25 minutes ago, justrelax said:

He didn't hold on every play and even when he did he'd let go pretty quickly. He did look stiff and he was doing a lot of waist-bending. He also got absolutely no push in the run game. What surprised me most was how little Barrett seemed to be trying. He looked like he was making no effort. Don't know why.

Maybe they wanted to do more of a mush rush to avoid Dak getting out of the pocket.  

I can't get over how much folks are drooling over Brady's second TD to Gronk on a slip route against zero coverage.

Garcia did the same with LJ Smith for 65 yards against Dallas in 2006. 

Unfortunately Smith didn't know how to run in the open field and couldn't score.

34 minutes ago, Ipiggles said:

I see Pitts killing us.  Our d is not that good.  OUr O will need time to develop chemistry, New QB and WRs. New plays. 

 

Literally coming to our houses and murdering all of us on the blog? 

 

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

I’ll disagree the Dolphins stayed stagnant. they signed fuller and drafted waddle to that offense. That’s a bunch of speed added to that offense. Say what you want about fuller before his suspension last year he was top 10 WR numbers. Granted with watson and not Tua but fuller has talent never been the issue. Health was always the issue. They really didn’t need to make huge moves on the oline cause cause drafted 3 olineman high last year and should improve by starting all those games and not in a pandemic offseason this year.

personally i think the Dolphins season basically come down to whether or not Tua is good or bad. If he’s good they will be good. If he’s bad they likely are competitive but still lose. It’s why i think their owner is hell bent on getting watson. 

The Dolphins are morons for not letting Tua play through tough situations. They pulled him Everytime the game got hard or Tua struggled. They stunted his growth or at least did themselves a disservice by not seeing how he would react or play through those situations. 

They only have themselves to blame if he hasn't progressed or know for themselves he just isn't the guy. So now they have no choice but, to stick with him for this season through good or bad

I like Pitts as much as anyone and our LBs are not good, but how often do receivers go nuts in their first game in the NFL?

Totally jinxing us right now but still there's usually at least some adjustment period.

1 minute ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

I can't get over how much folks are drooling over Brady's second TD to Gronk on a slip route against zero coverage.

Garcia did the same with LJ Smith for 65 yards against Dallas in 2006. 

Unfortunately Smith didn't know how to run in the open field and couldn't score.

It seems like that was one of his easiest reads in the game.  

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

Literally coming to our houses and murdering all of us on the blog? 

 

Kinda like D'Andre Swift.

Just now, DEagle7 said:

I like Pitts as much as anyone and our LBs are not good, but how often do receivers go nuts in their first game in the NFL?

Totally jinxing us right now but still there's usually at least some adjustment period.

Nope - Pitts is going to kill the Eagles and then he's coming for you.  

Just now, NCiggles said:

Literally coming to our houses and murdering all of us on the blog? 

 

That would be new. Those Florida tight ends can be a bit homicidal 

Just now, Connecticut Eagle said:

Kinda like D'Andre Swift.

Allegedly .....

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

Literally coming to our houses and murdering all of us on the blog? 

 

Like the FBI will be searching for him afterward.... yes that bad. 

3 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I like Pitts as much as anyone and our LBs are not good, but how often do receivers go nuts in their first game in the NFL?

Totally jinxing us right now but still there's usually at least some adjustment period.

They say and it has shown tight ends take longer to develop because they have to learn blocking schemes and route running. We have seen it before but, then again Pitts is a whole new animal. 

Just now, Bwestbrook36 said:

They say and it has shown tight ends take longer to develop because they have to learn blocking schemes and route running. We have seen it before but, then again Pitts is a whole new animal. 

In most cases I do agree. But I don't think they are going to ask Pitts to block, not early in the year anyway. They are going to move him inside, outside, at TE, in the slot and just create mismatches. And he's going to go out there and he's going to flat out hurt teams. Well that's my opinion anyway. 

9 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

The Dolphins are morons for not letting Tua play through tough situations. They pulled him Everytime the game got hard or Tua struggled. They stunted his growth or at least did themselves a disservice by not seeing how he would react or play through those situations. 

They only have themselves to blame if he hasn't progressed or know for themselves he just isn't the guy. So now they have no choice but, to stick with him for this season through good or bad

I completely agree. when they made the switch from fitz to Tua, they made the decision to see what they had in Tua and go through the growing pains that year. Yet they still tried to make the playoffs and win games doing what they did with him. they should’ve just let fitz be the starter for the entire year at that point til they got eliminated and just let Tua learn and even heal even more. Like you i thought their strategy of pulling him when he struggled was stupid  

That said I think when the watson situation gets resolved they are going to trade for him. Unless Tua plays great i think they are are gonna make a move for watson or even russell/rodgers if both become available for trade next offseason. 

7 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Allegedly .....

Way to kill the jokes…….

1 minute ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

In most cases I do agree. But I don't think they are going to ask Pitts to block, not early in the year anyway. They are going to move him inside, outside, at TE, in the slot and just create mismatches. And he's going to go out there and he's going to flat out hurt teams. Well that's my opinion anyway. 

We will see that oline is not very good at all they will need him to at least chip block and stay in sometimes to help the tackles. I don't think they have the luxury of sending their tight end out every pass play. 

Just now, Bwestbrook36 said:

We will see that oline is not very good at all they will need him to at least chip block and stay in sometimes to help the tackles. I don't think they have the luxury of sending their tight end out every pass play. 

Yeah to be fair you're probably right there.

2 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

We will see that oline is not very good at all they will need him to at least chip block and stay in sometimes to help the tackles. I don't think they have the luxury of sending their tight end out every pass play. 

They are going to be a quasi 12 personnel team. It's technically 12 with Hurst as your blocker while having Pitts run routes and lining up in the slot.

30 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Is Gannon going to rotate the Dline?

I'd say yes and a lot.  For some reason they list Sweat and Barnett as "co-starters" opposite of BG.  Not sure why they can't just name one of them the starter.  

Ryan Kerrigan is almost a forgotten man with his injury.  Maybe he'll play more of the joker/SLB role but I'm guessing he'll be on the DL.  Hopefully we see a lot of Milton Williams.

1 minute ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Yeah to be fair you're probably right there.

I'm just basing this off of what I read and saw about their oline being horrible. Things can change it was just preseason.

God knows we have seen our oline play like crap in the preseason, then round into shape a few games into the regular season and kept our Tight ends in to help out till they got the blocking situated. Minus last year of course lol. 

12 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I like Pitts as much as anyone and our LBs are not good, but how often do receivers go nuts in their first game in the NFL?

Totally jinxing us right now but still there's usually at least some adjustment period.

Didn't Brian Finneran torch the Eagles in his first game?

Just now, bpac55 said:

I'd say yes and a lot.  For some reason they list Sweat and Barnett as "co-starters" opposite of BG.  Not sure why they can't just name one of them the starter.  

Ryan Kerrigan is almost a forgotten man with his injury.  Maybe he'll play more of the joker/SLB role but I'm guessing he'll be on the DL.  Hopefully we see a lot of Milton Williams.

Yes they will definitely have to rotate cause if the are running a base cover 2 then the majority of your pressure needs to come from up front. Do we know if that is the base defense? 

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

They are going to be a quasi 12 personnel team. It's technically 12 with Hurst as your blocker while having Pitts run routes and lining up in the slot.

If Pitts is in the slot I'd assume Wallace will be the primary guy on him?  I could be wrong but that's my assumption.  If that is the matchup, it could be a long day if they give Matt Ryan any sort of time. 

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Didn't Brian Finneran torch the Eagles in his first game?

No he wasn't even a rookie when he played for the falcons and he didn't play against the eagles his first year on the falcons. 

Afterwards I'm sure he did

1 minute ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

No he wasn't even a rookie when he played for the falcons and he didn't play against the eagles his first year on the falcons. 

Afterwards I'm sure he did

Who am I thinking of then?  Taller/white WR on opening day who the Eagles couldn't stop.  I want to say it was 1999 or 2000.