I brought up an issue with Quez during the game yesterday; he seems to always be running horizontally, especially so on those quick hitters they love for some reason. We saw Smith run that play perfectly for a big first down, and he did it by going straight ahead with speed. 
 

If Quez won’t run forward, why do they insist on feeding him the ball sideways? Its probably the thing that irritates me the most with this team

2 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

I brought up an issue with Quez during the game yesterday; he seems to always be running horizontally, especially so on those quick hitters they love for some reason. We saw Smith run that play perfectly for a big first down, and he did it by going straight ahead with speed. 
 

If Quez won’t run forward, why do they insist on feeding him the ball sideways? Its pros ably the thing that irritates me the most with this team

I think that shoulder injury has Quez feeling wary on certain plays

Just now, TorontoEagle said:

I brought up an issue with Quez during the game yesterday; he seems to always be running horizontally, especially so on those quick hitters they love for some reason. We saw Smith run that play perfectly for a big first down, and he did it by going straight ahead with speed. 
 

If Quez won’t run forward, why do they insist on feeding him the ball sideways? Its probably the thing that irritates me the most with this team

I think he lacks agility and quickness.  All he can do is run fast.  He can't make a move to get up field so he needs to run horizontal to try to get to some kind of non existent corner.  It's the sole reason I'm 100% OK moving him and replacing him with a better option.

1 minute ago, TorontoEagle said:

I brought up an issue with Quez during the game yesterday; he seems to always be running horizontally, especially so on those quick hitters they love for some reason. We saw Smith run that play perfectly for a big first down, and he did it by going straight ahead with speed. 
 

If Quez won’t run forward, why do they insist on feeding him the ball sideways? Its probably the thing that irritates me the most with this team

Quez is one of the most overrated Eagles on the team.

Also before someone jumps in, I am not saying he's awful or should be upgraded or isn't suited for WR3/pass option 4. 

12 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Does the NFL reseed after the WildCard round? 

The lowest remaining seed plays the highest throughout

1 minute ago, TorontoEagle said:

I brought up an issue with Quez during the game yesterday; he seems to always be running horizontally, especially so on those quick hitters they love for some reason. We saw Smith run that play perfectly for a big first down, and he did it by going straight ahead with speed. 
 

If Quez won’t run forward, why do they insist on feeding him the ball sideways? Its probably the thing that irritates me the most with this team

Maximizing player's strengths seems to escape the Gameplan now and again...

Not to mention capitalizing on Opponents weaknesses, not that I'm complaining at 13-1...

8 minutes ago, Doc S. said:

Thanks.

As I said, if the trend would be to move towards a more vulnerable but active QB, contracts would begin to reflect that.

Incentives, shorter terms, More money guaranteed up front with easy outs after a couple years, etc. 

Just noodling here but current QB contracts hamstring a team. Tipping point being approached.

These numbers guys aren't blind. They know it is not sustainable if they want to field a Contender perennially...

( See TB12 as a Workaround) the EFFers...

Incentives for sure.  And from a Cap perspective you can mitigate the cost of those incentives by purchasing from Las Vegas a bet on the team winning the Super Bowl.  If the odds are 8:1 for that prop and your cap charge for the purchase is $1 million, the player gets an off the Cap incentive payment of $8 million if they do actually win the Super Bowl.

1 hour ago, Ipiggles said:

Am I crazy for thinking it's possible that if it ended up this way, that either Wash or NY Gints could pull off the upset?   San Fran is good, but their schedule was nothing special in fact was easier than the Birds. 

NYG are terrible, they aren't upsetting San Fran at home. I think they would be lucky to even make the playoffs. The one upset I wouldn't be shocked at is Detroit sneaking in and taking out the Vikings. 

2 minutes ago, Ipiggles said:

The lowest remaining seed plays the highest throughout

Matthew smokes some good stuff

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

NYG are terrible, they aren't upsetting San Fran at home. I think they would be lucky to even make the playoffs. The one upset I wouldn't be shocked at is Detroit sneaking in and taking out the Vikings. 

After this past weekend, anything can happen. 

I could see Tampa beating Dallas in Tampa. 

2 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Incentives for sure.  And from a Cap perspective you can mitigate the cost of those incentives by purchasing from Las Vegas a bet on the team winning the Super Bowl.  If the odds are 8:1 for that prop and your cap charge for the purchase is $1 million, the player gets an off the Cap incentive payment of $8 million if they do actually win the Super Bowl.

Howie on Line 1, Matt.

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

NYG are terrible, they aren't upsetting San Fran at home. I think they would be lucky to even make the playoffs. The one upset I wouldn't be shocked at is Detroit sneaking in and taking out the Vikings. 

Bucs take care of the cowboys at home

3 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Incentives for sure.  And from a Cap perspective you can mitigate the cost of those incentives by purchasing from Las Vegas a bet on the team winning the Super Bowl.  If the odds are 8:1 for that prop and your cap charge for the purchase is $1 million, the player gets an off the Cap incentive payment of $8 million if they do actually win the Super Bowl.

If you want the entire team to get fined, lose draft picks and have Howie Roseman suspended from the league, sure.

5 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Incentives for sure.  And from a Cap perspective you can mitigate the cost of those incentives by purchasing from Las Vegas a bet on the team winning the Super Bowl.  If the odds are 8:1 for that prop and your cap charge for the purchase is $1 million, the player gets an off the Cap incentive payment of $8 million if they do actually win the Super Bowl.

Dude, lol

2 minutes ago, Ipiggles said:

After this past weekend, anything can happen. 

I could see Tampa beating Dallas in Tampa. 

 

1 minute ago, Godfather said:

Bucs take care of the cowboys at home

I want to believe in that too just because Dallas always chokes, but TB has looked out of whack all season. Going to need Tom Brady magic in that one.

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

 

I want to believe in that too just because Dallas always chokes, but TB has looked out of whack all season. Going to need Tom Brady magic in that one.

They have some defensive players coming back and it just seems like Brady always figures out a way against Dallas. Key will be to protect Brady 

14 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

I brought up an issue with Quez during the game yesterday; he seems to always be running horizontally, especially so on those quick hitters they love for some reason. We saw Smith run that play perfectly for a big first down, and he did it by going straight ahead with speed. 

If Quez won’t run forward, why do they insist on feeding him the ball sideways? Its probably the thing that irritates me the most with this team

Quez was bad yesterday. You could tell he was not up to playing as physically as Chicago (who did play all the DBs tough). 

If that's the way he's going to play in the playoffs, he should be benched for Pascal.

10 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Quez is one of the most overrated Eagles on the team.

Also before someone jumps in, I am not saying he's awful or should be upgraded or isn't suited for WR3/pass option 4. 

I'd rather have a Jason Avant type WR that can come up with 3rd down conversions and have Quez as a 4th WR come in and stretch the field. 

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

I want to believe in that too just because Dallas always chokes, but TB has looked out of whack all season. Going to need Tom Brady magic in that one.

for one half yesterday, they looked a bit better. BUt only a half. LOL

5 minutes ago, Godfather said:

Dude, lol

"JoJo left his home in Tucson Arizona...."

1 minute ago, Ipiggles said:

for one half yesterday, they looked a bit better. BUt only a half. LOL

They refuse to run the ball lol

Just now, Doc S. said:

"JoJo left his home in Tucson Arizona...."

Did he dance is way out?

40 minutes ago, mattwill said:

The Bears did better because the Eagles did worse on a key statistical measurement … turnovers.

That didn’t help matters either however i also thought the bears looked good in the first half at attacking the eagles. I went back and watched the game. The eagles oline wasn’t all that in the first half either. It’s ok to admit the turnovers, coaching, hurts and oline wasn’t all that spectacular in the first half of that game. The run blocking for Sanders in that game wasn’t all that great. Sanders had really 2-3 good runs then the rest of the game he barely could get anything. In the 4th he had the 18 yard run. The other 10 carries he had was 24. It wasn’t just sanders sucked. Their run blocking wasn’t all that great against a BAD 29th ranked dvoa run defense. Just the running backs, they had 14 carries for 47 yards, which is 3.3 yards per carry. Which is particularly bad because the team they were facing was 27th in the league in rushing defense and were giving up close to 5 yards a carry entering the game. Sanders fumbled the ball on the screen and he deserves blame for that but if you go look at the blocking and set up to that screen, it wasnt good either 

3 minutes ago, Doc S. said:

"JoJo left his home in Tucson Arizona...."

I live here in Tucson. Jojo sucked. We are happy he left 

12 minutes ago, Godfather said:

Did he dance is way out?

Haha , no he was headed for that California Grass... duh...

 

Good song, tho...great piano...