2 hours ago, justrelax said:

Fundamentals are critical and far too many teams and coaches ignore them on the assumption that players at this level already have them.

They don’t.

Why is Stoutland the best OL coach - and probably best position coach in the league? Because he teaches fundamentals. Every. Damn. Day.

Andrew Thomas on the Giants was a great college tackle but was horrible his first two plus years in the NFL. Why? He got by in college on sheer talent but his technique sucked. It was only in his third year that he started figuring it out and now he’s on his way to being good. Sorry to say, but with Evan Neal the Giants could have two high quality OTs.

Getting back to coaching fundamentals, remember how bad Vaitai was when he first had to play? Absolutely no technique. Stoutland turned him into a pretty good player by teaching fundamentals over and over and over. Conversely, Jack Driscoll lacks high end talent but has excellent technique. He’ll never be all-pro but he can play pretty much anywhere on the OL and do it well, an incredibly high value when you have to cut down to your game day activations. I expect the Eagles to activate eight on game days - Mailata, Dickerson. Kelce, Seumalo, Johnson, Dillard, Driscoll, and a player to be named later. Sua, maybe, if his get-off is quicker. Otherwise probably Jurgens.

Returning again to fundamentals, when training camp rolls around they’re putting in plays, schemes, working out audibles, blitzes, blitz packages, blitz blocking responsibilities. At this point, hopefully, the players are strong on their fundamentals. But that hope had better be because at some point (like now) the players have gotten good coaching on fundamentals.

It is NEVER wrong to teach fundamentals.

Don't disagree with a word you said.  I know I'm one of the old school guys here who thinks practicing plays, schemes and such is just as important throughout the off-season.

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

Whoever rescued them were lifesavers….

I wonder if they get a 100 Grand reward for being there.

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

 

Does anyone really watch pre game shows?  

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

Peanut Butter M&M's....maybe the greatest candy of all time.

17 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Don't disagree with a word you said.  I know I'm one of the old school guys here who thinks practicing plays, schemes and such is just as important throughout the off-season.

What we talkin' 'bout?  We talkin' 'bout practice.  We ain't talkin' 'bout a game... we're talkin' 'bout practice, man.

6 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

Peanut Butter M&M's....maybe the greatest candy of all time.

I like them out of the fridge. They are pretty awesome. I also like take 5. Actually had this conversation today with a girl I’m talking too. 

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

I like them out of the fridge. They are pretty awesome. I also like take 5. Actually had this conversation today with a girl I’m talking too. 

Cold PB M&M's are such a treat.  Possibly my favorite.  The caramel ones are really good frozen.  Give me a Nutrageous over Take 5 but Big Cup over both. 

39 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

Does anyone really watch pre game shows?  

hell no

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

I like them out of the fridge. They are pretty awesome. I also like take 5. Actually had this conversation today with a girl I’m talking too. 

Never tried them out of the fridge.  Almond M&M's are really good too.  Very underrated. 

8 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

Never tried them out of the fridge.  Almond M&M's are really good too.  Very underrated. 

Oh try it out if the fridge. You’ll love them even more. I like the almond and peanut ones too. 

14 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

Never tried them out of the fridge.  Almond M&M's are really good too.  Very underrated. 

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

Oh try it out if the fridge. You’ll love them even more. I like the almond and peanut ones too. 

When the first Transformers released, they had a Strawberry PB M&M.  I had one bag and that was it but man for some reason it just stuck with me and I wish they would do it again.

1 minute ago, bpac55 said:

When the first Transformers released, they had a Strawberry PB M&M.  I had one bag and that was it but man for some reason it just stuck with me and I wish they would do it again.

Have you tried Wendy’s new strawberry frosty?

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

Have you tried Wendy’s new strawberry frosty?

Didn't know there was such a thing.  I don't do fast food so I'm not too on top of the crazy concoctions they have out now.

I will say this.  People who go to the PA Farm Show go crazy over the PA Dairyman's Farm Show milkshake.  I don't get it though. Tastes just like a frosty. 

10 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Didn't know there was such a thing.  I don't do fast food so I'm not too on top of the crazy concoctions they have out now.

I will say this.  People who go to the PA Farm Show go crazy over the PA Dairyman's Farm Show milkshake.  I don't get it though. Tastes just like a frosty. 

I saw it on Twitter trending. I haven’t tried it but I’d like to get a mix of the chocolate with the strawberry to see how that goes 

I had a frozen butterfinger once and broke all my teeth 

 

Ranking the top 3 QBs that will be present for the 11/20 Eagles vs Colts game 

1. Foles 

2. Ryan

3. Minshew 

RB Rankings 

1. Taylor 

2. Sanders 

3. Hurts 

4 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

They were incredibly lucky to survive.  They can’t have been completely submerged or they’d have suffocated quickly.

15 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

They were incredibly lucky to survive.  They can’t have been completely submerged or they’d have suffocated quickly.

Live footage of how they fell in 

and footage of how they were saved 

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

Live footage of how they fell in 

and footage of how they were saved 

Alternatively 

2 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Yeah.  Not a good one to freeze.  I bought a butterfinger once, but I dropped it.  

THIS has me rolling.  🤣

6 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Yeah.  Not a good one to freeze.  I bought a butterfinger once, but I dropped it.  

Not sure if that quote is from this guy, but that’s who I thought of 😂

 

6 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Live footage of how they fell in 

and footage of how they were saved 

Read somewhere that they used real chocolate for the river and it went rancid and the entire set smelled horrible the entire time during filming.  Sounds miserable.

Yikes

 

14 hours ago, Utebird said:

Yup and I don't enjoy watching it as much.

Defense is non existent, center and post up play is almost non existent, I grew up watching the Knicks bulls and bad boy Pistons where winning scores were 89-85 in tough gritty hard nosed ball, not 132-128 3 point contests.

It's the same in the NFL where defense and running games are secondary to fast pace scoring offenses.

I miss seeing defense in the NFL and the NBA .

To say defense is non existent is ridiculous and disrespectful to the game today. Now during the regular season you are not going to see the same quality that you are in the playoffs, but that is with every sport. The Pistons in 04, the Spurs dynasty, Miami Heat, the Warriors from 2015-2019, and the Celtics you see today are all great defensive teams. Some of the best defensive players we have ever seen played in the zone defense era.