Birds Bash Bradford

Posted: October 23rd, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 152 Comments »

The Eagles won the game 21-10. They dominated the line of scrimmage.

Sam Bradford was sacked 6 times. FOX had him getting hit 19 times (and that was late in the game…don’t know final tally). Bradford was under almost constant pressure. He fumbled the ball 4 times, losing 2 of them. He was picked off once, and that was in the end zone. He finished the game 24-41-224 with 1 TD (in garbage time) and 1 INT. This was easily Bradford’s worst game of the year. That pick was his first of the season.

The Vikings averaged 3.4 yards per carry and ran for 93 yards. They were stuffed on 3rd/1 and 4th/1 inside the 10-yard line.

Carson Wentz wasn’t sacked. The Eagles ran for 101 yards (3.9 ypc).

The Eagles DL didn’t have a sack last week and struggled against the run. They played without Bennie Logan today, but you wouldn’t have known that. Connor Barwin had a key strip sack and probably played his best game of the year. Brandon Graham was a force off the edge. It looked to me like Vinny Curry got penetration on the 4th/1 run that got stuffed. Beau Allen was in on 3 tackles and recovered a fumble. I am disappointed that he didn’t run that back for a score. Fat Guy TDs are better than even homemade chocolate pudding.

I need to see the tape to really know how the OL played.

That is impressive, but I do need to see just how much help the coaches gave to Vaitai and the OL overall. Halapoulivaati Vaitai only got his name called a couple of times. He played better than last week. Might be going too far to say he had a good game, but I’m happy with the fact he showed progress. Stefen Wisniewski had to take over for Brandon Brooks at RG for a little while due to injury. Jason Peters got replaced by Matt Tobin for a lot of the 4th Qtr. Brooks came back into the game so he should be okay. Peters stood on the sideline and looked pretty calm, which leads me to think he’s probably okay.

Carson Wentz did not have a good game. He started slow, but did make some key plays to help the team win. He knows he forced some passes and is responsible for 2 INTs. Young QBs are going to make mistakes. You need them to take ownership and then work to correct them.

There was another bad moment late in the game with Ryan Mathews losing a fumble. It cost the Eagles 7 points, but more importantly it killed any confidence in giving him the ball late in games. Right now you have to trust rookie Wendell Smallwood more than Mathews.

Possibly the biggest play of the game came on STs. Minnesota went up 3-0 and then kicked off. Josh Huff caught the ball at the 2-yard line and then exploded up the field. He got good blocking and then ran through the pathetic tackle attempt by the kicker. 98-yard TD and The Linc really came alive. The Eagles led the rest of the game. The Vikings had barely trailed before today’s game. Their offense is not suited to playing from behind.

This really was an unusual game. The teams combined for 8 turnovers. There were a lot of strange moments. Just when one team appeared to be sitting pretty, the other team would make a huge play and steal the moment away. And then the very next play might be just the opposite. This was an ugly game. It is encouraging that the Eagles found a way to win. Their 3-0 start was mistake-free, good football. Today Wentz and his teammates overcame mistakes and made just enough plays to pull out the win.

There are no more undefeated teams this year as the Vikings fall to 5-1. The Eagles are now 4-2 and in 2nd place in the NFC East. They can regain the division lead if they beat Dallas next week. Enjoy the win over the Vikings for at least today. There will be plenty of time to hate Dallas between now and next Sunday night.

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152 Comments on “Birds Bash Bradford”

  1. 1 RC5000 said at 5:32 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Eric Rowe started today. I think Heyward-Bey beat him on the TD. We can cuss about giving up on him but there are conditions on pick:

    According to a source, the fourth-round pick will become a third-round pick if Rowe plays in at least 50 percent of the Patriots defensive snaps either in 2016 or 2017, which feels like an attainable figure.

    http://www.phillyvoice.com/eri…

  2. 2 Dave said at 5:42 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    That will come in handy IN 2YEARS when we actually get the pick.

  3. 3 SteveH said at 5:57 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Heyward Bey had him beat earlier too but Landry Jones underthrew him.

  4. 4 Birds Bash Bradford - said at 5:38 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    […] Tommy Lawlor The Eagles won the game 21-10. They dominated the line of scrimmage. Sam Bradford was sacked 6 […]

  5. 5 A_T_G said at 5:41 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    When Mathews fumbled the first time, I guessed that Pederson would give him a chance at redemption, earning himself loyalty in the process. I think after the second one, though, Mathews is going to have to build trust and earn his next chance at redemption.

    Realistically, his Eagles career might not last long enough for that to happen.

  6. 6 Iskar36 said at 6:46 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Unless you think we are going to trade/cut him midseason (which I don’t see unless they can find another RB), I have a hard time seeing Matthews not at least get a few more carries again late in a game. Smallwood hopefully will start earning more playing time, but I haven’t seen enough of his pass protection to know that he is at a level you would feel comfortable leaving him in regularly late in games when the outcome isn’t yet certain. And while Sproles is good at pass protection, clearly the coaches don’t like to over use Sproles. Seems to me, Matthews will still get some late game carries, in part out a lack of other options, but that was a weakness we sort of knew going into the season.

  7. 7 A_T_G said at 7:40 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Maybe, but to paraphrase a past president, “Fumble on me once, shame on you. Fumble on me twice, shame on…me…you…well, you came get fumbled on again.”

  8. 8 Eagles_Fan_in_San_Fran said at 5:51 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Bradford today:
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3850121e0f55912b75a312bb26062efacdf14a958703c1f44def6a89770d40a5.gif

  9. 9 ChoTime said at 6:34 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    He still has a bit of the boyish adorableness, even now. I can’t hate Sammy, I just needed us to crush him.

  10. 10 P_P_K said at 10:34 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    My son said he looks like a confused squirrel.

  11. 11 daveH said at 6:01 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    This really was an unusual game
    Indeed indeed
    Ho Go Eagles
    Power through

  12. 12 daveH said at 6:15 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Did I really write this ??
    Im sofa king wasted…
    What a crazy game. .ecstatic for the win..
    Go All Eagles

    Go All out Eagles! !

  13. 13 sonofdman said at 6:21 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Sofa King Wasted!!!! LOL

  14. 14 ChoTime said at 6:33 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    It’s some form of poetry, right?

  15. 15 daveH said at 6:36 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Busdweiset pooorertry yes

  16. 16 daveH said at 6:21 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    1000 comments during the the game.. 6 comments an hour later. . Please everyone drive carefully !!!!

  17. 17 xeynon said at 6:28 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Too busy watching the 49ers offense stink it up. After being reminded how little I miss Sammy Sleeves it’s nice to be similarly reminded how little I miss Chip Kelly.

  18. 18 xeynon said at 6:25 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I expected the offense to struggle today. Every QB the Vikings have played this season has looked bad, including Rodgers, Newton, and Manning, so I’m neither surprised nor especially concerned Wentz struggled. The important thing was that he didn’t fold and came back to make some plays in the second half. The offensive line was also better than last week. Not every victory is going to be a work of art but this was a quality win against one of the better teams in the NFC and gets us back on track after two desultory losses. Now let’s beat the Cowturds and send them back toward their rightful place at the bottom of the division!

  19. 19 D3FB said at 6:33 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I thought we were never going to win again though?

  20. 20 ChoTime said at 6:34 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    #destroyingnarrativesnooneputoutthere

  21. 21 D3FB said at 6:35 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    #waylesshyperbolethanyouareactinglikeitis

  22. 22 A_T_G said at 7:14 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    #thatweirddichotomywhenthehashtagandwordssquishedtogethermakeyouthink itmustbeaTwitterthingbutthehashtagissolongitwonfitinthe140characterslimit

  23. 23 sonofdman said at 7:07 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Maybe Swartz read all the comments, realized his defensive system stinks, and changed it before this game?

  24. 24 anon said at 6:35 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    shame hows chargers played bosa – hes a beast

  25. 25 scratcherk said at 6:46 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    And WAS lost, woot!

  26. 26 Dragon_Eagle said at 6:56 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    No, no, no. Must start hating Dallas immediately, retroactively when possible. One week is not enough. I usually start 40+ years ahead of each game.

    BEAT DALLAS!!!
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/166eb506441790f4f0a4553423881e7f2a87aeff73bbb51079438775af144e9d.jpg

  27. 27 Forthebirds said at 8:03 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Hating Dallas is one of life’s constants. Happens with every heartbeat. I think I was born hating them even though they didn’t exist then.

  28. 28 Insomniac said at 6:59 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I would like to take credit for the Huff return for a TD. I’m sure he reads igglesblitz and had to use my bashful comment as motivation to do something big this week.

  29. 29 sonofdman said at 7:05 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I wasn’t on Igglesblitz at the time, but I called that TD. Before the Vikings kicked off I told my wife that we were getting a kickoff return touchdown. She ignored me and asked what I was talking about when I was jumping around the room yelling “I called it!”

  30. 30 A_T_G said at 7:25 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    We all knew you weren’t Sleepy, Insomniac, but I never pictured you as Bashful… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7e32b2be866a0a6df7ad926e40e7648adcf4cf995e77f25c904e47537afd85f2.jpg

  31. 31 daveH said at 8:03 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I SAW YOUR COMMENT! WELL DONE .. i cited this during the game. . My guess wasvl German

  32. 32 Buge Halls said at 7:05 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Anybody that is still wondering why Bradford isn’t in Philly any more (besides that big fat juicy 1st round pick we got) you only need to look at all the three yard passes he was throwing while they were trying to drive down the field from behind. Down three scores, you can’t run the dink and dunk and hope to come back (it’s great to take time off the clock when you’re ahead). As far as I can remember, he only threw deep one time – and it was incomplete.

  33. 33 anon said at 7:06 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    no time. 19 qb hits including 4 TOs and you want him to hang in the pocket and throw deep?

  34. 34 Dave said at 7:17 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    He was hit on 50% of his drop backs.

  35. 35 A_T_G said at 7:21 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    But Bradford was hanging in the pocket before throwing the checkdown.

    It wasnt like he was throwing immediately off a three step drop. He was taking a full drop, bouncing a few time, then taking the check. There was time for guys to get 20 yards downfield, or to get behind the CB.

  36. 36 Dave said at 7:23 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    You would think after practicing against our corners and watching their film this season, he’d be throwing deep all day and just taking the PI penalties.

  37. 37 ChoTime said at 11:21 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    His ass wasn’t even looking by that time in the game.

  38. 38 Buge Halls said at 10:15 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    And what about the other 30 times he dropped back?

  39. 39 Cafone said at 7:10 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    https://twitter.com/Beau_Allen/status/683761721798955011

  40. 40 Dave said at 7:13 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Lol, Awnold

  41. 41 sonofdman said at 7:15 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    LOL

  42. 42 xeynon said at 7:35 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Beau Allen is quickly moving up my list of all-time favorite obscure Eagles.

  43. 43 Tumtum said at 8:14 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Not so sure he is obscure. He is a big part of the game day defense.

  44. 44 xeynon said at 8:59 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    25 years from now he’ll be one of those guys only hardcore fans remember – that’s my definition of obscure.

  45. 45 Tumtum said at 11:41 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Oh so most guys. I figured you meant the Dan Klecko, Chris Maragos, Mike Hunt, Dion Lewis types.

  46. 46 xeynon said at 9:46 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    That’s the type of guy I mean. Guys who start, even if they’re not great or memorable players, are a tier above.

  47. 47 D3FB said at 7:39 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    Derek Landri or Beau Allen

  48. 48 xeynon said at 9:44 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    I see your Derek Landri and raise you Sam Rayburn, Keyonta Marshall, and Paul Grasmanis. The Eagles have always had a gift for discovering rotational defensive tackle types who stick in my memory by being colorful and making plays in limited action.

  49. 49 daveH said at 8:28 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I love the idea. . Give some of the names…
    …dawkins (darryl), tocchett, brind amour, . . .

  50. 50 xeynon said at 10:04 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    Eagles-wise I always liked Greg Lewis, Ike Reese, and Rod Hood. For the other teams:

    76ers: Todd MacCulloch, Raja Bell, Dana Barros
    Flyers: Vinny Prospal, Antero Niitymaki, Shjon Podein
    Phillies: Kevin Stocker, Matt Stairs, Rheal Cormier

  51. 51 daveH said at 10:39 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    Hated hated hated GLew… loved Rod Hood.
    Loved Charlie Garner
    Darn i dont know any of those others .. and all my names are from long ago, which is scary to realise

  52. 52 ChoTime said at 11:20 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    That is classic.

  53. 53 Dave said at 7:13 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Ron Brooks done for the year with a torn quad tendon.

  54. 54 anon said at 7:17 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    damn — anyone know if wiz looked ok?

  55. 55 Dave said at 7:19 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Ron the CB, you’re confusing him with Brandon the Guard.

  56. 56 anon said at 7:26 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    that’s right, saw him leave with the leg brace, playing fast and loose w/ cb depth.

  57. 57 A_T_G said at 7:30 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Anyone know how that recovery compares to ligament damage?

  58. 58 Dave said at 7:33 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    6-9 months, according to a doc on Twitter responding to the news

  59. 59 daveH said at 7:59 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Yeah i saw a link to a doc that said 6 to 9

  60. 60 daveH said at 8:25 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Great insight fuchk face

  61. 61 Dave said at 7:35 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    https://twitter.com/LesBowen/status/790329410029096962

  62. 62 A_T_G said at 7:37 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Thanks. I wonder if that means plus a year of reduced ability, like a ligament injury usuallydoes.

  63. 63 Dave said at 7:41 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Pettella tendon connects your kneecap to tibia. Quad tendon connects quad muscle to top of patella. I’d imagine much better healing time compared to torn ligament

  64. 64 Mitchell said at 8:23 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Tendons and ligaments are generally made out of the same substance, collagen so I would offer, in general healing is relatively similar assuming all otjer factors are the same i.e. size of tissue, weight being bore, etc. An interesting note is that the quadriceps muscles tendons actually extend to the patella( quadriceps tendon) envelop the patella and extend to the tibia( patellar tendon). Tje patella just kind of floats above the knee.

  65. 65 Media Mike said at 7:45 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Chao is the man.

  66. 66 P_P_K said at 10:31 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Always was, always will be.

  67. 67 Tumtum said at 8:11 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Oops

  68. 68 lewis don said at 7:17 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Where did all the birds 24 7 people go?

  69. 69 anon said at 7:19 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    kempski’s site. they hate the new talent at birds 24/7

  70. 70 Dave said at 7:21 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I wouldn’t call them talent, that infers skill.

  71. 71 lewis don said at 7:24 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Jeez…that hurts…if it means anything, i didnt notice they changed anything about the site

  72. 72 anon said at 7:25 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    since shiel and tim left they replaced with BLG and no one really likes him – be interesting to see how they address that.

  73. 73 lewis don said at 7:28 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Ohhhh..i mean, i guess its deserved. Im not gonna act like i have any idea what he did to kill the site. I was only coming back for the commentary in the section….gave me the feels when i came back and everybody dipped.

  74. 74 Dave said at 7:32 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Tim and Sheil were experienced reporters with great insight. Furthermore, Sheil was similar to Fran Duffy at the mother ship for breaking down film. Both were quality writers.

    Josh is a young kid that interned under Tim and Sheil and is a recent graduate. BLG is a clickbait journalist. They both have a long way to go.

  75. 75 anon said at 7:34 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    hope their getting $$ – gotta assume phillymag knew what they were getting when they hired blg

  76. 76 Dave said at 7:37 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I believe Sheil and Tim founded the website and hired Josh and BLG. I might be wrong though.

  77. 77 Corry said at 9:51 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I think they hired Paunil. I think Paunil then hired BLG when McManus left for ESPN.

  78. 78 Dave said at 10:25 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I can’t imagine a kid out of college for 1 year had any hiring power.

  79. 79 Corry said at 7:04 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    I’d imagine he at least had some say. I’m not sure how much say McManus would have had while he was packing up to head to ESPN.

  80. 80 Dave said at 8:42 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    FYI, here is a little background reading if you weren’t following Sheil and Tim last summer.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20150811205443/http://www.phillymag.com/birds247/2015/08/10/passing-the-torch-at-birds-247/

  81. 81 ChoTime said at 11:18 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    BLG is like that poor kid who accidentally scored a goal on his own team for Argentina and then fans later took him out.

  82. 82 ChoTime said at 11:17 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Untrue, talent is a scale which goes from “very talented” to “no-talent.”

  83. 83 lewis don said at 7:23 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Ohhh…thanks anon.

  84. 84 Media Mike said at 7:45 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I had to stop posting there because Philly Mag banned my account due to anti Harry Gamble comments. There weren’t even any curses!

  85. 85 lewis don said at 7:53 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I cant say i know who harry gamble is…sounds petty

  86. 86 Media Mike said at 7:57 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Harry Gamble was the collaborator GM who worked under Norman Braman who lost us Keith Jackson, Reggie White, Keith Byars, Seth Joyner, Eric Allen, Seth Joyner, and Clyde Simmons.

    He’s the moral equivalent of the death row guard throwing the switch on the electric chair on an obviously innocent man.

  87. 87 lewis don said at 8:03 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Oooh…im woke…it seems more petty for them to block you for something so irrelevant. Informational, but history…idk what you said though…but all in all. I think you have won that battle. Not much to be banned from a site that doesnt exist

  88. 88 Media Mike said at 8:03 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I was kicking massive amounts of dirt on his grave when he died. I was pointing out the nostalgia for a guy who was a horrible GM was misplaced.

  89. 89 lewis don said at 8:07 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Ohh…ive learned so much in the past 5 minutes..

  90. 90 daveH said at 8:23 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Hmmm sounds like my attitude about see-ya-later time for 3 years of fat andy

  91. 91 daveH said at 8:09 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Wow if they banned YOU for insights & knowlegde i am no longer reading them !

  92. 92 ChoTime said at 11:19 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Media Mike is never petty. Oh, you’re talking about them.

  93. 93 Dave said at 7:52 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    https://twitter.com/RoobCSN/status/790335861976080384

  94. 94 Media Mike said at 7:55 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Reub needs to stick with this stuff and interesting stats rather than defending losers like Kelce, McDermott, and both Gambles.

  95. 95 Dave said at 7:57 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Boy did he pine for McDermott to be the coach over Dougie!

  96. 96 Media Mike said at 7:58 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    It was undignified, transparent, and obviously bad advice.

  97. 97 Dave said at 8:01 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    All his articles on the subject could be TL/DR as “Sean is my friend and the Eagles should hire him. If they don’t they are dumb and I am smarter than them. Did I mention Sean is my friend?”

  98. 98 Dave said at 7:58 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Chip is 1-6 in San Fran. Anyone think he and Tom Gamble could be 1 and done after the season.

  99. 99 Media Mike said at 7:59 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Yes.

  100. 100 anon said at 7:59 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    not tom gamble’s fault, but chip clearly not nfl ready prospect.

  101. 101 Media Mike said at 8:00 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Gamble is a snitch to reporters who leaks Chip-friendly BS and has zero talent evaluation skills. He’s only hired to stroke Chip’s “ego.”

  102. 102 Dave said at 8:04 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    He was hired as a favor so Chip would have a friend on the team, sort like when Dougie gave Chase Daniel all that money to help him coach Wentz.

  103. 103 holeplug said at 9:09 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    York will fire Baalke first and give Chip a year to improve

  104. 104 Cracker Ass Red said at 9:49 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    Well, there are a couple of guys on the team that are under 6’4″…..

  105. 105 Tumtum said at 8:05 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Couldnt devote complete attention to the game today. From what I saw I am at least happy to see a decline in penalties. Still too many, but going the right direction. The tackling and defense was much inproved as I think we all expected. The only bright spot on offense were line play and Huff, right?

  106. 106 Dave said at 8:10 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Huff didn’t do much on offense. Had big kick return though.

  107. 107 Tumtum said at 11:37 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Had the best game of any skill position player I saw. Sure Sproles was in there late but he had 2 drops and a bad exchange which it seemed may be mostly on Wentz.

  108. 108 Dave said at 8:12 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    After just watching the Pats against the Steelers, Huff would flourish in a Julian Edelman/Wes Welker-type role.

  109. 109 Tumtum said at 11:35 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    As long as he keeps catching the ball that is. He is far better than those guys once he has the ball in his hands.

  110. 110 ChoTime said at 11:58 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Problem is he can’t catch. No hands. Has flippers.

  111. 111 Tumtum said at 1:39 PM on October 24th, 2016:

    True, but he hasn’t dropped one yet this year. Don’t want to jinx it, not like he gets targeted a bunch though.

  112. 112 daveH said at 10:11 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    We folllowed evety turnover with a takewaway. . That was awesome

  113. 113 ChoTime said at 11:16 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Basically the Vikings have a shitty offense.

  114. 114 Sean Stott said at 8:18 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Bow down to the RNG god, RNGesus. He giveth fumbles, he taketh away interceptions, all praise

  115. 115 Media Mike said at 8:24 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    RNG?

  116. 116 Sean Stott said at 8:27 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    yes random number generator. I harp on it a lot, but fans underestimate the effects of chance and randomness in every football game.

  117. 117 Dave said at 8:30 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/25/2536b363fad695bdc045858f72f6b2bc55b299876f1cd2afceb465a557005658.jpg

  118. 118 daveH said at 10:09 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I dig it.. as far as i really understand it .. ..

  119. 119 BC1968 said at 10:41 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Gamble online much?

  120. 120 kajomo said at 8:35 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I get the logic of wanting to have as many guys i coverage as possible, but it only works if you are getting pressure with 4. I really hope we continue to see Jim dial up the blitz.

  121. 121 P_P_K said at 10:29 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Thise were really creative blitzes.

  122. 122 Cafone said at 8:51 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Next week will present a much different challenge for the Eagles defense. I hope they are up to it.

  123. 123 P_P_K said at 10:29 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    We’ll probably see Zeke 10 or 12 times over the next bunch of years. Lets start this off right by crushing the young mans spirit. Oh yea, Dak, too.

  124. 124 Cafone said at 8:55 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I disagree with Tommy that this was an ugly game. I thought it was a beautiful game. Once the Eagles had it locked down in the 4th quarter it got a little ugly, but up to that point I was loving it. Low scoring games are usually about inept offenses. I felt this game was about two great defenses.

  125. 125 Aaron said at 9:13 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    this was apenalty filled, turnover fest on both sides, meh

  126. 126 BlindChow said at 1:27 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    The Vikings offense was pretty inept.

  127. 127 Cafone said at 1:35 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    They were dominated into ineptness.

  128. 128 RichEagle said at 10:00 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    A Momah sighting. First career catch.

  129. 129 A_T_G said at 10:04 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    That seems so hard to believe. You need to respect a guy that was willing to work for so long to reach that point.

  130. 130 RichEagle said at 10:10 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Didn’t look smooth but does appear to have bulked up.

  131. 131 Corry said at 10:10 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Yeah he almost looked more like a TE than a WR.

  132. 132 A_T_G said at 10:35 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    I think he is listed as a TE.

  133. 133 Corry said at 7:02 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    That would explain why he looked like a TE.

  134. 134 wee2424 said at 10:48 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    He is a TE for them.

  135. 135 ChoTime said at 11:15 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Kudos to him. It does go to show that #measurables isn’t the ideal way to measure a guy.

  136. 136 ChoTime said at 11:54 PM on October 23rd, 2016:

    Donovan getting clowned on SNF….

  137. 137 SteveH said at 12:03 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    This SNF is at peak bad football/high entertainment combo.

  138. 138 FairOaks said at 12:10 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    Just topped itself.

  139. 139 SteveH said at 12:10 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    This game couldn’t get any better I don’t think.

  140. 140 ChoTime said at 12:10 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    Idiot kickers! I was really feeling bad for that Cards kicker.

  141. 141 SteveH said at 12:15 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    People who didn’t stay up for the end of this one really missed out.

  142. 142 ChoTime said at 12:20 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    It sort of reminded me of our game. Incompetence is the word that comes to mind, but I’m not sure if it’s really fair to talk about top professional athletes that way.

  143. 143 Ark87 said at 12:18 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    To be fair, the kickers scored every point in the game. Bizarre game.

  144. 144 Rambo said at 12:37 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    Think the Chiefs would trade Charles with Ware playing so well?

  145. 145 Insomniac said at 1:58 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    Maybe but I wouldn’t want him on the team.

  146. 146 Rambo said at 11:51 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    Better than Matthews by far IMO

  147. 147 HawaiianEagle said at 1:21 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    After watching the game, all I keep thinking of is Kurt Russell playing Herb Brooks in Miracle and saying “we are going to shut them down because we can!”

  148. 148 BlindChow said at 1:40 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    The best part of today’s game was Bradford playing like he was still with the Eagles. No pocket awareness, and when the game was on the line, he threw only to his closest checkdown. (In didn’t even matter that our corners sucked, they weren’t going to get tested by Bradford…)

    I hate when players are mediocre with us, then go to another team and play lights out. This made me happy.

  149. 149 Insomniac said at 2:09 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/10/23/trade-winds-blow-regarding-joe-thomas-again/

    can we trade Agholor for a second?

  150. 150 Anders said at 3:19 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    I think we need to give the 2nd and Agholor to some team

  151. 151 BlindChow said at 6:45 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    How about Agholor for Thomas straight up?

  152. 152 Anders said at 4:13 AM on October 24th, 2016:

    Is it just me, but as Eagles fan favorite (including me) TJ Clemmings just been super bad for the Vikings this year?