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

 

D-  

Slow and shook the hell out if the beer.  
 

Want to load a 12 pack of cans  in your fridge in under 3 seconds?  Open one end of the case, turn it around 180, stick the whole case in the fridge, open the other end, and then hold the cans in place while you pull the box out. 
 

Try it and you’re welcome. 

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

 

Horizontally lol

1 hour ago, Alphagrand said:

from the past 50 years I’d put Jordan, Kareem and Magic above him without hesitation.  It’s not a slight to place a guy ‘only’ in the top 5

I think he's definitely top 5 not maybe top 5.  I'd say #2 but sometimes I want to put Magic over him.  I can see that.

We all have our own opinions on all time greats.

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

You are probably right.  Likely 15 is more appropriate.  

Ahhhh sure, yeah.  If you say so 😄

2 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Credit to Nola.   This is what he's supposed to be.   And frankly, this performance makes me want to resign him...    

 

7+ innings.    For the 8th, I might consider Kerkering.  Great spot for him to taste playoff baseball with very little pressure.   Just throw that heat and throw that nasty slider off it.   Throw strikes and make them swing.

You called Kerkering right!

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

Defense is massively better this year due to harper playing first. He’s better than Rhys. And Rojas and marsh/pache make that outfield much better. You get defensive runs saved cause of it.

hopefully they get to the World Series so we can see Rhys again. Cause this lineup with him in it would be ridiculous. 

Who does Rhys replace on the roster if he is included?

5 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Who does Rhys replace on the roster if he is included?

At the moment I’m guessing Weston Wilson. However have a feeling Wilson is not gonna be on the nlds roster and lorenzen is. 

12 hours ago, McMVP said:

lol… I’m not sure why everything was double posted.  My point was that Swift is running behind a better offensive line right now than he was in Detroit.  Or the blocking scheme the Eagles have is a better pairing with his skills.  I’m not sure how much he himself has actually approved.  That could be part of it, but it’s probably more the difference in offensive lines

This OL + Jalen Hurts + Brown/Smitty/Goedert  > than anything he could have possibly have had in Detroit. There's no reason why a RB shouldn't get 5+ yards a carry with this arrangement. Plus he's not under the pressure of an overbearing Duce. I do think he's improved... looks a lot more patient and just finds yards. He was always explosive. Just looks like he's on a mission. Change of scenery did him wonders.

@mattwill

Rams 31, Eagles 24

Bonus: 0 Eagles sacks

Terrible matchup for the Eagles right now. Veteran QB, reliable short-intermediate threats. Gonna be the type of game where the Rams get 7 on 3rd and 6, 10 on 3rd and 9, over and over and over. This is the game that demoralizes the fan base and motivates Howie to shore up the middle of the defense.

The Phillies literally picked up where they left off. Red October is off to a Fantastic start.   Phillies beat Miami.   The Eagles play the Dolphins this month too in Philly.  The Kelly Green Game is going to be crazy.   

6 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

from the past 50 years I’d put Jordan, Kareem and Magic above him without hesitation.  It’s not a slight to place a guy ‘only’ in the top 5

Larry Bird should be in that discussion too.

6 hours ago, ManuManu said:

Unpopular opinion: 33 is a really good number. 

Larry Bird agrees.

@mattwill

Rams 31

Eagles 20

Carter sack x2

Think we lose and Kupp gets a TD in his return

A lot of folks going with the Rams this week... and I understand that.  But, I can't make that prediction.  So...

@mattwill

Eagles - 31

Ugly Sheep - 28

 

Bonus:  Opeta shuts down Aaron Donald, who gets 0 sacks and is barely mentioned on the broadcast.

8 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

from the past 50 years I’d put Jordan, Kareem and Magic above him without hesitation.  It’s not a slight to place a guy ‘only’ in the top 5

Magic is one of the worst defensive superstars of his era. The Lakers infamously put him on the weakest offensive player of every team they played. Lebron at his peak could absolutely dominate all 5 positions defensively; very few players in history were like that.

IMO defense in basketball is wildly underrated and that’s a difference I can’t ignore. Magic is in the bottom part of my top 5

Thursday morning predictions update ... pessimism is the message of the first 24 predictions with 8 of the 24 recorded thus far predicting an Eagles loss.  The resultant average predicted score is a very close Eagles 28 Rams 26.

The 24 predictions thus far are as follows, with the loss predictions highlighted in yellow:

5 hours ago, Saltpeter said:

@mattwill

Rams 31, Eagles 24

Bonus: 0 Eagles sacks

Terrible matchup for the Eagles right now. Veteran QB, reliable short-intermediate threats. Gonna be the type of game where the Rams get 7 on 3rd and 6, 10 on 3rd and 9, over and over and over. This is the game that demoralizes the fan base and motivates Howie to shore up the middle of the defense.

Stafford is going to get sacked a ton. He's not moving well. Eagles offense will continue it's weekly ascension. Eagles will have home field advantage in LA :) Eagles win again.

@mattwill

Eagles 28

Rams 20

Hurts does a better job with his eyes when bailing and makes it deep into reads.

(I'm going to keep riding the Hurts back to 2022 level...just think it'll be slow.)

2 minutes ago, judunno said:

Stafford is going to get sacked a ton. He's not moving well. Eagles offense will continue it's weekly ascension. Eagles will have home field advantage in LA 🙂 Eagles win again.

Do you have a score prediction to go with that assessment?

3 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Do you have a score prediction to go with that assessment?

Yes .. score... Eagles W. Rams L

Just now, judunno said:

Yes .. score... Eagles W. Rams L

👍👍👍

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

 

are these guys a little too hyped for a best of 2 early round playoff win?

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

are these guys a little too hyped for a best of 2 early round playoff win?

It's the soft era.  Every team does it.  Phillies in 4.

5 hours ago, Saltpeter said:

@mattwill

Rams 31, Eagles 24

Bonus: 0 Eagles sacks

Terrible matchup for the Eagles right now. Veteran QB, reliable short-intermediate threats. Gonna be the type of game where the Rams get 7 on 3rd and 6, 10 on 3rd and 9, over and over and over. This is the game that demoralizes the fan base and motivates Howie to shore up the middle of the defense.

Terrible matchup for the Eagles defense vs. Rams offense. 

Conversely, it's a great matchup for us the other way. Their best player tends to struggle (relative to his own HOF level) against us because we have our own HOFamer inside. Their 2nd best defender is probably Ernest Jones?

Rams are 24th in defensive DVOA. That is the lowest of any team we've faced this year (Minnesota is 20, NE is 8, Tampa is 6, Washington is 18). It's a big step down. It's not like the Rams have HFA so crowd noise doesn't matter.

It's a game where we will need to score 30 to win, and that's fine.

23 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

It's the soft era.  Every team does it.  Phillies in 4.

Sometimes teams that have been there before act like theyve been there before. 

It would rub a lot of people the wrong way to see the eagles celebrate a wildcard win that much.