7 minutes ago, tuffstuff07 said:

So Detroit needs defense. I think they take will Anderson to pair with Hutchinson. 

They’re not going to finish bad enough for the first pick. They lead the league in points right now yet are 1-3. They’ll win 5-6 games. 

3 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

What's pathetic is that I've heard Eagles fans in recent years lamenting that we don't have someone like Wally Henry back there returning punts and kicks. As if he was actually someone who was beneficial to our return game rather than someone who muffed/fumbled/generally bumbled away a playoff game almost singlehandedly. 

I was at that game.

Amazing 

 

It sure seems like the Eagles will sign a kicker to their practice squad this week (Sirianni strongly hinted at it during his press conference this afternoon), so that they'll have someone ready for Sunday's game in case Jake Elliott can't kick. Lots of teams are doing that these days, carrying an emergency guy for a few weeks. I've been looking through the list of guys who as far as I can tell are still available. I think the two that I like the most are Brian Johnson and Rodrigo Blankenship. Johnson played for the Saints and Washington last year and actually made all of his field goal attempts, including a last second game winner from 48-yards against the Raiders. Blankenship was cut by the Colts after the opener this year after he missed a winning field goal in overtime. He doesn't have a great leg, but he's been an adequate, albeit below average kicker in the league for a couple of years.

Other possibilities would be Aldrick Rosas (had one very good year for the Giants but has been below average for a few years and has bounced around a lot, getting short gigs with different teams and then getting released; he has a strong leg but is inconsistent), Lirim Hajrullahu (was in Cowboys training camp and was the frontrunner for the job but got beat out), or Cody Parkey (we know who he is and it hasn't been all bad). 

They signed Matt McCrane to the practice squad for a couple weeks last year. I hope they don't bring him in again. Not a fan. 

The best option would have been Matthew Wright, but he was signed by the Chiefs a week ago and played in the game on Sunday night.

Matt Ammendola was released by the Chiefs last week after missing several kicks. I was surprised they opted for him rather than Wright when their need for a backup kicker arose following the injury to Harrison Butker.

2 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

 

 

Craziest thing about it? They’re actually gonna let him play Thursday night even though the dude should be in the concussion protocol for sure

2 hours ago, mattwill said:

After tonight's game the Eagles are in a three-way tie for Pick #3.  Looking ahead at next weekend, Houston could beat Jacksonville, the Saints could beat the Seahawks, the Commanders could beat the Titans, and one or the other of the Patriots and Lions is going 1-4 (unless they tie).  The Bills will almost surely beat the Steelers and the Chiefs will almost surely beat the Raiders, but in both cases the Strength of Schedule will increase for the Steelers and Raiders.  IF the Saints lose, the pick could well be #2 at the end of the weekend.

Pick	Team		Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct	SOS	Plays Next
1	Houston Texans	AFCS	0	3	1	0.125	0.469	Jacksonville Jaguars
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFCN	1	3		0.250	0.438	Buffalo Bills
3	Las Vegas Raiders	AFCW	1	3		0.250	0.500	Kansas City Chiefs
4	Carolina Panthers	NFCS	1	3		0.250	0.500	SF 49ers
5	Philadelphia Eagles (via NO)	NFCS	1	3		0.250	0.500	Seattle Seahawks
6	New England Patriots	AFCE	1	3		0.250	0.563	Detroit Lions
7	Washington Commanders	NFCE	1	3		0.250	0.625	Tennessee Titans
8	Detroit Lions	NFCN	1	3		0.250	0.625	New England Patriots
9	Indianapolis Colts	AFCS	1	2	1	0.375	0.469	Denver Broncos
10	Seattle Seahawks (via DEN)	AFCW	2	2		0.500	0.344	Indianapolis Colts
11	Houston Texans (via CLE)	AFCN	2	2		0.500	0.375	Los Angeles Chargers
12	Los Angeles Chargers	AFCW	2	2		0.500	0.406	Cleveland Browns
13	New York Jets	AFCE	2	2		0.500	0.438	Miami Dolphins
14	Atlanta Falcons	NFCS	2	2		0.500	0.438	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
15	Arizona Cardinals	NFCW	2	2		0.500	0.438	Philadelphia Eagles
16	Seattle Seahawks	NFCW	2	2		0.500	0.438	New Orleans Saints
17	Miami Dolphins (via SF)	NFCW	2	2		0.500	0.500	Carolina Panthers
18	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFCS	2	2		0.500	0.531	Houston Texans
19	Tennessee Titans	AFCS	2	2		0.500	0.531	Washington Commanders
20	Chicago Bears	NFCN	2	2		0.500	0.531	Minnesota Vikings
21	Baltimore Ravens	AFCN	2	2		0.500	0.563	Cincinnati Bengals
22	Cincinnati Bengals	AFCN	2	2		0.500	0.563	Baltimore Ravens
23	Detroit Lions (via LAR)	NFCW	2	2		0.500	0.563	Dallas Cowboys
24	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFCS	2	2		0.500	0.625	Atlanta Falcons
25	Kansas City Chiefs	AFCW	3	1		0.750	0.469	Las Vegas Raiders
26	Dallas Cowboys	NFCE	3	1		0.750	0.500	LA Rams
27	New York Giants	NFCE	3	1		0.750	0.500	Green Bay Packers
28	Green Bay Packers	NFCN	3	1		0.750	0.500	New York Giants
29	Buffalo Bills	AFCE	3	1		0.750	0.563	Pittsburgh Steelers
30	Minnesota Vikings	NFCN	3	1		0.750	0.563	Chicago Bears
31	Philadelphia Eagles	NFCE	4	0		1.000	0.438	Arizona Cardinals
32	Miami Dolphins (forfeited)	AFCE	3	1		0.750	0.500	New York Jets

 

Nice to see you have time to keep us updated on this key dynamic info here in week #5

 

This week scares me.  We always seem to have trouble with the Cards and the hype is already underway for the Cowboy game.  This has trap game written all over it.

5 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Grow up man.  He won’t be your friend.  

I can bring him around. Must begin to understand the poster before understanding the post

3 hours ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

They’re not going to finish bad enough for the first pick. They lead the league in points right now yet are 1-3. They’ll win 5-6 games. 

You should see their schedule; not a lot of games they’re going to be favored in moving forward. And with how they’ve performed against Atlanta and Carolina… could be coaching that’s getting them the worst

4 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

This week scares me.  We always seem to have trouble with the Cards and the hype is already underway for the Cowboy game.  This has trap game written all over it.

didn't people say that about the jags game?

8 minutes ago, rrfierce said:

didn't people say that about the jags game?

it will be said about every game from here on and out, Ive believed it every week since the days of louie giamonna

8 hours ago, Texas Eagle said:

Funny how people still argue we should’ve signed Allen Robinson rather than trading for AJB

Who?

7 hours ago, ManuManu said:

I know I’m way late on this, but it was awesome seeing Doug smiling and soaking up the attention in his return to the Linc. Even after the loss, he was happy as hell. 

It was quite the reunion.

7 hours ago, Cliftoma said:

AjB is the best thing that happened to the Eagles and Hurts.  He's a true matchup nightmare, game changer.  TO without being, well, TO

Or quite the production. But, he’s been terrific for us no doubt.

14 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Who?

Haven’t seen anyone argue that either but the great offensive mind Sean McVay can’t scheme open another WR? Robinson is good and his usage with the Rams is bizarre., Stafford rarely looks another Wr’s way.

So the Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia Phillies are both playing Cardinals this weekend?   Wow.   Congrats Phillies.  Can't believe it's been 11 years since the playoffs.   Felt like yesterday they were in back to back World Series. 

7 hours ago, RLC said:

The Saints are too good to win less than 5 games. They'll finish in the 10-15 range. Missing the playoffs is still a big W for us.

No they aren't. They're lucky they aren't 0-4 at this point. They're a very bad team, with a very bad coach, led by terrible QB play. Kamara being mangled and inefficient, their o-line isn't good, and their defense has certainly regressed after losing a few players. A number of us thought they'd be bad this year, and no surprise to us, they are. 

43 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Buffalo 

Think they matchup real well with Buffalo. Like both of our lines over them and like the fact that their best RB is their QB who doesn’t run as well as Hurts. 

43 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I’m talking about Hurts.  Constantly defending him, won’t make you pals.  It’s cute, but useless.  

Everything you post is useless. So why worry about what other people post?

43 minutes ago, KINGnabb said:

So the Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia Phillies are both playing Cardinals this weekend?   Wow.   Congrats Phillies.  Can't believe it's been 11 years since the playoffs.   Felt like yesterday they were in back to back World Series. 

That's a sign you are getting old.

5 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

That's a sign you are getting old.

Yeah, the years seem to be speeding by.    It's just a shock the Phillies were in that long of a playoff drought after starting 2000's decade so great.   

8 hours ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

The two teams I don’t think the Eagles matchup well with, KC and TB. Think they matchup real well with Buffalo. GB doesn’t really worry me. 

I think KC, TB, Buffalo, and 49ers are the teams to worry about going forward. 49ers seem to have gained back that momentum from last year. Going to be a really tough team to beat.

1 minute ago, UndyTaker said:

I think KC, TB, Buffalo, and 49ers are the teams to worry about going forward. 49ers seem to have gained back that momentum from last year. Going to be a really tough team to beat.

Only need to worry about 1 team from the AFC.   

We'll see how the rest of this season goes.  TB, 49ers, GB...  even Dallas with that defense will be a formidable opponent.  Gotta take it one at a time.  This week is Arizona.  Can't take them for granted because they've looked bad so far.   They were a playoff team last year... and the Eagles are notoriously bad when @e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! attends a game in AZ.  This will be a real test.      Can they overcome his bad juju?

9 hours ago, ManuManu said:

It seems like anyone who was against that trade at the time simply didn’t understand how good he was. 

I admit my assessment was off. I thought he was a low volume one trick pony in a run first offense. He certainly looks to be a complete package here.

admittedly i over value first round picks so the price and cost also weighed into it

41 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

No they aren't. They're lucky they aren't 0-4 at this point. They're a very bad team, with a very bad coach, led by terrible QB play. Kamara being mangled and inefficient, their o-line isn't good, and their defense has certainly regressed after losing a few players. A number of us thought they'd be bad this year, and no surprise to us, they are. 

Agree they could easily dumpster fire and land us a top 10