7 minutes ago, MillerTime said:

For religious reasons, not performance reasons. Good reach to be negative.

Not being negative nor reaching; simply pointing out that much of jersey sales are driven by casual fans.  Nice try, though -- right back atcha.

 

1 minute ago, Alphagrand said:

Not being negative nor reaching; simply pointing out that much of jersey sales are driven by casual fans.  Nice try, though -- right back atcha.

 

He is up 500% since the game. I posted that to show the change in attitude towards him for a good chunk of Eagles fans. Every team has casual fans and he is #2 in the league. You putting that down by using Tebow is negative and reaching regardless of what you say.

4 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Not being negative nor reaching; simply pointing out that much of jersey sales are driven by casual fans.  Nice try, though -- right back atcha.

 

If that's a selfie you forgot to take your shirt off

42 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

Wrong to not give him a chance?  Yes.  Again - it's really strange how badly many in here want to see him fail, just to be proven right.  But hey, we aren't called Negadelphians for no reason I guess.

He's literally being given a chance right now

32 minutes ago, austinfan said:

I'm not sure running QBs are that vulnerable, Vick had a long career, for example.

You take worse hits in the pocket. With your eyes downfield, as a stationary target, if you don't see blitzers come free or an DL cleanly beat a block - wham!

Now some QBs, like Wentz, are awkward running and a much better bet to get hurt when they scramble.

Hurts has a compact, RB body, and isn't going to take a lot of bad hits on the move where defenders can't key on him.

Vick could have had a better career if he had studied the game when he was younger. I think he would have had at least 1 Lombardi

12 minutes ago, garingovt2000 said:

Good first win.  Where do you think we still need a better/upgrade at starter?  With all the picks next year who would you want in return for say a 2nd or 3rd rounder to solidify that spot?

Defense. Oline needs to get younger too though

57 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Chicken and egg. Being kind to people doesnt treat depression

I don't think ridicule works either.  Also kindness isn't dishonesty about a condition.  I think that's where the body positivity and endorsing unhealthy behavior as kindness isn't helpful.  

24 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

@hputenis

Had chik fil a for the first time in months last night… Been painting the inside of the toilet all morning. Huge mistake. 

Chik fil-a is the most overrated fast food.  I mean it's fine but the fries are often dry and the sandwich is just ho hum.  

2 hours ago, mikemack8 said:

Whenever the Hurts Haters keep pointing back to ONE pass that he threw poorly, you know he must have had a good game 

That bad pass was way more mental than it was physical.   He needs to overcome that, but he played very well.  He did what they asked him to do.  They did not push the ball down the field, and they did not use the middle of the field.  He also greatly favored the right versus the left.   These are all trends that will need to be fixed as NFL DCs will find a way to take away the short passes to the right side... but for this past Sunday, there's nothing to complain about... though I'd still like to see him get down a little earlier than he did on a few of those runs.  For me, once the QB gets past the sticks, there's no reason to take a hit.  

It’s going to be a long season if everyone every time he plays well or bad throws it in the other side’s face. Give hurts credit he played good on Sunday. He made most of the decisions and throws he he had to make. He looked like a highly competent nfl starter. I’m sure he’d also say he’d like that ertz throw back as well. That’s the type of player he is where he isn’t ever fully satisfied which is a good quality for that position. He did what he was supposed to do Sunday against a bad atlanta pass defense and made it look relatively easy. 

that said i think a bigger story not talked enough is how much better the coaching was in that game then in the past 2 seasons. Ive complained the coaching and gameplan for about 2.5 years with doug. For whatever reason we just didn’t do a good job the first 3 months of the season and then in December (last December it really never came to fruition like the previous 2) we finally would figure somethings out we should’ve been doing all the way throughout the season. I love doug but it showed Sunday how stale our offense was and how badly we needed to adjust what we do to the players that are out on that field which was an issue for not just last year but large stretches of seasons after the SB. 

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

that said i think a bigger story not talked enough is how much better the coaching was in that game then in the past 2 seasons.

Spot on. They actually schemed guys open. I can't remember the last time Doug and his coaches actually did that! It was so refreshing to see. Play to our players strengths.

2 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Chik fil-a is the most overrated fast food.  I mean it's fine but the fries are often dry and the sandwich is just ho hum.  

I’d also say usually they are too hard cause the person over cook them or they’ve been sitting way too long. 

4 minutes ago, MillerTime said:

He is up 500% since the game. I posted that to show the change in attitude towards him for a good chunk of Eagles fans. Every team has casual fans and he is #2 in the league. You putting that down by using Tebow is negative and reaching regardless of what you say.

Okay, let's try again.  Cam Newton was the #3-selling NFL jersey in 2020. 

Cam Newton has no job now.  I didn't have to reach very far for that fact.

Tell me again why Eagles fans should be excited that Hurts is the #2-selling jersey.

 

53 minutes ago, greend said:

People can form opinions on whether they think a player will be good or not without being "haters" and 1 game is way too early for you to be blowing a trumpet. Personally I didn't think he would be good, but I rooted for him on Sunday and I hope to be wrong. Looking like I might be but still too early.

For the record I've been wrong the other way too.

Obviously it’s just one game. It was just pretty funny that all the people shouting about how he can’t throw to WRs, he isn’t accurate enough to be a QB in the NFL, he’s a less athletic Lamar Jackson, etc. were treated to a good game on Sunday.
 

No one can crown him yet, but he’s our QB and we should be happy with what he did in week 1, but some are just moving those goalposts over instead. 

Some notes found in the Gamebook...

 - We crossed midfield in all four first half possessions.  Six out of our first seven.
 - Atlanta started a possession beyond their own 25 yard line only once.
 - Hurts' passer rating the second half was 142 (9/11, 95, 1, 0).
 - After Atlanta's third possession, we were down 15 to 6 in TOP.  By the end of the game we were up 31 to 29.

1 minute ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Spot on. They actually schemed guys open. I can't remember the last time Doug and his coaches actually did that! It was so refreshing to see. Play to our players strengths.

I would in my gbu and come on the blog to point out nearly every week about why are we not doing things that play into the strengths of the players we have out there. It was the most frustrating thing to watch. Like having us do a fade pass to reagor with James bradberry covering him. 

1 hour ago, Know Life said:

Obviously. But where’s the harm in being kind to people?

You claimed benefit. Thats different than no harm.

in reality it does nothing

1 minute ago, WentzFan11 said:

Obviously it’s just one game. It was just pretty funny that all the people shouting about how he can’t throw to WRs, he isn’t accurate enough to be a QB in the NFL, he’s a less athletic Lamar Jackson, etc. were treated to a good game on Sunday.
 

No one can crown him yet, but he’s our QB and we should be happy with what he did in week 1, but some are just moving those goalposts over a bit. 

1 hour ago, mikemack8 said:

Wrong to not give him a chance?  Yes.  Again - it's really strange how badly many in here want to see him fail, just to be proven right.  But hey, we aren't called Negadelphians for no reason I guess.

This is called HDS aka Hurts Derangement Syndrome. It was spread wild amongst the butthurt Wentzwashers who blamed Hurts for Wentz sucking. The spread has calmed down as of late due to Wentz still sucking despite being on an elite team and Hurts not failing for the big "I told you so” that didn’t end up happening because he skullfed the Falclones in their house off the rip.

2 hours ago, EagleJoe8 said:

Keep in mind I’m not comparing their specific failures. Only pointing out that they were. I think @eagle45 made an astute point when he mentioned they as life long college coaches, they don't handle the transition of going from coaching kids, to grown millionaires. 
 

If this Meyer rumor comes to fruition, I would be very hesitant as an owner to hire a future college coach, especially a big name coach directly into a head coaching position. 

Regardless of the Meyer rumor... it's just not proven to be a formula for success.  I can't think of a coach that has ever stepped into NFL HC from the college ranks, who had never had a stint in the NFL before that and succeeded, other than Jimmy Johnson.   Those are some long odds.

I'd love it if someone could name another HC who had never been in the NFL before getting the NFL HC gig and had success.  

 

14 minutes ago, MillerTime said:

He is up 500% since the game. I posted that to show the change in attitude towards him for a good chunk of Eagles fans. Every team has casual fans and he is #2 in the league. You putting that down by using Tebow is negative and reaching regardless of what you say.

You’re way too sensitive man.

10 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Chik fil-a is the most overrated fast food.  I mean it's fine but the fries are often dry and the sandwich is just ho hum.  

The food is good IMO but bread, a pickle, a piece of meat, and some sauce is a weak sandwich to me

2 hours ago, rambo said:

Even the screen for the Reagor TD was impressive.  He had a defender wrapped around his ankles and still delivered it perfectly.  Not accustomed to that since screens whether RB, TE or WR were always a weak point for Wentz and actually calling a good one was a weak point for Doug.

I would disagree with this as a blanket statement.  It was a strength in 2017.  Some of the biggest plays that season were well-timed screen passes.

4 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

It could have been challenged, but it was clearly a 'throw', the reverse angle replay showed it conclusively.

We were arguing at the time about whether the Eagles should challenge that while indeed it was a "pass", it was actually a backward pass and thus a live ball which the Eagles could (and did) recover. My father thought the Eagles were stupid for not challenging. I thought that it was simply a challenge they could not win because it wasn't clear enough to show that it was backward.

3 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Some notes found in the Gamebook...

 - We crossed midfield in all four first half possessions.  Six out of our first seven.
 - Atlanta started a possession beyond their own 25 yard line only once.
 - Hurts' passer rating the second half was 142 (9/11, 95, 1, 0).
 - After Atlanta's third possession, we were down 15 to 6 in TOP.  By the end of the game we were up 31 to 29.

Yesterday I was really trying to stress how big the field position battle was on Sunday.  The best thing Reagor did on punt returns was actually catch the ball rather than let it bounce and die inside the 10.  The Falcons started 2 drives inside their own 10 yard line.  The Eagles didn't have any.  

1 hour ago, Alphagrand said:

I think Ravens fans need to be worried after that performance last night.  They blew the lead 3 times in the 4th quarter and their offense is getting figured out.  I realize they're missing some RB talent but Lamar Jackson took some hits last night -- he's not going to hold up all season playing how he did against the Raiders.

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I would disagree with this as a blanket statement.  It was a strength in 2017.  Some of the biggest plays that season were well-timed screen passes.

With Reich.