4 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

I'm really not all that upset.

The difference between the #2 and #3 seed in this conference is meaningless. We are 5-3 at home and 6-3 on the road this year. I feel like some people here just want to freak out to freak out.

I beg to differ…

My take, is that the difference between playing the Bears at the Linc and playing them in Chicago is far from meaningless…

Much like first string the offense mostly hung the defense out to dry again. The play calling is awful along with the play design.

4 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said:

Say what you want, but I’d rather be hosting the Packers who are falling apart than the 49ers. Also the 2 seed helped them win the championship last season. Ultimately this was the coaches choice. I get both sides. Being healthy verses getting a higher seed. I’m actually less irked about the starters not playing than I am with some of the coaching decisions in this game.

You need some weapons in the arsenal. You can’t sit just about everyone. Even guys like Adoree Jackson, Blankenship, Epps would’ve helped. Maybe let AJ & DeVonte play. I’m not sure how much rest they need playing WR.

5 minutes ago, Road to Victory said:

You need some weapons in the arsenal. You can’t sit just about everyone. Even guys like Adoree Jackson, Blankenship, Epps would’ve helped. Maybe let AJ & DeVonte play. I’m not sure how much rest they need playing WR.

With that being the case they had an effective run game nearly all game and they abandoned it. Calling a game that you throw the ball 40 times with a backup is silly. Also 3rd and short they run a deep pass without any of the ones? Just kind of made no sense what they were doing out there and it cost them.

I never thought I’d miss seeing Adoree Jackson out there.

14 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said:

With that being the case they had an effective run game nearly all game and they abandoned it. Calling a game that you throw the ball 40 times with a backup is silly. Also 3rd and short they run a deep pass without any of the ones? Just kind of made no sense what they were doing out there and it cost them.

Yeah, play calling is always an issue. Bigsby was looking unstoppable.

2 hours ago, xxeaglesfanxx said:

Tank was running well so you throw the ball over and over.

40 passes.

Thats even a ridiculous ask for hurts. Why do we have mckee passing 40 times?

1 hour ago, GeorgeM37 said:

Its pretty damn bad when your backups look completely and utterly inept, lost and just BAD out there....having at least COMPETENT backups goes a long way in sports because it rests the starters, keep them fresh and keep momentum going....this group looked just flat out terrible out there and all washington needed to do was throw it in the direction of the receivers and it was a flag each and every single time....those of you who wanted and screamed for them to starter McKee: how are you all feeling right about now?? And what of this coaching staff continuing to play with NO confidence and scared? Tank gave them over 6 yds per play but no, let's throw it on 3rd and fourth downs instead of running.....

Coaching is the common denominator....Siri is the common denominator....Kp is the common denominator....this coaching staff is the absolute WORST outside of Fangio....

I said what I said....yall enjoy the rest of your night....for those of you who sat in the stands and watched the game today: I am so so sorry for that....

1 hour ago, GeorgeM37 said:

Its pretty damn bad when your backups look completely and utterly inept, lost and just BAD out there....having at least COMPETENT backups goes a long way in sports because it rests the starters, keep them fresh and keep momentum going....this group looked just flat out terrible out there and all washington needed to do was throw it in the direction of the receivers and it was a flag each and every single time....those of you who wanted and screamed for them to starter McKee: how are you all feeling right about now?? And what of this coaching staff continuing to play with NO confidence and scared? Tank gave them over 6 yds per play but no, let's throw it on 3rd and fourth downs instead of running.....

Coaching is the common denominator....Siri is the common denominator....Kp is the common denominator....this coaching staff is the absolute WORST outside of Fangio....

I said what I said....yall enjoy the rest of your night....for those of you who sat in the stands and watched the game today: I am so so sorry for that....

I still like the kid and believe he can be a good qb if given the opportunity.

1 hour ago, Road to Victory said:

You do realize that home field is much more of an advantage in the playoffs, right?

No, I don't.

I might agree if every playoff win was within a 2 point margin, but in most cases the better team wins regardless of location. I don't feel as though the Eagles get calls in their favor more often at home, so that is not an advantage. I also don't feel like the Philly home crowd offers any significant noise advantage. While other teams may benefit from crowd noise, I believe hostile, noisy crowds actually help our offense slightly.

I also know our 1st game is at home and to get to a 2nd game, we have to win that 1st. If we do that, it's not out of the realm of possibility that we can still host another game (Chicago would have to lose in the wildcard). If that happens and Seattle chokes in the divisional round, and we win ours, we'd be hosting the NFCCG. So I'm not going to sit here worrying about the schedule because nothing beyond the wildcard is set in stone.

I'm also very much looking forward to playing the whiners next week. For many of our key players, this was a bye week for rest and healing. Meanwhile all the other teams had to play all their healthy guys. While it wasn't a true bye for us, this team always seems to win after a bye. We also had a chance to get all our backups some work / experience just before the playoffs should any of them be called to step up at any point in the postseason due to injury.

2 hours ago, Birdman said:

Whatever dude, makes zero difference to me. McKee will never be a #1 in the NFL

Never said he was a #1. If he had the starting WRs and TE, he would win more than he loses.

2 hours ago, EagleTen said:

I beg to differ…

My take, is that the difference between playing the Bears at the Linc and playing them in Chicago is far from meaningless…

The bears are fools gold like the commanders last season. They haven't won a playoff game since the 2010 season and they lost their last playoff game at home (double doink). The bears are the #2 seed and we are the #3 seed. They will only meet if both teams win their wildcard games.

1 hour ago, brkmsn said:

No, I don't.

I might agree if every playoff win was within a 2 point margin, but in most cases the better team wins regardless of location. I don't feel as though the Eagles get calls in their favor more often at home, so that is not an advantage. I also don't feel like the Philly home crowd offers any significant noise advantage. While other teams may benefit from crowd noise, I believe hostile, noisy crowds actually help our offense slightly.

I also know our 1st game is at home and to get to a 2nd game, we have to win that 1st. If we do that, it's not out of the realm of possibility that we can still host another game (Chicago would have to lose in the wildcard). If that happens and Seattle chokes in the divisional round, and we win ours, we'd be hosting the NFCCG. So I'm not going to sit here worrying about the schedule because nothing beyond the wildcard is set in stone.

I'm also very much looking forward to playing the whiners next week. For many of our key players, this was a bye week for rest and healing. Meanwhile all the other teams had to play all their healthy guys. While it wasn't a true bye for us, this team always seems to win after a bye. We also had a chance to get all our backups some work / experience just before the playoffs should any of them be called to step up at any point in the postseason due to injury.

It’s a huge advantage especially compared to the regular season.

NFL playoff home-field advantage is significant, though inconsistent, with recent years (2022-2025) showing home teams winning 75%+ of games after a pandemic dip, especially in Divisional rounds, but the advantage is less predictable in Wild Card games where the #4 seed often loses. Home teams are more successful in the playoffs than the regular season (around 53%), winning over 68% in the last five postseasons, proving that higher seeding and playing at home still heavily favors teams.

22 minutes ago, Road to Victory said:

It’s a huge advantage especially compared to the regular season.

NFL playoff home-field advantage is significant, though inconsistent, with recent years (2022-2025) showing home teams winning 75%+ of games after a pandemic dip, especially in Divisional rounds, but the advantage is less predictable in Wild Card games where the #4 seed often loses. Home teams are more successful in the playoffs than the regular season (around 53%), winning over 68% in the last five postseasons, proving that higher seeding and playing at home still heavily favors teams.

In most cases, the better team has the better seed and that will dictate the home team. But as you point out, the #4 seed is often not necessarily the 4th best team since one division may be much weaker than the others. This year, that would be the NFC South which is sending a team with a losing record. So, I believe the matchups are more important than playing at home. Statistically, because of seeding, the numbers will favor the home team more often, but I think that is rarely the result of HFA and typically because the team playing at home is just the better team. In this year's NFC pool, every team is beatable by any team. Preparation and execution will be bigger factors than game location. That is my opinion.

9 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

In most cases, the better team has the better seed and that will dictate the home team. But as you point out, the #4 seed is often not necessarily the 4th best team since one division may be much weaker than the others. This year, that would be the NFC South which is sending a team with a losing record. So, I believe the matchups are more important than playing at home. Statistically, because of seeding, the numbers will favor the home team more often, but I think that is rarely the result of HFA and typically because the team playing at home is just the better team. In this year's NFC pool, every team is beatable by any team. Preparation and execution will be bigger factors than game location. That is my opinion.

Préparation and execution were not Eagles biggest strenght this year which is a reason Eagles fans should be worry about those playoffs.

5 minutes ago, chris9210 said:

Préparation and execution were not Eagles biggest strenght this year which is a reason Eagles fans should be worry about those playoffs.

I'd worry if wasn't also true for 5 of the other 6 NFC teams.

The back up corners were brutal, giving up chunks to repeated penalties and then Kelee Ringo as last man turning away from Johnson carrying the ball at the 5 yard line to look for a receiver in the back of the end zone is the dumbest thing I've seen all season, heck for many a season truth be told.

Turns out McKee is just a back up level guy after all, regardless of play calling (which was horrible at times) he missed easy ones, bailed from clean pockets into trouble, the one where he decided to try a tight window throw when he had the freedom of the Linc in front of him to run the one yard he needed for a first was baffling.

Bigsby played out of his mind for 3 quarters and then sat for the 4th, was he injured? (the game finished way past midnight in the UK, I didn't see any post game stuff) Or was it more horsesassery from Patullo / Stout / Siri?

Managing to lose to the 2025 Commies and their 39 year old 3rd string QB in our own house as the Lions beat Chicago to offer us the second seed and a beat up Packers at home just about sums this season up.

Ringo's penalties all looked the same. He would be chasing McLaurin and McLaurin would stop. Ringo would bump into him. And the flag would be thrown. It looked like a strategy. McLaurin wasn't even trying to get open or to catch the passes. He was just trying to draw penalties. Part of me wants to be annoyed with McLaurin, 'cause it's a cheap and classless way to play. But it was the officials who kept seeing it and throwing the flags. For those who whined and complained about the Brotherly Shove, this is what's actually bad football. The officials shouldn't have thrown those flags. By falling for the tactic and calling those as penalties, the officials decided the outcome of the game rather than the actual play of the football game.

1 hour ago, ilikepargo said:

Ringo's penalties all looked the same. He would be chasing McLaurin and McLaurin would stop. Ringo would bump into him. And the flag would be thrown. It looked like a strategy. McLaurin wasn't even trying to get open or to catch the passes. He was just trying to draw penalties. Part of me wants to be annoyed with McLaurin, 'cause it's a cheap and classless way to play. But it was the officials who kept seeing it and throwing the flags. For those who whined and complained about the Brotherly Shove, this is what's actually bad football. The officials shouldn't have thrown those flags. By falling for the tactic and calling those as penalties, the officials decided the outcome of the game rather than the actual play of the football game.

I know I've heard announcers excuse AJ not getting a PI call because either 'the ball was underthrown' or 'he initiated contact' in at least two games this season and the Commanders got multiple high yardage DPI's for incidents that were clearly both, but at the same time the penny should have dropped for either Ringo or Bennett at some point in the game.

And in any event the play where Ringo turned away from the immediate threat and his own assignment to try and do someone elses job was the dumbest play I've seen in years, he may or may not have got to Johnson to stop him, but he had to try, watching it in real time I thought he must have someone outside him that I hadn't seen who was heading off the run, but there was nothing, he's just a moron.

As far as McKee's play yesterday, he definitely has to be graded on a large curve. Playing with all backups against a starting D is tough, no matter who the opponent is. And, he was not helped at all by Siritullo. These 2 can't game plan their way out of a paper bag. The decision making from not taking the points on that one drive inside the 10 to throwing twice on 2nd and 1, to throwing the low percentage long ball on 3rd and short, to not getting Tank any touches in the 4th...to....etc F'ing etc. Sirianni and Patullo did absolutely ZERO to help McKee. McKee made his own mistakes...the INT, missing some open guys a few times, not running for the 1st down then punting 2 plays later....but I still feel we can win with him if playing with the starters. But sadly, his trade value is back to being nothing.

And man, Bennett and Ringo seriously stink. Now we have confirmation that they're exactly why Howie traded for Carter, signed Alexander, and wanted to claim Slay. Sydney Brown stinks too. Good thing Brown and Ringo at least have value on special teams, but I can't imagine them on the team next year.

6 hours ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

The play where Ringo turned away from the immediate threat and his own assignment to try and do someone else's job was the dumbest play I've seen in years.

True.

So Nick & Co. find it plausible and reasonable to allow DeVonta to reach his escalator clause in his contract by playing.
But, Nick & Co. sat Saquon for an ALL-TIME NFL record, and an unprecedented escalator (which is why Howie & Co. gave him that "raise" before the season) in his contract, last season?

On 1/4/2026 at 10:40 PM, Talonblood said:

Never said he was a #1. If he had the starting WRs and TE, he would win more than he loses.

McKee looks to be a competent backup, but I’m not convinced he consistently wins even with him being with starters out there. Once teams have film and start game planning him, I think he would be in trouble. I’ll add yes he was out there with twos and even third string players, but some of the decisions he made out there were troubling like the play where he clearly could have ran for a first down, but instead choose to throw a pass into tight coverage. That throw into double coverage and threw the interception that cost the team potential points. He did some nice things, but he also did a lot that cost them. I’m not as convinced as some that McKee is a guy who would win more than he loses. At this point (granted only two career starts) he’s a .500 quarterback. I think he’s closer to Minshew than he is Burrow.

On 1/5/2026 at 12:55 PM, seengreen said:

So Nick & Co. find it plausible and reasonable to allow DeVonta to reach his escalator clause in his contract by playing.
But, Nick & Co. sat Saquon for an ALL-TIME NFL record, and an unprecedented escalator (which is why Howie & Co. gave him that "raise" before the season) in his contract, last season?

Not for nothing, but Barkley could’ve stayed in that Giants game when he was killing them, but he choose to come out of it. Who is to say that Nick let Smith make the choice to go for that 1000 yards like when he asked Barkley if he wanted to go for the record in that game?

27 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said:

McKee looks to be a competent backup, but I’m not convinced he consistently wins even with him being with starters out there. Once teams have film and start game planning him, I think he would be in trouble. I’ll add yes he was out there with twos and even third string players, but some of the decisions he made out there were troubling like the play where he clearly could have ran for a first down, but instead choose to throw a pass into tight coverage. That throw into double coverage and threw the interception that cost the team potential points. He did some nice things, but he also did a lot that cost them. I’m not as convinced as some that McKee is a guy who would win more than he loses. At this point (granted only two career starts) he’s a .500 quarterback. I think he’s closer to Minshew than he is Burrow.

Some of the things I said here during that game- were due to being sick of this offensive coordinator, who is actually, in reality- totally incompetent. Even the calls for the 2nd string were ridiculous. So I defended McKee... but he DID make some lousy plays.