3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

lol

What about call of duty? 

5 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Folks here have Buddy and JJ on pedestals.

But Schwartz was the one that delivered in the post season.

I think fans here hate off coverage more than the Cowboys.

"Producer James Seltzer is a bit more skeptical of Gannon.

"Adjust, be different," Seltzer said. "Adjust to your opponent! He never does any of that stuff. It's like alright let's lineup and go play and that's fine because their super talented, but at no point have I seen Jonathan Gannon scheme them to a win or do anything creative or interesting. I'm not impressed with him.""

This is spot on. It took him until the second half in the Cowboys game to make an obvious adjustment.

50 minutes ago, downundermike said:

And as I previewed yesterday, we are now an unfortunate series of events away from a NYG v DAL NFCCG.

Still, it does say a lot about our division that 3 of the last 4 teams are from the NFCE.

It's been an odd season. The pre-season favorites in the NFC just did not do well. People may look at the Rams as being decimated by injury but they are also a victim of their own cap managment and lack of depth.   The Packers traded away a number 1 receiver and didn't do much of anything to replace him. The Bucs were decimated by injuries on the o-line and part of that was to be expected given the roster age. It was down year for a lot of the NFC to the point where I think every NFC East team would likely be at least a playoff team if not a divison winner in every other NFC conference.  

 

59 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

Sanders can’t squat 12,000 lbs like Hurts can, would never work

Have Hurts behind him, he turns tosses it to Hurts and Goedert leaks out, Hurts can pass to Dallas or take off and run!!

56 minutes ago, mattwill said:

I asked for and got the following assessment of Driscoll from justrelax …

So, I watched every snap of Driscoll’s in the Saints game and the last Giant game.

Yes, he’s bottom 25%. His technique is decent enough but he has no pop. On run plays he can screen off and ride a guy down the line but as a drive blocker, well, he isn’t one. There were any number of run plays where he would pull and somehow not find anyone to block. He’s supposed to be a bright guy but he didn’t look it.

Against Cameron Jordan he was dominated physically. His arms are shorter than Jordan’s and the latter could control him with one arm and Driscoll couldn’t reach him. Cameron put him on skates a bunch of times. He had three sacks and could have had more.

Against the Giants, who can tell? He faced two second stringers, smaller guys who couldn’t overpower him.

Hopefully Lane is OK.  

A draw sneak. Just let both teams crash into a pile and then walk around everyone. 

12 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Folks here have Buddy and JJ on pedestals.

But Schwartz was the one that delivered in the post season.

I think fans here hate off coverage more than the Cowboys.

I think you are correct.  Buddy and JJ both were very aggressive DCs.  Schwartz expected the front 4 to provide the pressure and rarely blitzed.  Gannon is also a guy that expects the front to get the pressure.  We cut our teeth on blitzing DCs, and we hung our hats on it, because that's pretty much all we had.

As for Schwartz 'delivering' in the post-season... I would disagree.  The defense delivered against the Falcons.  The offense AND defense delivered against Minnesota.  The defense in the Super Bowl went along for the ride that the offense took them on.  They won that game because the offense delivered, not because the defense delivered.   I can't remember a punt by the Patriots in that Super Bowl.   There were a couple iconic plays in that Super Bowl by the defense, but it was by and large the offense that got it done.

15 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

"Producer James Seltzer is a bit more skeptical of Gannon.

"Adjust, be different," Seltzer said. "Adjust to your opponent! He never does any of that stuff. It's like alright let's lineup and go play and that's fine because their super talented, but at no point have I seen Jonathan Gannon scheme them to a win or do anything creative or interesting. I'm not impressed with him.""

This is spot on. It took him until the second half in the Cowboys game to make an obvious adjustment.

Yeah...Seltzer is a voice to heed.      His opinion matters to me less than a used tissue.

Schwartz did the same thing all the time.  Cover-3 and rush with four.  "My front four will get to your QB before you can exploit Mills and Darby."  Gannon is the same.  In fact, most D coordinators throw what they do best at the offense and see what happens.  Then they adjust.

And with regards to "until the second half"...how easy do you think making an adjustment on the fly would be while playing backups at NCB and S?

#6 overall in defensive DVOA, which accounts for the quality of the opponent.  #1 against the pass.  Keep complaining.

15 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

"Producer James Seltzer is a bit more skeptical of Gannon.

"Adjust, be different," Seltzer said. "Adjust to your opponent! He never does any of that stuff. It's like alright let's lineup and go play and that's fine because their super talented, but at no point have I seen Jonathan Gannon scheme them to a win or do anything creative or interesting. I'm not impressed with him.""

This is spot on. It took him until the second half in the Cowboys game to make an obvious adjustment.

I actually thought Adam caplan made a great point yesterday on 975 with Geoff Mosher and Mosher agreed with him. caplan said it’s not the fact that he doesn’t adjust. That’s not true. He is just slow to finally make the adjustment to get them in a better position. Which is exactly what I’ve been saying since about the Houston Texans game. There’s times where his initial game plan works so you don’t really have to change much. However, there’s games where teams are consistently moving the ball and keep going back to the same well and we just don’t adjust until we get into the locker room at halftime. You have to be quicker in your adjustments. especially in the playoffs against teams who are usually coached well enough to just keep going back to the same well of something that continuously works  

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

I actually thought Adam caplan made a great point yesterday on 975 with Geoff Mosher and Mosher agreed with him. caplan said it’s not the fact that he doesn’t adjust. That’s not true. He is just slow to finally make the adjustment to get them in a better position. Which is exactly what

I’ve been saying since about the Houston Texans game. There’s times where his initial game plan works so you don’t really have to change much. However, there’s games where teams are consistently moving the ball and keep going back to the same well and we just don’t adjust until we get into the locker room at halftime. You have to be quicker in your adjustments. especially in the playoffs against teams who are usually coached well enough to just keep going back to the same well of something that continuously works  

Yea he's slow to adjust and his initial gameplan is crap

2 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

I dont know who Id rather play should be advance to the NFCCG.

On one hand, we have seen Dallas twice. And nearly certain we win both if we had Hurts in the 2nd game. If Hurts is healthy enough to play like himself, we beat them a 3rd time. 

On the other hand, eagles have what it takes to pressure the rookie, Purdy. As well, their offense is running, and short stuff. It plays right in to our defense's strength. We play to keep everything in front of us, and thats all the 9ers want to do. 

Put them in a bunch of 3rd and long situations, they wont consistently convert. Their WRs are not hard to cover for our CBs. McCaffery is not a big power back thats going to run over our smaller LBs. We match up very well.

Our offense needs to be clicking on all cylinders to beat their D. And it can. But if its not, itll be really tough to beat them. Again, Hurts health is key.

 

 

I think if Hurts is not 100% Id rather see Dallas. Theyll compete to make as many mistakes as we do to give us a chance to win.

If Hurts is good to go, may be better to see the 9ers. They wont be able to make it a shootout, and this offense with a healthy Hurts will score on anyone.

The thought of playing Dallas in the NFCCG is both exciting and terrifying.  Beating the Cowboys to get to the Super Bowl would be incredible.  On the flip side, losing to Cowboys for them to get to the Super Bowl would make the following 2 weeks unbearable to watch, read or take part in any sports media and watching the SB would be even worse.

19 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

2nd team all-pro... but Mike Parson gets a whole different level of love despite similar numbers.

They compare Parsons to LT every single game, but I can guarantee you most broadcasters have no idea Reddick even plays for our team.  

 

Just now, Connecticut Eagle said:

Yeah...is Seltzer is a voice to heed.      His opinion matters to me less than a used tissue.

Schwartz did the same thing all the time.  Cover-3 and rush with four.  "My front four will get to your QB before you can exploit Mills and Darby."  Gannon is the same.  In fact, most D coordinators throw what they do best at the offense and see what happens.  Then they adjust.

And with regards to "until the second half"...how easy do you think making an adjustment on the fly would be while playing backups at NCB and S?

#6 overall in defensive DVOA, which accounts for the quality of the opponent.  #1 against the pass.  Keep complaining.

How easy is it for any team/coach to adjust on the fly yet many seem capable. He was able to adjust after the half to what they were doing, so there isn't a reason he couldn't have had it previous to that. Even the commentators in the booth were wondering why he wasn't adjusting.

5 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I think you are correct.  Buddy and JJ both were very aggressive DCs.  Schwartz expected the front 4 to provide the pressure and rarely blitzed.  Gannon is also a guy that expects the front to get the pressure.  We cut our teeth on blitzing DCs, and we hung our hats on it, because that's pretty much all we had.

As for Schwartz 'delivering' in the post-season... I would disagree.  The defense delivered against the Falcons.  The offense AND defense delivered against Minnesota.  The defense in the Super Bowl went along for the ride that the offense took them on.  They won that game because the offense delivered, not because the defense delivered.   I can't remember a punt by the Patriots in that Super Bowl.   There were a couple iconic plays in that Super Bowl by the defense, but it was by and large the offense that got it done.

Is it really necessary to diminish the defense in the post season?

Falcons - 10 points 

Vikings - 7 points

Made some key stops in the first half and lined up Graham on a guard than lead to the strip sack.

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

The thought of playing Dallas in the NFCCG is both exciting and terrifying.  Beating the Cowboys to get to the Super Bowl would be incredible.  On the flip side, losing to Cowboys for them to get to the Super Bowl would make the following 2 weeks unbearable to watch, read or take part in any sports media and watching the SB would be even worse.

Try years

Feels like the Chargers are only keep Staley because they're too cheap to pay another coach.

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

The thought of playing Dallas in the NFCCG is both exciting and terrifying.  Beating the Cowboys to get to the Super Bowl would be incredible.  On the flip side, losing to Cowboys for them to get to the Super Bowl would make the following 2 weeks unbearable to watch, read or take part in any sports media and watching the SB would be even worse.

But imagine.. beating the Giants and Cowboys at home and go to the SB..

That would be epic.

I hope Nick works on his food game this offseason. Gross. 

 

Im right there with most of you on Gannon, but Im willing to give him the benefit of the doubt going into this game.

But if the Giants come out of the gates with a couple long, sustained TD drives vs soft zones, Im f'ing done and you can go to hell with your DVOA.

This is where he needs to be out in front of the opponent.  You want a big HC gig?  As a defensive guy?? 

Then dont come out and get de-pantsed with your defense full of pro bowlers and veteran players 

1 hour ago, TorontoEagle said:

Sanders can’t squat 12,000 lbs like Hurts can, would never work

This is not a knock against Hurts, nor am I complaining about him, but is there a more annoying player stat that we have to hear every damn game?

Ooh. That Boston Scott prop bet looks good. 
 

+370 if he scores a td. 
 

im dropping something on that. 

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I hope Nick works on his food game this offseason. Gross. 

Yup.  My wife has Pizza Hut as our go-to when we order pizza.  Definitely not my favorite.

I'm still up in the air on Gannon. These playoffs will give much clarity. This defense has performed really well. But then there's things you keep in the back of your head like, and I wish I remembered the stat, but how many QBs he allowed to complete 80+% of their passes or something of that nature.

But your bones are made in the playoffs, so none of that will matter if the defense shows up. Can't allow a defense this talented to get lit up by Daniel freaking Jones though, I will say that much. And I'm gonna say right now before the fact, that if that does happen, anyone who dares try to excuse it by arguing that Daniel Jones is actually good... please don't. I'm telling you ahead of time to STFU. Daniel Jones has turned into a serviceable QB who won't lose games, but he shouldn't light you up either. And if you've watched the Giants week in and week out, the offense has not been all that great overall.

This weekend is going to be a joy for anyone who loved 90s football.

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I hope Nick works on his food game this offseason. Gross. 

Nfl isn’t gonna be happy as little Caesar’s is the sponsor