5 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

Brady was a 7th round pick.

Wilson was a 3rd round pick

Cousins was a 4th round pick

Romo was undrafted

Dak was a 4th round pick

The NFL decided that Hurts talent deserved to be drafted before those guys.

Your personal feelings about his ceiling are meaningless. You don't know anything about him. You are not paying attention.

What exactly do you base your completely wrong opinions on Hurts? His 2020 ESPN draft profile? 🤡

Compare his first 25 starts to Josh Allen and get a clue.

The Eagles decided, not the NFL -- and none of those other guys were in the same draft as Hurts.  By that logic the NFL decided that Baker Mayfield was a #1 overall pick and his talent deserved to be drafted over every player in that draft.  All it takes is one team out of 32; doesn't mean it's a consensus evaluation of talent or draft stock. 

2 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Wow.   That was quick.  I wonder if they were already in talks before the injury.

I wouldn't be surprised if there were talks. OTOH, it's clear he wants out and getting something for him isn't a bad deal.  They only have 4 picks in next year's draft.  I think the Panthers are going in full on tank mode the rest of the season.  My guess is that they think having the number one overall pick will give them a better shot at landing their coach of choice. 

4 hours ago, bpac55 said:

Driscoll is a liability.  We know how great Stoutland is, there is NO DENYING his coaching abilities.  However, the fact that they can't get Dillard to play RT is maddening.  He's in his 4th year in the NFL and has had the best coach at his position for all 4 years.  If he could play RT that would solve so many issues going forward.  It would offer the Eagles a legit swing tackle who you can plug in when Mailata or Johnson go down.  It would also give you a plan to replace Lane down the road if Dillard could just manage at RT.  

I could be wrong, butI don't believe the plan was ever to think of Driscoll as primary OT depth.  I'll defer to @justrelax but I believe Driscoll is decent OG depth.  The Dillard situation is a bit maddening, but it also is a first world problem.  Also, Brett Toth's absence is a bit maddening, but it is what it is.  I'm inclined to believe Toth would be a better option at RT than Driscoll.

8 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Not turning the ball over and generating turnovers can be more sustainable than double digit come backs constantly.

Sure. And we're a significantly better team than the Giants. Sirianni is obsessive about turnovers - which I'm sure plays a part in our turnover differential - but my understanding is that turnovers for and against (especially for) can be more subject to "randomness" and "regression to the mean" than other stats - even when a team is very good.

11 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Brown must be out awhile. 

That was my thought on it. Plus when you saw trainers and players helping him off the field it looked bad. His ankle and foot got caught under the Seahawks defend and got bent backward 

10 minutes ago, downundermike said:

 

It may have more to do with the meltdown between Anderson and the Panthers coaches on the sidelines yesterday.

 

 

 

 

That would explain Carolina trading him, not the Cardinals acquiring him. 

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

That was my thought on it. Plus when you saw trainers and players helping him off the field it looked bad. His ankle and foot got caught under the Seahawks defend and got bent backward 

X Rays were negative, and he has an outside chance to play Thursday night.

Anderson was traded after getting into it with coaches yesterday, and being sent to the locker room by Wilkes.

6 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

This team's identity isn't to throw it 40-50 times a game. Every game outside of the Arizona and Jacksonville game has had them nursing a multiple score lead going into the second half (and even in those two games they had a lead going into half). As much as people want AJ and DeVonta to have 10 catches for 150 yards, that's not what the formula is. The greatest asset they have is the offensive line and they've been taking the air out of the ball in the second half and bleeding clock. That's a good formula even though everyone wants them to still throw and try to put up 50 points a game. And the defense vibes off of that flow as well. They're an opportunistic group, they lead the league in turnovers, and they're able to do that because of what the offense has done in the first half of games. There will come a game later on where they have to come back in the second half and that will be the test. But they haven't needed to do that yet through six games. 

I'm not asking them to throw it 40-50 times a game but I am asking them to take more chances past 10 yards.

Back to the stats I posted.    23 passes at or behind the LOS.  11 passes over 10 yards.  That's terrible with the WR they have.  Again, they might as well be throwing to Charles Johnson and Torrance Small if that's what they are going to do.

5 minutes ago, mattwill said:

I could be wrong, butI don't believe the plan was ever to think of Driscoll as primary OT depth.  I'll defer to @justrelax but I believe Driscoll is decent OG depth.  The Dillard situation is a bit maddening, but it also is a first world problem.  Also, Brett Toth's absence is a bit maddening, but it is what it is.  I'm inclined to believe Toth would be a better option at RT than Driscoll.

Agree.  I always thought Driscoll was interior depth.  He doesn't have the weight to anchor down at T.  Forgot about Brett Toth.  Maybe he gets healthy and can help down the stretch?

44 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Great coaching, but regression is coming. They’re winning on the slimmest of margins. 

If Barkley goes down they are screwed.

Timing of the bye seems pretty handy to get some players healed up but with a team this good and fun to watch, I want a game every week!

At least there's Phillies and Sixers to watch.

3 hours ago, Estasi said:

This season is great ecstatic so far. Most satisfying win in a long time. Reminded me of the Lito game when TO came back to the Linc for the first time. 
 

Dominating win. 6-0. Still haven’t played their best. Scary. 

FYP

7 minutes ago, mattwill said:

I could be wrong, butI don't believe the plan was ever to think of Driscoll as primary OT depth.  I'll defer to @justrelax but I believe Driscoll is decent OG depth.  The Dillard situation is a bit maddening, but it also is a first world problem.  Also, Brett Toth's absence is a bit maddening, but it is what it is.  I'm inclined to believe Toth would be a better option at RT than Driscoll.

Driscoll is fine as a backup OG.  I'm not sure he was ever drafted with the thoughts of being a long-term starter as an NFL player.  He played quite a bit of OT in college, but his 33" arm length pretty much guaranteed he was getting moved inside to OG.

45 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

People who use Game Manger are really just saying they have no idea how the NFL works.

Aaron Rodgers has been a game manager the last 4 years. Now that he lost Adams he can't manage.

The WCO was a game management offense so Montana and Young and all were game managers.

McNabb is the exception because you have to consistently make basic NFL throws to manage games. Its why a great AR Eagles team would lose games 13-7 with McNabb. He could not manage consistently.

Peyton Manning was a game manager. (run or pass at the line decisions are QB game management 101)

Tom Brady is a game manager.

When the Eagles lose 3 top CBs and Dak starts picking on the UPS guy, that's game management.

When a team starts blitzing you and you screen around them its game management.

When a team goes cover shell and you run it down their throats that's game management.

 

Its called having a flexible offensive system. Kurt Warner '99 managed the game. Faulk, Faulk, Faulks, Deep Shot. rinse. repeat.

Patrick Mahomes manages the game. Josh Allen manages the game.

The only QB I can think of with sustained success who was not a game manager was Randall because Buddy and Kotite were idiots. He had nothing to manage because they had no NFL level offensive system.

Sure if you strip a term of all of it's context and meaning it is applicable to every type of player that has success.   The term game manager when applied to a QB usually means the QB isn't able to make certain types of throws or be creative when a play breaks down.  No one would call Mahomes or Rodgers a game manager because some of their best throws come when a play breaks down.  Montana and Young were both similar to Rodgers and Mahomes in terms of being able to create plays outside of structure.  Peyton wasn't a game manager at the start of his career because he had very good arm strength.  He was a game manager in his last few seasons.  Brady is sort of a game manager but there's not throws Brady cannot make.  He may not have the best arm but he doesn't have a limited arm.  He is also going to take risks with throws in a way a "game manager" would not.  

I'm interested in seeing the splits on yards per carry with Davis on and off the field. Felt like when he was on it was close to 2.0 and with him off 6.0. It was also frustrating to watch the birds try to rip the ball from Elliott over actually tackling him. DBs played well and kept the turnover streak going. I think that's 14 on the year so far when they had 16 total last year.

Lots to work on, but they are sitting in a pretty good position heading into the bye.

Just now, wussbasket said:

I'm interested in seeing the splits on yards per carry with Davis on and off the field. Felt like when he was on it was close to 2.0 and with him off 6.0. It was also frustrating to watch the birds try to rip the ball from Elliott over actually tackling him. DBs played well and kept the turnover streak going. I think that's 14 on the year so far when they had 16 total last year.

Lots to work on, but they are sitting in a pretty good position heading into the bye.

I noticed a few big runs with Davis on the field (which could skew the stats) but those runs all looked to me like Davis was doing his job and somebody else wasn't in the gap.

 

 

There it is. 

11 minutes ago, downundermike said:

X Rays were negative, and he has an outside chance to play Thursday night.

Anderson was traded after getting into it with coaches yesterday, and being sent to the locker room by Wilkes.

I’d be surprised if brown plays Thursday night. He couldn’t put any weight on his foot and was in a boot after the game. 

2 hours ago, Mike31mt said:

Im trying to think of fluky ones...

The Trevor Lawrence fumble #1 was huge and (for the most part) unforced.

We had a couple tip drill interceptions, the one vs Minny was a little fluky and the huge pop fly from the tipped pass last night...

We havent really had a ton of "good luck" turnovers.

Not fluky given the weather conditions and the D-line pressure he was trying to escape.

 

2 hours ago, Outlaw said:

There were so many plays where a Cowboy lineman's hand was in the middle of, or beyond, the spotted football. Drove me freaking insane.

CGJ, White, Bradberry resign. Dean replaces Edwards.

100% agreed. It was noticeable. Nobody wants to run at Jordan Davis. Most of Zeke's runs were when Davis left the field.

I agree. I want some continuity on this defense, and these guys are young playmakers.

Hope so. I'm a big fan.

Agreed

Side note - it's hilarious to me how Mailata just repeatedly taps Dante Fowler on the head - when he got into the neutral zone. I mean that's a large ass man getting tapped on the head like he's a toddler

 

 

7 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

There it is. 

If x-rays are negative, probably lis franc if it’s being labeled as foot and not ankle. 

7 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said: