6 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Not sure Becton makes sense for this system. Plus, the fact no one even brought him to camp is very concerning.

Probably, but the OL plays small. It might be the new scheme, and Becton was likely a 1-trick pony mauler in the 2024 scheme. What shows up on tape is that the OL has been physically overmatched because of size and/or chronic injuries. Hope it is a scheme wrt Jurgens. It is not hard for DCs to watch tape and see how to stunt or bull rush past the left side of this line. At least moving Steen would correct some of this in pass protection. Hell, put Bell next to Johnson on the other side.

22 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Sack, what was the team’s record last year? 11-6. Close to twice as many wins as losses. What kind of reality check is that?

Their defense was elite last year, and their offense continued to get worse the entire season to the point of embarrassing. The only reality check needed is your argument.

1 minute ago, vikas83 said:

I do want to say one more time - I can't describe how brutal the heat and sun were. Playing a game on artificial turf hot enough to melt cleats is completely insane.

I sit in my car with leather seats (flex) when it’s 115 out and before i turn on the car. that’s awful for like 2 mins so i can’t imagine for an entire football game outside of halftime

14 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Not sure Becton makes sense for this system. Plus, the fact no one even brought him to camp is very concerning.

Pff is not the end all be all but he was ranked 82 out of 82 guards last year in run blocking and 70ish in pass blocking. Overall 35.7 (might be off after the decimal). He was pretty awful even when you watched the chargers you saw it. Like you i think it’s telling no One brought him into camp

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I sit in my car with leather seats (flex) when it’s 115 out and before i turn on the car. that’s awful for like 2 mins so i can’t imagine for an entire football game outside of halftime

Went with a buddy who is a Jets fan - also a broker who covers me, so he bought the tickets. At halftime, he just bailed and said he couldn't take it. My t shirt under my jersey was SOAKED. Everyone around me was dripping with sweat just being in the stands.

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

I sit in my car with leather seats (flex) when it’s 115 out and before i turn on the car. that’s awful for like 2 mins so i can’t imagine for an entire football game outside of halftime

I recently bought a 'new' Equinox. Fabric seats, so I got the Yankee Candle leather car freshener. Yeah...

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

Pff is not the end all be all but he was ranked 82 out of 82 guards last year in run blocking and 70ish in pass blocking. Overall 35.7 (might be off after the decimal). He was pretty awful even when you watched the chargers you saw it. Like you i think it’s telling no One brought him into camp

Pff is a complete joke. No credibility. It lost it when they ranked a QB performance higher for a guy who was pulled from the game at halftime in a game his team lost, compared to the Eagles QB who threw for 3 TDs, 0 INTs in a game the Eagles won.

5 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Went with a buddy who is a Jets fan - also a broker who covers me, so he bought the tickets. At halftime, he just bailed and said he couldn't take it. My t shirt under my jersey was SOAKED. Everyone around me was dripping with sweat just being in the stands.

I can't imagine....I was in Cabo for the last 5 days where it was 100....I had to take breaks in the shade and the air conditioning in between sitting by the pool and surfing.....and that was brutal lmao

3 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Pff is a complete joke. No credibility. It lost it when they ranked a QB performance higher for a guy who was pulled from the game at halftime in a game his team lost, compared to the Eagles QB who threw for 3 TDs, 0 INTs in a game the Eagles won.

Didn’t really need pff to tell me he was bad. Just kind of re-affirmed what i was seeing when i watched him. @LeanMeanGM discussed his contract and said he was getting cut at the end of the year cause he was awful when he played and had some off the field things too

3 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

I can't imagine....I was in Cabo for the last 5 days where it was 100....I had to take breaks in the shade and the air conditioning in between sitting by the pool and surfing.....and that was brutal lmao

That's because you're a huge pussbag!

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

Didn’t really need pff to tell me he was bad. Just kind of re-affirmed what i was seeing when i watched him. @LeanMeanGM discussed his contract and said he was getting cut at the end of the year cause he was awful when he played and had some off the field things too

I watched exactly zero Chargers games last year. But, I know what he did here. New OL coach now, so maybe its all moot.

Smith nearly had a 3 TD game.

Undertow where Hurts failed to navigate a pocket and step up to evade the hit.

And final play when Smith fell he looked like the primary read on the bootleg.

27 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I do want to say one more time - I can't describe how brutal the heat and sun were. Playing a game on artificial turf hot enough to melt cleats is completely insane.

23 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Went with a buddy who is a Jets fan - also a broker who covers me, so he bought the tickets. At halftime, he just bailed and said he couldn't take it. My t shirt under my jersey was SOAKED. Everyone around me was dripping with sweat just being in the stands.

That's what you get for being in the stands with the poors instead of in an air conditioned suite

25 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I do want to say one more time - I can't describe how brutal the heat and sun were. Playing a game on artificial turf hot enough to melt cleats is completely insane.

The weather conditions are a big reason why i'm not going to spend a lot of time talking about the shortcomings from this game.

I believe yesterday was probably the worst conditions a team has played in....maybe ever. Intense heat and humidity is much worse than extreme cold or even precipitation.

Not to mention that Nashville has been a weird place to play, and the game itself was a little trap gamey (in between a division game and Chicago), I was thrilled to get out of there with the W, regardless of anything else.

1 hour ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I thought that was such a joke when Daniels went down yesterday for WAS and not one lineman even stopped to check on him. They just walked back to the locker room for halftime. Mariota was the only one who came onto the field and looked concerned.

Because there are 5 linemen and they can't be in his presence in that number out of respect.

30 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Went with a buddy who is a Jets fan - also a broker who covers me, so he bought the tickets. At halftime, he just bailed and said he couldn't take it. My t shirt under my jersey was SOAKED. Everyone around me was dripping with sweat just being in the stands.

Yeah that sounds miserable. Especially 60k ppl basically on top of each other. Even early season games when it’s 80 degrees is rough. I would have never worn a jersey.

On the flip side - I was at the Dallas game in 2017. It was 10 degrees I think. I had on about 5 layers, long Johns, two pairs of socks, and was still freezing my ass off. Wasn’t worth it and it was a horrible, meaningless game on top of that.

It’s gotta be somewhere between 40-75 for me to go to a game.

I don't see Becton signing - hasn't been in a TC anywhere, no idea what shape he in, etc. Best offer is a workout and a look/see on the PS, but I'd assume the team look at a recent TC cut first

25 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Smith nearly had a 3 TD game.

Undertow where Hurts failed to navigate a pocket and step up to evade the hit.

And final play when Smith fell he looked like the primary read on the bootleg.

Devonta was catching everything yesterday, including that ball that was put 2yds out of bounds… completely dialed-in, WR1.

Ian Rappoport just reported that Dallas Goedert has an MCL sprain, and will miss a few weeks. No surprise. That's just the MO with him.

This guy got away. Probably have long career in NFL. Only because we had to keep 3 bad backup QBs or misuse IR & PUP spots.

3 hours ago, vikas83 said:

Just got back from Nashville. Let me start with this - hot doesn't really describe how unbelievably brutal it was. The sun was destroying everyone most of the game (some clouds showed up for a brief part of the 2nd half), and the field being turf...I've never been that hot. Everyone was sweating through their clothes in the stands, so I can't even imagine playing a game in that. Having a turf field in that weather is stupid.

A win is a win, but...

I chuckled a bit during the game when they had the temp gun out and were showing the effects of everything. Took me back to the golden days of the things i used to do for beer money with lethal doses of caffeine, ephedra, and nicotine in our systems, on a diet of beef jerky, jalapeño cheese spread and piss warm bottles of water. It’s oppressive, especially when you look around there is absolutely no hiding from it. At a certain point it doesn’t matter the surface, the sun reflects off everything. Any wind feels like you’re standing in front of a giant blow dryer. I always tell people who say they love the heat and hate the cold that they’re crazy. When it’s cold you can always add layers…when it gets to a certain level of heat you can only take so much off legally and then you’re at the mercy of that giant angry ball of fire in the sky melting your skin off.

Maybe I’m just old and finally have some what of a sense of self preservation, but even with their paychecks I’d have to think real hard about enduring that level agony again.

3 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

Curious to know where Ertz is with his knee. Didn’t have any training camp or preseason. So I think it’s gonna take him a couple weeks to ramp up. But currently he’s better than anyone that’s available on the market. So I’d bring him. But I am curious to see if he can hit the ground running or if it’s gonna take him a couple weeks

5 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Ian Rappoport just reported that Dallas Goedert has an MCL sprain, and will miss a few weeks. No surprise. That's just the MO with him.

And people think Ertz is the answer who will be 36 this year