jalen and BG at virginia syracuse game, they are front row behind toyota banner close to virginia bench

Think I overdid it on the celebration last night. I’ve been feeling like Stetson Bennet all day. 

3 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

If Eagles beat the Chiefs and beat them as convincingly as the Giants and 49ers then I think they have to be in the conversation for one of the best teams of all time. They would be 17-1 with Hurts for the season with the only 2 losses coming with a backup QB who provided a huge drop off at the position.  

 

I'd be interested in seeing what the largest point differentials were for teams in the postseason heading into the Super Bowl because this Eagles team has to be near the top of the list for that. 

There is only one answer for the greatest Super Bowl team of all time

14 minutes ago, downundermike said:

There is only one answer for the greatest Super Bowl team of all time

Let's win and you can both be right.

I grew up knowing that the 70s Steelers and the 85 Bears were awesome because they brutalized the other team. Buddy brought the same thing to Philly and it peaked in 91 with Bud Carson carrying it forward. They were tougher than you. Sometimes that came with injuries.

The Giants won 2 SBs at the expense of Joe Montana and no one cried unfair!

Fast forward to 2023 and lots of infants are crying that the NFCCG was not fair because the Eagles demolished Shanahan's pathetic scheme, the O-line, and the QBs.

17 minutes ago, olsilverhair said:

jalen and BG at virginia syracuse game, they are front row behind toyota banner close to virginia bench

You stalking them? 

Just now, EaglePhan1986 said:

You stalking them? 

nope, they showed it on tv

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

Lmao sure…

 

Honestly, what calls could they possibly be complaining about? The Smith catch? If so, challenge it. It couldn’t be the third down penalties. Those were obvious. 

What a bunch of children. 

Michael Silver never recovered from saying Hue Jackson was a good coach. 

40 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

If Eagles beat the Chiefs and beat them as convincingly as the Giants and 49ers then I think they have to be in the conversation for one of the best teams of all time. They would be 17-1 with Hurts for the season with the only 2 losses coming with a backup QB who provided a huge drop off at the position.  

 

I'd be interested in seeing what the largest point differentials were for teams in the postseason heading into the Super Bowl because this Eagles team has to be near the top of the list for that. 

1985 Bears who won 21-0, 24-0 and 46-10.  +81 point differential in 3 playoff games.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1985/index.htm

Eagles after 2 games are +55.

59 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

If Eagles beat the Chiefs and beat them as convincingly as the Giants and 49ers then I think they have to be in the conversation for one of the best teams of all time. They would be 17-1 with Hurts for the season with the only 2 losses coming with a backup QB who provided a huge drop off at the position.  

 

I'd be interested in seeing what the largest point differentials were for teams in the postseason heading into the Super Bowl because this Eagles team has to be near the top of the list for that. 

The 1989 49ers were 71-16 and won the SB 55-10 for an incredible +100.  In 1988 they were 62-12 but played that close SB 20-16 for +54  (this 2 year run is incredible)

The 85 Bears were 45-0 going into a SB they won 46-10. The Bears were +81

The 2000 Ravens were +72 in 4 playoff games. 

The 2002 Bucs were 58-16 and won the SB 48-21 for +69 (FYI, you can't transfer them to the 2022 49ers by watching a video)

The 1983 Raiders were 68-24 going into the SB and won 38-9 for a +63

77 Cowboys +64

98 Broncos also +63

91 DC went 65-17 and won the SB 37-24 but it was 24-0 early in the 3rd. +61

The 78 Steelers were 67-15 but played that 35-31 shootout with Dallas. +56

 

72 Dolphins +17 meh   73 Dolphins +52 better team

 

23 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

I grew up knowing that the 70s Steelers and the 85 Bears were awesome because they brutalized the other team. Buddy brought the same thing to Philly and it peaked in 91 with Bud Carson carrying it forward. They were tougher than you. Sometimes that came with injuries.

The Giants won 2 SBs at the expense of Joe Montana and no one cried unfair!

Fast forward to 2023 and lots of infants are crying that the NFCCG was not fair because the Eagles demolished Shanahan's pathetic scheme, the O-line, and the QBs.

Plenty of teams have crippled opposing QB's on the way to playoff and SB wins.  We've been on the other side (e.g. 2003 NFC Championship) so I don't care that the shoe is on the other foot now.

22 minutes ago, Arsenal79 said:

Plenty of teams have crippled opposing QB's on the way to playoff and SB wins.  We've been on the other side (e.g. 2003 NFC Championship) so I don't care that the shoe is on the other foot now.

Yup yup. And clean too.

Mahomey is hampered. It showed yesday.  If our edges are stout and we get that good push up the middle it will make him miserable, even if he gets to 80% or better.  Put CJG on Kelce, get that controlled chaos up front and let's go.

 

50 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

I grew up knowing that the 70s Steelers and the 85 Bears were awesome because they brutalized the other team. Buddy brought the same thing to Philly and it peaked in 91 with Bud Carson carrying it forward. They were tougher than you. Sometimes that came with injuries.

The Giants won 2 SBs at the expense of Joe Montana and no one cried unfair!

Fast forward to 2023 and lots of infants are crying that the NFCCG was not fair because the Eagles demolished Shanahan's pathetic scheme, the O-line, and the QBs.

Yep.  First of all, as Philly has often suffered disproportionately, injuries are part of the game.  Our teams have lost seasons and had windows closed over injuries.  No one said it was unfair (ok, we probably did, but no one outside of Philly).  

But it can't be reiterated enough that these weren't just any injuries.  These weren't star players getting hurt in a scrum or fluke bad luck.  This was a relentless pass rush knocking a QB(s) out of the game and their offensive line failing to protect.  I realize the NFL is (and should be) all about player safety and injury avoidance.  But that's still half the goal of a pass rush.  Knock the QB around until he's ineffective or unavailable.   That's what they did.  

It's like saying it's unfair that a defense was so tired after giving up long drive after long drive.  The Eagles pass rush did what it set out to do.

who was the worse singer...Anita Baker or Jalen Hurts?

I always thought his injury and everything after went down really weird. I guess this explains it. 

Just now, bpac55 said:

who was the worse singer...Anita Baker or Jalen Hurts?

That is a tough one

It was the 2019 season. The Eagles were hosting a playoff game.

We lost our QB in 1st quarter because of an illegal hit by a dirty player. Our backup QB entered the game, then tore his hamstring. Don't remember everyone saying the Seahawks cheated or we were unlucky.

5 minutes ago, RLC said:

It was the 2019 season. The Eagles were hosting a playoff game.

We lost our QB in 1st quarter because of an illegal hit by a dirty player. Our backup QB entered the game, then tore his hamstring. Don't remember everyone saying the Seahawks cheated or we were unlucky.

The ironic thing is that it was a dirty hit and we actually were unlucky.  (Now, I'm pretty confident we were losing that game anyway).

The Eagles had clean hits and with the logistics of both hits, it really wasn't bad luck...it wasn't surprising.  And I'm pretty confident we were winning that game anyway.

1 more. I feel we’re gonna have a field day on the ground again. Get a lead and keep Mahomes off the field 

10 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I always thought his injury and everything after went down really weird. I guess this explains it. 

Meh.  Pathetic cash grab for a player who was barely hanging onto the NFL when healthy and never had a chance with rehab tacked onto his shortcomings.  And what the hell do Foles, Burton, and Hicks know about James Bradley missing a meniscus tear?

So he's suing the most renowned sports orthopedic surgeon in the country and the region's elite sports medicine staff that referred him to Bradley?  Pathetic.

2 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

Not so much since coming back from the injury, though.  Since the Week 18 return against the Giants he's played 3 games and gone 51/84 for 504 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT.  Per game that's 17/28, 168 yards.  The positive is he doesn't make any big errors, and can still make first downs and TDs when needed with his legs.  I would also need someone who was at the game to comment on the wind conditions, etc.  I don't think he's been near his early season form throwing the ball, though.

The great news -- I believe the Eagles can beat the Chiefs playing the same type of football they've played the past 3 weeks.  Run the ball, rush the QB, dominate in the trenches.  

 

2 hours ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Wind wasn’t bad. Overshot AJ on the go route and threw a pretty good 50/50 ball to DeVonta down the sideline that he couldn’t come down with. 

 

Up in 240, 241, and 242 which is where I ALWAYS seem to sit any time I go to a game, the wind seems to be pretty well shielded. You get a light breeze, and thats about it. Between the stadium, and the people its hard to get cold at a game imo. At least in those sections. Other areas, like the concourse behind the miller flight deck, it feels like a wind tunnel.

From my seats, where it was very comfortable, the flags on the goal posts were blowing very much so. And an eagles flag above one of the tunnels was rippling like crazy. I have no idea what it felt like on the field, but it looked very windy.

On the other hand, the forecast called for 10mph wind around 3-5pm. Windy. But shouldnt have debilitated a passing game for most QBs.

 

I would note, on the AJ Brown deep ball overthrow, that was thrown WITH the wind. Maybe wiind carried it. I also thought AJ was slowed in the last few steps before the ball hit the ground due to some hand fighting.

On the Quez pass that was covered by Charvarious Ward, that was a pretty good ball thrown INTO the wind. Maybe you can argue it was underthrown since Ward was able to break it out. On the other hand, he held Quez all the way down the field, though it seemed subtle enough not to get called. He had tight coverage and made the play. Hurts probably shouldnt have thrown it. If he did, it probably should have been farther out in front of Quez.

Maybe a coincidence, or maybe not- lots of confounding factors. But the overthrow was with wind, and the underthrow was against wind. Did 10mph winds really cause that? Probably shouldnt. 

@eagle45 My favorite non-champion Philly team was the 86-87 Flyers. They lost a 58 goal 95 point +37 Tim Kerr and still took Gretzky and the Oilers to game 7.

We lost and we moved on.

As for the penalties on San Fran, its possible that a playoff ref crew has meetings and discusses things specific to each team to focus on.

To me it seems like SF did a TON of holding on all WRs/TEs. The old Seattle tactic to interfere on every play because the refs cant call it all.

Highly effective all season long. But if they met before the game and said watch for SF getting handsy with receivers- well- tough luck. You couldnt cheat and get away with it in the NFC Championship game.

 

2 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I don't have that same "magical" feeling of 2017 when there was no doubt in mind they were winning the SB. It's hard to replicate everything that led up to that moment though. Being a favorite the entire run feels different and a little bit odd. 

Me too.

Is it possible we just power through this time, as Favorites , and complete the job?

No Dog Masks, here's our Team, I dare you to beat us?

Doesn't scream Philly Underdog mentality but to quote the Great Philosopher Bob Dylan...

"Oh the times they are a changin...". This Team IS formidable. Andy knows. He's worried.

Hate that they are calling us a powerhouse or juggernaut or whatever, but sometimes one must embrace the truth.

Smoked our way to Arizona, by all accounts. Wreckage in our rear view. Disposed of the "Best D " in the NFL...Hung 31 on em.

Our Lines beat Their Lines all day.

This is gonna be FUN!