1 hour ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

Moore would have done exactly the same with the offense as Patullo this year if he'd had 2025's version of the OLine and Saquon.

I think the running game would struggle but the playcalling and passing route concepts have been terrible. I think that's the part Moore would have done better. Pass protection hasn't been an issue but they're too easy to cover.

Everyweek we hear how a defense gave the offense a look they weren't prepared for. The coaching is ao bad.

50 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Was there any discussion during the game about Dallas' second TD. The one to Spann-Ford, where he runs up to Mukuba in the end zone and pushes him to the ground.

Isn't that OPI?

I personally liked the double DT tackle at Dak's feet. Synchronized well.

3 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Everyweek we hear how a defense gave the offense a look they weren't prepared for. The coaching is ao bad.

But the vibes man. Trade Nick for a pick like the Raiders and Gruden.

3 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

So, we can't really get upset by the run pass ratio - as handing the ball to Saquon more often then not is a wasted play.

Yup and id love to just say its all the o line but whenever tank is in hes picking up positive yards, barkley looks like hes trying to hit a 60 yarder every play instead of reading the few blocks he gets.

And its not just jurgens and dickerson either, mailata has been pretty bad all year as well, maybe he needs to work less on his christmas album and more on his blocking.

This team just doesnt have anymore hungry dogs☹️

16 minutes ago, Lambo said:

Apparently Landon was not paying attention during game prep.

He was busy eating Uncrustables.

18 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Have to look at the all 22 and see what the routes looked like across the field.

They ran 2 hitches and 2 go routes.

10 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I don't think you want to hold up the Raiders as a model of what should be done with an NFL franchise.

All in fun. Chip, like Patullo, never should have been hired to run an offense this season.

There was no reason to lose that game but 8-3 is 8-3. I think we’ll learn a lot on Friday. The Bears should get put away early.

Didn't we just give Nick a new contract for $10 million a year? He is staying, but he can no longer be allowed to hire any offensive coaches.

Just now, Freshmilk said:

Didn't we just give Nick a new contract for $10 million a year? He is staying, but he can no longer be allowed to hire any offensive coaches.

I find his choice of OC to be highly offensive.

1 minute ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

There was no reason to lose that game but 8-3 is 8-3. I think we’ll learn a lot on Friday. The Bears should get put away early.

We can't put any winning team away early or late. And, if injuries on the offensive line are one of the reasons the offensive line sucks, then a short week is kryptonite.

11 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

I just realized they don't have anyone that's been an OC besides the QB coach and that was college OC

Bunch of passing game coordinators and specialist

I’d still go with loeffler. He’s done it before even if it was in college. He was actually the head coach at bowling green. Add on he played QB at Michigan. Imo he’s likely not the solution to your problems but if anybody was going to take over the playcalling, it probably should be him.

That said the reason why patullo needs to be taken off of playcalling is because it’s been 11 games and there’s not been significant improvement. I could make the argument since the bye the red zone offense has gotten worse, which was the one thing they were really good at. the offense is averaging 15.7 ppg since the bye so they actually been worse coming off the bye.

I kind of agree when Nick Foles talked about this, there’s just guys that are good at it and it’s natural to them. Then there’s just guys that can’t do it. You don’t need more time for patullo to figure it out. you’ve given him 11 games and it is going in the opposite direction.

3 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

There was no reason to lose that game but 8-3 is 8-3. I think we’ll learn a lot on Friday. The Bears should get put away early.

What's both sad and funny is I've been seeing something like this all season

It's like another version of next week is the real test

5 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

There was no reason to lose that game but 8-3 is 8-3. I think we’ll learn a lot on Friday. The Bears should get put away early.

They are 8-3, and the eagles will be very depleted in the secondary. Definitely not a gimme, not even close.

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

I’d still go with loeffler. He’s done it before even if it was in college. He was actually the head coach at bowling green. Add on he played QB at Michigan. Imo he’s likely not the solution to your problems but if anybody was going to take over the playcalling, it probably should be him.

That said the reason why patullo needs to be taken off of playcalling is because it’s been 11 games and there’s not been significant improvement. I could make the argument since the bye the red zone offense has gotten worse, which was the one thing they were really good at. the offense is averaging 15.7 ppg since the bye so they actually been worse coming off the bye.

I kind of agree when Nick Foles talked about this, there’s just guys that are good at it and it’s natural to them. Then there’s just guys that can’t do it. You don’t need more time for patullo to figure it out. you’ve given him 11 games and it is going in the opposite direction.

Some of us have been calling for him to be relinquished of his duties for awhile now. But we were also told to stop complaining while the team is winning

23 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

We’ve done well with "puppet” head coaches.

Won a SB with Doug. Won a SB with Sirianni. No need to change that model.

But we’re sitting here again, 3rd time in 8 years after getting our OCs sniped post-SB, trapped with a garbage internal OC hire and an underperforming offense.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 3 times, shame on me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjmjqlOPd6A

Another thing I keep coming back to, Jalen makes the running game go.

Why is he not making it go? He and Barkley are averaging the same 3.7 yards per carry.

Of QB's with at least 40 carries, Hurts ranks 12th in yards per carry. QB's with at least 30 carries, he ranks 14th. QB's with at least 20 carries he ranks 18th.

33 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

They ran pass plays... but they weren't aggressive pass plays. They were the standard short throws, hitches, outs, etc. No creativity.

Are you sure there weren’t aggressive calls? The other team has a say in whether a play call can be run as drawn up.

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Are you sure there weren’t aggressive calls? The other team has a say in whether a play call can be run as drawn up.

My guess is that some of them may have been "aggressive." The bigger issue is the predictability. If you are sending AJ on a go route it's not aggressive if the defense knows it's coming. It's just hubris and stupidity.

Why does it take Puntullo so long to get the play into Hurts? He has 5 plays to choose from, what takes him so long? Barely get the playoff every snap. Certainly no time to audible or shift linemen to the right gap.

10 minutes ago, Lambo said:

Another thing I keep coming back to, Jalen makes the running game go.

Why is he not making it go? He and Barkley are averaging the same 3.7 yards per carry.

Of QB's with at least 40 carries, Hurts ranks 12th in yards per carry. QB's with at least 30 carries, he ranks 14th. QB's with at least 20 carries he ranks 18th.

The TPs lower his average, but to your point Jalen's looking sluggish getting to the edge.

When Vagianni and Puntullo do that linking arms thing like they just made a game winning touchdown, it really makes me mad. We should be scoring a lot more touchdowns and then maybe it won’t be as shocking. What a waste of a defense for this year.

Well, that was just horrible. Sorry if some of this is repetitive, but I couldn't stomach reading the blog (or anything about that game) last night. All in all, I am worried this is going to rip this team apart - I'm not sure how they come back from that. And more of it was on the players than on the play calling.

OFFENSE

• Overall, we really managed to completely sabotage ourselves after the first three drives (2nd one aided by Dallas penalties). 4th drive: we get to 3rd and 2, there's a phantom false start called on Cam for turning his head, incomplete and punt. 5th drive: end of half. 6th drive: 2nd and 2, we hit a 20 yard pass to DG but called back because Pryor doesn't line up correctly, 2 incompletions and a punt. 6th and 7th drives: one first down, no penalties. 8th drive: get 2 first downs, then phantom OPI on Smith and false start on AJ gets us to 1st and 25, miss FG after getting 20 of it back. 9th drive: Pass to Smitty to the DAL 12 called back on Fred's hands to the face, fumble on next play. 10th drive: Patullo calls all curl routes on 3rd and 2. We basically had 6 drives after the opening 3 TDs, and 3 were killed by penalties, 2 just didn't work, and Patullo wasted the last.

• Hurts wasn't bad in this game, far from it. He was on fire at first, and he still made plays later in the game (but the penalties killed us). Dallas was also getting a ton of pressure on him. But on the list of reasons we lost this game, he's not even in the top 10.

• The offensive line simply can't run block, I concede that. But we have to start worrying about SB. Bigsby looks better every time he is in there. Tank should be getting 5-8 carries a game, not 2-3. But our inability to run the ball is the biggest issue on this offense. It's time for Stoutland to feel some heat.

• AJ and Smitty both played well -- AJ had a couple mistakes (no TD, false start), but that OPI call on Smitty was BS. They both did well finding holes in the zone and Jalen hit them. No real complaints with them or DG.

• As said above, the offensive line is a serious problem. Jurgens really can't play right now -- as scary as it is, Toth is an upgrade. Dickerson is a shell of himself again, and Mailata is up and down. Somehow Steen may be our best lineman right now.

DEFENSE

• We couldn't get home against Dak all day. Phillips was invisible. And frankly the line got pushed around by the Dallas offensive line, which isn't very good. But the lack of pass rush was the most concerning part of this game.

• Dean really is playing out of his mind. Sucks for Campbell, but Dean can't come off the field.

• Baun was good, but man you gotta catch that pick.

• The secondary went to hell once Reed went out. I have no clue who is playing safety on Friday. Brown and Sam?

• I can't believe I'm saying this, but losing Adoree really hurt. Coop isn't ready to be an outside CB (maybe with more reps and practice). Is Bennett that useless that Carter and Ringo saw snaps before him??