52 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

It said youre forgiven and had AJ Brown's name in large font, with crossed off names- Reagor, JJAW,  and someone else.  

Howie took issue with the Youre Forgiven part. 

Agholor, I think.

3 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

😆

20 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Nope, I've never played fantasy football.  I think I've said it multiple times over my years and the more vocal I've become on the board but I look at the investment in the player and the value and return they are getting.  That's my gripe when it comes to guys like Davion Taylor too.  You don't invest what I call a premium pick (rounds 1-3 IMO) on a player who has no idea what he's doing on the field.  

They traded a 1st and 3rd and bypassed Micah Parsons to draft Smith.  I hate hearing that the Cowboys never would have made the trade if they knew the Eagles would take Parsons but this is the NFL and if you deceive your biggest rival to get arguably the best player in the draft despite his "character issues" then so be it.  I couldn't care less if Jerry Jones gets mad at the Eagles.  We already know Howie is a weasel.  But anyway, they traded up and got Smith.  Using those resources and FINALLY hitting on a 1st round WR, I expect him and want him to be putting up numbers.  Adding AJ Brown definitely changed the dynamics of the offense and I'm sure they had no idea they had a chance at getting him when they drafted DeVonta.  

I understand that every week the Eagles are going to have a different leading receiver.  I just think it's criminal to limit last years investment to WR screens, which is probably what he does worst.  Like I said earlier, if you want a WR averaging 8 YPC, you might as well have Greg Ward out there.  

I'd argue AJ Brown is the unit right now.  Without AJ Brown, the WR haven't done much as of late, not ignoring Pascal's nice TD last week.  Hell, Quez Watkins is on pace for 17 catches this year.  Like I said, since Washington, Smith has 25 catches for 172 yards...6.8 YPC over the last 5 games.  That's not what you traded up for. You traded up for the Heisman Trophy winner who averaged 17 YPC and had 46 TD in his college career. 

Between AJ Brown, DeVonta Smith, Quez Watkins, Zach Pascal, Dallas Goedert, Jack Stoll and Grant Calcaterra, who would you expect to have the lowest YPC?  Not DeVonta Smith but there he is, the lowest YPC out of the WR/TE group.

Not trying to be negative when they are 8-0 and Hurts is spreading the ball around but I just have high expectations and I want their investments to be worth it.  My biggest fear is that Howie FINALLY hits on a 1st round WR in Smith and they don't use him right and he either demands a trade or is a one contract player.  That would be yet another fail.

I wouldn't worry too much, offense changes week to week, if teams focus on shutting down Brown or Goedert, Smith will get his chance at big plays - if they don't, Eagles will just keep marching up and down the field. Smith will have a couple 100+ yard games this season, b/c there will be games when he's matched against a DB that he can turn into toast.

Devonta has shown little yac as an Eagle, except for schemed YAC (ex: pick plays). He's more Zach Ertz than anything else and that's ok.

58 minutes ago, downundermike said:

"I'm f*****g forgiven for your first f*****g Super Bowl, f*** you.

I think he was just having fun it didn’t look malicious 

1 minute ago, RLC said:

Devonta has shown little yac as an Eagle, except for schemed YAC (ex: pick plays). He's more Zach Ertz than anything else and that's ok.

lol no

Just now, DawkinsOwnage03 said:

I think he was just having fun it didn’t look malicious 

Remember, the N(o) F(un) L(eague) takes this very seriously. 🙄

3 minutes ago, DawkinsOwnage03 said:

I think he was just having fun it didn’t look malicious 

Not at all.

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Probably aren't going to get one. It's a non football injury so probably falls under HIPAA.

If its a non football injury HIPAA would only apply to the people providing his care

If I knew his medical information I could tell whoever I wanted

Howie would have gotten a 2 week ban on these forums for saying that on here...smh

Today’s dialogue is some of the dumbest shhit I’ve read on here

11 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

A stat to think about.  The Eagles have played 32 quarters of football. 

They have been behind at the end of only 2.  1st quarter Det and Jax.

They have been tied at the end of 5.  1st quarter Was, Dal, Pit, Hou and 2nd quarter Hou.

This was the only game where the weren't leading at halftime.

 

You just made me realize that lost in all of this is the fact that the team finally had a strong second half. Where da haters at???

Sirianni is Bill Walsh, DeVonta isn’t a great route runner because he’s basically a TE and that’s OK. The Philadelphia 49ers fan base is having a rough day.

2 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

If its a non football injury HIPAA would only apply to the people providing his care

If I knew his medical information I could tell whoever I wanted

The team is providing the care, assuming he reverted to IR after he cleared waivers with an injury designation. 

In any case, non football injuries almost never get leaked. There still is nothing out there about what Jernigan did that one off season. 

After last night, we should be significantly more upset at the defense than the offense.

7 minutes ago, RLC said:

Devonta has shown little yac as an Eagle, except for schemed YAC (ex: pick plays). He's more Zach Ertz than anything else and that's ok.

Ok....what???  Hes Zach Ertz now?

Thats honestly an insult, Ertz got to the point of being comically bad.  

Smith is catching the ball with tons of traffic around him and absorbing a lot of big hits

 

Like I said earlier, give him that ball in the middle of the field that AJ Brown got and it's a house call.  

Smith is a stud who isnt required to be a stud right now, that's all that needs to be said.

6 minutes ago, UndyTaker said:

Howie would have gotten a 2 week ban on these forums for saying that on here...smh

He should have said it in RnR, he knows better. 

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

The team is providing the care, assuming he reverted to IR after he cleared waivers with an injury designation. 

In any case, non football injuries almost never get leaked. There still is nothing out there about what Jernigan did that one off season. 

Ok if the team is providing the care youre right, they cant say ish

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

He should have said it in RnR, he knows better. 

If the fan was sitting on the other side of the stadium it would have been totally logical and appropriate!

The bigger concern coming out of this game is our run defense. I get it was without Jordan Davis and he’s coming back, but even with Davis their DVOA on run defense was 26th. Conner before he got hurt in the cardinals game had 9 rushes for 55. zeke and pollard had 125 on 24 carries. Warren and Harris combined for 82 on 14 rushes. And last night Pierce had 139 on 27 rushes. So with or without Davis it needs to get better. Can say doesn’t matter they won but it’s concerning when you get to the playoffs and a talented team is going to exploit it to try to limit your offensive possessions. I’m guessing a team like the niners who have mccaffrey, deebo and eventually Mitchell back will just keep going back to that well if it’s working. They aren’t afraid to do it every single time if it’s working. Jimmy won a playoff game throwing it 8 times and 27 in two games. 

One thing Ill say is that we saw college level tackling last night, it was alarmingly bad.  

Im not sure what Avonte Maddox thought he was doing, but he wasnt playing tackle football 

CJGJ as well, stop the f'ing shoulder pad hits and wrap a guy up if hes already 25 yards downfield

I have it under good authority from someone in the know that even if the Phils were to lose game 6 or 7, mayor Kenney plans to announce he still wants a parade for the Phillies. And he's going to declare the Phillies champions under the basis of the Astros being cheaters and the Phillies being rightful champions.

1 hour ago, mattwill said:

I sent an Eagles front office contact of mine an e-mail early in the week asking about Elliss' status and I have not gotten a response as yet.

Much appreciated - keep me posted.

13 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

Ok if the team is providing the care youre right, they cant say ish

They can say "ish", they just can't talk about his injury.