Just now, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I can't blame him. Especially when Ertz isn't out there. 

Ertz was out there….

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

The one that was called back? If so you’re really nitpicking. 

No

Just now, RLC said:

Losing Graham to an achilles would be a very big deal. He's our best run-defender at DE. He creates lots of TFL and bull-rushes that let's out DTs eat. He's also a captain who brings the energy up. Fluke injury too. Ugh. 

That's upsetting not only because he's been a good player for us but a team that's up against the cap....at his age with an injury like that. Idk what to think

1 minute ago, Green_Guinness said:

The throws to Watkins and the waived off TD for OOB to Reagor were both very nice.  All the other deep throws (think there were at least 3) were ducks and allowed the DB to make a play.

He has yet to really show me anything, but I'm not closing the door on him yet.  Give him and Siri time to see how they grow together and how they each evolve.

 

Hasn’t shown you anything? Tough crowd. 

Just now, Iggles_Phan said:

And more importantly, see if they learn from the mistakes that were made today.

 

I would like to see more passes to the left, and over the middle... and some intermediate depth.

Absolutely...  of course, a good percentage of the posters here have already made up their minds about Hurts, even though to my mind it's still an open question...

Did he build on last week, absolutely not...  does he need to improve in some areas, absolutely so...  is it time to scrap the Hurts era and move on, of course not...

Just now, Mike030270 said:

No

I already said the other one to Reagor was bad despite being in rhythm. 

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

And it means more stupid penalties from Barnett. 

Seems to be a yearly habit of him

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

And it means more stupid penalties from Barnett. 

Oh god.

3 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

But a couple of those were deep shots and again... He's really not playing with great WRs. Smith and that's it. No Ertz today and a game plan that seemed to ignore Goedert entirely until the 4th.

Yeah but it won't matter if those guys have to keep coming back for the ball. 

6 minutes ago, Uscg-green said:

I mean I would think so. He's just a rookie. 

Yea, but the way he's been talked about you wanted to see more, a flash, something.  He looked bad.  Might as well have been Nate Herbig.  They used a 2nd round pick on this guy when there were players on the board who would have made this defense better.  I expect him to be good, even as a rookie.

Also, I don't want to see an extension for Dallas Goedert.

2 minutes ago, Green_Guinness said:

The throws to Watkins and the waived off TD for OOB to Reagor were both very nice.  All the other deep throws (think there were at least 3) were ducks and allowed the DB to make a play.

He has yet to really show me anything, but I'm not closing the door on him yet.  Give him and Siri time to see how they grow together and how they each evolve.

 

Agreed 

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Ertz was out there….

Was he? My god I thought he was injured because I don't think I heard his name once?

9 minutes ago, Uscg-green said:

Hurts isn't as bad as some of us thought (me included). But I don't think he's as good as some think either. 

Jury is still out either way 

BG gone

Brooks probably out for a while

Hurts limitations being evident

Siri being Siri

Brutal schedule ahead

 

Geez, it's like staring at the abyss.

Overall, I am not surprised by the end result today.  I thought that Sirianni called too many deep throws today and not enough intermediate throws.  Maybe attacked with the run a bit much.   Eagles linebackers aren’t very good.  Plenty of back ups and no starters but they held SF more than I expected.  If Graham is lost for a long period, that hurts. Dickerson settled down after a rough start.  Hopefully though Brooks injury isn’t serious.  Where is Kerrigan?  Saw more Tarron Jackson than I would have liked.  

Just now, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Was he? My god I thought he was injured because I don't think I heard his name once?

Neither Goedert or Ertz were a factor today. Play calling didn't help

Hurts obviously has this year to take the job or not.

But, if we’re being completely objective, only 2 weeks in, he very much has an uphill climb.

Blaming this on Hurts alone is just pushing your own agendas. He was the victim of poor play calling and the o-line struggling. He certainly didn’t do anything to win this game, but the loss comes down to coaching and mental mistakes (namely penalties).

My biggest gripe with Hurts all day was not taking the easy first down to Goedert on third down in the first half. He looked like the first read and Hurts didn’t take the easy completion at the sticks. It was a simple read and throw, and he refused to take it. No idea why. 

8 minutes ago, Veejer said:

I'm just chuckling to myself here...  your team wins, coaching was great and play-calling was great...  your team loses, coaching sucked, play-calling was crap...  never fails, you can book it... 😄

I have no problem with the play calling, personally.

4 minutes ago, Green_Guinness said:

The throws to Watkins and the waived off TD for OOB to Reagor were both very nice.  All the other deep throws (think there were at least 3) were ducks and allowed the DB to make a play.

He has yet to really show me anything, but I'm not closing the door on him yet.  Give him and Siri time to see how they grow together and how they each evolve.

 

Even the Reagor throw was short 

1 minute ago, bpac55 said:

Yea, but the way he's been talked about you wanted to see more, a flash, something.  He looked bad.  Might as well have been Nate Herbig.  They used a 2nd round pick on this guy when there were players on the board who would have made this defense better.  I expect him to be good, even as a rookie.

Also, I don't want to see an extension for Dallas Goedert.

He's a rookie in his first game coming off a major injury. On the other hand I'm a huge tide fan so I'm biased. 

4 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

And more importantly, see if they learn from the mistakes that were made today.

 

I would like to see more passes to the left, and over the middle... and some intermediate depth.

Honestly right now Hurts is a 1 maybe 2 read QB and then take off. He was missing some pretty open guys because he was already decidning to leave the pocket. (sometimes forced, some times not)

The issue is, can he improve? I think he can, I just doubt it will be good enough. 

I would rather have a pocket passing QB who can run if he has to, then a college option QB. 

1 minute ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Yeah but it won't matter if those guys have to keep coming back for the ball. 

No that's true and that's fair. I think he's got a good arm to a certain point. Like the Reagor throw was beautiful and so was the Quez throw but I'm not sure id class them as absolute deep shots. They were decent length absolutely but he's not going to throw 50+ yard dimes.

Just now, eagle45 said:

I have no problem with the play calling, personally.

Why did he go for 2 there at the end? What about the other redzone calls after Watkins’ catch?