PHI 10, TB 0 – 2nd Half

Posted: December 9th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 300 Comments »

Wow.  DRC is out there hitting TEs and tackling RBs.  Nnamdi is being physical and playing the ball.  Nick Foles is running for TDs (I assume he has scored by now).  Crazy game.

Really wish the defense played this hard in previous games.  Excellent effort.

Josh Freeman has a QB rating of 44.  Goal is to keep him under 120.

300 Comments on “PHI 10, TB 0 – 2nd Half”

  1. 1 Dragon_Eagle said at 2:46 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    And….that false start was our first penalty the entire game.

  2. 2 T_S_O_P said at 2:46 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I watch live and I see this!!! Doesn’t look like a 3-9 team. Colt dropped his INT.

  3. 3 Ollivier Boguais said at 2:48 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    We ‘ll win today, no doubts about it !!!

  4. 4 BC1968 said at 2:49 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I assume he scored by now lmao

  5. 5 Eagles_Fan_in_San_Fran said at 2:49 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    “Goal is to keep him under 120”
    Wow – Did you ever think that would be a goal for any game coming into this year?

  6. 6 TheRogerPodacter said at 2:50 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    did we already give up on Brown reaching 120 yards? lol

  7. 7 Baloophi said at 2:51 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Okay… THERE we go. That’s Eagles’ football.

  8. 8 TheRogerPodacter said at 2:52 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    yep… now things are back to normal…

  9. 9 TommyLawlor said at 2:52 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Barf.

  10. 10 Corry Henry said at 2:52 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    There’s the other shoe dropping…

  11. 11 ACViking said at 2:53 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    It couldn’t last . . .

  12. 12 Baloophi said at 2:53 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    No… I would’ve guessed another Brown fumble. Though I guess there’s still plenty of time for that, too.

  13. 13 BC1968 said at 2:54 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Jim washburn really brought this team down is what I’m taking from this game.

  14. 14 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 2:54 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    thaaaaaats why they are 3-9

  15. 15 TommyLawlor said at 2:55 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Will be good if the D can hold ’em to a FG.

  16. 16 Iskar36 said at 2:56 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Or at least have it be a rushing td rather than a pass. Keep the qb rating low.

  17. 17 BC1968 said at 2:56 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Want the Eagles to play good but if they lose it doesnt help the cowboys. Look at it that way.

  18. 18 Shiad215 said at 2:56 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    First time I seen a free Blitzer all year.

  19. 19 ACViking said at 2:59 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    No.

    Earlier this year — against Baltimore — Ryans had a sack off pretty much the same blitz.

    (I think it was the Ravens)

    Other than that, yes.

  20. 20 Baloophi said at 2:56 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I sure am glad Nnamdi is back in the game.

  21. 21 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 3:04 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    must give up a td a week

  22. 22 ACViking said at 2:56 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Flukey fumble by Johnson. He had plenty of time to settle under that punt.

    On the flip side . . . the Eagles haven’t recovered a fumble or had an INT in weeks.

  23. 23 TheRogerPodacter said at 2:57 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    when was the last turnover from this defense?

  24. 24 Baloophi said at 2:57 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    And in Johnson’s defense, it’s not easy to catch a football when you’ve called for a fair catch and there’s nobody around you and your professional career depends on you catching it.

  25. 25 TommyLawlor said at 2:59 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    The lack of takeaways is crazy.

  26. 26 mawst95 said at 2:56 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I don’t think you can judge from one game if Wash was bringing the team down. His firing probably fired up the D line. It’s like when a team comes out hard when the starting QB gets benched. Everyone ups their game. We’ll see if it lasts.

  27. 27 eagles2zc said at 2:58 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Juan firing didn’t motivate anyone though

  28. 28 the guy said at 2:58 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    It motivated them to play some of the worst defense the NFL has ever seen.

  29. 29 BC1968 said at 2:59 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    True, hard to tell right now, but that wide 9 was annoying. Also, people on the inside are now saying he’s a PRICK, maybe not in those words

  30. 30 A_T_G said at 2:59 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I’m pretty sure Marsh would have picked that and took it for 6 the other way. Not positive, obviously, but around 95%.

  31. 31 ACViking said at 3:00 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Lack of pressure gave Freeman plenty of time.

    Tick-tock-tick-tock.

    Need to get consistent pressure of we’ll lose

  32. 32 BC1968 said at 3:00 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Insult to injury, honoring the 2001 team that took our super bowl

  33. 33 onemorebop said at 3:01 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Tall rangy jam corner that can’t play the fade in the red zone … I really like Nnamdi but he can’t even do what he’s built for anymore.

  34. 34 Baloophi said at 3:01 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    They can’t stop Foles!!! And look at that slide!

  35. 35 Corry Henry said at 3:02 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    You can’t stop him. You can only hope to contain him.

  36. 36 Dragon_Eagle said at 3:02 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Can we tape a cheetah to Foles back?

  37. 37 Concussed FB said at 3:02 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Merrill just called him Nick “Antelope” Foles. LOL.

  38. 38 Dragon_Eagle said at 3:03 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Ha!

  39. 39 BC1968 said at 3:02 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Oh wow a, a qB who slides!

  40. 40 TommyLawlor said at 3:04 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Slide is being generous.

  41. 41 Baloophi said at 3:02 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Anyone else expect Avant to fumble on that?

  42. 42 lilmc said at 3:02 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Nice play.

  43. 43 Baloophi said at 3:03 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    AC, there’s your sprint out-of-bounds…

  44. 44 BC1968 said at 3:03 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    That outside run play sucks

  45. 45 Baloophi said at 3:04 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Works for McCoy… sometimes.

  46. 46 BC1968 said at 3:07 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    True but when it doesn’t work it looks really bad

  47. 47 ACViking said at 3:08 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    when Jason Peters is playing

  48. 48 Corry Henry said at 3:03 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Does Marty know it’s legal to run the ball up the middle of the defense?

  49. 49 BC1968 said at 3:04 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    He’s moving nicely in the pocket

  50. 50 Dragon_Eagle said at 3:05 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    WTF?

  51. 51 ACViking said at 3:05 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    why keep calling those ridiculous plays to the outside.

    The Bucs are running the safety into the box on 1st down. C’mon!

  52. 52 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:05 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww

  53. 53 Baloophi said at 3:05 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Come on! Seriously?

  54. 54 Daniel said at 3:06 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Whew. I was worried about our draft pick for a while there.

  55. 55 Baloophi said at 3:06 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    And Henery never made a field goal again…

  56. 56 aerochrome2 said at 3:06 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Don’t

  57. 57 BC1968 said at 3:06 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Laces in. Ace Ventura anyone?

  58. 58 Allen3000 said at 3:06 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    How many more times will MM call a stretch run to the short side of the field before he realizes their ineffectiveness??? Seriously, how how is it to mix in a run between the tackles now and then??? His playcalling is frustrating beyond belief.

  59. 59 Scott Greenberg said at 3:08 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    McCoy can’t run between the tackles.

  60. 60 eagles2zc said at 3:09 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Marty “saw something that he can exploit” on the outside

  61. 61 Allen3000 said at 3:12 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    lol

  62. 62 eagles2zc said at 3:07 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    ST’ers have to suck together or what?

  63. 63 bdbd20 said at 3:07 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Good job of Alex there to protect our draft position. Veteran move.

  64. 64 BC1968 said at 3:09 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    And keep the bucs in it with skins and Dallas

  65. 65 ACViking said at 3:09 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    That FG miss was on the holder . . . bring back Chas Henry

  66. 66 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:12 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    dumb question – how do you know it was on the holder? were the laces in as the other poster mentioned in reference to ace ventura? lol

    i didnt really catch what happened.

  67. 67 ACViking said at 3:13 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I’m kidding.

    I’ve been saying the team should bring back Henry for a few weeks.

  68. 68 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:15 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    ahh ok. lol.

  69. 69 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:10 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    the D is coming *so close* to a takeaway time and time again. just can’t close the deal…

  70. 70 BC1968 said at 3:10 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Close call ints should be called mamulas

  71. 71 bdbd20 said at 3:11 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I prefer “Takeos”

  72. 72 Baloophi said at 3:12 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Remember when Will Witherspoon had that crazy first game and we thought our linebacker issues were solved?

  73. 73 Baloophi said at 3:11 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Smart play there by Johnson… the end zone has never muffed a punt.

  74. 74 Dragon_Eagle said at 3:12 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Can we fire Bobby April this week?

  75. 75 Dragon_Eagle said at 3:13 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I mean really. One coach or player per game from here on out.

  76. 76 Baloophi said at 3:13 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Stockton: Good catch by Clay Harboo.

  77. 77 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:19 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    did you hear the line earlier about Nick Foles?
    his stats for the day – “six six and two hundred and forty eight yards”
    LOL

  78. 78 Baloophi said at 3:20 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Seems like he’s got everything down except nouns.

  79. 79 Dragon_Eagle said at 3:15 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Maclin wants that top 5 pick

  80. 80 TommyLawlor said at 3:19 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Funny.

  81. 81 Baloophi said at 3:16 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Even if this is a catch/fumble, didn’t they blow the whistle before anyone recovered it?

  82. 82 BC1968 said at 3:18 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Yeah the right to a clear fumble was never established because they fumbled as the whistle blew. What I saw

  83. 83 TommyLawlor said at 3:19 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Yep.

  84. 84 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:19 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    isnt there some way that it could still go to the defense? like if it is clear that the defense would have recovered?

  85. 85 Baloophi said at 3:22 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Not if they blow the whistle. It’s like fumbling out of bounds. I think there was one last week (maybe in college? Kansas State?) where someone pulled a D-Jax and dropped the ball before entering the end zone… nobody covered it, and since the refs had “inadvertently” called it a touch-down, it wasn’t ruled a touchback…

  86. 86 Daniel said at 3:16 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Why didn’t they get back to the line and run a damn play.

  87. 87 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:20 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Foles needed just a little bit more zip on that pass there.

  88. 88 TommyLawlor said at 3:21 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Exactly.

  89. 89 BC1968 said at 3:22 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Colt, nice

  90. 90 Baloophi said at 3:23 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    There’s a pass completion we’ve seen about 15,000 times this year.

  91. 91 Baloophi said at 3:24 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Seriously… is Nnamdi much better in practice or something?

  92. 92 BC1968 said at 3:24 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Its over for Trent cole

  93. 93 Iskar36 said at 3:25 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Why in the world is marsh and Hughes not getting any snaps?

  94. 94 Baloophi said at 3:25 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Nice flop, Stocker.

  95. 95 Mac said at 3:26 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    +1

  96. 96 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:26 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    but the backjudge was there. he MUST have seen something….
    smh…

  97. 97 BC1968 said at 3:26 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    4 miles over his friggin head

  98. 98 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:27 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    i wonder if the offsetting penalty had anything to do with the helmet that came off during that play

  99. 99 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:28 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    yep, thornton pushes the OG helmet off and he must have retaliated afterwards

  100. 100 Baloophi said at 3:27 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I don’t know about you all, but I feel good about this game in terms of momentum. Barf.

  101. 101 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:28 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    feel good for the momentum to get a higher draft pick?

  102. 102 bdbd20 said at 3:29 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I’m sure our defense will come up with a turnover here.

  103. 103 BC1968 said at 3:29 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Did anybody mention the little flaming fairy dancing in the first half?

  104. 104 Baloophi said at 3:29 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Madden commercial plagiarizing “Fletch” there with “It’s all ball-bearings nowadays.” Weird.

  105. 105 Baloophi said at 3:32 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Wait, Jamar Chaney couldn’t stay with Vincent Jackson???

  106. 106 TommyLawlor said at 3:32 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    DRC should have made the tackle. Terrible attempt.

  107. 107 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:32 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    so much for all that effort

  108. 108 Dragon_Eagle said at 3:34 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    and Nate Allen threw his back at Jackson. Pathetic

  109. 109 ACViking said at 3:32 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    What I’m taking away from this game is Josh Freeman’s not an “elite” QB

  110. 110 ACViking said at 3:32 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Except in the RZ

  111. 111 Baloophi said at 3:33 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Let’s wait until he’s had a chance to pick apart our D for the rest of the quarter…

  112. 112 saltyyambag said at 3:32 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Nice whiff DRC

  113. 113 BC1968 said at 3:34 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    That was cringe worthy

  114. 114 GermanEagle said at 3:34 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    And I thought for a second the Eagles would win today. How could I dare?!

  115. 115 Crus57 said at 3:34 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I made the same mistake. Just thinking of the draft position now.

  116. 116 GermanEagle said at 3:36 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    We should have a top 3 pick after today..any CB worth picking that high?!

  117. 117 Baloophi said at 3:34 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Each week we’re all Charlie Brown lining up to the kick a field goal…

  118. 118 Dragon_Eagle said at 3:35 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    That’s it, exactly.

  119. 119 TommyLawlor said at 3:39 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I gave that example recently. So true.

  120. 120 Baloophi said at 3:41 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Crap, I must have missed it! I promise I’m not joke-stealing…

  121. 121 TommyLawlor said at 5:08 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Talk to my lawyers, mister.

  122. 122 Ollivier Boguais said at 3:54 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I ha d teh same feeling at the beginning of the game….

  123. 123 eagles2zc said at 3:35 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    The prospect of getting a better draft position is a great equalizer when your team goes down

  124. 124 Baloophi said at 3:35 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    We’re kind of known for owning the 4th quarter, so I’m not worried…

  125. 125 BC1968 said at 3:36 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I like having foles in this situation. Why not? Its meaningless

  126. 126 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:36 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    another great catch for avant, too bad this one is clearly out of bounds.

  127. 127 ACViking said at 3:37 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    The Eagles defense needs to be re-stocked on the back end.

    Bowles has played a lot of zone today. But Nnamdi’s not a zone guy. And DRC’s not a tackler.

    The safeties are just not very good. (On the long pass to V-Jax in front of Nnamdi, it looked like Allen again got caught up inside.)

  128. 128 Baloophi said at 3:40 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Yeah, it’s a mess back there. “Wide 9” melodrama aside, I feel good about the front 7 (would like another LB to step up), but the “coordination” in the defensive backfield is a huge problem… and to your point, it’s personnel, not scheme.

  129. 129 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:41 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    i feel like the secondary wasnt playing *that* bad when bowles was still in charge of them.

  130. 130 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:37 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    omigod. a run. up the middle. yay

  131. 131 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:38 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Foles needed to get that pass closer to the sideline. he put it in a place where teh defender could make a play on it and he did.

  132. 132 BC1968 said at 3:39 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    It looked like it may have been tipped at the line

  133. 133 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:40 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    ahh that would also be a problem. probably took some of the speed off the ball giving the D time to close in on it.

  134. 134 BC1968 said at 3:41 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    The American country awards I’d rather shove a pen in my ear

  135. 135 TommyLawlor said at 3:44 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Ditto that for me.

  136. 136 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:42 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    lol it looked like DRC got there so early that he realized he couldnt just hit the guy so he had to make a play on the ball.

  137. 137 BC1968 said at 3:43 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Drc could’ve went for the ball there. Where’s asante

  138. 138 Baloophi said at 3:44 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Sitting on a bench enjoying his 11-1 (likely to be 11-2) record…

  139. 139 Baloophi said at 3:43 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Freeman was simply Foles-esque on that.

  140. 140 TommyLawlor said at 3:44 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Less slow.

  141. 141 ACViking said at 3:44 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    STOP TALKING ABOUT THE ’02 BUCS

    Talk about how Reid was outcoached after Staley’s 20 yard TD run!

  142. 142 BC1968 said at 3:44 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Where is the FRAKING turnovers?

  143. 143 Baloophi said at 3:45 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    You have to wait until we’re on offense.

  144. 144 BC1968 said at 3:46 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Lol awesome

  145. 145 Dragon_Eagle said at 3:45 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Face palm

  146. 146 Baloophi said at 3:45 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Nnamdi! I feel like Mr. Wilson cursing Dennis the Menace at this point. Or the Captain shouting “Gilligan!”

  147. 147 TommyLawlor said at 3:46 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Now that’s funny.

  148. 148 aerochrome2 said at 3:47 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    That’s the play I’ll say convinced me he’s not worth back even at four million

  149. 149 lilmc said at 3:48 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    With plays like that, is he even worth 4 million?

  150. 150 ACViking said at 3:46 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    The roof is slowly collapsing

  151. 151 Baloophi said at 3:47 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Wow… Stockton is totally out of his gourd.

  152. 152 ACViking said at 3:47 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    T-Law:

    I’m sorry . . . Nate Allen is really suffering from a loss of confidence. Or he’s not good.

  153. 153 Baloophi said at 3:47 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Is he playing today?

  154. 154 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:48 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    sigh. i really want to like nate allen, but he is definitely struggling out there. not quite as bad as curt coleman has been struggling, though.

  155. 155 aerochrome2 said at 3:49 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Or 24

  156. 156 BC1968 said at 3:49 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Cowboys are losing, cheer up everyone

  157. 157 ACViking said at 3:49 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Marty’s play-calling on runs was MALPRACTICE today.

    The Bucs just proved it.

    How much of Martin’s 100+ yards came between the tackles?

    HORRIBLE.

  158. 158 lilmc said at 3:50 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    We make no adjustments either. Just keep trying to run outside.

  159. 159 Concussed FB said at 3:51 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    They saw something on tape that they thought they could exploit.

  160. 160 Baloophi said at 3:53 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    To be fair, we’ve never been good at halftime adjustments

  161. 161 eagles2zc said at 3:51 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Only 2 rushes 2nd half too

  162. 162 eagles2zc said at 3:55 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    More stretches

  163. 163 Baloophi said at 3:49 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I’m thinking Cards/Seahawks for the late game…?

  164. 164 BC1968 said at 3:50 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Some say the roof is collapsing, I say the roof is half full

  165. 165 ACViking said at 3:51 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Brilliant.

  166. 166 Baloophi said at 3:52 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    RE: Nnamdi

    To paraphrase Dark Helmet’s right-hand man, Colonel Sandurz, “He’s gone from suck to blow.”

  167. 167 Baloophi said at 3:55 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Nice touch on that pass from Foles.

  168. 168 BC1968 said at 3:55 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    True that’s

  169. 169 BC1968 said at 3:56 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    that

  170. 170 Baloophi said at 4:00 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I like “true that’s”!

  171. 171 BC1968 said at 4:02 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I better hurry and get a patent

  172. 172 Baloophi said at 4:03 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Yes. And then get that thing on some T-shirts.

  173. 173 Baloophi said at 4:04 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Might I suggest “True Dat’s”?

  174. 174 ACViking said at 3:55 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Re: The Young D-Backs

    Reid said to the reporter, when asked why the young guys, aren’t playing that “you assume they played well when they played.”

    How much worse could they be?

    And what’s the point of keeping NA and DRC in there?

  175. 175 lilmc said at 3:55 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Nice throw

  176. 176 BC1968 said at 3:55 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Beautiful touch

  177. 177 Dragon_Eagle said at 3:55 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Nother nice throw

  178. 178 Baloophi said at 3:57 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Tick tick tick…

  179. 179 Dragon_Eagle said at 3:57 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Um, hurry up boys

  180. 180 Baloophi said at 3:57 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Clay Harboo!

  181. 181 BC1968 said at 3:58 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Wow love foles moving in the pocket today

  182. 182 TheRogerPodacter said at 3:58 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    foles was close to crossing the LOS before throwing that one. surprised they aren’t going to at least take a longer look at it.

  183. 183 Iskar36 said at 3:58 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    That’s a great play by Foles. He is improving week to week. I like what he is doing.

  184. 184 Baloophi said at 3:59 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Don’t worry about the 2pt. conversion. I smell a gritty 3 and out from our D, followed by a soul-crushing strip sack by Te’o Nesheim.

  185. 185 BC1968 said at 4:01 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    If we lose and it hurts dallas and Washington, the day isn’t all that bad

  186. 186 ACViking said at 4:02 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    This game is all on Alex Henery.

    The one time you need a FG and, like last year against SF, he blows it.

    (I’m kidding)

  187. 187 Baloophi said at 4:02 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Time to ship him to the Niners

  188. 188 BC1968 said at 4:04 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    You guys do the Mathew, andy did in the 08 championship game

  189. 189 BC1968 said at 4:04 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Math geez lol

  190. 190 Baloophi said at 4:04 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    This one is not a T-shirt… sorry.

  191. 191 BC1968 said at 4:06 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Agreed lol

  192. 192 BC1968 said at 4:05 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    They must not be scared of foles

  193. 193 Baloophi said at 4:07 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Tick tick tick…

  194. 194 Ollivier Boguais said at 4:08 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Believe….

  195. 195 Ollivier Boguais said at 4:45 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I told you to believe 🙂

  196. 196 ACViking said at 4:08 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    You can hear NFL Films Music right now . . .

  197. 197 BC1968 said at 4:08 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I hear the Benny Hill theme

  198. 198 Baloophi said at 4:09 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Ha!

  199. 199 Baloophi said at 4:09 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    What are we, 3rd and long? I wouldn’t do it, but watch for the Dion Lewis screen…

  200. 200 BC1968 said at 4:10 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Wow!

  201. 201 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:10 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    i gotta say… at least i am excited about the end of the game here.

    so many times this season i have just not cared.

  202. 202 BC1968 said at 4:11 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Of course that was a penalty

  203. 203 Baloophi said at 4:12 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    There were 9 receivers open on that play

  204. 204 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:12 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    ahh man. foles needed like another fraction of a second to get a better pass off, i think.

  205. 205 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:14 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    ugh. how is it that king dunlap cannot block ronde barber in the open field?!?!

  206. 206 Baloophi said at 4:14 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    tick tick tick

  207. 207 BC1968 said at 4:14 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Nice

  208. 208 BC1968 said at 4:15 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    All the heartache they gave us let’s return the favor ‘

  209. 209 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:16 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    can they review a penalty?

  210. 210 BC1968 said at 4:18 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    i thought the same. Guess so

  211. 211 Baloophi said at 4:16 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    If we somehow score, gotta go for 2 again…

  212. 212 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:16 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    god forbid the bucs try for another 79 yard field goal….

  213. 213 Baloophi said at 4:17 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    That one sucked

  214. 214 TommyLawlor said at 4:18 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    They’d hit it too.

  215. 215 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:19 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    per JimmyK’s twitter:

    Stockton: “LaDoug Martin”

    hahahahhaha

  216. 216 BC1968 said at 4:19 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    8 guys around cooper

  217. 217 Baloophi said at 4:20 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    let’s get the quick first (out of bounds) and go from there, please…

  218. 218 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:21 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    yea i dont get it… why are they going for the TD now?

  219. 219 Baloophi said at 4:21 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Rookie

  220. 220 Baloophi said at 4:20 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    WOW.

  221. 221 lilmc said at 4:21 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Clay was open too

  222. 222 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:21 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    holy crap. time for one play……. one yard to go

  223. 223 Baloophi said at 4:21 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Here we go… Foles bootleg! Make it happen!

  224. 224 TheRogerPodacter said at 5:57 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    just looking back through the comments. it looks like you called it!

  225. 225 BC1968 said at 4:21 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Wow, just wow

  226. 226 Baloophi said at 4:22 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Beware the shovel pass…

  227. 227 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:22 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    how funny would it be for bryce brown to get the winning TD? can’t do anything all day, but gets the last carry of the game.

  228. 228 BC1968 said at 4:23 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Dallas eon, they are pulling for us. I have mixed emotions

  229. 229 BC1968 said at 4:23 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Wonlollllllllll some revenge from the 90 yard fg

  230. 230 Baloophi said at 4:24 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I think it was a 155 yarder, if I recall correctly…

  231. 231 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:25 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    lol i swear if we look back through the gameday threads, the kick gets longer every time.

  232. 232 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:25 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    its been so many years, but the wait was worth it. haha

  233. 233 Baloophi said at 4:23 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    YES!!!!!

  234. 234 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:23 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

  235. 235 Baloophi said at 4:24 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    His foot is very close to the line…

  236. 236 Baloophi said at 4:24 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Good to see Andy happy, isn’t it?

  237. 237 Corry Henry said at 4:24 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    My heart is in my throat right now.

  238. 238 BC1968 said at 4:24 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Nick Montana!!!!!!

  239. 239 lilmc said at 4:24 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    The kids are tough!!!!

  240. 240 BC1968 said at 4:25 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Ive had that look ronde

  241. 241 Baloophi said at 4:26 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Nice…

  242. 242 BC1968 said at 4:25 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Feel good for Reid

  243. 243 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:26 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    this is going to sound weird….
    but i feel like maclin goes to his knees to catch the ball a lot.

    …
    no seriously. it seems to happen a lot….

  244. 244 Neil said at 4:28 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Yeah, some guys bend over to pick low balls up.

  245. 245 Baloophi said at 4:29 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    McNutt especially

  246. 246 Ben Hert said at 4:26 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Vick wouldn’t have seen Maclin get open on that play. Too short to see over the mass of lineman to his right.

  247. 247 BC1968 said at 4:27 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Andy has some nice titties

  248. 248 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:27 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    they are extra perky today.

  249. 249 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:27 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    call is confirmed!!!

  250. 250 Baloophi said at 4:27 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Now here comes the most pointless thing in football… the mandatory extra point. Matters to point-spreaders, I guess

  251. 251 Crus57 said at 4:27 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I think Nnamdi saved his biggest hit for congratulating Maclin

  252. 252 aerochrome2 said at 4:27 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Lol

  253. 253 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:27 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    hahahaha theyre going to check maclin for a concussion. no wait…. nnamdi can’t hit that hard.

  254. 254 TommyLawlor said at 4:29 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Ha! Very true.

  255. 255 ACViking said at 4:27 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Shocking that Marty called a rollout.

    Can’t believe TB wasn’t ready

  256. 256 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:28 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    weird, right? seems to be the go-to play from inside the 5 for god knows what reason.

  257. 257 SteveH said at 4:27 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    FOLES ERA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  258. 258 Baloophi said at 4:28 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I mean, that win was worth losing a blue-chip left tackle or DT, right? To me, it kind of is…

  259. 259 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:28 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    sweet, sweet revenge. haha

  260. 260 TommyLawlor said at 4:29 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Great win. We can lose plenty more games to help the draft status. Good to beat the Bucs on the day they celebrated their SB win.

  261. 261 Dragon_Eagle said at 4:28 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    HOLY ISH! This feels weird.

  262. 262 TheRogerPodacter said at 4:31 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Nick Foles
    32/51 – ~63% completions
    381 yards passing
    2 TDs passing
    3 rushes for 27 yards
    1 rushing TD.

    wow. i did not expect to see that.

  263. 263 Baloophi said at 4:32 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Yeah… this will go far in terms of deciding his future in Philly…

  264. 264 shah8 said at 4:33 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    and I missed it for a QB that went 91 yards and an dumb INT. I was hoping he’d get boo’ed off and let the real QB play, but nope.

    And so I miss a big game here…

    at least the Vikings won.

  265. 265 shah8 said at 4:35 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I’m reminded of the game Eli Manning had against the Bucs. A good run defense, but just horrible on the pass stuff, looks like, since I’ve not seen them against anything but Ponder.

  266. 266 shah8 said at 4:39 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    One demerit is that he took a tremendous number of sacks, six of them, to a team that had 18 of them prior to this game. Foles also took 13 hits. He’s not going to last that long if the OL plays this poorly as well.

  267. 267 BC1968 said at 4:48 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Rewatch the game and I bet you’ll see he took smart sacks and didn’t try to force things like you know who.

  268. 268 shah8 said at 4:59 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    uh, huh…

    I don’t think you’re following me. I didn’t watch the game, so I don’t know whether they are smart or not.

    What’s more, sacks are seriously negative plays. They do tend to be drive killers, and it doesn’t matter whether the QB is “smart” or not, you really want to prevent an accumulative -43 yards from sacks. I mean, did Foles take every opportunity to throw balls away? All in all, six sacks is six sacks, with an average of -7 yards. That’s really bad, regardless of whether it’s on the QB or not. If it’s on the OL, who’s doing the most releasing of defenders? Tampa Bay is notoriously bad at rushing the passer, and they were without their best pass rusher for the rest of the year. *Someone* is doing a horrible job in that department.

  269. 269 BC1968 said at 5:25 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    If you didn’t watch the game how can you give him any “demerits?” That’s laughable. Watch the game before you take a guess as to what happened

  270. 270 shah8 said at 5:32 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    /me raises an eyebrow…

    Why so upset? Generally, sacks are assigned to the QB, on the offense. More advance statistics will show which linemen gave up pressure. In any event, QBs are supposed to avoid sacks, even when linemen does a bad job. General common football sense, you know. Because, you know, by and large, teams lose when they give up so many sacks, regardless of whether that’s the QB’s fault or not. It’s reasonable to see it as a flaw in a game.

    There’s also the durability question as well. 13 hits is comparable to the hits a change of pace RB takes. You don’t want a QB to get hit that much, regardless of size.

  271. 271 BC1968 said at 6:08 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Its ok man, I thought vick was a chang
    ed qb too. He’s showed flash
    es all through his career but it’s over. Save yourself the embarrassment and move on like the rest of us. We’ll await your take on the game after you have watched it.FOLES BABY!!!!

  272. 272 shah8 said at 6:30 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Eh, what?

    Okay, looking past the lameness of your attitude, my first impression is that it was a good, if inefficient, game. Foles will need more of them. He’ll need to improve his deep ball more, so I hear.

    To the extent that I hold the idea that Vick will come back, it’s simply because I think Tommy et al has a weak grasp of the simple distance of Vick’s performance from genuinely bad. I’ve seen plenty of honest bad QB’ing this year. I also see just how many teams need a better QB, so there will be strong competition for the few viable options out there. Lastly, I think the evidence is pretty strong that the weak performance of the OL is the primary cause of less than excellent play by Vick.

    Going strictly by the games I’ve actually seen Foles play, I’ve concluded that he doesn’t have to physical tools to consistently do well in the NFL. I was pretty biased from the start because Foles was a third round draft pick, and there just wasn’t much unknown about Foles–so little to speculate as to upside.

    Is it a good game? Yup. I also remember Tannehill having a great game against Arizona, who’s completely humiliated other QBs. Tannihill hasn’t had very many good games, though. Foles did this against Tampa, and he doesn’t have the tools that Tannehill has. Watching the Miami game, and remembering the Thursday night game, Foles does have *much* better game IQ than Tannehill. Tannehill, while just throwing a nice TD, is just too raw to be playing right now.

  273. 273 BC1968 said at 6:54 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I think you’d have to be, and I’d have to be, an idiot to judge what Foles is either way yet. In Vick’s case, he has lost a lot of speed, hasn’t progressed like it seemed he had started to do under Reid when he first got the starting job. Possibly the lockout hurt him, who knows? Also the lack of knowing how not to take a sack or not knowing when to slide which has caused his constant injuries and kept him from playing full seasons. He doesn’t know how to read defenses like he should at this point of his career and it’s safe to say he never will. RG3 and Andrew Luck are both already better than he ever has been at doing that.

    ,”it’s simply because I think Tommy et al has a weak grasp of the simple distance of Vick’s performance from genuinely bad”

    That made me lol. Good one.

  274. 274 shah8 said at 6:57 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    /me rolls eyes. You can have the last word.

  275. 275 BC1968 said at 7:50 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    /me rolls eyes twice as hard as you. Check and mate.

  276. 276 xeynon said at 5:40 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I’m going to agree with you that there is rarely ever such a thing as a “smart sack”, but having watched this game I’d say that Foles deserves little of the blame in this case. The Bucs got a lot of pressure from blitzes and stunts the line didn’t pick up, and they really struggled to block both Gerald McCoy and our old friend Daniel Te’o-Nesheim. On one or two of them he maybe could have gotten rid of the ball faster, but on most he had no chance to even set his feet to throw the ball away.

  277. 277 shah8 said at 5:42 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    eff the stunts. Seriously. I.am.so.sick.of.failures.to.pick.up.one.little.twist.

  278. 278 BC1968 said at 7:52 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I guess after vick, I’m just saying anything that doesn’t result in a turnover is a smart sack. LOL

  279. 279 A_T_G said at 7:33 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    So, your going on record saying that we don’t want a QB that takes a lot of sacks?

  280. 280 jshort said at 5:56 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I know. How do we always end up with a running QB 🙂

  281. 281 SteveH said at 4:32 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    DYNASTY STARTS TODAY, WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

  282. 282 TommyLawlor said at 4:39 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    How many SBs will he win?

  283. 283 BC1968 said at 4:45 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    14

  284. 284 SteveH said at 5:11 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    In Foles’ first 9 seasons.

  285. 285 BC1968 said at 4:35 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Foles is making these games more fun to watch as each game goes by. Or in the words of Roy Halladay: Funner

  286. 286 ACViking said at 4:42 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Great win.

    Play calling by Marty was generally atrocious vis-a-vis the running game.

    Nick Foles deep-passing needs serious work. Leaving points on the board.

    But I think the kid is great . . . if for no other reason, he’s the first Eagles QB since Dutch Van Brocklin to throw a TD off the roll-out. (At least it seems that long)

  287. 287 TommyLawlor said at 4:56 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Does seem that long.

  288. 288 Anders said at 4:58 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Atleast Foles showed today that he does not lack arm strength, now he just need to learn to use that arm strength.

  289. 289 xeynon said at 4:43 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Love getting the win and getting that monkey of our backs. Love inflicting a crushing, heartbreaking loss on a franchise that I hate as much as any that’s not in the NFC East. But most of all love how Foles looked. He still forced a few throws, but he was smart, poised, and hit some very tight windows, and (on first viewing at least) looks like he consistently made good decisions. His TD throws were the kind you need to make to excel in the red zone and that throw to Avant to set up the winning score was fantastic. Hopefully we’ve found ourselves a quarterback.

  290. 290 GermanEagle said at 4:51 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    I always knew the Eagles would win this….!

  291. 291 TommyLawlor said at 4:55 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Never a doubt.

  292. 292 ACViking said at 5:01 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Playcalling:

    60 called passes.

    13 called runs (all but 2 to the edge)

    Yes, Virginia . . . Nick Foles CAN win a game throwing the ball 51 times!

  293. 293 TommyLawlor said at 5:02 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Are you sure about just 2 runs being inside? Total was too low, but seemed like there were a couple more.

  294. 294 ACViking said at 5:04 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Brown cut back once for a couple yards.

    He had the 10 yard run in the 1st half.

    Maybe another couple?

    I trust your instincts on this.

    But the number of called runs — and the type of runs — very frustrating.

  295. 295 T_S_O_P said at 5:16 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Wasn’t that as a result of an audible by Foles?

  296. 296 ACViking said at 5:22 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Which play re: the audible?

    Here’s a game the Eagles were either leading or very close the until about 6:30 was left.

    But no run calls. And when he called runs, they were — for the most part (and T-Law can arbitrate the final number) — were to the sideline.

    Brown’s a N-S runner anyway. With a weak line, don’t put additional pressure on them against a great run-defense front 7.

  297. 297 shah8 said at 5:05 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    BB spent a long time with negative yardage, so I assume he was getting hit in the backfield often trying to get to the edge?

  298. 298 Anders said at 5:08 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    yea, the OL couldnt block anybody in the run game

  299. 299 Anders said at 5:13 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Tommy, how crazy was it to know that Foles called that last TD play him self? (and kudos to MM/AR for trusting him)

  300. 300 T_S_O_P said at 5:25 PM on December 9th, 2012:

    Seriously, from Luck to Griffin to Tannehill to Weeden to Wilson to Foles to Cousins. WTF? Apart from Tannehill at this point in time, all have won aor taken part in a victory today. Freakish, or has the NFL changed? If Brock O turns out to be a screwed pick among this crop, that will be some serious egg of Foles’ hero.