Wentz Wagon Keeps Rolling
Posted: September 20th, 2016 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 386 Comments »Road game. Monday Night Football. Solid defense with veteran coaches. None of that mattered as Carson Wentz and the Eagles went to the Windy City and kicked the Bears butts. The final score was 29-14, but the game wasn’t really that close.
Wentz is the headliner. He went 21-34-190 with a TD and no picks. Those numbers aren’t compelling, but watch the tape and you’ll come away incredibly impressed with how Wentz played. The Bears blitzed him and got some pressure. Wentz moved around in the pocket better than he did last week. He looked more comfortable. He took some big hits, but kept his eyes downfield to find open receivers. He made a great throw to Jordan Matthews that should have been a long TD. That went through Matthews hands. There was another play over the middle for 15 or so yards that got erased by an alignment penalty. Wentz could have had another 50 or so yards and another TD.
The Eagles came out throwing the ball. They went to an empty set and spread the field. Some people wondered about this, but Doug Pederson did it by design. He wanted to give Wentz some simple, easy throws that would move the chains and get him into a good rhythm. The Eagles marched down the field, but had to settle for a FG. Wentz had Brent Celek open for a score, but the DB made a great play to get a finger on the ball.
Wentz’s TD pass came on a quick screen to TE Trey Burton in the 2nd half. Simple play near the goal line, but it was blocked well and Burton didn’t hesitate. He made sure he got into the end zone. Burton was the #2 TE with Zach Ertz out injured. Burton caught 5 passes for 49 yards and played well.
The Eagles O-line had an up and down game. C Jason Kelce really struggled. He was a mess in the 1st half. Kelce seemed to play better in the 2nd half, but I’ll need to watch the tape to know for sure. The OTs did a good job in pass protection. The line struggled to generate holes for runners. Eagles finished 32-100 on the ground, but it wasn’t pretty. Ryan Mathews had a 30-yard run, but his real highlight was a TD where he started up the middle, got stuffed and then went wide to the right. Great effort. The Bears stoned him up the middle, but Mathews wasn’t wrapped up so he went outside and found space. Love that effort at the goal line.
Jim Schwartz didn’t have starting CB Leodis McKelvin, but that didn’t matter too much. The Eagles gave up one TD. That drive was mainly due to a 49-yard pass play to Alshon Jeffrey where rookie Jalen Mills bit on a fake and got burned. Mills seemed to play well for the most part. Jeffrey was 4-49 beyond that one play.
The DL had a good game. Brandon Graham had a sack and TFL. Rookie Destiny Vaeao had a huge impact. He had a strip-sack of Jay Cutler that also knocked the Bears QB out of the game. Fletcher Cox came free up the middle and pressured Cutler into throwing a pass right to Nigel Bradham. That got returned inside the 5-yard line and set up a score. Bennie Logan had a FF of his own. You know it is a good game when the DTs have 2 FFs.
STs was interesting. Caleb Sturgis suffered cramps and missed an extra point. He also nailed a 53-yard FG. Donnie Jones did not have his best night. He had a 33-yard punt early in the game. He kicked the ball to the middle of the field late and Eddie Royal returned it for a TD. Jones might have been told to kick there so it isn’t fair to completely blame him for that. Josh Huff did a good job covering punts earlier in the game.
The Eagles are 2-0. Both wins are by 15 or more points. And yet the team is starting a rookie QB and hasn’t played a great game so far. Mistakes each week kept the games closer than they should have been.
Playing the Steelers next Sunday will be a huge test for the Eagles and will give us an idea just how good this team might be. I’m not surprised they are 2-0. Neither the Browns nor the Bears are good. Still, to win so handily with a young QB, new coach and new schemes is pretty darned impressive. It sure looks like the Eagles are a better team than most anticipated.
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Wentz…Big Red Wagon…
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I thought I saw Mills make some decent defensive plays including a nice tipped ball away from Jeffrey in the end zone. Despite the huge bomb to AJ he missed near the beginning I thought he did pretty well considering he’s a seventh-round rookie CB playing his first game in the NFL. Or maybe I’m just so used to terrible secondary play from this team that I’m grading on a very generous curve.
Missed tackle in space on a short throw.. He was also beat by Kevin White (while he had a handful of jersey IIRC) on the ball that went too far out of the endzone. I’m not really reassured, but hey as you said he’s a 7th rounder.
Watching this offense after watching Chip’s offense is sort of like watching art, or a waterfall. Sure it isn’t pretty, but its so well thought out, and organic. Everything about Chip’s was herky jerky and unnatural. Sure Chip’s offense might end up being one of the best of all time, but I prefer Doug’s 100x out of 100x.
The motion play lob pass to JM was so pretty. That could of gone for a touchdown if the pass came out a little quicker.
Sure there is a WHOLE lot to work on and make better, but the more complex slowed down offense is just awesome to watch.
what I love about it is the consistency. On a good day, Chip’s O was an A-level offense. On a bad day, an F was generous. it was all over the place. Pederson seems to be running a solid B+ offense that doesn’t fluctuate. On a good day, it’s not far off from a bad day. Just solid. That’s a refreshing change, and frankly, over the long haul, I think that wins you more football games. Partner that with a great defense and you’ve got something special. Add in a gamechanger at QB and who knows. I”m not saying this is a championship year, just that I think Pederson’s approach is less sexy, but worth so much more in the end.
Chip’s O is like that hot crazy girl who steals all your shit and takes a dump in your fish tank. Doug’s O, you bring that home to your mom.
game 2. first year should be an exceptional year b/c no tape.
Thanks for bringing down the party – Can’t we just enjoy one day after the win before moving back to Negadelphia?
He’s salty because he misses Bradford.
I dunno, i think he moves left and right well, reads defense well, reads blocks really fast, hits some windows that are very tight.
There are some things that can improve too. So, their is upside.
That can only last so long. Pitt has plenty to study.
I have a feeling they will make me eat these words.
I was hoping for more out of the running game, but it’s hard to complain about what we’ve seen so far.
I’m loving Doug so far. I don’t expect him to beat every team yet but that’s fine with me right now. We have two promising rookies that could be the future of the franchise. That’s not too bad unless Doug pulls a Chip Kelly on us.
Wentz and Destiny?
I think he meant Wentz and Dougie
Wentz and Doug?
The big pass play that Mills gave up was his responsibility, but that ball was a floater that should have been picked off by Malcom Jenkins… Where he was and why he didn’t make the play I don’t know, but that was not a good play by him.
Ags made a very nice catch on a left-side roll out by Wentz, but he had two balls knocked out of his hands on key pass plays (one was in the end zone) that a #1 wide receiver has to come down with (at least one of them, anyway)… Time for him to hit the weight room, I guess.
Ags should have come down with the one in the endzone, I’m surprised they didn’t give that route to JM instead as it definitely required a bit of strength which, as you pointed out, is something Ags does not have.
With the first one, he was unlucky, the pass was slightly underthrown and the contact with CB’s helmet was perfect from a defensive standpoint.
interestingly, in each of the games this year JM and Ags have both been given an opportunity each for a TD.
I thought we were grooming DGB for that role, but he hasn’t had much of a chance since making that play in the preseason
I think while the opportunity to throw the fade to DGB has presented itself, once the ball has been snapped Wentz has decided to go another way for one reason or another, as his confidence grows in himself and DGB i’m sure we will see that throw quite often
Watch the replay in slow motion. Ags drops that first one before the CB makes any contact with him or the ball.
MSII had pressure and caused Cutler to scramble left, Jenkins was in cover 2, eyes glued in the backfield.
Isn’t looking into the backfield bad?
When covering a man, not an area.
Kinda. In cover 2 the S should be simultaneously processing route combinations and reading the QBs eyes.
Not necessarily, but Jenkins still should have seen the deep route to his side and had much better depth.
got it.. thx
I expected Wentz to be good. I didn’t expect zero interceptions through 2 games.
I didn’t expect him to be good to start. I’ve been a doubter all along. But 0 interceptions with, IIRC, 70+ attempts through 2 games? And plenty of those downfield? That’s impressive.
Some of it is luck. But it’s the kind of luck you get when you’re good. I fully expect him to throw his share of picks this year, especially with how aggressive he is with tight windows. But he’s going to make his share of big plays with that aggression, too.
its not the kind of luck that we had with Foles with his great season, where some of his passes went right to the opposing team only to be dropped.
Wentz hasn’t had too many ‘near INTs’ that i can recall. the one bullet of a pass that he really thread into matthews vs the browns in double coverage could have gone the other way with some luck for the browns. thats all i can really think of.
Really its not even luck if it’s a perfect pass. The only thing people didnt like about those throws was that they HAD to be perfect to not end up INTs…but he ended up throwing perfect passes. Still hasnt thrown a complete head scratcher that goes right to a defender.
Luck has nothing to do with it. None of his passes have come close to being picked off so far.
Eh. Keep making those types of throws, and sooner or later you’re going to be an inch off, or the guy’s going to be a bit faster than you expected, and you’ll get picked. It’s the NFL. Like I said, it’s not blind luck (of the type RP references below re: Foles), but the fact that it has not happened yet is somewhat down to random distribution (i.e., you can flip heads 10 times in a row, but over enough attempts, you’re going to approach the true probability). I’m not even criticizing his decision making. Just noting that, inevitably, there will be a cost. As of now, it seems like it will be a significant net benefit, but it shouldn’t be expected to be an unalloyed benefit.
Yea…but, as you say, there’s a big difference between being lucky (threw the ball right at a defender and he just dropped the INT) and it simply being unlikely that he’ll play a 15 year career without having a pass picked off.
He hasn’t been lucky. He’s been good. However, it’s unlikely that he’ll continue to be so perfect.
Honestly I don’t remember him forcing a single throw into double coverage that was ill-advised from the start either with an elevated risk of an INT.
The Eagles have now knocked out 2 starting quarterbacks in 2 games. Hopefully they can make that 3.
I want all 16. The whole set.
Yes we Wentz!
Wentz! Wentz! Wentzadelphia!!!
That mic’d up segment with doug on the eagles website was awesome!
Doug very impressive so far!!
My only complaint with Doug is not using Matthews more in the run game early on, when it didn’t work with Sproles, but I guess they had either seen a match-up they liked, or it was part of the hurry-up offence, being able to flex out Sproles when going with empty backfield
I don’t understand the infatuation with Sproles. He’s not a rb designed to do what Pederson is using for. Even the announcer asked the other announcer if he would have used Sproles in that spot. Sproles has an incredible gift. He needs to be used properly. Maybe though, RM isn’t picking up the offense? Not sure, but I’ll assume they will work it out as the season goes on….(still love Sproles, but as a 3rd down screen/catching rb. keep his legs fresh)
Maybe they got fed up with Mathews just finding the biggest group of guys and running into it every time, instead of looking for the hole.
I think they were tired of watching Matthews miss his blitz pick-ups and giving up big hits on their QB.
When the rookie runs the ball, I keep thinking, it’s about time RM got on track! Oh wait, that wasn’t him…
They were trying to catch the D off guard.
I think this was a classic Reid play design. The idea is to catch the D off-guard. Probably one of the last things they were expecting was for Sproles to plunge up the middle. Sometimes Andy designed plays that were, on paper, ridiculous, because the blocking etc. wasn’t where the play was going. But it worked for him, because the defense would get totally fooled. I remember watching some of those designs in the early days of All-22 blogging. The plays are beautiful when they work, and really ugly when they don’t. Not sure I’m a big fan of them, as they are “gimmicky,” but used sparingly, they’re probably good constraints to keep in your book.
my complaint was using injury-prone Ryan Mathews and old man Sproles so late in the game when we have Barner and Smallwood active on the bench. give the young guys some carries! rest the vets!
They started out the game by throwing. They were trying to catch the D off guard by making them think they were going to pass again with Sproles in there. Wentz may have audibled to the run.
I don’t hate the Sproles runs up the middle as much as some just because I see what they were trying to do.
With the amount of freedom Wentz seems to have (crazy) it could be just that Pederson likes keeping Sproles on the field for audibles and hot reads and then if wentz audibles into a run so be it.
I think that’s exactly what happened. I don’t think Doug was consistently calling for Sproles up the middle, it looked like an audible.
Great win.
The drops need to stop. Kelce needs to go.
I don’t thinks Ags were as bad since the DB had a hand in there, but he still needs to come away with that deep ball even if it was underthrown.
And one was a blatant PI
Matthews…just smh. Cant catch the easy ones.
He absolutely needs to catch both of those, theres no excuse. The one that was PI was a third and excluded.
He drops the first deep pass that was underthrown before the DB makes any contact with either him or the ball. The fade in the end zone was a little more understandable, but a top WR makes that catch 90% of the time.
I still can’t believe Doug didn’t give Wisnewski a chance to compete for the center position. Kelce is turning into the Jeff Fisher of NFL centers.
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memeworthy!
He’ll apologize this week for playing the worst game of his career. It will by my count be the 4th such effort.
I’m incredibly, incredibly impressed by Wentz – poise, accuracy, calm: I was a bit of a doubter but I can’t imagine a better way to start a NFL Career.
However, I am significantly worried by his health if he keeps being hit like that. Comparisons with Big Ben make even more sense that I consistently see him getting hit hard.
Also, I’ve pretty much given up on Jordan Mathews becoming a reliable target now, while I admire his toughness his drop rate has been consistently high since he entered the league. Watching Jeffery made me envious.
If I recall correctly, Gruden actually mentioned that Matthews has 15 drops since he entered the league which is average and in his opinion it is not the number of drops that is the problem rather that they come at important times
His drop rate has been consistently quite bad and worse than good WRs.
His drop rate equals the Ave. for WRs, but they come in situations that have big impacts, like the one in the end zone.
We Wentz.
We saw.
We conquered.
HaHa!!
Just teaching him to be a “two handed monster.”
A few things that jump out: Last season after 2 games Eagles were 0-2, a not-ready-for-prime-time Bradford was floundering, and turnovers made 3 and out look like progress. After 2 games the Eagles had thrown 5 picks (I think), had a punt blocked for a TD, and coughed up the ball a couple times. So far, a poised rookie has thrown NO interceptions, the offense has suffered NO turnovers, and thanks to the mediocrity of first 2 opponents, Eagles make it to 2-0.
…On the other hand, It ought to be clear to Eagles FO that a receiver that can’t get open but can make catches in traffic and hold onto the ball is needed on an offense that features WR’s who can get open but struggle to hold onto the ball. I’m sure DP remembers Avant, and everybody remembers Anquan Boldin. Also, I think HR should use an early pick in the draft to get an angry bully to insert at guard, and if that guy has a twin that knows how to snap the ball…
If Howie drafts nothing but OL next year I will be perfectly content.
Well, maybe one CB.
I want a RB and TE next year as well
Yup too much talent at RB to not grab one.
I’m with ATG, OL OL OL OL OL OL OL CB/RB/OL.
Should probably take a look at OL, too.
How about a #1 receiver?
Im okay with the combination of DGB, Agholor and Matthews if we can get another Celek (younger) type TE, a Westbrook type RB and a good OL
TE? What’s wrong with Ertz and Burton? Celek might be gone next year or they could bring him back. Think we’ll be fine with the 2 young guys though.
I’d be okay with a big, mauling 5th round project type TE, if Celek is on his way out (or down). But anything higher than that is a waste.
That none of those two can block like Celek.
This isn’t Chip Kelly’s Eagles anymore. Just because a guy isn’t an all-world blocker, doesn’t mean he won’t play. Ertz has made a lot of progress with his blocking this season as well. Plus if we have an OL that can block, its not as important for the TE to be a good blocker. We are good at the position, we have more areas of pressing need than to waste a pick on a blocking TE.
I bet that Doug wants at least 1 of the TE’s in 2 and 3 TE set can block.
I just want an all round TE like Celek in his younger days
https://twitter.com/PFF/status/778065922674208771
Lane Johnson’s suspension finally came through. He’ll be able to play next week against the Steelers while he appeals, but it looks like we’ll be playing musical Offensive Linemen over the bye week. I don’t think his suspension will get overturned, but I do wonder if it gets shortened since the NFLPA’s app declared it safe. Fingers crossed.
I’m incredibly impressed by Wentz. He commented last night that it doesn’t look like I’m watching a rookie. I do fully expect a regression game next week, though. The Steelers are a vastly superior team to what he has faced so far.
Kelce is a liability at this point. He looks like a blocking sled. Granted we’ve come up against 2 base 3-4 teams and has had to play head up on a nose tackle, but he’s been awful. This week will be the 3rd straight game against a 3-4 base team, so I expect more of the same. Problem is that with Johnson’s suspension, I don’t think you want to shuffle linemen around so much you end up with 3 guys in new positions, with 2 new starters (I’d assume Seumalo and Wiz would be the guys).
Brandon Brooks is a dissapontment as well. I can’t believe Barbre is our best interior OL.
Mathis likely still gets a smirk on his face when talking about the Eagles’ guards.
Yeah, I’m suprised how meh he has been. Maybe Kelce is negatively affecting him.
oof.
wow watching Kelce on this play really looks like roller skates.
courtesy of jimmyk:
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http://www.phillyvoice.com/handing-out-10-awards-eagles-bears-game/
Nailed it.
that’s crazy, he seemed to be lower but the dude just bull dozed him. Equipment manager needs to take the wheels off his shoes.
Is there something wrong with his spikes, Jesus…no one should get pushed back that easily.
It’s funny you said that. I’m not saying it is the case, but a day or so before the game Schwartz was explaining how players need to consistently change their spikes at Soldier Feild.
Its seems what ever power Kelce had before his injury is gone now
If he doesn’t have a major regression against the Steelers, that will be shockingly awesome.
I think I heard the announcer correctly that the OC has a mic to the qb? Is that true? Does anybody know if the Eagles are using that with Wentz or is all those adjustments made by Wentz?
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2 for 2. 2 weeks into the season and not 1 announcer picked the Eagles to win.
No, the original plan was to have Pederson go to Reich (OC) to Wentz. They trashed that pan and it’s a direct connnect from Pederson to Wentz now, with Pederson calling plays. Adjustments are made by Wentz at the line though.
The communication is stopped with 15 sec on the play clock, but Doug can talk freely until that point.
Eagles Win. Wentz looked good again. Schwartzy’s defense won me my fantasy match up this week. New Southpark Wednesday. Another good week.
How’s Shah8?
Probably the biggest Louisville fan right now
Talking stochastic plays and all things Joe Webb somewhere.
upvote for a word I’ve never heard before. Totally going to use it somehow
Got to hand it to all the QB nerds on our coaching staff. Nobody thought Wentz would be ready for this on draft night, not even the Eagles. They did one heck of a job fast tracking him to success. The coaching is probably night and day between Wentz and Goff.
He only looks like a rook in one situation. He hasn’t adjusted to the speed of some of these big men. When he scrambles he clearly thinks he’s going to get a first down, those gaps he is running to are closing lightning fast, and he tries to double down and force it and takes a big hit rather than realizing the error and sliding to fight another day
I saw a chart on Twitter comparing the two staffs. Ours are all former QB’s who were QB coaches. Rams is Fisher (defensive coach), OC (I forget, but never a QB or QB coach) and the QB coach is in his first year (Weinke). Kudos to Eagles for realizing QB is so imp and building a staff around that.
Sorry I’m not smart enough to go find it and re past it here.
edit: I mean, I hope Weinke personally does well, but if you take a QB with number one overall pick how do you have a first year QB coach.
It’s funny how fast and strong he looked running the ball versus div2 talent as opposed to NFL talent. He is still an athletic QB running the ball but he isn’t going to dominate a game thst way.
I think his best comparison as far as running the ball is Luck.
i think his feet will be a weapon if we’re down late and seeing prevent or some other sell out to stop the pass defense, where the weak pass rush washes to the side and opens up an open field and he can get an easy 10-15 yards. But otherwise he should probably stick to using his mobility to extend plays then throw the ball away if he can’t find anyone.
He can run but he has absolutely no wiggle. The next guy he makes miss (or even makes not hit him perfectly square) will be the first. He needs to make best friends with the ground and the sideline.
Hard not to be encouraged about that good of play from a rookie. Nice job helping his blockers on a bunch of plays. A few plays saw jason peters with nobody to block as the TE and guards had handled everyone.
Cutler has always been a one side of thr field qb. Wentz managed to be both in his second game. Nice pump fake too. Receivers could have helped him more.
This is pretty funny from the top entry in the Eagles Blog Feed on the right:
Last year, the top entry was about how Sam was going to cure cancer because of his great preseason showing.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! >:(
https://twitter.com/BrandonGowton/status/778049529136447488
The camera showed Wentz and Matthews talking on the sideline after that series. Seemed like an animated but amicable conversation.
Just how illegal is stickum? I think Jordan needs to find out for the team.
I should ask my grandmother what she uses and send some to Jordan. She never lets go of anything.
slow clap.
The wife must monitor your posts, wise to throw granny under the bus, you don’t live with her (maybe).
I love Doug Pederson’s playbook and play calling. It’s straight forward in the sense that it limits the number of wide receivers, uses big sets, and runs the ball. It’s kind of plodding but methodical and persistent…
But then there are these bells and whistles. I loved that misdirect toss to Ryan Matthews. Every now and then they take a well aimed deep shot. There are jet sweeps and reverses.
It’s such an amazing change from Chip Kelly’s offense which was so hurried, manic, and hit or miss. That’s an offense made up almost entirely of bells and whistles. No substance to it.
This is much much better.
I don’t understand what that means. For every 2 pts the Eagles score on defense they give up 3?
only gave up 3 points in the second half, while they scored 2 of their own.
Edit: for both games combined.
Got it. Something in the wording threw me off. A few more yards on that pick, the Eagles D would be on the plus side.
Glad to see I was both wrong about Wentz starting in Week 1 and that the Bears would win last night.
also, can we talk about the flaming garbage of a graphic that ESPN put out there with that ‘guess who’ game version of bears that are injured? someone at the network actually approved that?! that was painful to watch…
On an ESPN note, when Chucky dials down his hyperbole he calls a pretty good game.
I’m convinced he’s dialing it back out of some sense of responsibility for the broadcast, to make up for how absolutely terrible his announcing partner is.
You mean the guy who didn’t know “THE DUKE” was stamped in all caps on an NFL ball?
I assumed that it was a scripted way to inform fans without sounding overbearing. In retrospect, it is very possible I was giving them too much credit.
That Guess Who graphic was fucking awesome.
I was more baffled by the robot Carson Wentz graphic with the different compartments that opened to reveal trophies and such during the opening.
that was the creepiest thing I ever saw.
Almost as creepy as them doubling down on “two handed monster” references.
weird. Cutler hurt his thumb early in the game, and it was aggravated by the sack/ff from Vaeao. i had assumed that the hit was what hurt him, but apparently it was something before that?
He was getting knocked around pretty well all game. Probably hit it on a follow through or something.
they say he hurt that thumb originally against the Texans
Both games so far the Eagles got out to a slow start in the 1st half, were playing a very close game early in the 2nd half, made a key play (4th and 4 to Ertz; Vaeao sack and fumble strip of Cutler) and just put on the throttle.
Definitely a Reid-like flavor to these games.
defense is ballin
So far they have scored points during he opening drive in both weeks. The defense made adjustments week 1 that we the readjusted to. In week 2 we had two drives killed by huge penalties that only also set them back 10 but wiped out big plays.
These games could have been even more lopsided. Though the mark of a very good team would to have been not to have the set backs, in not discouraged. This team has played all 4 quarters two weeks Ina row. To me that was one of the wrost things Andy’steams did in his last 5 years.
I would have to go back and look but the early Reid teams seemed to do quite well with his initial 10-15 prescripted plays and then would fall off a bit later in the 1st qtr through the 2nd qtr.
Need to see the scoring numbers though from 2000-04.
I do remember that being an issue. Closing the game out strong really became an issue later on. It was like they just expected to lose so they played that way late or when adversity happened.
5 for 5 so far on 4th downs. A lot of trust in a rookie QB including two of those at at critical junctions of the game.
I’d prefer they just convert more 3rd downs.
I’m OK with not converting on third if they keep up 100% fourth down conversion.
be better on second downs
That would require improvement on first down.
What are you guys talking about? “No more 4th downs”,”Convert more 3rd downs”, “Be better on 2nd down”, “Improve first down.”
Nonsense, all of it.
You guys realize that if we do these things we get to see less of Wentz, right? First down, first down, first down, touchdown. That is what you want?
Do that too many times and suddenly Chase Daniels is in for the 4th quarter. Then you will be sorry.
And kill the drama . . .
What drama?
It’s Wentz World and we are just living in it.
Wentz World! Wentz World! Party time! Excellent!
I’m not worthy.
Cousins using the SuckCut right now…
Looking forward to Wentzstock.
Was that a crappy novel by Michael Crichton’s half brother in 1977?
New series on ESPN!
Party time, Excellent.
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Best one nicestly done.
Carson Wentz is definitive proof that Aliens exist
lane johnson’s suspnsion finally came down. appeal is 10-4
During the bye week.
NFL being considerate for some reason?
Must be a mistake.
Wentz is good for the NFL?
Hopefully he gets it reduced to 4-6 games
pats want garappolo to play thursday against the texans, seems shortsighted to me
They only care about him for two more games.
Wants to build up his game tape to trade him for a first or second round pick this offseason . . .
Doesn’t work if a bum shoulder reduces his effectiveness…
Most memorable comment by an announcer of all time happened last night. Saying the Eagles defense looks “fresh as a daisy.”
That was Gruden. His tendency to hyperbole generally bugs me, but I found his analysis of Wentz last night very insightful.
Right on with Chucky. When he’s not overblowing everyone he’s pretty good. I like how he points out individual players -“watch number 55 at the bottom of the screen, he’s a disruptor.” Even if the ball doesn’t go where he guesses, he’s pointing out details which are generally hard to pick up in the TV feed.
for all sorts of reasons. The foreign concept of our defense staying fresh and the joy that comes with it, and our defense being accidentally compared to a daisy >:-(
How about a shout for Brandon Graham?
Agreed, watched the game with a Titans fan last night, who was like “Wow, who’s that 55 guy?”
Brandon Graham is playing like a Beast.. “B dot Grizzle!”
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Curry is balling
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Cox just missed a sack last night which would have been back to back games..
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You know what is balling? nigel Bradham.. If he keeps playing at this level. We will have to trade Kendricks and give his contract to Bradham
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Tulluch gave us a physical presence against the run game last night
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MS2 forced Cutler into a bad throw
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McLeod was an inch away from a sick INT
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Loving the defensive Identity schwartz is building. Bradham, Tulloch, Brooks, McKelvin, McLeod all look like solid additions in their roles
Don’t forget Cox forced the Brandham int. Even better than a sack.
Yes sir… That’s the single biggest reason of our recent domination of the Giants. Our DLi dominates the giant OL that they have done NOTHING to upgrade. Our DL pressures Eli all day. And eli doesn’t take sacks. He either gets away with intentional grounding, or he rushes throws under pressure that lead to easy INT’s… That’s why I laugh at this silly Giants hype right now. Our DL is better than ever, and our DL is what has been responsible for our recent domination of the Giants, yet all that money they spent and they did NOTHING to upgrade their OL…. Cox, curry, BG are going to destroy the right side of that OL
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I love how much the Giants are being overhyped because it will be that much more fun when we Rock Eli’s world this season
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Billy Davis DL pitched a shutout against this same Giants OL, so WTF is the schwartz DL going to do to them? #WeOwntheGiants
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#SillyMedia
Didn’t Brooks drop a should-have-had INT as well?
Yeah he def should have had that….did that lead to Bears points or did they miss the FG?
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Should have had 5 turnovers, which is what I like to call “turning on the jay Cutler Turnover Faucet”
Shout out to the stripper Destiny Vaiao who was responsible for turning on the Jay Cutler “Turnover Faucet” that was the Catylist to the defense taking the game over!
Yeah I got a text ‘Destiny is making it rain – forced fumbles’
The stripper, haha…thats the best nickname ever!
Loud noises for BG!
Graham finally FINALLY in a situation that utilizes him correctly. He’s playing like a monster though, I always liked Graham but he’s playing above my expectations.
me too would have bounced him years ago. glad he’s here
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports the Bears “are preparing for a lengthy absence” for Jay Cutler (throwing thumb).
I hate causing injuries like that, but I really don’t see that we are head-hunting — just solid hits. Mills wasn’t even driving into RGIII — just held his ground and I don’t think RGIII actually saw it coming until too late to protect himself.
Just placed my order for an authentic Carson Wentz jersey. Last Jersey I bought? Well other than the Celek jersey from a fraud jersey site that never came… Trotter when he retired.
The only jersey I have owned (other than clearance rack ones for backyard football as a kid) is Brian Dawkins.
I think Wentz might be the second.
Have had Dawk Trot (failed Celek purchase, and now Wentz. Probably won’t wear it much if ever cuz that’s not my thing, but it shows my support.
Dawk is my only jersey too. Not sure I’ll ever need another one.
It looks like a Bradford jersey in your avatar photo. Or is that Jaws?
Anyone know if you can just buy an official Eagle jersey nameplate?
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Lol im trying to turn the worst purchase ever aka Kiko Alonso Jersey into a Stephan Tulloch Jersey
If you were to print it in the correct size and font, I wonder if one of those kiosks where they custom embroider hats could make you one.
That actually might work. I’ll check it out… Of course this is a temporary solution because Tulloch wont be here too long
Hah. My uncle got me a black TO jersey at Walmart for $15 the year after he flamed out. It just sat in my closet until this past year when my crafty mother in law made a name plate for Matthews and sewed it on top. She just looked at the style online, found some fabric, and started cutting.
She’s also a retired home ec teacher, so she does have serious skills.
Edit: my uncle had a funny habit of getting me random cheap jerseys. I live in Chicago, and he found a misprint Rex grossman jersey in jersey of course with the name upside down at Walmart too. Ppl around here love it.
She should start taking orders.
Haha. Doubt you can do it officially. I’m sure there are services.
Go to a privately owned jersey shop anywhere in Philly. Look for a place that does custom jerseys and letterman jackets, ect. They’ll do it.
bandwagon…. should have gone with Graham.
Does Graham look like ‘fire plug-like’ even more this season? Reminds me more of a high-end bouncer than a DE with his build right now.
Graham has always looked like that.
I only ever get jerseys for guys that have already off the team from Marshall’s/TJ Maxx for like $15. The Nnamdi jersey has since been burned, and the Babin one was given to a Steelers supporter as a joke. The Trent Cole one I wear with pride, though.
Pederson made it sound like we opened the game in empty back sets because of something they saw (scouted) about how the Bears defended empty back sets in week 1 that the Eagles thought they could capitalize on..
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Seriously, so far Pederson and his coaches look like master play callers and produced some gorgeous play design. Like im in awe of what these Offensive coaches are doing, against weak competition of course…. But the Eagles are a new team, we are a work in progress with a rookie QB and scheme changes, so while the competition level will increase, hopefully this team will also grow and improve especially as the rookie gains experience
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Schwartz has been as advertised. What more do you need to say about the defense besides, so far both the starting QBs we faced came away from an Eagles game battered and injured. Keep knocking QBs out the game and we will be fine 🙂
Agreed! I mean honestly, we had excuses to lose both of these games, so it’s really refreshing to go in there and convincingly win. Sets up a winning expectation within our lockerroom suddenly “big” games aren’t so unwinnable. I see alot of room for improvement with us and that’s encouraging when you can win while getting better. We’re far from playing our best game I think. We have a certain “fight” about us this year. Let’s show these Steelers who we are. Stay healthy Carson!
Yes sir… Quietly a lot of people are starting to realize that the Eagles have better weapons than they thought.
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Too many people acted like becayse we don’t have an ODB/Dez superstar weapon it meant that we have no weapons which was absurdly ignorant. look i know Agholar hasn’t looked good before this season, but by now people should have learned not to rule out a kid just because he didn’t take the league by storm as a rookie. Agholar has had a solid start to the season, and in both games he was able to burn cornerbacks deep, he also made some tough possessions catches and he isn’t even close to being done impfoving.. Jordan Mathews has the occassional drops, but that kids going to I have a BIGTIME season. Dez Bryant dropped the same TD pass jordan dropped last night. Jordan will be a stud for years to come… Wait TIL we get DGB comfortable.
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Trey Burton is our secret weapon. That kid is legit. We haven’t even had Burton and Ertz on the field together yet. Not many teams have 3 Linebackers that can matchup with Burton, Ertz and sproles. It gets even harder when we add our WRs who bring some nice size and speed combo to the table
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Most important, Doug and his staff are doing a fantastic job of both play calling, and design.. And for a new team, they haven’t been too bad with the penalties, Specifically we look like a Discaplined team which is a sign of a well coached team
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Just like I said going into the season, I don’t know how well we can do against the elite contenders of the NFL, put people are sorely mistaken if they think we can’t be real playërs in the NFC East… Hopefully the rook can deliver a playoff birth
The media are drooling over this Giants D. Just drooling.
between them and the cowboys oline, amazing they’re not dehydrated.
I look forward to the day when the Eagles beating a team handily doesn’t make people assume the losing team is historically bad. Which is why it’s going to be awesome crushing the Cowboys, because the media won’t dare risk hurting the cowboys fans’ feelings.
Wait till our DL continues its domination of the grossly over rated media darling New York Giants.
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I fear the Giants and all their talemt less than the Cowboys and Skins because of what the Billy Davis DL was able to do against the current 5 starting OLineman of the Giants. If,the Giant OL can’t handle the Billy Davis DL, not sure why anyone thinks they even stand a chance against the Schwartz DL.
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Until they upgrade that OL, we are a nightmare matchup for the Giants… Media is in for a rude awakening, I think the Giants ARENT a bad team, we are just a terrible matchup for them
Eagles SLB Mychal Kendricks broke his nose against the Bears in Week 2.
He also bruised his quad, though neither injury is considered serious. Kendricks might be listed on the injury report, but he should be fine for Week 3 against the Steelers. Through two weeks, Kendricks holds PFF’s 13th-highest grade among 4-3 outside linebackers.
because of course he does. I really like Kendricks, saddened by the struggles to thrive with the coaches, but PFF seems to be like, ok coaches hate this guy? Fluff the hell out of him!
Haven’t seen much one way or they other, but I hope he and the coaches can come to an understanding so he can get back on track. Lots of talent there.
The more I see Eric the less i like Mychal
seems fair
so he’ll be out 3-4 weeks?
Can’t even stay healthy in a limited role.
If Kendricks, Kelce, and Brooks aren’t on this team next year, I wouldn’t care.
Just watched every throw from Carson last night. His precision is one of his best qualities. No more throws way behind or over the head. Its right on the money and ready for RAC. He only had a handful of off throws yesterday and even they were not that bad. So this is what its like to root for good qb play. It’s refreshing.
The precision on the throws where he took big hits was staggering. He was literally taken off his feet by the defender as he was releasing, his follow through wrapped around the tackler and he still put it on the spot.
there was one where he couldnt even follow through that was right on the money too, no idea how he does it.
has a very strong arm. But there’s also a lot of open receivers.
His ball placement has been amazing, and how Quickily he is adjusting to throwing into NFL “windows” is remarkable..
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You know you have a special player when he has everything you could want from a physical/athletic stand point, yet his football Brain and intangibles are even more impressive
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We are lucky that the Rams and Browns łet us have Wentz…..all the draft picks in the world don’t mean anything unless you have a Special franchise. Hopefully we can win the division and get him a taste of playpff exp
Yea is accuracy (which was supposed to be his worst attribute), is what Bradford’s was supposed to be. Plus he’s got a stronger arm, more mobility, bigger body to handle the NFL pounding…ohhh…and he’s a better decision maker. We’ve upgraded the most important position on the team a thousand fold.
I just wish he didn’t prove he can take an NFL pounding so frequently.
is he a better decision maker?
Definitely, so far. Ignoring shots downfield when they are there is one of the worst decisions a qb can make.
Sidenote: I am glad Charlie Whitehurst’s career will be able to continue, he has the #WentzWagon to thank for that.
#ClipboardJesus in Week-4 after Kessler gets hurt lol.
Please take skip Bayless off the air. It has become unbearable
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After a Monday night win, skip Bayless decides to make today about “Dak Prescott being more impressive than Wentz” what a friggin joke!
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Dak ISNT doing what Wentz is doing at the line of scrimmage.
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Dak hasn’t thrown a TD yet this season even tho media raves about dallas weapons while a big portion of the media had the Eagles as one of the teans with the weakest arsenal of weapons in the NFL. Morons… Dak is NOT throwing down field the way Wentz is, ALL of Daks week 1 success came throwing like 15 passes to TE and RB’s
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Dak is not 2-0 like Wentz,
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Wentz ball placement and ability to read defense outclasses dak… Can Prescott even set the blocking protections?
Can national media members stop acting like blatant groupie fanboys of our Rivals?
this is how he gets a new contract. says ridiculous shit and people tune in.
He was probably paid a ridiculous amount of money to leave ESPN
Hard to consider him “national”. He worked for various Dallas newspapers for 17 years. Of course he’d be pro Dak.
My point exactly… If you are going to be Biased to an extreme extent. Then you have no business having a national platform.
Please take skip Bayless off the air. It has become unbearable
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Just a thought . . . change the channel.
Then call the network.
I feel bad for GEAGLE as he is presumably strapped to a chair with his eyes propped open, reminiscent of “Clockwork Orange”, forced to watch the “media” talk about the Eagles on some never ending, horrific loop, with just enough breaks to vomit 2,000 words at a time onto this blog.
I think it’s indulgent hate-watching.
If that worked(calling the Network) — Buck would have been out of a job years ago….
you know whats wrong with America…. Skip Bayless still being employed.
“I believe success is achieved by acquiring and developing talented, respected and credible individuals,” Aikman said, “none of which applies to Skip Bayless.”
People like you make him rich. He says things to get people stirred up and it generates views which is what the networks want. I’ve never met anyone who is a Skip Bayless fan
Are you better at life than him?
Game is being re-aired right now on NFL Network in case anyone is interested.
Rex Ryan tried to say that starting 0-2 might be the wake up call they need?
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lol good luck trying to sell a silver linning starting the year 0-2 when your next two games are against the Cardinals and Patriots
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Forget the fact that firing Greg Roman after the offense scored 30 points is unfair, it’s really stupid because this bills team will be a total TRAINWRECK to the point that they will have to fire Rex mid season. They could have used Greg Roman as an interim coach to finish the season..
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so dysfunctional! They let Greg Roman run the offense all offseason and then fired him as a sacrificial lamb like 6 days into the NFL season since their 2nd game was on Thursday night…. Once you get to that level of dysfunction, might as well pull the plug, because that’s a dysfunctional point of no return
Are you kidding? Have you seen sammy watkins play? Do you have him on your fantasy team? That kid is CRIMINALLY underused. Shady is also not that good, TT clearly has an arm and that could be a big play offense, but it’s not.
Clearly it’s dark says in Buffalo for the Ryans but i’m ok with them letting go of the OC.
Supposedly the owner was pushing to get rid of Roman during the offseason. I guess Rex lost his leverage with the bad start. I’ve read where the owner was meeting with the offensive players about Roman without Rex in the room. That’s probably not good.
Ryan indicated that Roman was fired without Ryan’s knowledge
I doubt what they feed us through the media is accurate…
Probably right. I guess it could be worse – it’s not like they made the offensive line coach the D coordinator.
well, almost as bad as making your brother the DC….
Shady plays soft.
when healthy – he’s underused. Rex is the definition of dysfunctional. When he destroyed the Jets, everyone said it was the GM’s fault. Now Rex is destroying the Bills and it’s the owners fault?
he destroyed the jets?
Why do you think the Jets fired him?
Idzik gave him a terrible team. But sometimes your time is just over.
That’s my point exactly. It’s never Ryan’s fault. Ryan is reaching Fischer territory. When was the last time Ryan turned in a winning season? Ooofffaaaaa…. 0-2, the get Cards and NE next…
It’s been 2 games and sammy is playing thru an injury. Greg Roman is like the last person to blame for the Jets loss… You think the bills are stacked with better offensive coaches to replace Roman? Rob Ryan defense made the jets look like the greatest show on turf, but since you can’t fire Rex’s brother, Greg Roman was the sacrificial lamb…. Bills played on Sunday, and then Thursday, so 5 days into the season warrants Roman being fired? I’d bet that decision proves to do more harm than good
What is the context of your last remark? Do you think that Greg Roman was the reason that Bills skills were underused? Or is it more a case of Rex did him a favor?
I think Roman had something to do with it, I don’t see Ryan throwing Roman under the bus though.
OT:
We just arrived at Ibiza for our annual holiday and a friend of ours who’s a chef at a luxury yacht just told me that Jerry Jones stayed on ‘his’ boat for a week. To no surprise he said that all the Cowboys people were arsholes.
Go birds.
Ibiza? Don’t you have kids? I’m jealous
Kids are at my parents. :-)))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7FZ04xFa2Q
…..you have kids, watch this lol
He’s on that mandatory vacation the German government forces on him
did you take a pill? (har har har)
The latest buzz are pills called ‘Wentzesy’…
Avicii still thinks he’s lame
Jay Cutler has been diagnosed with a sprained thumb, and is day to day.
where do we send flowers/cards?
if only McCown were in Chicago…… oh wait.
Cutler sprains his vagina every year, i love the whole “maybe 1 day he will get it” rhetoric on cutler….. the dude is who he is.
He’s the Sam Bradford of the NFC North. Oh, wait…
….who is his “Pat Shurmur”?
Two qbs down, 14 more to go.
I like getting two guys each for NYG, Cowboys, and Washington. If we were to kill shot Eli and end his undeserving run of games started; I’d be running wild.
You’ll enjoy this!!
WATCH: Eagles coach Doug Pederson mic’d up vs. Browns
http://s.nj.com/inHvGHO
Honey Beau Beau, report, report!
I Lol’d @ that one!
“When in doubt run behind Peters”. Didn’t really look like they did it all that much yesterday while struggling.
Re: Jordan Matthews
I think no matter what JMatt will never be a natural pass catcher, that being said i think it will be the way they use him and move him around that will dictate his conversion rates…. still though that drop was so bad.
Sidenote: Is it me or does it seem like the smaller (closer to 6′) WR’s seem to have the better hands in the league? Due to the types of routes they run and being higher percentage throws? Should we consider JMatt a “tweener” WR, where he isn’t quick enough to be a total slot-WR, and not dominate enough in the air to be a redzone/flanker force?
Conclusion: I think JMatt might be one of the better “all around” receivers, a grinder, but not the ALL-ENCOMPASSING threat of Odell/Antonio. Bottom line the kid is a smart football player and won’t have to be told to run out of bounds at the end of the game, but he’s gotta catch it.
one drop. bad one but one. in that game anyway
I agree. He will never get much better at catching the ball. But he’s good at almost everything else so he’s still an asset.
Totally agree, intangibles are off the charts as well.
If ALejandro Villanueva manages to stonewall our DEs at the Linc on Sunday, im sending chip Kelly death threats.
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Im really anxious to see Burton and Ertz on the field together
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I would have rather played the Steelers later in the year after we had some time to Gel, but I am excited about the opportunity to really get a good idea where we are testing ourselves against one of the legit contenders. Steelers will be a great early season measuring stick in a few different areas.
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This could be the best offense we face all year. Deangelo and that steelers run game looks really good and you can’t find a more deadly QB/WR tandem than ANTONIO/Ben.
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This is a scary match up, but it’s also an opportunity for guys to step up and earn some respect. The LINC is going to be rocking, I won’t be heartbroken to lose against a great team, but i hope we can at least Hang with them and make it a game..
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Any word yet as to whether they expect Leodis to play?
Ertz is slated to go?
……Villanueva/King Dunlap…….how could we not find places for these bodies to play a few games a few years ago lol?
Who reported that?
Both McKelvin and Ertz are game time decisions.
Eh, Villanueva is one roster move you can’t blame on Kelly. The Eagles had starting tackles, he was old for a rookie and looked like marginal talent as a pass rusher. Good for him that he’s playing so well, but it’s not like cutting a ProBowl wideout or anything.
He also gained like 100lbs between his tryout and the subsequent season
Villanueva will not be stonewalling our DE. He’s made a lot of mistakes in the games I’ve seen.
Big Ben’s field savvy masks a TON of poor line play.
Ziggy Ansah with a high ankle sprain… It would be a big loss for the lions if he can’t play when we go to Detroit fresh off a bye week especially if we play that game without Lane Johnson
Yep… Ziggy was the guy I hoped we would take that draft
He’s 13 months younger than Brandon Graham.
Yeah, I guess.
Speaking of Graham, he’s playing out of his mind.
Incorrect. He’s much much older. Fake travel documents with a rather generous date of birth.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2013/story/_/id/9183917/ezekiel-ziggy-ansah-passport-viewed-teams
Everything involved with Ghana, especially their rude soccer team, is wicked and false.
You will not slander Josh Yaro.
I was more thinking that turd Sapong. And/or why we didn’t summarily execute several members of our nation team after choke losses to Ghana in 2006 and especially 2010.
Sapong was born here.
Just a friendly reminder:
Dallas sucks.
Always and in all ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7FZ04xFa2Q
Saw this. Pretty funny.
I’m watching and thinking, “This ain’t funny…” then, boom!
The kid is crying because there is so much trash surrounding him…
lol irl
reports of Ryan Matthews leaving xray room last night – anything?
I’d be more shocked if he wasn’t
Sturgis… They said cramps, I hope so. I thought he probably stretched his groin on the long FG.
I said I hoped it was cramp last night. Looked like it was his leg and he almost was trying to shake it off at one point but it may have been my imagination. He also looked pretty good on last kick.
Maybe he needed a cranberry juice.
http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lelcv9jmly1qzun17o1_500.png
Mills can play- just a rookie thats all. Bears and Browns are good teams to open up with a rookie QB. Just hoping the O line can protect and get some push against the Steelers or it will be a long day.
He ran a 4.61 40 at the combine, he has definite limitations.
And 4.48 at his pro day. Something wasn’t right with him at the combine, though that number had a lot to do with him falling in the draft.
Pro day is hand timed. Everybody runs faster at their pro day vs the combine. There is no hiding from electronic timing.
If he was truly a 4.61 corner he’d be trailing everyone down the field. That is basically not enough speed for a corner unless you’ve got a lot of size to make up for it. But yes, you can understand why teams would be suspicious — he was not a pure corner in college, and missed a lot of his senior year too with a fractured leg.
The Eagles had him in for a private workout, so he may have performed better there too.
He had off the field red flags too. I’m not discounting that may turn out to be a good player, considering Richard Sherman ran a slow 4.56. The main difference is Sherman is very physical.
So nice seeing Burton in actual games this year instead of watching him make catch after catch in the preseason but then never seeing him in the O in games that matter. Cannot wait to see Ertz and Burton on the field together.
The future of the TE position is bright.
I never understood why Burton didn’t get more snaps when our WRs were struggling last year. Then again it was Chip Kelly..
He’s Zach ertz, but not as good of a blocker, i think he might actually be a better pass catcher / more elusive – didn’t see any shoe string tackles on him last night.
Kendricks injury : was that him who did the face plant during the Royal punt return TD?
Nope, that was Barner.
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Does the ‘Wentz Wagon’ need a power train upgrade since this it is already over the manufactured-recommended number of Eagles’ fans?
Eagles’ fans continue to travel well and my cousin estimated that at least 20-25% of the fans at the game last night were wearing Eagles’ stuff.
the tires are going to blow on Monday from over capacity if they beat the Steelers.
Re: The Carson Wentz Nickname Contest
Wentz wears No. 11. An immutable fact at this point. (confirmed by photo below)
Lots of folks named “Wentz” immigrated to the US from the Netherlands. Immutable 2.
The Eagles’ last title-winning QB wore No. 11.
Immutable 3. (also confirmed by photo below)
That championship QB — Norm Van Brocklin — was known as “The Dutchman.”
Immutable 4.
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The immutable choice?
“Dutch Wentz.”
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Dutch Van Brocklin winning the 1960 championship:
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Carson Wentz impersonating “The Dutchman”:
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTlZOOcWJNUt6zRM3ZssNeDYBw-0So573NZhQIXO0TVvLrlRClE
How about “Wentz” or “Carson Wentz” or “11”?
Simplicity itself.
“Wentz” is a beautiful thing.
booo
BB . . .
Hope you see this.
A couple thoughts in response to you sensible comment.
First, I want to get ahead of the curve on someone (a certain someone?) calling Wentz by the moniker, “Wentzy” . . . as has happened with FOlesy and SAMmy and SCHWARtzy (but he won’t, weirdly enough, call Tommy Lawlor by “Tommy” — only “TOM”).
Second, maybe it’s best left to the natural order of the masses and the media to spontaneously christen Wentz — the way the (now-defunct) Phila Evening Bulletin, once upon a time, fell upon the Flyers’ great nickname of Broad Street Bullies.
this is hilarious.
How about…The RAINMAKER
LMFAO . . .
hahaha
Fargo Flamethrower? No. It doesn’t flow.
I like Dutch.
I like Wentzy…
the guy keeps taking hits like he has we will be calling him a stretcher before long
Big, green, shows no fear, spits fire, wrecks cities, ignores the distractions, take big hits with no apparent effect, obviously a by-product of nuclear testing…
He’s Godzilla.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/44c6590bb43b38f585fd9ac7c9bc2eb89b547567760ce46930416f11a48d66d2.jpg
This cat plays more like Fletcher Cox . . . but I can see the Wentz angle.
Sounds like the Hulk too.
Now just a dern tootin’ minute there, Mr Perry Mason. https://www.houseofnames.com/wentz-family-crest
He may be Dutch from his mother’s side, but that name is no more Dutch than Karl Marx (who knew a thing or two about immutability).
Love the Marxian reference.
Looking for a hook — after seeing what you’ve linked to — I poked around some old U.S. immigration records.
Seems some folks named Wentz came from Holland.
They may well have been migrants from from Germany; or simply boarding in Rotterdam after humping it there to get to America.
I’ll be the first to acknowledge, I’m stretching a bit . . . but, hell, it’s been 56 years.
Amen.
Little Dutch Boy. Saved the town and was just all jolly gee gosh about it. That’s Wentz to a T.
Unfortunately he put his finger in a questionable place.
Is it bad that is why I suggested it?
If you have to make too much of an argument for it, it’s no go..
Wentzlvania too obvious to use but too obvious to not.
Ben used WENTZ WORLD. . Which is my vote.
Wentz we came .. ( ‘from’ makes it redundant )
Lots of those don’t work as nicknames.
Calvin Johnson is Megatron. Justin Tucker is Legatron. That’s a bad guy.
Wentz leads the good guys. He is Optimus Prime.
Carson Orenthal Wentz. COW.
Orenthal? No no no no no no no!
No indeed
Already taken by Demaryius Thomas.
What??!!
He has been Optimus Prime in his college days. Those Georgia Tech WRs and their damn Transformer nick names.
Wentzilla!!! Thats all i got for now lol
The last Dutch we had in this town believed he was a time traveler…
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41OtPtDWNVL._SX332_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
The obvious choice is Can’t Miss Wentz.
For those recovering from the late night enjoying the game, I will spell it out:
Carson is from North Dakota, known pretty much only for the movie Fargo.
Fargo backwards is Go far.
Go far sounds an awful lot like gopher.
Gopher makes everyone immediately think of Caddy Shack.
Caddy Shack invokes images of Bill Murray.
Bill Murray is famously beloved by The Chive community.
Chives are excellent with capers and lox on bagels.
Bagels are synonymous with NYC.
NYC is the home of the iconic Statue of Liberty.
Lady Liberty is made of copper.
Copper reminds everyone of the old gangster line, “You’ll never take me alive, Copper!”
Old time gangsters were known for propositioning local entrepreneurs with “can’t miss deals.”
Hence, Can’t Miss Wentz.
There was also some YouTube video, but using that is a bit of a stretch.
Thin line between genius and madness… you’re playin’ it close.
The Slingin’ Ginger? The Red Tactician? Big Red: The Second Coming? Carnage Carson? Wonder Wentz? Wentz the Wonderful? TDs from the ND?
I like the Van Brocklin angle.
How about “The Second Coming”
Its amazing the no. 11 is not retired already consider Van Brocklin is one of the best QBs of all time. He was battling Otto Graham for the best QB in his time.
But, there is only one nick name worthy and its Carson “Can’t miss” Wentz
these practice games are real fun to watch and we need them for everyone to get some reps and improve, but the season officially starts on the 16th against the skins and gets heavy from there on out.
just beat the giants skins and cowboys and that’s all that I care about. beat them good beat them twice and beat them down please.
From Agholor to Wentz, Pederson to Schwartz, those are the big games this year and every year.
The Boston Herald reports the Patriots are “putting pressure” on Jimmy
Garoppolo (shoulder) to be ready for Thursday’s game, and have
“(reminded) him Tom Brady played through a similar injury on multiple
occasions throughout his career.” From Roto — ouch
If you’re going to force him to play, you can’t get mad if he doesn’t play well.
So here’s a fun question. You’re starting your own franchise tomorrow. You have a choice…Luck or Wentz. Who you taking?
Id go with Wentz. Still has a lot going for him that we havent seen yet. Andrew Luck n i’ll throw in Matt Ryan have been in the game long enough for me to see that are a bit overrated.
For the record…Wentz for me
I like luck. Put a rookie andrew luck on this team, playoffs.
Wentz. No question. Luck is one of the most overrated players in the league.
Honestly couldn’t agree more.
Easy Wentz over luck 247.. but Wentz ARod ??
Can I decide after the Steelers game?
Ask these guys after one of those games luck carries his team on his back, Superman style.
Wait, Bradford isn’t an option?
Luck.
I remember an imperious Ray Rhodes who had rather intense PC’s, and I remember Andy Reid, who looked like he hated having to hold PC’s, and then there was the Chippah, whose PC’s were exercises in showmanship. Rhodes had a tone and manner that was as serious as a heart attack. He used to eat maalox like it was candy. With AR, I could never tell if he was insecure or just flat out resented the press corps. His PC’s were almost hard to watch. Kelly, on the other hand was an entertainer who traded jokes and tales with the press. He never gave up much detail about himself, and you never had the feeling you really knew the guy from watching him conduct a press conference.
Doug Irvin Peterson: comfortable in his skin, unpretentious, willing to take questions and answer them in a straight-forward manner. Open to an extent about what he wants, what he does, why he does what he does. I love this guy.
I don’t disagree, but it’s a lot easier when you win. Let’s see how Pederson does in his press conferences after a 2-3 game losing streak.
After Wentz retires, sure
I really don’t expect Pederson to take a different approach. When Rhodes won he was intense about the next game. When AR won he had injury report and “time’s yours”, Kelly was a sideshow, and he was more upbeat when he won, but still a diversion win or lose. How the press and fans react to Pederson after a loss or consecutive losses – that will almost certainly change. If Chauncy the gardener ever became president, his nuggets of wisdom would become evidence of a vacuous dullard. But Pederson, I expect will just explain what he is doing and why he’s doing it. That will not suffice for a portion of the audience. So be it.
I don’t ever see Comcast, but I understand they fired Brian Westbrook, and he is a great addition to PE.com. Full of insight, analysis and love for the Eagles.
Yeah. they replaced him with Seth Joyner on the after game show and Seth is pretty awesome if you like hearing smart opinions from someone who looks like he’s about to murder everyone in the studio. And I do.
But they should have kept Westbrook, added Joyner, and dropped Barret Brooks. Westbrook, Didinger and Joyner would have been a dream lineup.
Westbrook was great on TV and is an all-time Eagles great. Why was he fired? There’s got to be more to the story.
Also, I get that they can’t keep everyone, but whatever happened to Vaughn Hebron. He was actually very good. If my memory is correct, he did a good job of correcting the Gov and keeping him in check.
It’s weird that he got “fired.” Don’t they usually say “let go” in normal situations?
those were Westbrook’s words:
https://twitter.com/36westbrook/status/761372653160628224
Westbrook is better than anything DC Comcast has.
You know things are going good when Sam Bradford has the 2nd highest QB rating in the NFL and nobody, not even the Roseman/Lurie haters, is second guessing the trade.
it’s too early for regrets.
I feel like you are bit jaded lately. Whats up?
Been playing QB roulette for too long — I’ve been hurt before. Not sure who to trust. My heart is saying yes, but my mind is saying no.
Not expecting to win as we get to the middle of the season, but if Wentz can keep looking competent i’ll be happy.
I also really liked $ammy Dollaz
Sam was never the marrying type. Time to settle down with a good guy like Wentz.
That would be nice if Sam finally lived up to his billing at Minnesota, and Wentz also turned out to be a good player. Kind of like when two friends of yours break up and then find their soulmates. (insert appropriate emoticon here)
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