4 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Offensive line has not played well, and Stafford has been turning the ball over.  49ers also won both regular season games against them last year.

You've been around. You know that things change a lot from week 2 to week 18. I suspect barring a rash of injuries the Rams will be a good team this year.  They are another team that barely plays in preseason so takes them a bit to get going

1 minute ago, pgcd3 said:

You've been around. You know that things change a lot from week 2 to week 18. I suspect barring a rash of injuries the Rams will be a good team this year.  They are another team that barely plays in preseason so takes them a bit to get going

Giving up 27 points to the Falcons at home is concerning for their defense.  It will be a tight race, but I would give the edge to the 9ers.

21 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

In Reich’s defense… he has an old QB that had no WR help. Pittman was out. But yeah to get completely shutout was not good. I never bought into Ryan being an upgrade over Wentz. Fewer mistakes, sure, but not the same level of arm talent and athleticism. 

I predicted a bad year for the Colts some weeks ago, pointing specifically to their LT - Matt Pryor.

This from today's Coltswire web site about yesterday's debacle.: 

• Matt Pryor was a revolving door at left tackle. Early results suggest it wasn’t the right move to go this route.

24 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Then why did Doug fall apart without Reich ??  Do we shift the blame to Howie meddling ??

Did he really fall apart, though?

2018 they had a nice season and run. Unfortunate end.

2019 we had relatively no one on offense (no fault of his) and made the playoffs when the cheapshot happened.

2020 Wentz was the worst QB in the league and our team (particularly the OL) was beyond decimated.

Tons of unfortunate circumstances, but I wouldn't really say he fell apart. This isn't to say he didn't regress to some degree or that he's some superb coach, I just think he gets more crap than he deserves.

I think they were a great duo that strengthened each other.

20 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

Yes. Bad contracts and poor drafting. Doug wasn’t blameless though. 

The poor drafting I place solely on Howie. I suspect there is plenty of blame to go around concerning the bad contracts. It sure seems like Doug was on board with trying to keep the band together.

Doug's undoing was he fought Lurie/Howie on assistants. Couldn't pick an OC after Reich and Schwartz was leaving and they didn't trust his pick there.  They weren't wrong. He wasn't good at that but resented them getting involved.

13 hours ago, eagle45 said:

What's your definition of a stud WR?

Someone really fn good. Like DeVonta Smith. 

We will learn a lot about this years Eagles team tonight. Are we simply a team that makes the playoffs in a weak division or are we in the conversation for top 5 NFC teams? 

1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Then they hired the wrong guy.  Much like now.  They hire someone who they want to control.  A good leader hires good people and let's those people do their job.  Lowie doesn't do that.  They hire people they can control.  It's ridiculous to manage a team like that.  HEAD Coach, should be able to hire his own coaches.  I don't care what level of football.  It's not a sustainable approach.  

This.

Doug took a team with many injuries , no 1000 yard rusher , no 1000 yard receiver , no dbl digit  sack guy and won a Super Bowl  .

8 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

Doug beat a terrible colts team, in Jacksonville where the Colts always lose and now we're ready to crown him. 

GTFO. Jags go 5-12 for the next 2-3 years and rotate doug out

Not sure anyone's crowning him? Just suggesting he isn't a dumpster fire.

16 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

They're trying

stop

Three playoff appearances and a ring with the most injury bugged team I've seen in awhile while the GM tried to contr everything. Give the man credit where it's due man 

10 minutes ago, Swoop said:

Not sure anyone's crowning him? Just suggesting he isn't a dumpster fire.

 

23 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Then they hired the wrong guy.  Much like now.  They hire someone who they want to control.  A good leader hires good people and let's those people do their job.  Lowie doesn't do that.  They hire people they can control.  It's ridiculous to manage a team like that.  HEAD Coach, should be able to hire his own coaches.  I don't care what level of football.  It's not a sustainable approach.  

They literally won a Super Bowl with him. I don't think I'd go so far as to say they hired the wrong guy.

Just now, pgcd3 said:

They literally won a Super Bowl with him. I don't think I'd go so far as to say they hired the wrong guy.

dont let minor details get in the way of a good anti-Howie rant.

13 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

You did?  Cool, let's see the post.  

Damned if i know how to quote myself but it's page 234 posted 9/6/22.

Imagine hating Doug

26 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Someone really fn good. Like DeVonta Smith. 

I agree but I am concerned a bit that Sirianni and co won’t get him involved enough. 

But yeah he broke the rookie receiving yards record on a team that ran 60% of the time. Davante Adams had a huge week 1 but yesterday had 2 catches. Mike Williams had 2 catches for 10 yards week 1 but bounced back with a huge game.

 I’m expecting Davonta to have a big game tonight 

1 minute ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Imagine hating Doug

Imagine hating Foles 

 

2 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Imagine hating Doug

 

46 minutes ago, justrelax said:

I predicted a bad year for the Colts some weeks ago, pointing specifically to their LT - Matt Pryor.

This from today's Coltswire web site about yesterday's debacle.: 

• Matt Pryor was a revolving door at left tackle. Early results suggest it wasn’t the right move to go this route.

Could see a mid season trade for Dillard in the works.  

5 minutes ago, justrelax said:

Damned if i know how to quote myself but it's page 234 posted 9/6/22.

You can quote yourself the same way you quote any other post.

 

1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Of course. My WR1.  

Yep, my WR2 in my money league.

7 minutes ago, justrelax said:

Damned if i know how to quote myself but it's page 234 posted 9/6/22.

Forget your entomology?

 

Irony is Big Nasty is the guy who doles out football fines and suspensions. 

"Former NFL player Jon Runyan, who now serves as the league’s vice president of football operations, issued the suspension and told Evans in a letter that, ‘Your aggressive conduct could have caused serious injury to your opponent and clearly does not reflect the high standards of sportsmanship expected of a professional.’ "