The only reason they are running RPOs is because of the QB.  

If Flacco or Minshew were playing they wouldn't even be running these RPOs.  I feel like the offense would be more efficient and they'd run the ball more without the run-pass-option.

13 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Nothing like bailing the pocket for no reason with a 3 man rush

Is that consider a hot pocket….(sorry i had to do it was too good of an opportunity to pass by)

 

Lurie has become such a weird meme ever since winning 1 super bowl. Maybe he was always this way behind the scenes but it feels like the last few years he's been out of control. 

20 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

RPOs don't count as runs if the defense is taking away the run option out of the RPO and making your noodle arm, dyslexic can't hit the broad side of a mountain QB beat you with his arm. 

Same thing lol

Which is the problem with Minshew, he wasn’t highly sought by other NFL teams cause he’s noodle armed, his arm might be weaker than Hurts actually.   Hebert, Allen, Mahomes, Carr, and Mayfield with Brady to an extent. Every QB can throw it 60-70 yards, well almost 60 for Matt Ryan, it’s the velocity on the run and to the sidelines that matters. Hurts doesn’t have it and it was plain to see on his 2nd INT that he doesn’t have it.    Accuracy makes up for some of it, and Hurts isn’t accurate.   
 
 As for strong armed QB’s being overrated, look at the Rams with Stafford, one of the reasons he’s there is because he does have a stronger arm than Goff and McVay can use his entire playbook.  

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Lurie has become such a weird meme ever since winning 1 super bowl. Maybe he was always this way behind the scenes but it feels like the last few years he's been out of control. 

100%.  He is beyond out of control.  Unless and until he looks in the mirror and comes to the obvious realization that he is the problem, I don't have high hopes for the Eagles returning to contention.

The solution can't happen until this happens.

If Lurie were able to come to this realization, he would immediately fire himself as owner/GM, fire the lackey he maintains to enable and shield his actions, and begin the search for a competent and qualified person to lead the personnel side, who would be hired and empowered to the do the job without undo influence.  Said person could decide to implement a "collaborative approach" while also taking the owners input with a grain of salt, and should be under no obligation to make personnel decisions based on the whims of the owner. 

Lurie could go back to being the owner, could still be part of everything the team does, still be able to get in his two cents, AND actually get back to having a successful team.  He just has to fire himself and his lackey from their current role, and hire a qualified replacement.

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

Is that consider a hot pocket….(sorry i had to do it was too good of an opportunity to pass by)

 

Damn forgot about them things.  Used to eat the cheeseburger ones.

Geez it wasn't long ago when Lurie was a beacon of good ownership who never meddled.

Did Chip break him that bad?

8 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Fine print on the back of the box:

"Warning, known to cause you to take a deuce.....don't look"

More like "warning runs a lot"

1 minute ago, D-Shiznit said:

Geez it wasn't long ago when Lurie was a beacon of good ownership who never meddled.

Did Chip break him that bad?

The SB win got into his head.

31 minutes ago, jwill2420 said:

 

Just now, D-Shiznit said:

Geez it wasn't long ago when Lurie was a beacon of good ownership who never meddled.

Did Chip break him that bad?

I do absolutely believe that Chip was an inflection point.  Remember when he fired him, and he re-instated his annual Christmas party that I guess Visor idiot had cancelled?  Chip insisted on full control, and they gave it to him.  After the firing and re-instatement of lackey as "GM" they got Wentz and pederson, had the great FA class for 2017 and the rest is history.  Unfortunately, they drew the wrong conclusions on their own contributions and effectiveness, and it is proving hard to un-do.

Maybe another season of dismal failure, along with the QB they had to have in round 2, will make them begin to question themselves.  Not holding me breath, though.  Could be looking at 3 first round picks with the absolute wrong people making the selections.

40 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Yeah, but he was fairly short coming out of Purdue.  Can't blame him for that.

Interesting factoid....

Brees was picked #32 overall by the Chargers in 2001, but the NFL only had 31 teams at the time, so it was the first pick of the second round.  Houston joined the NFL the following season.

The Chargers had the first overall that year, but traded down with the Falcons, who selected Vick.  With the #5 pick, the Chargers selected Tomlinson.

Two Hall-of-Famers, albeit eventually with different teams, in the same draft.

6 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

It's so nice to see everyone join where I was, 2 years ago.  

I was with you two years ago. I think bpac was the other one. Amazing how people called us chicken little when we said it. 

Glazer said keep an eye on the Watson situation it may be coming to a head, Dolphins the favorite.

It would be so Eagles for him to go to Miami and them make a deep playoff run, destroying the pick's value. And then Howie trades up for Rattler in the draft.

4 hours ago, RLC said:

😲🤐

Perfect play-call by Sirianni on 3rd down. Got exactly what he wanted. OL protects very well. Smith gets wide open.

Incomplete.

He threw the ball to Ertz.  Maybe we need to have our WRs raise their arms so that Hurts can see them wide open down field.  

 

14 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Deshaun isn’t a bad dude. I once had dinner with him. When the bill came I asked what I owed and he told me "just the tip”. 

Despite how much he's still gonna cost, I think he's really gonna come in handy.  

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I think you want more than decent. Cause that’s what you got in 2018 and 2019 (for the most part) and were a 9 win team. The best chance you have to become a super bowl contender is if you find a good to elite QB. With how the eagles drafting has been just getting a decent QB and winning with a great roster around him isn’t a given to happen. 

With player movement these days I think you can upgrade at QB a lot easier than you used to be able to do. The trick is having a competitive team and good organization where someone like Rodgers, Brady, P Manning, etc views you as a contender if they join your roster.

Watson going to Miami, the pick being like 26, and then the Colts being terrible, them benching Wentz and only getting a 2nd rounder would be the most Philly thing ever.

2 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Glazer said keep an eye on the Watson situation it may be coming to a head, Dolphins the favorite.

It would be so Eagles for him to go to Miami and them make a deep playoff run, destroying the pick's value. And then Howie trades up for Rattler in the draft.

Whatever offer Miami can make, we can top it. At that point it's a game of chicken in terms of waiting for Watson waiving his no trade clause.

If the Eagles tell HOU that they are willing to drag this out to force Watson's hand, HOU will oblige for a better offer than the one MIA would be offering.

2 minutes ago, TEW said:

With player movement these days I think you can upgrade at QB a lot easier than you used to be able to do. The trick is having a competitive team and good organization where someone like Rodgers, Brady, P Manning, etc views you as a contender if they join your roster.

Let the Airing of the Grievances begin.

1 minute ago, D-Shiznit said:

Whatever offer Miami can make, we can top it. At that point it's a game of chicken in terms of waiting for Watson waiving his no trade clause.

If the Eagles tell HOU that they are willing to drag this out to force Watson's hand, HOU will oblige for a better offer than the one MIA would be offering.

We can't change the state income tax laws.

Nick Sirianni’s Shirt this week. 

4 minutes ago, hputenis said:

Despite how much he's still gonna cost, I think he's really gonna come in handy.  

I tried to think of a clever way to bring up the butt stuff but just couldn't put my finger on it. 

7 minutes ago, TEW said:

With player movement these days I think you can upgrade at QB a lot easier than you used to be able to do. The trick is having a competitive team and good organization where someone like Rodgers, Brady, P Manning, etc views you as a contender if they join your roster.

Even with upgrading like rodgers, Wilson or watson coming up you are going to have to give up draft capital to get them. Those guys aren’t becoming free agents.

Hoping a brady or Manning becomes available in FA isn’t a great route to take. Manning had a serious neck issue and the Colts found themselves in position to take Andrew luck. Otherwise he wasn’t going to be available. That doesn’t happen all that often. And brady was 43 and the greatest Qb ever and became a FA at the end of his career. People forget when he signed there was a prevailing thought he might not be what he once was based off his 2019 season. Those two scenarios are more outliers to the fact you are going to have to trade for one of those QBs. You Might get a tannehill or Winston but i don’t think either is good enough to win you anything major. 

Also you have to have good organization that is capable of building that roster. The eagles since the super bowl have been trending the wrong direction with every passing year.  

4 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

We can't change the state income tax laws.

Don't have to, just have to incentive HOU to dig their feet in until Watson relents or MIA bows out.