PHI 7 , NO 6 – 2nd Half
Posted: January 4th, 2014 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 762 Comments »Sloppy, but intense 1st half. Drew Brees threw 2 picks. The Eagles run game was stagnant. Both defenses are playing well.
The Eagles get the ball to start the 2nd half. Key thing is for Chip and Pat to figure out the run game. Maybe they’ll go more from shotgun.
Bill Davis needs to pat his guys on the back and say “More, please.”
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Let’s rock & roll…
Drew Brees at the half: 10 for 18 for 98 yards, 2 INTs, 31.5 passer rating. Nick Foles 13 for 18, also for 98, 1 TD, 0 INT, 103.5 rating.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
“You can’t stop the rain,,,”
But Foles wasn’t great either.
its 7-6. screw the ratings
darn 1st 10 of 15, screne then sack still bothers me.
They haven’t been training like us every day since April..they didn’t battle from the slums to get here…we are Hungrier, we are Grittier, we are nastier! we are better trained! better conditioned. Now let’s go GET SOME fuckin respect!!!
NO defense cant hold up, just a matter of time till shady goes off.
Yes sir…Shady “Moses” McCoy is about to part the motherfuckin Gold n Black Sea!!!
7 right out of half, eagles, heck, i need it!
Shot to that…
hope not the blue
Nooooo. Gotta earn that…black for now
And points please too. Let’s get some fucking points.
Saints outrushing Eagles 94-35
let ’em keep rushing.
If they’re stopping the run, you’d think the outs and deep passes would be available, yet we seem to be throwing only over the middle. The screens have all been disasters. Not sure why we aren’t seeing deeper passes.
yes. It seems like every play they are in the backfield, yet wouldn’t that open up something else.
eagles are like a great racehorse, we’re even, we’re leaving!
Chip will scheme better plays for Shady. Bet on it!!!
NO d wont hold up. guys getting hurt. no rush. it’s all there for taking.
Trent Cole has eight sacks in his last seven games and nine in his last nine.
0 in last 1.5
once the 2 minute warning stopped the clock and allowed substitutions etc., why can’t Kelly learn to go slower and leave less time for the other team?
I want to see more desean in the second half.
i’m thinking saints have set up defense to eliminate him. he’s awol
I feel like we are down about 0-24. That was exhausting.
45-9 gotta give them 3
We played so-so and we’re leading. TD has to let these guys know they can win this game, if they had any doubts.
How do they know the weather has been no problem? Brees has 2 interceptions.
It does seem like NO is staying deep. Nick has to be smart and accurate.
No runs, of course.
thats not intentional grounding for dallas….
Or the saints
Oh fuck off refs.
Come on
great halftime adjustments
What a great opening series.
That is plain awful
How much money do the refs have down on this game?
ugh. c’mon Foles. gotta throw the ball!!!!!
Again McCoy wide open.
Bad bad start for the Eagles O
Run the ball chip
This–don’t be passing the ball on 2nd and 4 in your own territory. Starting ot have a bad feeling about this.
Come on lane
lane johnson got beat bad
UnAcceptably bad
Well, that was awful.
At the game right now, absurdly slow concessions is my only comment so far.
youre at the stadium? bring us luck from the Linc!
Put the phone down and make some fuckin Noise!!! Joking
DEFENSE! DEFENSE! DEFENSE…time to make a play boys
Not sure what happened to our screen game. It used to be so effective.
Other D coordinators noticed.
Davis isn’t blitzing as much as I thought he would but the Saints are doing a very good job of protecting when he does.
Boykin needs to make a play
Sigh
Run defense has been awful so far.
bah! LETS GO DEFENSE!
DEFENSE!!!!!
3rd week in a row where the DL isn’t doing anything.
I wish Kelly would run the football.
Holy shit, we might get a holding call in our favor.
’bout time
Wow, a holding call. Haven’t seen that in a while.
Saints came out running, we came out passing . Sigh
Time to make them pay!
Foles is taking too many sacks today.
Let’s go….
Great job D
Noooooooooo
Bummer
love the adjustments
goddammit
F’ing F.
Was only a matter of time. Foles must play better.
The OL too. They haven’t done much in the run game and Saints are generating a bunch of pressure on the ends.
Meco was guarding nobody
same with Cary, but i think they were in zone and no one was in his zone
Possible, but there was nobody for Meco to pass his guy off to since Graham (I think?) had already crossed the middle.
Kendricks might not have gotten deep enough in his zone. Awfully big hole there for the receiver to settle in to.
Boykin blitzed and Brees found the vacated spot
one of the CBs got confused…
Big time for the offense to make a response. Can’t hold Brees forever.
One more 3-and-out and the boo birds might start to come out.
And they should. Especially if it’s all pass plays.
ok offense. GET SOME POINTS
Defense has been thriving on mistakes by the Saints (two badly thrown balls by Brees). They need to step it up and slow this offense down.
working with a short field
My point has been about the game as a whole. They have racked up yards on us and we forced two turnovers after long drives that has kept the game close but we need to force a few short drives for the Saints and slow their offense down.
yep. we give the saints a short field, its less likely that our defense will force a turnover
Need to figure out how to beat 3 rushing, 8 in coverage…also need to run the ball successfully.
sounds like we need some delayed handoffs or some 2 RB sets, maybe
It’s certainly possible the cold has affected us more than them.
Young team. Most of these guys may have never played in this type of cold.
O better respond here
Alright O. There’s a reason you were #2 in the league. Now show me why that was.
Are they playing press man and stacking the box on us? Feels like Dallas.
They’re playing lots of coverage with a stacked box on first down. Not really trying to generate much of a pass rush. Blitzed once or twice only, I think.
eagles playing a real team tonight, not raiders bears skins giants
or Lions, Cardinals.
down vote because its the truth that’ll change things
3rd time in 4 weeks where the Eagles are losing the battles in the trenches on both sides of the ball.
i’m so happy to see brad smith just head upfield and get the ball past the 20 every time. not like last year when we were lucky to start from the 20…
commercial: why is the beer kept in the basement? no fridge in the kitchen?
Why can’t we ever return a kick past the 25 yard line?
Boykin too valuable right now. Gotta live with Smith until the draft.
Damaris Johnson has been a real disappointment, not a good WR and not a good returner.
Is Reno Mahe available?
Good one!
Everyone needs to gi to their basement, listen to Sarah McGlocklin, and eat a Quino right now
Do not 3 and out
2 runs in a row!
big 3rd down play here
hey andy reid showed up
He’s got time on his hands now!
Eagles are running an awful lot to the left side tonight.
Two All-Pros. Best left side in the NFL.
Haven’t shown it tonight. Stretch play has generated little to nothing and McCoy hasn’t had a clean corner yet around Peters.
timeout, eh? well you better get the first down, now.
great let’s go 3 and out and burn a timeout too
Oh my god are you kidding me
I can’t believe it.
You bozo.
Are you serious Cooper!
The worst drop in the world.
no more coop chants for you. boos only.
Unbelievable.
self inflicted wounds
Cooper just cost us about 40 yards. We are doing a lot of things to lose this game.
thats what it comes down to, folks. execution.
Just giving the game away.
With the 22nd pick in the 2014 NFL draft the Philadelphia eagles select…
I don’t get it.
Execute the play not your team!
you come from a glass is half full kind of place. We….don’t.
Game changing drop by Cooper there.
I can’t believe we have two critical passes dropped. Ugh!
Gonna be talking about that play for the next 8 months
Cooper with a Maclin impression…
The safety slipped and there was nothing but green for a mile. Ugh. Would love to have that one back.
Maybe we’re just not ready for this.
Not over yet, but another TD makes this pretty tough.
yea, we really need the defense to step it up on this drive. need a turnover or a quick punt.
that was a td if he catches that
Probably not.
Yeah, they had guys back
1 LB in the middle of the field and one CB with a WR to block him
They had a safety, and a CB near Desean.
ahh ok. i didn’t see the S deep to that side.
we are not winning the day
not yet
yeah this feels a lot like that playoff game with the packers, the one we didn’t win
Finally. Logan held the point of attack. Saints OL has been pushing the Eagles DL off the ball on almost every run play so far.
DEFENSE!! DEFENSE!! Let’s go boys
Saints’ execution has really been lacking here.
Defense,,,let’s do THIS!!!
Now
Need a play out one of the DL here.
Trent Cole got tackled.
Shoulda been a personel foul..nvmd
they finally called a hold!!!
That hold probably saved a strip sack.
shit, sconces is down.
not for long
oh phew. he’s walking off
anybody see what happened to him?
Rub some dirt in it sconces.
i imagine that wouldn’t taste so good
Let’s go CARY!! Mr. December/January/
O boy Roc is coming in.
15 cameras no replay on the injury
Asking too much from the D
ye sand no. Offense needs to do more. But you get teams in 3rd and 10, you need to convert.
of course, he went after carmichael. though i’m not sure sconces would have fared any better there
Come on roc???you still owe us from earlier
Against Rock Carmichael. Ugh. Again no f@cking pressure to speak of and Cox got pancaked.
Damn it Roc
The D is overmatched tonight.
And the O…
jesus christ!
getting no pressure
Of course wide open receiver.
No pressure and its slipping away
Fuckin hit Briggs NOW
now we are in trouble…
Starting to feel like the game is over.
Ingram is running over us
Holy shit, tackle him!
Run defense absolutely did not show up today.
Our lines are getting owned. I don’t think it’s gonna happen tonight
great effort chung, way to match the intensity
Turn OVER TIME!!!! Let’s go boys.lopportunity is still knicking
Maybe Sean Payton was pointing out his own player holding?
THis feels like 2006 again. They’re just running us over.
at least our offense showed up in 06
Every play the Saints run tonight outside of the tackles is gaining yardage and the Eagles have done nothing when they have tried it.
This one’s over. They’ve figured us out.
A great season, though. Let’s keep building on this.
Yous are nuts, WE FIGHT!!!
I agree, but they are the better team. No shame in admitting that.
We forced them to run the ball, and they did it well.
going for the ball instead of tackling. not sure i disagree…..
Try to punch the ball out when you’re gang tackling..come on.
They are,.that’s why they are giving up extra yards
This feels like an Andy Reid loss. We go into the game saying, wow this team is really weak against the run. And it just doesn’t matter.
eagles have run, what 6 plays?
Self destructing
Over.
Ball game.
Meltdown incoming
well shit.
ok offense…now or never
Have we made a single stop on a run play all game?
out classed out played out coached out everything
Hey at least the Flyers just took the lead.
Bad time to play our worst game of the year
thats a very objective comment, mr. galt
You forgot Dallas 1 already? Good plan.
I cannot believe we are making Ingram look like a real running back
Wow… Cooper’s drop was even worse than I thought.
Okay, now we’re going to see what Foles is made of. See if he can emulate Andrew Luck’s performance.
The Colts were only down so much because of Luck’s interception frenzy.
can someone explain the pistol formation to me? that looked like a regular shotgun snap…
It’s not as far back and the running back lines up behind the QB rather than flanking him.
ahh thanks. i thought the pistol involved 2 RBs for some reason.
So, like a shotgun but shorter and more accurate?
hah my thoughts exactly.
so foles, you want to be a franchise qb, well lets see it
hey it’s 3:54 left in the 3rd. Chill out everyone. There will be months to discuss the loss if/when we lose.
People are nuts,,we ain’t rolling over…and all it takes is one play to turn momentum at home…Lets FUCKING GO!!
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
what he said, don’t go down without swinging
Foles, Shady, Desean….who is going to step up
How the fuck do we only have 7 points!?!?
Drops and sacks.
Don’t forget a missed FG!
i blame one of the sacks for most of the reason that FG missed haha
Give Payton a lot of credit. He saw this OL was blowing the Eagles off the point of attack almost every play and just stuffed it down their throat that drive.
No, because I hate that guy.
Never surrender, never give up. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
One play changes flow
Ran into a better team. We are good at giving southern teams that never win in the cold a nice victory. time to step up team!
Jesus everyone. If we aren’t playing with a lead then we already lost?
If we look clueless on offense and defense we’ve lost.
3 and outing so far in the second half makes it hard to score points
3 and outing so far in the second half makes it hard to score points
Really disappointed at how this DL has finished the season. This is 3rd game out of the last 4 where they have been beaten/embarrassed.
hey there we go, got out past the 25
Why do we always lose to cheaters?
Enjoy watching them at Seattle next week.
LETS GO BIRDS! WE’RE STILL IN THIS GAME!
We’re done. Some of the team lacks talent, some of the team lacks experience and pretty much the whole team lacks intensity. We didn’t show up today, can’t do that in the playoffs. Just show me some intensity and some good football. Make me believe we can come back. Lets be in this until our last drive.
It was a good year, i was expecting 6 wins and struggles with only a few bright spots. Instead we got 10 wins and generally decent play with some struggles. Not bad for a young team with a new HC who had to retool the defense and make up for some bad draft classes.
no, positive mental attitude, we’re not even in the 4th quarter yet
The team has to show me something then. In this game we have been terrible on offense, mediocre on ST and up and down on defense, mostly saved by some stupid Brees interceptions, the Saints have 3 times the yards we do.
As I’m writing, LIKE THAT DESEAN. Make me believe! Go up and get that ball, show me you want it.
Alright I have to come in and inject some good vibes, all my other superstitions are failing, so I’m here to win this game.
when the usual superstitions aren’t working, its time to try anything else!
LETS GO!!! Thanks for your contribution to the “‘ju ju”
Downfield to Desean, don’t care what the coverage is, do it!
Good god. One good drive makes this a one possesion game. I’m tired of philly fans booing as soon as something goes slightly wrong. What if the players gave up in the 3rd because they were down by 13? Be a fan and root for your team.
I hear you man…we are still fighting…our fans suck
Reggie Bush made that tackle???
i can’t get enough of the 1 yard passes to avant
thats what happens when you hit with your helmet
wheres the targeting call
NOW GO DEEP.
Right at the last second there, he leaned in there, tried to spear him.
we should ask for a flag, and get it.
well they aren’t talking about it so its not going to happen
Saints will let Avant catch the ball all day short. He’ll never make a guy miss at this point and he has zero speed. Eagles really need to upgrade their slot receiver next year.
need something form DJax
Here we go guys!
so collinsworth has admitted that he lead with his helmet. how is that not a penalty? as he’s saying, the league is trying to force guys to not do that exact thing, right?
Come on Djax.
Why didn’t Foles snap the ball there and go for the free play? He hasn’t played decisively at all tonight.
Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!
djax baby!
Let’s go…we fuckin fight
wait, is that djax’s music?!!!!
What I say, Downfield to Desean!
how is that not also PI?
hah you read my mind. it was pretty blatant to me…
Because refs.
that guy was all over djax… wow….
That will fucking work!!!! Let’s go Eagles!!!!
Ugh, let’s run maybe?
POUND IT IN
cut back, shady!
McCoy is really having to make something out of nothing on that stretch play otnihg.
ugh
go for it
we really suck at short yardage runs
i think we have to go for it
We ain’t done fighting!!!
bring in BB
Johnson and Herremans simply didn’t get it done there.
Herremans stood there watching!
lol Casey practically tackled a guy there
Foles should have pulled that
back in it
MCCOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Td
needed that
Part of the way back!
Exhaling..
I did it guys! Now let’s do the defense!
OK D, get a stop!
LETS GO D
Yahtzeeeeeeee!
Good fight.
I’m gonna cry! So emotional for that one.
OK, offense did their job. now we need the defense to do theirs as well.
need the defense to step up again
Great block by Casey.
Wake up defense! Stuff this scum! Mullet motherf*cking dirtbag!
Literally lol!
We’re from Philly….we fight!!!
Crackback Casey again!
I thought the game was over based on the comments 5 minutes ago.
D needs to step up for 15 minutes and for the love of god don’t let Henery kick anymore.
So you’re telling me there’s a chance??!!! (c) Lloyd Christmas. Ok, now lets get a stop defense!
WE ain’t done fighting you sissy fans
There’s never not a chance with a 13 point deficit and well over a quarter left. Remember how we rolled Detroit!
henery with a touchback!!
nice kick that time. didn’t get it out of the endzone like i want every time, but it was just deep enough!
DL need to sack up this drive and help to get a stop.
NO doesnt score another fuckin point!!
Destroy them!!
Love the enthusiasm! Hope it’s true! This 3rd and 10 is HUGE!
Another big turnover! Let’s go!!!
LETS GO DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hold against the Saints
hold
Oh Lawdy! They calling penalties now? Finally!
NO ain’t Dallas
2 games with no penalties practically!
3rd and long YOU CAN STOP THEM DEFENSE!
big play needed
The tides. They be a shiftin’
*pirate voice
FOURTH QUARTER, BABY!!!
Play of the game coming up
The rate at which Brees cycles through his progressions vs Foles tonight has been staggering. Brees is already on his 3rd/4th read by the time you get to 3-4 seconds.
I think that’s something Foles can get better at. After all Foles is only in his 2nd year.
Brees you will get NOTHING and Like it…get us the ball back and shady is hitting a home run out the park
Remember we had a tight playoff type game last week, they cruised at home. We can do it!
Yep.
NBC plays the WORST FREAKING SONGS to represent Philly given all of the choices.
Curry!
Beautiful wrap up tackle! WE needed a great tackle!
CURRY BABY, SPICEY!
CURRY HUGE!!! Big time play kid
Alright DL. Sacked up big time for that drive.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
big return!!!! djax came to play! get him the ball!!!
Let’s go
Anyone else shouting on that return?
me!
Anyone not shouting on that return? If so… GTFO
Just frightened some Niners fans!
Ya, you get conservative Payton
DJAXXXXX
Go deep here.
Have DeSean gotten a return TD this year? I could live with one soon. I can even be a walk of game winner, I won’t mind.
he has not
When will Desean break one?
“.
Let’s go FIGHT BIRD GANG FIGHT!
“.
Coop there it is
coop trying to redeem himself. i’m still hesitant to start the coop chant.
He had his drop of the year!!!! We’re moving!!!
Dear Heart,
Get me through this game and I promise I’ll give you almost the entire week off…
Love,
Baloophi
Flag
isn’t that a penalty on that tackle? we goit called for it earlier in the season
Yea pick on that bum Coop
Not a bad idea but good coverage
Ahhhhh let’s go…time for the RAIN!!!
how on earth is he not being treated for a concussion? HOW
Big play!!!
I’ve been really impressed how the Saints have defended that stretch zone play tonight to the left. As good as anybody they have faced this year arguably.
go for it Chip
why does Foles throw for 4 when it’s 3rd and 6??!?!?!?
‘cos they grabbed Cooper and spun him around.
try to draw them offsides here?
Need those timeouts… and I don’t want to move Henery back at all. Oh. Never mind.
nah i agree with you. save the timeouts.
are you seeing the game before me?
If so, it feels more like a curse than a special ability.
Kick a fg
Good call.
how do u run a 4 yard route
Crap, better get this.
disappointing
O man 5 yards is like 15 for Henery though
they’re mugging our receivers….not getting calls
Both teams are really clutching and grabbing too though.
Missed FG looking pretty bad now.
right down the middle. i like it. the earlier missed FG really looming now.
Damn, you just know that missed FG is gonna bite us in the ass.
As Andy would say, do the math, it should be tied. Something like that.
Like the commentators sez, Brees has to go for TD here, so we probably will see less conservative playcalling…
why does Brees need to do that?
just a FG is still a one score game
Saints D is on their heels. If the Saints go 3 and out, you could see the Eagles drive it straight down the field.
Pass defense no longer remotely competent.
The Eagles been playing it deep. It seems to me anyways.
Need a stop guys!!
Who’s got a Quino on them???
DL had another big series in them?
LETS GO DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!
Man, I forgot about the intensity of playoff football.
Every play is just so magnified.
C’MON HENERY! that was a shitty kickoff
Am curious how Saints respond here, I think Payton relies heavy on Ingram
Grab a hold and tackle! Give them an extra 2, just stop them!
the doctors making the concussion reviews during the game shouldn’t be team doctors. Problem solved.
lol i also don’t see why it should be this difficult.
defense,.i loved you from day 1…now they don’t get another point….take the ball back NOW!
Ingram still averaging over 6 yds/carry. C’mon.
D will win the day.
Barf
oh well
Ugh…chung…
FUCKING PATRICK CHUNG
CCCHHHUUNNNNNGGGGGGGG!
why is Wolff not out there?? Chung sucks
i really don’t know. Wolff is active today.
FG stop
oh we forgot Chung was on our team. Has Wolff not played?
Gotta hold em here. Nothing more than a field goal!
nice play for Logan
No chance Chung is here next year. Has been a liability all season.
Nope… just a liability.
Haha, thanks.
Reliably so.
Byrd will be back there.
I’m sure he is watching this game, seeing he can take this defense to the next level
Chung again.
Hold to 3!!!!!
Chung is awful
For the love of god, please wrap up the RB!
Come ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chung with a missed tackle that was huge. Good he is f@cking worthless.
nice missed tackle by chung
Damn Chung
if we’re going to put Chung on the field, he shouldn’t be doing anything other than run blitzing.
Tackling dummy more appropriate.
Shoulda kept Trash Can.
Kendricks has missed on some big plays. He’s got get one now
If you’re reading lips, he said “screen”
WOWWWWW!!!
That fuckin eagles defense holds again
Watch the fake…
Chung?!
i actually think that covering a RB is something that he can handle. so long as he doesn’t have to go downfield lol
He’s a band-aid. We have to temper expectations. We’re 10-6 with bad safeties.
I haven’t seen Wolff at all
Cue up the 8 minute drive.
Queue up?
Whatever… just make it happen.
Queue seems to make more sense. as in “line up / get in line”
Could be Cue as in stage cue.
I think it’s just “Cue the 8 minute drive”
(without the word “up”)
that could be it. but i don’t care if we get a TD here : )
thats true! i’m too used to ‘queue’ in my life so of course i’m going to pickt hat one : P
Nah. Why would the Eagles wait nearly that long to score a TD? Not Kelly.
Damn, it sucks to see so many good FG kickers out there.
FOles? Shady? Who the fuck wants to be a LEGEND step the fuck up!
OK: Who wouldn’t have taken THIS at the start of the season!!!
At least it isn’t a blowout.
Geez, not gong to sleep for a long time tonight, no matter the outcome. Good sleep or anxious do things over and over in my head sleep. I’ll be seeing Cooper running over the middle all night.
That play to Avant ….could be big
We got this guys, this separates the great from the mediocre or average.
Yes sir!! No fear! No doubts!! Season does not end tonight! NOT TODAY!! Who wants to be a legend?
Hope Brad Smith didn’t hurt his throwing arm on that return.
Good test for Foles coming up
Go home Patrik Chung….
ok Nick…time to write your playoff legacy
It would be so nice to have a KR who is actually a legit weapon. Haven’t had one since Brian Mitchell.
I dunno, some of them have done a lot of damage. To us.
I was thinking that too. I expected more out of this guy.
And J.R. “I can jump that fence!” Reed.
We wouldn’t be in the safety problems we’re in if it wasn’t for JR Reed and his pesky dog/fence problem.
I am a nervous wreck…
Td quick here
Greatness begins.
Is there such a thing as a clutch RB? Good time to find out!! Ertz owes FOles one!!
Does NBC always show THIS many commercials?
I hope we run a few times.
My dogs are waiting to be walked, I told them to do what I’m going to do if you have to go, shit on the living room floor.
can’t you pause the DVR?
If we get to overtime, might i suggest an air freshener?
Cooper owes us one here
Ertz too…one Has to pay up
damn. that LB broke through two OL to make the tackle…
Running game!!
Two! Ah ah ah! Two runs!
Come on Djax. PLAYOFFS. More effort.
Nice Desean,,,turned on the jets
Nice first down.
Wow Jackson!
Coop there it is
Very generous spot on Jackson’s play.
Hush lol
Run!!!
or throw deep and get a PI!!
LEGEND
good play. guy held djax’s hands
WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Yes!
Kaboom!
KA……BOOM!!!
Someone chain Brad Smith to the bench…
I will tonya Harding that fucker if it comes to it
Ha!
wowwwwwwwwww what was that?! lol
The old Andy Reid flip play…
That was ugly.
can we take 5:28 to score a TD?
Who gives a shit about the clock at this point. Just score the TD
TOUCHDOWWN!!!!
touchdown!!!!!!
ERTZ!
Saints = cooked
Geagle – Ertz!!!
Ertz sure can hurt,..GET SOME!!!! No FEAR!!’
ERTZ just PAID UP!!! Good man always pays his debts!!!!
Ertz!
Nice concentration from Ertz
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGG Run clock collingshit? The Saints have a lifetime you dolt!
That was a beautiful play.
Fuck yea!
LETS GO BOY KING. SEAL THE DEAL 2 WEEKS IN A ROW.
Nicely done Mr. Fole$.
DONT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT!!!!
ATTABOY NICK!!
Couple of leg presses before you kickoff, Henery…
Get a few swings in with a weighted leg before kicking off
hahah ankle weights! we should mail henery a pack of them.
I’m thinking more concrete boots once the season is over.
Put a few weighted donuts on your leg… break out the leg-fungo… whatever it takes…
now the defense needs to do their jobs!
We’re learning a lot about Foles tonight.
Showed such smarts on that play to Jackson.
Very poised play there. Didn’t panic or rush to make the throw he wanted. I do wish he completed the ball since Jackson was open, but it was a very good play.
Hope it’s 4th qtr Foles
24-22 last week, 24-23 this week! Not fair, I need oxygen!
Fucking yes, i don’t believe it. How did we get resurrected like that? The team looked like they wanted to go golfing. Come on Defense!
Corey White.
We weren’t out of it…we never stopped fighting
The problem was we didn’t start. Came out to the 3rd quarter with absolutely no heart. That DeSean jump ball for his first catch set us off.
Foles baby
Like a boss
Never giveup never surrender. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
Now the game has to be finished with a Orton-style INT…
Great job that drive of going right at there weaknesses and exploiting them.
Turnover, let’s conjure up the ghosts of dallas qb past!
Long odds: Chung redeems himself.
hahahaha that’s your best one yet.
Gotta say, these coaches know how to make adjustments.Good to know.
History says we’re gonna lose on a FG, but I love being in the action again. Two years away is too much.
ugh…horsecollar.
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SHIT!
ugh
He was draped on Sproles like a … sconce?
Henery’s pathetic kickoffs are killing them.
that didnt take long
well we’ll going to have to score again.
c’mon D#. Shit in Brees’ face
Here we go!!!
going to be last team with ball
LETS GO DEFENSE!!!!
BG!!!!!
Am I watching the Fog Bowl again? What’s happening?
Foles making it rain.
smoke from fireworks, i’d assume
sigh
Nice job Logan. Got evierscated that play.
The “hold him up to force the fumble” strategy is not paying dividends…
We need the ball back probably!
Why in the fuck do the undrafted, no name, back on the street in a few months players always make us look stupid?
drain the clock now and kick fg to win it
are you on the wrong board? door is to your left.
i think he’s just been heavy on the sarcasm all night
Lame all night
not disagreeing with you!
at least the missed fg wont come back to haunt us
incoming loss
Hint: Brees sneak.
for 6 yards if history serves
my god I was right
unfortunately 🙁
What a tackle! We need this!
Run it right down the Eagles throat with Ingram here to the left.
DEFENSE!!! DEFENSE! DEFENSE!!! Shut this shit Down boys,,,,opportunity for greatness…take it
Don’t jump!
Are we being invaded by bandwagon trolls?
Just silly trash
fuck………
Oh well
We haven’t stopped that all night.
i dont know how we didn’t see that play coming!!! ugh
Damn. Game over.
when do we let them just score a TD?
Fuck you Alex Henerey.
We need juju dolls, STAT!
Good season..
Someone get Herm Edwards on the field…
let them score
they aren’t that dumb
Saints wouldn’t score with us only having 1 timeout
Their not even gonna try. Its done
Aside from Donnie jones, the special teams must get better next season.
Punt coverage has been mostly ok, so kicking more touchbacks would help a lot with kickoff coverage.
Henery was the goat of the night tonight.
Yep. Has been disappointing unit, especially considering the emphasis put on it.
Couldnt kick out of the endzone. then cary horse collars. bad, just bad.
Feels like Cardinals in 2008.
Saints OL just has been the better unit tonight and really shoved the Eagles around. Let the Saints just score a TD and play for the last possession.
We need a tiny miracle, somebody WILL step up! Just mark it here guys!
Let’s go….
you can’t be up one and kickoff and give the team the 50. You just can’t.
Correct.
whats it like to have a fullback?
i thought that was one of the ways we’d use James Casey…..
Get Geathers on FG block…
They should have just let him score there.
It’s over
I feel sick.
Wow…just wow
Maybe they’ll be too close to the uprights to kick it?
Can Romo be their holder? Just for one play?
done, good season.
Do your prayers now and hope Graham shanks it.
When they show collinsworth and Michaels in the booth, I’ll be shocked if they aren’t in Saints gear.
qb sneak, anyone?
the run defense? tired? or just out-manned?
i think it was more the defensive scheme. i’ll defer to some of the writers here, but my guess is that we sold out to stop the pass and let them beat us on the ground
QB sneak again?
Run defense laid an egg. The line is young and will have another chance, but tonight they failed.
saints use a fullback on QBsneaks
Run defense has played poorly all night, even as we mounted our comeback. Not surprising that we struggled to stop them here.
Kelly hasn’t been outcoached tonight and it wasn’t like Davis was outschemed either.
This DL just got owned tonight up front.
Oh, c’mon
Special teams breakdown and couldn’t stop the run when it mattered. Damn shame
just think how we would have done if we could have stopped any ONE of those qb sneaks?!
couldnt stop run all night
we scored 7 in the first half. We missed a FG, Foles took bad sacks that gave them great field position. The offense does not have no blame here.
good point. it can go all around.
Payton just went with what worked tonight and that was the Saints OL.
Logan sucked and Cox has done nothing.
i thought logan actually had a couple of good moments. Cox has been completely invisible, though.
Here comes the miracle………
Logan…block that shit
Geathers!!! he’s overdue to do… anything!
Boykin off the edge
Can’t believe the DL got manhandled so easily with the game on the line. Big let down.
The 4th and inches make, followed by sack, sack missed FG is the killer.
I blame Henery for this loss.
if we cannot get a kicker that can kick out of the endzone he should go. I agree.
No good guys, no worries. Crossing the fingerssssssss 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Henery’s replacement
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it would be great if al michaels says “do you believe in miracles” and something crazy happens
well shit.
This game wasn’t on the offense. They put up 24 pts tonight and scored late in the 4th qtr to take the lead.
This DL just didn’t show up again tonight and really closed the season on a down note playing poorly 3 of the last 4 weeks. No pass rush this week and got destroyed in the running game tonight.
i’ll give the D some credit for getting the ball back a few times in the second half and forcing some FGs.
saying the offense is excused is no different than saying the defense is excused because they only gave up 6 in the first half and got turnovers. It all feeds into each other. And one happening later does not make it more important. The offense could have helped the defense a lot more.
Oh, yes it was. Defense held NO to 26 points, and held NO to just a few points in the half. They also got two turnovers! Defense is the one that gets most of the credit for the good game!
Defense came up short big time towards the end. Offense gave the defense a lead at crunch time and the didnt do so hot
Team Loss.
When it really matters, our DL and linebackers can only *almost* get where they need to be. This looied a lot like the Minn game; a lot of defenders around Brees, arms up, about to get the strip, there goes the ball for a sizeable gain. This offense has players you can rely on to come through. The defense itself does not. This needs to be addressed. If it helps to get Roc Charmichael and Chung off this team, I will pitch in for their plane tickets.
all right, well its been great, guys. thanks for the fun season.
Indeed.
Hear hear. Hell of a ride for the first season with a new coach, a new starting QB and a new defensive scheme.
really who cares. 10-7
So where are we drafting?
Clutch my a$$. That was a gimme.
Couldn’t stop the running game.
Great season guys. It’s only the first year of Chipster’s era.
Henery is gone.
At least Andy lost too.
I never want to see Henery in Eagle green ever again.
Don’t forget what took the ball out of Henery’s range, though.
Let’s get rid of Foles instead!
Why? He’s a good backup, spot starter.
Going to preempt the angry responses to this one by reminding everyone:
Don’t feed the troll.
I’m not the troll here, There’s a couple of Foles Eagles fans up there. I’m a Philadelphia Eagles fan.
Still, that is exactly what it is. Remember that little number the NBC commentators showed? 16-195 or something like that for road teams turning the ball over? Now it’s 17. And it could be argued that the only reason there needed to be a last minute field goal was because the best corner got hurt.
Talent is Talent is Talent. Alex Smith had four TDs. But he disappeared when his team needed him most. In the playoffs, what matters is the ability to make plays, in spite of it all. It’s not the whole game of football. But it’s the magical part. Plenty of those people on the sidelines probably do think they’d have done better with Vick. Not that it matters, since we don’t have the horses on defense for a real run.
When this weekend started, Mike Tanier, in his playoff preview, mentioned Trent Green as having run something similar, or have had similar numbers, but when the playoffs rolled around, he was 0-2. If you don’t believe me, I bet watching Andy Dalton make what should be a blowout into a close game might introduce more doubts.
While I don’t agree with you about several things, I have never considered you to be a troll.
I only depend on being honest. For my own sake, and not for anyone else. I benefit from being challenged, and I like to think that I’m actually contributing to something. I would say what I say, regardless of the approval or disapproval of anyone else, and yup, this is not the only forum I’ve rubbed people wrong with a strong voice. However, I usually make out alright, because I only *really* speak up when I’m very sure I’m right.
You’re OK with me. Although, you might be a little *too* sure you’re right. I see a lot more room for uncertainty.
And it has been pointed out to you numerous times that talent is not all what you think it is. By your standards for judging quarterbacking talent, Montana, Brady, and Warner are lacking (despite all being Super Bowl winners), while Joe Webb is a platonic ideal. That contention is so absurd that it does not require a response.
Foles is young. This was his first playoff game, and he played well enough to put them in position to win against what is top-to-bottom a more talented opponent. We’re going to need to see more of him before we can declare him good enough, but so far he’s given us no reason to doubt him.
Your probably smiling from ear to ear
yep. a lot of people have their hands in this loss:
Foles – took too many sacks in the first half on what should have been quick throwaways.
Cooper – big drop on third down (did the saints turn that into points?)
Defense – the DL got beat in the trenches. gotta be able to stop the QB sneak one out of the 5 times they tried it.
Special Teams – missed FG, poor distance on kickoffs, poor coverage.
True Foles did take a bad sack or two tonight, but dont forget who drove us down the field twice in the 4th quarter and gave us a lead with less than 5 minutes on the clock and a chance to win.
He’s not going to be in the league anymore so don’t worry.
I’d like to see Bill Davis fired too, but that might be asking too much.
his kick coverage was horrible. he should have made the tackle on sproles at the 4. yeah missed 48 yarder. BLAME KELLY. he kept him all year
Or Chung!
Chung? Now, Chung? He’s dead man walking.
Yeah. Henery is just okay. Chung is actively and regularly a liability.
Akers in 2010, no matter his daughter’s cancer, was a far more material reason for an Eagle’s playoff loss. I believe he *really* shanked an easy one as well as another.
come on, don’t give me that, a past his prime akers (granted makeable kicks) i think you’re forgetting us moving the ball at will in the waning seconds when vick pulled a vick with a very favreian bullshit underthrown ball to cooper that got intercepted
No matter his daughter’s cancer? Your on fire tonight, moving past clown right to complete asshole.
This happened in ’06, we couldn’t get them off the field. What a fuck fuck
Alex henry missed a fg and cannot kick the ball out of the endOne when it matters. He is responsible for 2 huge negative plays today
not saying cut the guy tomorrow but you saw it at the end of the season, you need to get touchbacks to nullify dangerous special teamers. and hell, you need to make a 48 yarder with as good a conditions you’ll get outside a dome this time of year. that may have been a long field goal 10-15 years ago, not anymore in 2014
If you had told me before the game we’d give the Saints 26 points, I would’ve taken it.
Thanks for the memories……
Disappointing loss, but let’s be honest: this team’s defense was going to get it knocked out of the playoffs sooner or later. It turned out to be sooner. Special teams let us down too (missed FG, big return on that last kickoff).
They’re one of the youngest teams in the league and they have some great pieces in place, especially on offense. They know what they need to work on on the other side of the ball. The future is bright, finally.
Agreed
We can be sad but not disappointed. They played their hearts out.
yeah, this was supposed to be a rebuilding year, they didn’t lay down and almost pulled it out, just didn’t get it done on special teams
why is Henery the goat? Kelly made the decision to keep him. Shayne Graham was out there.
Need to get Bigger on the defensive line,..square can’t be a backup NT, when we alteady have curry who is undersides…if we can’t get Shede Hagemen, then I want the lineman to be 335lbs plus…Nix, BJ Raji…need SIZE!!
Yup. Logan really got pushed around all night tonight and their DE had no contain all night.
I think a truly disruptive outside pass rusher, a playmaking safety, and additional cornerback help are bigger needs on defense… the earlier wild card game turned around with that Mathis strip sack, and we don’t have a guy who consistently makes plays like that. I love me some Trent Cole, but he’s a high-effort guy who gets his sacks by fighting through blocks when the coverage is good, not a guy who beats offensive linemen with natural ability. As for Connor Barwin, he’s an excellent all-around OLB, but not a fearful pass rusher either. A guy like Vic Beasley is what the team should be looking at.
We don’t play Dime, and Cary,Brad and Boykin are your starters the next 3 years..
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Beasly is 6’2 235lbs…doubt we draft him..Chip wants them 6’6 260:
Jeffcoat
Kony Ealy
Trent Murphy
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We are a contender so we can’t draft a safety, because we can’t play with a rookie and sophomore Wolff..so we have to sign a veteran safety..
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Add a big di linemen instead of a CB
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Two WRs
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Guard depth
Beasley can put on weight with NFL training methods. Von Miller was pretty much the same size when he came out. I look for proven playmaking ability first and foremost. Jeffcoat would be okay, but I’m not sure about his ability in coverage. Ealy from what I know is all natural ability. little production. Scared of guys like that.
As for the CBs, I don’t think a Williams/Fletcher/Boykin trio is good enough. BB is excellent, but the other two are just average starters with above average toughness. Definitely can be upgraded.
And I’d be careful with the “we’re a contender, we need to fill needs” talk. That kind of thinking was what led to the downfall of the Andy Reid regime. Drafting BPA and making smart, good fit FA signings like Barwin is what helped the team turn around so fast. I’d like to see more of that approach.
The other “hidden” points were the 3 the Saints put up with 1:48 left in the first half. That was an old Andy Reid trick.
Foles got them the lead, the defense should’ve at least got him the ball back. One way to never become clutch, not having the ball in your hands for a final drive. Lousy effort letting them run the ball down your throat at the end
Drink is the only relief from the PAIN.
How many touchbacks did the saints kicker have. I don’t remember any. In the cold the ball doesn’t go far.
This was yet another game where the Eagles lost the battle in the trenches and did so badly.
Give the Saints a lot of credit on DL and doing a great job of defending the stretch play to the left tonight and completely snuffing out the screens tonight.
I’m just glad it wasn’t an embarrassing loss like a blowout or the game the Chiefs had.
And there was hope before Sconces went Scones.
I don’t blame him for the horse collar. It was going to be Sproles vs. Henery if he got past Sconces.
Well, whatever the case, that was the play the music died.
Ball was still out over the 35 and the Saints OL had pushed around the Eagles DL all night tonight.
no fucking way, thats on henery’s inability to get it deep
Goats of the night
1. Henery
2. Logan (pick anyone on the DL really though)
3. left side of the Eagles OL
sigh when does FA start? These guys tried to shore up weaknesses so we can draft BPA, so I would not be surprised to see them go after Byrd.
We will be back
6-133 in the playoffs for teams with a -2 or worse TO margin? Ugh.
Rob Ryan put together a nice plan and they ran the ball down our throats. A little disappointing to go out like that, regardless of your expectations.
Yup. Didn’t blitz nearly as much as I thought he would, trusted his CB to play man, and played 8 up all night long.
Disappointed the Eagles weren’t able to exploit matchups though in the 1st half a bit more especially Harper. Really need an upgrade over Avant. Painfully slow. A big physical WR who can’t be banged around in man coverage either would be huge.
give kelly a little time to get guys that aren’t holdovers from the last regime, i think we did really well considering all the changes across the board
You’d think I’d be used to this having been an Eagles fan for so long, but it never hurts any less.
very true
There it is, that hollow empty feeling after a tough and heartbreaking loss. At least I have a reason to feel this way, but damn it hurts. Then comes the knowledge that there’s 8/9 months till we play again 🙁
The Saints D allowed 19 points per game this season, so at least we topped that.
That sucks that the two biggest liabilities of our team are the reason we lost. Chung and henery did the opposite of stepping up. But the future looks Bright.
The Eagles are a factory of sadness…
The anvil just hit me in the head, the cigar blew up in my face, the gift i opened had a pile of dooky in it. Im an Eagles fan.
you forgot the crotch shot, banana peel slip aspect of it as well
We can bitch about Chung and Henery all night but the offense was playing poorly for much of the night, and only picked up after their corner got injured.
I dunno about poorly, this Saints D isn’t the awful mess we’re used to seeing.
Same for the saints O. It´s playoff so it´s a bigger challenge. The difference of the game is stepping up at the right moment or at least execute. Chung and henery did the opposite.
I’m just saying, I’m not letting the offense off the hook. There is some work to be done there, as teams have adjusted to much of what we are doing.
So I agree, I hope we can have maclin and cooper back at top shape. I would also like to see some back-up o-line stepping up to prepare to replace the current aging starters. The only big question remaining in our O is can foles do it again? I tend to say yes.
Sign:
Byrd
BJ Raji
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Draft:
1) Kelvin Benjamin
2) Jarvis Landry
2) Jackson Jeffcoat.
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BOOM!
You mean 3rd for Jeffcoat right?
I’d be happy as shit if we got either receiver. They’ll bring a physical presence that we need.
Yeah,,
Take an accurate young QB, and sorround him with
Desean
Coop
Maclin
Benjamin
Landry
Avant to teach them how to be a pro
Ertz
Celek
Casey
……
And we are set!!
hell id sign two safetys if we couldn’t get them in the draft
and then despair set in
I wouldn’t be nearly as dissapointed with this loss had we been blown out. It sucks that it was such a winnable game and just came down to poor execution and missed opportunities.
On the other hand, this was the first year. Execution can only get better with another offseason of work, especially now Chip has seen what the NFL can throw at him and what NFL players are actually capable of.
Totally disagree, being blownout means we don ´t belong there. Close game means we missed our chance and in the nfl you don ´t have free shots to Get back there.
Not use Shady early is just f’ing …you be the judge,
At least we did blow a 28 point lead. we made a game of it
Came back from 13pts down to take the lead in the 4th.
and we didn’t have to worry about andy reid’s game management! he gets a lot shit (and deservedly so) but i still love big red and i feel for him after that chiefs loss
I was rooting against him and thought the road team demise would continue… yet chip and the eagles are no better.
Encouraging to see how well our young QB carried himself in playoff football.
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Never did I think our Run defense wouldn’t hold up, so that’s dissapointing
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Chip basically said we will address the FG kicker
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Disappointed in shady and the run game, but JP,Kelce,Todd should all be better next year after getting over the injury…and Lane will improve drastically. Still expected more of an advantage today on both sides of the run game and that’s the difference in the game
they’ll be improved for sure but i don’t think they’ll be able to replicate their amazing health from this year. probably going to regress a little next year in terms of injuries
hell if you’re in to the sabermetrics of the sport, a 7 point game historically is a toss up/breaks of the game/etc type deal. we win in dallas by two and lose tonight by two. it sucks hard that we lost but when you let it get to within a touchdown margin thats what happens.
That is what happens when you are out coached and out played. At home with a dome team… the Eagles failed miserably!
This game was a f’ing disgrace! I am so pissed off at the use of players it boggles my mind.
At the end I was literally screaming for the D to let them in at the end. This game was going to be won or lost by Foles not out soft defense. Giving up 5-6 yards a clip when there are 3 players in the backfiels is a recipe for disaster, and the defense let it happen ALL GAME. I was ecstatic they got turnovers in the first half, but poor execution down he strecth will not a playoff game win you.
The offense SHOULD have executed better at many crucial moments in the game (heres looking at you Riley Cooper. As an aside, I was behind Cooper but after tonight I would love nothing more than an upgrade on him and avant), but I believe the odds would have been better for us with our offense on the field with a chance for the W than the Saints ST. It’s a madden strategy if there ever was one, but maybe, just maybe, had we let them in I ould not have this pitiful feeling in my gut. Oh well, I suppose its better than the crap stew I have been eating since 2010. Here’s to a strong (get Chung and Henery on the next plane to Canada strong? I sure hope so) Offseason.