3 hours ago, Diehardfan said:

Really? Would they do it that early vs waiting for the Bills and DC at the end? I want no part of the starters playing a tough game in Buffalo just before the playoffs.

Interesting thought. Let me cogitate on that for a bit.

2 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

Zero chance of that happening at any point until the #1 seed is either secure or out of reach.

In any case, let's just win on Monday and go from there. Full focus.

Arguably with wins over the Packers and Lions security is well within reach. McKee showed what he could do against the Cowboys last year. A repeat performance is not out of the question. A little help from the Patriots and the Niners would be helpful. Asking the Cardinals to beat the Seahawks would appear to be a bridge too far though. Their loss will possibly come to the Rams when they play the following week, while the Bucs visit the Bills.

With all the above said, you are right, full focus on their own game and let the chips fall where they may in the other games.

What a crazy year so far. Chiefs at 5-4 are Super Bowl champion favorites in ESPN odds and most others I've seen that list odds.

5 hours ago, mattwill said:

With the NFCE all but won, if the Eagles win both of the next two games, I would not be at all surprised to see McKee start against the Cowboys and Raiders.

Huh? They aren’t starting McKee in week 12 while likely in the mix for the #1 seed.

51 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

What a crazy year so far. Chiefs at 5-4 are Super Bowl champion favorites in ESPN odds and most others I've seen that list odds.

ESPN FPI gives them a 7.6 score. The second team has a 4.9 score. They were at 8.5 before the Bills loss. ESPN clearly sees them as a sleeping lion.

Massey Peabody also has them as #1, but their margin over #2 Detroit is modest

Jeff Sagarin also has them as #1, but again the lead is narrow.

1 minute ago, mattwill said:

ESPN FPI gives them a 7.6 score. The second team has a 4.9 score. They were at 8.5 before the Bills loss. ESPN clearly sees them as a sleeping lion.

Yep, close but still seems pretty weird to list a 5-4 team as the favorite.

7 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Huh? They aren’t starting McKee in week 12 while likely in the mix for the #1 seed.

Time will tell. If they beat both the Packers and Lions they will have a 2 game lead on both of them, as well as no less than 1/2 game lead over the Rams and Bucs, more if the Niners and Pats have anything to say about it.

It would be a calculated risk, but both the Cowboys and Raiders are opponents for whom that calculation is favorable.

JMO

3 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Yep, close but still seems pretty weird to list a 5-4 team as the favorite.

Agreed, but those computers really know football.

1 hour ago, DrPhilly said:

Yep, close but still seems pretty weird to list a 5-4 team as the favorite.

They have the benefit of 'being there, doing that'. What team in the AFC has actually gotten over that hurdle in the last 9 years? The Bengals and Patriots are the only ones I can recall, and the Bengals are dead in the water, while the Patriots are a completely different team than what they were.

@mattwill Eagles 31 Packers 20

Bonus: Eagles rush for 200+ yards.

@mattwill

31-20 Eagles

Bonus: 200+ on the ground

Bonus bonus: Mirrors coming off the bye last year. Slow and horrid start, things start clicking 2nd qtr…machine rolls coming out of the half.

4 minutes ago, just relax said:

@mattwill Eagles 31 Packers 20

Bonus: Eagles rush for 200+ yards.

Uhhhhhhhhhh…slow minds think alike? Lol

21 hours ago, Waiting4Someday said:

That was back in the Spring of 2020, right? I remember there was another episode, where everybody jumped ship because the Eagles switched to a crappy platform but then switched back iirc.

Yeah, that was sometime around 2009 or 2010. Prior to that, all nfl team sites were whatever the teams wanted them to be. Then the NFL stepped in and made them uniform as you saw today.

Then they got the bright idea to do the same for team message boards. Not only would that platform would be uniform, it would run on the same DB. That means you would have the same log in here as you would on the other 31 teams. We were one of the very first to make the switch so good for me, bad for anyone that goes by Paco on another team board.

It also got rid of the report feature and used an upvote down vote system instead of reporting. They kept using the word "crowdsource” to defend that decision. Problem is these boards are tribal in nature and it became very easy for cliques to gang up on people.

Oh, and it was ugly as hell.

A few days in, Ed, myself, PFFB and a few others got on a call with Edwin, a few eagles tech folks including (I think) one of the dudes from the NFL that was pushing this and we tore into all the points above and more. Give the eagles credit because they heard us, backed us and made the switch back shortly after. NFL seemed to drop the idea too because no one, to my knowledge, made the switch. (I was cool with the Mods on the Denver site and gave them a heads up. Apparently they were never approached and kept their board for years to come.)

21 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

It used to be a subsection of the official Philadelphia Eagles website. They covered all the hosting, upgrades etc with an Eagles employee who oversaw it all and picked some members from the community to be moderators. Being an official NFL website, there was a lot more traffic, both genuine members and trolls. There used to be a decent back and forth trash talk in the Around the NFL section with other NFCE fans. Anyway, back in 2016? the NFL started to redesign all team websites to basically be uniform and they shut down the original EMB pushing everyone to go to Reddit. Reddit sucks so there was a lot that didn't want to go. One of the users @VaBeach_Eagle took it upon himself to recreate a new website using the same skins/designs and also was able to import some data from the original website over to here. We had a gofundme for people to donate to cover startup costs and ongoing maintenance. VA also set up some affiliated partners like fanatics so that whenever something is purchased using the link, a small proceed goes to continue covering the hosting costs.

It was earlier than 2016 because I was in Denver and schmoopie didn’t move in with me yet. 2009 or 2010 I’d say.

12 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

Uhhhhhhhhhh…slow minds think alike? Lol

We'll split our winnings.

3 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

What a crazy year so far. Chiefs at 5-4 are Super Bowl champion favorites in ESPN odds and most others I've seen that list odds.

Those are betting odds and not necessarily a direct estimate of who will win. IMO it's more reflective of the Chiefs reputation and the fact that the AFC is a dumpster. They have a much easier path.

2 minutes ago, paco said:

Yeah, that was sometime around 2009 or 2010. Prior to that, all nfl team sites were whatever the teams wanted them to be. Then the NFL stepped in and made them uniform as you saw today.

Then they got the bright idea to do the same for team message boards. Not only would that platform would be uniform, it would run on the same DB. That means you would have the same log in here as you would on the other 31 teams. We were one of the very first to make the switch so good for me, bad for anyone that goes by Paco on another team board.

It also got rid of the report feature and used an upvote down vote system instead of reporting. They kept using the word "crowdsource” to defend that decision. Problem is these boards are tribal in nature and it became very easy for cliques to gang up on people.

Oh, and it was ugly as hell.

A few days in, Ed, myself, PFFB and a few others got on a call with Edwin, a few eagles tech folks including (I think) one of the dudes from the NFL that was pushing this and we tore into all the points above and more. Give the eagles credit because they heard us, backed us and made the switch back shortly after. NFL seemed to drop the idea too because no one, to my knowledge, made the switch. (I was cool with the Mods on the Denver site and gave them a heads up. Apparently they were never approached and kept their board for years to come.)

The EFL over here did a similar thing with all of the teams websites. Horrible and badly designed templates, repeated for over 60 teams and usage tanked when people went elsewhere and never went back. I look at PE.com once or twice a year at most now; no reason to go there.

The Redditisation of the NFL forums was going to be disaster; but very sits with the NFLs path to overall blandness; websites. messaging, jerseys etc. Corporate efficiency

2 hours ago, mattwill said:

Time will tell. If they beat both the Packers and Lions they will have a 2 game lead on both of them, as well as no less than 1/2 game lead over the Rams and Bucs, more if the Niners and Pats have anything to say about it.

It would be a calculated risk, but both the Cowboys and Raiders are opponents for whom that calculation is favorable.

JMO

It makes no sense unless Hurts is injured. No sense at all.

2 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Huh? They aren’t starting McKee in week 12 while likely in the mix for the #1 seed.

New strategy - no starters playing until the post-season to avoid injuries. It may take a few games to get into shape for the Super Bowl.

2 hours ago, mattwill said:

Time will tell. If they beat both the Packers and Lions they will have a 2 game lead on both of them, as well as no less than 1/2 game lead over the Rams and Bucs, more if the Niners and Pats have anything to say about it.

It would be a calculated risk, but both the Cowboys and Raiders are opponents for whom that calculation is favorable.

JMO

It isn't 1960 anymore, the season is no longer 12 games. It is 17 games. It makes 0.0 sense for McKee to start in weeks 12 and 13 and there is nonchance of that at all unless Hurts gets injured.

5 hours ago, pisceschica said:

So the 3-5-1 cowboys made a trade just to make a trade

Dallas is in the entertainment business, not the winning football games business. Jerry did exactly what he wanted to do - trade for a big name to keep Dallas front and center in the news cycle. That narcissist has a constant desire to have people talking about him.

9 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I just think McKee is too unknown. He plays well in the preseason but we only saw him in the regular season at limited times besides starting meaningless games. AJ Feeley showed a lot more he could play than McKee ever has and trading him for a 2nd was considered a steal. I think the same would be said for McKee.

AJ Feeley's run was so completely overrated. He didn't look impressive. It was bare minimum wins leaning on a great defense. Koy Detmer on the other hand absolutely lit up a playoff 49ers defense in San Francisco on MNF. He genuinely looked great before his injury. AJ Feeley never looked to that level. McKee has looked far better than AJ Feely

21 hours ago, Casey @ Bat said:

With the Packers having a Tie the chances the tiebreaker becomes relevant vs them is quite low. Winning and being 1.5 up on them would certainly look better.

We don’t play the bengals right? Chance of us getting a tie is 0

28 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

Those are betting odds and not necessarily a direct estimate of who will win.

Yeah I get that and that is the only reason they are the favorite. I chalk it up to the brand and how many people bet on that just because of the name and their historical success.