McCarthy is an idiot. He's got Parsons in a 33-0 game with bad rainy conditions, for what reason? lol

This is bordering on assault and battery 

This is looking like vintage 2020 Giants O-line.

That Trolls movie trailer makes me sad for the future...

Dallas with the starters in, still throwing up 33-0. 

Outside of coaching one of the most alarming things today was the defense not getting sacks or pressure from the outside. I don't expect 70 sacks again but if they aren't getting pressure the defense is going to be in trouble 

Just now, Uscg-green said:

Dallas with the starters in, still throwing up 33-0. 

Dak and Dallas are about regular season mismatch stats and hype.

They have to throw when up 33-0 so idiots can vote more of them to awards teams.

When the games get hard they fall apart.

2 hours ago, eagle45 said:

Hurts’ decisions were late (and poor), while his throws, when he did pull the trigger, floated and were off target.  The game plan for him was awful.

But underneath all of that…Hurts spent very little time in the pocket today.  He was either getting chased out due to poor pass protection or running out of it by design.  He’s consistently a better qb from the pocket…whether it’s slicing and dicing a defense with his arm or chewing up an empty uncovered middle of the field through OL gaps.  
 

Bad things happen when he gets horizontal with his legs.  He’s not actually that fast and he doesn’t have the arm for off balance throws.  
 

They failed to keep him in the pocket today, both by design and by protection breakdowns.

There was one play in particular where it was decidedly true, and it probably happened on about four or five other occasions, where Hurts abandoned a clean pocket to roll away from perceived pressure, resulting in a dead play. It's a habit he has exhibited since he came into the league.

https://twitter.com/rone/status/1700973958777250174?s=46

Some of Reubs obvservations:

1. We’ve said all summer that one of the biggest strengths of this team and Nick Sirianni in particular is their ability to handle adversity, and here we are. To come out of Foxboro with a win Sunday despite playing a legit terrible last 45 minutes says a lot. It never should have gotten to that point. This game never should have even been close.

4. As for Desai, it was a little disconcerting to see his unit get picked apart by middle-of-the-road quarterback who ranked 26th out of 33 qualifying quarterbacks in passer rating last year. The Eagles escaped with a win, but come on, you can’t let Mac Jones throw for three touchdowns and 316 yards against you. I get that this is no longer the same group that led the NFL in pass defense last year, but they still have a lot of those pieces and they’ve just got to be better. It was good to hear Slay say that after the game. There were definitely some positives. The Eagles forced two turnovers, looked much improved against the run and only allowed six points after halftime. That was encouraging. But the Patriots really didn’t have any big-time weapons out there, so for them to pile up 382 yards – 210 after halftime – that can’t happen.

5. I don’t know what on Earth was going on with Jalen Hurts – it was probably a combination of a lot of things – he just looked off Sunday. Really off. Out of sorts, tentative. I’m sure some of it was his first game with Johnson, but he just did not look like himself. Not what anybody expected from last year’s MVP runner-up. He made some plays early, made some plays late, but in between he was just not very good. At one point, the Eagles netted two yards of offense on five possessions. They didn’t score a touchdown on their last nine drives. They recorded eight first downs on their first two drives, then nine on their next 10. And that fumble. That just can’t happen. Hated the play call, but Hurts just can’t cough the ball up there. 

6. Surprised – shocked, really – that the Eagles weren’t able to generate any pressure on Mac Jones, who had a makeshift offensive line in front of him with three backups. For this defense to work, the front has to generate pressure. That’s how this team was built. I don’t think anybody is expecting 70 sacks like last year, but Jones threw 47 passes before he was sacked the first time late in the fourth quarter. How is that even possible? This d line is the strength of this team and they have to be better.

7. Also a little ominous that the team that barely had any injuries last year lost Nakobe Dean, James Bradberry and Fletcher Cox to injuries along the way. We don’t know yet how serious any of them are, and hopefully they’re both back on the field Thursday night, but it just focuses how unusual last year was from an injury standpoint and how the Eagles can’t afford to start losing people.

10. I really thought the whole point of building a running back room with four capable running backs was to rotate them and keep defenses off balance. With Rashaad Penny inactive, the Eagles were down to Kenny Gainwell, D’Andre Swift and Boston Scott. And Kenny Gainwell 14-for-54 rushing and 4-for-20 receiving, but the other running backs had a combined two carries for six yards and four total touches for 13 yards. That all plays into how predictable the running attack was. Swift needs more touches. Penny needs to find a spot on the game-day roster. The Eagles have backs who are dynamic and versatile and can add a lot of juice to the offense. But not if they don’t get the ball.

 

Probably some of Reubs best observations. 

Regarding Hurts and him saying it was a combination of things. What in the world would the combination be??

Antonio Brown 2: Bipolar Boogaloo

6 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Outside of coaching one of the most alarming things today was the defense not getting sacks or pressure from the outside. I don't expect 70 sacks again but if they aren't getting pressure the defense is going to be in trouble 

Not that he's the answer, but did Nolan Smith play at all?

5 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

There was one play in particular where it was decidedly true, and it probably happened on about four or five other occasions, where Hurts abandoned a clean pocket to roll away from perceived pressure, resulting in a dead play. It's a habit he has exhibited since he came into the league.

Just mentioned this. He REALLY improved in this area last year and that's a huge part of why he was a top QB. I was really disappointed to see him regress back to that habit today. Hurts was not good today. 

Hurts sold me last year, there's no denying how good he was. HOWEVER, the question was and is, can Hurts do this year in and year out. Let's hope today was just a speedbump and not an actual regression.

4 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Antonio Brown 2: Bipolar Boogaloo

Tomlin only dates strippers at WR.

2 hours ago, eagle45 said:

I realize the LBs and safeties suck, but let’s not forget the formula for winning in this nfl.

When you are helpless in the SB against a GOAT level qb…do marginally better LBs stop the avalanche of aerial TDs?  Nope.  But do waves of pass rushers getting after the QB give you a better chance to come out on top in a shootout?  

Yep.  

This is an excellent observation.

27 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Hope they stay that way. 

Daniel Jones doesn't look like a real person. He looks like a Chinese knock off of an action figure you would find in a dollar store.

16 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

There was one play in particular where it was decidedly true, and it probably happened on about four or five other occasions, where Hurts abandoned a clean pocket to roll away from perceived pressure, resulting in a dead play. It's a habit he has exhibited since he came into the league.

If you recall their opener last year against the Lions, Hurts did a lot of the same things. There was some panic that he hadn’t learned anything over the offseason as everyone watched him bail on clean pockets. He obviously settled down and improved over the season. I’m expecting the same thing, but with only 4 days until their next game they have a lot of work to put in.

11 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Not that he's the answer, but did Nolan Smith play at all?

I remember seeing him in on a tackle on a play, but other than that didn’t see much of him.

12 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

Dak and Dallas are about regular season mismatch stats and hype.

They have to throw when up 33-0 so idiots can vote more of them to awards teams.

When the games get hard they fall apart.

Dak loves his garbage time stats. Still throwing now in the 4th quarter. 

1 minute ago, Boogyman said:

Daniel Jones doesn't look like a real person. He looks like a Chinese knock off of an action figure you would find in a dollar store.

2 minutes ago, Boogyman said:

Daniel Jones doesn't look like a real person. He looks like a Chinese knock off of an action figure you would find in a dollar store.

This is funny because its true.

2 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I agree on Jake Ferguson.   He was the guy I wanted at TE in the draft last year, not Calcaterra.  

That's a really odd comment considering Ferguson was drafted in the fourth round, and we didn't get to pick until round six after taking Nakobe Dean in the third. It's not like we took Calcaterra when your guy was available.

The Cowboys slob fest after this game is going to be unbearable.

18 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Outside of coaching one of the most alarming things today was the defense not getting sacks or pressure from the outside. I don't expect 70 sacks again but if they aren't getting pressure the defense is going to be in trouble 

The Pats were throwing it quick to negate our rush. Add to that the wet conditions and it was always going to be tough to get sacks.

That said, Carter and Cox got home when it mattered.

Well, glad we got a W in the fourth preseason game and finally saw the starters.  Sounds like Nick realizes, the starters need some reps.

May have been the worse game I have seen Lane Johnson play.  Troublesome, given his abductor surgery that he struggled so much with the bull rush today.   Jurgens isn’t as polished as Seumalo at that turn and tap move.  

LBs need thud tackling to the ground practice.quite obvious the donuts aren’t doing the trick.  Sad that Dean didn’t last a while game.

Evans seems a dollar short and a day late.  I will watch the All22 against the unlikely result that changes my mind but I doubt it.  How could Sydney Brown make more mistakes.  Zone was way to soft.  Cousins would pick that apart.  

LIL the giants are pathetic