Blog today be like 

Just now, Desertbirds said:

Yes, your comment was and I'm glad you now recognize that.

no comment was correct. If he threw it when he pumped it was 6. The CB bit on the double move. And in order to throw it he needed the safety to bite on Hightower's route. If he was going to pump, he should have been pumping there first. He stared down Fulgham. Pumped when it was unnecessary. And ran out of time to throw it and cost us a TD. 

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

Blog today be like 

It's Apocalypse Wednesday!

6 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Bottom line: Doug got the exact look he wanted, for Fulgham open. The Steelers obliged by rushing only three. Literally Doug couldn’t have set it up better if he tried. 

But the OL couldn’t block three with seven. But yet the playcall was bad? 

Yup. We should have blocked it with 8!

Just now, eagle45 said:

Disingenuous would be putting words in someone else's mouth.

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

I'm not even gonna go there...OK fine I will.

We should not have a damn WR on the field to work 6-10 yard throws, especially if we are running 12 personnel, but really, not ever.

We presently have no one to stretch the field, more people than I can count for throws at the LOS, and one guy (Fulgham) who does not really get open but seems to have very precocious chemistry with Wentz and gets after the football for touch catches, in traffic, at all levels of the field.  Tough catches in traffic are great, but not highly repeatable.  Fulgham may be the best we have and may be playing the way they envisioned JJAW (for 2 games in which he has been largely ignored), but that still does little to add overall space or prolific scoring to the offense.

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

I'd settle for starting quality players in our starting lineup.

And FYI, our injury luck this year has not been nearly as bad as you might want to believe.  Our sole win was ENTIRELY due to injury.  Our sole chance at a playoff berth is ENTIRELY due to injury.

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

Seriously.  I am no Nate Gerry fan.  He's bad.  But if we had any depth in the secondary...hell, if we had anything more than Slay and an OK Mcleod, if we had a DC who could recognize a bad matchup and show one ounce of adaptability, if we had an offense that could score points and put pressure on teams....Nate Gerry would be a mere weakness, not a laughingstock who is the recipient of all this blame.  

All teams have weaknesses.  They overcome them with coaching and surrounding talent.  We have neither.

 

15 hours ago, eagle45 said:

Greg Ward sucks.  He was cut 6 times and generated no interest from anyone besides the arena football league for a reason.  Then he sat on our PS for a reason.

Mack Hollins was 6'4" and athletic.  He couldn't put it together.  It was worth a shot.

Greg Ward drifted to the surface because there was no one else and then stuck because he could run the right 5 yard route and catch the football.  There was nothing eggregious about him being buried for 2 years.  The only thing egregious is that he's the best we have to play right now.

Not to mention, Greg Ward wasn't what he is now (whatever that is) all this time he was waiting.  He was learning a new position in transition from QB to WR.  

 

On 10/11/2020 at 9:58 PM, eagle45 said:

Alshon and Djax have phased themselves out; the coaches dont even need to worry about that.  
 

Im not really on the Fulgham bandwagon, despite how impressive his accomplishments have been in the last 2 weeks.  His production has a lot of Jordan Matthews flavor to it...good sized, non explosive WR getting the ball forced his way because there is no one else.

He did a really nice job finding the soft spot in a zone and also really goes after the football, which is going to pad his stats in this offense when we have no one else to target.  
 

But yes...keep it going.  It’s not like anyone else is even in the conversation as an alternative.

 

On 10/11/2020 at 8:52 PM, eagle45 said:

You can view Hightower from a view different lenses.

As a rookie 5th round pick, he’s fine.  He moves well, sometimes gets open, and is still learning.

As part of Howie’s plan to upgrade a horrendous WR corps for 2020, he’s an inexcusable failure.  He represents the second largest investment in a WR to improve things from last years dumpster fire of a WR corps.  And all he’s managed to do this year is look lost and kick the football around more than our punter.  
 

As a possible future solution at WR, it doesn’t matter if he’s a first round pick or a udfa.   We need guys that make plays and get open; there’s no bonus or curve for being a late pick.  And from this lens, he doesn’t look good.  He moves pretty well, but his speed doesn’t look that dangerous, quickness looks unimpressive.  And while he has generated SOME separation deep, he has literally screwed up everything else.  So...by all means...see things through with his development.  But don’t BANK on anything good from Hightower this year, next, or ever based on what he’s shown so far.

I would absolutely start to give Watkins some looks.

 

On 10/11/2020 at 4:24 PM, eagle45 said:

😂A coward about it?  I like Wentz and want him to succeed.  I've been here all day.  

I cry about it because my football team has a bad QB.  Thats a problem.  

 

On 10/11/2020 at 3:05 PM, eagle45 said:

Wentz has played poorly enough to get benched.  He’s terrible right now.

But this remains a team effort...and Hurts sucks.  It’s only going to get worse with him in there.

 

On 10/11/2020 at 2:54 PM, eagle45 said:

I’d pretty much trade our 2020 draft for Claypool at this point.  

 

On 10/11/2020 at 1:11 PM, eagle45 said:

Eeh, I think the franchise sunk Wentz.  But either way they are both sinking together.

 

On 10/9/2020 at 12:41 PM, eagle45 said:

If you want to keep both eyes on a 6-9-1 division title, as a fan, that's fine.  And if I want to keep one eye on 2021 in a lost season, as a fan, it's not changing anything.

But we are all entertained differently.

 

I mean I can keep going if you'd like. But it sure looks to me that you think they don't have talent and the season is hopeless. People can infer things from what you post, it doesn't make it a strawman. 

 

 

 

 

32 minutes ago, jwill2420 said:

Wow, the love Travis Fulgham is Getting is crazy. 
 

People need to relax on this guy. 

Let us have this

3 minutes ago, Giddyunc said:

One more thing to consider regarding the Claypool/Gerry touchdown. Everyone was harping on Schwartz and Doug for not calling a timeout. However, I wonder if they even saw the mismatch. I say that because Gerry, wearing a green-dot helmet, gets direct communication (from Schwartz I believe). The communication is cut off at the 15 second mark on the play clock, but this particular play happened prior to that. If Schwartz actually saw that mismatch, one would think, given his direct line of communication to Gerry, that he would be screaming at him to either get inside the route or at least drop deeper. I think it's obvious that neither happened, considering Gerry was completely turned around almost immediately. It's crazy to say this, but I wonder if Schwartz didn't recognize the mismatch after the Steelers went in motion. Crazy if true. 

NRC points it out to Gerry not sure what he told Gerry but whatever it was either Gerry didn't understand or NRC told him wrong or Gerry just screwed up.

I understand why they didn't call a timeout. If steelers don't convert they kick a FG and eagles still have limited time to score. Timeouts at that point we're too precious.

The fault should be on when Schwartz sees 5 WRs trot out on the field he didn't take gerry off and put in another DB which I'm not sure there were any left to put in seeing as slay was hurt off the field on the play. Or Schwartz just didn't realize it was 5 WRs.

Which I can't imagine he wouldn't see. Schwartz has been around a while I imagine if he had the extra DB available to him he would have subbed out gerry and gone with zero LB alignment against a 5 WR set 

2 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I mean I can keep going if you'd like. But it sure looks to me that you think they don't have talent and the season is hopeless. People can infer things from what you post, it doesn't make it a strawman. 

 

 

 

 

Best content I've ever seen from one of your posts.  You have a lot of time.

5 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

no comment was correct. If he threw it when he pumped it was 6. The CB bit on the double move. And in order to throw it he needed the safety to bite on Hightower's route. If he was going to pump, he should have been pumping there first. He stared down Fulgham. Pumped when it was unnecessary. And ran out of time to throw it and cost us a TD. 

Are you talking about the entirety of your posts, or just the last few?

2 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Let us have this

You can have the disappointment in the end lol

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

Best content I've ever seen from one of your posts.  You have a lot of time.

Today I do. 

2 minutes ago, jwill2420 said:

You can have the disappointment in the end lol

Is that the inverse of delayed gratification?

3 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Let us have this

TATE screams for good receivers for decades.

Fulgham catches 10 passes 150+ yards and Td.

TATE- calm down guys.

😒

6 minutes ago, RLC said:

Yup. We should have blocked it with 8!

I understand dumb complaints when we’re watching live. There is emotion involved and we don’t have the all-22, and CBS for some reason couldn’t give us a half-decent replay. 

But we have the benefit of watching the all-22 after the fact, and we can see Doug called max protect vs a three-man rush, the intended WR was open for a long pass or possibly a TD and someone can say the playcall was bad because it was a sack? Doug knows the OL isn’t great and accommodated it with two extra blockers. They could have double teamed every rusher and still have an extra blocker. 

But Pryor got whipped so it’s a bad playcall. 

If you (not actually you, RLC) can’t understand how that playcall was perfect, you can’t be helped, or you don’t care to understand the game. 

2 minutes ago, Utebird said:

TATE screams for good receivers for decades.

Fulgham catches 10 passes 150+ yards and Td.

TATE- calm down guys.

😒

Only 12 more minutes until the end of Zoom office hours!  On-line instruction sucks.

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

I understand dumb complaints when we’re watching live. There is emotion involved and we don’t have the all-22, and CBS for some reason couldn’t give us a half-decent replay. 

But we have the benefit of watching the all-22 after the fact, and we can see Doug called max protect vs a three-man rush, the intended WR was open for a long pass or possibly a TD and someone can say the playcall was bad because it was a sack? Doug knows the OL isn’t great and accommodated it with two extra blockers. They could have double teamed every rusher and still have an extra blocker. 

But Pryor got whipped so it’s a bad playcall. 

If you (not actually you, RLC) can’t understand how that playcall was perfect, you can’t be helped, or you don’t care to understand the game. 

Yup.

I don't love calling 7 man protections against a 3 man rush. That leaves 4 receivers against 8 defenders. That's a win for the defense...especially if they're playing man coverage with help. The Steelers played zone, which allowed Fulgham to get open. 

The Steelers also blitz a lot. So we kept more guys in to block to protect our QB. I'm not going to complain about that.

1 hour ago, TorontoEagle said:

What joy do you get from watching Eagles games/following the team? Maybe take a break until Doug moves on? 

Here's a hint, he doesn't follow the Eagles

9 minutes ago, RLC said:

Yup.

I don't love calling 7 man protections against a 3 man rush. That leaves 4 receivers against 8 defenders. That's a win for the defense...especially if they're playing man coverage with help. The Steelers played zone, which allowed Fulgham to get open. 

The Steelers also blitz a lot. So we kept more guys in to block to protect our QB. I'm not going to complain about that.

It looked like two of the Steelers sort of faked a rush and hung around the line a bit to occupy blockers. Still no reason for seven to lose to three. 

by the way, Ill take Bell if its gonna be pretty cheap. We still need Sanders insurance. 

1 hour ago, Utebird said:

Wentz still could have got rid of ball, his elongated delivery decreases chances of plays like this working.

Was he pressured? Sure and he should have stepped up earlier in the pocket and stepped into a throw to fulgham the instant he saw the FS come down.

Wentz like Mcnabb often waits till guys are open to throw the ball or tries to force balls into tight windows. The point Wentz should have thrown the ball or could've thrown it fulgham wasn't open but by the time the b.all got there he obviously would have been. Carson struggles throwing guys open and this video is an example even with the pressure from the DE.

Drop back step up and throw the ball on time it's a td I stead Carson drops back hesitates then runs from pocket and takes a sack that could've been a td.

I'm not blaming the OL on this I'm blaming Carson.

Other qbs with better timing and quicker releases make that play imo

 

 

 

 

 

The exact millisecond that the safety steps forward Wentz is already half way to the ground. If you're blaming Carson you need to watch it again. And feel free to pause it right wg\hen you are saying the safety is stepping forward.

Wouldn’t Bell be Vet minimum?

2 minutes ago, DawkinsOwnage03 said:

Wouldn’t Bell be Vet minimum?

I think he is a free agent and free to negotiate a new contract.

34 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

no comment was correct. If he threw it when he pumped it was 6. The CB bit on the double move. And in order to throw it he needed the safety to bite on Hightower's route. If he was going to pump, he should have been pumping there first. He stared down Fulgham. Pumped when it was unnecessary. And ran out of time to throw it and cost us a TD. 

Sorry no blame goes to Carson on this one. He threw it when the safety bit. This is all on the o-line.

Just now, greend said:

Sorry no blame goes to Carson on this one. He threw it when the safety bit. This is all on the o-line.

Looks like he could have had it if he threw it when he pumped instead.