1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

"Go Birds!”

yeah even just average QB play made this team look better on offense , without howard and a 3rd string RG. i konw it was the jets but it was just the giants last week.

 

5 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

Im not rooting for hurts over Minshew or the other way around cause they both are not the future. But I will say Minshew didnt look that great. the really bad Jets defense made it look better then it was. He had a ton of very short passes and anything over 10 yards was under thrown. Just the recs were able to come back for them. Good win for him in his first game but not as impressed as most seam to be. 

I’ll go back to last week against the Giants who’s defense isn’t much better than the Jets. Why couldn’t the Birds move the ball on them? Why couldn’t they throw the ball against the 26th ranked passing defense against the saints? Why couldn’t we pass against the Lions? Hurts threw for 103 yards against the lions.

11 minutes ago, Swoop said:

Unsurprisingly, the biggest Hurts supporters are silent.

Wait, I'm not the biggest Hurts supporter? Damn!

3 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

We don't know that yet, the Eagles are always operated by confirmation bias. As we've seen over the years, it's very difficult for Howie to admit wrongs. His ego won't allow it. If Hurts leads them to the playoffs, that could very well convince them they were right. And even if it doesn't, the picks they have will be less valuable in trading for a QB should they need one.

even needing a QB they should just stack the defense with the 3 first round picks , maybe a QB is there in the 2nd or just keep picking defense.

10 minutes ago, bitbased said:

People were praising Hurts for his Broncos 1st half play and had people saying he turned the corner. Minshew has a good 1st half against a much worse defense and he's already getting anointed. Maybe we should slow down a bit.

 

 

Anointed? 

9 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

You'll be singing a different tune come April when their pick is much lower or they decide to commit to Hurts, who stinks because "he led the Eagles to the playoffs"

 

Worse draft pick. Makes Howie look good, so any doubt in Lurie's mind that may have crept in would be erased. Could fool them into thinking Hurts or Sirianni are good. Could deter them from trading for Watson or Wilson. They are going to get stomped in the WC round by any team they play.

"Playoff experience" is overrated. It's the same damn game, people always use that line and it's basically a cliche at this point with no logic? It's not like a Poker player is switching it up to blackjack.

What does playing one more game with the same rules that just so happens to mean more be so valuable than if they didn't play it. Is Jalen Reagor going to learn how to catch because of this extra game? Is Hurts going to learn how to throw an accurate ball? Talent wins, and it would objectively impact the Eagles' ability to add better talent.

Every player tells you the playoffs are different. Getting a taste of that 100% prepares you better for next time. It’s moronic to think getting exposed to something you haven’t experienced before won’t help you the next time you see it again. 

Lol 

1 minute ago, wussbasket said:

Every player tells you the playoffs are different. Getting a taste of that 100% prepares you better for next time. It’s moronic to think getting exposed to something you haven’t experienced before won’t help you the next time you see it again. 

It does something for your confidence too. Forming a team that believes they should be there.

Way better than a team that thinks it sucks with some higher draft picks for sure.

12 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

A few thoughts…

* Minshew processed well and was reasonably accurate, even if he short armed a few passes. Guys were open, and when they weren’t he was able to get through his progressions. 

* We saw the Hurts effect on the run game. I thought we were pretty underwhelming in the run blocking department for most of the game, which is a shame considering the opponent. Herbig was a slug out there.  

* Considering the above two points, I thought we ran the ball too much. We weren’t nearly as effective as previous weeks, and Minshew was plying well. Let him throw it. 

* The pass protection was something else. The Jets don’t have much of a pass rush, but still an impressive effort. 

* The Jets schemed Gannon up pretty good in the first half. We couldn’t stop the run or cover anyone. 

* Goedert was a beast. 

* Sanders didn’t have his best game by YPC, Inthought he did a good job of maximizing what was there today, because there wasn’t a whole lot. 

* Sirianni had three play calls that were really confusing: the second and 20 handoff, a sprint out with Minshew, and that cluster F triple reverse pass nonsense. 2nd and 20 draws are almost always a waste of time. Minshew was throwing well, and the Jets barely sniffed him. Why bother cutting off half the field? And that triple reverse BS was too cute by half. Just line up and beat a bad team. 

 The pass protection was a reminder of what Carson Strong would look like behind that Line, passes on time, accurate, and not consistently under thrown. 
 

LOL

16 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Whoa

I'm glad he was back

15 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

A few thoughts…

* Minshew processed well and was reasonably accurate, even if he short armed a few passes. Guys were open, and when they weren’t he was able to get through his progressions. 

* We saw the Hurts effect on the run game. I thought we were pretty underwhelming in the run blocking department, which is a shame considering the opponent. Herbig was a slug out there  

* Considering the above two points, I thought we ran the ball too much. We weren’t nearly as effective as previous weeks, and Minshew was plying well. Let him throw it. 

* The pass protection was something else. The Jets don’t have much of a pass rush, but still an impressive effort. 

* The Jets schemed Gannon up pretty good in the first half. We couldn’t stop the run or cover anyone. 

* Goedert was a beast. 

* Sanders didn’t have his best game by YPC, Inthought he did a good job of maximizing what was there today, because there wasn’t a whole lot. 

* Sirianni had three play calls that were really confusing: the second and 20 handoff, a sprint out with Minshew, and that cluster F triple reverse pass nonsense. 2nd and 20 draws are almost always a waste of time. Minshew was throwing well, and the Jets barely sniffed him. Why bother cutting off half the field? And that triple reverse BS was too cute by half. Just line up and beat a bad team. 

We need a bruiser that just hits the hole. I'm not sure if they stick with Howard or look for one. They seem to really like the kind of RB that tries to break ankles and juke though(McCoy&Sanders)

Goedert was a really nice safety blanket for Minshew to get comfortable

10 minutes ago, Swoop said:

He's had hardly any practice with the 1s, is in a new system, hasn't had a start since last season and still needs to get familiar with his receivers/TE.

Yet, he played infinitely better than Hurts.

This. First time with the starters. It should have been expected that the throws weren't going to be perfect. Looked like he went through his reads though. He had a couple bad moments but it's expected

Stupid question award for the 2nd question in the PC.  "Did Jalen want to play?"

 

Please name any player you'd want to have on the field ever that wouldn't want to play.

Just now, ManuManu said:

LOL

Yikes

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

LOL

They both line up behind the center.

 

Checks out.

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

LOL

They do the same things, just opposite 

Just now, Iggles_Phan said:

They both line up behind the center.

 

Checks out.

Yep... They both play for Philadelphia? That's another. 

 

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

 

Best in the league?   Bit of hyperbole, unless he means as a rusher.  

Just now, ManuManu said:

 

Well there you go. Mind you Sirianni also said benching Reagor would hurt the team. So as well as Sirianni has done at times as a rookie HC I still have my doubts over him. If he goes back to Hurts and they lose then God help him. 

Just now, Iggles_Phan said:

Best in the league?   Bit of hyperbole, unless he means as a rusher.  

This is Sirianni though. He does talk a lot of rubbish. 

Folks are having fun with Hall saying Minshew and Hurts are the same, but admitting they do didn’t even prepare for Minshew is something else. 

2 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Best in the league?   Bit of hyperbole, unless he means as a rusher.  

He means in fantasy football 

20 minutes ago, bitbased said:

People were praising Hurts for his Broncos 1st half play and had people saying he turned the corner. Minshew has a good 1st half against a much worse defense and he's already getting anointed. Maybe we should slow down a bit.

 

 

 

Minshew isn't being "anointed" by anyone.  Stop with the hyerbole nonsense.  People are just finally starting to realize that he gives us the best chance of winning.   

Gardner Minshew playing great + bye week = a lot of soon to be single mothers in the Philadelphia area