10 hours ago, NOTW said:

That's fair. I probably assumed an argument you weren't making, that gets made sometimes by others, my mistake.

It's no worries. I do get on Jalen a good bit, but it's born in very specific concerns. I think him and Sirianni's scheme tree have a poor mutual match-up with each other because Hurts moved away from timing throws (which he was pretty good at in 2022, then just...stopped) and I think that makes our offensive staff's lives a lot harder. But I don't think having a good supporting cast makes you bad, that doesn't make sense.

It DOES cause bad tendencies sometimes though, like for example Jalen's dealt with abnormally good protection in most years since he was at Alabama, so he doesn't seem to feel very pressed to throw, but that doesn't mean that can't be fixed if someone gets on him to work on it.

On 11/12/2025 at 12:20 PM, Alphagrand said:

Week 11 starts tomorrow with 15 games on the schedule -- only the Colts and Saints get a bye. A lot of divisional games this week, which make it a bit more difficult to predict:

Patriots over Jets for 15 points

Packers over Giants for 14 points

Ravens over Browns for 13 points

Chargers over Jaguars for 12 points

Texans over Titans for 11 points

Niners over Cards for 10 points

Cowboys over Raiders for 9 points

Bills over Buccaneers for 8 points

Chiefs over Broncos for 7 points

Dolphins over Commanders for 6 points

Bears over Vikings for 5 points

Steelers over Bengals for 4 points

Falcons over Panthers for 3 points

Rams over Seahawks for 2 points

Lions over Eagles for 1 point

Another 11-4 week for a total of 97 points, which would be my best point total for the season. Over the past 5 weeks I've hit at a 50-17 record straight-up ..... but why do I keep taking the f'n Chargers??? I know they have a winning record but, man, they let me down at the worst times.

Just now, vikas83 said:

Is that on Nick, KP, or Stout?

2 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

This guy has done nothing this year but make impact plays when he is on the field.

26 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Man I really hope he can be back for the playoffs.

In the meantime, here's to hoping Fred can hold it down.

On a side note, I'm wondering if Willie Lampkin will get activated and potentially be a "surprise" player in our "heavy" package or use him as a FB. Could be interesting.

1 hour ago, Eagles1960 said:

Someone mentioned that this is Stout's worst year as a coach. He is the run game coordinator. I wonder if it is his decision to put two TEs out there that can't block a lick. If not you would think he would go to Patullo/Siri and tell them it is nuts. The run game has been awful. Part of that is injuries but a lot has to do with scheme and design and I wonder how much of that is on Stout.

Yep, pointed this out too. Pretty sure Stout has been known to punch above his weight too, like he knows he's so senior that he doesn't need to give a rat's ass about formalities, so he'd very likely say something about it if he wasn't involved? I don't think the whole scheme is developed by the OC, or even Nick, but someone better with film would need to go check differences on the running game, formations, motion, that kind of thing.

2 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Is that on Nick, KP, or Stout?

Ultimately, it's on Nick. I'm just about ready to cut Grant Calcaterra. We don't throw to him and he is a massive negative as a blocker.

2 hours ago, pgcd3 said:

Open review I do think this should have been a false start. Defender moved his hand into neutral zone. He wasn't lined up there from the start

https://x.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1990257892881260652?s=20

It's the reaction from Steen that's the issue. It's too delayed. It's only an NZ infraction if the OL directly opposite the defender reacts to the movement immediately. Steen failed the latter qualification. Beyond that, it's really dumb to risk this on such a high percentage play. Just let the snap play out and either they get the NZ infraction if the defender doesn't reset, or if he does, we likely get the first anyway.

9 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Was just coming here to post that. It’s no wonder why he have little RAC and are so easy to cover.

3 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

I disagree with Jaws. This kind of resting on your laurels is the exact mentality that ends dynasties on the first place. You don't allow the league to catch up, and winning only lasts until you're no longer winning. It's important to stay hungry, and remember you have to fight to stay out in front. We've had a great defensive outing in many games the last season and a half which have resulted in limiting the floor of the Eagles team, but in the playoffs it's one and done. If the offense doesn't figure it out one game, and the defense has a letdown, it's all over.

8 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Is that on Nick, KP, or Stout?

Yes

7 minutes ago, KINGnabb said:

Defending a Super Bowl Title is never easy. The fact they came out of that 8-2 is still impressive to me. To put this in context. The 2018 Defending Champion Eagles were 4-6 After eleven weeks and looking at missing the playoffs. Luckily Saint Nick saved the season that year.

This is a better team than the 2018 Eagles on both sides of the ball. Nick Foles started the season as the QB and people understood his limitations. Alshon was good but not great. Agholor was inconsistent. The RBs were underwhelming. Ertz had a great season for them. Defensively, they had elite interior d-line play but they really didn't have the CBs to play defense the way Schwartz wanted them to play. Coincidentally, Lane Johnson was 28 that season and Jason Peters was 36. This season Mailata is 28 and Lane is almost 36.

10 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Kind of a hold because of the awkward positioning, but honestly this is really Fing good for being a TE on an Edge, usually that's a really rough battle. Even better that he keeps his head up and does it coming across the formation, solid attempt.

4 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Was just coming here to post that. It’s no wonder why he have little RAC and are so easy to cover.

But they're so much easier to draw on the board.

Bland is, as bland does. No wonder AJ Brown is frustrated

3 minutes ago, AmericanEagle77 said:

Kind of a hold because of the awkward positioning, but honestly this is really Fing good for being a TE on an Edge, usually that's a really rough battle. Even better that he keeps his head up and does it coming across the formation, solid attempt.

That's Latu making that block. Calcaterra would have put his head down and missed the block entirely.

2 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Is that on Nick, KP, or Stout?

Yes, yes, and yes.

Players are accountable for film study and are typically brought into meetings to review game film as a group for a de-brief after games. Coaches need to pour over more game film than the players do, so they're accountable for recognizing what players can and cannot do. As has been said in here a bunch -- it's on the coaches to put the players into the best position to succeed.

Surely, they can see that Tank Bigsby has a 9.2 ypr average on 17 carries while Barkley has a 3.8 ypr average on 175 carries. They need to analyze Bigsby's carries to understand what's working. Are the defenses playing a lighter box when he's on the field? Is he breaking more tackles? Barkley ran for 2,000+ yards last season, but the NFL is Not For Long -- every season is different, so they need to coach Barkley as though he's just arrived. If there's something he's not doing, he needs to be coached on it.

Same with the WRs. Brown needs to be coached up on how to improve his 58.5% catch percentage. Obviously, same with the QB; Hurts has a lot of really good metrics, but the overall production of the offense is down -- they're 16th in points scored. Too many 3-and-outs, those need to be eliminated.

2 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Bland is, as bland does. No wonder AJ Brown is frustrated

The creativity is definitely nonexistent

But we're winning

20 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

1 hour ago, Freshmilk said:

But that might mean Grant Calcaterra isn't in as the blocking TE.

I honestly think I could do no worse than Calcaterra, if its a case of running around a bit and whiffing on blocks.

4 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Bland is, as bland does. No wonder AJ Brown is frustrated

Bland is bad enough, but look at how many of these routes require throws to be there with anticipation to work at all. Telling you, there's a lot of mismatch going on here.

Just now, Mike030270 said:

The creativity is definitely nonexistent

But we're winning

We are winning, but can you imagine what teams would do if AJ, you know, went across the field? Its so easy to defend him

4 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

This is a better team than the 2018 Eagles on both sides of the ball. Nick Foles started the season as the QB and people understood his limitations. Alshon was good but not great. Agholor was inconsistent. The RBs were underwhelming. Ertz had a great season for them. Defensively, they had elite interior d-line play but they really didn't have the CBs to play defense the way Schwartz wanted them to play. Coincidentally, Lane Johnson was 28 that season and Jason Peters was 36. This season Mailata is 28 and Lane is almost 36.

Nick already admitted before the season that this Eagles team had a better chance to repeat them 2018 because he knew before the season that Carson was eventually going to come back. So basically the QB situation was still in flux where as Jalen has been our starter the last 5 years. The 2018 team despite it's struggles were an Alshon pass away from potentially upsetting the Saints, we basically brought everyone back but took a huge step back. 13-3 #1 Seed to 9-7 Wild Card. Again defending a title is hard. No NFC Team has gone back to back since the Cowboys. Seahawks got the closet.