1 minute ago, bpac55 said:

This is what I think too.  He's not a finished product yet.  I don't like seeing him get beat but I think it's still part of the process of him becoming great.  Doesn't give him a pass though.  Getting beat is getting beat.  If teams think speed rushers are his weakness then eventually they'll take advantage of it. 

Oh yeah. I posted twice during the game yesterday talking about how he was getting repeatedly destroyed. 

3 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Okay, in your opinion history says that justrelax (no longer a member of the EMB), Veejer (hasn't posted anything in the EMB since November 2021), Afan ,BigEFly, and mattwill are the pillars.  Feel free to update the list at any time.

For me the pillars are goeagles99, rhinodd50, dawkins20, Connecticut Eagle, FlyingDutchman, FranklinFldEBUpper, Hank TheBody Fraley, HughDawg, InfiniteSeriesN, JohnC, justrelax, purplefiggy, RealCrippler, sarasotaphil, stevieleftcollege, swamistubbs, The_Sounds_of_Philadelphia, -Triumph-

What happened to JR? I recently saw a post of him breaking down Oline play but now I can't find his profile

Just now, Mike030270 said:

What happened to JR? I recently saw a post of him breaking down Oline play but now I can't find his profile

He got into it with 4for4 and we lost a contributor to the Blog.

Just now, Connecticut Eagle said:

He got into it with 4for4 and we lost a contributor to the Blog.

That's odd to leave after just that if that's the case

2 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

He put his foot in his mouth and talked ish, then ran away.  I bet he's in here under a new name.  Wouldn't shock me.  

you are such an ssa, 

7 minutes ago, jamiller said:

Thrilled to be wrong.  Didn't think he would progress, but he has.  Plain and simple.  Very exciting to watch. 

 

Add me to the list of being way wrong on Hurts. What a turnaround!

50 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

The Bank is gonna be ROCKING tonight. I can't freaking wait. F off trick or treaters. Light is turning off at 8:00. 

I am going with setting stuff on fire in the front yard, shirtless, drunk and just throwing handfulls of full size candy bars into the air.   Keeps the pretenders away and yet still full supportive of the Halloween theme.  

You know, just another Monday night.

10 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Add Lane to that perception.

Mailata is a very good LT.  He is not perfect.  He is a force in the run game.  His only apparent vulnerability is a speed rusher when Hurts takes a 7-step drop.

He is a still bargain. 

Yeah then you can definitely talk about Runyan==>Lane. We've been very spoiled by OT play for the last couple decades. Most teams would kill for our continuity of high skill at those positions.

12 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Okay, in your opinion history says that justrelax (no longer a member of the EMB), Veejer (hasn't posted anything in the EMB since November 2021), Afan ,BigEFly, and mattwill are the pillars.  Feel free to update the list at any time.

For me the pillars are goeagles99, rhinodd50, dawkins20, Connecticut Eagle, FlyingDutchman, FranklinFldEBUpper, Hank TheBody Fraley, HughDawg, InfiniteSeriesN, JohnC, justrelax, purplefiggy, RealCrippler, sarasotaphil, stevieleftcollege, swamistubbs, The_Sounds_of_Philadelphia, -Triumph-

those guys are sgaf, to quote spiccoli from fast times

6 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

He got into it with 4for4 and we lost a contributor to the Blog.

 

5 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

He put his foot in his mouth and talked ish, then ran away.  I bet he's in here under a new name.  Wouldn't shock me.  

 

He really deleted his profile ????

Just now, downundermike said:

 

 

He really deleted his profile ????

I'm not able to @ him anymore

Unless of course I'm spelling his username wrong... which could totally happen lol

1 minute ago, Mike030270 said:

I'm not able to @ him anymore

Unless of course I'm spelling his username wrong... which could totally happen lol

Nope. It’s gone. I can’t @ him either. 

39 minutes ago, jamiller said:

Thrilled to be wrong.  Didn't think he would progress, but he has.  Plain and simple.  Very exciting to watch. 

 

Let's be objective here.  Hurts is playing the position at an elite level.  He still isn't throwing the ball at an elite level.

But he doesn't have to.  He is a threat in the run game, avoids pressure and scrambles for first downs, rarely throws the ball into danger, never puts the ball on the ground as a runner, makes solid decisions in the option game, makes effective audibles pre-snap, throws a nice deep ball, works hard to improve, is respected in the locker room, and is comfortable as the face of the franchise.

1 hour ago, Outlaw said:

Agreed. I'm fully expecting a lot of trashcans holding baseball bats tonight and hitting themselves.

Conklin and Hunt for Gesicki, Jones, a 1st rounder and more? Wow.

I like that Browns GM

1 minute ago, Khani1 said:

Add me to the list of being way wrong on Hurts. What a turnaround!

1 minute ago, Outlaw said:

Yeah then you can definitely talk about Runyan==>Lane. We've been very spoiled by OT play for the last couple decades. Most teams would kill for our continuity of high skill at those positions.

 

Runyan was good but Lane is on a different level.

I tend to think Philly over rates Runyan a bit, he made 1 pro bowl as an eagle as like a 5th Alternate and got consistently abused by Strahan 2 times a year, In today's game he'd be a walking penalty but Philly faithful loved him for his dirty play, and rightly so, he brought a certain attitude to the offense.

Lane meanwhile 3 time pro bowl 1 time all pro should be more of each I'm my opinion but yeah eagles have had some good tackles for a good 20 years now.

3 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Runyan was good but Lane is on a different level.

I tend to think Philly over rates Runyan a bit, he made 1 pro bowl as an eagle as like a 5th Alternate and got consistently abused by Strahan 2 times a year, In today's game he'd be a walking penalty but Philly faithful loved him for his dirty play, and rightly so, he brought a certain attitude to the offense.

Lane meanwhile 3 time pro bowl 1 time all pro should be more of each I'm my opinion but yeah eagles have had some good tackles for a good 20 years now.

Runyan set the tone for those teams.  It's been nearly 2 decades since Runyan's prime Eagles days and boy the game sure has changed.  Tra Thomas would be fine in today's NFL but Runyan wouldn't be the same guy.  He was built for that era of football.  "Back then" the RT was the run blocker and the LT was the blindside pass protector.  Not the case today.  Both tackles need to be light on their feet to deal with the never ending barrage of pass rushers.

7 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Let's be objective here.  Hurts is playing the position at an elite level.  He still isn't throwing the ball at an elite level.

But he doesn't have to.  He is a threat in the run game, avoids pressure and scrambles for first downs, rarely throws the ball into dangers, never puts the ball on the ground as a runner, makes solid decisions in the option game, makes effective audibles pre-snap, throws a nice deep ball, works hard to improve, is respected in the locker room, and is comfortable as the face of the franchise.

I'm not sure hurts ever gets to the point where he's throwing the ball at an elite level, he doesn't have elite arm talent, his accuracy has improved by leaps and bounds though and I think if he continues to improve there he could be elite in that sense, not yet though.

He made some good on target on time throws yesterday from the pocket.

Joe Montana never had an elite arm but his timing and accuracy were impeccable, it's a different game today than it was in the 80-90s but I think if hurts is going to have long term success he'll need to improve his timing and accuracy because he's never going to have an elite arm.

I've been pleasantly surprised by his progress this year, curious to see where his ceiling is.

5 hours ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

You’re basing this solely on the draft booing? That was ignorant fans booing not drafting Ricky Williams; it had nothing to do with Mcnabb.

Between 2000-2006ish Mcnabb was a superhero to Philadelphia. Mcnabb wasn’t "at war with us,” especially early in his career. that’s ridiculous.

We knew it was 30 drunk idiots booing the FO. To him it was a stain on his anointing.

The booing bothered him. He thought he was above us peasants. He always had mommy and daddy and publicists defending him. He was booed often because he went between good to awesome to terrible every few weeks. Its a tough place to play and it was too much for him.

It got way worse after Garcia and mommy and later Deion on Thanksgiving but it was always simmering.

25 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I don't know who else can be considered other than he and Stroud.  Stroud has been good but a quiet good.  

Caleb Williams

4 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Runyan set the tone for those teams.  It's been nearly 2 decades since Runyan's prime Eagles days and boy the game sure has changed.  Tra Thomas would be fine in today's NFL but Runyan wouldn't be the same guy.  He was built for that era of football.  "Back then" the RT was the run blocker and the LT was the blindside pass protector.  Not the case today.  Both tackles need to be light on their feet to deal with the never ending barrage of pass rushers.

Yup, Runyan was a masher and in Tennessee he was good at it and had the nasty attitude to go with it, enter Philly and Reid wants to pass the ball eleventy billion times a game and I think Runyan took his not being able to mash all day out on piles after pass plays😄

21 minutes ago, olsilverhair said:

you are such an ssa, 

14 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

For context:

 

Bacarty used the "F" word, which is the derogatory word for gay people. 

I called Bacarty out on it.  

 

JR butted in and claimed I used the word in the past.  I asked him to prove it.  Then he found a post where I used an F word....but the other F word that was abbreviated. So he obviously was confused.  

I responded that he "stepped in it" and he was wrong.  He admitted it and then left.  

He's the same guy who used a tasteless joke about domestic violence.    He had me on ignore but couldn't resist to get involved and take the side of bacarty for using a disgusting word.  

So that's the story.  But, I have no doubt he's still around.  

Thanks Shocker.

For context, you are self-important jerk of epic proportions. Enough so that people get tired of interacting with your putrid personality.

14 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

For a college QB he's been playing elite.  And I don't have an issue with it.  He is a leader.  He can run fast.  Go Eagles. 

Never give up on bring WRONG. You do it so well.

In the past 50 years the Eagles have had six top-5 draft picks.  

1973 -- Jery Sisemore  OT -- HIT

1984 -- Kenny Jackson  WR -- MISS

1984 -- Reggie White (supplemental) -- REGGIE

1999 -- Donovan McNabb -- HIT

2013 -- Lane Johnson -- HIT

2016 -- Carson Wentz --  Looked good for a while there, but MISS

10 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Let's be objective here.  Hurts is playing the position at an elite level.  He still isn't throwing the ball at an elite level.

But he doesn't have to.  He is a threat in the run game, avoids pressure and scrambles for first downs, rarely throws the ball into dangers, never puts the ball on the ground as a runner, makes solid decisions in the option game, makes effective audibles pre-snap, throws a nice deep ball, works hard to improve, is respected in the locker room, and is comfortable as the face of the franchise.

Hurts obviously had a really good game and it was great to see them finally put a team away and not have to worry about them playing in the 4th. I thought it was impressive that the offense stayed hot despite having to sit for a while because Pitt was able to stay on the field, and had Shane not called that screen pass to Smith and him run backwards, it probably would have ended on that drive. One thing I will say Hurts needs to improve on his pocket awareness and mobility within the pocket. The play where Reed hit his arm, all Hurts had to do was take a step or two forward and move up into the pocket and throw. A couple of the sacks Hurts seemed to panic and run right into the pressure.