12 minutes ago, DaBirds said:

At least the Eagles play a bunch of bad defenses coming up. So far they’ve played 6 of the top 10.

Chicago isn’t a good defense

Cowboys 😂

Bills defense is pretty bad

Hopefully it helps them get into a rhythm.

They’re probably thinking the same about playing our offense.

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

He’s reached the Jason peters portion of his career. Just feels like every game he comes in and leaves now. This is a more serious injury. But yeah i could see him retiring at the end of the season

I can’t see him retiring on his own volition personally. He’s one of those football is life types. After the JP lesson Howie learned, I’m fearful he might not finish his career in midnight green.

12 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

I missed that, glad to hear a former WR can see it from the other side.

Romo is bugging me these days with 'they could've called defense holding here or roughing there stuff'... I don't need the flag begging from the booth, we get enough of that on the field.

That's what bugs you about Romo? I have a list

1 hour ago, austinfan said:

4) O-Line is struggling, Mailata is off, Dickerson is hurting, is struggling to get knee bend and leverage, Jurgens and Lane injured again. This is the biggest problem on offense, they can't run consistently, teams don't respect play action, and Hurts has to play superman to move the ball.

I would add that the play calling had almost completely abandoned designed runs for Hurts. When the opposing Defense has to account for that additional threat, a whole lot more opens up in the RB running game.

Just now, Mike030270 said:

That's what bugs you about Romo? I have a list

That was yesterday at least.😁

4 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

That sounds bad.

In 2000 a possibly worse fracture to Duce gave us the Chris Warren, Stanley Pritchett and Darnell Autry year.

McNabb carried the ish out of that offense.

The medical tech is better and the injury may be lesser.

I'm worried either way but I'm fine with Fred through the rest of this schedule.

We need a healthy Lane for the playoffs.

9 weeks from now with the 1 seed

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

He’s reached the Jason peters portion of his career. Just feels like every game he comes in and leaves now. This is a more serious injury. But yeah i could see him retiring at the end of the season

At least he's not doing the false starts that Peters did at the end

1 hour ago, austinfan said:

Biggest weakness is probably depth behind Davis and Carter.

You don’t like Ojomo as DT depth?

Just now, Mike030270 said:

That's what bugs you about Romo? I have a list

They could pay me 1/100th of what he gets to be drunk on National TV commentating and I’d be far more entertaining.

On the flip side, i disagree with any statement anyone makes that paints Collinsworth in a remotely positive light. Even if that snippet was only 5 seconds.

Just now, SkippyX said:

In 2000 a possibly worse fracture to Duce gave us the Chris Warren, Stanley Pritchett and Darnell Autry year.

McNabb carried the ish out of that offense.

The medical tech is better and the injury may be lesser.

I'm worried either way but I'm fine with Fred through the rest of this schedule.

Fred can hold his own in pass pro, I don't think we give him a ton of help. Another hurdle for the run blocking though, as he just isn't as agile on the move - probably can clean up some assignment stuff being the starter though.

I love when I throw out some stats or analysis (the 3rd and long stuff) then I listen to Ray Diddy and he says the same thing.

"No one wins regularly at 3rd and 9 or more."

I think some of you are jumping the gun with Lane turning the Jason Peters corner. We were having the same conversations 3 years ago from an injury that seemed far more dire than this.

We’ve been a little spoiled recently with injury luck, so I get it.

1 minute ago, Wentz_Era said:

I can’t see him retiring on his own volition personally. He’s one of those football is life types. After the JP lesson Howie learned, I’m fearful he might not finish his career in midnight green.

I don’t know, I feel like in the off-season he said something about he’d like to play a couple more years but injuries happen and could change his mindset. I could totally see him retiring if the Eagles go out and win another Super Bowl. Add on his contract makes it hard to move off from especially without an adequate replacement yet

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4 minutes ago, mattwill said:

I would add that the play calling had almost completely abandoned designed runs for Hurts. When the opposing Defense has to account for that additional threat, a whole lot more opens up in the RB running game.

After watching Hurts few runs yesterday. Keeping the QB draw out of the main playbook is ok with me. Hurts is lucky he’s got an intact knee or didn’t get his head taken off last night.

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

I don’t know, I feel like in the off-season he said something about he’d like to play a couple more years but injuries happen and could change his mindset. I could totally see him retiring if the Eagles go out and win another Super Bowl. Add on his contract makes it hard to move off from especially without an adequate replacement yet

Inside the Iggles

Lane Johnson confirms retirement stance after 2025, reaff...

The Philadelphia Eagles face a major crossroads as Lane Johnson considers retirement in 2025, forcing long-term changes to their protection unit.

I thought he had said 2 more years this off season. I stand corrected.

1 minute ago, Saltpeter said:

I think some of you are jumping the gun with Lane turning the Jason Peters corner. We were having the same conversations 3 years ago from an injury that seemed far more dire than this.

We’ve been a little spoiled recently with injury luck, so I get it.

That 2k yd season did a number on the Oline

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

I don’t know, I feel like in the off-season he said something about he’d like to play a couple more years but injuries happen and could change his mindset. I could totally see him retiring if the Eagles go out and win another Super Bowl. Add on his contract makes it hard to move off from especially without an adequate replacement yet

Inside the Iggles

Lane Johnson confirms retirement stance after 2025, reaff...

The Philadelphia Eagles face a major crossroads as Lane Johnson considers retirement in 2025, forcing long-term changes to their protection unit.

Out of curiosity, what happens to these Howie contracts if a player retires early - does all of the dead money accelerate. or does it just play out as a player on the retired list?

22 minutes ago, metal said:

Lisfranc injury for Lane, out 4-6 weeks

Everyone’s touting Jaelen Phillips as Howie’s big masterpiece trade this year, but Fred Johnson is not far behind

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

On a side note, given that Jurgens left the game right before the Eagles started running those tush pushes at the end(unsuccessfully) I'm convinced they didn't run the tush push early in the game because Jurgens can't do it as well with his knee.

The "push" part of that play isn't really what makes it work. It's the interior linemen. If the Center is hurt and can't do it, it won't work.

Dickerson, Jurgens and now somewhat Lane (he gets a pass mostly) have been playing when not healthy enough and end up re-aggrevating their injury and have to miss time.

Yes these guys are warriors who want to go out and play BUT it hurts the game plan and practice time. Having to insert a backup mid-game vs that backup practicing with the first team offense all week makes a big difference, as we saw when Toth started.

Who will be the backup OTs now? Big exposure there

Just now, Waiting4Someday said:

Out of curiosity, what happens to these Howie contracts if a player retires early - does all of the dead money accelerate. or does it just play out as a player on the retired list?

Good question for @vikas83 and @LeanMeanGM they can answer it better than me

1 hour ago, AmericanEagle77 said:

This is an interesting viewpoint, and I kind of hope so, but I'm skeptical. They have focused extremely hard on making sure Jalen lacks exactly nothing during the timeframe he's been QB. That could change and they could ask more from him though, we'll most certainly see. But I do think with the way they're playing right now, it wouldn't get much worse.

Frankly, it might be about time to switch to a speedster based offense since Hurts feels most safe with very VERY open targets.

This may make the board go nuts, but I would not rule out Hurts getting traded in the next year or two. Pittsburgh is my first thought if Tomlin remains the HC. Personally, I would not be shocked at all if there are "discussions" with them after this season.

2 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

I thought he had said 2 more years this off season. I stand corrected.

I believe he did and I was looking for that quote. But then he later came out and said this. I just viewed it this way, his body is slowly deteriorating. He’s 35 years old and he’s missing holidays and time with his family and his kids. If the Eagles win another Super Bowl, what does he have left to prove? He would be a 3 time Super Bowl champion. One of the best right tackles in eagles history and maybe NFL history based off what he’s accomplished. There’s really nothing left for him to prove unless he just wants to keep playing. Maybe he wants too but durability declining and other factors make me think it might just be it.

Just now, Freshmilk said:

This may make the board go nuts, but I would not rule out Hurts getting traded in the next year or two. Pittsburgh is my first thought if Tomlin remains the HC. Personally, I would not be shocked at all if there are "discussions" with them after this season.

Isn't that nearly as prohibitive cap-wise as the AJ talk?

1 hour ago, austinfan said:

But the way the defense is playing, 20-25 points a game can get you a SB.

The Defense has climbed up to #8 in the points per game allowed ranking. They are only 5 points behind #7 and 8 points behind #6. They get into the top 5 if they allow 15 points less than New England. Like last year the trend for Fangio’s D is a beauty to behold.

That is especially true when you think about the turnover of starters … new Safety, new CB2, new ILB and second ILB returning from injury, new DE starter, and new DT semi-starter.