Game Thread – PHI at BUF

Posted: October 9th, 2011 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 251 Comments »

My theme for Sunday continues to be … just win, baby.

Darryl Tapp starts. Juqua Parker is active.

Derek Landri makes his Eagles regular season debut. I expect nothing less than greatness.

Inactives:

Julian Vandervelde
Jason Peters
Kyle DeVan
Mike Kafka

Trent Cole
Curtis Marsh
Jaiquawn Jarrett

Interesting to see Winston Justice active and DeVan sitting. If anything happens with Watkins, does that mean Winston would play there? Would Todd shift to LG, Mathis to RG and Justice would be RT? Would Todd just slide in to RG and Justice take his spot? I hope we don’t have to find out.

I am interested to see how Watkins does today. If he can limit his mistakes, he could give us a nice boost up front.

Vince Young is active. Will he get any snaps in specialty packages?

Let’s go win this thing.

251 Comments on “Game Thread – PHI at BUF”

1 Steve H said at 4:19 PM on October 9th, 2011:
After last weeks game I’m almost not sure I want to watch this weeks. My system can’t take too much more angst and anguish.
2 Steve H said at 4:19 PM on October 9th, 2011:
After last weeks game I’m almost not sure I want to watch this weeks. My system can’t take too much more angst and anguish.
3 Gary said at 4:38 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I still get sooooo pumped up on game day even when we’re 1-3.
4 Anonymous said at 4:48 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Damn straight brotha. I’ve been wired since 9AM.
5 Eric Weaver said at 4:39 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Jarrett inactive again? So much for him at least contributing on special teams.
6 Anonymous said at 4:48 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I will stand for no more insolence! Eagles win 106-3.
Please? Guys?
7 Alex Karklins said at 4:53 PM on October 9th, 2011:
C’mon man, you think King Dunlap is gonna let even one FG get past him?
8 Anonymous said at 5:03 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Kudos to both of you. I like the thinking.
9 Anonymous said at 4:54 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Wouldn’t Kelce go to RG and JamJax to Center?
10 Anonymous said at 5:03 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Very well could be.
11 Michael said at 4:57 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Billick on the broadcast…why are we always cursed with the asshat crews??
12 Anonymous said at 5:03 PM on October 9th, 2011:
When was the last time we thought ‘the Bills should be a good test for our team’? Early 90’s, I guess. What a strange new world this is..
13 Anonymous said at 5:05 PM on October 9th, 2011:
You didn’t even comment on Kafka being inactive, some wondered if we would see that with the rule change regarding 3rd QB
14 Michael said at 5:09 PM on October 9th, 2011:
generous spot there. we need all the luck we can get
15 Anonymous said at 5:11 PM on October 9th, 2011:
That was. Replay is tough because Mac turns toward the line. Can’t see exactly where ball is.
16 Anonymous said at 5:09 PM on October 9th, 2011:
That’ll probably be overturned.
17 Anonymous said at 5:12 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Oh great, all we need is one yard. *covers eyes*
18 Michael said at 5:12 PM on October 9th, 2011:
dont have to wait long for a 4th and 1….much better playcall there
19 Anonymous said at 5:12 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Phew.
20 Eric Weaver said at 5:13 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I think karma has just decided to bite this team in the ass.
21 Anonymous said at 5:14 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Great 4th down play and then a friggin’ turnover. Not the start I wanted.
22 Anonymous said at 5:14 PM on October 9th, 2011:
We just cant catch a fuckin’ break.
23 Anonymous said at 5:14 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Are we unlucky or the Bills just lucky this year?
24 Corry Henry said at 5:16 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Unlucky, since it seems to happen every friggin’ week.
25 Daniel Suraci said at 5:17 PM on October 9th, 2011:
And we can’t stop the run. Surprise.
26 Zachary said at 5:18 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Turnovers, bad tackling, same story different week. I’m not very confident
27 Zachary said at 5:19 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Why the time out there?
28 Anonymous said at 5:19 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Keep ’em off balance.
29 Eric Weaver said at 5:24 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I don’t get it. Why waste the timeout. Your players will give up big plays regardless of whether they are in position or not. Hell, throw out 16 defensive players and they still wouldn’t get the job done.
30 Anonymous said at 5:21 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Honestly, the longest commercial break ever.
31 Zachary said at 5:21 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Where’s everyone’s confidence level now? Great time out play huh?
32 Corry Henry said at 5:21 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Eagles have to lead the league in missed tackles.
33 Anonymous said at 5:24 PM on October 9th, 2011:
God, it sure feels that way.
34 Zachary said at 5:22 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I think I know this much – if you have a fantasy team and it features someone playing Philadelphia – you start em.
35 Boomy Wongwan said at 5:22 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Just when I’m starting to feel good about this team, it happens again…
36 Anonymous said at 5:23 PM on October 9th, 2011:
The Flyers are 2-0. I like turtles.
37 Anonymous said at 5:23 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I love lamp.
38 Eric Weaver said at 5:23 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Tommy, what made Tapp move inside just before the snap?
39 Anonymous said at 5:23 PM on October 9th, 2011:
This is where we turn it around. Hold Buffalo to negative yardage for the rest of the game, while our offense goes on a 48-0 run.
Hmm? Probably not.
40 Anonymous said at 5:24 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Climb aboard the vomit train, everybody!
41 Michael said at 5:24 PM on October 9th, 2011:
how can Juan not be fired at halftime?? this defense is putrid
42 Anonymous said at 5:24 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Whoever came off the right edge completely took himself out of the play
43 Jon Blank said at 5:24 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Nice defense Juan
44 Boomy Wongwan said at 5:25 PM on October 9th, 2011:
and he thought he knew how to fix it
45 Zachary said at 5:24 PM on October 9th, 2011:
How Juan Castillo still has a job is beyond me. Andy’s buidling in a excuse at the end of the year when they suck…Well our DC didn’t quite pan out, so we’re gonna replace him…
How about you do whats obvious Andy and get someone who isn’t so far underwater to coach this team. Hell I think a Madden Football game could plan and play call as well as Juan.
46 Rohan Erm said at 5:24 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I saw them make that play to the tight end Jones on NFL playbook, even I could see that happening. Mismatch was Samuel on Jones, he had a huge cushion on that slant.
47 Anonymous said at 5:33 PM on October 9th, 2011:
It seems like a few times every game Samuel decides to play 8-10 yards off the receiver, and gives up an easy pitch and catch. If I was an offensive coordinator I’d throw that slant five or six times a game at Samuel. It’s not like Asante is a lock to make the tackle.
48 Anonymous said at 5:24 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Come on guys, this is a good thing. You know how much trouble we have had protecting a lead.
49 Anonymous said at 5:26 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Jarrad Page was the culprit. Big surprise.
50 Eric Weaver said at 5:26 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Billick said it just like I asked about Tapp. No one is lined up correctly. I’m sorry, that’s on the coaches.
51 Zachary said at 5:26 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Tommy,
I think you could take a break from your DGRs this year….I’ll give you all 16 right here:
Offefnse – the turnovers and red zone offense failures were key. We just can’t keep making mistakes.
Defense – Run defense, lack of pressure on key plays, big plays,, tackling, and red zone defense all let us done today.
That right there should save you hours.
52 Anonymous said at 5:27 PM on October 9th, 2011:
What we need is for Lurie to tell an assistant to go down at halftime and tell Reid he’s been benched, just like Reid did to McNabb vs Baltimore. Then we’ll trade Reid to the “Boys for a bag of peanuts.
53 Zachary said at 5:27 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Why the end around there? we were marching down the field on them with normal plays. So lets get cute….Fucking coaches.
54 Anonymous said at 5:27 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Surprisingly, it seemed like a good defensive play call on the touchdown run. Paige had a free run at Jackson…..and ran right by him unblocked. Awful.
55 Eric Weaver said at 5:28 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Came in to wide, but that’s always been his deal.
56 Anonymous said at 5:27 PM on October 9th, 2011:
End around, nice call after a good run by McCoy.
57 Eric Weaver said at 5:27 PM on October 9th, 2011:
So Andy knows this team can’t play base football so he results to trickery like misdirection screens and running plays to DeSean.
58 Anonymous said at 5:28 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Jazz hands!
59 Morton said at 5:29 PM on October 9th, 2011:
In the NFL, you draft well or die.
Of the starters on the Eagles defense today, only Mike Patterson (2005), Jamar Chaney (2010), Brian Rolle (2011), Moise Fokou (2009), and Nate Allen (2010) were drafted by the Eagles. Only Nate Allen (2nd) and Mike Patterson (1st) were drafted higher than the 6th round.
You reap what you sow. If you can’t evaluate defensive talent in the NFL draft, you will find yourself forced to fill in the gaps with older free agents (Jenkins, Babin, Asomugha, Samuel), mediocre free agents (Page, Tapp), and young, late-round players with little experience or talent (Chaney, Fokou, Coleman, Rolle).
We can trace this all back to Howie Roseman, and whoever else is calling the shots on draft day (Reid? Banner?). A substantial portion of the blame falls on them.
60 Anonymous said at 5:32 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Tapp wasn’t a free agent.
I’m nitpicking, because I’m in a bad mood.
61 Zachary said at 5:30 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Mike Vick, Jason Avant, and LeSean McCoy….lets get rid of everyone else – not that I’m over reacting or anything.
62 Corry Henry said at 5:30 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Why am I watching this bullshit?
63 Zachary said at 5:30 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Make that Avant and McCoy…get rid of everoyne else.
64 Jon Blank said at 5:31 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Entering Luck territory.
65 Anonymous said at 5:32 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Seeing as the Bills have 4 sacks all year, It makes sense that they are getting pressure on Vick. That total may more than double today.
66 Zachary said at 5:32 PM on October 9th, 2011:
After the Bills score right here, anyone got a suggestion on what other game to watch? I mean I could keep watching this, but like I told tommy, I think we can all pretty much nail down exactly what happened, without viewing the game.
67 Anonymous said at 5:33 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Just don’t understand why Marty and Andy aren’t making the Bills pay with some 3 step slant routes. It looks like Buffalo has 8 in the box every play. When it’s not a run, the safety or and ILB are blitzing.
68 Anonymous said at 5:33 PM on October 9th, 2011:
How about a lucky fan coaches the team for the rest of the season. Maybe connect a 12 year old’s Xbox and let him call plays off of Madden. Has to go better, right?
69 Zachary said at 5:34 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Oh that Blitz was just so close…oh wait, it wasn’t.
70 Anonymous said at 5:35 PM on October 9th, 2011:
When the QBs helmet flies off, that is a good clue for the refs that there was a blow to the head, right?
71 Anonymous said at 5:35 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Have we had a turnover on defense this year since the nmandi interception?
Also why couldn’t we have traded asante for something??
72 Jon Blank said at 5:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Asante had an INT later in that game.
73 Anonymous said at 5:39 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Yeah, and I just remembered the babin strip. But still feels like nothing.
74 Anonymous said at 5:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
If that would’ve been a good pass, that would’ve been pass interference.
75 Zachary said at 5:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
A defensive player got a hand on a football? Wow. Wow. WOW.
76 the guy said at 5:38 PM on October 9th, 2011:
What’s the word for the opposite of a playmaker?
Because the Eagles have a team full of them.
77 Jon Blank said at 5:39 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I believe the expression you are looking for is “Reno Mahe”
78 Anonymous said at 5:45 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Well done
79 Jon Blank said at 5:38 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Wait a minute….. Opponent’s drives don’t have to end with touchdowns?
80 Anonymous said at 5:39 PM on October 9th, 2011:
A 2-yard net on the punt? We’ll take that.
81 Anonymous said at 5:40 PM on October 9th, 2011:
This broadcast marks the first time I’ve ever been sad or angry while listening to “Frankenstein” by the Edgar Winters Group.
The Eagles need to turn it around, for the sake of my dance moves.
82 Anonymous said at 5:43 PM on October 9th, 2011:
What is with the lame “Let’s Go Back” graphic? Did Fox just find WordArt?
83 Anonymous said at 5:47 PM on October 9th, 2011:
This broadcast is even worse than the game. Brian Billick is killing me and Sam Rosen doesn’t know the names of the players.
84 Gary said at 5:45 PM on October 9th, 2011:
It’ll really be a shame if we don’t turn this season around, because our division is completely up for grabs.
85 Anonymous said at 5:48 PM on October 9th, 2011:
We just need to find a way to win today and then go forward one Sunday at a time.
86 Anonymous said at 5:46 PM on October 9th, 2011:
The refs are pathetic. No way a challenge should have to be issued here, that is as clear cut as it gets.
87 Zachary said at 5:46 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Ref’s are ready to get there day over, figure it’ll go qiucker if they help the team that doesn’t suck
88 Jon Blank said at 5:47 PM on October 9th, 2011:
C’mon refs. No evidence that was even close to being a fumble. Forcing us to use a challenge. At least Andy didn’t screw it up by not challenging.
89 Anonymous said at 5:48 PM on October 9th, 2011:
At least Vick gets to walk it off without a timeout.
90 the guy said at 5:48 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Another obvious non-turnover requiring a review.
The officials should flag themselves for piling on.
91 Anonymous said at 5:48 PM on October 9th, 2011:
At this point, however frustrated I am with anyone on the Eagles, I am 100 times more frustrated with Beelzebub himself Rupert effing Murdoch. And to the NFL, what is a free market? I I buy my service through you, why should you restrict hat because of what Rupert is screening on British TV.
Scum scum, scum.
Now to rant about the Eagles 🙁
92 Boomy Wongwan said at 5:50 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Wow Andy won the Challenge!
93 Anonymous said at 5:50 PM on October 9th, 2011:
What a cheap shot. At least Vick’s leg looks fine. Finally a break.
94 Anonymous said at 5:51 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Wait, you aren’t allowed to do that to Vick? Huh.
95 Anonymous said at 5:51 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Oh crap, we’re at the 1 yard line. Should we punt?
96 Anonymous said at 5:52 PM on October 9th, 2011:
My money is on missed FG or trick play turnover
EDIT– YAY
97 Jon Blank said at 5:51 PM on October 9th, 2011:
1st and goal from the 2. Crap.
98 Anonymous said at 5:51 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I was just about to type “so we’ve already given up on the run.” Let’s not forget we have McCoy…
99 Anonymous said at 5:52 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Nice downfield blocking for His Shadiness.
100 Anonymous said at 5:53 PM on October 9th, 2011:
So you’re saying there’s a chance.
101 Anonymous said at 5:54 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Great. Love D&D’er.
102 Anonymous said at 5:53 PM on October 9th, 2011:
That’s what I want to see!
103 Boomy Wongwan said at 5:55 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I wanna see Andy bump with Maclin
104 Anonymous said at 5:55 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Defense stopped ’em last time out. We need that to happen again.
105 Jon Blank said at 6:00 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Or not. Nice job again Juan.
106 Anonymous said at 5:55 PM on October 9th, 2011:
So, wait, Vick gets a roughing call AND the goalline series puts the ball in the hands of three of the best players AND results in a touchdown?
Eagles, I don’t even know who you are anymore. But I like it.
107 Jon Blank said at 5:56 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Not only that, Andy challenged correctly and won.
108 Anonymous said at 5:58 PM on October 9th, 2011:
And the D just gang tackled a runner.
Freaky.
109 Alex Karklins said at 5:57 PM on October 9th, 2011:
(sigh) I miss Owen Schmidt.
110 Jon Blank said at 6:00 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I’m sure there will be a few more opportunities for the red zone double reverse option pass to Schmitt that Andy drew up.
111 Anonymous said at 5:57 PM on October 9th, 2011:
If there was a “Lets Go Back” drinking game, I’d be hammered by now.
Might not be a bad idea, actually.
112 the guy said at 5:58 PM on October 9th, 2011:
So first 3 drives, Eagles turn the ball over twice and defense allows TD and looks bad doing so.
Last 2 drives, defense makes a stop and Eagles score a RZ TD.
The team they’ve been and the team they could be, all in 20 minutes of football.
113 Daniel Suraci said at 6:00 PM on October 9th, 2011:
And no hold on Jason Babin on the screen play. Come on. That was obvious.
114 Anonymous said at 6:01 PM on October 9th, 2011:
why the Bills don’t run it every play is beyond me.
115 Anonymous said at 6:01 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Is this a joke? We look like a middling college team.
116 Anonymous said at 6:01 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Did Asante jump out of the way of that tackle so he wouldnt get blocked out of the way?
117 Anonymous said at 6:01 PM on October 9th, 2011:
/ just stand there on that touchdown?
A ten yard cushion does NOT work in the end zone
118 Daniel Suraci said at 6:03 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Yep. Maybe just me, but it sure looks like Asante has given up this year. He has put no effort in whatsoever.
119 Anonymous said at 6:03 PM on October 9th, 2011:
It looks that way to me too. Bench him and start Nmandi, DRC and Hanson in the slot.
If he doesn’t want to play, thats fine with me
120 Anonymous said at 6:08 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Sign me up for the the bench Asante bandwagon. Gives too big of a cushion, doesn’t gie maximum effort, can’t tackle.
121 Daniel Suraci said at 6:09 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Agreed.
122 Corry Henry said at 6:01 PM on October 9th, 2011:
No looks like a blocker knocked his legs out from under him from behind.
123 Zachary said at 6:02 PM on October 9th, 2011:
We sure can stop teams in the red zone.
Lets get a early look at that DGR again…
Turnovers-Check
Red Zone offense –
Bad Tackling – Check
Run Defnese – Check
Big Plays – Check
Red Zone defense – Check
124 Anonymous said at 6:02 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Not worried too much, the game plan appears to be to not take the lead because that hasn’t worked out for them.
125 Anonymous said at 6:03 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I think I am getting tired of Asante’s big play ability
126 Anonymous said at 6:03 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Yeah, he’s driving me nuts this year.
127 Anonymous said at 6:06 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I have defended him in the past because he was kind of right, we were paying him for interceptions. But in the past, he had so many game changing catches that if he missed a tackle, it wasn’t a huge deal.
Now not only is he not getting the interceptions, hes not even playing football.
128 Anonymous said at 6:03 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Asante Samuel is ALWAYS behind WRs at the goal line. He’s not even next to them. Just behind them.
Have the Coaches NOT SEEN that on the tape?
Has anyone tried to coach Asante on this?
Or is that the Scheme?
What the hell is going on out there?!
129 Anonymous said at 6:03 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Oh the second quarter isn’t their thing. Eagles are a 4th quarter team.
130 Anonymous said at 6:03 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I Didn’t think it was possible for our D to be worse then last year but its light years worse.
131 Jon Blank said at 6:04 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I guess Juan’s “fix” for blowing big leads is to not let the offense build a big lead.
132 Anonymous said at 6:05 PM on October 9th, 2011:
My grandmother could game plan against this defense.
133 the guy said at 6:05 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Does anyone remember Dion Lewis making it past the 25 yard line? I think he’s managed it once and it was called back.
Is he just slow?
134 Daniel Suraci said at 6:06 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Slow and mediocre (on the side of bad) blocking.
135 Anonymous said at 6:08 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Bye bye season
Edit: (Not meant to be a reply!)
136 Michael said at 6:06 PM on October 9th, 2011:
man do we miss Trent Cole…
137 Anonymous said at 6:06 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Every time this team takes one step forward, they take three steps back. Its like an unshakable stigma for them this year. I don’t know if its coaching, motivation, ego, execution, or a whole big clusterfuck of them all… but its killing them. And me, for that matter.
138 Anonymous said at 6:06 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Barely any pass-rush pressure today.
And, while I love on 3rd down, Babin’s a revolving door on running plays.
Problems. Problems
139 Anonymous said at 6:07 PM on October 9th, 2011:
COME ON
140 Anonymous said at 6:07 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Hello Draft
141 Anonymous said at 6:07 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Well at least our defense doesn’t have to go back on the field.
142 Anonymous said at 6:08 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Ok. It’s time to ask.
Would Kolb be any better?
143 Anonymous said at 6:11 PM on October 9th, 2011:
No.
144 Anonymous said at 6:12 PM on October 9th, 2011:
This season? Maybe, maybe not.
The next 4-6 years? Without question.
Vick was lightning in a bottle last year. He’s been shit in a shoe this year. And I don’t see it getting any better.
145 Anonymous said at 6:17 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Absolutely not. But Arizona fans would LOVE to see us ask for him back.
It shocks me that people still try to pretend that Kevin Kolb is anything above a mediocre NFL QB.
146 Anonymous said at 6:08 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Does NHL have a mlb.tv type thing? I might need to become a hockey fan and live out of Flyers market.
147 Boomy Wongwan said at 6:08 PM on October 9th, 2011:
what
a
play
148 Zachary said at 6:08 PM on October 9th, 2011:
So Tommy who do you like for the Eagles in the draft? This season is DONE.
PS Fire Juan, hell lets fire Andy & the rest of the staff too.
149 Anonymous said at 6:08 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I have figured out the defensive scheme. D-line just run at the qb at the snap. The rest of you guys on the field, just pretend like you are doing something.
150 Jon Blank said at 6:08 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Ugly, ugly, ugly.
151 Anonymous said at 6:08 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I guess its possible we lose here.
152 Anonymous said at 6:08 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Now can we fire everybody?
153 Jon Blank said at 6:09 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Maybe this is Andy’s new way of keeping the defense off of the field.
154 Michael said at 6:09 PM on October 9th, 2011:
this team is absolutely brutal…time to start drinking
155 Anonymous said at 6:10 PM on October 9th, 2011:
This might be the first time in my history as an Eagles fan that I’m considering shutting the game off and like, going outside, or something stupid like that.
Its that or I’m going to put a hole through my TV.
156 Anonymous said at 6:11 PM on October 9th, 2011:
It is a nice day out.
157 Anonymous said at 6:10 PM on October 9th, 2011:
This is just absolutely pathetic
158 Anonymous said at 6:10 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Our D is horrendous so our Offense decides to help by gifting them 3 TO’s and a TD? This could be a blowout
159 Zachary said at 6:11 PM on October 9th, 2011:
When was the last time the Eagles season was this hopeless? Is it back in 1999? When the season was over after 5 weeks?
160 Anonymous said at 6:11 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Are you ready for some Small Ball?
161 Anonymous said at 6:11 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Clay Harbor . . . obviously he’s not part of today’s plan.
162 Anonymous said at 6:12 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Hopefully there’s a refund clause in Vick’s contract.
163 Zachary said at 6:12 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I wish there was a basketball season. A long time to go without watching a important game that I’ll care about.
164 Anonymous said at 6:13 PM on October 9th, 2011:
We get to see the other Henry
165 Zachary said at 6:13 PM on October 9th, 2011:
At what point do we got to Vince Young just for the hell of it?
166 Anonymous said at 6:15 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Implosion Incoming
167 Anonymous said at 6:15 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Vick is making George Wilson look like Ronnie Lott.
168 Zachary said at 6:15 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Where are all those people who thought the Eagles could blow out Buffalo?? Tommy you still think a blowout is possible? Hahahaha…this team is so bad. Soooo bad. Among the worst in the league….Andrew Luck anyone?
169 Anonymous said at 6:16 PM on October 9th, 2011:
The silver-lining to the pick 6 is we didn’t have to watch this garbage defense.
170 Anonymous said at 6:16 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Getting a chance to punt is almost a win for the offense.
Except it brings on the defense.
171 Jon Blank said at 6:16 PM on October 9th, 2011:
So is this rock bottom yet? Or is that next week when the Redskins come off of the bye to kick the crap out of the Eagles?
172 Anonymous said at 6:17 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I don’t think its rock bottom yet unfortunately
173 Anonymous said at 6:29 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Rock bottom will be losing to a 1 win Arizona team at home.
174 Anonymous said at 6:17 PM on October 9th, 2011:
NNAMDI TACKLEMUGHA
175 Anonymous said at 6:17 PM on October 9th, 2011:
24 has decided he wants to play.
176 Anonymous said at 6:19 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Dion looks like he has more burst on that kind of run than on kickoffs
177 Anonymous said at 6:19 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Mr. Wilson seems to have transformed into George the Menace.
178 Anonymous said at 6:20 PM on October 9th, 2011:
You would think as much as Vick runs he would have learned to tuck the ball away after crossing the line of scrimmage by now
179 Anonymous said at 6:21 PM on October 9th, 2011:
so where will THIS turnover come from?
aww just kidding. I hope.
180 Zachary said at 6:21 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Why the fuck punt here?
181 Anonymous said at 6:21 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Herr Dawg seems to be having a rough day today
182 Zachary said at 6:21 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Net gain 20 yards. Way to go Andy!!!!!
183 Anonymous said at 6:22 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Not going for it on 4th and 4 at the Buffalo 37?? Are they not aware of the score? Or is this their way of admitting the defense is wretched?
184 Anonymous said at 6:22 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Andy Reid master of game management. Gains net 14 yards on punt for touchback.
185 Anonymous said at 6:24 PM on October 9th, 2011:
So assuming they score here, and then get the ball back to start the second half, it may be 35-7 before we get to touch it again?
186 Anonymous said at 6:22 PM on October 9th, 2011:
You Punt there? Are you kidding
187 Anonymous said at 6:23 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Uh, Andy…? Knock knock, anyone in there Big Red?
188 Anonymous said at 6:24 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Out of timeouts before the 2 minute warning: Check
189 Anonymous said at 6:28 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Doesn’t bother me as much as when he uses them all with 4 min left. Can’t challenge inside 2 min anyway.
190 Anonymous said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Hurts more now.
191 Anonymous said at 6:25 PM on October 9th, 2011:
WTF was that
192 Corry Henry said at 6:25 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Ryan Fitzpatrick could have gotten that first down with two broken legs.
193 Anonymous said at 6:25 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Great JOB D Lets not put anyone up the middle, Wide 9 is just working wonders for us
194 Anonymous said at 6:27 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Why not bring them into a normal line for short yardage situations?
195 Jon Blank said at 6:25 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Jesus Christ Juan. Giving up a 7 yard QB sneak on 3 and 5 after your team spent its final time out expecting a stop? He should be fired right now. Banned from the locker room at half time. Drive yourself back to Philly you idiot.
196 the guy said at 6:26 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I think the Eagles coaching staff needs to personally apologize to all the free agents they signed.
197 Anonymous said at 6:27 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Touche.
198 Anonymous said at 6:27 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Tommy,
In all seriousness, can you write an article on why its SO hard to gameplan/call plays? Like if we were to crowdsource the job, wouldn’t it pretty much go better than this?
199 Anonymous said at 6:27 PM on October 9th, 2011:
TOMMY:
You can’t claim depression and shock after this game.
So you’re on the clock for a thorough post game and day-after analysis.
200 Anonymous said at 6:28 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Did you guys know that a shark does not have one bone in its body. Its skeleton is made up of cartilage. Cartilage is a tough material, like the material that shapes your ear.
201 the guy said at 6:29 PM on October 9th, 2011:
You watching QI instead of this terrible game? Good idea.
202 Anonymous said at 6:28 PM on October 9th, 2011:
The only way we get a tackle is if they happen to run into us.
203 Anonymous said at 6:28 PM on October 9th, 2011:
And on that note gentleman, I am offcially shutting the game off! Have a good one fellas!
204 Gary said at 6:29 PM on October 9th, 2011:
0 hits on Fitzpatrick so far.
205 Anonymous said at 6:29 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Anyone else furious about that QB sneak play? Unbelievable.
206 Anonymous said at 6:30 PM on October 9th, 2011:
We make Ryan Fitzpatrick look like Joe Montana.
207 Anonymous said at 6:31 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Alex is Montana, Fitzpatrick is Dan Marino.
208 Michael said at 6:32 PM on October 9th, 2011:
holy cow…a pick from an LB….talk about blind squirrel
209 Anonymous said at 6:32 PM on October 9th, 2011:
A lb made a freaking play!?!?!??!
210 Anonymous said at 6:32 PM on October 9th, 2011:
That may save the season. I doubt it, but I wanted to make a dramatic post.
211 Michael said at 6:33 PM on October 9th, 2011:
way to stay in bounds, Mike…
212 Jon Blank said at 6:34 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Just shut up Juan. I don’t want to see you celebrating on the sidelines, even after an INT. 7 yards on a 3rd and 5 QB sneak has taken away your celebration privilages.
213 Anonymous said at 6:34 PM on October 9th, 2011:
You have to be careful of those Eagles LBs, they will hurt you.
Apparently they will hurt the other team once in a blue moon, too.
Mmmm, Blue Moon.
214 Daniel Suraci said at 6:34 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Anyone else’s tv just going blank the past few minutes?
215 Daniel Suraci said at 6:35 PM on October 9th, 2011:
There should be at least two seconds on the clock. What the hell was that?
216 Anonymous said at 6:35 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Unreal, embarrassing, stupid. They don’t trust their kicker. Laughable, pathetic, fire everybody.
217 Jon Blank said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Andy you Tard. Unbelievable. Same mistakes over and over again lead to the same results.
218 Anonymous said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Un. F***ing. Believable.
How many terrible clock management decisions has this clown made in his life?
219 Michael said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Nice to see Vick’s stupidity costing us points all the way to the end
220 Anonymous said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
What are they doing how do you not try a FG!
221 Gary said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Don’t they have to review that? They don’t feel like it??
222 Gary said at 6:37 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Never mind, they can’t.
223 Zachary said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Great coaching there. Great decision making by our smart QB. This is classic Reid/McNabb without the winning.
224 Anonymous said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
The Bills have a corner named Corner?
225 Anonymous said at 6:38 PM on October 9th, 2011:
And apparently he’s the greatest ever.
226 Anonymous said at 6:38 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I’m so glad I’m not the only who found that funny.
227 Anonymous said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Excellent. Way to capitalize on the interception. Hard to believe Andy Reid doesn’t know how to work a clock.
Well… playing for the season in the second half. We lose, and we’re done. Unless anyone here sees any evidence that we can go 9-2 the rest of the way…
228 Anonymous said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Andy shouldn’t have ran that play
229 Anonymous said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
The Swell Shark, found in New Zealand, barks like a dog.
230 Anonymous said at 6:36 PM on October 9th, 2011:
glad my feed is all effed up and came back in time to see we didn’t even get a chance to kick a fg there. awesome. everyone has their collective heads up their rectums today.
231 Corry Henry said at 6:37 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Ineptitude.
232 Anonymous said at 6:37 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Ahaha. Aha. Ha. Vick sure is bright.
233 Anonymous said at 6:37 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Normally I’d be screaming at the end of that half, but nothing surprises me this year.
234 Jon Blank said at 6:38 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Can’t argue that this team is well coached anymore.
235 Anonymous said at 6:38 PM on October 9th, 2011:
We are absolutely pathetic. AR is a flat out idiot for not just kicking it there. Way to many things could have gone wrong and they did. We needed any momentum swing we could get. Pathetic
236 Anonymous said at 6:38 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Terrible decision.
237 Anonymous said at 6:40 PM on October 9th, 2011:
The worst part is Vick just threw it away. Run the clock down and then just throw it away. At least he could have thrown the ball away since he ran the clock off for no apparent reason.
238 Anonymous said at 6:40 PM on October 9th, 2011:
The Eagles were short 1 time out because Reid blew the last one on the Bills 3rd and 5 play — and then the Eagles came out with a Wide 9 and no one in the middle.
Fitzpatrick runs for a 1st down.
A WASTED!!!!!!! Time out
239 Anonymous said at 6:40 PM on October 9th, 2011:
It’s really sad that I’ve totally lost my passion for this team.
240 Anonymous said at 6:43 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I haven’t lost my passion, but it has transformed to absolute fury. I didn’t think I could be angrier than I was after the Giants game… or the 49ers game… but this is definitely a new low. In all seriousness, pending the inevitable ending to this game, I urge those of you in the greater Philadelphia area to pitchfork-up and storm the Novacare. Someone must be held accountable.
241 Anonymous said at 6:40 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Comedy of errors is our new nickname
242 Anonymous said at 6:41 PM on October 9th, 2011:
why does jarrad page still start?
243 Anonymous said at 6:42 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I’d rather Jimmy Page because Jarrad looks Dazed and Confused.
244 Anonymous said at 6:43 PM on October 9th, 2011:
This is unquestionably the worst Andy Reid team, right?
245 Anonymous said at 6:44 PM on October 9th, 2011:
The past few weeks, after the eagles lost, I was too depressed and angry to watch other games. This week? Fuck that, I’m gonna enjoy the Pats vs Jets, and packers vs the falcons.
246 Anonymous said at 6:45 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Well at least we shouldn’t blow a 4th quarter lead this week
247 Anonymous said at 6:46 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Or have redzone issues.
248 Anonymous said at 6:46 PM on October 9th, 2011:
I wonder if I start rooting for the Bills if that will turn things around? You know, confuse the fates?
249 Anonymous said at 6:50 PM on October 9th, 2011:
The ball hit the ground with 1 second left!!! That happened in the Texas Nebraska game a couple years ago and I dont think the rules are different from college in that when the ball hits the ground incomplete the clock stops immediately, the refs should’ve F’in reviewed that BS
250 Anonymous said at 6:50 PM on October 9th, 2011:
During Fox half-time show, Jimmy Johnson dropped the hammer on Reid —
He said the “O-line coach is coaching the defense and not doing a good job of it.”
That’s one very successful head coach politely saying, “Reid’s an idiot.”
251 Dan Silverman said at 6:50 PM on October 9th, 2011:
Asante should be benched. Giving up 3rd down pitch and catch slants this year like it’s his job…………………