1 hour ago, austinfan said:

The problem with the Eagles was Reid burning out partially due to his sons. Then came the search for the next HC.

I think the reason they hired Sirianni wasn't this "we can control him" nonsense, but that in his interview he reminded them of a young AR, the hyper-organized coach who had Plan A, Plan B and so on. They had gone to two extremes with Kelly and Pederson, the control freak and the player's coach, and wanted someone who could start from ground zero like in 1999. They wanted someone both organized, but with the people skills to work with the kids and not alienate the veterans. So far, so good.

Fans say they want to rebuild, but as soon as a team starts to rebuild, they freak out over every loss or a player struggling. The point of a rebuild is to give young players a chance to sink or swim, and not panic when they have a bad game, or get too excited when they have a good game. So Just Relax.

The OL struggled to pass block earlier in the season, the shift to run blocking helped Mailata and Dickerson acclimate, and took the pressure off their pass blocking. It also helped them survive a revolving door at RG and the absence of Lane at RT. I'm not solid this is a top 5 pass blocking line if they had to pass block 70% of snaps, but given time they can become one.

 

No one is panicking when a young player has a bad game.  People are evaluating the young players and saying it's time to evaluate others because a player like Reagor, for example, is regressing, not progressing.    Same goes with Hurts.  Most of the people who are saying things about Reagor and Hurts are seeing the exact same things from them with the Eagles that caused them not to want them to be drafted by the Eagles in the first place.  Reagor's current issues are exactly what they were at TCU, except now that he's in the NFL, he can't just win occasionally due to the caliber of opposition or the nature of the defenses like he's still in the Big 12.   Same goes for Hurts.  He amassed a great completion percentage in a conference known for no defense... but still had major struggles in the passing game in major areas of playing the QB position.  And he's not progressing very far.  

 

So, please stop acting like all complaints are the same.  Complaints about the safety position, isn't about not letting young players develop... its about the team not addressing the position.  Complaints about the LB position, and watching them run Eric Wilson out there, or Alex Singleton isn't about not letting young players develop.  Complaints about Jalen Reagor and Jalen Hurts not getting better and being bad picks isn't about not letting them develop... in fact, the criticisms against them have been just that... that they are NOT developing.  

We don’t know the reason for any of the players being listed on the Covid reserve list. Could be contact with someone with COVID, could be a positive test. All have plenty of time for two negative tests between now and the game. I wouldn’t be surprised if more than half the listed WTF players are active on Sunday. I wouldn’t be surprised if Watkins is active.  

13 minutes ago, Utebird said:

I am, I've been in remission for almost 2 years, my cancer counts which was at about 20,000 is at around 2 now, my whites and reds are all back up and Doc says I'm good. My kidneys are a little messed up but not horrible yet.

Thanks for asking, like I said my white blood count was pretty low when I got my first and second vaccine and I had zero immune response, then the booster I was out of commission for a day.

My wife also said she read that by having a different booster brand than one was vaccinated with may offer a bit more protection.

It's still early with the boosters though I think to make any definitive claims.

Again good luck hope the booster doesn't beat you up too much, if it does take it as having a healthy immune system👍

Data says if you got J&J, either of the MRNA ones is better. If you got MRNA to start with Moderna offers a little better protection no matter which brand you started with. Basically Moderna is statistically almost always better, but it's not a big deal either way, as long as you're vaccinated. Pfizer still the only FDA approved, so if that matters to someone, then go with that.

 

*disclaimer, I am not a medical professional, though my wife is a data analyst for Swedish Medical Group. I just research this because my family has become very divided over this as well as other politically charged science related topics. I like to be the middle-ground data person, no emotion, just facts.

 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34671773/

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

No one is panicking when a young player has a bad game.  People are evaluating the young players and saying it's time to evaluate others because a player like Reagor, for example, is regressing, not progressing.    Same goes with Hurts.  Most of the people who are saying things about Reagor and Hurts are seeing the exact same things from them with the Eagles that caused them not to want them to be drafted by the Eagles in the first place.  Reagor's current issues are exactly what they were at TCU, except now that he's in the NFL, he can't just win occasionally due to the caliber of opposition or the nature of the defenses like he's still in the Big 12.   Same goes for Hurts.  He amassed a great completion percentage in a conference known for no defense... but still had major struggles in the passing game in major areas of playing the QB position.  And he's not progressing very far.  

 

So, please stop acting like all complaints are the same.  Complaints about the safety position, isn't about not letting young players develop... its about the team not addressing the position.  Complaints about the LB position, and watching them run Eric Wilson out there, or Alex Singleton isn't about not letting young players develop.  Complaints about Jalen Reagor and Jalen Hurts not getting better and being bad picks isn't about not letting them develop... in fact, the criticisms against them have been just that... that they are NOT developing.  

Exactly this. People are somewhat bullish on a guy like Watkins, because we've seen him improve, even incrementally. Same with Dickerson, Mailata, hell even Sweat is given some grace because of how far he's come (his new contract comes with higher expectations of course). I think most in here had soured on Davion Taylor, but, had begun to turn around as his play was improving. Again, he was progressing instead of regressing. 

Just now, TorontoEagle said:

So after 2014, the Patriots went 12-4, 14-2, 13-3, 11-5, winning 2 more Super Bowls along the way. Yeah, deflating balls was certainly such a massive advantage for them, that once taken away, really screwed them over!

Oh ya, Brady just happened to win yet another Super Bowl last year, with fully inflated balls! What a frickin' cheater!!!

Again if Brady and the Pats didn't think it was an advantage even the tiniest one then they wouldn't have done it.

Nothing wrong with trying to get a leg up on the competition except when its against the rules then it's cheating.

I said Brady and the Pats were cheaters, they've been busted twice for cheating, just because they managed to win without getting caught cheating doesn't mean they didn't cheat or aren't cheating now.

Like has been mentioned coached throughout the history of the NFL have pushed the boundaries and some could be considered poor sportsmanship or just trying to win and sonetimes in the case of spygate and deflate gate it's cheating.

Was deflategate as big a deal as spygate? Nope, did the league over react to deflate gate because they botched spygate, probably.

Did the league react like they did because it was the same team both times, probably.

Does that mean they didn't cheat? Not in my opinion. 

That other teams cheat or bend the rules minimize or justify the pats and Brady cheating? Absolutely not 

Just like the Astros still cheated just because they allegedly had evidence if other teams indiscretions doesn't excuse the Astros cheating, it's still cheating no?

3 minutes ago, twistr said:

Data says if you got J&J, either of the MRNA ones is better. If you got MRNA to start with Moderna offers a little better protection no matter which brand you started with. Basically Moderna is statistically almost always better, but it's not a big deal either way, as long as you're vaccinated. Pfizer still the only FDA approved, so if that matters to someone, then go with that.

 

*disclaimer, I am not a medical professional, though my wife is a data analyst for Swedish Medical Group. I just research this because my family has become very divided over this as well as other politically charged science related topics. I like to be the middle-ground data person, no emotion, just facts.

 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34671773/

Cool thanks for sharing!

My wife isn't a medical doctor either or immunologist but she's trained in statistical analysis so I trust her opinion when she reads something medical than I do myself, plus she's wicked smart and as most on this board will attest to, Im a big fat dummy 😁

There is a really good article in Bleeding Green Nation today by Jonny Page entitled Looking at how Nick Sirianni’s offense has evolved through the season.  One fun bit of Blog history is that he reached out to Ryan Sasaki, whose screen name in the old Blog was dawkins20, who went on to produce the ChipWagon blog using the screen name ChipWagoneer.

One of Ryan's observations about the total ineffectiveness of the screen passes in games 1-7 was as follows.  That is a lesson that Sirianni needs to remember in the remaining four games.

"Teams are less likely to pin their ears back and attack Hurts for fear he breaks the pocket and are focusing more and more on trying to contain him in the pocket. This makes it harder to execute on screens because the DL isn’t exploding off the ball”.

 

4 minutes ago, mattwill said:

There is a really good article in Bleeding Green Nation today by Jonny Page entitled Looking at how Nick Sirianni’s offense has evolved through the season.  One fun bit of Blog history is that he reached out to Ryan Sasaki, whose screen name in the old Blog was dawkins20, who went on to produce the ChipWagon blog using the screen name ChipWagoneer.

One of Ryan's observations about the total ineffectiveness of the screen passes in games 1-7 was as follows.  That is a lesson that Sirianni needs to remember in the remaining four games.

"Teams are less likely to pin their ears back and attack Hurts for fear he breaks the pocket and are focusing more and more on trying to contain him in the pocket. This makes it harder to execute on screens because the DL isn’t exploding off the ball”.

 

Nice find! I think @Dawkins 20 is still around! I only know because he's a fellow Canuck! (Unless it was a different Dawkins20)

4 hours ago, TorontoEagle said:

Nice find! I think @Dawkins 20 is still around! I only know because he's a fellow Canuck! (Unless it was a different Dawkins20)

dawkins20 is a different EMBer ... Dawkins 20 is from Toronto like you if my memory serves me right.  I think he has a Blue Jay as his avatar.  Again, if my memory serves me right, dawkins20 is also a Canuck ... from Montreal.

42 minutes ago, Utebird said:

I went and took a look, jsb, has to be trolling, there's no way anyone would actually believe any if the stuff he is spouting.

Guess bacarty likes the Interaction🤷‍♂️

This is where I'm at. Okay, people call me a hater, but who actually watches the games from start to finish and sincerely thinks Hurts is getting better?

 

18 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Again if Brady and the Pats didn't think it was an advantage even the tiniest one then they wouldn't have done it.

Nothing wrong with trying to get a leg up on the competition except when its against the rules then it's cheating.

I said Brady and the Pats were cheaters, they've been busted twice for cheating, just because they managed to win without getting caught cheating doesn't mean they didn't cheat or aren't cheating now.

Like has been mentioned coached throughout the history of the NFL have pushed the boundaries and some could be considered poor sportsmanship or just trying to win and sonetimes in the case of spygate and deflate gate it's cheating.

Was deflategate as big a deal as spygate? Nope, did the league over react to deflate gate because they botched spygate, probably.

Did the league react like they did because it was the same team both times, probably.

Does that mean they didn't cheat? Not in my opinion. 

That other teams cheat or bend the rules minimize or justify the pats and Brady cheating? Absolutely not 

Just like the Astros still cheated just because they allegedly had evidence if other teams indiscretions doesn't excuse the Astros cheating, it's still cheating no?

I don't know how to make this clear to you. Some QBs like the balls slightly less inflated than the norm. Some QBs like their balls inflated more than the norm. Some like them inflated just about medium. Kinda like Goldilocks. You familiar with that story? The NFL has a range of acceptable PSI, for this very reason.

So again, Brady likely had given instructions to deflate the balls to the lowest possible legal limit, because that's how he likes them. I don't know why exactly, you'd have to ask him. The equipment manager is probably not the highest intelligence guy around. And there's likely games where he went below the legal PSI. I don't think for one second that Brady had some directive to go lower than legal. Maybe he did, we'll never know. 

But at the end of the day, the amount the actual balls they were caught with being under inflated, NFL players AND refs both said there was an imperceptible difference. To a control freak like Brady, there was probably a slight difference between a fully inflated ball and the ones they found. But let's say Brady kept his regular balls at the lowest legal PSI; going slightly over that amount wasn't enough for the defensive player who picked him off to even notice it. So how much of an advantage did it give them? 

 

2 minutes ago, Swoop said:

This is where I'm at. Okay, people call me a hater, but who actually watches the games from start to finish and sincerely thinks Hurts is getting better?

At the start if the season I was willing to give hurts a shot and let him prove himself, and as the first game passed I was somewhat impressed but took it with a grain of salt as I wanted to see if he could build on that and do more than pass short to the right 

Turns out after the next 5 or 6 games or however it was he proved he couldn't at which case the coaches realizing the same over hauled the offense Into what it currently is, an offense that limits the impact hurts has in a game as a passer and puts the ball I his hands and the O mines as a runner.

I will say this, for a RB he's a pretty good passer, probably top 3 when it comes to RBs that occasionally throw 

22 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

We don’t know the reason for any of the players being listed on the Covid reserve list. Could be contact with someone with COVID, could be a positive test. All have plenty of time for two negative tests between now and the game. I wouldn’t be surprised if more than half the listed WTF players are active on Sunday. I wouldn’t be surprised if Watkins is active.  

There's also this.  

 

4 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

There's also this.  

 

New variant is really spreading quickly. 

1 hour ago, Utebird said:

I am, I've been in remission for almost 2 years, my cancer counts which was at about 20,000 is at around 2 now, my whites and reds are all back up and Doc says I'm good. My kidneys are a little messed up but not horrible yet.

Thanks for asking, like I said my white blood count was pretty low when I got my first and second vaccine and I had zero immune response, then the booster I was out of commission for a day.

My wife also said she read that by having a different booster brand than one was vaccinated with may offer a bit more protection.

It's still early with the boosters though I think to make any definitive claims.

Again good luck hope the booster doesn't beat you up too much, if it does take it as having a healthy immune system👍

Glad to hear that it is still in remission!

13 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

I don't know how to make this clear to you. Some QBs like the balls slightly less inflated than the norm. Some QBs like their balls inflated more than the norm. Some like them inflated just about medium. Kinda like Goldilocks. You familiar with that story? The NFL has a range of acceptable PSI, for this very reason.

So again, Brady likely had given instructions to deflate the balls to the lowest possible legal limit, because that's how he likes them. I don't know why exactly, you'd have to ask him. The equipment manager is probably not the highest intelligence guy around. And there's likely games where he went below the legal PSI. I don't think for one second that Brady had some directive to go lower than legal. Maybe he did, we'll never know. 

But at the end of the day, the amount the actual balls they were caught with being under inflated, NFL players AND refs both said there was an imperceptible difference. To a control freak like Brady, there was probably a slight difference between a fully inflated ball and the ones they found. But let's say Brady kept his regular balls at the lowest legal PSI; going slightly over that amount wasn't enough for the defensive player who picked him off to even notice it. So how much of an advantage did it give them? 

 

You are of the opinion that Brady was deflating balls because he likes a lower psi, which is fine, when the ball has less psi it's easier to grip easier to catch and easier to hold onto. Which is all well and good as long as it falls within the rules set forth by the league.

We may never know whether or not Brady knew that the equipment manager was deflating them past what Brady asked him to, I find it highly improbable that an equipment guy decided to go rogue and deflate the balls lady the poi t Brady asked him to be side the equipment guy knew better than Brady 

The league also found it probable that the pats and Brady knew about attempts to deflate balls past the legal limit and held them responsible. 

I'll take the leagues take on it even though they can't be trusted either but it seems more likely to me that two control freaks and guys that pay extreme attention to preparation and detail wouldn't know about what some Dougie ball boy was doing to the footballs 

More likely they knew exactly what was going on thought they could pull one over on the league and when got caught downplayed it as you are as not that big of a deal, and if it's not a big deal why do it at all 

Maybe it wasn't a big deal to them, maybe they are habitual cheaters and can't resist the next scam, guess we'll never know 

 

I was over in the Hurts thread destroying the humpers, came across something interesting.  Since week 8, the Colts are scoring 4.5 offensive PPG more that any other team in the NFL.

 

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Taking away defensive scores, Eagles actually average 24.8 offensive PPG in Hurts starts since week 8. In that same time frame

 

Colts, 32.5 offensive PPG

Chargers 28 offensive PPG

Bucs 27.8 offensive PPG

Bills 26.7 offensive PPG

Rams 26.5 offensive PPG

Bengals 26.3 offensive PPG

49ers 26.3 offensive PPG

Vikings 26.1 offensive PPG

New England 25 offensive PPG

Chiefs 24.8 offensive PPG

56 minutes ago, KINGnabb said:

I was trying to see a Clip of Jalen and noticed Lurie is watching practice today.   

Hes got Minshew Mania.  Ish is more contagious than COVID

36 minutes ago, RLC said:

 

So the doubles are going to Hargrave more than Fletch now....

Interesting.

It doesn’t seem like the new variant is scaring the NFL.

Just now, MillerTime said:

Interesting.

It doesn’t seem like the new variant is scaring the NFL.

I think a lot of it is mitigating the risk of having a playoff team be without 15+ players

 

6 minutes ago, MillerTime said:

Interesting.

It doesn’t seem like the new variant is scaring the NFL.

NVM on my last post

6 minutes ago, MillerTime said:

Interesting.

It doesn’t seem like the new variant is scaring the NFL.

 

Straight from Lord Fauci's mouth.       So if we use common sense, the less severe strain being the dominant one is good news no?  

Whatever it is, the disease seems to be less severe. Whether it’s inherently less pathogenic as a virus or whether there’s more protection in the community, we’re just going to have to see when it comes in the United States. And for sure ... it is going to be dominant in the United States, given its doubling time,” Fauci said.