54 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

  

 

Yeah?  Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man.

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Siposs was an All-Pro yesterday, and I don't mean that as an exaggeration.  Dropping punts that 'stuck' inside the 10.  Great hangtime to allow his coverage units to be in position to down the ball.  Good length on the punts as well.  Literally, he couldn't have been better than he was yesterday.

Well, he could have dropped punts at the 7 yard line instead of the 8 yard line. 
 

 

 

 

Just now, DrPhilly said:

Yeah?  Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man.

Sure is.  

19 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Yup last year we all heard how hurts couldn't throw or didn't throw over the middle of the field then first game out he throws a ton of passes out to the flats, a bunch behind the LOS and a bunch a few yards past but nothing to the middle and not one deep shot.

I can't imagine that kind of offense is sustainable, at some point defenses will take away all that dink and dunk stuff and make hurts beat them in other areas of the field, still to be seen if hurts can?

Worst part of Atlanta’s defense is it’s right side.  Better running lanes there too.  Hurts is likely never going to throw a lot of passes to RBs and WRs, all 6 feet and under, over the middle.  Doesn’t mean those shots won’t be coming but when the middle was patrolled by the Falcons best defender, it makes sense to target the more vulnerable area.  Sirianni showed a willingness to target an area until that weakness is adjusted for.  Falcons really had no ability to adjust for that, just like they couldn’t adjust at LG on offense. 

15 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Obligatory "PFF is stupid" buuutttt...

 

Sometimes they're right

16 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Obligatory "PFF is stupid" buuutttt...

 

Against a rookie LG.  Just sayin'.

Another thing that Hurts deserves credit for: anticipation/timing throws. Recognizing the right matchup and scheme immediately is a really good sign of maturity for Hurts. 

 

Quick note...

The 12-men on the field penalty was on the snap right after Epps left the field.  

51 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I really liked how after the first 2 drives he seemed to make adjustments. From then on it was just sheer dominance.

Was it the OL that was trash? On OL that has been considered one of the better OLs in the NFL for the last couple of years...

Oline was trash yesterday. I know you'd like it to be his fault but the line just sucked yesterday

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

 

Saw a meme saying he's trying to get traded lol

Just now, Connecticut Eagle said:

Quick note...

The 12-men on the field penalty was on the snap right after Epps left the field.  

Yup.  But, that's the kind of thing that happens in a game... doesn't happen as much in practice.

9 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I didn't say it wasn't tough, I said its QB 101.  Every QB works on that exact throw.  He had a rub and was wide open.  That's a can of corn.  Sure, there are QBs that screw it up.  And you know what those QBs are called:  backups or camp arms.  They are not starting QB material in the NFL.   

I'm not trying to diminish anything, but that's a throw that a starting NFL QB needs to make 99 out of 100 times.  And if he fails to connect on it, he's called to the carpet for missing it.  Clean pocket, 1 read, drop it in on time to the open space.  That's about as easy as it gets in the NFL for a 25 yard pass.   It's tough to do it perfect, but that's an easy throw by NFL standards.

I just have too many memories of plenty of our start QB's not being able to make that throw coinsistently.  

All we've been asking for the past three seasons is more RAC from our receivers and 65% of reception yards yesterday came after the catch. That's a pretty damn good shift in my book. I still have concerns about Hurts being able to push the ball downfield, but he showed flashes of being able to do it last year. And if he's able to work within the framework of the gameplan like he did yesterday, I'm fine with that. Not every other play has to be a 50 yard pass downfield. 

Just now, Ipiggles said:

I just have too many memories of plenty of our start QB's not being able to make that throw coinsistently.  

That wasn't a straight up 'fade' though.  That was a wheel route from the slot, with a rub and a wide open WR.  Not as open as Ertz on the throw that was thrown short, but wide open as it goes in the NFL.  Great design, great execution.  

1 minute ago, BigEFly said:

Worst part of Atlanta’s defense is it’s right side.  Better running lanes there too.  Hurts is likely never going to throw a lot of passes to RBs and WRs, all 6 feet and under, over the middle.  Doesn’t mean those shots won’t be coming but when the middle was patrolled by the Falcons best defender, it makes sense to target the more vulnerable area.  Sirianni showed a willingness to target an area until that weakness is adjusted for.  Falcons really had no ability to adjust for that, just like they couldn’t adjust at LG on offense. 

Yup like I said I'm interested to see what happens when a defense does have an answer for that and if the can force hurts into more difficult throws.

I'm not saying hurts can't do that I'm saying he hasn't shown yet to be able to consistently do that.

Im not too familiar with SF defense other than Fred Warner, I'd guess that after watching the falcons tape the SF DC will try to limit hurts effectiveness throwing to the right flats and try to force him Into more difficult low % throws, or maybe they are ok with giving up that short stuff and rallying to the ball once it's caught which is easier said than done.

I'd hope that either way sirrianni makes adjustments to if SF decides to shut down the short stuff and am interested to see if hurts can execute those adjustments at a consistent level.

19 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Obligatory "PFF is stupid" buuutttt...

 

Wonder how they scored the Falcons LG. Probably as worst interior pass blocker in the NFL in 2021.  I can’t wait until the All 22.  I swear there was a play where I watched Cox adjust into a double block. Let me explain.  He started lined up over the IOL but adjust presnap into the narrow gap between the C and the RG.   The obvious conclusion was that the C and RG were going to double block him and they did, leaving Hargrave one on one with Mayfield, their LG.  Hargrave blew him up.  Occupying the two IOL also left Sweat and Graham one on one with the OTs and they pushed in the pocket while not losing contain. So Hargrave and the DEs look real good on that play. BTW, from all appearances, Cox was winning the tandem block too.  Won’t show up in the stats but a solid play for him. 

34 minutes ago, downundermike said:

They were more creative than Doug, and ran at times the defense was not expecting it.  With Doug, you knew ahead of time that a poorly schemed screen was coming.

Sure gonna miss those 3 yard WR screens on 3rd and 9. 

We just demolished a team on the road without having to take any chances over the middle or down field.  That's awesome

Do you guys really think Watkins/Reagor/Smith will struggle to get deep?   Its literally the only thing I knew they could do before yesterday.  What I didnt know was if they could play small ball

And I saw Ertz open over the middle a lot.  Its there for the taking.

 Im not going to be concerned until there is a need to be concerned.   Other than 1 play where Hurts needs to hold the ball with two hands, and another early in the game where he left the pocket too soon, it was a great game.   

The K.I.S.S. method will win you a lot of games.  We were so bad last year we couldn't even do that

19 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

It's insane. Hargrave played fantastic and sacks aren't everything for an interior lineman. But Jones had a  historically good performance. Only 7 people have ever had more sacks in a game.  They go out of their way to seem like the smartest person in the room. 

Where have I heard this before?  🤔

15 minutes ago, EagleJoe8 said:

Well, he could have dropped pints at the 7 yard line instead of the 8 yard line. 
 

 

 

 

Dropped pints get you kicked out of the pub. 

4 minutes ago, EagleJoe8 said:

Sure gonna miss those 3 yard WR screens to Greg Ward on 3rd and 9. 

FYP.

Speaking of, did he even get on the field yesterday ??

I've got to say, I'm really impressed with Hurts yesterday. He had that one play where he rolled out into the preassure instead of climbing the pocket, but he seemed to learn from that and did it the rest of the game. 

 

2 minutes ago, downundermike said:

FYP.

Speaking of, did he even get on the field yesterday ??

If he did, I didn’t notice him. I’ll be thrilled if I never see him let a punt roll past him inside the 5 again. 

27 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Sometime PFF ranking don't pass the eye test and in this case I agree with PFF.

He was a problem all game for the falcons.

Hopefully hargrave can keep it up, he's going to see a lot better OLines than what the falcons had, hopefully he can show out 

Jones was a beast though...I guess the rankings don't really matter because both did very well.