SD at PHI – 1st Half
Posted: September 15th, 2013 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 200 Comments »No Vinny Curry today. We’ll discuss that later. This is a game the Eagles should win. Hope Chip Kelly has the guys fired up and ready to go.
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Time to get Rowdy Boys!!! So Rowdy that Roddy Piper and Ronda Rousey would be proud!!! Time to blow the roof of this B****!!!! I’m weapon X types of all Jacked Up!!!
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Fly Eagle Fly!!
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time for the Cox and Kendricks show…Presented by Shady Aftermath productions,,,,
Herremans got completely manhandled on that sack.
Yes, and that drive stalled because the line did not do its job
I hate Nate Allen. I just Hate him!! No one ever try to talk to me against this fool again
GODDAMNIT Nate Allen
Feels like we’re about to get a spanking after a week of hype
it’s our way.
Relax…some adversity isn’t the worst thing in the world. long game, we will settle down and Chargers will show their true colors..YELLOW!!! Lol
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We already know their RB will break
the Brama Bull Barwin just earned his nickname boys!!!
I think we are going to get a chance to see all the weaknesses with this defense that a rust and sloppy washington did not exploit in the first half of last week.
PUNT that Chicken!!! Oh FG..my bad
That was a decent series by them. Not thrilled that Ryans didn’t finish that last tackle, but they didn’t get phased by the dumb penalty and big completion. They are living up to my hope of a middle of the league D, and that’s a beautiful improvement.
saving grace will be that SD has one of the worst olines in the NFL. If they can continually bring pressure on Rivers, all will be fine. It will be interested to see if they can get home without blitzing. That’s my major concern; having to bring pressure with an already suspect back end
Meco made that play on woodhead, had good position to force him back inside.
So after the game, we all need to have a long talk about Nate Allen.
Basically…
also Todd Herremans.
Can Vinny Curry play safety 🙂 We could wrap the two talks together.
Swear I was thinking the same exact thing
Lol when Shady me Weddle look stupid, you know you are on to something
You can see Chip’s big play philosophy. High percentage plays can always turn into big gains.
COME ON MAN!!! Wtf…that was my James Casey redzone TD prediction. Are you friggin kidding me!!! COME ON CASEY!!!!!
I wasn’t quite as convinced that it wasn’t a td on the replay, looked like he kept his wrist under the ball on the second roll even from the better angle, but it’s all good, we’re not exactly in a hole.
Agreed…a RB crosses the plane and it’s a TD…I’m not so Su it wasn’t a catch, but whatever….we will move up the field all day, eventually Chargrs Oline won’t allow them to keep up
thats a td
nevermind
Should have been an easy TD. Sloppy throw by Vick.
still frustrating that Casey couldn’t hold onto it. 2 drives and only a field goal? WTF CHIP IS A FRAUD SEND HIM BACK TO COLLEGE.
damn, wanted us to finish off that drive.
should have given the line a chAnce to be dominant and pound the rock 4 plays in a row
I wonder if Henery is thinking that this is some new sports science thing, kicking field goals twice each time.
Reps for everybody.
Red zone frustration. Be very curious to see where Vick ranks vs other QBs over the past 3+ years since he was the Eagles’ starter.
There goes all our safeties
Hopefully Chung Knocked Allen out of the game 🙂
good challenge I think
close enough where you kind of had to….doubt we will ever be starving for timeouts, so why not
Even if it isn’t overturned, you gain a lot for winning it, and it looks like it should be coming back. I like the call.
Of it wasnt a TD earlier, that isnt a catch
I think he didnt have full possession before knee hit ground
Alternatively, he only had one foot in bounds (right foot came up before the catch, and never went down in bounds)
Defense showing what a liability it is. Cary Williams missing that tackle early in the drive was killer.
But Barwin stepped up and blew up that Run
Yeah but at this point they’re in field goal range and have burned like 5 minutes on the drive, hard for our O to wear out their D from the sidelines.
unbelievable
No way that catch stands…wtf
Crappy call.
That catch barely stands in college
Loving our CB blitzes,,,and Fluker simply can’t handle the Brama Bull…set him loose!
problem is our safeties and cbs cant even cover for ½ sec
And Gates decided to show himself
Surprised Rivers could even get up after that shot. What a crappy start to this game, we need our D to get its ass in gear.
Keep touching Rivers like that and he will start to get skittish. Boykin made it count!!
This. We win this game by getting Rivers to lose it.
Re: Challenges
Didn’t like the decision. It’s still a 3rd and 3 with no challenge. Chargers in FG range either way.
Plus, it’s the first quarter.
Challenges and, more important, Time Outs are too valuable.
it would be 3 and 10 instead
right. but SD’s in FG range either way
And 3rd and 3 is no gimme
You better never talk to me about Nate Allen for ATleast a week 🙂
Do you know what a pick play is? If not, dont talk about Allen 😛
I’m with you. Bad challenge.
The coverage isn’t bad for missing a starting outside cb
Rivers hasn’t thrown an incompletion yet…
Has he thrown a bad pass yet? Even with pressure?
Nate Allen burned again.
Is it, hungry like a Wolff time yet?
Pretty sure he was in on a TFL the play after Allen got dinged.
It was a pick play by the Chargers, never gets called, but simply 1 WR blocks the safety by running his route into him
can we bench Allen please!
Defense is looking real sloppy so far. Nate has not had a good game.
Let’s not forget that league average defense would be a vast improvement for us over last year.
We’re unlikely to have that. This is a bad defense. Let’s hope it’s not horrible.
ahh goddamnit vick, leading jackson out of bounds. That was a TD.
Wow, wasted TD opportunity there
Lot of points left on the field here
Tough play there for DeSean, but u think he could have shown a bit more field awareness and tried to get his feet down better on that ball.
It was a bad throw – should have been thrown to the inside rather than fading toward the sideline. No wide receiver makes that catch where that ball was thrown.
Absolutely it was a bad throw, but I would have liked to see an attempt from DeSean to get his feet down. Didn’t seem like he knew where his feet were relative to the boundary on that throw. But you are right, the throw was definitely the bigger issue on that play.
Yeah, not happening. The throw was far enough downfield that Desean couldn’t do the ballerina move to keep his feet in bounds. He had to keep running to catch up to it. And it was probably too far out of bounds too.
damnit vick…
That was almost epically bad.
he just got Bryce murdered
Typical Bad Vick.
what the fuck Vick, missed sure TD and then fumbles backwards. WHAT THE FUCK.
at least special teams are still awesome. Something to hang our hats on since the D is getting murdered and the O is sputtering.
the Eagles will lose this. Typical trap game…
This is a new day Brah…
Yup. We’re playing like we’re in the bottom third, rather than the bottom five.
What do you mean, “trap game”? A trap team is a good team falling victim to an inferior opponent because they get caught looking ahead. I don’t think the Eagles are better than the Chargers by a significant margin, if at all.
Agreed. In German’s defense, this game does fall between two other, more attention getting games, the other quality of a typical trap game.
Yeah… I think his estimation of the Eagles’ prospects for this season is too optimistic though.
Everyone was expecting us to blow out the Chargers. That’s a trap game my friend.
Everyone? It’s only a 7.5 point spread for a home game. That hardly indicates realistic people are expecting a blowout. Personally I thought that spread was way too high.
Eagles will cover this spread! 🙂
I think if we win this game it’s gonna be a 38-34 type deal. Phil Rivers looks like Peyton Manning against us.
That’s a rational argument…I’m not interested in Rational arguments during game time lol…Blow the doors off this B**** until proven otherwise lol
clearly the problem with this fast pace offense is going to be when the defense can’t get off the field…today looks to be a good test case
This has nothing to do with tempo, it has everything to do with penalties and a fumble.
didn’t say tempo was the issue, but what it DOES do is give no time for our tired defense to rest. See the problem???
if you go 3 and out or similar, does tempo really matter?
haven’t gone 3 n out consistently. They gained over 100 yards in the first quarter. that’s actually alot.
70 out of the 110 yards came on 1 McCoy catch
and they had 3 possessions to gain the other 30 yards. That means they went at most 1 3 n out in the first quarter…
did you miss the words “or similar” going 6 and out does not really rest the defense either.
6 n out over the course of the game is a vast improvement over 3 n out, but not at this tempo of course
it’s not the pace. It’s the failure to execute plays. If the O goes three and out, or otherwise doesn’t sustain a drive, the D won’t get to rest regardless of pace.
guys, the difference in going 3 n out at this pace and a “normal” pace on one or two drives doesn’t matter, but over the course of the game it will. wait until the 4th quarter
This defense is horrendous.
We knew that
Indeed… we are being painfully reminded however. Barwin is the one guy who looks like he’s worth a damn today.
To win this team is going to have to score early and often and make their opponents one-dimensional. Lots of pressure on Vick and co.
The missed opportunities are hte most frustrating part.
lets see if vick can get his shit together. Bad throw to Casey in the endzone, misses wide open TD to desean, unforced fumble backwards. Get it together Vick.
When has Vick ever gotten his shit together, with the exception of that one six game stretch in 2010? He’s always been the guy you see today – breathtaking talent level, frequent dazzling plays, but also lots of missed opportunities and boneheaded mistakes. What you see is what you get.
Was that another fumble by DJ2?
Seems he fumbled and recoved it
I know. Just wasn’t sure if he was down before the ball came out or not.
Kendricks looks very sloppy today, along with many other defensive players.
That’ll do pig… that’ll do.
Cooper is a beast…Don’t care what anyone says
How about an unnecessary roughness penalty on that play? Jackson was three yards out of bounds when that guy threw him to the ground.
And there is good vick. Can we keep him and get rid of the other guy?
so frustrating.
He ran out of bounds lol…it’s a start
baby steps I know.
Seriously, and he has nothing but his future ahead of him. Imagine how great he’ll be when he gets into his thirties.
Nope. It’s a package deal.
God this is going to be such a frustrating year. This offense is beautiful when it’s executed well. Those stupid mistakes are going to hurt so much more when you can’t put it on vick being asked to drop back 400 times a game.
We’re going to have to get used to watching a high variance offense. As we’ve just seen Vick can go from being the worst quarterback in the league to the best and back again from series to series, and except for Avant his receiving corps is just as mercurial as he is. It’s going to be a roller coaster ride all season long.
Amazing how much better you feel after scoring a TD.
Looks like Nate was benched
And I’ve already seen Earl actually participating on a few.
RE: Eagles TD
Now ALL the pressure is on SD to hold the ball. Eagles D needs to get a quick punt.
Thorton and Cox need to wake the hell up
Rivers seems to be in a zone today
boykin awesome coverage again
Kendricks cant do that
Meco is all over the place tho
Dunlap….there he is!!!
I was gonna say… good to see you old buddy.
Really considering turning off the sound with these commentors.
Gumbel is alright, but Dierdorf is awful. It’s really hard to duplicate his unique blend of uninformative, condescending, and obliviously unfunny.
Please tell me we’re finally getting real safeties next year. I’ve been waiting since 2008.
Do we really have a choice? Lol
That’s how an Eagles defense needs to play. angry F’in Birds….Boykin with a samurai chop!!!!!!
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look at the Oregon defense
BOYKINSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SD today is like watching the 1990 Giants against the Bills in the SB
Wow! Great play by Boykin!
That was alot of feelings in one second.
lol yes, from disgust to dismay to hope to elation in about 5 seconds.
McCoy. He’s just unfair sometimes.
made 3 people miss on a 3 yard run.
Boykin needs to start. Mccoy is fun to watch.
Forget just a Red Zone stop. A friggin’ takeaway. I love it.
Boykin looks like our best defender through 6 quarters.
Do we have anybody there can cover Gates? If not, it is going to be a long day for the D
Like most of the rest of the league, no.
SD is using the game-plan the Eagles will see all season.
Run the ball. Milk the clock. Exploit the Eagles’ weak secondary.
Seems like it’ll be on the back of the Birds’ offense all year.
Yup. The Eagles’ offense will not be nearly as explosive when playing from behind either – too much of its success depends on a realistic threat of the run. To achieve its potential it will need a better quarterback and Maclin or another similarly dangerous #2 receiver.
We may have simply delayed that TD by a minute or 2.
on the bright side Green Bay is destroying Washington.
we need Andy to come u for us
Is the refs going to call holding today? Just saw the Eagles gunner get held by 2 Chargers
THey should totally call a rb pass here.
Come on sconces
He didn’t even do anything
Did I Not Promise you their RB would Break????
Only way we’re getting stops is turnovers… I’m ok with that.
Hey Offense. Here’s the ball again, would you please do something? Love, D.
Nice throw.
Ryan Mathews: the San Diego Bryce Brown.
But Brown has no fumbles this year.
I’m really questioning this comment, very trollish.
Correction Dan Dierdorf: Cole gets around the blatant hold by Dunlap and forces the fumble.
I can’t stand Dierdorf, on that phantom PI on Williams he says it must’ve happened before Rivers threw the football?!?! At most that should’ve been a 5 yd illegal contact
really? Dunlap has held on almost every play I’ve seen a close up on. When the hell are they going to start calling that?
relax…they are poised to fall apart? But you are rights,
I agree I just don’t want the Zebra’s helping out.
True that!!! Especially at home! They blew a phantom call on Cary and aren’t calling anything on the Chargers
AAGHHHH missed jackson again.
Got to make that throw!
my god, missed Desean open deep TWICE. makes you want to pull your hair out!
second one is forgivable due to pressure.
That one was tough – Freeney was bearing down on him and he wouldn’t have even gotten that ball off had he tried to set his feet and throw it properly. Not going to put that one on Vick.
forgive, dont forgive, the only thing that matters is he missed him, and we got 0 points out of what should have been a TD.
Lot of missed opportunities… Always the case with eagles.
Let’s not get too upset about missed opportunities. The Chargers should have probably put 30 on the board by now.
So true,,,also some missed opportunities should be expected early in the season with all this change….If It ally is a new era, those missed opportunities will diminish as the season goes on…If its a new a we will be mentally tough and battle through these missed opportunity filled games….I have a feeling that we are more mentally tough then the chargers and that it will manifest itself in the second half….ATleast I’m hoping
Amazing how good a job the Chargers’ O-line is doing at maintaining a pocket and ability for Rivers to step up to throw and how much push they are getting on run plays. Nobody on the Eagles’ line is holding their ground this half.
Only down 13-10 considering how the Chargers moved the ball that half? Take it.
you know the Eagles also had over 250 yards? Both teams moved the ball but played sloppy football
Re: Bryce Brown
Hey, T-LAW . . .
What do you make of Kelly substituting Brown on obvious 3rd down passing plays?
Chargers dominated . . . but kept Eagles in the game.
Eagles have 30 minutes to pull together on defense, so the offense gets more opportunities.
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D-Jax cannot be covered by the Chargers’ CB over there.
He should have 10-12 receptions today, at least.
This is one time I could see feeding him relentlessly.
Good stuff. See you at the Crossroads lol
The Eagles also missed several plays. Like two times with Jackson wide open
Atleast we are not the Ravens, 0 points against the Browns so far
New thread is up.
http://igglesblitz.com/2013/09/sd-13-phi-10-2nd-half/
Ouch
Anyone have any insight into why Matthews and Graham were in for Barwin and Cole?
That was “FEED” d-jax
Horrible sequence of calls there. No attempt at all to run it? I just don’t get it.