Game Thread – 2nd half of PHI at BUF
Posted: October 9th, 2011 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 224 Comments »Ugh.
Bills lead 21-7. Eagles are playing super sloppy once again. Mistakes kill every good thing we do or break that goes our way.
I don’t know what the hell to expect out of the 2nd half.
Lets go team…?
Saved by the refs. Let’s not forget that decision, however.
Oh lord.
Fire Andy and his entourage. Such a poorly coached team from top to bottom.
Suck for Luck!
Or maybe Suck for RGIII?
Of course, unless Andy Reid & his minions are excised from the Eagles organization, they’ll end up picking a 5’11” 240lb DE with a top 5 pick instead.
Sooo, we don’t trust the rookie kicker with a 40 yard field goal, but we’ll run the obvious onsides kick to start the half.
how is Babin so useless vs the run?? Rolle seems to be getting caught inside too
I think it’s safe to expect 1-4 Tommy..
Even the run plays that are bottled up go for 4 yards.
I am in mental anguish and physical pain, watching this game.
If Andy Reid and every one of his minions isn’t purged from the Novacare Complex before the 2012 season, all hope will be lost for the future.
This regime has run its course. It is officially time for someone new. (and not a retread such as Cowher, either)
Have the Bills thrown long once today? Or all year? Maybe cover the short routes on 3rd and 4? Just a thought…
They threw deep once on Asante. INCL. They are throwing short quite a bit.
Shh. The Juan knows best.
Way to not get off the field on 3rd down
Tommy:
You may have seen it.
During Fox half-time show, Jimmy Johnson dropped the hammer on Reid —
He said the “O-line coach is coaching the defense and not doing a good job of it.”
That’s one very successful head coach politely saying, “Reid’s made a huge mistake.”
If people are interested in NFL action Carolina and New Orleans are fielding two professional teams today.
DRC might be the least physical player i’ve ever seen…does he ever come in and make the tackle??
This D is scary
Are refs not calling holds today? Seen so many holds letting Jackson get free.
I almost can’t watch this anymore, does anyone know how to tackle on D?
2nd round pick and blue chip free agent combine to miss tackles on the last play.
and Cullen Jenkins gave up on the play
I love how this team tackles forward
I’m bored.
why do i feel like every run is right at Babin??
So really, can we fire Juan right now? Take away his head set? something?
Season over this team is beyond a Joke its a mockery.
How awful has Jarrett been that they don’t even dress him and we throw this slop out there at safety. His strength is supposed run support………….
I guess it takes Juan to win Juan. And only Juan. For the whole year.
Hyperbole aside, there has to be a shake-up of some sort after this disaster, right? Unless they really don’t want to win… which might become a good strategy after this loss.
I think Juan Castillo has been given as much latitude as you can reasonably give someone. Put me in the “Fire him now” camp.
Tommy,
We still can’t fire Juan? I mean has “his” defense held a single offense to a FG in the red zone? I know McDemort was all time bad, but Juan’s been worse. The Eagles, running joke of the NFL.
the “passing” joke of the NFL.
send this defense down to the minors to regain confidence. though i don’t know if they could stop a good SEC offense either…
If I could draw a post, it would be of Andy Reid with stink lines coming up all around him.
I’m sorry Tommy, but I have seen enough to know that Castillo is incompetent. The one thong he preaches, fundamentals, are awful on this defense. He has no idea what he is doing. On top of that, AR needs to be held accountable for the decision to use Castillo as a DC.
mmmmm thong.
Haha, at least I made someone laugh…. Damn autocorrect…..
Eagles fan are often talked about as negative nancies.
This time we are completely and utterly justified. This team is just plain flat out bad. Juan needs to go, there’s just no way around it.
I’ll be jumping on board with friends of mine who are Pats fans for the rest of the season I think..
Now we know how fans like Bengals fans feel…no hope for the playoffs.
Wake me when they announce the new HC this offseason.
Do we play no press coverage??? How many 5 yard slants are we gunna allow before we do something about it?
Juan is a terrible coordinator, but it looks like Mornhinweg is also being outcoached. Man, this team is just seems all around bad.
Did we just defend a Wildcat formation, in the Redzone, WITH A NICKEL FORMATION AND ONLY 3 DEFENSIVE LINEMEN ?
I was in the “Firing Castillo into the season won’t bring anything good camp”, but now the season is over, I’d rather do it now and try to figure out what to do next season.
Time to check out McNabb vs. Klob
McNabb – 62 QB rating – time to retire.
Klob – 55 rating – who got the worst of that deal – it’s a toss-up still
Shady!
Shady looks like the only guy on the team with any heart. Can he play defense? I kid, I kid…sort of…
Can he coordinate a defense?
Maclin has had a solid game. In fact, outside of his one drop in the second game, he has had a solid season so far.
Why aren’t we putting the ball in Owen Schmitt’s hands?!?
That score would’ve been AWESOME… 10 minutes ago.
See, they’ve even gotten me to be negative. And I’m glass-half-full, motherfuckers!
You don’t want to know what’s in the glass…
Sudden fear: we come back and win… and then Lurie/Reid make no changes because we won. Thoughts?
I was thinking exactly the same thing.
I think we all know that if the Eagles come back, it will be only to end up losing by less than 3 points, making the decision at the end of the half even more vital.
About time for Juan’s defense to roll over again and take away any little momentum the Eagles might have generated.
If the Defense could get a stop, the Eagles would still be in this game.
That’s, of course, a HUGE if.
Goodbye Superbowl, hello Andrew Luck sweepstakes 🙁
Good news, my g/f just put the dog’s Eagles jersey on.
Hope she isn’t embarrassed to go for a walk with it on.
Did the dog instantly become neutered?
Watching this game on a weird British Sky Sports broadcast with Cecil Martin commentating … bizarre.
Ironic to play “Don’t Fear the Reaper” over a shot of Andy Reid.
more cowbell.
I wondered earlier why Asante is always playing just “off” the WR — even at the goal line.
Watching DRC do the same thing, I’m convinced it’s the coaching.
Let’s go. Chaney intercepts, pitches to Page while Fokou takes out 3 Bills with a flying hurricane block. Touchdown.
What? It could happen. No one tackles when the Eagles’ D is on the field.
This is why they kicked an onsides kick.
I’m 23 years old… its probably not good for me to be getting chest pains from this game, right?
I’m 43 and I wear depends. Welcome to Eagle fandom!
Maybe they can scrap the wide 9 defense and go with the schoolyard tackle the guy with the football defense.
Hot knife, have you met butter (Eagles run D)?
Jarrad Page needs to hire a math tutor for geometry lessons.
How about – rush no one. He’s not gonna take a sack or throw it long. Just play a 1-6… you know, to stop the deadly Fitzpatrick sneak.
On the Bills WR screen, I think the Eagles ran a standard 2-gap front.
Certainly tighter
I actually stood up with excitement on that play.
Oh my god. We hit the Irish man.
I am really unhappy with Marty’s play calling today
Thats Moorman on Mormon crime.
Best line of the day.
Really? Can’t they do ANYTHING right?
This team can’t help shooting themselves in the foot
These wrs and fumbles are just unreal. Discipline lacking everywhere on this team.
Eerie flashback to the Maclin fumble last week. Trying to make too much happen. I’m shouting so many obscenities today that I’m pretty sure i’ve made a couple of new ones along the way.
Looks like they are actually recognizing the screens right now
Fitzpatrick looked across at our D and saw something that made him want to take a timeout?
Maybe Mr. Harvard isn’t so smart after all.
Just fire the Eagles into the sun.
MY GOD, SOMEONE PICK OFF THAT DAMN WR SCREEN TO ROOSEVELT. how do you play this game your whole life and not stop the same 4 small ball plays again and again??
It’s a shame, because Nnamdi seems like such a great person, but he’s quickly working his way up the charts for biggest FA bust the Eagles have had.
How can we make so many costly mistakes
So is it better to blow leads or to never be in it from the start?
This team has clearly given up. They are tuning out the coaches.
Nnamdi Facemaskmugha.
Good thing we got that field goal at the end of the 1st half so it’s still only a 2 possession ga- Oh, right.
This is where you say ok, you held them to a fg, two td deficit. Then you remember they ran the clock out instead of kicking it at the end of the 1st half.
We are quickly becoming last years version of the Dallas Cowboys and it is painful to watch
Haha, yeah, a 3rd down redzone stop. We showed those jerks! Buffalo JERKS! With their stupid jerk wings and stupid jerk snow. JERKS.
How they show up in the 4th quarter will tell you everything you need to know about this “team.” If they don’t show up, then we can safely shut it down for the rest of the season.
If they do show up, it feels like we’re back to those McNabb teams that would sleepwalk through 3 quarters then make late charges without enough time to win.
Still can’t think about anything other than being in nickel when they were in wildcat at the goal line.
Funny, I can’t stop thinking about giving up 7 yards on a 3rd and 5 QB sneak after you spend your last timeout to save some clock.
If I were an optimist, I’d be talking about how this is the week they break the 4th quarter collapse curse by forcing the other team to do so.
I’m not an optimist. And if I was, the way the Eagles have been playing this year would have cured me of it.
I hate to say this but, Stop fighting for extra yards!!!
Mike Vick’s freakish arm strength negates the abysmal blocking of our o-line. On another note, Jairus Byrd, huh, so that’s what an open field tackle looks like.
OK boys. 4th quarter. Just 3 TDs and 3 onsides kick recoveries for the win.
DJax!
Where has this been?
“Mor-Hen-wig”
Totally lining up for the Eagles to lose by 3 thanks to the idiotic decision by Reid to not kick the field goal at the end of the half.
lol buffalo fan giving djax the finger 😛
I don’t want a close game if we’re going to lose! I just want to sit back, relax and complain. (and post cool shark facts)
In other news, NYG are down 5 to Arizona.
This is a true test of the defense’s fortitude, to a man. As well as Juan’s ability as the coordinator. This next drive should be very, very telling. The offense came right out and showed us what they want their 4th Q to look like. Its time for the defense to do the same.
There we fucking go, boys!
They are sending people now
Hello momentum…beautiful, beautiful momentum…all we need is 1 3rd down stop…
Cullen Jangles?
rofl bilick said cullen jenkles
wow. looks like the testes finally started descending for the defense. Let’s hope the offense can capitalize and this continues
What’s this weird thing with my hands that I’m doing. They seem to be coming together and making some kind of clapping noise.
I’m still trying to figure out why Buffalo wasn’t automatically awarded a touchdown for possessing the ball in the 4th quarter like the rest of the Eagles opponents.
Did we… a… adj… adjust on defense?!
It was accidental. No worries.
I think the Bills called a terrible series there. Since Juan was probably calling a terrible defense, it happened to work out perfectly. Had the Bills run the ball like they should have, they would probably be in the red zone right now.
Never thought I’d say this, but… I’m glad Carolina isn’t on our schedule. Love or hate him, Newton has made them one helluva competitive football team.
My heart races when Jackson does that little hop before he takes off. It is like the hammer on a pistol cocking back and striking.
This is a weird team. Now they look like world beaters.
Eagles vs Buffalo: Battle of the Screens
That’s a sad call. Tacky
Oh now they call a penalty against the offensive line?! REALLY?!
fox’s feed is killing me today
So, yeah, I am pretty sure that Andy read my comment earlier in the week and decided to save all the good plays for late in the game. I know everyone was thinking it, so let’s just get it out there.
So, yeah, I am pretty sure that Andy read my comment earlier in the week and decided to save all the good plays for late in the game. I know everyone was thinking it, so let’s just get it out there.
At least it’s still 2nd down.
At least it’s still 2nd down.
Really? Reallllllllly? Now they’re calling holds. Now that it’s the Eagles.
Even the announcers are skeptical of the call.
Really? Reallllllllly? Now they’re calling holds. Now that it’s the Eagles.
Even the announcers are skeptical of the call.
Watkins making an impression.
It’s time for a turnover here.
Does goal-to-go from the 26 still count as red zone?
Feels like the point where the Bills decide to run the ball and the Eagles have no answer.
Sorry, NYG are playing Seattle, and now they lead by 3.
Tides are turning. Tides go in, tides go out.
Finally, against them.
Finally, against them.
Colt Anderson most reliable Eagle, you can set your watch to that guy
Colt Anderson most reliable Eagle, you can set your watch to that guy
Oh Page, in my time of dying.
jarrad page continues to drive m nuts
Ah defense is back to normal
Awesome fundamentals!
I hear chants of “De-Fense.” Nice.
I’ve never seen an Eagles team tackle this poorly.
Put on some film vs. Giants (2 of last 3 years)
coleman needs to learn to wrap up
Kurt Coleman in the game. Love how we don’t have any good SS – just two crappy ones that sub on when the other gets benched.
we MUST get Jarrett out there. Can he seriously be any worse??
Nate Allen . . . knee feeling good.
Best game by far
Just thinking the same thing. He seems to be doing well. Hope this is a good sign.
What those dots lit up by the Eagles name on the scoreboard. In the 4th quarter to boot.
What are those dots meant to say. With a ?
Usually they’ve burnt out by now.
You know, I can understand throwing short of the sticks against us on third down, with the way we tackle.
Juan and the defense have been taken over by aliens.
WHO ARE THESE GUYS?
Can we not use all 40 seconds per play please?
And Rosen said Page “missed a couple of tackles?” Either Rosen doesn’t understand what a couple is, or he has a private life that would make Jenna Jameson blush.
Rosen is super polite. He’ll always try and give situations a positive spin. Years of practice as the Rangers play by play guy.
Bills pass rush — weak anyway — is VERY tired.
Unkicked FG at end of 1st half — looming large
Unkicked FG at end of 1st half — looming large
How will they break our hearts this week?
I sure hope not
I wish our entire season wasn’t riding on this.
no since superbowl team gotta get hot at the end of the season per Juan
Thats how they break our hearts
only fitting we lose via the turnover…finding new and interesting ways to lose every week
Did he have control?
Guess so.
Duh, didn’t hit the ground anyway.
I think I just threw up in my mouth
F*ck
Our WRs are taking turns having career day/game killer matches. Sigh.
We still can’t beat those Eagles. Damn!!!!!!!!
well thats just about the most demoralizing thing ive ever seen
Watch the fake.
That might be the worst loss of the season.
how many weeks in a row do we need to say that before heads start to roll??
Apparently more than 4…
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Discipline not in the Eagles vocabulary! This team is a joke and going nowhere
Discipline not in the Eagles vocabulary! This team is a joke and going nowhere
and just for good measure, we break out the stupid one last time….
and just for good measure, we break out the stupid one last time….
ARE YOU SERIOUS???? ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME!
LOL Terribly coached. Terribly terribly terribly coached. Can’t argue a
Bad teams make bad plays…we are a BAD team.
Avant and Parker . . . two of the Eagles veterans.
HORRENDOUS . . . poorly coached team. PERIOD.
The season is O-V-E-R.
This team against the Packers . . . are you kidding?
F**k You Eagles!
F**k You Eagles!
I’d love to blame the players, but clearly this is not a well coached team. How do you let a player jump offsides there?
I’d love to blame the players, but clearly this is not a well coached team. How do you let a player jump offsides there?
Shut it down and blow it up!
Shut it down and blow it up!
Reid, Morningweig, Castillo, and 90% of the playesr should be looking for work after today.
Reid, Morningweig, Castillo, and 90% of the playesr should be looking for work after today.
Fire that fat idiot.
Absolutely no discipline on this team. If this team didn’t have injury issues with the defensive end position, I would cut Parker and Page. Drastic? Absolutely, but you can’t let that many mistakes and one MONUMENTAL mistake go unpunished.
And to add injury to insult, it looks like Vick is still limping.
The Andy Reid Era: 1999-2011. RIP.
Well… I’m done. I haven’t felt this defeated after an Eagles game since walking out of the Vet after the 2002 NFC Title game. I’m just… done.
Go Flyers!
wow. we can’t execute a play where all you have to do is not move. new low
We’ve beaten ourselves 4 times this year. Can’t do that and expect to compete. Time to start talking about the off-season plan… which begins tomorrow. Obviously you start with coaching, right?
Well, I did like how they were responded after the first avant fumble. It was how I would have liked to see them play the whole game.
Tackling, anyone? I thought Juan was good at teaching? I hope Reid starts holding him accountable for the defense.
If it’s any consolation (it isn’t) the Giants just lost their game on a very similar interception, while in the Red Zone. Except their mistake when for a pick six.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
Both of us.
Wow. The Giants lose on a turnover as they are driving to score to go ahead. Boy, I would hate to be them.
Not making me feel much better.
On an almost identical play: bobbled catch knocked from one defender to the other within the 20….
Man dumb way to end the game for sure, but at least the defense looked better for a while there. This team is just too inconsistent and can not come up big in crunch time.
That fat baffoon is way too giggly in the post game presser.
If anyone feels like pouring saltwater over the wounds…
– Vick throws the ball away 1 second earlier and Henery makes a FG at the end of the 1st half (big “IF” I know)
– Watkins doesn’t shove his hand in some dude’s face…
Tie game.
That’s how bad it is… I’m playing hypotheticals to get to a tie. Yowza!
You actually made me laugh with this. Thank you.
If Reid wanted to make a real statement — besides resigning after firing Juan — he’d cut Juqua Parker.
In his presser, Reid said his job’s on the line every week. He’s said the same thing about the players.
What Parker did was ridiculous.
Cut him — the way Reid cut Bill Johnson in 1999.
Make a statement that NO ONE is safe.
Matt Kalil is 6’7″. Too tall for Howard Mudd?