Is to clown still HC? Did he get on the flight back to the US? Hopefully someone left him in the bar or better yet the middle of Peckham, Brixton or Tottenham itself.

5 hours ago, manz2821 said:

They will look like the 85 Bears against us.

Exactly what I said in the GDT.

7 hours ago, Joe Ball said:

DAL ain’t stopping anyone

I can’t remember the last time we went into a matchup where the opposing team had a significant statistical disadvantage or injury issues that the Eagles took advantage of. I don’t even pay attention to those types of trends anymore because this coach isn’t able to take advantage of it.

Some good Willie stuff here.

Eagles averaged 1.2 yards per rushing attempt. Can’t win doing that no matter who is at QB.

11 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Eagles averaged 1.2 yards per rushing attempt. Can’t win doing that no matter who is at QB.

Well, I think they kind of showed that you could.

Imagine what would happen if the eagles tried giving Hurts a play like this.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1121649840418642

I've been saying it, but I'd love to see us go to a college style spread offense. Teams arent ready for it, everyone is going heavy. Hurts would have more room to run as well.

We should never run 12 again. It's 20% of our plays according to the internet. Why?

At this point Goedert barely belongs on the field

11 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

I've been saying it, but I'd love to see us go to a college style spread offense. Teams arent ready for it, everyone is going heavy. Hurts would have more room to run as well.

We should never run 12 again. It's 20% of our plays according to the internet. Why?

At this point Goedert barely belongs on the field

30 int sounds about right

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

30 int sounds about right

Why would you think that?

Hurts just threw into tight windows as much as he ever has. We keep inviting bodies into the box and we're using our worst personnel group to do it. I'd much rather let Hurts play the numbers game and get our WRs and RBs on the field instead of our horrible TEs

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48224913/the-crossroad-awaits-quarterback-jalen-hurts-philadelphia-eagles-offense-aj-brown-2026

This is a nice little time capsule.

"When I'm up at night, I think about should I have said something? Should I have took a step back and say wait? But ultimately, there's a commitment to going out there and executing."

Sounds like Hurts has plenty of bad ideas of his own.

9 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

Without Barkley, Bigsby, and Shipley it seems very curious it never occurred to Hurts to pull the ball down and help out on the ground. 2 carries for 2 yards doesn’t really prop up his 21-for-40 passing numbers

Yeah it was a bit curious. It reminds me so much of 1995 Randall Cunningham where Gruden tried to force Randall to be a 3 5 7 step drop WCO offense and it predictably didnt work.

But yeah hurts reluctance to run at all is odd

49 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Eagles averaged 1.2 yards per rushing attempt. Can’t win doing that no matter who is at QB.

Especially if they don't use the QB in the running game.

28 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

I've been saying it, but I'd love to see us go to a college style spread offense. Teams arent ready for it, everyone is going heavy. Hurts would have more room to run as well.

We should never run 12 again. It's 20% of our plays according to the internet. Why?

At this point Goedert barely belongs on the field

12 and jumbo sets are all the rage right now for whatever reason. I agree hurts does better with spread concepts than he does in a 3 5 7 west coast timing offense.

10 hours ago, kiwieagle said:

I don't believe the new guys brought in are Nick hires. He doesn't know this system or have working relationships with these guys.

It was a bit of a panic hire thought because I think the Eagles felt they could convince Stout to stay on as OL coach only and move to the new scheme.

Between the change in scheme and not having the run game game co-ordinator title anymore, he said Stout out.

The desire for shift in offensive scheme thought I think first came from the top (Howie, Lurie) to see if that can help the team break out of its offensive funk from last year, not Siri. And so far, its not working at all with the current set up (HC with no experience of the system / a very young coach trying to implement / merge with what Eagles do well / this QB etc etc

Its clear that the FO and Owner mandated change downwards, and Mannion is looking to be the unfortunate patsy in this mandate. Fox blaming Sirianni is lazy journalism when the senior mgmt are respsonsible

9 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

More of the Hurts quote, makes it even worse. So much for 100% alignment, 0% entitlement. First one to break is the franchise QB. Good leadership. As if there werent a million things about his own performance he could have focused on.

"Again, it's not my place, and we're prepared. I'm prepared as a quarterback to not worry about those things. I'm honoring the play call, honoring the things that are coming in the game. When I'm up at night, yeah, I think, man, should have I said something or should I have took a step back and said, wait. But ultimately, there's a commitment to that and going out there and executing. So this was one where it did not work in our favor.”

Worth noting the HC covered for Hurts and AJ Brown last season when they changed the called play, it didn't work and made himself look like an incompetent HC. Hurts is being naughty here - if you are being uncharitable he's thinking about himself vs the team in those comments.

1 hour ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Some good Willie stuff here.

Had a rough start but I do believe he settled in. I think he would be better at C but at the very least he's a capable backup at G. Would amazing if he became a starter but idk if it's feasible at that size in today's NFL

7 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Yeah it was a bit curious. It reminds me so much of 1995 Randall Cunningham where Gruden tried to force Randall to be a 3 5 7 step drop WCO offense and it predictably didnt work.

But yeah hurts reluctance to run at all is odd

His reluctance comes from him not being able to run like he used to. He's slow as hell in pretty much everything he does until he's 10 yards downfield with a full head of steam. His short burst is shot so he can't "take off" running, when he starts to scramble it looks like he's running through molasses

32 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

I've been saying it, but I'd love to see us go to a college style spread offense. Teams arent ready for it, everyone is going heavy. Hurts would have more room to run as well.

We should never run 12 again. It's 20% of our plays according to the internet. Why?

At this point Goedert barely belongs on the field

We should bring back Chip Kelly and run the Wing-T.

11 hours ago, SinCityEaglesFan2 said:

If we lose against Carolina - I will be on board with firing Nick, but herein lies the age old problem - do we promote Mannion to HC or do we look for someone else that we think could play to our teams strengths ?

Fire Nick today and promote Mannion. Nicks blunders yesterday were inexcusable.

10 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

Without Barkley, Bigsby, and Shipley it seems very curious it never occurred to Hurts to pull the ball down and help out on the ground. 2 carries for 2 yards doesn’t really prop up his 21-for-40 passing numbers

This was a game for him to take off running and yet he didn't

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

Well, I think they kind of showed that you could.

One off yeah. I’m talking about winning games plural and over extended time.

20 minutes ago, devpool said:

His reluctance comes from him not being able to run like he used to. He's slow as hell in pretty much everything he does until he's 10 yards downfield with a full head of steam. His short burst is shot so he can't "take off" running, when he starts to scramble it looks like he's running through molasses

Someone said he hurt his ankle in practice this week so maybe thats could be effecting his burst.

I dont know reports out of camp was that he looked faster this year???

Then again reports out of camp said jalyx was going to lead the league in sacks so...

I find it amusing that we are all well aware QBs are involved in this process. It’s been documented Hurts involvement in this last year. And we are well aware that they have sacrificed and scapegoated numerous playcallers over the years to protect and improve Hurts and the passing game.

And now, as it all falls apart, Hurts is saying nah that’s not me I don’t get involved in that. For a player whose best traits are supposed to be leadership, that doesn’t come across well.

3 minutes ago, devpool said:

Had a rough start but I do believe he settled in. I think he would be better at C but at the very least he's a capable backup at G. Would amazing if he became a starter but idk if it's feasible at that size in today's NFL

He has an unusual size but I think his size disadvantage is overstated. He has above average strength and anchor ability. His height gives him leverage. His size is only a problem if he can not get his hands on defenders. His wingspan is 78 1/8th". This is what Mockdraftable lists as averages for OG and OC:

He is below average in the OG category. His wingspan is above average at OC. I think he is close enough in each that it probably does not create an issue. We saw both Dickerson and Jurgens fail because they could not move their feet and stay in front of defenders. Lampkin did not have that issue. He was not getting tossed by defenders. He held his ground and drove them in the run game.