3 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Yup. Gannon doesn’t need to be fired or anything, but you can’t make such boneheaded decisions either. 

Some people don't want to hear truth

6 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I'm not sure why anyone is upset at the Lane Johnson news.

I fully expect he'll be back, starting for the divisional playoffs.  Now, I have no confidence in the health of Lane's body, so I bet he doesn't make it through the game...but that's the skeptic in me.  Regardless, it very much sounds like he'll be back for the playoffs.

 

We have no idea the severity of the tear or even which tendon was torn, but okay.

20 minutes ago, Iggles25 said:

May Driscoll be this year's Vatai!

The difference is that Vaitai was already better than Peters.

7 minutes ago, GroundAttack said:

The chances the Eagles bring LeBlanc back are?

Would you want a guy that’s always hurt and at best been on practice squads since 2020 and hasn’t been on any team since August because, shocker, he got hurt again? 

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

Not shocking maddox only Healthy year was his contract year. Besides his contract year he’s always banged up. It’s one of the reasons many didn’t want to pay him. He’s been on the league 5 years. in 4 of the 5 he’s missed 3 weeks or more. In 3 of the 5 he’s missed 4 or more weeks. thats who he is. Frankly i rather see what mcphearson can give you in the slot then continue with Scott unless CGJ is activated this week. Unfortunately i think we don’t see him until next week if that’s a must win game  

Yup, it's time to see what McPhearson can give you.  As a former 4th round pick you need to see if he can contribute anything other than ST to this team.  

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

Ej smith and sheil went into it further. Gannon was trying to disguise his coverage on the play. Sheil flipped out saying why the hell are you disguising what you are doing on 3rd and 30. Just make sure now one beats you over the top and keep everything in front of you and it’s likely a punt and getting the ball back up 7

Agreed, this is one of the few cases where it makes no sense whatsoever to get cute with your pre-snap looks. That call, and the decision to waste a down to clock it instead of using a timeout, are such mind-numbingly awful decisions, that I wonder how someone in their positions could even get to a point where they are seriously considered, let alone confirmed.

Big Russ + Gannon  🤣🤣

1 minute ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Agreed, this is one of the few cases where it makes no sense whatsoever to get cute with your pre-snap looks. That call, and the decision to waste a down to clock it instead of using a timeout, are such mind-numbingly awful decisions, that I wonder how someone in their positions could even get to a point where they are seriously considered, let alone confirmed.

It was abominable. Especially at a crucial point in the game. 

3 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

We have no idea the severity of the tear or even which tendon was torn, but okay.

Saw someone say he’ll probably need surgery too eventually. Feels more often than not when I hear that it always ends up being they should have just gotten the surgery to begin with. 

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Would you want a guy that’s always hurt and at best been on practice squads since 2020 and hasn’t been on any team since August because, shocker, he got hurt again? 

I guess I’m saying is would you have Scott over Crev? 

1 minute ago, Thrive said:

Disagree. I’ve seen enough over the past two seasons. He’s much too green for what we need. There is no 5-year plan here; we need someone who can put together an effective scheme with these players to beat the upper echelon of QBs in this league. Gannon has proven that he is not quite there yet and we can’t afford to keep waiting for him to develop. We should have won that game on Saturday even with the turnovers.

I don’t disagree with a lot about what you said. But the defense also got shafted on those turnovers cause Dallas after those turnovers started at their own 40, eagles 47, eagles 31 and eagles 21. The cowboys basically were already in FG range on 3 of those turnovers. That said it’s inexcusable how we refused to make adjustments on lamb in the first half and that 3rd and 30 is as bad of a play call with Scott being bad as you could get. Heck just run Schwartz’s picket fence defense and we are fine 

2 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Wow.  Lots of stupidity in here right now bashing Gannon. 

Gannon is a good DC and I think at times gets invalid criticism looking overall how the defense has played this season. Statistically, they've been a top defense this year and have won this team a lot of games. My primary issue with him is that I think he feasts on lower level quarterback play and pads the stats on those matchups giving off the impression that this defense is elite, while anytime playing good quarterbacks he gets his doors blown in. We saw this last year against Dak, Mahomes, Brady (2x), Carr (who was a good QB last season), and Herbert. And then we saw it again against Dak the other day. All of those guys surgically destroyed this defense with around an 80%+ completion rate. And in most of those games if they could have held the opposing quarterback to just an average to above average game, it would have been enough to win. 

He deserves credit for how he played against Cousins and Murray this year, but it was a down season for Murray and even that game they almost sent it to OT if it wasn't for Murray making the mistake to spike the ball and a missed field goal. 

The good news is that there really hasn't been elite quarterback play in the NFC this season. But running into Brady, Rodgers, or Dak again in the playoffs would scare the crap out of me based on what we've seen them do, and I know Brady has been struggling this year. If this defense isn't going up against Matt Ryan, Justin Fields, Kenny Pickett, or Ryan Tannehill, there's a reason to be concerned. They really haven't proven otherwise. And it's a first-world problem to worry about if they cross that bridge, but if they make it to the Super Bowl and have to go against Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, or Herbert, those are all nightmare matchups. 

8 minutes ago, Westbrook#36 said:

Don't get too down, boys. The Daytona 500 is only 55 days away!

Less than two months until we get to watch hundreds of left turns by cars that look like they were plastered with stickers by millenials that ate too many edibles? Where do I get in line?

7 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Yup, it's time to see what McPhearson can give you.  As a former 4th round pick you need to see if he can contribute anything other than ST to this team.  

only problem is mcphearson might be worse than Scott if he hasn’t even gotten on the field over scott so far. It’s either that or Gannon just is stubborn and likes Scott. 

7 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

The difference is that Vaitai was already better than Peters.

Yikes. No. 

3 minutes ago, GroundAttack said:

I guess I’m saying is would you have Scott over Crev? 

Yes. 

6 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Agreed, this is one of the few cases where it makes no sense whatsoever to get cute with your pre-snap looks. That call, and the decision to waste a down to clock it instead of using a timeout, are such mind-numbingly awful decisions, that I wonder how someone in their positions could even get to a point where they are seriously considered, let alone confirmed.

I didn’t like clocking it at all, but it’s defensible with a backup QB 

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Yes. 

I’m more for using mcphearson over scott til CJGJ is healthy. I rather fail seeing that mcphearson isn’t good enough then Scott who i know isnt and likely doesn’t have a long term future with the team 

4 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Yikes. No. 

Yes

4 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

only problem is mcphearson might be worse than Scott if he hasn’t even gotten on the field over scott so far. It’s either that or Gannon just is stubborn and likes Scott. 

He’s not a slot IMO. But maybe he can be a safety?

5 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

I didn’t like clocking it at all, but it’s defensible with a backup QB 

We had a timeout. And there was a much higher chance that we'd waste less time if we clocked it on a subsequent series of downs given how much we shortened the field after that play. It's simple math, doesn't matter who the QB is.

Vaitai was not better than Peters in 2017 lmao...

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

Yes

No. Not even close. Vaitai deserves credit for his admirable job filling in, but his level of play was wildly overrated in here. He got so much help with chips and a TE on his side that he might as well have been playing a different position than Peters. 

12 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Agreed, this is one of the few cases where it makes no sense whatsoever to get cute with your pre-snap looks. That call, and the decision to waste a down to clock it instead of using a timeout, are such mind-numbingly awful decisions, that I wonder how someone in their positions could even get to a point where they are seriously considered, let alone confirmed.

The clock vs. timeout play are being ignored way too much.  Big time coaching mistake IMO.  You need every down you can when you're that close to the EZ.  Terrible situation to put that offense in with the backup QB playing behind a backup RT when you know they are going to be teeing off on you.

17 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Agreed, this is one of the few cases where it makes no sense whatsoever to get cute with your pre-snap looks. That call, and the decision to waste a down to clock it instead of using a timeout, are such mind-numbingly awful decisions, that I wonder how someone in their positions could even get to a point where they are seriously considered, let alone confirmed.

Yeah I’d have taken the timeout given where they  were on the field. Save the 7 seconds then. Allows you to still attack the middle of the field with 4 plays rather than 3 to pick up the first down. If you get the first and spike it we’d likely still have 3 shots at the end zone with the amount of time left due to shorter field to run up and spike it. 

then again i don’t kill then for it cause i understand the other side.