PHI 15, CAR 14 – 2nd Half Thread

Posted: November 26th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 184 Comments »

Super Bowl, here we come.  After going down 14-3, I got a bit scared.  Now I know that Big Red was just trying to make his former protege Ron Rivera feel good for a few minutes.  Andy is nice.

Bryce Brown looks great.  The OL is opening good holes.  Even Dion Lewis is contributing.

Nick Foles was good on the opening drive unti that got to the Red Zone.  Since then, he’s been highly erratic.  His decision-making has not been good.  Nick is forcing the ball into coverage.  That has to stop.  He’s had 3 INTs dropped by the Panthers.

The defense was awful, but then came alive in the 2nd Qtr. More of that, please.

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184 Comments on “PHI 15, CAR 14 – 2nd Half Thread”

  1. 1 P_P_K said at 10:10 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Not just Rivera, I’ll bet Mcdermott was lovin’ it.

  2. 2 TommyLawlor said at 10:12 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Both McDermotts.

  3. 3 Mike Roman said at 10:10 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I am staying awake in hopes of seeing positive signs from Foles. We currently don’t have a QB for next year and there aren’t really many options out there.

  4. 4 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:14 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Matthews done

  5. 5 A_T_G said at 10:15 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Maybe, but that penalty might be his biggest contribution to date.

  6. 6 lilmc said at 10:14 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Come on D!

  7. 7 eagles2zc said at 10:16 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Oh Coleman

  8. 8 A_T_G said at 10:17 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    How did he catch that? And where was the PI?

  9. 9 phillychuck said at 10:18 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Very borderline PI. DRC was on his arm early.

  10. 10 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:17 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Cole has actually played well tonight against the run.

    Secondary cant make a play

  11. 11 phillychuck said at 10:17 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Zero ball skills.

  12. 12 bdbd20 said at 10:17 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    This secondary is making things easy for the decision makers this off-season.

  13. 13 TommyLawlor said at 10:25 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Yep.

  14. 14 DamonL86 said at 10:17 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    2 guys defending a jump ball of course the wr will catch it.

  15. 15 BobSmith77 said at 10:18 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    🙁

  16. 16 phillychuck said at 10:20 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Patterson falling down and losing contain cost that first down.

  17. 17 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:20 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Coleman whiffing on a 3rd down tackle. Worst safety tandem in the league…

  18. 18 BobSmith77 said at 10:24 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Not sure what has happened with Allen as the season has progressed. I thought he was really solid the first month. Coleman just reverted back to the subpar bench player he is.

  19. 19 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:22 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    95 yd drive. Awesome stuff

  20. 20 eagles2zc said at 10:24 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Should have called the 3rd down holding on Cole

  21. 21 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:25 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Meh, that one could go either way. This team just isn’t very good no matter how you slice it

  22. 22 TommyLawlor said at 10:24 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Not good. DEs are undisciplined. Keep rushing too much upfield. Must mush rush and contain Newton.

  23. 23 the midatlantic said at 10:23 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Mike Patterson looks fat

  24. 24 BobSmith77 said at 10:25 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Should read ‘Mike Patterson is fat’

  25. 25 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:26 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Dawkins would’ve piledriven Cam on that one. Allen just let Superman soar.

  26. 26 DF587 said at 10:28 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Are we the only kickoff return team that doesn’t use a 2-man wedge? All four or five blockers just take off in different directions on every return and mostly miss their guy?!

  27. 27 shah8 said at 10:30 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    that pair of runs just now…almost as good as the TD runs…BB is playing very well

  28. 28 eagles2zc said at 10:30 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Arm tackles can’t bring down Brown

  29. 29 A_T_G said at 10:32 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    We declined a penalty because we earned more yards. When is the last time that happened?

  30. 30 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:33 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Down by contact

  31. 31 shah8 said at 10:35 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    no challenge, though

  32. 32 A_T_G said at 10:36 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    It is automatic. A challenge would have been a penalty and negated th automatic review.

  33. 33 shah8 said at 10:37 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    oh, yes…how could I “forget”…what a lame rule

  34. 34 A_T_G said at 10:38 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    The negating the automatic review part is ridiculous.

  35. 35 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:37 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Am I crazy or was that really close for it to be glossed over like that?

  36. 36 P_P_K said at 10:33 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Brown sets the Eagles rushing record and then turns the ball over. Salt in the wounds.

  37. 37 A_T_G said at 10:34 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Cut the bum.

  38. 38 P_P_K said at 10:39 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Better than a cut in the bum.

  39. 39 DF587 said at 10:35 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Taking inventory on Offense. Solid left side of o-line, 1 stud RB, average TE, 1 good WR (Desean). Everything else is replaceable.

  40. 40 DamonL86 said at 10:36 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    nice tackling

  41. 41 DF587 said at 10:37 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    CURRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  42. 42 TommyLawlor said at 10:38 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Good to see him get a hit on Newton.

  43. 43 noah heulitt said at 10:37 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    BG and Curry at end are playing well right now. Why was Curry inactive for so long???

  44. 44 TommyLawlor said at 10:39 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Washburn loves Darryl Tapp.

  45. 45 noah heulitt said at 10:41 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Tapp seems to always play with hustle, but always seem to eaten up in blocks. Curry, so far, seems to be doing a better job of shedding blocks and reading the play. Hope he continues to see time with BG

  46. 46 Matt Hoover said at 1:56 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    I disagree Graham had a rough night, Currey looked good tho

  47. 47 BobSmith77 said at 10:44 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Going to make releasing Babin even easier if they get solid play out of these 2 for the rest of the season.

  48. 48 noah heulitt said at 10:45 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I hope so.

  49. 49 BobSmith77 said at 10:50 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I do too. One of my least favorite Eagles in a long time for multiple reasons.

  50. 50 A_T_G said at 10:45 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I have liked what I’ve seen from them too.

  51. 51 A_T_G said at 10:40 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Oh no, not Bell!

  52. 52 shah8 said at 10:40 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Bell Incoming! Take Cover!

  53. 53 TommyLawlor said at 10:45 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Cover your kids’ eyes.

  54. 54 Matt Hoover said at 1:56 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    Can we please start Menkin vs Dallas?

  55. 55 shah8 said at 10:43 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Remember, as crap as Foles had been, he can actually make throws routinely that Christian Ponder can’t. And Andy Reid is making far more demands of Foles than Frazier and Musgrave have of Ponder.

    #itcanalwaysbeworse

  56. 56 shah8 said at 10:44 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Yup, and BB makes it all worth it…

  57. 57 DF587 said at 10:44 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Tirico with the line of the night “The Bryce is Right” 🙂

  58. 58 Erik Haney said at 10:45 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I like the Ghram Curry tandem

  59. 59 BobSmith77 said at 10:47 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Spelled that way and it looks like a Wed night special at my favorite local Indian place . . . Also includes G Naan

  60. 60 SleepingDuck said at 10:46 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Only positive from this game is Bryce Brown.. Props to Howie and Andy for finding him.

  61. 61 TommyLawlor said at 10:46 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Legit PI call on Nakamura.

    Great TD run. Simple. Just used burst off the edge.

  62. 62 A_T_G said at 10:49 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I have a Buick LeSabre. Maybe I should send in a resume?

  63. 63 BobSmith77 said at 10:49 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Entertaining game if less than stellar execution by both teams so far. It does piss me of to no end though to watch the Eagles stay close by using a run/pass ratio close to 50/50 and not asking his QB to do too much with a conservative game plan.

  64. 64 bdbd20 said at 10:49 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Ghost of Jim Johnson credited with the tackle there on Olsen.

  65. 65 Concussed FB said at 10:50 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Well played.

  66. 66 DF587 said at 10:50 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    The Buffalo Wild Wings guy, hit the sprinkler

  67. 67 shah8 said at 10:49 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Someone called Patterson “fat”?

  68. 68 BobSmith77 said at 10:51 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Proper clinical term would be ‘morbidly obese’

  69. 69 A_T_G said at 10:50 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Good for Patt

  70. 70 TommyLawlor said at 10:52 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Yep.

  71. 71 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:50 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Soooo, can 9-7 get them in the playoffs!!!

  72. 72 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:51 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Ooops

  73. 73 shah8 said at 10:52 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    No, that DE is no joke…good play on his part

  74. 74 TommyLawlor said at 10:52 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Can’t have the fumbles.

  75. 75 A_T_G said at 10:55 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Strangely, I’m not angry, I fell bad for the kid. I guess that says a lot about where we are at this season.

  76. 76 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:53 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    What an awful angle by Nnamdi

  77. 77 TommyLawlor said at 10:53 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    That was terrible. Gave ’em easy yards.

  78. 78 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:57 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Tim Ryan and Pat Kirwin said today that Nnamdi was was pretty terrible this year. That he looks like “just another guy” playing Cb

  79. 79 bdbd20 said at 10:53 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    That won’t be an issue next year.

  80. 80 Mike Roman said at 10:54 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Dog sh*t on the OL, but still winning by running a balanced offense..all the more reason to fire Reid. Shoulda been doing this all year (last 14 years).

  81. 81 BobSmith77 said at 10:58 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Don’t expect Reid to ‘run the ball for running the ball sake’ but it has been even more frustrating this year refuse to dial things back given all of the inconsistency/roster shuffling/injuries the OL has dealt with this year.

  82. 82 teltschikfakeout88 said at 11:02 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    It’s the panthers one of a few teams which we have more wins than. Let’s not extrapolate this performance onto to others games against other teams. Also we just fumbled again. Same junk as the past games and I am pretty sure Reid does not game plan for lost fumbles. Just sayin

  83. 83 SleepingDuck said at 10:54 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Please stop fumbling….

  84. 84 Ark87 said at 10:56 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    eagles up with the ball on a short field, felt good for the first time in a long time…was good while it lasted

  85. 85 eagles2zc said at 10:57 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    None of our secondary can tackle tonight

  86. 86 A_T_G said at 10:58 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Eh, they turned him back inside.

  87. 87 eagles2zc said at 10:59 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Boykins did, Coleman had a chance coming from the inside

  88. 88 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:58 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Tonight??? Try for two years!

  89. 89 TommyLawlor said at 11:01 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Nate’s been okay, I think. Kurt, DRC, and Nnamdi not so much.

  90. 90 Erik Haney said at 10:58 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    tommy what do you think of curry so far?

  91. 91 BobSmith77 said at 11:01 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I would love to see the numbers break out after tonight on the defense under Castillo and Bowles but I have no idea why this defense is suddenly tackling the past month like they did last year. Only guy that tackles with any kind of consistency not on the DL is Ryans.

  92. 92 A_T_G said at 11:04 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    McCoy’s been teaching Brown how to carry the ball.

  93. 93 BobSmith77 said at 11:05 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I have been pretty impressed by Newton tonight. He has a little more talent around him than RGIII does but both guys could use a lot more help.

  94. 94 A_T_G said at 11:05 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Now Foles has to take a snap, turn around like that, then throw deep.

  95. 95 Concussed FB said at 11:06 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I call that pass the bad shot put.

  96. 96 shah8 said at 11:07 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    you had to do a QB sneak there…

  97. 97 DF587 said at 11:08 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    didn’t like the outside run there. need to go up the gut

  98. 98 P_P_K said at 11:08 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Donovan was money on those.

  99. 99 TommyLawlor said at 11:08 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Yep.

  100. 100 DamonL86 said at 11:08 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    don’t like the play call there

  101. 101 TommyLawlor said at 11:08 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Needed to sneak on 4th/inches. Ugh.

  102. 102 Matt Hoover said at 1:55 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    Why hasn’t Reid ever done the QB sneak going back to Dmac on 4th and inches?

  103. 103 bdbd20 said at 11:08 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Um, you have a 240 lb QB and you run that play on 4th and inches. I give up, they’re obviously smarter than all of us.

  104. 104 BobSmith77 said at 11:11 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Of course Andy won’t give any kind of legit or honest response after the game on why he made that call there.

  105. 105 A_T_G said at 11:09 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Come on guys, a failed sneak and the comments would have been about not giving the ball to the guy with the record setting day. Just be glad we didn’t throw it.

  106. 106 shah8 said at 11:12 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I don’t think so. The critical, absolute critical issue with the Eagles over the last few years has been weak interior linemen. If we could rely on a line to get a push, then it wouldn’t be controversial at all to hand off to BB.

  107. 107 shah8 said at 11:13 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    And even then, we could run on the left pretty good. No quality on the left side of the line now.

  108. 108 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 11:11 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Whadda ya know, Coleman and Asomugha combine for….a big play given up

  109. 109 A_T_G said at 11:12 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    That counts as a sack for Babin! He is back!

  110. 110 BobSmith77 said at 11:12 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    It would be nice if the defense actually forced a turnover here for a change and made a play.

  111. 111 TommyLawlor said at 11:17 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Not yet. Waiting for the right moment.

  112. 112 DamonL86 said at 11:14 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    nice discipline on D

  113. 113 Ark87 said at 11:15 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    was wondering where the crowd was…there they are!

  114. 114 DarthBanner said at 11:16 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Panthers are going to win the game, but the Eagles win the battle of the draft order.

  115. 115 DF587 said at 11:16 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Showed them

  116. 116 A_T_G said at 11:16 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    And hope springs eternal.

  117. 117 TommyLawlor said at 11:17 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    OT? You as excited as I am?

  118. 118 A_T_G said at 11:18 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    A tough win here could harden our troops for a deep playoff run…

  119. 119 DF587 said at 11:19 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Eternity is not very long…..apparently

  120. 120 bdbd20 said at 11:17 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I see Carolina is keeping their draft position in mind.

  121. 121 A_T_G said at 11:19 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    We aren’t going to let them get away with that.

  122. 122 DarthBanner said at 11:18 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Poor Bowles, handed a hot steaming mess, but boy is his reputation taking a beating.

  123. 123 Skeptic_Eagle said at 11:40 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    he always keeps a smile on his face, though!

  124. 124 P_P_K said at 11:18 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    The 2-8 Panthers have been averaging about 18 points a game. Our D really is this bad.

  125. 125 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 11:22 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    And the thing is you can’t even blame that on injuries. That’s pure TALENT!

  126. 126 DamonL86 said at 11:19 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Perfect

  127. 127 Songbird Rescue Cat said at 11:19 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    If the Eagles defense were a mother –

  128. 128 Songbird Rescue Cat said at 11:19 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    And that is a perfect ending to a mess of a game

  129. 129 the midatlantic said at 11:19 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    turnovers, turnovers, turnovers

  130. 130 BobSmith77 said at 11:19 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Booooo!

  131. 131 eagles2zc said at 11:19 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Eagles just can’t win

  132. 132 SleepingDuck said at 11:20 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    And that’s the game..

  133. 133 bdbd20 said at 11:20 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    it’s pretty bad when the fan-base just expects failure.

  134. 134 eagles2zc said at 11:21 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    It’s a defense mechanism. I came in with low expectations and right now I’m not that mad

  135. 135 DarthBanner said at 11:20 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Such a terrible football team. We might not win again. ever.

  136. 136 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 11:20 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I don’t even get upset anymore! I love it…complete emotional freedom!

  137. 137 TommyLawlor said at 11:21 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Ditto.

  138. 138 BobSmith77 said at 11:21 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Eagles D has quickly become the defense you want your fantasy QB facing.

  139. 139 TommyLawlor said at 11:22 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Absolutely.

  140. 140 Steag209 said at 11:38 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I was up by 23 going into tonight and all he had left was…. Cam Newton

  141. 141 A_T_G said at 11:23 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    -9 during the six game losing streak, -8 in the first 4. So, we are improving!

  142. 142 bdbd20 said at 11:23 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Oh god, not this timeout crap again. Just let it end Andy

  143. 143 BobSmith77 said at 11:23 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Was Nnamdi even going to try to tackle on that Stewart run that got called back? More questionable effort by the defense in this game.

  144. 144 Ark87 said at 11:24 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    god look at our offensive line-up, mathis, maclin, celek , and havili are the last starters standing

  145. 145 shah8 said at 11:27 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    havili is a part timer

  146. 146 BobSmith77 said at 11:26 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Penalties (lack of focus) and I would argue a clear lack of effort here in the 2nd half. What a pathetic display by the defense.

  147. 147 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 11:27 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    They gave up 30 to Carolina. I can’t wait for this season to be over

  148. 148 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 11:29 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Great coverage with the game on the line

  149. 149 TommyLawlor said at 11:31 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Didn’t give up a TD…so I concur.

  150. 150 DF587 said at 11:30 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Aaaaaand. Goodnight. I look forward to reading the DGR, Tommy. Thank you.

  151. 151 A_T_G said at 11:31 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I think our European friends went to bed. Good for them.

  152. 152 P_P_K said at 11:32 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    The bigger fools are on this side of the Atlantic.

  153. 153 A_T_G said at 11:33 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    If it was 5 AM to have seen this I’d be Euro-pissed.

  154. 154 P_P_K said at 11:45 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    If we travel east and cross the dateline, it will be tomorrow night and we’ll be watching MNF. If we travel west, it will be yesterday and we won’t have suffered through this game. With this kind of logic, I expect to soon have a position on the Eagles staff.

  155. 155 TommyLawlor said at 11:33 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I hope they enjoyed at least 1 Bryce Brown TD.

  156. 156 GermanEagle said at 8:51 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    I saw the first BB TD live and also enjoyed his seccond “as-live” on my NFL.com gamepass this morning…his 2 fumbles?! Not so much…!

  157. 157 GermanEagle said at 8:50 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    I went back to bed at 3am. Glad that I did after watching the condensed 2nd half on my NFL gamepass this morning.

  158. 158 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 11:33 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Would anyone be upset if Andy were fired tomorrow? I honestly could careless what they do at this point.

  159. 159 bdbd20 said at 11:33 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    #3 Pick!!!!!!

  160. 160 BobSmith77 said at 11:35 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Friend texted and said maybe 60-65% actually showed up. Tirico was right that this felt like a preseason game.

  161. 161 DamonL86 said at 11:35 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    There is nothing left to say about this team

  162. 162 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 11:35 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Great stat there. Car held the NFL record for not holding an opponent scoreless in the 4th QR until they faced the juggernaut in Philly

  163. 163 eagles2zc said at 11:38 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    I change my mind. I’m still pretty mad lol. That entire 4th quarter sequence was atrocious

  164. 164 BobSmith77 said at 11:38 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    The ‘Fire Reid Now’ will grow after the game and rightly so given what I thought was questionable effort by the defense tonight. Only reason Reid should stay is because of what he has done for the franchise.

  165. 165 Eagles_Fan_in_San_Fran said at 11:43 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    On keeping Reid at this point:
    “For who, for what?”

  166. 166 Concussed FB said at 11:44 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Worth watching the post game show, Didinger looked to be a few moments from an epic meltdown on the loathsome Rendell.

  167. 167 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 11:44 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Why does everyone keep asking “what was the difference tonight…” I regard to Cam or Carolina in general when it was clear that the difference was playing a truly shitty opponent! One of the worst 5 teams in the league with KC, Oak, Cle & Jax

  168. 168 BobSmith77 said at 11:49 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    Reid in the post-game conference acts like a professional in that he refuses to throw any body under the bus and take the onus on himself. Really difficult thing to do given the circumstances. He easily could lash out or be critical of some of his player’s mistakes tonight including the rookies.

    I will disagree with him though that is team played with a ‘high energy level’ tonight including on defense.

  169. 169 Eagles_Fan_in_San_Fran said at 11:55 PM on November 26th, 2012:

    It’s just the same recycled crap he’s shooting out once again.
    And who’s he going to throw under the bus, anyway – he’s 100% responsible for this roster and team.

  170. 170 BobSmith77 said at 12:00 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    He easily could have thrown Brown under the bus or the poor execution by his players. He didn’t.

    Not saying the Reid deserves heaping praise for saying the same generic stuff. Just acting like a professional and keeping his demeanor in the spite of this debacle. That’s all.

  171. 171 mhrinda said at 12:05 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    It gets old. Let his players take responsibility for constantly losing game after game after game…. him protecting his players has gone a little too far.

  172. 172 P_P_K said at 9:29 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    I completely agree about Andy’s professionalism and integrity. Imagine how tough it must be to stand there and answer those questions knowing the fans are hanging “Fire Andy” banners and your career in the City is coming to an end. A lot of his rote answers certainly have gotten old, but the guy still acts like a leader in that he accepts the buck stops with him.

  173. 173 mhrinda said at 12:01 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    Tommy are you ready to surrender now?

  174. 174 TommyLawlor said at 12:14 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    Never!!! 8-8 and on the way to the Super Bowl. How can you doubt it will happen?

  175. 175 mhrinda said at 2:12 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    Go Eagles !!

  176. 176 mhrinda said at 12:02 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    Seriously lets pray we get a GM and coach that can evaluate talent and can get a system in place that we can all enjoy watching again….

  177. 177 SteveH said at 12:05 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    If Bryce Brown hadn’t fumbled twice that would have been a pretty epic first start for him. He does look like a legit talent though, good size/strength/speed and a surprising amount of elusiveness. If he can get ball security under control he has serious upside moving forward.

  178. 178 TommyLawlor said at 12:13 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    Big time potential. Must clean up the mistakes.

  179. 179 Eagles4life said at 12:11 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    Andy Reid in his press conference: “COX has suffered a lower back contusion….. LOL!!!

  180. 180 Baloophi said at 12:25 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    RE: Fumbles and mental mistakes…

    In an alternate universe where Bill Parcells was coaching this team, are there 11 players on either side of the ball that he would even put out there? Or would he have gone Norman Dale and played with 3 or 4 guys to prove a point?

  181. 181 BobSmith77 said at 12:33 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    If Parcells was the GM/coach, he would make some changes after this game including moving Babin into a role as just a limited role player and not a starter for making that really stupid offsides penalty & his constant lack of gap and lane discipline.

  182. 182 BobSmith77 said at 12:31 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    Didinger – “This is just a lousy defense.” Pretty much and all you need to know about this game & team right now.

  183. 183 BobSmith77 said at 12:39 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    Invested massive resources the past 2 offseasons to improve the defense and they have subsequently got a worse performance each season.

    Besides Cox, Kendricks, and Cole, I don’t see any starters on this defense right now who have a good bet to be the starters in Week 1 next year. Not because Kendricks or Cole have played that well either but there are so many holes that they Eagles won’t be able to address them all.

  184. 184 BobSmith77 said at 12:56 AM on November 27th, 2012:

    Reuben Frank – “First time in franchise history that the Eagles have allowed 28 or more points in 5 consecutive games.”