Twitter is a wild place. There’s actually people saying that the chargers should have ran the ball more in the 2nd half in order to waste more clock. meanwhile, the running backs had 7 carries and had 7 total rush yards. And up until the last drive of the second half, the chargers didn’t have a 3 and out. even with the 3 and out the clock ran the entire time. Running the ball there and doing nothing with it wouldve resulted in the same thing 

4 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

We beat a practice squad by less than a TD in a must win game…last week.  We are going to dismiss SF for getting manhandled by the Chiefs in October before they started their tear?

There is some heavy duty rationalization going on in here. Given the way the team has played over the last month, I'm not at all confident that the Eagles can flip the switch for the playoffs.

9 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

We beat a practice squad by less than a TD in a must win game…last week.  We are going to dismiss SF for getting manhandled by the Chiefs in October before they started their tear?

What happened in October does not matter to any team in the playoffs. It's a new season.

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

Twitter is a wild place. There’s actually people saying that the chargers should have ran the ball more in the 2nd half in order to waste more clock. meanwhile, the running backs had 7 carries and had 7 total rush yards. And up until the last drive of the second half, the chargers didn’t have a 3 and out. even with the 3 and out the clock ran the entire time. Running the ball there and doing nothing with it wouldve resulted in the same thing 

 

Chargers issue is they changed their defensive game plan in the second half to keep everything underneath thinking the Jags would come out trying to push the ball down the field.

The only adjustment the Jags offense made at the half was calming down and, getting everyone back in the game.  They ran the exact same offense in the second half, and the Chargers stayed with a bad half time adjustment hoping the clock would be on their side.  After the Jags got it to 37-14, Staley should have gone back to what was working.

1 hour ago, 315Eagles said:

Can't believe I'm saying this but I forgot about Ty Detmer.

RemembertheTy 

He was a lot better than his little brother. There were moments he looked like a viable starting quarterback. Koy always looked like a backup.

Purdy is good. Shanahan’s offense wasn’t exactly lighting it up with Nick Mullins or whatever that guy’s name was. 

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

The Eagles are the biggest mystery in the NFL.

It will be very, very hard to return to that level with how bad they've been for almost 2 months.  And make no mistake...they've been BAD.  

The Eagles are 6-3 since their 8-0 start, and that is not only bad in your world, but it’s BAD in capital letters. What the hell?

I can’t understand that negative thinking, especially when you consider how well the offense played against the Packers, Titans, Giants1, and yes the Cowboys. That wasn’t bad. Or BAD.

8 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

Purdy is good. Shanahan’s offense wasn’t exactly lighting it up with Nick Mullins or whatever that guy’s name was. 

Mullens was putting up historical numbers after his first however many starts with the 49ers. Most yards after X amount of games or something. 

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

I get it, but I think that’s falling back too much on the narrative from when he was fired. Since then, we’ve seen Wentz exposed as a radioactive coach killer. We’ve seen Press Taylor do a good job with one of the slowest WR corps in the league and a not overly talented OL. Doug knew Caldwell, but at least he was highly thought of. It’s not like he brought Burke along with him. 

We’ll see how things go from here, but it’s really lazy to assume he can’t put a staff together considering the job he and his staff did this year, and piecing together how things ended in Philly (see Wentz and Scangarello). 

Maybe he learned over the years how to put one together, but Howie/Lurie kept treating him like a child (like when he was first hired). Howie and Lurie forcing him to hire an outside voice that ended up not fitting in at all might have been all Doug needed to say, "Eff it, I’m doing it my way. I want guys I can trust who share my vision.”

I think it’s abundantly clear that Howie/Lurie overstepped their boundaries in 2020, and all the reporting that came out about the situation is probably true. I also still have some reservations about Doug and his staff. Press Taylor would either be an assistant or somewhere else if Doug got his way and stuck with Groh and Walch. 

6 minutes ago, schuy7 said:

Mullens was putting up historical numbers after his first however many starts with the 49ers. Most yards after X amount of games or something. 

Not on par with Purdy's numbers, and his record was 3-4

9 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Hey only 5 points out of a playoff spot and at .500 lol 

Nowhere near .500. They have 18 wins and 25 losses.

Go watch Hurts from 2021-22 and compare it to Hurts from this season and then calm down about buyers remorse with Pederson/Sirianni 

 

And just STFU about Brock Purdy.  Give me a f'ing break, his arm blows and they'll get exposed.  We'll handle them in Philly

 

Some coaching rumors:

Denver wants Payton, but Payton wants the Chargers. Payton doesn't think Dallas' opening will be available, and McCarthy to be safe even if they lose tomorrow.

Ben Johnson OC of Lions the frontrunner for Carolina, but if Carolina keeps Wilks, he's eyeing Brian Johnson as OC

 

43 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

We beat a practice squad by less than a TD in a must win game…last week.  We are going to dismiss SF for getting manhandled by the Chiefs in October before they started their tear?

You mean the game that was 22-9 with 2 minutes left in the 4th? The game that the offense was neutered to protect Hurts from taking unnecessary hits? 

That game was never in doubt. With more time for Jalen, Lane and Maddox to heal I personally fear no team in the playoffs especially any NFC team.

 

8 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Nowhere near .500. They have 18 wins and 25 losses.

Those 7 losses you are counting are shootout losses or overtime when they go 3 on 3. Usually not weighted the same as a regular loss due to that. Hence it’s own category in the standings/record. And you still get a point for it. 

18 minutes ago, schuy7 said:

Mullens was putting up historical numbers after his first however many starts with the 49ers. Most yards after X amount of games or something. 

Were they winning? 

The Chargers coach sucks and I mean really sucks it was up front and center last year., and their social media qb didn’t clutch.

Simple 

3 hours ago, Penn7980 said:

The 49ers is the team that stands on our way to SB.  They have play-makers in many areas.  Our guys have to play at a high level to beat them. Purdy is getting a lot of attention by the media, on his draft status and recent performance.  He is also a rookie, so he would have his limitations.  He is probably the weak link of that team.

On the other side, KC and Buffalo would be the teams to beat.  We shall see which of the AR tree branches would prevail and advance to the SB.  Siri has installed a system different from AR's coaching style.  If we face one of these 2 in SB, it won't be an AR battle.

Bill Parcells would have valued Purdy much, much higher in the Draft than the current crop of NFL front offices.  Four full years as a NCAA starting QB makes up for a lot of deficiencies in height and/or arm strength.  His performance reflects that starting experience.  The question for me is how will he handle himself when Fate or Lady Luck doesn’t go his way.  He has a BDN quality about him in the short run … perhaps in the long run too.

On your other point I’m more concerned about the Bengals than either the Bills or the Chiefs.

2 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

Were they winning? 

I don't remember. 🤣

54 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

We beat a practice squad by less than a TD in a must win game…last week.  We are going to dismiss SF for getting manhandled by the Chiefs in October before they started their tear?

True, but we all know the team took their foot off the gas the last few weeks, just like in 2017 when we were the best team in the league until mid-December.  And we all know what happened then...

3 minutes ago, DawkinsOwnage03 said:

The Chargers coach sucks and I mean really sucks it was up front and center last year., and their social media qb didn’t clutch.

Simple 

Justin Herbert has lost some shine after what happened last night.  No chance in hell Jalen Hurts lets that game get away.

3 minutes ago, Arsenal79 said:

True, but we all know the team took their foot off the gas the last few weeks, just like in 2017 when we were the best team in the league until mid-December.  And we all know what happened then...

We luckily escaped the divisional round 

29 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

The Eagles are 6-3 since their 8-0 start, and that is not only bad in your world, but it’s BAD in capital letters. What the hell?

I can’t understand that negative thinking, especially when you consider how well the offense played against the Packers, Titans, Giants1, and yes the Cowboys. That wasn’t bad. Or BAD.

The BAD is their 1-2 record in the last 3 weeks…and if you can’t grasp how it was bad, then I don’t know what to tell you.

53 minutes ago, downundermike said:

 

Chargers issue is they changed their defensive game plan in the second half to keep everything underneath thinking the Jags would come out trying to push the ball down the field.

The only adjustment the Jags offense made at the half was calming down and, getting everyone back in the game.  They ran the exact same offense in the second half, and the Chargers stayed with a bad half time adjustment hoping the clock would be on their side.  After the Jags got it to 37-14, Staley should have gone back to what was working.

I think the Chargers had a multitude of things go wrong for them. First, their defense was bad the last 32 minutes of that game. The final five drives the Jaguars had they scored four touchdowns, converted a two point attempt and gave up a field goal. They also gave up 335 yards in those last 32 minutes and five possessions. Like you said they made poor adjustments when they saw the jags score an easy last two minute of the half td and then a td on their opening drive of the second half. Which Staley is a defensive coach, and one of the reasons they brought them in with because they thought he was a great defense of mind. they had five turnovers in the first 28 minutes but the Chargers reverted back to what they were doing at the beginning of the season; where they couldn’t stop anybody the second half of that game

Also an issue they could not run the ball worth crap. Which isn’t that much of a surprise because the Jaguars are 11th against the run and the chargers are 30th rushing the ball and yards per carry. That’s been one of their biggest problems all year when they’ve had leads late in games. They can’t salt it away unless they throw the ball. So if you’re down Mike Williams, who makes some really great catches for them at critical times, and opens things up for Austin, Ekeler and Keenan Allen. That’s a problem. I would add their oline is likely aversge (might be slightly below when you’re missing Slater). And the Jaguars started getting more and more pressure on Herbert because they didn’t even respect their running game.

third dicker missing that 40 yd field goal was huge momentum turner. after the Jaguars scored the touchdown to make it 30 to 20, I thought getting the stop on the two point conversion was pretty big. It gave the Chargers a chance to breathe and still up 2 possessions. , and then the offense really seized that momentum and went down the field and got into field-goal range. Missing that kick felt like all the momentum they got back went right to the Jaguars. 

fourth i love herbert but he’s not immune to criticism. He missed Keenan Allen, who was wide open in the end zone. If he makes that throw who knows this game might wind up differently. Thought he had some poor throws as well in the second half. To be honest because the Chargers can’t run the ball, they have to be way over reliant on him to be able to make every throw. And when you don’t have Mike Williams,  oline is missing their best player and teams know you have to throw it is much harder to have consistent success. It’s why I said a couple weeks ago it feels like the Chargers anytime they have a late lead in a game they are gonna be in trouble because they just can’t run the ball out. teams know what they have to do. They are very one dimensional and it makes it much easier to defend especially down Mike Williams and slater.

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

We luckily escaped the divisional round 

Only because we had 2 turnovers and the Falcons had zero.  Overall in 3 games of the 2017 playoffs we outscored our opponents 94-50, which was against a good Atlanta team, a great Vikings team, and a great Patriots team with Brady at the helm.

Dominant performance by a dominant team.  Even though we didn't play well in December, because December meant nothing.