This one's gonna be close

4-4 split decision between Eagles and Chiefs

 

1 minute ago, downundermike said:

 

Yeah, well, thanks for that, PFN.

I think we rank it #1...

47 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

Im gonna try and game it this time, as the only likely way I’d win is if I pick a score no one thought of.

Eagles 15 - Chiefs 8

Defensive struggle, Jake Elliot hits multiple 55+ yarders and is named MVP

You convinced me. Just put down $10 for Elliot at 250/1.

 

I got Kenny G at 100/1 odds….he’s now up to 60/1….Vegas has the script!

 

5 minutes ago, downundermike said:

 

I'm guessing they gave #1 to 28-3?

That Super Bowl had an all time comeback, but the game sucked. 

6 minutes ago, downundermike said:

 

Is number one the falcons patriots?

Honestly this is Hurts game to Win or Lose- yes others could lose it for him, (like the Wash Game) by turning the ball over, not making the catch, missing assignments etc

But this is Hurts' game to prove he is the guy-  If he plays excellent ball like he had for most of the season, I dont see us losing. If he misses guys downfield, takes sacks and doesn't find the open receivers - or worse gets hurt- we will lose this game. 

So lets hope Hurts is who he was before he got hurt, because either way we have to pay him in the offseason, and once we do, we wont have as dominant team, so- we need to win this SB, because it will be harder after we pay him to field as strong a team.

3 hours ago, RLC said:

I wish I trusted Gannon to have a good gameplan on Sunday. Then I'd have Eagles by 10.

Not sure if this has been posted already

 

 

3 hours ago, Doc S. said:

With no Real evidence whatsoever, It just seems to me the "Media" is slobbering all over Kansas City. 

"On the cusp of a Dynasty", "Next Patriots Profile"... set up for years to come, Blah blah blah....

I think "they" have it backwards. WE are the team to beat. Nose to nose, I'll take the Eagles all day.

Appearances notwithstanding, I think KC knows they are about to run into a Buzzsaw, and they are nervous about it.

Two things jump out right away. Our D Line wrecks gameplans. We can reduce them to Travis and a broken Helaire...

Our offense will kill them on the ground, worst case for Spags. . Grind and pound destroys a defenses' moral. We do that very well. Our Big Uglies love to tee off, Nick will turn em loose. Kelce 30 yards downfield blowing up a Safety...Lane's pancakes... 

Everybody ( Talking Heads ) putting their take out there, most seem to have it close but KC as inevitable. Destiny, etc. Sorry, No.

52 was a crapshoot, anybody's game til 00:00, not this time. We have the hammer, Chiefs are in our way.

The narrative about Philly will change. WE are the Team to try to beat. No need for finesse...

Power football is back.

I agree with the 3 yards and a cloud of dust.  MAKE THEM try to stop the run.  Don't go away from it. Don't get cute. Pound it and then open up downfield.  

And I watch 10 hours of NFL channel a day at work.  Eagles are getting plenty of love.   

 

2 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Not sure if this has been posted already

 

 

He's still in Philly?

 

21 minutes ago, Doc S. said:

How about we just beat the snot out of em from the jump?

How's that fit in your scenario?

You're playing 5 card stud with 4 cards, man.

We didn't get here by accident. Our Eagles are kickin down the door.

Chiefs aren't pushovers, mahommes isn't Daniel jones or Brock purdy.

He's the real deal and gives them a shot to win everytime he's on the field.

Eagles D is better than the Bengals who held chiefs under 30 and made em kick some FGs if eagles can limit chiefs to FGs instead of TDs they're usually efficient enough in the red zone to get tds.

I expect the first half mahomes will have a near perfect QB rating as it usually takes Gannon a half to adjust, if he hasn't let mahommes go off on the first half and score a bunch in the first half I figure Gannon makes enough adjustments and eagles pull away in a close one.

 

41 minutes ago, downundermike said:

It is not void money.  It is money already paid to the player, and the cap implications of that are spread out to lower the cap hit in year 1.

Void does not mean the money is void, void means there is no contract in place for the player to be on the roster that year.

You are correct.  It is not void money. It is void year(s). But only void years once they are actually voided.  Until they are actually voided, they are voidable years.  All this void stuff is new.  I personally think the NFL should amend the Cap rules to eliminate them, but until that happens they have created new accounts in the chart of accounts of the NFL and any team that uses void years.  If you have any experience with Accounting, you know that companies regularly create new accounts in their chart of accounts when new business situations and/or practices arise.

BTW, your statement that "void means there is no contract in place” is incorrect.  Until the contract is actually voided, there definitely is a contract in place, and that contract is on file with the NFL.  You can say it is a partial contract or an incomplete contract, but it is a contract nonetheless.  If there were no such contract, the NFL would no allow the Signing bonus proration to be over the aggregate number of years.

Just now, Utebird said:

Chiefs aren't pushovers, mahommes isn't Daniel jones or Brock purdy.

He's the real deal and gives them a shot to win everytime he's on the field.

Eagles D is better than the Bengals who held chiefs under 30 and made em kick some FGs if eagles can limit chiefs to FGs instead of TDs they're usually efficient enough in the red zone to get tds.

I expect the first half mahomes will have a near perfect QB rating as it usually takes Gannon a half to adjust, if he hasn't let mahommes go off on the first half and score a bunch in the first half I figure Gannon makes enough adjustments and eagles pull away in a close one.

 

You continue to state this as if it has any relevance at all. 

18 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

You convinced me. Just put down $10 for Elliot at 250/1.

 

I got Kenny G at 100/1 odds….he’s now up to 60/1….Vegas has the script!

I wrote that on a whim but I’ve since convinced myself how it could be possible. Think of big offense vs big defense performances the last 15 years or so. 2007 Super Bowl where NYG’s dominant pass rush held an alltime offense to 17 points. 2013 Super Bowl where The legion of boom held the Broncos who broke Brady’s 2007 records  to 8 points. 2018 where Belichick held the Rams to 3 points. 2020 when Mahomes with Tyreek (albeit with a crippled Oline) were held to 9. It is not out of the realm of possibility that we’re a lot for them to handle. Pat will be healthy enough to move around, but he won’t be maximum potential Patrick Mahomes, sometimes that little difference can be enough.

So What are the possible game plans Sirianni goes with? Everyone knows we were first in the nfl in sacks, but many may not know KC was second. Additionally, Jalen’s shoulder is still unlikely to be 100%, and he’s looked shaky his last few outings. Meanwhile, while we have a strong passing game, our foundation is the run and we’re one of the best in the league at it.
 

Scenario:

We choose to take the ball out of Pat’s hands as much as possible, eat time of possession, and that philosophy leads to a low scoring game. KC doesn’t have a bad run D, they are good at reducing the big gains so 20-30 yard bursts will be less likely. This means a slow trodding, grind it out attack moving methodically down the field. 2-3 field goal drives will eat up most of the first half that way, and some deep punts will trap Pat near his own endzone, making it difficult to get into field goal range against this D if we’re putting 2 hats on Kelce all game.

Halftime 9-0. We get a couple more FG’s in the third, and KC finally scores early in the fourth, making the game 15-6. Andy makes an Andy move and decides to go for the 2pt conversion now so he won’t have to later. We then just keep running the clock and punting them deep back in their endzone and the game kind of ends with a thud of nothing really happening the last 12 minutes.

That is a perfectly plausible scenario of how this will go. We have the D to do it, and Steichen has put out some… interesting gameplans this year that over emphasized a specific phase of our offense.

 

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

 

I love this guy. Gotta have him back. 

18 minutes ago, Doc S. said:

Yeah, well, thanks for that, PFN.

I think we rank it #1...

Especially since it got rtk banned

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

 

Would be a mistake to let him go.

Some reporter picks so far:

Wulf and Solak picking Chiefs, Kempski, Kapadia picking Eagles.

1 hour ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

Im gonna try and game it this time, as the only likely way I’d win is if I pick a score no one thought of.

Eagles 15 - Chiefs 8

Defensive struggle, Jake Elliot hits multiple 55+ yarders and is named MVP

Wow.  5 FGs and 4 Safeties.  

Just now, Aerolithe_Lion said:

I wrote that on a whim but I’ve actually convinced myself since how it could be possible. Think of big offense vs big defense performances the last 15 years or so. 2007 Super Bowl where NYG’s dominant pass rush held an alltime offense to 17 points. 2013 Super Bowl where The legion of book held the Broncos who broke Brady’s 2007 records  to 8 points. 2018 where Belichick held the Rams to 3 points. 2020 when Mahomes with Tyreek (albeit with a crippled Oline) were held to 9. It is out of the realm of possibility we’re a lot for them to handle. Pat will be healthy enough to move around, but he won’t maximum potential Patrick Mahomes, sometimes that little difference can be enough.

So What are the possible game plans Sirianni goes with? Everyone knows we were first in the nfl in sacks, but many may not know KC was second. Additionally, Jalen’s should is still unlikely to be 100%, and he’s looked shaky his last few outings. Meanwhile, while we have a strong passing game, our foundation is the run and we’re one of the best in the league at it.
 

Scenario:

We choose to take the ball out of Pat’s hands as much as possible, eat time of possession, and that philosophy leads to a low scoring game. KC doesn’t have a bad run D, they are good at reducing the big gains so 20-30 yard bursts will be less likely. This means a slow trodding, grind it out attack moving methodically down the field. 2-3 field goal drives will eat up most of the first half that way, and some deep punts will trap Pat near in his own endzone, making it difficult to get into field goal range against this D if we’re putting 2 hats on Kelce all game.

Halftime 9-0. We get a couple more FG’s in the third, and KC finally scores early in the fourth, making the game 15-6. Andy makes an Andy move and decides to go for the 2pt conversion now so he won’t have to later. We then just keep running the clock and punting them deep back in their endzone and the game kind of ends with a thud of nothing really happening the last 12 minutes.

That is a perfectly plausible scenario of how this will go. We have the D to do it, and Steichen has put out some… interesting gameplans this year that over emphasized a specific phase of our offense.

 

For me, yes and no.

We are going to run it and run it some more.  Pull them in nearer and tighter and strike with some good throws into 1v1 coverage. We will score TDs.  They will dink and dunk in the middle and hopefully those longer drives play to our advantage (room for TOs, room for sacks and hits, hold to FGs, burn clock).

But yes, it is an interesting bet and worthy of a little action IMO.

 

  

5 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

You continue to state this as if it has any relevance at all. 

49ers have a better D than Bengals and Chiefs scored 42.

Chiefs have a better offense than Cowboys who scored 40 against us. 

11 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

He's still in Philly?

No worries... looks like he's driving west.

1 minute ago, jamiller said:

For me, yes and no.

We are going to run it and run it some more.  Pull them in nearer and tighter and strike with some good throws into 1v1 coverage. We will score TDs.  They will dink and dunk in the middle and hopefully those longer drives play to our advantage (room for TOs, room for sacks and hits, hold to FGs, burn clock).

But yes, it is an interesting bet and worthy of a little action IMO.

 

  

I don’t think it’s likely, but trying to play the prediction game in a way that can increase my probability of winning. If I put up a score that’s similar to 25 other posters, that’s where the odds plummet.