3 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Love Smith, was Brown out or did Hurts just tell brown ahead of time he wasnt going to throw him the ball?

Brown caught the first pass of the day

2 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Love Smith, was Brown out or did Hurts just tell brown ahead of time he wasnt going to throw him the ball?

2 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

I thought one of the tweets said Smith had a TD?

That was 1v1's

1 minute ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

Ok who’s been starting political fights in here?! 

Barry Goldwater is superior to James Madison

That's right I said it, fight me ...😁

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

That was 1v1's

Oh ok. I just remembered seeing one say Smith either had one or would have had one if the ref didn't blow the whistle

Although there has been a lot of Smith in this practice lol

1 minute ago, Mike030270 said:

Oh ok. I just remembered seeing one say Smith either had one or would have had one if the ref didn't blow the whistle

Although there has been a lot of Smith in this practice lol

Maybe it was this?

 

 

7 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Barry Goldwater is superior to James Madison

That's right I said it, fight me ...😁

Barry Goldwater? Sounds like a Jewish fish 

12 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Barry Goldwater is superior to James Madison

That's right I said it, fight me ...😁

 

12 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Barry Goldwater is superior to James Madison

That's right I said it, fight me ...😁

We need a Thumbsdown Emoji in here. That is straight up Blasphemy. Nobody in their right mind would disparage the Great James Madison. Hell, he has a College named after him!!!

1 minute ago, Doc S. said:

We need a Thumbsdown Emoji in here. That is straight up Blasphemy. Nobody in their right mind would disparage the Great James Madison. Hell, he has a College named after him!!!

Yeah but you need a Barry Goldwater scholarship to get in.🤔

1 hour ago, justrelax said:

That startled me so I looked it up.

2020 (Washburn)  Yards per game - 363.10, Passing yards per game - 237.40, Rushing Yards per game - 125.80, Points per game - 26.10

2021 (Gannon)      Yards per game - 328.80, Passing yards per game - 220.90, Rushing Yards per game - 107.90, Points per game - 22.60.

Gannon's defense was better in every category.

The total defensive DVOA in 2021 was 26th.  It was 16th in 2020.  The passing DVOA went from 24th to 25th.  https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/nfl/team-defense/2020/regular  They went from 10th to 18th in expected points in total and 15th to 20th in expected points in passing.  They went from 3rd to 31st in sacks from 2020 to 2021.  I think that is the biggest one because I think he favored giving up shorter throws to the point where team picked them apart.  The defense did not give up many big plays but they were not good at shutting teams down.  They went from 9th to 23rd in third down defense and 27th to 29th in red zone defense.  Given the strength of schedule, I don't think they played better.  

21 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

Ok who’s been starting political fights in here?! 

@4for4EaglesNest

3 minutes ago, Doc S. said:

We need a Thumbsdown Emoji in here. That is straight up Blasphemy. Nobody in their right mind would disparage the Great James Madison. Hell, he has a College named after him!!!

Well... he was a little short.  Just sayin'.

Rank these QBs in order you’d take if you had to have them for the next 5 years.

Jalen Hurts

Justin Fields

Zach Wilson

Malik Willis

Kenny Pickett

2 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Rank these QBs in order you’d take if you had to have them for the next 5 years.

Jalen Hurts

Justin Fields

Zach Wilson

Malik Willis

Kenny Pickett

Zach Wilson

Malik Willis

Kenny Pickett

Jalen Hurts

Justin Fields

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Well... he was a little short.  Just sayin'.

You mean vertically challenged, or outa cash?

4 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Rank these QBs in order you’d take if you had to have them for the next 5 years.

Jalen Hurts

Justin Fields

Zach Wilson

Malik Willis

Kenny Pickett

Can I pull the lever and get 5 different ones?

Wilson.

Willis.

Baby hands.

Hurts.

Fields.

 

 

Just now, Utebird said:

Can I pull the lever and get 5 different ones?

Sure but you got Drew Lock, Teddy Bridgewater, Geno Smith, Tua Tagovailoa and Marcus Matioto

3 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Rank these QBs in order you’d take if you had to have them for the next 5 years.

Jalen Hurts

Justin Fields

Zach Wilson

Malik Willis

Kenny Pickett

Zach Wilson

Kenny Pickett

Malik Willis

Jalen Hurts

Justin Fields

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Sure but you got Drew Lock, Teddy Bridgewater, Geno Smith, Tua Tagovailoa and Marcus Matioto

No Daniel Jones?

 

 

26 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

ESP's 4000 yard guarantee coming up soon. 

6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

So we lost a practice? 

🤣

 

3 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

The total defensive DVOA in 2021 was 26th.  It was 16th in 2020.  The passing DVOA went from 24th to 25th.  https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/nfl/team-defense/2020/regular  They went from 10th to 18th in expected points in total and 15th to 20th in expected points in passing.  They went from 3rd to 31st in sacks from 2020 to 2021.  I think that is the biggest one because I think he favored giving up shorter throws to the point where team picked them apart.  The defense did not give up many big plays but they were not good at shutting teams down.  They went from 9th to 23rd in third down defense and 27th to 29th in red zone defense.  Given the strength of schedule, I don't think they played better.  

It's not so much whether they played better or worse. Clearly they were statistically better in a lot of ways. It's hard for me to accept that DVOA rating when all the unmanipulated stats say something else, at least to me. Especially in PPG. Part of that was Gannon's insistence on avoiding big plays, which in large part was due to the lack of team speed on defense. Keep them in front of you and expect them to make a mistake. The good QBs didn't, the bad QBs did.

This year he has much faster LBs. All that underneath stuff where we looked so helpless should be a thing of the past. Alex Singleton led the team in tackles. Ugh. Now he's long gone. They added three huge pieces in the front in Davis, White, and Reddick. Dean and Taylor are fast too.

I grant freely that we looked helpless last year in a lot of games. Part of that was players being asked to do things they weren't good at and part of that was that the players were not very good. The first part of that was due in part (of part) to Gannon installing his system. If you don't have a decent NT why ask someone to play NT? Well, it's a different defense and the other 10 guys have to learn to play it. It was installation. This year they have the NT and the rest of the guys should know what to do because of last year's installation.

I completely give Gannon a mulligan for 2021. No excuses for this year, however. His job is on the line.

It would make me much happier, though, if Howie could somehow get us a good safety.