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EMB Blog: 2025 Regular Season (Part 2) ... and Playoffs

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35 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Did it get worse going from Desai to Patricia?

Unequivocally, yes.

7 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

at this point, just go the madden playbook. and for god sakes, call one of these once in a while?

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

Hope not because Steichen might poach one of our D assistants like Parker

OK, with a couple days of distance from that crap show, I'll try and see the glass as half full (since none of us really want to). The simple answer is -- the offense failed primarily because the players made easily correctable mistakes. Now, the penalty thing since the bye is a SERIOUS issue that lands right in Siranni's lap -- 14 for 96 this week, 9 for 78 against the Lions, and 7 for 61 against GB. Now, were some of those calls questionable -- yeah (see OPI on Smitty and false start on Cam). But going back to this game:

4th drive: Cam "false start" on 3rd and 2 leads to 3rd and 7, end up punting.

6th drive (and really the next one as 5th was kneel down for half): Matt Pryor kills 20 yard completion on 2nd and 2 that would have gotten us to Dallas 40 because he can't line up correctly. Likely cost us at least 3 points.

9th drive: complete 8 yard pass to the DAL 35, comes back on ridiculous OPI on Smitty. Then a false start on AJ, and we're in 1st and 25. Get it to the Dallas 38, miss FG. Likely cost us at least 3 points.

10th drive: Hurts hit Smitty for 16 yards down to the 12, called back due to hands to the face by Big Fred. Saquon fumbles on next play. Cost us at least 3 points.

3 potential scoring drives killed by our own mistakes. Not lining up correctly is unforgivable by Pryor. Terrible OPI call on Smitty. Fred was guilty -- that was a good call. But we're scoring in the 30s if we just stop screwing ourselves. This is on Nick -- the head coach takes the blame for sloppy play. I'm annoyed Gipson hasn't been cut -- we should elevate Covey for this game. A message needs to be sent.

6 minutes ago, NOTW said:

This team's offensive identity is Sybil... from the movie Sybil.

@vikas83 exactly, why the F did gipson field that punt!!

Full slate of games this weekend. Gonna make some risky picks:

Chargers over Raiders for 16 points

Niners over Browns for 15 points

Rams over Panthers for 14 points

Jaguars over Titans for 13 points

Seahawks over Vikings for 12 points

Patriots over Giants for 11 points

Chiefs over Cowboys for 10 points

Eagles over Bears for 9 points

Bucs over Cardinals for 8 points

Bills over Steelers for 7 points

Ravens over Bengals for 6 points

Broncos over Commanders for 5 points

Dolphins over Saints for 4 points

Colts over Texans for 3 points

Lions over Packers for 2 points

Falcons over Jets for 1 point

2 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

@vikas83 exactly, why the F did gipson field that punt!!

Either Clay didn't tell him not to field it inside the 5, or more likely he didn't listen.

Seriously -- cut him and get the players' attention. Covey is a better returner and receiver anyway.

1 minute ago, vikas83 said:

Either Clay didn't tell him not to field it inside the 5, or more likely he didn't listen.

Seriously -- cut him and get the players' attention. Covey is a better returner and receiver anyway.

Accountability? Nah. We don't like that. We like emotional intelligence. Football intelligence is overrated.

17 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Unequivocally, yes.

The ship was already sinking. Patricia was a polarizing figure for sure, and it most likely ended up being worse than leaving Desai in that position.

This is really a catch 22 situation…do you continue beating your head against the wall for continuity and hope for something to happen or do you make the switch and mess with continuity. The good thing right now is this isn’t 2023 and both coordinators are inept.

Gipson is a known wreckless fumbler. Needs to go yesterday. Again, Eagles evaluations of players on team or getting traded has been off for the most part. Could have just stood still with Covey, Booker and Kennard to name a few. Just needed to be better off at working the margins and not bring in so many new peeps which would have kept the fire, culture, continuity and talent to repeat this year. Just hate alot of these smaller moves. Too many new faces. Do like Tank though. And then we don't use him. Gross incompetence and misuse of assets (including draft picks) these last several months. It just grinds on you, that we didn't know what to do with one of the best rosters in decades. And feels like we are on the outside looking in right now.

17 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

Hope not because Steichen might poach one of our D assistants like Parker

Steichen doesn't have any crossover with Parker. But I think Parker is gone sooner or later. I would be surprised if he doesn't get a DC job in the next cycle. He could go anywhere.

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11 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

OK, with a couple days of distance from that crap show, I'll try and see the glass as half full (since none of us really want to). The simple answer is -- the offense failed primarily because the players made easily correctable mistakes. Now, the penalty thing since the bye is a SERIOUS issue that lands right in Siranni's lap -- 14 for 96 this week, 9 for 78 against the Lions, and 7 for 61 against GB. Now, were some of those calls questionable -- yeah (see OPI on Smitty and false start on Cam). But going back to this game:

4th drive: Cam "false start" on 3rd and 2 leads to 3rd and 7, end up punting.

6th drive (and really the next one as 5th was kneel down for half): Matt Pryor kills 20 yard completion on 2nd and 2 that would have gotten us to Dallas 40 because he can't line up correctly. Likely cost us at least 3 points.

9th drive: complete 8 yard pass to the DAL 35, comes back on ridiculous OPI on Smitty. Then a false start on AJ, and we're in 1st and 25. Get it to the Dallas 38, miss FG. Likely cost us at least 3 points.

10th drive: Hurts hit Smitty for 16 yards down to the 12, called back due to hands to the face by Big Fred. Saquon fumbles on next play. Cost us at least 3 points.

3 potential scoring drives killed by our own mistakes. Not lining up correctly is unforgivable by Pryor. Terrible OPI call on Smitty. Fred was guilty -- that was a good call. But we're scoring in the 30s if we just stop screwing ourselves. This is on Nick -- the head coach takes the blame for sloppy play. I'm annoyed Gipson hasn't been cut -- we should elevate Covey for this game. A message needs to be sent.

In Fred’s defense, that was just football. Fowler went into his bend and ran his face right into Fred’s hand. Fred finished his lift…easy flag. To me that’s not an error like some of the others. That’s one of those, this is football and a fast game. Penalties are gonna happen sometimes.

That being said, the Eagles shot themselves in the foot but not lost is that the NFL wasn’t going to allow Dallas to play a meaningless Thanksgiving Day game.

4 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

The ship was already sinking. Patricia was a polarizing figure for sure, and it most likely ended up being worse than leaving Desai in that position.

This is really a catch 22 situation…do you continue beating your head against the wall for continuity and hope for something to happen or do you make the switch and mess with continuity. The good thing right now is this isn’t 2023 and both coordinators are inept.

Indeed it was already a sinking ship, and what the move told the players was that the coaching staff had no plan. So it just sunk faster.

2 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

In Fred’s defense, that was just football. Fowler went into his bend and ran his face right into Fred’s hand. Fred finished his lift…easy flag. To me that’s not an error like some of the others. That’s one of those, this is football and a fast game. Penalties are gonna happen sometimes.

That being said, the Eagles shot themselves in the foot but not lost is that the NFL wasn’t going to allow Dallas to play a meaningless Thanksgiving Day game.

Dallas is on life support as it is even with the win. 2.5 games out of the last playoff spot with 6 to play. That's a tall order to overcome. They basically need to win out (a virtual impossibility) and the teams ahead of them need to play 0.500 or worse the rest of the way.

33 minutes ago, NOTW said:

I'm so confused with the love fest she's getting.

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1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Indeed it was already a sinking ship, and what the move told the players was that the coaching staff had no plan. So it just sunk faster.

That’s why despite being the leader of the Fire Patullo train, i worry. Something has to be done though.

Couple things on the short week that need to happen.

  • comprehensive review of flow of information. Where is the breakdown, how much is on Patullo’s plate. For all we know Patullo could be a genius but the guy in the booth is slow getting him formation and player info on the defensive huddle.

  • Open the damn playbook up, they’re at a point where they can’t just throw a wrinkle in once or twice a game and think that’s good enough.

  • Scrap half the playbook out of condensed sets. Tell Hurts to just rip it…we all know he’s most comfortable throwing outside the hashes, but you have to use the whole field at some point.

  • Sit Jurgens for Friday. Let him recover. If you need to do the same with Dickerson so be it.

1 hour ago, NOTW said:

Probably a realistic change is Siri loosening up on the conservative approach. Work on the game plan to incorporate some different things. Insist on more of the plays that worked well this year. Run Tank Bigsby more. Get Barkley on outside runs and screens. Use Latu as TE2. Some simple adjustments to see how they improve.

Insisting on more of the things that work well is part of the problem. They are all too predictable.

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