It was nice to see us start early at least. That has been a huge problem since our Super season. That reflects a quality game plan. That fosters some hope. Now we have to also make the adjustments. We have to adjust to what they are doing....but also needed to find the chinks in their armor.

15 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Pedey also confirmed Herbig is getting the start again

That’s good to hear guess would expect him to play better being between Lane and Kelce.... Was half expecting Brown to get the start honestly 

Graham cleared concussion protocol that’s good news... Sounds like Barnett will be ready to play, Hargrave is practicing. DL should be essentially at full strength for the Rams.

Hope Sweat doesn’t get to reduced a role still want to see him playing around 45-50% of the snaps. 

They are shutting down streets to prevent tailgating before the game.

I watched the all 22 of the game, and Herbig was better than I thought he would be. He was confused at times, which is to be expected, but the entire oline was really hurt by horrible playcalling/bad QB decisions against the blitz. When the WFT brought four, Wentz had plenty of time. And there were a few times when he had hot routes wide open but held the ball.

Our running game wasn't as bad as I thought it was initially. We had one play that was well designed, but Kelce made a horrible decision to not block the right guy and it went for a five yard loss.

We also tried to run too many screen passes which weren't fooling anybody, and didn't look for wheel routes which were wide open. We should have been looking to isolate Scott/Clement against their linebackers, but it seems like we lost that page out of the playbook.

WFT has a truly terrible offense. It is McLaurin and that's it. We basically handed them a win, which is super frustrating. If Graham and Curry didn't get hurt, they wouldn't have been able to move the ball at all. 

7 minutes ago, jsb235 said:

WFT has a truly terrible offense. It is McLaurin and that's it. We basically handed them a win, which is super frustrating. If Graham and Curry didn't get hurt, they wouldn't have been able to move the ball at all. 

Idk bout that Logan Thomas didn’t seem to bad either think more he plays the better he’ll get 

5 minutes ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Idk bout that Logan Thomas didn’t seem to bad either think more he plays the better he’ll get 

He was definitely a weapon

Think we also have to add this was the first actual game for the WFT in Scott Turners offense they are still learning and figuring things out. 

Not sure Washington has the talent yet but definitely have some pieces 

But I’m with JSB, Maryland Football Team has a really weak offense. We needed our D to make a few plays. They were there to be made. We couldn’t recover the fumbles. Couldn’t make the interceptions. Our D is ranked number one...but I’m far from impressed. Usually defense is ahead of offense early on. Our D should’ve had a field day against them. At least we aren’t looking at giving up big plays all game long. That gives some hope.

Just now, cunninghamtheman said:

But I’m with JSB, Maryland Football Team has a really weak offense. We needed our D to make a few plays. They were there to be made. We couldn’t recover the fumbles. Couldn’t make the interceptions. Our D is ranked number one...but I’m far from impressed. Usually defense is ahead of offense early on. Our D should’ve had a field day against them. At least we aren’t looking at giving up big plays all game long. That gives some hope.

The defense was consistently put in bad spots. 0 points allowed when WFT started in there territory. All of the points came when they had short fields because of terrible O play turnovers, turnover on downs etc. 

 

13 minutes ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Idk bout that Logan Thomas didn’t seem to bad either think more he plays the better he’ll get 

I think we made him look better than he is. He did run a nice route against Edwards, but I think that was a blown zone coverage. If Gerry gets the proper depth there, it would have taken away the route. The sad thing is that on that play there were only three players running routes, so we should have never allowed him to get open in the first place, but our scheme was terribly executed.

We also gifted him a touchdown. It's hard to tell if Mills or Riley blew the coverage. I initially said it was Riley but it makes more sense for Mills to be covering him in that situation. 

Our defense has to be a ton better this week. I think they looked good because WFT was so bad.

4 minutes ago, jsb235 said:

think we made him look better than he is. He did run a nice route against Edwards, but I think that was a blown zone coverage. If Gerry gets the proper depth there, it would have taken away the route. The sad thing is that on that play there were only three players running routes, so we should have never allowed him to get open in the first place, but our scheme was terribly executed.

Watched the play on Edwards even if Gerry is back in his zone that was a makable throw and Haskins put it in a great spot.

As for the TD he got open Washington confused us. We can say the same thing about our TDS 

7 minutes ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

The defense was consistently put in bad spots. 0 points allowed when WFT started in there territory. All of the points came when they had short fields because of terrible O play turnovers, turnover on downs etc. 

 

I don’t disagree with that. But I still believe our D should have been dominant and made some plays. Not sure there is a weaker offense in the league. We should have feasted. Our guys dropped gimme interceptions or just batted the ball down. It’s good because at least they were in position. But we need playmakers. We could have turned that momentum right back around. Short yardage defense really disappointed. We’ve been spoiled with our defense bending but not breaking over the last several years. We just couldn’t stop Barber on the short yardage plays. That’s a big concern. 

Just now, cunninghamtheman said:

I don’t disagree with that. But I still believe our D should have been dominant and made some plays. Not sure there is a weaker offense in the league. We should have feasted. Our guys dropped gimme interceptions or just batted the ball down. It’s good because at least they were in position. But we need playmakers. We could have turned that momentum right back around. Short yardage defense really disappointed. We’ve been spoiled with our defense bending but not breaking over the last several years. We just couldn’t stop Barber on the short yardage plays. That’s a big concern. 

I’m not concerned at all Peyton started to have success when We had backups in. Getting Hargraves back is huge Graham back and healthy, Barnett paired ion the. We Fletch and things will look different especially in short yardage.

As for the turnovers and making plays sure we missed plays all teams do fact is though Carson and the offense lost us that game not the defense. 

1 minute ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Watched the play on Edwards even if Gerry is back in his zone that was a makable throw and Haskins put it in a great spot.

As for the TD he got open Washington confused us. We can say the same thing about our TDS 

Yes, I have to give credit to the Football Team. I think they had a few plays designed to confuse Schwartz D. They have some quality coaching over there. I’m a fan of Rivera. Not sure he’s SB winning quality. But always above average. He’s sees the game very different than most coaches. That works for him. Not sure he can survive Snyder....who else has? They’ve had HOF coaching over there that sank and went down with the ship.

All I’m saying is if your Doug Pederson you have to know the game and what is happening. Washington wasn’t marching up and down the field on us.

Our Defense for the most part was holding in that situation we have to play field position especially with the O struggling and holding onto a slim lead. 

But instead we turned the ball over with ints a fumble and lose of downs giving Washington great field position. 

3 minutes ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

But instead we turned the ball over with ints a fumble and lose of downs giving Washington great field position. 

But the turnovers are on Wentz not Doug. I agree he could have helped more by calling a different game at that point but Wentz has to do a better of recognising the situation. 

Just now, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

But the turnovers are on Wentz not Doug. I agree he could have helped more by calling a different game at that point but Wentz has to do a better of recognising the situation. 

Yes and no I agree with this.... Doug was doing Wentz no favors not adjusting the game plan to help protect him and consistently dialing up deep long developing routes. 

Also it is 100% Doug decision to go for it on 4th down 

1 minute ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

All I’m saying is if your Doug Pederson you have to know the game and what is happening. Washington wasn’t marching up and down the field on us.

Our Defense for the most part was holding in that situation we have to play field position especially with the O struggling and holding onto a slim lead. 

But instead we turned the ball over with ints a fumble and lose of downs giving Washington great field position. 

Not sure at what point you’re talking about. It looked like Carson and the offense was firing. We came out smoking them. Pedey didn’t get in his position by being ultra conservative. We were up 17 to nothing. The offense was coming out ready to put a first half dagger in them before they could adjust at halftime. I agree with that philosophy. Put them down 20 to nothing....or more at the end of the first half. Only way to play that I believe. Gotta trust in Wentz. Unfortunately he let us down. No point in going backwards though and not trusting Wentz. We will ride and die on him. I think he’s shown mostly we’d end up on the upside of that equation. Week one unfortunately was not the case though. I’m not backing off trusting in Wentz. 

2 minutes ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Yes and no I agree with this.... Doug was doing Wentz no favors not adjusting the game plan to help protect him and consistently dialing up deep long developing routes. 

Also it is 100% Doug decision to go for it on 4th down 

He wasn't no i agree with that. Dial up some short and intermediate passes across the middle to get Carson going again. We all know once Carson gets in a rut he seems to regress and continue to make mistakes so help him out there. 

2 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Not sure at what point you’re talking about. It looked like Carson and the offense was firing. We came out smoking them. Pedey didn’t get in his position by being ultra conservative. We were up 17 to nothing. The offense was coming out ready to put a first half dagger in them before they could adjust at halftime. I agree with that philosophy. Put them down 20 to nothing....or more at the end of the first half. Only way to play that I believe. Gotta trust in Wentz. Unfortunately he let us down. No point in going backwards though and not trusting Wentz. We will ride and die on him. I think he’s shown mostly we’d end up on the upside of that equation. Week one unfortunately was not the case though. I’m not backing off trusting in Wentz. 

Yes in the first half I agree go for the KILL I agree to start the second go for the kill.... When your offense goes stagnant in the 2nd half though and Washington is scoring because we keep giving them great field position yea learn the situation make Washington move the ball to score  not give them scoring position 

8 minutes ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Yes and no I agree with this.... Doug was doing Wentz no favors not adjusting the game plan to help protect him and consistently dialing up deep long developing routes. 

Also it is 100% Doug decision to go for it on 4th down 

But some say that Wentz was to blame for the protection calls. He has audible powers also. All I can say is they rattled Wentz. I figured he would be sacked and hit a good amount. That was obviously going to happen...even on paper. So take the sack and get rid of the ball when you can.

  But I do believe they should have rolled out the pocket more. I put that on the coaching. That was one of the main conclusions I drew from the Oline situation. Had to be done. Seemed obvious. Seemed like Pedey figured out how good Wentz was on the move to end last season. No idea how that got Knowledge waslost.

If you want your blood to boil, try watching our final second down play on the drive that resulted in the missed field goal.

It was a pitch to Boston Scott and he had a ton of room. WFT had one chance to stop us, a corner, and we had Peters out there in perfect position to block him. And then he just ran right by him. Didn't make any effort. The corner didn't make any move. JP just blew by him. If he makes that block the play goes for at least 10 yards and we get points that drive.

The crap thing about the loss is that the guys making all the money on the top of the roster lost a game that the guys making no money on the bottom of the roster tried so hard to win. 

5 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

But some say that Wentz was to blame for the protection calls. He has audible powers also. All I can say is they rattled Wentz. I figured he would be sacked and hit a good amount. That was obviously going to happen...even on paper. So take the sack and get rid of the ball when you can.

  But I do believe they should have rolled out the pocket more. I put that on the coaching. That was one of the main conclusions I drew from the Oline situation. Had to be done. Seemed obvious. Seemed like Pedey figured out how good Wentz was on the move to end last season. No idea how that got Knowledge waslost.

At no point did I say Wentz is not to blame either like I said at the start Wentz and the offenses lost us that game 

I think Pedey was searching for a spark