I think this season confirmed that the extra game isn’t much of the hinderance people thought it would be and this team should realize they have a ton of work to do this off-season to get themselves back next season. 

20 hours ago, Uscg-green said:

It cemented one of my all time favorite players as a first ballot HOFer. God I hope Kelce comes back.

Kelce against Vita Vea is why the Eagles couldn't run the ball, the Eagles would be wise to get a bigger C in there.

This is nothing against Kelce, hellava player when not asked to play bully ball,  unfortunately the playoffs are about bully ball.

2 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

I think this season confirmed that the extra game isn’t much of the hinderance people thought it would be and this team should realize they have a ton of work to do this off-season to get themselves back next season. 

It also showed seven seeds are really pointless though. 

8 minutes ago, Uscg-green said:

It also showed seven seeds are really pointless though. 

Just like how they are in the NBA. 7th and 8th seeds in the NBA are pointless and many times they actually have losing records.

I think the positives have to be how some of the depth players and other players showed up and let us know they are worth while starters. The team is older, but I think there is optimism in the youth.

29 minutes ago, Uscg-green said:

It also showed seven seeds are really pointless though. 

Cowboys won the division and still got dropped in the first round.

6 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said:

Cowboys won the division and still got dropped in the first round.

And? It was a competitive game. A lot of games this weekend weren't competitive though. I'm not in love with expanding the playoffs. I think we will see blowouts most of the time in future seasons (just like sweeps in the NBA). But there will be a team every once in a while that is getting healthy and squeaks in and then dominates.

3 minutes ago, Devaster said:

And? It was a competitive game. A lot of games this weekend weren't competitive though. I'm not in love with expanding the playoffs. I think we will see blowouts most of the time in future seasons (just like sweeps in the NBA). But there will be a team every once in a while that is getting healthy and squeaks in and then dominates.

They also were at home and didn’t play the SB champs and Tom Brady. The bottom line is the Eagles we’re the final seed, but they’re not a talented enough football team, but that still doesn’t take away from the fact they made the playoffs. They need to get better. Whining cause they were one and done is pointless. 

Isn't Kelce's contract basically a poison pill that has some ridiculous cap number if he doesn't retire at the end of this season?

Maybe he extends for another year but I think he was close to hanging them up last year and structured his contract like this to make sure he went this time, I wonder if he made a promise to his family or some such.

22 hours ago, Uscg-green said:

It also showed seven seeds are really pointless though. 

Yes, they should drop that next year and consider it a failed experiment.

21 hours ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

Isn't Kelce's contract basically a poison pill that has some ridiculous cap number if he doesn't retire at the end of this season?

Maybe he extends for another year but I think he was close to hanging them up last year and structured his contract like this to make sure he went this time, I wonder if he made a promise to his family or some such.

I don't think Kelce's contract is a problem but there are others.  See the 2022 cap thread for that.

Kelce:

https://overthecap.com/player/jason-kelce/755/

 

On 1/18/2022 at 7:55 AM, EagleVA said:

Kelce against Vita Vea is why the Eagles couldn't run the ball, the Eagles would be wise to get a bigger C in there.

This is nothing against Kelce, hellava player when not asked to play bully ball,  unfortunately the playoffs are about bully ball.

Yeah, lets get rid of our all-pro player and one of the biggest reasons we made the playoffs

9 hours ago, NOTW said:

I don't think Kelce's contract is a problem but there are others.  See the 2022 cap thread for that.

Kelce:

https://overthecap.com/player/jason-kelce/755/

 

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/heres-why-jason-kelces-new-eagles-contract-likely-points-to-the-pro-bowler-retiring-after-2021/#:~:text=Kelce's contract currently runs through,and %245.9 million in 2022.

The supposed poison pill doesn't show in cap numbers but its been reported, there is a clause in there which means he will either retire or the contract needs to be renegotiated

3 minutes ago, kiwieagle said:

Yeah, lets get rid of our all-pro player and one of the biggest reasons we made the playoffs

If making the playoffs is all you want then keep him in there.

13 minutes ago, EagleVA said:

If making the playoffs is all you want then keep him in there.

39 minutes ago, EagleVA said:

If making the playoffs is all you want then keep him in there.

I'm sure Centers better than the 1st string All-Pro are a dime a dozen. Let's just pick one up. 

9 hours ago, brkmsn said:

I'm sure Centers better than the 1st string All-Pro are a dime a dozen. Let's just pick one up. 

lol - this board.

Bad enough that 75% of people want to dump our 2nd year, first year starter pro bowl alternate QB, even though there isn’t a viable replacement.

Now someone wants to get rid of our best and most durable player because he isn’t fat enough.

11 minutes ago, ManchesterEagle said:

Bad enough that 75% of people want to dump our 2nd year, first year starter pro bowl alternate QB,

First of all, the pro bowl is a joke, and he is an alternate, and there are better options.

Second, he is not good enough.

On 1/17/2022 at 4:15 PM, Uscg-green said:

It also showed seven seeds are really pointless though. 

I doubt the league and networks think so ($$$).

On 1/17/2022 at 5:30 PM, Cochis_Calhoun said:

Isn't Kelce's contract basically a poison pill that has some ridiculous cap number if he doesn't retire at the end of this season?

Maybe he extends for another year but I think he was close to hanging them up last year and structured his contract like this to make sure he went this time, I wonder if he made a promise to his family or some such.

Possibly. It might depend on how this year went. If it were similar to 2020, I couldn't blame him for saying "enough of this crap".

The coaching staff

I thought it was a real possibility they could be a complete disaster. In fact, I expected Gannon to be a complete disaster. Shockingly, he was not. 

1 hour ago, ManchesterEagle said:

lol - this board.

No, just 1 guy who is wrong on pretty much every player.  He thinks Watkins is a better receiver than Smith for example, he always hated Kelce and Ertz.

9 hours ago, ManchesterEagle said:

Now someone wants to get rid of our best and most durable player because he isn’t fat enough.

Well of course, you simply can't win a SB with an athletic, non-fat all-pro centre. When was the last time that's ever been done? 

7 hours ago, NOTW said:

No, just 1 guy who is wrong on pretty much every player.  He thinks Watkins is a better receiver than Smith for example, he always hated Kelce and Ertz.

....and the Earth is flat