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

As good as clement was in 2017 especially SB, he’s offering next to nothing this year. It sucks but if sanders is out extended period of time they need to see what they have in Holyfield, Huntley or someone else. Clement isn’t the same player he once was. 

Huntley can return kicks and punts as well.

I've seen enough of scott at KR and enough of ward at PR.

I'm not sure the thinking behind claiming huntley then just letting him ride the pine especially when guys like scott and Clement in front of him aren't doing jack.

Not sure if it's a Howie call a pederson call or a Duce call either way I think it's a mistake,especially if howie is the one making those choices ☹️

6 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Three killer drops. Can’t have any of these. 

ertz had at least one drop as well

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I don't think Toth is a realistic candidate to start at RT. Might have to move Mailata to RT and have JP play LT while Lane/Driscoll is out.

I'd give opeta a shot.

He played LT in college has been a guard with eagles not sure why he hasn't seen the field? Couldn't have been worse than Brown.

3 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Fulgham's was the hardest but Hightower and Sanders should have made the catches. 

They all should have made the catches. Fulgham’s wouldn’t have been anything special.

4 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Three killer drops. Can’t have any of these. 

The sanders one that same type of play was called in about 3 other games i saw. Just so happens two of which were on red zone channel during the eagles game. Each of those were caught and a ball placed similarly (weren’t actually in the red zone even though on red zone channel). Sanders turned Right and then back to his left to track it and then had to adjust which made it a harder catch but that’s a catchable ball that should’ve been caught. Hit right in his hands.

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Why did Hightower go to the ground is my question.   He lets the ball get in his body.  It's a horrible habit of his.  Extend your arms and catch the ball at the high point and you run in for a TD.

He does not catch the ball with his hands. 

12 hours ago, bpac55 said:

Yikes

He signed a contract recently for 5 years too

5 hours ago, DeathByEagle said:

23 now. Dont forget they added 2 more playoff wildcard teams starting this year. 

Kind of makes you want to not get the division this year...

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

And it's not exactly like the situation sprang up out of nowhere. You've got plenty of time to think of a play as your offense is moving the ball down the field. Hell, you have all these "assistants but not coordinators" around you, but not one of them can come up with some options to present to you well before we score the TD? To make matters worse, we even burned through the 2 min warning, and yet you still can't come up with something during that time? As a coaching staff, how can you not think ahead a bit and say "Hmmm, if we do end up scoring the TD, this might be a good play to run on the conversion." 

It's mismanagement at all levels. Absolutely maddening.

I think it's safe to say that the committee of OCs is a failed experiment. They've done nothing. Lurie is just handing out checks for nothing. It's kind of funny because this wasn't any of the worries we had when Doug did this in the offseason

9 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

I'm curious what they do about Dillard next year. Do you have them battle in the off season or do you name Dillard the starter because he was a 1st rounder

4 minutes ago, Swoop said:

And yet Peters will get put right at LT when he comes back 

Either way it's going to suck. They are either going to pay Peters LT money for possibly starting at guard or bench Mailata to start Peters at LT

19 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Having hurts one wonders why not use him exclusively for 2 point conversions?

Design a two point offense for hurts, heck throw some triple option in there.

The call on the last 2 point conversions was predictable, pederson went to the well one two many times, maybe if he had run the same play but have Carson reverse roll off it something the raven did a lot with lamar then maybe it catches ravens off guard but just running a simple read option was meh.☹️

Sounds like they are having a hard time integrating him into the offense ala golden tate..or whatever that ridiculous quote was about getting tate involved more

7 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Huntley can return kicks and punts as well.

I've seen enough of scott at KR and enough of ward at PR.

I'm not sure the thinking behind claiming huntley then just letting him ride the pine especially when guys like scott and Clement in front of him aren't doing jack.

Not sure if it's a Howie call a pederson call or a Duce call either way I think it's a mistake,especially if howie is the one making those choices ☹️

Yeah that’s another thing with PR. Ward is giving you next to nothing and i believe he actually fumbled it twice yesterday (however might have only been once on a punt return). At some point might want to try someone else who gives you more as a return. That said have no clue on this team who that is. That’s a minor problem they should look into fixing this offseason. 

8 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Three killer drops. Can’t have any of these. 

The fulgham drop was a tough catch as the DB swiped his arm at the catch point, the hightower drop was egregiously incompetent, perfect throw in stride in the bucket drops it right in his hands and not only does he drop it but he falls over as well.  Makes me wonder if he catches it if he even stays upright.

His second 50 yarder he actually caught he should have kept running straight but after the catch he turns sideways like a scared puppy and then runs out of bounds☹️  isaac Bruce would be ashamed.

Sanders has dropped by my count at least 3 to 4 passes this year, this one was his worst. Was it tougher than it needed to be because he had to turn his head around ? Sure and nfl calibre players make that catch. Inexcusable to drop any pass that hits you directly in both your hands.

Hopefully they can be better cuz those were ugly.

 

12 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I don't think Toth is a realistic candidate to start at RT. Might have to move Mailata to RT and have JP play LT while Lane/Driscoll is out.

No. Don't screw up Mailata and ruin a good thing

1 minute ago, Mike030270 said:

I'm curious what they do about Dillard next year. Do you have them battle in the off season or do you name Dillard the starter because he was a 1st rounder

 

If Mailata finishes the season the way he is playing now then LT is his job to lose IMO.  Dillard has earned nothing.  He hasn't shown much except for the fact that he isn't capable of playing RT.  His passion for the game has been questioned and rightly so based on comments from those around him his entire career.  He will also be 26 next year while Mailata will be 24.  The thing about Mailata is we have no idea how high his ceiling is.  Right now he is showing he is an average LT after playing 3 games ever in his life.  I think the sky's the limit with him to be honest.  Dillard could be a decent trade chip during the draft.

The only other scenario is if Mailata can move to RT and Dillard comes back healthy, stronger and ready to lock down LT.  You can then move Lane sooner than later and have Mailata as your RT of the future. 

12 hours ago, bpac55 said:

Yikes

 

Also for perspective, 50+ yard kicks are made at a 61 percent rate. The Pittsburgh one is understandable as that stadium is dreadful to kick and it’s why only a 53 yarder is the longest in 20 years of that stadium. However the Washington one was short which with his leg was just bizarre. And the one yesterday kind of felt like much of his kicks from 50 since 2018. Since 2018 he’s just 5-13 from 50+ (38.4%)

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

Holy flashback to 2016 doug. That explanation felt similar to what we heard back in 2016 from doug on certain things. 

This season is starting to feel like 2016 in a way, at least to me.  You can see the groundwork of a really good team, but the pieces arent there yet and they just cant put it all together

I still contend--and I dont care what anyone says--that if they can string a few wins together and battle for a playoff spot it would be huge for the organization. 

So much has gone against us, it means something to still have some measure of success and it keeps everyone engaged and builds confidence for the young guys

4 minutes ago, Utebird said:

The fulgham drop was a tough catch as the DB swiped his arm at the catch point, the hightower drop was egregiously incompetent, perfect throw in stride in the bucket drops it right in his hands and not only does he drop it but he falls over as well.  Makes me wonder if he catches it if he even stays upright.

His second 50 yarder he actually caught he should have kept running straight but after the catch he turns sideways like a scared puppy and then runs out of bounds☹️  isaac Bruce would be ashamed.

That's what I just posted a few minutes ago.  Why does he go to the ground and fall?  Catch with your hands and keep running.  There have been a number of times this year where he let's the ball get in to his stomach and he falls over.  It's a habit they have to coach him up on and teach him to use his hands and that RAC hugely important.

 

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Also for perspective, 50+ yard kicks are made at a 61 percent rate. The Pittsburgh one is understandable as that stadium is dreadful to kick and it’s why only a 53 yarder is the longest in 20 years of that stadium. However the Washington one was short which with his leg was just bizarre. And the one yesterday kind of felt like much of his kicks from 50 since 2018. Since 2018 he’s just 5-13 from 50+ (38.4%)

They need to start looking at new kickers IMO

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

They all should have made the catches. Fulgham’s wouldn’t have been anything special.

It wasn't a crazy hard catch for Fulgham but it wasn't nearly as easy as the others. 

15 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Ugh, there's a name.  Talk about homerism.  Isn't he in jail now?

Looks like he was released a few years ago, but yeah, he was in prison for defrauding people and charities. Doesn't get much scummier than that.
 

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Jury selection in Tollefson's trial began on January 5, 2015. Among Tollefson's claims of innocence was that he never aimed to defraud people, but was only a "bad businessman." He also claimed that none of the money he received was spent on himself or his family.^[18]

On January 21, 2015, Tollefson was found guilty on all counts. The jury deliberated for 10 hours over the course of two days. Prosecutors afterward said that they would be seeking "lengthy" prison time for Tollefson at sentencing ^[19] He was ultimately sentenced to two to four years in state prison. Tollefson must also serve 15 years of probation.^[20]

Tollefson was released in late 2017 after serving 14 months of his sentence.^[21]

 

15 minutes ago, Ipiggles said:

ertz had at least one drop as well

As did Greg Ward

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

It wasn't a crazy hard catch for Fulgham but it wasn't nearly as easy as the others. 

Agreed. 

No injury updates in Dougs PC. Great

No injury updates from Doug. He says he'll have some updates later today.

 

1 minute ago, Mike31mt said:

This season is starting to feel like 2016 in a way, at least to me.  You can see the groundwork of a really good team, but the pieces arent there yet and they just cant put it all together

I still contend--and I dont care what anyone says--that if they can string a few wins together and battle for a playoff spot it would be huge for the organization. 

So much has gone against us, it means something to still have some measure of success and it keeps everyone engaged and builds confidence for the young guys

I disagree with that point. Would it be nice to see? Yeah but I don’t think it does anything for this organization. Frankly it makes you stuck in purgatory. That is the type of thing that continuously happens to teams in purgatory.  Not saying I’m not cheering for the Eagles to win. Because I always cheer for the Eagles to win. However I do know when I look around the league there’s plenty of teams that do what you just stated and get into this fools gold type of thinking and then find themselves in purgatory More often then not.