round is exactly what you said. Their offense is set up to be able to attack the eagles secondary if Adams is healthy. Frankly, it feels like they purposely set it up that way, knowing that they were going to have to beat the Eagles to get themselves to another Super Bowl.

I look at the Seahawks, besides JSN I don’t think their wide receivers are all that good. The Eagles match up very well defensively with that offense. I think darnold would struggle because Mitchell Dejean are going to be able to slow JSN down more than most teams can do. The 49ers concern me if Kittle is available. Because you have to worry about Kittle in the middle of the field and CMC as a pass catcher. However, I think we have the linebackers to be able to slow them down. A lot of teams do not have what the Eagles do at that position. I actually think the secondary matches up well with their wide receivers. And the way that the pass rush is right now, if Trent Williams isn’t 100% healthy the eagle could feast on that line. Very similarly to that NFC championship game, where Brock Purdy got hurt.

Just now, Connecticut Eagle said:

Agreed.

I do think that Sirianni's conservative approach will be loosened some once we get to a win or go home game.

You can sense from his PC that it's bugging Hurts as well, as he talked about maintaining aggression. Need the guy who called the dagger in the Super Bowl to reappear.

Healthy Jalen Carter is the key to everything. Domination and violence

36 minutes ago, pisceschica said:

The eagles won’t be this lucky in playoffs.

Meh they pressured him all day and he was rushed. He made plenty of plays. That's what makes a 4th qtr comeback so hard. You have no room for error.

Jalyx Hunt was right in the passing lane on the 2pt conversion. The receiver was open but he would have had to zip it right by Hunt or get it up high. That wasn't a layup play when you consider the pass rush

25 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Yeah. Allen's superpower is his ability to create and make off schedule plays with his legs and arm. He's never been a pinpoint passer that runs the scheme.

I think Allen is really hurting...on his scramble that led to the massive 19 yard sack, he took off and was heading to the edge to turn upfield but one of the DTs (Carter?) pursued him from behind and created an angle to bring him down. That is when he back tracked and ran into other pursuing lineman, and eventually got too cute. I think a healthy Allen gets that edge easily...

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

Yup. Coming into that buffalo game, I thought the secondary would do really well because the only threat you had to worry about was shakir. Which works to the Eagles favor because Cooper DeJean is so good. The fact of the matter is the only way the passing game really got beat in that game was 2 unbelievable catches (one shouldn’t have been but in the box score it goes), a hook and latter and frankly a BS PI Mitchell.

The reason I rather to face the Rams in the first round is exactly what you said. Their offense is set up to be able to attack the eagles secondary if Adams is healthy. Frankly, it feels like they purposely set it up that way, knowing that they were going to have to beat the Eagles to get themselves to another Super Bowl.

I look at the Seahawks, besides JSN I don’t think their wide receivers are all that good. The Eagles match up very well defensively with that offense. I think darnold would struggle because Mitchell Dejean are going to be able to slow JSN down more than most teams can do. The 49ers concern me if Kittle is available. Because you have to worry about Kittle in the middle of the field and CMC as a pass catcher. However, I think we have the linebackers to be able to slow them down. A lot of teams do not have what the Eagles do at that position. I actually think the secondary matches up well with their wide receivers. And the way that the pass rush is right now, if Trent Williams isn’t 100% healthy the eagle could feast on that line. Very similarly to that NFC championship game, where Brock Purdy got hurt.

The key to beating LA will be (i) maintaining aggression on offense and (ii) getting pressure on Stafford and hitting him constantly. I think with a healthy (or healthier) Carter and Phillips in the mix (along with Hunt and Ojomo emerging), we can pressure Stafford into mistakes. We've done it before - forced 2 fumbles in the playoffs last year (recovered one), sacked him 5 times.

51 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Kafka could be great (or awful), but he doesn't check any boxes that everyone is clamoring for. He isn't proven at all. He had a tenuous relationship with Daboll where they constantly were back-and-forth in who was play calling en route to no success whatsoever. Not proven, not universally respected, not a known entity. Sure, he went to Andy Reid university, but that's the LAST way the Jalen Hurts offense needs to be run.

My point is that everyone is saying it was so moronic that the eagles didn't get a proven, experienced play calling OC for this year. OC jobs either get filled by ascending inexperienced position coaches who are NOT proven or fired head coaches who have done that job before as an OC. Or, I suppose, we could look at the scrap heap of OC's that get fired in the next couple months (inclusive of Kafka), but they are going to be people who really are not that desirable.

Sorry if I missed, who were your guys?

42 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Was waiting for this -- so we had Latu on the field for 6 snaps, and Pryor as the extra O Lineman for 1 snap. We know the 6 Latu snaps were all successful plays. Maybe I'm selling false hope, but getting Lane back and bumping Fred back to his 6th OL role could massively help the run game. Also, give Latu all of Calcaterra's snaps already...

Let's hope Latu didn't have sort of injury during the game

AJ was not superstar AJ in Tennessee. He was a 1000-1100 yard guy on the Titans.

Hurts unlocked his 1500 yard ability (but Siri held them back in 2nd half of lots of games)

Imagine having AJ and DeVonta on 1st and 20 where a 1st down beats the Cardinals and you are so scared that you run 3 times and kick a FG.

This year is all on AJ for his injury to start the year, missing a game, and his low energy and effort

50 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

This. The Eagles are the best team in the NFC; only the Seahawks have a defense even comparable, and if Hurts can't outplay Sam Darnold in a playoff game with the talent he has around him then that's all that needs to be said. I'm still assuming he picks up his game for the playoffs and doesn't have another Bucs outcome, but only time will tell.

It’s not merely on hurts. As a hurts hater myself, even Stevie wonder can see the play calling is absolutely atrocious

10 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

You can sense from his PC that it's bugging Hurts as well, as he talked about maintaining aggression. Need the guy who called the dagger in the Super Bowl to reappear.

They bubble-wrapped him yesterday. No designed runs.

2 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Let's hope Latu didn't have sort of injury during the game

Hopefully we find out he was concussed prior to his Special Teams "moment".

1 minute ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

They bubble-wrapped him yesterday. No designed runs.

To be fair it wasn’t the time to do designed runs when you’re just jockeying for an unlikely spot in playoff seeding

1 minute ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

They bubble-wrapped him yesterday. No designed runs.

I just believe that the OC studied game film from the 1970's rainy games and decided that would be the game plan for yesterday's second half. No sense of awareness that the modern NFL can have wide open offenses in challenging weather conditions. Two consecutive runs and a short pass on every series doesn't cut it...ever.

4 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

The key to beating LA will be (i) maintaining aggression on offense and (ii) getting pressure on Stafford and hitting him constantly. I think with a healthy (or healthier) Carter and Phillips in the mix (along with Hunt and Ojomo emerging), we can pressure Stafford into mistakes. We've done it before - forced 2 fumbles in the playoffs last year (recovered one), sacked him 5 times.

The only thing that worries me with the defense is whether or not they’re gonna get rundown because of the offense. Even in the Rams game this year, that kind of happened and they got put in bad positions because of the offense. Also, like the Bears game, I think they were just gas from having to play the amount of players they did and yet somehow they still managed to keep the bears to 24 points

Some of us had a discussion last night about the 2000 ravens and they were able to win a SB even with Trent Dilfer and an average offense (for lack of better words). The difference between the 2000 ravens and the Eagles this year (imo that defense may have been more dominant), is the ravens down the stretch of that season got Jamal Lewis playing at his best. His last 8 games of that season he was averaging 116 yards a game and 4.6 yards per carry. That defense was incredible, but the reason why they were able to sustain that level of play was because they weren’t getting worn down as Lewis was keeping the offense in the field and not having halves of 1 st and 20 yards. imo the Eagles have more talent on offense than that ravens team, and a better passing game. However, the ravens offense, even with the talent deficiencies they have compared to the 2025 eagle was able to at least move the ball somewhat consistently to give the defense time off to sustain their excellence.