Almost a Great Night
Posted: October 24th, 2017 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 397 Comments »Carson Wentz was amazing. The Eagles were up an down, but dominated the key parts of the game and were able to beat the Skins, 34-24. That puts the Eagles at 6-1 for the season, the best record in the league. They just swept Washington and now control the division for at least the next month.
Great night.
But…there were serious injuries to MLB Jordan Hicks and LT Jason Peters. Both looked pretty serious.
Can hope for "ankle" as announced.
However by video, appears to have Achilles tendon rupture. https://t.co/JKsDT4kT4Y https://t.co/JR69gn0i29— David J. Chao, MD (@ProFootballDoc) October 24, 2017
Good news not a fracture.
Bad news unlikely to return this season.#JasonPeters video injury analysis here:https://t.co/jfL98C8VVH https://t.co/mwDRxIJk03— David J. Chao, MD (@ProFootballDoc) October 24, 2017
Yikes. We’ll talk more about the injuries on Tuesday when we should have some more definitive info.
For now. focus on the huge win. The Eagles came out sluggish. They didn’t play well and the Skins were ready. Luckily, Washington could only build a 10-3 lead before the Eagles woke up.
What happened? Carson Wentz happened. He hit Mack Hollins for a 64- yard TD to tie the game and it was like a light switch for the whole team. The Eagles scored another pair of TDs to go up 24-10 and completely take control of the game. The Skins cut it to 24-17, but Wentz wasn’t done. He escaped from a sure sack and ran for a key 1st down. That drive ended with another TD pass and the Eagles were back up by two TDs. Game over.
Retweeted NFL (@NFL):
CARSON WENTZ IS A MAGICIAN.#FlyEaglesFly #WASvsPHI pic.twitter.com/g3Jr7oUjf7 https://t.co/IE7RcSA6i7
— Brand Eaden (@884REAL) October 24, 2017
Incredible play. Randall Cunningham, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick were impressed by that Houdini act.
This game was about more than Wentz. Halapoulivaati Vaitai filled in at LT for Peters and seemed to do a solid job. I’ll need to re-watch to really see what happened up front. Wendell Smallwood did some good running in the 1st half that sparked the offense on the first TD drive. Zach Ertz was 5-89-1, another huge performance from the best TE in the NFC right now. Corey Clement made an incredible TD catch on an even better pass by Wentz.
There were issues on defense. The tackling was a problem all night long. Coverage was sloppy at times. Jim Schwartz has a lot to clean up. Rookie Derek Barnett had 2 sacks and a TFL and played well. Fletcher Cox was his usual disruptive self. Malcolm Jenkins had 10 solo tackles and a sack. He also covered well. Corey Graham had 4 tackles and picked off a pass (thanks to pressure by Brandon Graham).
This wasn’t a perfect game to be sure, but the Eagles found a way to win and really put the Skins in a tough situation. When you can play in a tough divisional battle without your A-game and overcome key injuries to still win, that’s impressive. That tells you this team is talented, but also mentally and emotionally tough. They are willing to do the little things that it takes to win.
This was a team win. By the best team in the NFL.
And the best young QB in the NFL.
And one of the best QBs period.
Leads league in TD passes, QB of only 6-win team. If that’s Brady, Brees or Aaron, we are talking MVP. Time to talk that way for @cj_wentz
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) October 24, 2017
There isn't a more dangerous quarterback in football than Wentz right now.
— Doug Farrar (@BR_DougFarrar) October 24, 2017
Wentz is playing better than I could have ever imagined. He is special.
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11 tds in 3 games!!
3 words for ya Most Valuable Player!!
Somewhere there’s an old, bitter man breaking down Wentz’s incompletions and interception so he can tell Shannon Sharpe how bad he looked.
If/when the Eagles make a Super Bowl, any/all of Skip’s shows done in public need to be booed indoors like what happened with Merril Hoge the last time we made a superbowl.
The interception was really the only play that made me throw my remote. If that had been on 3rd down, it would have made sense. Bad call by Pederson, bad throw by Wentz.
I know you’re lying.
A true Eagles fan had already thrown the remote, stomped the remote, put the remote in a blender, and devoured it before that play even happened.
That’s a rookie move, you’ve got to pace yourself with these things. It’s not like it was 2007 Bears game level infuriating (where I may or may not have snapped my remote clean in half).
yup. That was a rough one. The worst part was that you knew the outcome as it unfolded on that last drive, but were completely powerless.
15-1 should be enough to convince me we’re not going to choke away a playoff spot.
“This wasn’t a perfect game to be sure, but the Eagles found a way to win and really put the Skins in a tough situation. When you can play in a tough divisional battle without your A-game and overcome key injuries to still win, that’s impressive. That tells you this team is talented, but also mentally and emotionally tough. They are willing to do the little things that it takes to win.”
100% agree
Cant wait for 8 & 1 into the BYE than we get to F#$% Dallas!!
Really interesting set of variables going into these games. Do we avoid a trap vs. San Fran, can we block Denver well enough. will Zeke play for Dallas, will Mitch get more than 4 completions in a game before we play the Bears?
ill be shocked if we lose to either SF or Denver–Doug will have em ready!!
Those games lack the in-division critical nature of tonight. We’ll be heavily favored in both, but loses do happen in those scenarios.
Not this team..really feels special!
We can be a special team and finish 13-3 with losses to Denver and Seattle and still win a title.
13-3 would be awesome, but we would all hate losing to Dallas twice in that scenario. Heck, in this city no season is special without beating Dallas at least once. LOL
Doug had them ready for a letdown tonight and they fought through it. I know it’s a division foe that you beat already but the Eagles came out flat and they came up big in the second half. Adjustments? Whoa, what in going on in Philly?
I don’t see us losing to SF but that would be very Eagles like to lose to a team that we’re expected to win against. Denver is a toss up. I had us winning when we were somewhat healthy but now I could see it going either way.
The trap game factor would worry me with SF if the game weren’t in Philly – as is, I don’t like the chances of a bad West Coast team with a crappy rookie QB winning on the road in a 1:00 pm ET game.
Denver doesn’t scare me at all. Yes, their defense is good, but Siemian has looked flat out terrible of late, and that’s also a home game.
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And most importantly:
Fuck Dallas.
That’s the next “must win” on the schedule. Much like tonight, there will be serious calamity inflicted upon a hated rival with our win down there after the bye.
Hated the tackling & injuries…Clean up & next man up!! Miss you already Franchise!!
fwiw the bad tackling was a rookie, and back up LBers.
OK… Trade Deadline is still a week away. This team has a chance to have a special season. We are 6-1 and the way this year is unfolding we have a chance to be playing in February. We have to “GO FOR IT” and potentially trade assets to bolster either or both the LB and OT position with Hicks and Peters gone for the year. I predict Howie Roseman will find a way to add to this roster via a trade this week with a team that has little or no chance to make the playoffs. Too bad Bowman is no longer available, but a team out of the running for playoffs and looking for draft capital can expect a call from HR this week. He owes it to this team and coaching staff to give us the best chance possible to make this a very special season. DO you agree?
I don’t think they see enough value in LB to spend more assets on the position. And I think they’ll tell you like Big V enough to keep him in there.
Big V or Lane can go down at any point. I pray they do not, but if a team has someone available that could help us at some point then its worth a discussion. I do not want us to lose games because we have nobody else to play OT if anyone else goes down. #1 priority is to keep Wentz upright so we have to have plan B,C & D in place.
They’d put Sem at tackle and bring back Warmack.
That would be a disaster. Hopefully we never have to see that, but it would be smart to see what’s available and what would it might cost.
Would it?
Well hopefully it wouldn’t be for long with Sem but he played there last year and did ok.
I’m sure they have plans, but none of them are going to be very appealing. There are a shortage of quality OTs throughout the league. If anyone of quality was available a team like Seattle or the Giants would have scooped them up by now.
Do we have Dillon Gordon, Josh Andrews any young backers? I prefer continunity
Andrews isn’t allowed to play real snaps. It’s in the unwritten rules.
Big V is fine at OT. Plenty of teams have won a SB with worse.
Hopefully Kendricks can get back healthy and replace Hicks if needed.
I don’t see any reason to push the panic button. Additional injuries will be much tougher to overcome at those positions.
If we do not lose another LB or OT to injury we can make due. I am speaking to having a plan if Lane or Big V go down or if Kendricks or Bradham goes down. Its worth seeing what might be available.
Have to agree. Kendricks is having a much, much better season than Hicks, and Big V should be serviceable.
No! I am an Eagles fan, the glass is broken and that red button is smashed!
I kid, I kid… cept I mean it.
Ed Snider LIVES!
“potentially trade assets”. You know I as thinking how we should make a trade until I read it like that. That just sounds like something I don’t wanna do!
Great Win! Heading to Cancun this Weekend this Saturday for my 40th (they better have a decent feed on DAZN for SF game…Have a great night boyz!!
Enjoy!
Thanks!
Awesome! Don’t get abducted! Pretty sure they will have american football available. I was traveling down south a few years ago and the resort had a bar with Sunday ticket. It’s 4:40 AM and I am at work, so forgive me, but I can’t remember which trip that was but I am sure it wasn’t Mexico. I would more expect it to be available in Cancun than wherever I was though!
Happy 40!!
Last year they were talking about how Jenkins and some of the veterans were a little miffed they traded away a veteran and were going to start a rookie, feeling that their shot to get a Super Bowl is doomed. Their thinking was that Wentz won’t be ready to really win until they are retired. Gotta wonder if those guys are feeling, as Larry David would say, pretty, pretty good right now.
I didn’t hear anything about that last year, especially about Jenkins. A class act teammate, doubt he would have spouted out against the team before a season started
I love Jenkins as much as the next guy, but it’s true. Also, he didn’t spout off, its just that he wasn’t particularly happy, it’s pretty much a fact that can’t be disputed.
It can be disputed until you provide a link to the contrary.
Well?? Give us a link. Show us a link where Jenkins was miffed at a trade. We’ll wait.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000665461/article/jenkins-eagles-locker-room-has-sam-bradfords-back
This what i could find. I don’t see anything unhappy from Jenkins, just having the vet’s back while the vet was still on the team. Pretty standard.
Actually you’re right, it was Brian Westbrook who said he feels bad for guys like Jenkins and Peters in the later stages of their career because he had someone like McNabb his whole career. My memory made it into a completely different narrative, so it’s not a fact and you can dispute it. I’ll definitely step up and admit when I’m wrong, I was already in bed when you guys were asking for the link. So to sum it up, it’s Westbrook’s fault I remembered it eventally wrong.
There was some noise from random reporters that was sort of disputed by more reputable reporters and there weren’t any names or quotes tied to the story, were there?
Trying to remember.
I only remember pot-stirring hypotheticals, not actual facts. Were there?
Probably crap from one or more of the following fools:
Elliot Shorr Parks
Matt Lombardo
Ben Albright
That air yards loser
Cian Fahey
You forgot Jeff McLane.
You forgot Jeff McLane.
“that air yards loser”….LOL
I suspect that was always BS. These guys practice with and against the QBs every day – I have to suspect they realized Wentz was better than Bradford. Just as I suspect the “dissension against Pederson in the locker room” storyline is BS. There are certain Eagles writers who are more motivated by page views than good journalistic practice.
I suspect that was always BS. These guys practice with and against the QBs every day – I have to suspect they realized Wentz was better than Bradford. Just as I suspect the “dissension against Pederson in the locker room” storyline is BS. There are certain Eagles writers who are more motivated by page views than good journalistic practice.
This guy Chao could be right about torn ligaments for Jason Peters, of course, but you don’t need to be a doctor to know that’s what’s at stake here… And tweeting “good news: it’s not a fracture” is flat out dumb. #unimpressive
Chao is very very accurate.
That was an historically bad tweet
He’s accurate when it’s obvious, yes. Diagnosing, for example, Demeco Ryans’ achilles tear in Houston, or Darby’s dislocated ankle are easy enough that I could tell. But Peters could very well only have an MCL tear, and Hicks could very well only have an ankle sprain. Hope he’s wrong!
I guess when your options are “It’s going to suck” and “It’s going to really, superduper suck”, the fact that it’s only going to suck is good news.
In his defense- a fracture adds another whole level of recovery to the injury. Absent the fracture, they can begin surgery and rehabilitation immediately, which speeds up the timeframe to his eventual return.
I’ve been following him and paying attention to injury details such as this- of course, he’s just using the video to make an educated observation, but he is usually spot on in his assessment.
I am in the somewhat unusual position of being an Eagles fan and a Los Angeles Dodgers fan. So I remember when Paul DePodesta was GM of the Dodgers. He got fired before the end of his first season. Now maybe the team didn’t give him a chance to allow his approach to prove (or disprove) itself. But he did not have the confidence of ownership or the other key people on the team so they just fired the guy who jus seemed to be a weirdo and who got rid of some popular players. Well now he goes to a football team thinking he can outsmart everybody with analytics even though he knows nothing about football and his first big call is to essentially trade away the rights to Carson Wentz. Wentz, he thought, did not have the right stuff. Fabulous for the Eagles. The last three weeks have probably shown that Wentz is elite. I don’t think DePodesta will last three more weeks. I doubt he has the confidence and trust of that criminal that owns the Browns if he ever had it. That’s the problem with criminals – it’s difficult to really trust anybody so you end up thinking you trust someone who doesn’t really deserve it.
Should we tryout Branden Albert? Giants & Seahawks tried him out two weeks ago. Have no idea what shape he’s in. He’s 32.
Those two teams have such bad lines. If they don’t want him I can’t see how we would. That being said, kick the tires!
That’s an interesting name, but I don’t really vibe on guys who quit like that.
So I was listening on the radio about B. Albert and there seem to be an issue with his conditioning in being able to go up tempo and play that many snaps at that pace…this was some chatter about him playing for the hawks and giants…while we don’t play up tempo all the time we do use it…so there is that to contend with if we wanted to sign him…but he seems want like 3 to 4M a year…
I think Big V will be fine at left tackle, actually. I watched him closely after Peters went down and he was competently blocking whoever the Redskins threw at him one-on-one, even Kerrigan. He’s not the dominant force a healthy Peters is but you could do a lot worse.
The loss of Hicks would sting more if Kendricks hadn’t stepped up his play this season. We only play two LBs most of the time anyway and Bradham + Kendricks is a fine duo.
Where both these injuries really hurt is their knock on effects on depth – if we lose another OL or LB then we could be in trouble.
Yeah losing another OT will be really bad. Dillon Gordon did not have a good summer at all. Taylor Hart looked better so they’re hoping to develop Gordon but he’s probably not ready yet.
Forgot about Hart. Is he available?
He did look better than his first game ever vs the skins didn’t he? He is solid, yet under whelming. Though I think of note is that LJ has always moved left when JP has gone down in the past.
He’s always had good size and decent feet. His technique has been the problem in the past but he appears to have improved in that area.
Wow. Calais Campbell has 10 sacks through 7 games. Jags might be relevant this year, despite Blake Bortles.
Good stuff. Jags do feel like a team in the running for a wild card. Texans feel like they will own the division though.
Bradham really seems like a must sign in the off season now.
I would say he is def a priority.
He’s been an absolute stud this season shutting the door on 3rd downs.
They might trade for a vet LB if it cost them like a 7th and they only have to pay a small amount ($1-2mil) of his prorated salary.
I just can’t see them making a move for an LT of any importance. Even if they could get Joe Staley for a song, the $5mil or so you have to pay him for the rest of the year just crushes the cap and fucks up the rollover.
They should just roll with Big V with Sem as his backup and scour like hell for a young guy on a PS.
Yeah that”s going to have to work and you’re right, they shouldn’t spend much of the rollover money. I can’t imagine they would.
Damn we coulda had Bowman. Hindsight. Tommy did sort of say he wouldn’t mind it. Any other guys of note out there?
I’m pretty sure we couldn’t. He turned down a move to NO, and when he signed his new deal with the 49ers he went on about how his family was very settled where they were.
Bowman was going to the Raiders all along, maybe would have considered the Chargers or the Rams, but I dont think he’d go across the US.
You right
This works; especially because the OL and LB group have been instructed they’re out of permissible man-games lost due to injury.
Hicks is done for the year. Torn Achilles…sheesh the guy can’t stay healthy…shame as he is such a good player…
Damn it. We knew he was pretty injury prone. These types of injuries are scary though. You never know if they will come back full strength.. though JP is such a freak he decided to rupture his twice in one year to give the rest of the league a chance.
That’s 100% why his draft stock was in debate coming out of Texas.
Source?
Huge Eagles win, I woke up on time for work after staying up for game, alt coin market is booming, won 3-4 fantasy leagues.. yet I got this Jason Peters / Hicks cloud hanging over my head.
NGL I think I had an alligator tear when the whole crowd was chanting Jason Peters.
Forty three years ago, in Sigma Sound Studio, MFSB recorded a tune called “Bittersweet”. I thought of it tonight. Impressive win. Peters may never step on the field again, in uniform.
Wouldn’t bet on that!
On this rare occasion being at work before everyone else I placed a few printed out logos. Most on guys computer screens, or closed in their laptop. Added this one to their already self deprecating door:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6d0a7d1846a39e5a53c457ce187433c13d6b34b1e2dd859981608b0d6a00a57b.jpg
Quality!
I’d rather have the L and both players healthy. Big game, for the wrong reasons.
My trade would be Peters and Hicks back for two other guys being injured for the year. How about Eli and Dak?
Ok, so now we need to expect Howie to draft a 10 year pro bowl OT with our pick in the 1st round, right?
We already did
We need bookends though!
I think he is saying we already needed to spend our first on an OT.
At least, I think we did. I said so when you published your mini-bye mock.
I took it to mean Lane, but the more the merrier.
And now I can accept really overgenerous trades because somebody might be really interested in trading into round one to get a guy before somebody trades for pick 33 overnight and steals their guy.
I felt that the wisest position to draft round one has been OT due to Peters age for the past two years. Literally. And already felt that way even stronger this year.
I can think of 32 teams who need bookends.
But only one who deserves them!
Name them.
(oh, wait…)
I still firmly believe that big v is our future at RT. This season will be a great test to see if he is up to it. While he will never be elite, I think he is a starting quality RT. We can use draft resources to improve elsewhere.
That’s plausible. We’ll find out over the rest of the season for sure.
As a reminder on Hicks from NFL . com’s draft review
“Started first four game of 2013 season, but missed the rest of the year with a torn Achilles. Granted medical redshirt exemption. Started first three games of 2012 but missed final 10 after suffering hip flexor injury and took a redshirt. Played in all 13 games in 2011 despite missing spring practices with fractured foot.”
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2011/profiles/jordan-hicks?id=2552315
I wonder if that Achilles from 2013 was the same one he did last night. Hicks clearly has been a great player for us so far, but this is now his 5th injury of note and 2nd season ending injury as a pro.
I wonder if his fear of losing out on the solid money of a 2nd NFL deal lets Howie get him extended this summer at a lower rate than we were all thinking possible. I’d like to get him extended on a team friendly deal with a lot of injury protection in there for the team after the 2nd year of the new deal expires. Locking him for below market still gets him money, but gets us better vs. the cap than we expected.
Hicks career seems to be in the Sean Lee arc. Both are great players who can’t shake the injury bug.
That’s very apt. So how cheap can we get him to play part time / long term?
In 2013, Hicks ruptured his left Achilles’ tendon.
Not the same one as last night. So there’s that.
That’s good! Now both are Steve Austin (Lee Majors version) better than original.
I read that while he was being loaded on the cart, Peters was giving tips to an assistant coach of things he had noticed during the game to pass on to Vaitai.
Yup. True pro. If he retires, we need to hire him as the special assistant coach for in-game tips and beating down Chris Baker’s (hopefully soon to be dead of something horrible) cheap shotting ass.
Screw that, fire Stoutland and hire JP.
I like it!
Yes.
we need JP as the kicking coach.
Phyrric victory
Hopefully, the Eagles win the war too. But I hear you, Bob.
Call me crazy and I still would have loved him to be healthy but no injuries on the Dline and the return of Darby, I think our D is fine without Hicks. On the O side however….
Crazy
ha
Darby being back may allow you to play a 3rd safety (Graham) more easily to match up with guys Hicks may have covered. But Bradham and Kendricks are going to need to man up as well. It is recoverable for sure though, but nowhere near ideal.
Crazy. But yeah
Positive Howie realizes they need a LB (with Kendricks injury history too) and will pick up a veteran in a trade this week.
who is on the practice squad?
LOL just saw one of my favorite NFL players of all time, Darrel Green. I wouldn’t of even realized it was him if his eyes didn’t snap to me so sharply…in my white Wentz Jersey and Eagles hat. LoL, really not a jersey or a sports apparel guy, especially with my job, and this is why!!
Green > Sanders at CB
Sanders > Green at RB
We’re talking about Barry and Ahman, right?
Word
Yeah, right.
Yeah, I am right. Saw both guys for their whole careers. Darrell Green was the better CB.
Hell yeah. I never bother anyone of celebrity, but if not for the Eagle garb, I would of gotten a pic.
MCL tear for JP. Thats encouraging at least.
If that’s all it is, he’s coming back this season at some point.
Maybe playoffs.
Yeah, if I remember correctly, that’s a 8 week injury. Of course Peters is 35 so figure a slower healing time (maybe)….but I don’t think playoffs is out of the question if it’s just an MCL injury.
Especially with a first round bye.
I’d target Christmas vs. the Raiders. That’s a full 2 months and gives him a two games to get ready before our first round bye!
Wentz gave game ball to Dutch Destroyer’s bro. What a guy
I going to start tearing up again. That video destroyed me.
Me, too.
I made sure to watch it with no one around, good thing I did!
#airyards
https://twitter.com/TheAthleticPHI/status/922806162818588672
Air yards?
Wentz’ main criticism last year were in his stats. His YPA was pretty bad. People insisted it was even worse, he was really inaccurate past past 15 yards or something, and Pederson ran something that resembled the “we have a bad QB” offense (in play calls not volume). Lots of screen and short stuff. Anyway, one writer honed in on #airyards, the pass yardage minus the yac.
Anyway, we said our WR’s were the hottest of garbage, they said Wentz is bad. We were right. Now we get to yuck it up.
I’m aware of all of it. I was just teasing with it.
The triumphalism is misplaced–the stats guys weren’t wrong at the time. Our WRs really aren’t that much different than last year. I think the difference is Wentz. He’s just better now. He was a rookie last year and he played like one.
It’s not either or. We improved at every skills position and Wentz is better, now he went from a really bad statistical season that would have been panned even harder if not for some schmuck named Goff, to MVP candidate.
Anyone who watched Wentz knew the context behind the stats and were more than optimistic about his future. While others going off of just stats were not.
Eagles fans triumphed, huzzah, #airyards. Triumphalism is dead on imo
Shame about Hicks, but the Eagles will face a tough decision come next year. He seems to be too injury prone for a big contract I am afraid.
I disagree, vehemently. EXTREMELY vehemently. I think you’re jumping to conclusions.
He’s too good to get that dismissive at this time. Period.
And I think that if they can lock him in to a team friendly deal, that’s cool too.
No it isn’t especially coming off another Achilles tear and his injury history.
How many days has it been since the injury? I mean, golly, the season is barely over yet, give it a few days, let guys clean out their lockers, and then Howie and co can get to roster/contract decisions.
Does that mean Kendricks sticks with the team next year as well as insurance?
LBs like Hicks are a dime a dozen. Or_____
But he’s scared that he’ll be injured again and never cash in…so low ball him and keep him.
He’s still under contract next year, let him play through it all and readdress after 2018, you’ve still got 3 months of exclusive bargaining rights before FA.
Fair enough. That makes one less expansion contract extension next off season though.
If I was a betting man I’d say Jernigan is almost a lock to come back.
Jefferey will be really interesting…
I think Jernigan is certainly the priority, hopefully the DT market is just as deflated as it was last year.
Jeffery is very interesting. He just simply hasn’t played well enough for a 12 mil + annual contract. The whole WR room is very very interesting. Lots of optionality.
I think if they really want to spend money on a WR they should probably go after Davante Adams. Or one of ARob, Lee, Watkins, Moncrief. That 2014 class is FA’s.
There will also be solid enough vets that get cut for salary cap. You could go with Decker/Maclin across from Torrey and cumulatively the two starters wouldn’t cost very much. You then let Hollins/Marcus J/Gibson/draft pick eat into their snaps as warranted. You would basically be paying less for your whole WR corps than Alshon wants a year.
Anyone else want to keep Darby out from the Sanfran game to be safe. I understand any given Sunday but….
if he’s ready, he’s ready. another week wont matter
besides a week to shake the rust off might not be bad before broncos.
Still, the Broncos are a big test for the offense more than the defense. Need Darby for Dallas first and foremost.
I say play him in dime packages. Work him in slowly and have him start against the Broncos
Good idea.
Wentz coming out party and the last time an Eagles’ QB was that good in a nationally-televised game was the Vick MNF game vs Skins in Nov 2012.
Eagles go as far as Wentz takes them which is very similar to the Eagles under McNabb in the early 00s.
McNabb never had a game like last night in 2000 though.
You are probably right about McNabb in 2000, but just for fun:
Week 15 @ Cleveland -Eagles win 35-24 – McNabb 23 of 36 for 390 yards passing and 4 TDs (3 rushes for 12 yards).
-Great game for McNabb while fighting for a playoff spot even though Cleveland wasn’t very good.
Also, a game that wasn’t as pretty passing, but McNabb carried the team on his back to get a big division win against Washington (who was the favorite to win the NFC east that year):
Week 13 @ Wash – Eagles win 23-20 – McNabb 19 of 30 for 137 yards 1 TD, 1 Int passing and 11 for 125 yards and 1 TD rushing
-I was at that game and it was an amazing performance by McNabb.
Missed the Browns stat line but it is comparable.
How to be excited by an Eagles Team Historic Recipe:
– Dominant DLine : Check
– Athletic and Tough QB: Check
– Mean Safety and Team Leader: Check
Paging D3FB – Duane Brown?
I bet D3FB would tell you that Big v is better than our fan base believes he is and that we can get by with him as our RT. Any takers?
I hope that’s right, and I’m fine with a 6 man OL of Celek/Seo rotating as the 6th if it gets the job done anyhow… I mean, we have the best QB ever so…. Plus now that Mack Hollins is loose, he’ll be ROY – sorry Kareem Hunt.
I’m just trying to collect info.
What I wanna know is how to compare someone who may be a minor upgrade in talent to someone who’s been practicing and playing with the rest of the Oline for the last two years
Paging Joe Douglas…
Nah, too much skrilla and it’ll be at least a month before he’s up to speed.
Roll with Big V, find out what you have. He’s been solid the last couple of weeks.
Fair enough. Thanks
A week ago we could have signed Bowman.
Hindsight 20-20 is a bitch.
No, we are not located in the bay area. Nor would he have signed to a team with no MLB opening.
False hindsight is blind.
Didn’t need him a week ago.
And I’d argue that we don’t need him now.
Bowman probably wanted Oakland all along.
Man, reading the comments here is depressing. We just had a huge statement win on national TV, have the MVP front runner killing it, and have our destiny in our hands, yet there is so much whining about JP and Hicks. It’s football, people get hurt. I saw someone say they would rather lose, but have those players not get injuries. F that. Don’t take key divisional wins for granted. Good teams overcome these types of injuries
Hicks has had an ok year, but he has not been the playmaker we have seen in the past. He has also missed parts of several games and other than the Giants game this team has not missed a beat (and that had more to do with Cox being out)
JP is the man, but Big V is serviceable. The Cowboys has to play without T Smith for several games last year and kept winning. I will take our superstar QB to rolling any day.
Enjoy the win. Leave the whining to the rest of the NFCE as the watch is run away with a division most of them thought we’d finish last in.
THANK YOU
City of Wusses.
Football fans who freak out over football injuries.
Best team/record/QB situation in a long freaking time and – let’s focus on negatives, future contract issues…. yada yada… ugh….
I think it is not so much about being pessimistic but rather being saddened by the loss of JP, the guy who incarnates the meaning of being an Eagle and a true NFL Legend. We may have lost him for the year which could mean for ever. Don’t get me wrong, I’m so excited to be in the Wentzwagon and I surely enjoy the Ride. But I can’t help but grieve a little. We have Luke hooray but we just lost Obi wan.
I’m not talking about grieving. It’s the sky is falling mentality some have. “OMG we need to trade for so and so, I would have rather lost last night…., etc”. Man up people
He came back from two Achilles’ in one year, and that was before the emergence of Wentz. I believe he’ll play next year on one leg if he has to, to get a crack at playing in a winning Superbowl.
It’s possible to enjoy the win and also be realistic about how impactful those injuries were.
Why do people whine about whining?
I am realistic about the impact. The eagles are still the best team in the NFL. The offense didn’t slow down when JP went out and the defense has been performing with hicks missing time all season long.
Reality is that injuries happen to all teams and we are better equipped than most to handle these injuries.
Teams go to the SB because they avoid significant injuries. Saying those 2 aren’t significant or won’t affect the team is pretty unrealistic.
I never said they wouldn’t have an impact, but every team deals with injuries. Good teams overcome them.
We lost Darby and everyone thought our defense was in trouble. Guess what we are 6-1. That was a significant injury.
We couldn’t run the ball early this season. Sproles was far and away our best RB and would only make that a larger weakness. Guess what we are 6-1.
Fletcher Cox has missed games. Hicks has been injured all season long. We have found a way to overcome these injuries because we have good depth and a superstar QB. That hasn’t changed so O expect us to overcome these injuries as well.
JP stings, but Big V is better than fans give him credit for. Hicks has been underwhelming this season. If we can get Kendricks healthy it honestly may be in upgrade in production over Hicks.
Redskins are the second best team in the NFC East I think. Just so happens they had to play the Eagles twice before the half-way mark, handing them 2 of their 3 losses, compare that to Dallas…anywho, wouldn’t be surprised to see them be a wildcard.
I’d love to see them be a wild card and get beat in Seattle 82-2
82-0
84-0, Mike gave the safety to the wrong team. In fact i believe the result will be 42 consecutive safeties.
I personally think Dallas is the next best team in the MFcE. I thin thy take care of th skins next week. It would be great if the Chiefs and/or Falcons could take care of business the following two weeks so we can truly bury them after our bye.
The Cowboys season will likely be determined by Zeke serving his suspension, or not.
No, the cowboys season will be determined by whether they miraculously are able to beat the mighty Eagles. That’s it.
Well stated.
The Eagles basically gift wrapped a win for the cowpokes this week by decimating the washington oline.
So should we be rooting for Dallas to beat the WAS, eliminate them from the wildcard discussion, then fall out themselves when Zeke gets an early vacation?
Na we want a Dallas loss. Washington has no chance to come back and win the division with double head to head losses. Dallas could if they get on a roll and we keep picking up injuries.
I mean i am not scared of the Redskins having to come on the road and playing us at the Link in January, so let them get a wild card for all i care. in fact makes it better when Cousins walks in FA and they cant draft a QB.
Yeah, I know we want Dallas to lose this matchup, but I’m calling it now that Dallas will win. There’s no way the washington team can heal up fast enough to take on Dallas after the beating that was just administered by our dline.
Compare the wins and losses of those 2 teams and and I think the Redskins have the edge. By eye test I think they are more balance on both sides of the ball, while Dallas to me just doesn’t have the offensive dominance to make that defense acceptable. I think the national media just fluffs the Cowboys so much that we are willing to accept they’re better than their record based on last year.
Dallas’ wins: Cards, 49ers, Giants- basically they haven’t won an NFL game this season
Losses: Rams, Broncos, Packers
compared to the Redskins
W: Rams, Raiders, 49ers
L: Eagles, Chiefs, Eagles
Hopefully they both just suck.
Dallas sucks..
Always and in all ways.
Ryan? Is that you?
No, it’s me, Satan, Cowboys #1 fan.
Go back to sleep jerruh
https://instagram.com/p/Baom1FNHJ7k/
(NSFW)…but funny.
Such an amazing start for Carson and the Birds. Still a LOT of season left and hopefully they can get wins over SF and DEN to put them in a really nice spot going into the bye.
https://twitter.com/benjaminsolak/status/922837531074408448
Hate that Lombardi won’t eat his humble pie and admit that he was wrong. The whole premise of his DP hate was that he ruined Carson Wentz and was unqualified as basically a quality control guy that watched Andy run his offense at KC.
But it’s obvious that the team loves him. The game plans are on point. And Wentz is a superstar. Even if you think that DP didn’t earn his shot as a head coach and that he was unqualified when he was hired, he has arrived. Give the man his due.
Count me in the group that was skeptical, to say the least, of the Pederson hiring. He may never scale the heights that Reid did (which obviously isn’t even the pinnacle), but he’s obviously at least a solid coach in this league. Fingers crossed that he’s more than that.
I will say, in hedging just a bit, that the job Roseman did in putting this team together this year without completely destroying the cap is a fantastic performance of his own.
Everyone should have been skeptical at the hire and going into this season. A reasonable approach is wait and see. Or you can go bold. Say he’s the worst coach in the nfl and make your case. A little shock jockish, but hey that’s part of the job description. If you haven’t revised your position at this point, you’re just hurting your own credibility. You don’t have to think he’s a great coach or anything, just admit you were wrong.
What ticks me off is I otherwise like The Ringer, and none of them will even talk about Doug in some odd show of consolidarity. Which is ironic because one of the sections of Lombardi’s podcast is titled “If everyone thinks the same, no one is thinking”
I agree. I’ve murdered Pederson’s play calling at times, but I think every HC hire is entitled to 4 year to really be judged. I was even ok with Chip coming back for year 4, but I wasn’t aware of how trashy his behavior was behind the scenes.
https://twitter.com/tim_mcmanus/status/922822438420803584
Love it.
can’t hurt to be after a win. Hell if he got Wentz to come along it would be a done deal
These guys need to protest another way.
Sarcasm?
Yes
Then golf clap is my response.
Nah, real clap.
I’ll take “thoughts and prayers.”
I put my right hand over my heart, took my hat off, and stood facing you in respect for that there thing you just said. Sir.
Birds didn’t get good news on JP. It was an ACL and MCL tear. I hope this isn’t how it ends for him
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/922850339140898816
Once again proving that jumping to conclusions to have info immediately and assuming it’s accurate is foolish
It isnt if he will play as a guard.
Thanks for bringing this back into the discussion. It’s good timing to keep that in mind going forward…. but it’s not like we have a G that can flex out and play T well, so it still doesn’t really solve anything.
I mean for next year. Hes done for this one. Peters would take Wiz’s place, Lane moves to LT, seumalo at center, Brooks at RG and then they would have to find someone for RT (easier said than done)
Yep, that’s about what I figured (not certain about C yet…though)
That Twitter Dr. Is crazy
He really is. He’s insanely accurate on his diagnoses.
shame.
He can come back from this. I’ll be chopping onions until he does.
Will trust whatever Howie and Doug decide but hope we don’t spend significant resources on a tackle and just stick with our guys
All I said was miffed, somehow it was made into spouting off, which isn’t what I said. Anyone who questions basically is saying Westbrook is lying, a direct link to the players.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/09/09/some-eagles-veterans-disagree-with-decision-to-dump-bradford-for-wentz/
Westbrook’s explanation led to the question of whether he knows that guys on the team feel the way Westbrook would feel under these circumstances.
“Definitely,” Westbrook said. “There’s no doubt about it and I’ve talked to a few guys that have expressed that. A few guys have said, ‘We’re trying to win this year because I don’t know if I’m going to play next year and I’m definitely not sure if I’m going to be able to be in Philadelphia next year. So as much as we want this young guy Carson Wentz to be successful we’re concerned about winning this year. We’re concerned about winning now.’ . . .
Protip: Take it personally, begrudge
Sometimes witch hunts happen, even around here. Alternative opinions not permitted. Time heals all wounds…
Uhg, Florio, literally knows a guy who heard from some guys.
I see zero issue with what Westbrook said. He wasn’t knocking Wentz, or even saying Bradford was all that great for that matter. Just that going into the season last year with a rookie QB -no matter how good -might make some guys think the team wasn’t concerned with “winning now.”
Because, you know, they weren’t. The priority was to develop Wentz for the long term. Winning would be a welcome side effect but the main goal last season was to groom Wentz into the Man.
Since you still want to discuss it, the part I took exception to was you said Jenkins. The article says unnamed guys who didn’t know if they would be here this year. That is not Jenkins.
And some unnamed vets “…we’re concerned about winning this year.” was the strongest second hand anecdote that they could coax from Westbrook? That’s weak.
How many lineman have been injured this season by getting rolled up on .. is the most dangerous situation in the sport
Watching all those big uglies do battle, it’s remarkable there’s not an injury on every play.
I felt like I was watching the black knight from monty python’s quest for the holy grail with Scherff last night.
Right!
Moses went down like 5 times and has zero ankle ligaments left
It was getting pretty ridiculous seeing those guys go back out there.
I went into a secure bunker and am still there the way this weekend went for OL
It’s only a flesh wound.
Getting damp close to injury or penalty every play
So I just saw that Beau Allen has played more snaps than Jernigan the last two games. Far as we know, both players are healthy. What is going on here? I mean, surely Jernigan is the better player, right? I can’t imagine this staff would be trying to depress his stats in front of upcoming negotiations, that wouldn’t be like them at all. A little confusing…
My first two thoughts are:
– better against the run is a possibility
– conserve the more elite, more pass rush specialist for more difficult to win games/later in the season….
– no point questioning rotation when they’re winning this well
Jernigan is actually not healthy. He had an ankle injury at Carolina and it got tender last night. pederson addressed that in his press conference today.
Great points. I also think Jernigan tends to wear down as the season progresses so keeping him fresher will definitely help us in the long-run.
Oh. Good then. I was wondering what was going on..
Next man up, it’s gut check time this season. Thank god we still have Kendricks, or we’d be absolutely toast at linebacker.
Big V, this is your time to shine baby. We don’t expect you to be Peters, just don’t get Carson killed.
I really get the sense that there isn’t nearly as much panic in the locker room as there is amongst the eagles fan base. These injuries will not slow us down. Let’s take of care of business these next 2 weeks, get Darby and Kendricks back, and tear Dallas a new one after the bye.
I’m not panicked at all, but really bummed for Peters. The issue now is that the depth guys who can step in / step up absolutely cannot get hurt.
Of course they aren’t panicked, they’re 6-1. But they know damn well that those injuries will slow them down. More importantly, they definitely impact the post-season. Everything has to break right for a team to make a SB run, and this was definitely breaking wrong.
That said, the team is showing a lot of great intangibles. Fun ride. Maybe the return of the corners can help compensate for Hicks, maybe an OL will step up.
Well, that was a fun game. I really enjoyed Wentz playing like a superstar, putting together both his outstanding athleticism and legit QB skills. One reason I was uncomfortable with Vick, even in his Starship 7 year, was because I felt the great passing relied too much on the gimmick of his athleticism. With Wentz, he appears to be learning how to play the position so that even when he loses his wheels, he’ll still be a very good QB. It helps, of course, that’s he’s got the height and the outstanding intellectual ability and work ethic.
Washington had the 8th ranked defense by DVOA, so it wasn’t like he was beating up on some scrub team. Although, it has to be suspected that he took advantage of the injuries to their CBs.
I am just so amazed at the difference in performance from last year and the early games this year to now. It had seemed that his improvement had come from a balanced offense, but that wasn’t the case last night, which had a gameplan that relied on him to do almost everything. Pretty crazy.
I’m a pretty pessimistic guy, but Wentz has me feeling better about the QB situation than I felt since Randall and I just started watching and didn’t know better. Lots of fun!
I have a feeling the next while is going to be a very fun time to be an Eagles fan. Howie deserves a fucking medal for how he manipulated his way up the board to get Wentz.
Injury to their CB*. Breeland played lights out
The sweet sweet joy of picking at 32, getting a long term pro bowl level starter at LG, a starter RB, and depth across the board!
Round 1 Pick 32: Quenton Nelson, OG, Notre Dame (A)
Round 4 Pick 29: Akrum Wadley, RB, Iowa (A)
Round 4 Pick 32: Troy Fumagalli, TE, Wisconsin (A)
Round 5 Pick 23: Greg Gaines, DT, Washington (A+)
Round 5 Pick 32: Richie James, WR, Middle Tennessee (A)
Round 6 Pick 32: Damien Harris, RB, Alabama (A+)
Dont we have three 4ths? Did you trade one for an OT this week or something?
It hasn’t been awarded yet because it is a conditional pick based on Rowe’s playing time.
Good picks…I’d love those running backs but OT, LB, and safety are priorities over DT and WR. I really especially don’t like the DT pick. We need to sign Jernigan and we have 6 DTs, no?. I assume you also don’t but didn’t like the options?
I like Nelson.
Harris isn’t a 6th rounder and I like Wadley but Harris would be a big steal where you got Wadley. I know you were just going with the sim but just sayin’.
Allen is gone and we need another plugger. And yes, the valuation is way off, but I can only draft who is there or isn’t.
No we don’t. We’re fine at DT even without Allen if we sign Jernigan.
Don’t like it with OT, LB, and safety needs. That’s why they drafted Qualls who looked good at the end of pre season. They have Justin Hamilton and Destiny Vaeao.
Hamilton is as big as Gaines and has played very well. I wouldn’t take Gaines over Hamilton or Qualls or Vaeao.
I need that first pick to be a perennial pro-bowler OT. Then we can talk.
Pretty much but only after JP decides that it’s his turn.
Hopefully the Eagles all watched Giants/Denver to avoid getting trapped vs. San Fran and then forget they watched when they play Denver. Getting to the bye 8-1 and then terminating Dallas’s season coming out of the bye would be amazing.
Amazing with a capital A.
If they find a way to be 9-1 coming out of the Dallas game, I’d be officially all-in on the hype train because a 3-3 finish after that would make them a lock for the division, a virtual lock for a bye, and a strong contender for home field.
A strong contender for the whole enchilada.
I cannot go there yet.
Me, either, really. Just imaging the Eagles in the playoffs is awesome. Nothing I had thought to be possible before the season.
p.s. But while we’re at it, how about Eagles beat the Pats and revenge 2004.
I am expecting San Fran to be a trap game. Last night was a huge win, and a short week to game plan without 2 of your top 5 players (arguably). Against a winless opponent. It smells bad.
…But the good news is either Washington or Dallas is going to lose next week. I think I’m rotting for the ‘Skins. They’re both 3 – 3, but we’ve dealt with them, so let’s get the Cowboys back on a losing streak.
“I think I’m rotting for the ‘Skins.”
Very appropriate with Halloween coming soon!
Hicks torn Achilles, fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Is he our Jordan Reed?
One of the other guys called him Sean Lee; that really fits.
I get Cousins is a bridesmaid type QB and has the personality of milk toast but isn’t it crazy for them to just give up on him until they know they have a replacement? I don’t see him as a Jay Cutler. He may have thrown the ball to Corey Graham but he doesn’t make mistakes at rate Cutler does.
I have said it’s dangerous to have a good but not special QB but I think you need to be sure you have a QB first. You could turn into Cleveland or the Jets.
He’s at the level of Alex Smith or Andrew Dalton or Matt Stafford, no?
I admit I’ve never been a real fan of Cousins and I’m so happy we have Wentz and aren’t in that situation but I think I’d be happier if they let him go because I think if he had a bigger supporting cast he can go far.
Would you be happier if they let him go (probably to SF) or stayed?
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21121399/next-uneasy-marriage-kirk-cousins-redskins-nfl
I think it’s a financial issue.
Cousins wants $100 million to play in DC. That’s what makes it difficult decision.
Do they have the resources to pay him -a decent, but unspectacular QB -top 5 money while giving him the support he needs to field a winning team?
Can they build an equally good team (and I think we’re talking a 9-10 win ceiling) with a lottery ticket/cheap journeyman at QB and investing elsewhere?
It’s less the player and more the money.
What’s funny is that 5 years / $100 mil isn’t top 5 money. Cousins would be a 5 year / $120 million guy on the market at this point. And I think you can win with him.
Fair enough.
He’s not going to carry a team, that’s my point.
So if you’re putting 15-20% of your cap into him, you need to be able to add guys who elevate his play.
WASTEAM had that last year. Doesn’t look like it this year.
QB costs what it costs I guess.
True. I think Gruden is a good coach, so that helps. Snyder is a terrible owner (handling of RG3/Cousins is the latest/greatest example).
You put Cousins in Houston, Miami, even the Giants -he makes those teams a notch better.
It’s all a matter of if you think he’s a “winning QB”, a guy who can take you all the way given all the financial and talent constraints in the NFL.
I’m a “maybe”. I don’t think he can do it in DC, but those jagoffs need a Rodgers/Brady/Brees/Wentz to get them there.
Yeah they’re all good points but if you draft well…oh wait, they replaced Scott whatshisface. Shit.
That might be low
https://overthecap.com/position/quarterback
I’d have trouble seeing Cousins getting slotted over Luck, even with the 2 year difference.
You can definitely win with Cousins but the biggest issue with him is he will be 30 next year. Study I saw 2 years ago said average NFL peaks at 28.
Yeah modern player fitness and nutrition programs help but can it make that much of a difference?
Cousins is playing at a fairly high level right now but how much longer does he do that? If you are giving him a 5 or 6 year deal with large guaranteed money in years 4-6 is he still going to have enough arm strength or mobility to be above average?
I personally don’t think they can build an equally good team or anyone can build a good team with a journeyman like Hoyer or Fitzpatrick.
Probably not. Cousins is a step up from those guys. The question to me would be -can you build a winning team with Cousins taking up 15-20% of the cap?
If you’re answer is “no”, you’ve got to move on.
This is only a problem because the WASTEAM front office handled the situation so badly. There’s no reasonable reason that he’s not tied up long term to a deal that doesn’t wreck their cap situation.
It’s hilarious because they low balled him and he made more in guaranteed money playing on two franchise tags than they offered him.
Yup, because he’s not quite the guy who sets a new market. I’m looking forward the Giants lowballing Beckham and keeping him below was he’d get otherwise. Hopefully that keeps him distracted and not playing well.
I think you can win with Cousins.
I think I would be happier if they let him walk. They can beat us with him. They cannot beat us without a QB. Most teams lurk in the basement for years until they find one. I’d be okay with that.
If they get rid of him, it puts them in search mode which means there’s a possibility they find a legit stud sooner or later. Personally I like having division rivals field QBs who aren’t good enough to win it all with but are too good to get rid of. If you have a true franchise QB you have a decade-long leg up on them. Do you think the Packers have ever been afraid of the Stafford-led Lions or the Cutler-led Bears?
There is certainly the risk that they find one, yes. There is also the likelihood of another RG3 blunder or wander the desert for a decade.
Even with Cousin, there is a chance they find a better option, like the Patriots did when they had Bledsoe or, actually, like the Skins did when they thought they were set with RG3.
He’s the cocktease purgatory QB.
Which I mean fine whatever there aren’t 32 studs, but to keep him they’re going to have to give him the biggest QB contract in history with a bunch of guaranteed money.
I personally hope they let him go because they won’t pick high enough for a franchise QB (and this class is meh) which means they waste a day 2 pick on a QB next year as a stop gap or give Alex Smith/Jimmy G a shorter deal and then take a shot in 2019, so they aren’t a legit threat until 2020.
If he stays that’s a consistent 7-10 win team.
Personally if i was a WAS fan, I’d want to pull the band-aid off.
Yeah, this is how I feel.
Nothing against Cousins, but signing him long term maxes them out 10 wins UNLESS they get jackpot draft hits.
He’s really good. He’s a trailer, not a truck.
Even though this season feels special, I must force myself to keep expectations low.
All I want for Xmas is still a playoff win, and preferably going to that game at the Linc. Anything beyond that will be a bonus.
Go birds.
https://twitter.com/profootballdoc/status/922850380408545280
https://twitter.com/coastielife1/status/922853804793622529
Something to look out for …
So you’re saying that Hicks might be rupturing his other Achilles next year again and claiming that he’s injury prone. The latter is actually nothing new to the scouts…
Hicks already ruptured the other one in college. He should be fully bionic by the spring.
That’s what I was referring to. According to the doctor above there’s apparently high chance you will tear the already torn achiless within 5 years after the 1st tear.
No, he is saying that if you tear one you have a higher chance of tearing the other, not the same one twice.
Seems like an error in logic. Someone who gets a torn achilles is probably more likely than others to have a torn achilles. Therefore, they’re more likely than others to get a torn one on their other leg. Super simple stuff.
It is only an error to leap to causation.
The first tear does not lead to the second tear, it only serves as a indicator. Since the two Achilles experience nearly identical stresses and genetic predispositions, I would bet it is one of the best indicators.
You don’t have a higher chance of tearing the other one because you tore it, you always had a higher chance to begin with.
That is literally exactly what I said. There was no causation in my comment.
Good news!
Ugh, again with this guy Chao… He has no more insight than your untrained eyes; #useless
He’s 95% accurate on injuries based on video alone
That’s my impression.
You could do the same or better tweets than him, and you (presumably) don’t have an MD
I would rather have lost last night instead of having Hicks and Peters injured. I don’t think we can compete with some of the AFC teams without those two.
Well one of our first big tests will be against the Broncos.
Already preparing for a loss next week.
Wow. You must be really down.
Preparing for a loss against a team that has scored a total of 10 points in the last two games. And at home. Maybe you should not watch that game at all…
No faith in our backup OT and LBs does that to you.
Get some sleep!
If they play CJ Beat Hard there is no way we lose. That guy was barely a Big 10 QB, he cant play in this league.
It’s not “WE” DICKHEADED LOSER.
They played a good portion of the game last night without Peters and almost all of it without Hicks, and they survived.
It’s not ideal but they have the depth to survive. Big V and Kendricks have both flashed the ability to get the job done before.
Who were shut out by the Chargers!
We only need to compete with one other AFC team. 😉
Yea I know. I don’t feel confident enough to have us beating the Chiefs, Patriots, Steelers, or whichever dark horse AFC South team that gets hot without those two.
Look below. Reaching THAT one game against an AFC team would be more than just a bonus.
Can we not just enjoy this ride?
I want it all not just a taste.
Yes let’s worry about our super bowl matchups
Damn right.
We should worry. An unfavorable matchup is the difference between winning the SB by the largest margin in SB history, or merely one of the largest margins in SB history. Does Carson Wentz throw a dozen TD passes in the game, or do we face a really tough pass defense that takes him out of the game and holds him to 8 or 9? We need to think about this before we get carried away. 😉
Steelers = pussies in black and gold with bigger pussies as fans.
Hey Bizzaro insomniac, I like regular insomniac better.
The JP injury has me bummed the fuck out. That’s my dude and he’s done for the year.
for the year………………..
Why you do this to me.
Because D3FB is a bastard man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2utk-uiaZlc
It is so mean.
He is up on the ledge and you are poking him in the ribs?
Bet he won’t jump!
Sure – same for the all of us. Really. But Peters would tell you to cut that out – no?
Maybe. Big V is my equivalent to Media Mike’s Barner so do dismiss any Big V comment I make.
Hmmm, wow, i didn’t know anyone had that with V. I will say this, prior to the season i would have said 60/40 odds that JP would miss time for significant injury. I was and remain suspect about depth at T and really was hoping Gordon would develop nicely.
Given how Gordon was discussed going into 2016, I’d tend to agree with you. I was very optimistic that we’d have a hidden gem there.
Yeah in a related note, shame on you for not going OT, OT, RB, OT, RB in 10000% of your mocks so far. Seriously
ha! I’ll be sure to address that better once there are some more functional big boards.
Much appreciated
I kinda think Big V is a big pile of S myself.
He’s undoubtedly a big pile of Samoan. Why are people so anti Samoan?
horrible cookie.
Yeah but if thin mint tears an acl and mcl, and you’re hungry or high…??
I got multiple peanut butter based cookies on backup. Some shortbreads as well.
My friend Howie is gonna call you. I think we can make a deal.
I’m pro good play! Though I really do have to give him props. He did 100x better than wehn he filled inat RT
Great football player, great Eagle. Hopefully, just this year.
So when we lose, can we say “I don’t mind we lost since Carson Wentz didn’t get hurt. “
Why not both?
Good question. How many posts did you make after the KC game saying you didn’t mind the loss because _____ is still healthy?
I don’t remember for the Chiefs game but I sure as hell made a few during the Panthers game. Although I don’t think I wanted us to lose that game.
Okay, now that you mention it I remember you saying you would rather lose than see an injury turn out to be serious during the game.
You’re the one that formed the context of the discussion.
This is a great perspective.
All I can say is the parade route better be fully ADA compliant.
This team is 6-1 despite getting absolutely walloped by injuries to key players on all three units.
That speaks to an impressive coaching job by Pederson and Schwartz and impressive roster depth building by Roseman.
Losing Hicks and JP is tough. We can’t say this team has had anything but rather poor luck with injuries this season. That they are 6-1 and look dominant despite that is a testament to the roster construction, coaching, and especially the play of Wentz.
Time for Kendricks to live up to his contract and Big V to prove he has the stuff to be a starting tackle in the NFL.
True, but I have more faith in Big V than I do Kendricks.
Mad man.
Rewatched the second half today to see if my initial impression that Big V played pretty well last night held up.
My verdict was “mostly yes”. He doesn’t have the combination of power and athleticism that Peters does (who does?) and is still suceptible to the bull rush at times, but he’s got decently quick feet and his pass blocking technique appears to have improved. And while it’s hard to get a feel for assignments from a TV broadcast, he didn’t appear to have any mental lapses and knew who to block on every play. He’s far from Anthony Munoz but I don’t think he’s a Winston Justice-type turnstile/offense-wrecking liability either.
Well said.
Man…been looking on the interwebs thoughout the day and saw that JP was done with an ACL and MCL..sad to read this…as JP deserved to go out finishing his final game…at 35 that type of injury will be hard to come back from…I hope he ain’t done and can another year in…but would not be surprised if he retires…
Yeah, it’ll be sad if he’s totally done.
That twitter doctor has been a real ace in the hole for fantasy football . Not for much longer, unfortunately. The secret is out
Kendricks ready to play the savior, but will Kendricks’ hamstrings play along? Are there such a thing as hamstring specialists out there that we can hire?
Good luck
I am a (self proclaimed) hamstring specialist. I can monitor Kendricks diet, sleep, and stretching to give him a better chance at health for a modest six-figure salary.
Of course, there are no guarantees and no way to compare my results to random chance, but hey…
I offer the same services but only to the Eagles cheerleaders.
I’ve never been more disappointed on the IgglesBlitz community. I couldn’t go to sleep last night I was so pumped up. I woke up amped. Local sports radio and national tv is all in on the birds. Then I cocked here and half of you act is if the season is over.
Carson is elite. He’s special. If GB or NE had lost JP they would still be super bowl favorites due to their QBs. It’s no different with Wentz. Stop sulking and get ready for the road to the SB to run thru Philly.
Ha; I’ve got us moved to “lock division winner” at this point.
We win a game. But lose Peters forever. .. by getting rolled on … the pain is always more painful than the victory is sweet.
I still think we will win the division, but this is a different team and playoff landscape without Peters. Having a pair of elite bookend tackles gave the Eagles great match ups all over the field. Celek will have to play a lot more or RB’s will need to stay in and block on passing downs, both of which will allow an extra defender in the middle of the field and stop the endless 1v1’s Ertz and agholor have been finding inside.
I think we will end up 12-4 with either a top 1 or 2 seed. Difference is with Peters we are probably the best team in the NFC, now we will be one of 3-4 good but flawed teams
It’s not THAT bad. It’s possible to have mixed emotions. You know, like that movie, Inside Out.
On the one hand that was Carson Wentz’ best game ever and truly magical. And the Eagles are 6-1!
On the other the best Eagles O-lineman ever probably just had his career ended last night. That’s a bummer.
Add to the fact that injuries are suddenly occurring at an alarming rate. Injuries, the one thing that can shake up the status quo and fuck our season that looks so good right now. Eagles are the best team in football right now. Really wish the playoffs started next week.
It is way too early to be talking SB though and that isn’t being a pessimist.
Season isn’t even half over and too much can shift due to severe injuries in the NFL.
Last 2 years a team started 5-0 and did not even make the playoffs. Really have to wait until after the Seahawks’ game to think about playoffs and where the Eagles might end up.
In the interim, I try to sit back and enjoy what Wentz is doing during an ascendant season.
I just think we all love JP. He is Philly. Just like Dawk was
Would you bozos stop typing and saying the 9-letter S-word? Cripes, its as if you all just moved here from Southern California 2 months ago.
Go Eagles! Great win last night.
Satanists?
Huh? What word
Lol my bad
Swarthmore.