Game Preview – Skins Game
Posted: October 16th, 2016 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 541 Comments »Lots of angles on this one.
The Eagles have lost 3 in a row to Washington so there is the revenge angle.
The Eagles are coming off their first loss of the year so there is the bounce-back angle.
First division game of the year so there is the rivalry angle. I covered that in my preview for PE.com.
No matter how you slice it, this is a big game. The Eagles need to get back to winning. They don’t want any part of a losing streak, especially with the upcoming schedule. This is a game you really want to win. It would be great to create some separation in the division. The Giants already have 3 losses. If the Eagles win today, that would give the Skins their 3rd loss.
Today is all about the run game. WAS is 25th in the league in rushing. They only have more than 100 yards in one game so far this year. The flip side is that they play awful defense. They are 30th in rush yards allowed. They are dead last in yards per carry. RBs average 5.1 yards per carry against that defense. Wow.
The Eagles are 10th in the league in rushing and 3rd in run defense. Advantage Eagles on both fronts.
The big problem for the Skins on defense is that they are terrible tacklers. You see LBs and DBs miss tackles on a regular basis. The Eagles need to feed the ball to their RBs, both as runners and receivers. Runs and quick passes also work well with trying to get Halapoulivaati Vaitai comfortable at RT. You don’t want him blocking Ryan Kerrigan 1-on-1 on standard pass plays on a regular basis. You have to test him a bit, but quick throws, chip blocks and double teams can help the rookie out. If Vaitai shows he can handle the situation, then adjust. But you need to plan to help him.
With the Skins tackling issues, I would also throw the ball to DGB and Josh Huff. DGB uses his size and strength to get the best of tacklers. Huff uses his speed and running ability to move well in traffic.
I know a lot of people love to rip on Kirk Cousins, but he is a better player than they realize, especially against the Eagles. In 3 starts, he is 2-1 and the Skins average 32 points per game.
Kirk Cousins vs. Eagles in three games: 8 touchdowns, 1 INT, 105.1 quarterback rating. https://t.co/T5qWbnV9Hb
— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) October 12, 2016
Stopping him won’t be easy. Jim Schwartz talked about the need for the Eagles DL to win the battle up front. It looks to me like the Skins OL is improved from last year so that is easier said than done.
I don’t know why the Skins are so pass-happy. Cousins averages 40 dropbacks per game. RBs average less than 20 carries per game. Matt Jones is a big, physical runner. You would think you would want to feed him the ball. The Eagles will want to get penetration to stop him. Jones isn’t as effective when he has to deal with trash in the backfield. He is a downhill runner and needs to get going to generate his power.
TE Jordan Reed is out, but Cousins still has plenty of weapons. Rodney McLeod will have the challenge of not letting DeSean Jackson get behind him. McLeod has never faced Jackson so he’s about to find out just how fast DJax is. Jamison Crowder in the slot is a tough matchup. I’m not sure Ron Brooks can handle his speed and quickness. I also think RB Chris Thompson can be challenging. He has big time speed.
The Eagles should try to be methodical and run the ball a lot. That keeps Cousins and his weapons over on the sidelines as spectators.
Don’t overlook the importance of STs today. Crowder is the leading PR in the league. The Skins are #2 on KORs. They also ran a fake punt for a big gain a couple of weeks ago. Lose the kicking game and you might lose the overall game.
Key matchups, trends to watch, and much more. Here's the #PHIvsWAS preview: https://t.co/4gpTLp42E6 pic.twitter.com/0isVMcDOkw
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) October 13, 2016
Going by the numbers, the Eagles should win this game. But WAS has won 3 in a row on the season and against the Eagles. That tells me this game will be tougher than the numbers say.
If the Eagles run the ball well and Carson Wentz plays like he usually does, the Eagles should win this game.
*****
#Eagles Inactives: WR Treggs, CB McKelvin, DE Means, OL Andrews, OL Gordon, OL Seumalo, CB C.J. Smith.
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) October 16, 2016
Eagles going light at CB with McKelvin out and Smith inactive.
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So you’re telling me that there’s another NFL team that gives up exactly 266.8 yards per game?! That’s some crazy shit!
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Game day my Ninja’s!!!!
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While the skins run defense is certainly weak, their secondary is also suspect that can be taken advantage of, especially our TEs exploiting the skins safeties in Coverage…
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But no need to over analyze this match up. We can make this game simple just by the offense not turning over the ball, and the defense hitting Cousins early and often… Do those two things well, and the rest Probably won’t matter
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Big plays are nice, but not making mistakes should Be the difference in this Match up
Bring it on!!
Been a busy week and haven’t been paying careful attention. What’s the line on this game?
E 27 … W 16
A loss here and things could get ugly. Need a win. Unfortunately I’m in Boston and probably have to watch the deflators today
Things could get ugly at 3-2? ok..
He’s probably talking about the stretch of tough games we have coming up over the next 6 weeks.
On Igglesblitz? Very possible.
Try the regular fox station…showing eagles in CT
Allright, everyone ready to rock the comments section? :drink:
Cheers! :drink:
Goose Island Oktoberfest. Waddaya got?
Got a magic hat low key session IPA to start. Cheers!
My last Duclaw 31 🙁 (I have other beer though)
Meh. No beer. Only Diet Pepsi. Although I have about half a bottle of bourbon if it comes to that.
New Belgium Pumpkick
PBR. Tommy’s influence is far reaching.
FINALLY a division game. I’m disappointed by the lack of intensity going into this one. LETS KICK SOME FUCKING ASS.
Eags start with the ball
Damn. Hate that
Another reason to be thankful that election season is nearly over: no more political ads! If I have to sit through 1 more Mcginty or Toomey ad I’m going to throw myself off the 2nd story balcony. It might not kill me, but consider it my protest against political ads.
What crew is reffing this game?
Not morelli. All that matters.
Can’t wait to see Big V huge first series
I got butterflies.
Not good
The fuck was that.
Ugh, three TEs on Big Vs side and a sack. Hold on celek
Welp, that could have started better.
Anyone have an online link pls ???
try atdhe dot tv
Couldn’t get it to go. Thks vm.
There you go, pound it down their throats.
Opening play was an AR call. Too cute. Run the damn ball. Don’t overthink it.
Smart run by the rookie. Follow your blockers, get that first down.
Not thrilled with the Celek 1 on 1 with Kerrigan but all is forgiven now.
what number is big v
72
big v destroyed there.
He just sacked Wentz
WOW
oof, big V looked awful there.
Blecch
needs a new jersey now
Welp, time to rethink the plan, help Big V.
Welp, Big V had his welcome to the NFL moment.
as long as we dont have a winston justice day.
You beat me to it
Winston Justice flashback
rt is a turnstile
Nice tackle, Huff.
Can’t run it to Peters side all game. Also, HPV gonna need some more help.
Not a great punt but good tackle. So now Doug needs to make the adjustment, Big V needs help.
Gotta run to the right-side, Vaitai’s side, as well or the DE can just tee off and go for the backfield.
D needs to make a play
There we go, Big D time
Redskins start by submarining Cox and getting pressure from Bennie.
Cousins is a statue which is perfect for our D.
Love BG.
Ugh, dont like rushing 3 at all.
DJ ugh.
HOLD
not the one i wanted.
Uh oh.
Mills vs. Jackson is a mismatch for the ‘Skins.
Sloppy start
No, not sloppy. Washington is going after our weak links – Vaitai and Mills.
not mentioned: how bullshit a lot of those penalties were.
Is McKelvin out btw?
yurr.
Yes.
They are just setting up a DJack double move with these throws.
Yep, hope our safeties are on it.
Excellent.
Big stop
Lucky drop
might have got him anyway, would have been close.
I think we tackle him short of the sticks there anyhow.
Not if it’s Kendricks
*drop
Allright D, now run it down their frickin THROATS
It’s interesting that the Eagles are still going for a big pass rush. The book on Cousins has been to make Cousin think and react, so Ds have been focused on lots of DBs and less pas rush… Not Eagles…
One thing to consider is that cousins is an absolute statue, no ability to move in the pocket. I think we’re going to give him fits with just rushing 4, we’ve already affected 2 of his throws.
1st 3rd down was only 3 rushers……
ok, I see, It seemed like there were lots of people on the line on the other 3-4 downs…
We are one of the fewest blitzing teams…
Props to the announcing team for nailing Big V’s name.
Was hoping they didnt call it too much but thats not going well so far
dont give up the run now
Oof, OL does not look good right now… Thanks Lane…
Terrible
Lane Johnson is killing us. Offense doesn’t look the same at all
HPV looks awful every play
looked like a beautiful throw
What a throw though
AGH, Mathews SUCKS at keeping his feet in on those sideline throws.
you know who was really good at that? Maclin…
I get so frustrated with Mathews, he shows none of that elite body awareness top receivers have, he can never keep both feet in on those tough sideline catches.
Well Eli sack fumbled so theres that
Wentz is good, but he isn’t winning this game by himself. Someone has to step it up for him.
Wenz will step it up for the offense himself
Maybe a roll-out or two to get those DEs to settle down?
or a screen
Next draft – OL, OL, OL, OL, OL, OL, OL, CB, OL
Wide receiver.
Nah, go FA for that. Get me a young, dominant OL for the next 10 years. I’ll worry about who’s catching it after we learnt o properly protect Carson.
call a fucking hold on them please
See our rush is giving them fits, all day they’re going to be on him.
This game is a mess. No wonder viewership is decreasing
all over him like a cabana boy
Another throw affected by the Rush… gonna be a looong day for Cousins.
makeup GAME from refs?
Bradham was on him like he was a cabana boy
Alright get off the field and get some field po
Good to see the D has their shit together. C’mon offense, your turn now.
fuckign third and long. heartattack time
DL looks strong.
Whoa, that was a slick catch by their punter to save the bad snap.
That replay shows why 18 yards on 3rd and 20 is still a fail. They gave them to you.
Allright what do we need guys? I think a few runs to Big V’s side to get his confidence up
We need the offensive line to stop looking like a sieve. It’s not *just* big V. The middle of the line is having issues too.
It’s gotta be something to help the OL, they’re off to an awful start.
OK Doug. What’ve you got in that magic coaching hat of yours?
mmmm magic hat…
time for a jet sweep to Huff
or a deep ball to DGB
I think quick throws and runs to the left and right should be the plan now. Beat the pass rush by getting the ball out fast.
good good, third and short. keep the chains moving
Running to Vaitai’s side. Good.
he’s a big boy.
I think they’re trying to catch the DE rushing by
peters with a self inflected pancake
kerrigan getting antsy
oops murphy
yup. licking his chops thinking he can take advantage of Vaitai
Sweeeet, ahahaha
almost a fucking great catch.
Wentz looks a little off.
Carson missing high, needs to settle down.
Shoulda had that, but does Wentz look at little off today?
little jittery
Just a bit.
it’s the quickly dissolving pocket
another hard count wouldnt hurt.
Reidesque 2nd and 10 call.
pretty sure reid would have called a 7 step drop there.
He sometimes called a useless draw in that situation, just to get his R/P ratio to 20%.
not a hot start. hit cousins, hit him hard.
Man, Wentz is just off.
Matthews showing he wouldn’t have allowed that pick last week. That man can break up a pass!
horrible series by Wentz… Accuracy is way off.
Yeah he’s missing today. Needs to settle down.
He has no time
Throw it to DBG ffs
Stupid low percentage play on 3rd and 6.
Was it an *actual* chop block this time?
irrelevant when calling penalties on the eagles
I hate that Fox is shoving Skip Bayless down everyone’s throats.
just say no.
That asshat.
Stupid
saw that right away when mills walked up to jackson
Matter of time. Mills can’t cover him
Jaqqed him up.
please hold to 3 here
Uh oh
Looked like a hold on Kendricks.
Can we put the first string DLine in please
This team lacks confidence right now
SHIT
Can’t watch the game, tried redzone but we are getting no love, anything worth noting? Anyone playing well / poorly?
Google Eagles Redskins Reddit. They list different active sites there. Works for me.
Way too damn easy. Way way way too easy.
why do we break all stat tendencies (not in a good way)
Hm. Time to recalibrate our expectations?
Absolutely, but u gotta be optimistic with Wentz.
Dont tell people that or you will be flamed as an arrogant ass.
Lets see how they respond
Blatant hold there on Logan
Kirk Cousins saves his best games for the Eagles.
Guys running wide open for them
Give Washington credit. They are going after our weak points and doing so successfully. They’ve out played us to this point.
Badly
Started wentz in fantasy, maybe this is my fault.
jerk.
Nice.
Must be Halloween already. 2011 Eagles revived from dead.
Our secondary is TRASH
Schwartz really needs to find a way to get Mills off of Jackson.
Not much he can do except put an illegal bounty on DJax.
One good hit on a crossing route and he will still quit
Good call to settle down Wentz a bit.
Does anyone get open besides J-Matthews???
no
Jordan Matthews is growing on me, except for the not catching part.
He’s frustrating. Love the work ethic, love that he runs hard with the ball, love that he has some size, hate his lack of sideline awareness, hate the drops.
Kaep with a 55 yard TD pass to torrey smith
And 50% of the electorate quietly kneels.
Ah, the internet 🙂
It is a lovely place, isn’t it
good play call
winston game…
It’ll be a lot easier to pronounce Big V’s name when we just call him Winston Justice
no one said his strength is pass blocking.
Big V is getting destroyed… big sigh.
Announcers fluff Wentz and then he gets sacked. Jinx!
They are blowing RK….blame the fucking rookie instead guys.
Vaitai making sure Kerrigan makes the probowl.
Winston Justice flashbacks… PTSD setting in…
Rough game so far bb
I think the barbre to RT wiz in at G plan needs to be put into effect
Wentz does not have great pocket awareness. Frequently see him step into pressure instead of away
(putting my fingers in my ears)
Vaitai is not having a Wentz-like debut. I assume once Pederson gets a good idea of what he can do, they’ll come to some sort of equilibrium. It’d be nice if that would happen at some point in this game.
Vaitai is totally overmatched. Time for a change in plans.
Also, Lane Johnson: you’re a moron. Thanks a lot.
Need a takeaway D
Peterson is going to have to quit the mickey mouse shit. There are too many chances for offense to break down, given OL issues. Need more chunk plays…
Defense needs to take ouver
Would’ve like to see a run on 2nd down on that series. Keep the chains moving.
Also can we throw in a zone read in there? Keep Kerrigan honest.
They still can’t run on us for shit
thanks for the jinx.
not.
wheres cox
DL is like a pack of wild animals!
Not an expert on OL play, but is HPV too passive? It seems like Kerrigan is three steps away from Wentz when before Vaitai actually engages him
KIRK FUCKING COUSINS RAN FOR A FIRST DOWN???? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING
Who missed Cousins?
Thanks for rolling him over the first down yardage Vinny.
It drives me nuts that a mediocre QB like Cousins has had our number the last two years.
BRADHAM running like fucking kendricks
Cousins isn’t *that* good an athlete…
Bradham! Its Cousins dont overrun!
Oh, that’s pathetic.
Fucking hell, I hate today.
so much for that run d.
LOL at Kendricks tackle.
I figured that was him.
oh thought it was bradham with his best kendricks impersonation
Eagles look terrible. And Kendricks with an awful tackle attempt.
he tackled him by the hair
What happened to the defense over the bye week?
It’s never been that good talentwise, and Schwartz’s aggressive scheme is vulnerable to counters, traps, draws, and screens, which have killed us the last few weeks.
Well this is frustrating
turrible.
TFW you realize the best part of your team is seriously mediocre.
shellshocked. RAMS also beating the crappy team that beat us last week.
Straight garbage defense. Can’t get off the field on 3rd, can’t tackle.
kendricks needs to be cut.
fucking liability
This is going to be a blow out
the worst redzone offense in the league is 2 for 2
Um, wow that was awful.
that could not have been easier.
If the team can’t come out for a divisional game after last week’s loss…
I might wind up skipping the fourth quarter of this game.
This is pretty bad. And I feel bad.
Expectations crashing back to earth
poor angle by Bradham on Cousins scramble kept that drive alive.
yea, i thought it was him not kendricks. should have been stopped there.
Pass coverage is terrible in this game. That’s the second possession in a row they’ve had a receiver wide open in the red zone.
Digging themselves too much a hole again in the 1st half. Lethargic on both sides of the ball and too many missed assignments.
Our lack of talent in this skill positions is showing and Johnson’s infatuation with banned substances. I didn’t get too excited when we were 3-0 because I’ve seen this movie before. We don’t have any firepower and beating the Steelers was a fluke.
I felt we were at best an average team before the season, but it is surprising to see how fast things can swing.
God damn it, Kirk Cousins is so average. And he looks like a Pro Bowler against us consistently.
just got home, so we’re not as good as we thought we were?
Duh don’t let these birds pull the wool over your eyes
The flaws are definitely clear, but losing Johnson has crippled the offense. Vaitai is not ready to play at an NFL level yet.
*ever
Time for plan B
Our skill position players can’t repel firepower of this magnitude!
I hate everything.
Everything?
Holy crap!
TD!!!!
that excessive celebration penalty was huge!
Special teams to the rescue!
what happened
Smallwood kickoff return TD
Well that gets us right back into it!
Stupid luck
We needed that.
Was totally waiting for a flag there.
Kelce wasn’t on the field so I wasn’t TOO worried.
We needed that.
Ha! That helps 🙂
lol. Alright I’ll take it.
Goodbye Josh Huff…… Literally no use for him now, if there was any before.
he blocked the kicker… eh? eh?
There wasn’t any use for him before
Lets blow out the whole WR crew
Glad it was Smallwood too and not Huff for some reason
hahahahahah that asshole vernon davis just cost his team 7 pts
It is a bullshit penalty though. This is supposed to be entertainment. IMO
i’ll take it
Smallwood came up big. (another phallic joke)
This game would’ve been better if our johnson could’ve stayed away from the growth pills
Now we need our big Cox to be huge
Did you see him ragdoll the C on that false start?
how has wentz looked
meh
guess the ol rookie thing is showing up?, the recievers still sucking>?
you have no idea
hope thats the spark we needed.
lets get the momentum going
Another back breaking drive sure to ensue.
Forgive me for the angry posts. Im quitting smoking cold turkey.
take up drinking.
take up chewing
I only smoke warm turkey
Hicks on the rush forced the run back inside to where help was waiting.
Held a bit on that one too otherwise he would have made the play
good ol third and long. how we missed u.
15yd completion to djax calling it
Giants down 10
Here comes drsean
…. seriously.
Of course
that was fucking nothing.
No
… Am I the only one who didn’t see a penalty there?
At first glance I didn’t… need to see if there was a subtle little grab there. By how much Carroll was protesting he probably didn’t do much.
he didnt do shit.
he tripped
These cornerbacks are terrible.
there’s always next year, you know, if youre an eagle fan
whats up with the refs every week
they need to make sure that dak team looks better so the media can crown him
no. that was bs
Kendricks really?
kendricks with a tackle, well will wonders never cease..
Almost… called a tackle anyways.
ill take it
Hey, Kendricks made a play but almost didn’t cuz his man wasn’t down.
lol true.
Kendricks can’t really make a tackle
the lack of pressure is unnerving.
This is pathetic.
We can’t cover anyone lol. What is this game.
How Kendricks is it to sniff that out and then not tackle the guy?
the dline is very disappointing.
Was I the only one who saw a hold on MS2 on that??
Cousins has entirely too much time back there. I guess we moved him on that but he had room to scramble. Wentz sure doesn’t.
Jenkins TD!
Kendricks made that play (but only sorta) on pure athleticism.
WOOOOTOOTOTOOTOTOT
Yes
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH BOI THATS IT
what happened
who started philly d this week?
me
me lol
I did
Me
Question should be who didn’t start Philly d .
JenkiNs caught one
What happened??
MSIII stopped a Cousins bootleg, Cousins forced the ball, Jenkins pick 6.
haha! Looks like I’ll watch the game to the end!
Classic Kurt Cousins!
WOO! Also good job MSIII for forcing that one!
credit marcus smith???? kendricks with a tackle????? WTF IS GOING ON HERE>
Whoooooooooooo (c) Ric Flair
Holy shit he actually caught an int!
What were you saying Mr. John Lynch about Cousins’s confidence?
A Kirk Cousins classic there.
And how about MSII making a play?
where’s that Jimmy gif of him popping the champagne? applicable
Its really dumb luck…Skins out playing 100%
nothing lucky about that, good pressure, terrible throw, good undercut by jenkins.
Jeez man have a cigarette
Or xanax
My wife is backing me off the ledge. Its really not worth this misery lol..and it has been a full week
and Smith running downfield to make sure of the block on Cousins. FUCK YEAH.
MSII forced the int? Did hell freeze over?!?!?!?
Our time of possession stats aren’t going to be good
TOP doesn’t matter, its plays run only, remember??
Even Jenkins couldn’t drop that one. Well played, Sr. Jenkins!
That rarerest play where Marcus Smith gets pressure and Jenkins actually catches a pick!!! once in a lifetime play lol
Well the offense should be rested.
Gotta keep vaitai off the field.
Is it me or is curry held on almost every play?
all our dlinemen are
Is it just me, or does Jenkins run at linebacker speed?
Prolly tired from getting beat by crowder
He’s a bit slow even for a safety and I cringe when he tries to line up in the slot vs a WR.
Mortimer, we’re back!
http://i.makeagif.com/media/3-03-2014/Agj8K3.gif
Rothlisberger out with knee injury
How bad?
On a pick return. Not much contact
That’s not good.
Fuck my fantasy team is gonna need a new starting QB.
Samsies
That way lies despair.
Pour on the pain Def.
Wrong sort of pain.
Two of the most exciting plays in football – a long Pick 6 and a kickoff TD return.
Fuck logan down.
Damn he’s one of my favorite players
Okay, let’s start over and see if we’ve remembered how to play football.
Ohhh noo
Man o man it would be nice if we could do stuff on offense
Pray for logan
B b b bennie
Eskin said he was clutching his groin. I doubt he is back.
When I clutch my groin I’m usually back in a few mins
Hi-ho!
what the fuck is up with the d.
What happened to our run defense?
cox invisible this game.
Their doubling him a lot and he is getting bulldozed.
They’re running right up the gut on the wide-9 and making a move on the LBs.
OUr guys are getting penetration, but can’t make the tackle in the backfield.
Another really weak effort from the defense this week.
Tons of missed assignments all over the place with the front 7 just like last week in the 1st half.
cox shoudl have had that
Looked liked a hold on a DE.
Fucking hold!!!!
Excuse me, hold on 53, Bradham.
In other news, the panthers suck
Yeah could be worse we could be Panthers fans.
No one on contain today eh.
Funny the talk all week was about how the Skins passing game would match up against the Eagles & if the Eagles would blitz much.
Don’t need to do that when they are simply running around & over the defense.
Graham blatantly held on that one
It was actually Bradham.
ODB apparently hurt his hip
Odell hurt and shady rolling around dramatically also
Logan – Left groin strain and questionable. That really hurts. They’ll miss him in the middle.
has he really mattered today
No but the backups are a clear down grade.
defense really is hit or miss.
More miss
Kendricks couldn’t tackle me
you’re pretty shifty tho.
you know they’re going to fucking run it, stop it!
lucky
C’mon. Hold them here. Regroup for 2nd half.
They been setting that up..
need to help mills…
Egh, mills looking waaaay overmatched. Got lucky
We got lucky there
finally got pressure on cousins and he gets off a perfect pass.
These guys are wiiiide open
We’re making the racial slurs look like super bowl contenders.
I actually think Mills had pretty good coverage there, was a very well thrown ball
He was 2 steps behind… plenty of space for a catch all ball. That was not good coverage
It was a well thrown ball, but Jackson had separation (no real surprise… if Mills doesn’t get a jam, he has little chance of keeping up.
Have we had an offensive snap in this quarter?
did they score yet
if they go 3 for 3 in the RZ here, that is fucking ridiculous
Especially given how terrible the Skins were in the red zone coming into today
Why don’t we use our timeouts…? They get the ball after the half.
Why are they wide open? Someone needs to stay back for DJax. FU Chip Kelly.
John Lynch critisizing McLeod. This really is a bad day
2 defensive backs right fucking there.
All freaking day to throw! Barf
not enough pressure up front
It’s going to be a long day again.
bring the heat.
There are still a lot of holes on this roster. It’s a good thing Howie got that first pick from Minnesota for Bradford because there’s a lot of building still to be done. It’s almost unbelievable how much damage Chip did in his one season as GM.
Yup. We still need a good CB and WR.
WR is the biggest need but I would say OL is next especially with Peters last year and Johnson’s future status.
nice play by the rook
Knock it off Mills
Nice PBU.
GREAT FUCKING STOP
wtf….
Rushing 4 doesn’t work so well without Curry/Logan
Horrible call
fuck u refs.
wow
NO WAY
Wow, I’m not seeing that.
Oh man… penalty for tackling the QB.
barwin doing circles going no where
what the fuck is up with the officiating…
4pt penalty
they score yet
Jesus Christ, this defense has a gift for terrible penalties.
Great hit tho
That hit cost us 4 points at least. It was a terrible, dumb play.
C’mon Cousins. We’ve seen you blow this before.
take a kneel.
BS call
was probably a td but cant overturn
I will say that the defense is likely exhausted. They’ve been on the field this entire quarter.
Literally I think
Its called getting ff on 3rd and 8
Other teams do it
I get off on two chicks, but those teams can do what they want
Not even close, he only made it to the 1.
easy.
I wonder if the ref thought that Cox landing on Cousins was the unnecessary part.
Probably. They always used to call Dawk for roughing when he was somehow not able to change direction while in mid-air.
I think driving is in the rule. He made helmet to helmet contact as well. It really was a good call.
So I’m going to the zoo. My wife took all this time to get ready. Good luck, Birds.
three for three in the RZ for the WORST RZ TEAM IN THE NFL!!!
too easy
Yay and wasteam gets the ball
Eagles are very, very lucky to be down by just 7. They got their asses kicked on both sides of the ball.
Two weeks is a trend. This team has a high ceiling but a super deep basement.
Yeah? Losing a tight game to Detroit with lots of ref intervention is not exactly bottom-of-the-league stuff.
Assesing the play not the scoreboard.
I don’t know if that’s the issue. I think it’s more that the people who cautioned us that this team was not as good as it looked over the first three weeks were correct.
Well played sir.
I hate football.
and tommy comes on and will find the silver lining to this game
Somebody’s got to do it.
The sky is not falling folks….In Carson we trust
I trust Carson. I don’t trust Vaitai.
Let’s see if he can hold up for this kneel down
He stuck in the 1st half but about what you would expect from him in his first start. Problem is their isn’t another very good OL remaining on this OL.
Peters continues to be inconsistent at best and Brooks does nothing for me.
I expected Pederson to help him more. Though it’s hard to say what Pederson would do to help him when we were hardly on offense.
Assuming we ever get the ball again
He is a great corner stone. Just have to build the house around him.
and WAS gets the ball to start. Have to watch another TD to start the second half.
They have been a 2nd half all year. Game is still well within reach because of 2 plays. Eagles need to take advantage of that.
Just take a knee and regroup.
Awful half. Exactly 2 plays made. Makes you wonder what the hell Pederson is doing to prepare them to play.
I don’t think Pederson is the one to blame. There are basically two problems in this game: (1) Vaitai and (2) the defense.
2nd week in a row they have been completely unprepared to play.
Blame everyone.
Offense and play calling look bad too
Vaitai has blown up the offense.
Lucky to even be in the game. Sigh.
The defense is gassed right now and they still almost stood them up.
What’s the over under for the number of holding calls we get the rest of the season
Well I think all year this has been a second half team so hopefully we get it together here and string some positive plays together
Third quarter is our money quarter but thats not sustainable.
We can’t get any worse than this right?
I think we can.
I guess we can stop that Jim Schwartz for head coach talk now.
Yay! Gym Shorts it is
Let’s see how he adjusts at halftime. This is the second week in a row his defense has been shredded in the first half.
Gruden doesn’t get a ton of respect but I still think he get as much out of the overall talent on this roster especially on offense. Not exactly like they have a ton of explosive skill players either and Cousins has his clear limitations.
cousins limitations is eating up the eagles
He just looks and coaches like a doofus
Last week Cousins should have had another pick six. He sucks, they suck. We need this game
Care less what a coach looks like. Pederson looks like he should be coaching high school physical education somewhere.
This ‘Skins teams reminds me a bit of the Jets’ offense when Pennington was their QB. Gruden gets a lot of out of them especially considering how Cousins has played so far this year.
Ertz or DGB heavy 2nd half would be nice
forgot about ertz….
So did Pederson
If Wentz gets time to throw.
Does the O even get back on the field? forgot they played.
Got the game on at 2nd half and only saw Wentz kneel at end
wentz with the fools gold, gave the fans a lot of hope, he’s still good, but the team has came back to reality, just not that good
Yea has nothing to do with surrounding talent or who his blockers are.
Football being an individual sport I don’t even know why they all wear the same jersey
New thread up: http://igglesblitz.com/2016/10/halftime-was-phi/#disqus_thread
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