Game Thread – PHI at WAS, 1st half
Posted: October 16th, 2011 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 169 Comments »Some Sunday morning nuggets.
Adam Schefter reported the Eagles have talked about making Juqua Parker available in a trade. This would likely be a result of the team thinking Brandon Graham will be added to the roster coming off the bye. This isn’t some kind of scapegoat deal for him jumping offside.
I’d be in favor of the move. We wouldn’t get much for Parker. He’s not exactly lighting it up and is dealing with a bum ankle. I’m all in favor of getting Graham back in action…assuming his knee is good. I’ll write up a longer post on Graham later this week.
Schefter also mentioned Asante Samuel as possible trade bait. Yes, please. His act has worn thin on me.
Now let’s talk about today.
Reuben Frank reported on Twitter that King Dunlap is out. That means Todd will be at LT and Justice at RT. Today’s challenge just got that much more difficult. That should worry me, but we’re the Eagles. We never do things the easy way. I mean, why do a single or double Lindy when you can attempt the triple Lindy?
INACTIVES:
C Marsh
J Page
K Clayton
T Cole
J Peters
K Dunlap
J Vandervelde
Adam Caplan says the Page deactivation is about play and not the stinger he suffered last week. Good. Send a message.
I think J Jarrett will get some time on defense today. Make sure to watch for that.
No Keenan Clayton? He’s a nickel/dime LB. We’re facing a team that doesn’t use a bunch of spread sets. I think that’s the reason more than the team being disappointed with him, but that’s just a guess. Don’t know that for a fact. I’ve not heard anything about Clayton, good or bad.
Easy to send a message when the player you are deactivating is a street free agent signed to a one-year-deal in the offseason.
If they had any real gumption, they’d bench DRC and/or Samuel.
Its not about the money, its about… sending… a message. Everything burns.
I’m not sure why I felt the need to quote “The Dark Knight” there, but I did.
Maybe because I think Morton is actually the Caped Crusader who dons a cape and cowl at night to sweep the streets clean of poor drafting and coaching moves.
See, I’m a man of simple tastes. I like draft picks, good coaching, and mistake-free football…..
And tackling! Do you know what all of these things have in common? They’re cheap!
Best case: the eagles will win a nailbiter.
Worst case: the eagles will give up 400 yards and 30 points to sexy Rexy.
Most realistic case: the eagles will lose a heartbreaker.
TOMMY:
This victory — yes, today is a victory — is for you . . . .
You’ve earned it on behalf of all of us as fans by pounding the keyboard everyday no matter what.
Achtung: the Eagles trade Asante to the Lions for Tulloch. How ironic would that be?!
It wouldn’t be ironic; it’d be throughly stupid because they could have just signed Tulloch in the offseason as a free agent.
It’s like turning down an offer for a free apple in the school cafeteria before lunch starts, and then halfway through your lunch offering to trade your peanut butter and jelly sandwich for that same apple.
Or, offering to trade your sunglasses for a football.
Stupid move.
I said it in an earlier thread… I don’t want this win solely for the chance of rectifying a broken season. I want this win because its the REDSKINS. I don’t need Vick to put up 6 TDs and 50+ points, I just want the W.
It could go a long way to turning our futile campaign around, and it could also put a dent in the psyche of these “unbeatable super-Skins.”
Woooooooooorried about Justice.
Yeah, it’s not like this team needs Trent Cole or Jason Peters…..Well at least they don’t need them to continue playing at the elite level they have been….
I’m worried about the whole OL. I hope Mike Vick tries to be Mike Vick this week, not a pocket passer.
Skins sacked Bradford 7 times, before their bye week. They’ve had 2 weeks to come up with a defense to contain and attack Vick. I’m worried.
Maybe my new drinking strategy is taking effect, but I think the Eagles win this game. This is how it works: The Eagles score points earl because they rack up yards without turning over the damn ball. This forces the Skins to throw, then Rex acts like Rex and the rest is history. Eagles 27-10.
Must have had one too many, let history note meant 27-17.
I wish I had the in the tema confidence you all have.
I want the Eagles to win solely because I’m sick of the heartbreaking losses. My system can’t tolerate another catastrophic loss…
I’m nervous. Playoff nervous.
Billick again? Really?
Sad face.
I’m confident.
Eagles 27, Skins 20.
2nd and 15 – ouch.
3rd and 16 – really ouch.
Not a good first drive.
Not a good start to special teams either.
Whoooo, the personal foul penalties begin!
For a team that’s season is all but on the line – this isn’t a good way to start a game. 2 penalites, 1 drop.
Well the days of the Eagles beating themselves with stupid plays have come to a middle.
Tommy,
Why do they keep taking the ball to start games? I get wanting a lead early, but all year this offense pretty much stinks until the 2nd half.
Same old eagles this is not going to end well
2 dumb penalties and Dorenbos almost forgets to go on the field for a punt. Yeah we’re mentally ready to play.
I mean I almost want to turn this off already.
Nice Tackle there.
Looked like we got away with a early hit there. That wasn’t a jam, that was a tackle attempt
way to pin us inside out own 5 Kurt…
We are probably better off inside our own 5 than inside their 5.
Atta boy, Kurt!
Finally someone steps up.
Thank you Rex, and thank you 71 for giving us one of our dumb penalties back.
Nice play Coleman.
Very encouraging start from the D.
Damn – Jarrad Page is really making his absence felt.
Lucky there
Run the f’n ball!
I’d like to see a few runs to calm down the defense, but I know it’s not going to happen. Skins are getting a real good push agianst our OL
Got away with a awful Hold by Justice there.
Did you see how open Maclin was on that play?
Let McCoy pick this up – please Andy, please.
nope…
Ugh, just punt.
I like Brent Celek’s halloween costume. He’s going as London Fletcher, apparently.
can’t believe we didn’t get a DPI there.
Nice. Jokes can help on a day like this.
I’m gonna shut up now.
Coverage breakdown by the ‘skins.
The slot receiver at the top of the screen was WIDE open. Simple read.
Yes. Bad, bad read by Vick.
Mathis got away with a hold too. I love the NFL’s new stance on holds, they don’t exist anymore.
Todd Herremans just ate Landry. ate him.
Torturous start for the offense on the first 5 or 6 plays, but now they seem to be getting into a bit of a groove. Get us a TD.
Thank you Tommy
A Celek sighting! Hoo-haa!
Hey we do have a TE !
Great call, great execution. And boy did we need that.
Who is that 87 fellow?
Glad they finally put one in there. Would love for them to be able to just slam one in, but I’ll take a TD any way they can get it.
I know I’m greedy, but I’d probably calm down a bit if we could force a 3 and out here. I mean just a bit, but a bit.
Lichtensteiger sounds like a delicious beer.
Is Todd better at LT than RT? He’s done well when filling at LT because of injury in the past and so far today. In this season at RT he has not always looked good, esp. vs inside moves
Nnamdi Tacklemugha!
When did we get Sheldon Brown back???
There’s the 3 and out!
For a second I swore that was Sheldon
Great tackle!
Both sides of the ball looks more aggressive.
so, silly hypothetical first-third-of-the-season question…
…as of today, is Fred Jackson the NFL MVP? what a world.
Its a toss up between him and McCoy for my fantasy team MVP!
I grabbed Matt Forte and Fred Jackson with 4th and 5th round picks in both of my PPR leagues. It has worked out quite well for me, heh.
#24, Nnamdi wearing one of Sheldon’s old shirts. :POWER:
hooold on to that ball, Avant
I changed my mind. Screw Fred Jackson.
Brent Celek for MVP.
The namesake of one of my fantasy teams.. Dion Lewis and The News!
Hip to be TDsquared. Or not. poor Dion.
I love you Dion Lewis!
These short passes are REAL west-coast offense. The O-line doesn’t have to block for 3 seconds.
And they keep the defense off the field.
Let’s just punch it in now. No trickery, please!
I always get nervous on these goal to go situations especially when it’s inside the 5.
When do we realize that Kelce gets absolutely no push on QB sneaks at the GL?
When we run it outside like that..lol
I mean that’s when we realize it, or more like, they realize it.
Much better!
Our defense has looked sharp. A safety has made a play. We have scored twice in the redzone. Is this the same team from the last 4 weeks?
They look more aggressive and sure of themselves. Looks like they’re playing loose.
The d has actually picked it up at some point in the 2nd half of last week, hopefully it’s not a fluke
The ‘skins are helping us out too.
Can anyone understand how they can run a fake commercial where a truck assists in helping a plane land? If it’s fake, why the f*ck do I want the truck? How about this, I’ll fake buy it.
I just fake ordered two of them from this sunglass site. I’ll look for a link for you.
Tommy:
It’s 14-0. McCoy just scored.
Have the Eagles run the ball once to Justice’s side? I don’t think so.
They’ve had great success to the left.
At some point, I assume the Redskins will adjust.
Nate Allen looks like a completely different player
And the dumb mistakes continue great job Coleman
There it is, they would’ve punted deep, now they keep it. Well, the same thing happened to us.
C’MON COLEMAN!!!
smooth move, Coleman. 3-and-out, stymied offense, great field position… down the drain because you wanted to make a highlight reel hit. thats inexcusable.
Aaand Cooley is out.
Ohhh man, Run DRC… that was 6!
That’s two weeks in a row…he’s got to get one, one of these days right?
This defense is swarming!!!!
Great word. They are.
Love the energy these guys are playing with. Let’s hope we can sustain this for 60 mins.
The 2010 Titans are in DC today playing defense for the Eagles.
And DRC . . . 2 in 2 weeks!!! Catch the ball.
Since when did DRC get hands of stone?!
Turnovers are finally balancing out.
brent celek nfl mvp
Amazing catch, but he has to catch that ball cleanly.
The Fates have finally changed . . .
The Eagles will not lose again!!!
He should just have caught it the first time..
DeVan is in for Watkins, injury? Not a benching surely.
Seems it was just a series
TOMMY . . .
You found optimism in the Eagles 2nd half intensity last week.
Well — IT HAS CARRIED OVER.
No gadget plays, Thank God!!
I like to see Celek getting involved, but I almost had accident when I first saw that pass bounce off his hands.
Everything’s going our way.
those tipped balls are putting me in adult diaper mode
always nice to have Ryan Kerrigan blocked by Bill Cosby in “Ghost Dad”
Why can’t we just send Celek straight up the gut when they come out with that absurd goalline D?? It shouldn’t be that hard to audible to that/
That is a series where I would love for us to be able to throw a fade and have someone go up and get it.
That shovel pass was there again.
Yep. Looked like TD if Shady held on. I’m willing to forgive him for now, but retain the right to hold a grudge.
I’m getting greedy. I really wanted 7 more on there, but 3 is so much better than a turnover…
Not a fan of the wr screen with the lineman all blocking the other way and a shuffle pass from the ten, but that is a huge difference from all the trick plays and turnovers we had the past several weeks.
Andy Reid taking charge there. That’s what happens when everyone’s calling for your head.
He also probably hasn’t had a Mounds bar since 12:45. He’s testy.
Tommy,
Sure looks like Maclin was supposed to run a slant there.
I don’t know, Andy was giving Vick and Marty the business there. Did not look like it was on Maclin.
Brandon Banks should be required to do The Carlton Dance every time he returns a kick for a score
Spags to be fired this week?!
He shouldn’t be. They’re banged up on the OL, Bradford is hitting a typical sophomore slump. I think there were unreasonable expectations for STL this year. Their schedule has been brutal so far, too… they have 5 or 6 very winnable games once November and December hit.
They’re also a very young team and the lockout probably hurt them a lot more than most.
Definitely. Bradford is having to learn a fairly complex McDaniels offensive scheme, on the fly. With a ton of new and dinged-up receivers, and a banged-up Jackson. Tough year for STL so far.
Are they telling Banks to take it out every single time?
Wow defense be playing today!
This is starting to look like a “coast” game. That scares the shit out of me, to be honest.
Linebackers! We don’t need no stinking linebackers.
Kidding.
so nice to see the Nate Allen i was expecting to see
Marty getting away from quick 3-step passes
and suddenly we’re kicking FGs again…
A TD here would be HUGE
Last fg I didn’t mind, this one does.
But I’m happy, although Andy needs to remind this team about the San Fran game.
At halftime.
Henery and Henry, attorneys at ball.
Not happy with the last 2 trips to the redzone. Should be more then a 3 score game at this point. Eagles are not finishing.
As excited as I an about the way the game has gone so far, the last to redzone trips can not be excused. We could be up 28 to 0 instead. Considering our past 4th qrt collapses, that does make a difference.
Absolutely. They need to capitalize on every opportunity they have. We’ve already seen where a 20+ point lead isn’t enough.
Who’s going to block the ‘Skins FG attempt w/ Dunlop inactive?
Anybody else getting the uneasy feeling that those last two drives ending in field goals is going to screw us in the end?
Or am I just jumpy like an abused spouse?
Anyone not nervous about those two drives has not watched the eagles very much this season. Stopping them for only a fg was big though.
Amazing w/ getting TOs will do
Tommy:
FRED DAVIS?!
You’re worst fear. What’s the deal?
What adjustment’s can we make?
Nnamdi gave Santana Moss the five finger exploding heart punch from “Kill Bill.” Didn’t realize he knew how to do that.
Eagles vs Niners deja vu?!
Should’ve been an int.
An unblock Jamar Chaney is unstoppable
We should have called time out after the run on second down.
Big Mike is looking very disruptive today. Excellent.
I’m screaming for this defense today!! Yes!!!!!!
As in they are making me jump and go crazy…lol
Oh oh. Same halftime score as in the 49’ers game.
When’s the last time Patterson had a sack? It’s been awhile hasn’t it?
And now the concern sets in…
play 30 minutes together, and the Eagles walk together into history . . . certainly, ’til 10/30
Oh god, now we only have to pray that the Eagles don’t collapse again. Please, I can’t take that kind of stress again.
2nd half thread is up.