Gameday – CHI at PHI
Posted: November 26th, 2017 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 419 Comments »Chicago is known as the Windy City and it seems like they brought some of that wind with them.
From warmups, it looks like 50 yards might be a stretch for either kicker when he's facing the Center City (north) end zone. Big wind.
— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) November 26, 2017
Keep that in mind during the game.
Here are the inactives for the Eagles.
#CHIvsPHI Inactives: DT Allen, T Beatty, TE Burton, LB Ellerbe, WR Johnson, RB Smallwood, QB Sudfeld
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) November 26, 2017
No Beau Allen so Elijah Qualls gets back on the field. Destiny Vaeao will get increased snaps as he becomes the #3 DT.
Marcus Johnson is inactive and Shelton Gibson makes his NFL debut. No idea why that’s happening, but it will be interesting to see if the Eagles go deep to Gibson or if he gets any touches.
LB Dannell Ellerbe is still learning the scheme.
DE Steven Means is also active. I hope he’s able to get mixed into the rotation.
As for the Bears…
#DaBears inactive list for #CHIvsPHI. pic.twitter.com/rBJHRhO4m7
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) November 26, 2017
LB Pernell McPhee and DL Akiem Hicks are playing. They could be slowed by injury. We’ll have to wait and see how that goes. The Bears need both of those guys if they have any chance of slowing down the Eagles.
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I’m interested to see how Jim Schwartz defends the Bears. They love to run the ball, even QB Mitch Trubisky. The Eagles will likely play a lot of 8-man fronts to deal with this. They could also blitz off the edges, trying to pressure Trubisky and keep him in the pocket. You don’t want him getting loose on the edges and having the run-pass option. You want him in the pocket trying to read the defense and make traditional throws.
The Bears don’t have great WRs so playing man coverage isn’t something that scares you. Dare them to beat your DBs.
If the Eagles can get anywhere close to their average (32 points), I think the Bears are in big trouble. I just don’t see Chicago scoring a whole lot today.
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How cool is this?
eagles reddit dug up some amazing old program covers. pic.twitter.com/cRqZyoVbbU
— maurice (@tallmaurice) November 26, 2017
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There’s a pretty high chance I will watch the game LIVE today.
17 & 3rd..Trionas . My local spot. It’s a Chicago bar so i anticipate a small quiet sad crowd
Why would you go to a Bears Bar?! You’ll find me at Shorty’s in Hell’s Kitchen.
Go back to your daughter’s training! It’s the key to our success!
Damn right you will.
Probably better than watching it dead.
And there it is…
Your week 12 rooting guide. You’re welcome. (Will probably repost to Tommy’s next thread – since he always posts 5 minutes after I put time into a post here.)
Tennessee (6-4) v Indianapolis (3-7). Titans. Let the Colts continue in free fall and attract the good coaching unit/draft picks away from NY. And, as Guy Media Mike said, “Watching the Colts lose is funny.”
Carolina (7-3) v NY Jets (4-6). J-E-T-S. But, I’d rather face Carolina than Atlanta in the playoffs. Carolina has exploitable weaknesses. Atlanta, if they put it together, can be very dangerous. Still, our playoff seed is far from set. Jets all day.
Miami (4-6) v. New England* (8-2). Miami. It is tempting to root for the evil empire* here because the absolute garbage product that Miami puts on the field is an embarrassment. Cover your eyes bad. Maybe without Cutler, it will look better.
Tampa Bay (4-6) v. Atlanta (6-4). Buccaneers. Please slow down and trip up the Falcons before they make the playoffs. Disclaimer: Pinning hopes on a team that needed a last second FG to beat Miami is not a winning strategy.
Cleveland (0-10) v. Cincinnati (4-6). Bengals. Because the Browns are the Browns and 0-16 record is merely just desserts for passing on Wentz. The Browns fans deserve much better, but their owner and organization do not. Besides, let the NY Giants trade up with them in next year’s draft for the second coming of Danny Wuerffel.
Buffalo (4-6)) v. Kansas City (6-4). Chiefs. Despite their struggles, AR has one of the few teams that could take down the Patriots* or the West Virginia Steelers in the playoffs. Need them to stay alive for that reason alone.
Seattle (6-4) v. San Francisco (1-9). Seahawks. Say what??!! Yah, last thing we want is to face a super desperate backs-against-the-wall do-or-die hyper-motivated Seattle team in their home stadium next week. Russell Wilson wins games singlehandedly they should lose. Don’t give them any extra edges. Let them get a victory over San Fran today.
New Orleans (8-2) v. LA Rams (7-3). Rams. Obviously. Most important matchup of the week for Eagles fans outside over our Bears matchup. Looking for a really good game to watch here in the late afternoon slot.
Jacksonville (7-3) v. Arizona (4-6). Jaguars. The Cardinals and their fans deserve much retribution and pain. Can the Jags catch the Cheatriots* or the Stillers? Rest of their schedule is: Indy, Seattle, Houston, SF and Tennessee. Could they go 13-3 and get a bye? Nothing against Dougie P., but why isn’t anyone talking about Doug Marrone as a coach of the year candidate? He’s doing this with Blake freaking Bortles at QB. That’s like competing at a swim meet with a 2 ton anchor tied to your nut sack with fishing wire. Ow.
Denver (3-7) v. Oakland (4-6). Raiders. Let the Giants catch Denver and slide behind them in the draft order. Denver will increase the price the Giants need to pay to get a quality QB.
Green Bay (5-5) v. Pittsburgh (8-2). Yuck. Steelers. Although they look awful, Green Bay is still alive for the playoffs. That must not happen. And it must not happen to the extent that we have to hold our nose and hope for a Steelers victory (Their fans smell of cockroach-infested rotten meat).
Houston (4-6) v. Baltimore (5-5). Ravens. Baltimore, like Kansas City, isn’t playing great, but if they put it together down the stretch, they are capable of taking out one of those two AFC teams we all hate.
Bonus material:
LA Chargers (4-6) v. Dallas (5-5). Chargers. Lololololololol. Suck it Jerry!!
The 2017 Rule Book. If you can’t remember all that above, the general guidelines are as follows in order of importance.
1) GO EAGLES!
1a) Dallas sucks.
2) Division rivals must not win, except in rare instances. E.g. facing each other with one of them threatening to make the playoffs.
3) Down with the rest of the NFC.
4) The Patriots cheat; AND
5) Steelers fans do not deserve anything good to happen to them ever again.
Eagles win 30-10.
The Eagles are on cruise control by late 2Q or start of 3Q.
Look for deep reserves in the rotation as often as possible.
No slow start, please. We’ve seen that too often this year. Chiefs, Giants, Chargers, Washington, 49ers, Dallas. I want 28 first half Eagles points minimum.
I live in Chicago and am having a bunch of friends over for the game. They’re all bears fans so I promised them ribs to soothe their pain at the inevitable beat down. For my sake, it’s definitely not a trap game. Definitely.
Just tell ’em how much potential Mitch Tru-Bear-Ski has and keep the friendships flowing!
Enjoy the game! Eagles should win by at least 10 pts if it’s garbage time all day, and maybe win by 30 points if the game gets out of hand.
Enjoy ribbing your friends.
D_E Checking in with a Sam Adams Rebel IPA.
Watcha got lads?
Troges Mad Elf (Eh, I am okay with it only being available once a year.) and Ommegang Abby Double.
Go Ertz
Blount force trama.
Too soon
Pin ’em deep.
looking forward to my first look at Trubisky.
Go Eagles!
So slow start is why we defer when we win the coin toss
I like Blount but Ajayi should be getting some of these carries. If that was Ajayi on the big run by Blount it might have gone even further.
He always looks like he is running in sand
Wish Wentz could be consistently accurate on those screen passes. They might be give up plays, but you’re supposed to play them through…
I really wish Blount wouldn’t see the field until the 2nd half. My grandma has better change of direction than him. He’s so much more effective when defenses are tired
In time. Still probably better prepared for pass pro than Ajayi for now.
He needs to start the fake and bang a few guys around, then chines the quickest
So we gained about 10 yards on the punt exchange.
Time to put some points on the board.
Well held D
Hmmm, my stream must be very late…
Trubisky doesn’t seem that great, so far.
another bad screen pass…
Yes, let’s come out throwing today … after dominating on the ground against Dallas in 2nd half
Go for it.
I don’t get how Christian Jones went undrafted. He was projected to be a 2nd round pick back in 2014 and I was shocked to see him untaken in the later rounds.
effin love that
Smart aggressive play.
Hope that as a setup play
Now, get a TD
Alshon don’t spike the ball
They seemed to have relaxed the spiking and spinning rules this year. Maybe related to the celebration rules?
It’s only a penalty in the field of play?
I think so, which is dumb.
Yeah I don’t get it, but as long as he doesn’t catch a dumb penalty.
Bingo
Yay! Jake is back!
Um, too soon?
When Wentz isn’t throwing short, he’s throwing well.
Isn’t that weird how he looks so much better on medium and long throws than short ones?
Ertzzzzzzz
“STRIKE ONE!”
just got here, and 3 completions in a row and an easy TD
I guess we will excuse your tardiness. Don’t let it happen for a division game.
BRING BACK ALEX HENERY. WTF
Jenkins???
Was Elliot’s injury a foot concussion? Jeez
Wonder if the wind got that KO?
Arghhhhhhh
Bad pass by Trubisky, bailed out.
Glad that happened to Jenkins and note one of the younger guys
One of things to watch for with Trubisky is that he’s supposedly horrible to one side of the field. I think his left, and that was how that interception happened..
Great stop D
I thought players who got concussions were forced to sit out 1 week?
man, so far, very unimpressed by Trubisky.
Looks kinda like Wentz from last year. I have seen a few of his games, keep in mind he only started 13 college games
Wentz is more physically talented than Trubisky.
Keep in mind who his coach is. Fox is not a QB coach. When Trubisky gets an offense minded coach next year, let’s see how he looks.
Malcom must be like … SMH what was I doing lol. He’s a vet he knows better.
Yeah, that was silly trying to do too much. His job was done, just go down and give it to the offense.
Couldnt disagree more. The outcome was bad, but telling a defensive playsr not to try and return an INT because they already succeesed is just silly to me. Hold onto the ball berter maybe, but br aggressove. Thats the hole mond set of this team.
Yeah, until he turned and tried to run straight backwards to take it around the people in front of him, I’m with you. At that point, though, becomes desperate.
I missed it. What happened?
Jenkins got a pick off a Darby tip. Then had ball stripped for a fumble and a Bears 1st down.
On late, go birds!
Again…..?!?
Blount after big run
Hold the damn ball
What the fuck is going on?
Looks like the Bears practiced stripping the ball all week.
Damn. When you have two guys on you, probably best to just go down. Great run before that.
Sloppy
Sigh, come on guys…
Had enough of the soapy ball
wow, dominance and any given sundayness juxtaposed
Yeah. If QBs can have arm punts, which are INTs that don’t hurt you too much, that was sort of the running equivalent. Except that two steps prior we had the first down, unlike a pass.
But now with the missed FG we get the ball back almost the same spot.
Just go down JFC.
Nice. Robinson lightly touched in the back just at the moment he dove for the tackler — initially called a penalty but correctly picked up.
Run the KO back
Never mind
brain fart
Could have maybe run the FG back 🙂
Alshon looks tall on the field but he would be a PG in the NBA
Yeah he probably had the body of a point guard but the game of a power forward.
When I was younger and athletic I had kind of the same thing, I was tall for my age but stopped growing, so I ended up with a mid range jumpshot game but only 6’2″.
At my rec league in college I used to play in the post because I was the tallest guy. I was 5’9 lol
I saw a dude who was like 7’4″ the other day in person. Some humans have very long limbs.
Wow! AJ!
beautiful catch
i don’t think jordan matthews could do that
Jeffrey earning that paycheck today…
Wow, love the backshoulder throw there.
tackled him before ball got there
what a dude.
Great pocket movement by Wentz on that incompletion. Was/is a crucial weakness.
what are u talking about? not sure we watch the same games.
Was about to yell at the player in green just standing around to block on that Ajayi run, then I saw it was #11.
Wentz is money. White Randall
TY Zebras
Very legit penalty — they grabbed Hollins’ jersey and the pass ended up a bit too high. This after a pretty obvious PI was not called on Jeffery.
Imagine how good Wentz will be in a few years when he stops overthrowing these TD passes.
Hollins was held, hence the overthrow.
Ags with the burners.
Effin Ags
At the way this game was going I thought Agholor was going to fumble in the endzone.
wentz kind f missed a pretty easy pass?
? Which play are you talking about? Didn’t see any real missed pass other than the one where Hollins was grabbed to slow him up as Wentz was throwing.
looked to me that wentz throwed it after the hold, and it looked like he had already adjusted after the penalty was commitd but just missed it.
Yeah the timing looked off, he threw it more towards where Mack would have been if he hadn’t been held.
Yooo Agholor looks so nasty sometimes, he’s got some serious moves and wheels.
Yes. Love seeing the play designs taking advantage of that.
He’s a FA next year and I’m not sure the price he’s worth keeping for.
The thing is he still isn’t a huge stats guy… Might make him affordable. He’s turned his career around in such a big way.
This is Agholor’s third year. He is under contract for next year. The main question is do you exercise the fifth year option for 2019.
Ok. Great
whoa, nice burst ags!
Was that the same play that got called back against Dallas?
Nelly nelly nelly
Way too early to say it, but I think that’s game. Unless Trubisky shows me something new, or a massive improvement on pass rush happens, this is over already.
We still might fumble the ball 4 or 5 more times, I’m not ready to declare victory yet.
Last two times we fumbled the ball, Trubisky was ass both times and Fox called scared…
It could easily be 28-0 but I’m not complaining, lol
“STRIKE TWO!!”
I wonder if Jake is OK?
We should just let Kamu do kickoffs
Loved that play design, get the first guy off Aghs with play action, great to see that draft pick not be a bust
Aghs has been such a redemption story this year. Dude legit adds another weapon to the arsenal that we need.
I was so high on him when we got him. I’m just starting to trust again.
Curry was /is in the same boat
Graham made it. .MS2 did not, i think Curry has been bankable. Who cares what they paid him
I was so let down last year with Curry. He was not himself last year.
I think I just saw Ertz break a tackle! Wow will wonders never cease
Have we had a safety this year?
Nope.
Not yet.
Jenkins is our safety. . He fumbled earlier
Pretty decent throw by Tribs
really?
hit the guy in the hands 30 yards down the field, didn’t it?
That guy had to work very, very, hard to get that ball to hit his hand, and that ball also had lots of hang time.
But it was away from coverage and the receiver had space to get it. If the QB and receiver had more playing time together to work on timing and routes that would been a completion.
WR should have caught it. That was a throw Wentz makes last year and Mathews drops
Back shoulder throw 40 yards down the field. Should have been a 1st down
The dogs are hungry
So, Trubisky is learning from John Fox and Mike Glennon.
Wentz has Pederson, Reich, and DeFilippo.
I’d say that’s advantage Eagles.
lol at barner dragging him away
That was hilarious. Somewhat blocked punt rolling on the ground, Eagle pancaked and was somewhat in the ball’s path, and Barner absolutely dragged him out of the way.
Heads up play on Barner’s part.
That was awesome!
Looking at the replay, Watkins figured out why he was being pulled away and quickly helped with his legs as well
Fantastic heads up play from barner there.
Another fumble
Cmon guys
This OL tho…
Yep, imagine w Peters
glad to see Jake the Make back to form
Jake the Make
Jake “Boy Wonder” Elliot
man we are a fuckn load to deal with, our d fense is no joke. if u dont somewhat have a clue offensively u are getting rekt thats it
I was with Charles Davis there I thought we’d run on that 3rd down play. Shame the backside pursuit got there or Wentz mighta been able to pick it up with his legs again.
Wonder why Ajayi is getting used so little. I like Blount, I just think Ajayi should be the lead back.
Woops, Walker down…….. I guess this is why we got Ellerbe.
By where Walker is holding himself, it is either his groin, or he gets off on medical attention
This defense tho….
Can’t be said enough. Love the tackling on this defense. Warms my heart. Feels like forever since we had a defense that could tackle.
Especially the DBs. God it’s nice to have corners who will tackle.
No idea how anyone can hate on wentz…
One can be cautious about how that OL is helping him look good, though.
agree about that for stats but he passes the eye test without question too
But he’s still a ginger
i dont require my QBs to have a soul
Trade my soul for a Super Bowl
Lets see how he does without Zeke Elliot before we anoint him ok
How good is this D? Best since Reggie
BRENT CELEK YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF TODD PINKSTON’S NUMBER
Wowzer.
Freight Train Blount
And if that train should jump the tracks, put him back, put him back, put him back…
Look at how hard the Bears are going for the strip. Its part of the game plan.
Really their only hope
This.
And we need the practice, because we are going to see a lot of desperate measures like this.
Next week is Seattle and then LA Rams.
Yep.
Celek disrespecting Todd Pinkston
That official can suck a dick.
WHY PEDERSON?
Yeah, this is a waste of a challenge. If the Eagles were going to call a timeout anyways, maybe OK.
Maye Laurie gave a fat envelope
Probably wanted longer to decide on play call anyway so why not?
Chicago already called a timeout after that play
Like I said he probably wanted longer, It was a huge play.
and you were doing so well doug.
Refs don’t analyze the catch that much
sneak that shit
QB sneak.
Nice push by Kelce off the snap.
Field position challenges rarely pan out. Never conclusive enough to overturn. HCs don’t get all the camera angles the fans do. Whoever told Pederson to challenge that needs to get fired.
Right they’re going to fire a coach from a 9-1 team.
Corey Clement is really good. That patience and hesitation is Laveon Bell-esque
That cut looked like one even Ajayi can’t make
He’s played well, but don’t see that comparison.
I meant that run was Leveon Bell-esque.
Bell often comes to a near stop, tippie-toes, then explodes through a hole. Clement had pretty good head of steam that whole run. That was a really nice cutback and good run, and Bell makes those too, but didn’t see the Bell-unique qualities there, to me.
Yeah, that was a hold.
Damnit Smith, you should have caught that.
Smith looked like he was trying to fingertip catch it when he didn’t need to. Just grab it.
Yeah that was bad. I’m never going to trust Smith’s hands.
Play smart. Take a shot, but preserve the FG. No McNabb-AR specials please.
You know, the Bears D is actually a little tough. I mean their offense has been awful and that’s why we’re getting so many chances, but their D is doing reasonably well.
Decent defense, yeah. Bears need more help on offense.
Throw at TD here, then let Foles play the second half.
Boom.
Alshon needed one against the Bears.
Great throw.
beauty, alshon almost mistimed teh jump
Yeah looked like he thought the throw would be harder, but Wentz did right by lobbing it in there.
Not choreographing these TD celebrations is complete bullshit. They definitely practice it.
They definitely plan it. Could maybe buy they don’t actually practice it.
Some of the guys were “protecting” themselves, soccer free-kick style, which seems odd for a bowling ball. Wonder if they have another one planned at some point.
so the iggles didn’t give up a 1st down in the first half?
Nah man, they dont do that.
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES
Wentz is underrated and he is an MVP candidate!!!!!
That dude with the Firefox icon in the stands is soooooo onpoint
Still time for a pick 6.
Bears gained 34 total yards in the half. Zero 1st downs.
7 yards rushing. 7 freakin’ yards from what is a running team!
A very good running team too, with good Interior Lineman
And half that (17) was on a 3rd and 21. Impressive regardless who they’re playing.
“STRIKE THREE!!!”
Bears are OUT! Game over!
Chicago playing like pussies with their rookie QB.
It’s still kind of crazy that Wentz was the starting QB his first game his rookie year despite missing the majority of preseason and only playing 23 games at NDSU
Wentz on that throw froze the safety incredibly well to allow Alshon to get wide open. The safety was moving to double team Alshon before the pump fake.
This team is just fun to root for.
Glad we are doing this in the run game without drafting Joe Mixon.
(full disclosure: I wanted them to)
We get the ball too. Rough day at the office for Da Bears.
No we had the ball first
Now we get to unleash the pass rush against a rookie. Here comes some sacks, picks, fumbles, and mayhem.
lol at cox staring into the camera
thank goodness jake didnt need to tackle him
Cowboys fan here telling me we haven’t beaten any good team this year exceot maybe Carolina
certainly not the cowboys
Can only beat who they play.
Yea and we only have the best record and best point differential to show for it. Not like it’s been the Eagles completely dismantling teams. What do we do well? Can’t stop the run or get pressure on the QB.
We also can’t run it and we don’t have the league leader in passing TDs to show for it.
In conclusion: Clearly that Salty cowboy fan know his shit and is not BUTThurt in any ways.
Statistically that is true but the Eagles play the Seahawks and Rams on the road yet too.
Jake learned his lesson and stayed away from that tackle.
ah man. gave up a first down. SIGH.
BG tried to rectify that mistake
Man, what happened to the Chiefs?
Don’t get sloppy here.
C’mon guys. Tighten up here.
Feel like Inman made a few plays against us when he was a charger too
Vinnnnny
Smothering Curry
Lol at the dude left hanging in the stands.
Curry sauce
Rancid Curry
FG?
LOL.
4 penalties on us that drive? Ugh.
Way too sloppy that drive. 3 offsides? Gotta refocus. Wasted big plays by Graham and Curry.
Ends up they didn’t completely waste them. They scored a whopping 3 points. lol! Thanks Chicago.
It is having a big lead against an inferior team.
Paging Jim Schwartz…stop the penalties
Damn pre snap penalties. Should clean that up going forward
They used their halftime adjustment to change the snap cadence. It worked…and they got a long field goal.
Now we run it down their throats for the next nine minutes.
Maybe hard to believe but that’s a new career high in sacks for Graham with 7
Wow.
How is that a false start?
Refs have been inconstinent and sloppy for both teams
why was it a false start and not motion?
He moved forward towards the line of scrimmage before the snap
That FG actually decreased the Bears chances of winning by 0.1% to 0.3%.
Sloppy on both sides
torrey meet bench.
Or concussion tent…
well not like that.
3 for 3
his sneaks are brady-esque
But with a bigger dick though
I don’t know, Brady is a pretty big dick. TB12 pjs?
Dougie feelin it.
Lucky
4 defenders right there
An INT would have been better than an incompletion there. But yeah not a throw you want Wentz to make under normal circumstances.
If this had been against a good team I’d be pissed.
Eagles would be up 30+ points already if they weren’t a cat just playing with a mouse before it finishes it.
That’s too elaborate for gifting jewelry
And not mention but he would have to explain it oo so many people why he made his lights that way
I wudve gone for the FG there. .keep him involved
Is this the windy end where they were all missed pregame!
Edit: ?, not !
This is irritating, I’d like to see us stomp them out but we’re so sloppy in the 2nd on both sides of the ball. 5 pre-snap penalties in 1 quarter, ugly.
They can save it for upcoming games.
I’m ok with the sloppy play. It will help focus us moving forward. Rather be sloppy against the bears than on the road against Seattle
When does Foles come in?
Before or after 10 minute mark?
I think we need to put 1 more score on the board really.
I think Peterson is kind of rubbing Fox’ nose with respect to Fox’ conservatism. Fine, we’ll really try to blow you away, is the sentiment, even with long fourth downs…
I think that had more to do with the wind.
Too many cute passing play calls and not enough ass kicking with Ajayi in particular.
sounds like an Ajayi owner ( I am too)
Nah. I just don’t get some calls of the short yardage play calls today and starting with so much Blount in the 1st half.
Hold off on letting Ajayi loose until the opponent is worth it. Seattle, LARams, for example. Why show our play book to beat the lowly Bears?
Ajay twice has tried for the big play and lost yardage rather than settling for the 2-3 yd gain.
Trubisky looks terrible. Of course, Eagle D is great, but still…
Hasn’t had much time and the play calling has been awful. No misdirection or aggressive passing calls early on to try to get their offense going.
Almost played to lose today.
I thought the guy had “LES” written on his chest in homage to Les Bowen.
Maybe it is to remember his name in case he gets really drunk and disoriented.
Maybe he is just a weirdo.
There was another guy next to him that had “EAG” written on his chest.
I think Ertz is setting a personal records for yards after catch today.
I thought that was a drop by Jeffrey not a bad pass by Wentz. Not sure what Davis was looking at.
Need to take starters out now… I know we’re trying to run up the score, but still, got a postseason to worry about, now.
That was an ugly Qtr
Let’s put them away now and get Foles some action
Wentz has gotten killed on last 3 throws. Please put Foles in and/or just run out the clock.
I wonder if they gameplanned this short passing game today. Maybe with the wind, no need to take many deep shots?
Great… Fox switched the game to Carolina v Jets…will have to follow here and espn gamecast…
Before the Ajayi to Agholor fumble TD ?
Carolina vs the NYJ sounds like torture, actually.
Ags with another TD
Man, ball security a big issue today. Just sloppy all around.
Yep. At least they’re high effort plays though.
Anybody think Schwartz wanted that shut out???
In a way, we have sort of overlooked the Bears today. Super sloppy. Yet we’re still blowing them out 31-3. That’s how you know you’re a good team, you show up in this form and still put the hurt on em.
We have only been sloppy in the second half. OK, guess the fumbles were a bit, but overall Eagles were very good in the first half.
It’s hard to run it at 100% all the time, honestly. If you have to do that, you burn out.
If you can blow people away at 80% then you have a reserve to use in a crucial situation. And you don’t run the risk of burning out.
I think that’s like the human reality. But there’s some stuff to clean up, that’s no doubt.
I wouldn’t say they have overlooked them. They have put a whuppin on them on both sides of the ball.
Just some concentration lapses at times which is easy to correct.
And the Bears Defense is actually a quality unit just crippled by a thoroughly ineffective offense. Turnovers are how they beat the Panthers and Steelers.
BEARS BLOW.
Better they get the drops out of their system today instead of Seattle
Checking in Ajayi fantasy owners, are you okay?
the Wentz/Ertz double points making up for it
Foles time? Or one last Wentz drive?
Oh, man, that failed screen, and the desultery Eagles D that knew yeah, kid has to throw a screen…
Man, I sort of feel bad for the guy, now…
After watching Goff last year vs this year, I won’t completely rule out a QB with a terrible offensive coaching staff.
He did the right thing on the screen attempt
I WANT TO SEE FOLES.
I think Wentz gets 1 more drive honestly. Then it’s Foles gold time.
Hope he throws another TD
This defense today has been Gang Green-esque with the only thing missing is a defensive TD.
Ohh i like it, Derby pick 6 would be a lovely way to end the game.
Carson getting sloppier too. May be best to bring in Foles.
Wankered on rum at this end.
Let’s go Rams!
Wag wag wag!
Lol
We need to call him the “Happy Puppy.”
Wag wag wag
Give Foles a short field!! Go for it!!
Folezzzzzzzzzzzz
whos the guy wentz always talks to on the sideline
God
hes skinnier than i thought
sudfeld.
Wis is a guard not a centre
Wiz is in for Kelce. He can play both.
Not with that snap
What snap. Wiz is in this whole drive no?
I think he is making a statement regarding quality, rather than alignment.
Haha, Gotcha. I didn’t have that mindset lol. I’d have never thought that off his 1st shotgun snap in a game since when?
I’m sure the Bears wish there was a mercy rule right now and get to the airport a bit early.
ball security drills
No 1oo yds for Mr Blount
For the way this game has unfolded, the Eagles RBs are surprisingly bad fantasy plays.
Foles been involved in 2 fumbles and he has hardly played!! Bring me the inactive Sudfeld!. Dilly dilly!!!!!
Blount needs to tuck that ball in before he gets into the line. Trash block by Seumalo didn’t help.
Confirm, Douglas LCB
and Watkins RCB
This game is more like a scrimmage today.
Eagles sure are consistent, man. Don’t have to be perfect to whip some butt.
RASUUUUUUULLLLL
Damn. Celebration was on point too.
“The Electric Slide”
(A lotta people know that dance from weddings and parties…)
Is this better than the heart attack games?
Yes, because it speaks well about our future.
Ah, yes.
Yes. and that goes double for Dallas games
Most definitely.
A little icing on the cake
Isn’t 10-1 fun!
Man how do you get all these CBs o the field next year? Mills, Darby, Jones, Douglas, Robinson?
We wont be keeping Robinson, too expensive with too much depth behind
Nice to see Darby and Douglas – who lost his spot when Darby returned – hanging out together.
I suspect Robinson will get a nice contract somewhere else, and we probably just have Douglas as depth.
The first 4 will be the starting secondary in a few years.
Clearly a solid rotation. These coaches love to rotate.
Just leave #11 in and we will win.He is MVP and only plays 3 quarters a game!
Electric Slide again. Corey Graham pick!
At this point the only tension in these games is when exactly the Eagles are going to put the game out of reach.
The Eagles blew another chance to beat their opponent 50 to nothing.
Anyone still scared of Seattle?
As long as we don’t fumble 4 times and commit like 19 presnap penalties we should be ok.
Gonna watch this Saints/Rams game closely, as they’re some of our main competition.
31-3 ho hum … felt like a sloppy win. Still not used to watching the Eagles methodically and unexcitingly blow the doors off teams week in and week out.
Second half was meh, but it was over long before then. I’m OK with that as long as the sloppiness does not last. First coldish weather game I think.
Being 10 and 1 is remarkable, but other than Carson making those wow plays, is anyone on this team doing anything that can’t be repeated week in and week out? My opinion is that this team is only remarkable in that they’re so consistent week in and week out.
Very consistent. And Carson puts them way over the top.
That we beast on teams (none of them having good seasons ) and are not a good fantasy team is strong.
Crunch. Sack of Brees.
Back to back Sacks
Two sacks catching Brees. Sounds like a nudist colony.
Two Breesy sacks.
We only scored 31 points today. Below average.
In order to get our points per game average up we need to actually play someone who makes us keep trying in the 4th quarter.
Started Ingram instead of Kamara. RIP my fantasy team.
You have both? How do you ever decide which to play?
Fanduel, not yearlong.
I basically made every wrong decision today. AJ Green or Julio? Went Green. Kamara or Ingram? Went Ingram. Gostkowski or Legatron? Went Gostkowski. Dion Lewis or Tevin Coleman? Went Lewis.
I figured Lewis was hot, Ingram was safer than Kamara, AJ Green is awesome vs. the Browns, Gostkowski was safer as a kicker than Legatron………
Plus Cam Newton decided to have a bit of a dud against the Jets.
My biggest takeaways so far are Kamara is really fast, he is a threat, and Jared Goff is not a threat with his legs at all. He’s not quite Nick Foles slow but he doesn’t move great in the pocket and doesn’t have much speed on the scramble.
He does a back peddle like no one I have ever seen. So far it’s been working but I expect 2 picks against Goff.
Did Barnett play as much as he has been the past few weeks?
Seemed like Long got more snaps today but I would need to see the actual game stats.
I saw him in a bunch but wasn’t having much luck.
Agreed seemed like Curry got more of the playing time today, more 70/30 split than the 50/50 it has been recently
It seems like it is the Pats/Eagles and then everybody else right now in the NFL.
At the Vet:
2000 team: 6-3 including an NFC Wildcard victory vs Bucs
2001 team: 5-4 including an NFC Wildcard victory vs Bucs
2002 team: 8-2 including an NFC Divisional round victory vs Falcons (also the infamous NFC Championship Game loss to the Bucs)
At the Linc:
2003 team: 6-4 including an NFC Divisional round victory vs Packers (also the infamous NFC Championship Game loss to the Panthers)
2004 team: 9-1 including playoff victories vs Vikings in the Divisional Round and Falcons in the Championship Game.
Getting that no.1 seed is huge for us. Think we match up pretty well against every potential NFC opponent in the playoffs, but being home makes such a big difference against all the warm weather/dome teams we would likely face that i think that could make the difference.
Yup and cold weather to boot especially if it is against Old Man Brees.
“Eagles really haven’t had a notable home field advantage since the Linc opened in 2003 but that seems to have changed under Pederson.”
I think the excitement around Carson is a huge factor. We are loyal to a fault as a fanbase, but we really crank it up when we have a team and qB to get behind
I wanted Kamara. Knew he would be great
I really wanted Cook. Kamara was my next guys. No idea why people loved mcccaffery other than the color of his skin.
What NOBODY wants a white RB. Not to be racist. He’s a nice player but over valued imo
I didn’t want a RB before the 3rd. I wanted Kamara or Hunt. I’m very happy with Howie worked it out.
Somebody needs to put together a video montage of the various Eagles’ TD celebrations this year.
The Bowling one today might have been the best one yet.
NFL never should have banned them in the first place. Players obviously love it and it seems like fans/announcers do too.
Never seen an Eagles’ team with this kind of seemingly genuine chemistry and enthusiasm on the field.
Yeah they are winning and do so in a big way. Just watch when something positive happens and how many teammates congratulate one another. It is multiple guys on both sides of the balls.
Hell even on special teams when there is a big play you see it.
It is always hard to rate ‘intangibles’ but this team has it in spades right now. Hell even Peters is on the sideline cheering his teammates on and was actively involved in some of the OL coaching breakdowns today.
Never seen an Eagles’ team like this one. Certainly not the Gang Green teams where it was the offense on one island and the defense on another. Not even the prime Reid years either.
If Peters wasn’t already in everyone’s top 5 all-time Eagles favorites, the way he handled this injury should cement he place.
Watching this game today with my dad and the only professional Philly coach he could think of that has had a similiar run as Pederson so was Fred Shero.
Shero struggled his first year as a head coach but in his 2nd year he got an unheralded Flyers’ team into the Semi-Finals. In his 3rd and 4th years, he won back-to-back Stanley Cups.
Both guys are low-key coaches who don’t yell or believe in belittling/criticizing players after or during a game. Also seem to have an ability to get the players to focus (notwithstanding some bad concentration lapses today) during a game along with their emphasis on pre-game preparation including ability to successfully convey details to their players. Neither was particularly enthusiastic or performed well when talking to the media.
Big difference though is that Shero was an introvert who often relied upon communicating in written ways while Pederson is a reported extrovert who is quite affable and supposedly big on verbal communication.