50 minutes ago, Arsenal79 said:

DUMB AND DUMBER with another masterclass in offensive playcalling!

My group watching were screaming for play action out of those sets. We were severely disappointed.

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

What @vikas83 been telling you guys for a while

Coward. We had $88,356,018 dead cap this year. I say we try to double it!!!

1 minute ago, Arsenal79 said:

The immediate cap hit doesn't matter that much. What matters more is the cumulative savings over the years by cutting/trading him now versus keeping him one more year. Cap hits can be spread around and no one does it better than Howie.

I'm very tempted to save Brown's $29m 2026 comp by getting rid of him now. If we keep him we eat that additional amount in the future.

Tend to think if you do that now then probably going to restrict yourself more this offseason for the benefit of the future. Imo it would be like 2021 where kind of resetting yourself and expectations are lowered. I not sure the eagles are willing to accept that fate for 2026 with the defense they have in place and not yet very expensive

23 minutes ago, NOTW said:

He said they have talked and are in a great place, and they'll talk again tonight.

Your prior post you said when asked about AJ, he laughed. Seemingly indicating a problem.

People say things to reporters and fans. But sometimes their body says something else. No?

3 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

One thing that I think has been overlooked is how much Patullo panicked and totally abandoned the run once they got down the field on the last drive. The Niners were playing coverage and the Eagles had all three timeouts

Definitely. I was yelling to throw in a draw at some point and we had plenty of time to do it with all our TOs available.

Instead DUMBER couldn't think up anything better than spamming 4 verts over and over again.

23 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Anyone blaming anything other than the coaching...give me and explanation on this:

Roster management/player usage with this staff is some of the most head scratching stuff I've ever seen. Calcaterra being overused. Tank being underused. PR being anyone but Covey the minute he was healthy. Not using IR on Lane and he misses 9 games. I have no idea what they are looking at with their own players.

I said back during the season that I heard from someone I trust that AJ Brown isn't going anywhere. And I believe them for all the reasons I and others have stated. It doesn't make sense logically or financially. I think 2027 it's very possible though.

Jeff McLane said he wouldn't be surprised if the Eagles keep Patullo but remove him as OC and move him back to pass game coordinator and the spin is Sirianni falling on the sword and saying he put Patullo in a tough situation and that's on him.

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Tend to think if you do that now then probably going to restrict yourself more this offseason for the benefit of the future. Imo it would be like 2021 where kind of resetting yourself and expectations are lowered. I not sure the eagles are willing to accept that fate for 2026 with the defense they have in place and not yet very expensive

Agree with this, it would likely signal a one-year reset. That might be the best approach now, but I agree it's doubtful the front office does this.

I personally just don't see the value in paying Brown another $30m for one more season like this.

24 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I used to think that, but I think it'll be close. We just don't know how the Eagles view Blankenship. They may not think he's worth 12-14m per season. And frankly, I don't either. Maybe they do though, who knows.

What's the last impact play Reed has made vs Dean? Reed Blankenship took a gamble on himself by getting a new agent and stopping all contract talks with the Eagles. He wants to get paid. Will he is the question. I'm going to remain bullish on Dean. He needs to be back. The Eagles don't have another player on the roster who plays the way he does. Baun does, but it seems like Vic stopped using him as a pass rusher for some reason. Regardless, Baun is gone after next year. One more year of overlap at LB is fine with me if it keeps Dean in the house.

4 minutes ago, paco said:

Coward. We had $88,356,018 dead cap this year. I say we try to double it!!!

I just looked, we currently stand at $73,867,492 in dead cap in 2026

Ironically, the guy who was the whipping boy around here for the first half of the year was one of our most competent players in the 2nd half of the season. Adoree Jackson. That just tells you how loopy this season was. Everything you thought you knew, you didn't.

2 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Jeff McLane said he wouldn't be surprised if the Eagles keep Patullo but remove him as OC and move him back to pass game coordinator and the spin is Sirianni falling on the sword and saying he put Patullo in a tough situation and that's on him.

I'd keep him as Red Zone coordinator.

Nick Sirianni is literally the luckiest MF in the whole entire world.

And now he has literally has 3 scapegoats that save his own hide. KP AJ Elliot

24 minutes ago, Arsenal79 said:

No way I'm paying him that much after this last game, and quite frankly the entire season. Reed is a JAG. If he stays for cheap that's fine, but we need to save our powder for other positions.

We really need to hope that Mukuba takes a big step forward in year 2. I'd be fine pairing him with Epps as a stopgap instead of paying big money to Reed.

Seeing the news the Mukuba is HOPEFULL to be fully recovered by the end of the summer was pretty shocking and might change some plans at safety. At the very least, you bring Epps back on a 1-year deal. You address safety in the draft. If Blankenship tests the market and sees his value isn't what he gambled on, then you bring him back if the price is right...and cheap.

1 minute ago, Sack that QB said:

Jeff McLane said he wouldn't be surprised if the Eagles keep Patullo but remove him as OC and move him back to pass game coordinator and the spin is Sirianni falling on the sword and saying he put Patullo in a tough situation and that's on him.

I’d be surprised. The passing game has actually been the problem including while he had that title.

I don’t think they’d force a new OC to inherit that situation so I’m not going to get upset by McLane’s tweet unless it happens

2 minutes ago, Arsenal79 said:

Agree with this, it would likely signal a one-year reset. That might be the best approach now, but I agree it's doubtful the front office does this.

I personally just don't see the value in paying Brown another $30m for one more season like this.

It's almost as if you lose all the efficiencies of pushing money out into the future when money is cheaper when you are forced to keep a player due to a huge dead cap hit.

7 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

One thing that I think has been overlooked is how much Patullo panicked and totally abandoned the run once they got down the field on the last drive. The Niners were playing coverage and the Eagles had all three timeouts

Yeah i just mentioned that last page. After the smith catch it’s 1st and 10 from 21 with 1:28 left. With 3 timeouts you could have tried a run and caught the niners playing pass. Imo didn’t want to score too fast anyway as niners would only need a FG to tie. Probably better off making that possession score or lose. Furthermore could’ve also used a QB draw on 2nd or 3rd down knowing you just needed to make it more manageable. When they got to 3rd and 4th and long it was over unless we made a great throw and catch. Unlikely given how we were playing.

3 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Jeff McLane said he wouldn't be surprised if the Eagles keep Patullo but remove him as OC and move him back to pass game coordinator and the spin is Sirianni falling on the sword and saying he put Patullo in a tough situation and that's on him.

This is 100% coming from the Sirianni camp. Dude can’t live without his best buddy, knows he won’t get hired anywhere else decent, and is clinging to any workaround he can. This is Press Taylor, cut and dry GTFO territory

PHI was top of the league in red zone scoring percentage this year...I realize the 21 is not the red zone, but they started 1st & 10 at the 20 before a 1 yard sack...then 3 straight incompletions. I was shocked, I just knew they would score the TD.

As far as the OC vs Hurts discussion. Other than dealing with player contracts and roster needs I wouldn't try to change too much other than a new OC. PHI has the horses, Kingsbury might be the guy, he's done it in college, teaching the QB position and growing from there. If you can teach your scheme to an 18 year old you can teach it to Hurts(not a knock on Hurts). That should allow for a more traditional, open, not so risk averse, simplistic offensive scheme/approach that should take more advantage of the skill sets already on the roster. If it is really a Hurts inability to process route progression/reads, get the OC in as early as possible and spend as much time as allowed under the NFLPA CBA with the new OC and Hurts, the guy can learn/improve if enough time and effort is put into it. You cannot let his "comfort level" dictate how productive the offense can be. He has to evolve in the offense and make others around him great, or at a minimum allow them to be as good as their skill sets ceiling might be, that definitely didn't happen this year.

Siri has to be better as a HC developing the locker room chemistry year to year. Winning the SB was awesome LAST YEAR. Team chemistry changes each season, especially in moderm football where rosters see more churn than most football fans want to see. With the roster changes and OC change this year it never seemed like the chemistry was re-established or meshed. The HC has to bring the team together as one unit, a veteran team can lean on players but at the end of the day the HC has to own the pulse of the team. I think this was the biggest factor of the way things turned out yesterday.

PHI still owns the division and should be favored next year to win it...the WC exit is disappointing yes, but they should have a plan ASAP to use that disappointment as motivation, the window is smaller but PHI is also still in a lot better position than many, many organizations in the NFL to overcome this coming league year. It doesn't take a top ten offense with what the defense will have next year, a mid-level offense and PHI is right back in the thick of a SB hunt next year.

26 minutes ago, Arsenal79 said:

I don't mind if Calc comes back under a new competent OC. A coach who isn't a moron would know how to use, and more importantly how NOT to use him. The only reason we wanted him to miss time is because DUMB and DUMBER consistently misuse him.

Nah, there's no reason to bring him back. He hasn't once made a play that made me think he's worth sticking with. He was never a mismatch. He never made a play that was because he has unique traits. He's the Jaggiest of JAGs. Not to mention the complete liability he is in the run game. Don't let the door hit ya (especially in the head cuz your next concussion is your last).

Just now, Saltpeter said:

This is 100% coming from the Sirianni camp. Dude can’t live without his best buddy, knows he won’t get hired anywhere else decent, and is clinging to any workaround he can. This is Press Taylor, cut and dry GTFO territory

I don't think it came from anywhere, it wasn't a report, it was him just riffing on his podcast and speaking about the situation and what he sees happening. But he said Patullo is 100% gone as OC and they actually were going to consider firing him even if they won a SB.

3 minutes ago, Arsenal79 said:

Agree with this, it would likely signal a one-year reset. That might be the best approach now, but I agree it's doubtful the front office does this.

I personally just don't see the value in paying Brown another $30m for one more season like this.

If eagles felt that way then i could understand and do it. I’d have no issue with it if they felt this core couldn’t get back to a SB. Like you said doubtful. Imo They kind of made the line of demarcation 2027 with brown. I think they realized that offense was going to be overhauled completely in 2027 and rebuilt over 2027 and 2028. Use the defense to keep them competitive until the offense got back to where they want it

4 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Jeff McLane said he wouldn't be surprised if the Eagles keep Patullo but remove him as OC and move him back to pass game coordinator and the spin is Sirianni falling on the sword and saying he put Patullo in a tough situation and that's on him.

No way, cannot see that happening. Can't see the new OC wanting to agree to that - Sirianni was given an opportunity to choose his OC and it failed miserably, this will be back in the hands of Howie.

28 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

I am grateful for the Philadelphia faithful.

No BS - although you need to keep up with the BS they throw at us.

Hurts - although not perfect - comes in every day - does his job - and everyone wants to crucify him.

It's like US - the ones born and raised in Philadelphia - we are of the same Spirit - and when BS talks - BS walks.

F THEM.

The invaders can suck a D - You F'n dopeS,

We are the City of Brotherly Love - and not you - your ideology or false religion will say otherwise.

F YOU

NO ONE LIKES US - WE DON'T CARE.

I like you guys 😁

27 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Why doesn't Stout, TE coach, or literally anyone see the problem?

This is one of the reasons I'm down on Stoutland. He's the run game coordinator and I didn't see a single adjustment over the course of the season that accounted for poor play, injuries etc. It was just the same thing over and over again. If he's in charge of the running game, he needs to stand up and say hey, this isn't working.