CIN at PHI – 2nd Half

Posted: December 13th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 140 Comments »

This is a pre-programmed post since I’m out watching the game tonight.  Let’s hope for good things in the 2nd half.

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140 Comments on “CIN at PHI – 2nd Half”

  1. 1 Brett Smith said at 10:02 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Call me a homer.

    I would pull for this Foles-Brown team all year. Love the Brasher DL.

    Where was this offense years ago?

  2. 2 Brett Smith said at 10:06 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Foles has hit dudes in the head, bread basket, hands all game. I am starting to think the kid is something.

  3. 3 Brett Smith said at 10:10 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Now I know how Dallas fans feel.

    Romo plays like crap until there is no reason to try …

    This team makes me feel like that. Why tease us? The next coach is going to blow this up.

    I am sold. Give me Graham, Foles, Brown, Cooper next year and some hope to boot.

  4. 4 Iskar36 said at 10:18 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I have to say, Brown has been disappointing the last game and a half. He had 2 unbelievable games, but seems to be trying to bounce to many plays outside recently. The play calling certainly doesn’t help though.

  5. 5 shah8 said at 10:24 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    no holes–he’s not missing any holes, there aren’t any today.

  6. 6 the guy said at 10:11 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Tommy’s not here? So I can *finally* say what I’ve always thought about him!
    …
    I got nothing.

  7. 7 The_Reddgie said at 10:12 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Pre-Programmed? Did you just Big League us? I feel like we are getting Big Leagued right now.

  8. 8 Corry Henry said at 10:14 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I really hate NFLN’s pregame/postgame crew.

  9. 9 SteveH said at 10:15 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Hated those goal line plays near the end of the half. The strike to Harbor was legit, but the next 2 plays kinda stunk. I’d love to see us not do the whole cut the field in half thing, even if it did work last week.

    No Washburn, no wide nine, no problem!

    My boy Brandon Graham is getting his shot and delivering. I’ve been pulling for him ever since everyone started piling on about him being a “bust” after his knee injury.

  10. 10 eagles2zc said at 10:16 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Hope Tommy got good seats. Look like they moved people to fill up the lower sections

  11. 11 BobSmith77 said at 10:21 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Most impressed that Foles didn’t make a mistake and really force something in the 1st quarter after the Eagles were down 10-0. His composure too despite mediocre pass protection again.

  12. 12 BobSmith77 said at 10:22 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Welcome back Cole. I have missed you this season (my favorite player on this team).

  13. 13 Ollivier Boguais said at 10:27 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Totally different player without the wide nine…

  14. 14 Ollivier Boguais said at 10:25 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Good beginning. So happy to see this defense playing like this. We will have an interception tonight 🙂

  15. 15 Brandon Gleklen said at 10:26 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    This game makes me think we need to keep the 4-3. Our personnel just suites it too well. It’s going to be a slow and painful transition if we try to change.

  16. 16 47_Ronin said at 10:40 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    The Eagles have a good foundation for a 4-3 there’s no reason to change.

  17. 17 TheRogerPodacter said at 10:27 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    thats bush league, dunlap.
    smh

  18. 18 BobSmith77 said at 10:29 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Out of football next year I bet.

  19. 19 TheRogerPodacter said at 10:28 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    random question… why couldn’t both of those penalties be taken? the unnecessary roughness was clearly after the play. i dunno…

  20. 20 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:29 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Wow. D actually making plays

  21. 21 BobSmith77 said at 10:31 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Nice to see the Eagles haven’t completely abandoned the run here as MM is prone to do if the running game went nowhere in the 1st half.

  22. 22 BobSmith77 said at 10:32 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Hamstring on Havili and he’s out for the rest of the game. Maclin is nursing his ankle and has a pulled hamstring injury.

    Running of healthy skill players.

  23. 23 47_Ronin said at 10:37 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I almost felt like the Eagles were going to go up 20-10

  24. 24 DamonL86 said at 10:37 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Why do the handoffs look so awkward?

  25. 25 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:40 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I remember Burfict being quite the divisive player during the draft. Cincy may have found the guy no one wanted.

  26. 26 BobSmith77 said at 10:42 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Yeah. He was a guy I really wanted the Eagles to take a flyer on in a late round (5th-6th).

  27. 27 TheRogerPodacter said at 10:44 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    i’m not sure he was a good fit for the defense we had on paper this offseason. i think we were looking for more instinctive LBs which was his biggest knock.
    who knows how he would have fit for this D or for our D in the future now, though.

  28. 28 Corry Henry said at 10:46 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I’m not sure he was a good fit for the coordinator. Mike Zimmer is a good coach and has been able to turn it around for more than a couple troubled guys on his D. I”m not sure Castillo/Bowles would have been able to turn him into a player.

  29. 29 BobSmith77 said at 10:47 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    He probably wasn’t but for a guy so talented he was worth a late round pick. I was really surprised some team didn’t take him with a 7th round pick

  30. 30 TheRogerPodacter said at 10:49 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    definitely. i mean… we took bryce brown in the 7th right? i would have been ok with any random LB in the 6th or 7th so if they picked burfict there thats all good. lol

  31. 31 shah8 said at 10:40 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    As you enjoy that pair of sacks, also enjoy the lack of wierd miscommunictions in the secondary

  32. 32 DamonL86 said at 10:40 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Where was this pressure all year?

  33. 33 P_P_K said at 10:41 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Wasted in the Wide 9.

  34. 34 TheRogerPodacter said at 10:40 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    soon cox will have more sacks than babin!

  35. 35 TheRogerPodacter said at 10:41 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    wow if that one counds for a half sack, he should be tied at 5.5, i think.

  36. 36 shah8 said at 10:43 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    grrrrrrrrrrr

  37. 37 Corry Henry said at 10:43 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Holy crap Foles is awful at long throws.

  38. 38 Iskar36 said at 10:44 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    That’s a baaad throw by Foles.

  39. 39 BobSmith77 said at 10:44 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Yup. It just hung up there and just about any CB or s could have made a play on that ball.

  40. 40 DamonL86 said at 10:45 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    except for ours

  41. 41 Iskar36 said at 10:45 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Hahaha.

  42. 42 DamonL86 said at 10:44 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    So much for that

  43. 43 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:44 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    man he needs to work on his deep throws

  44. 44 shah8 said at 10:44 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    And of course, the bungals don’t do the sensible thing and *run* the ball! Lucky for us.

  45. 45 Iskar36 said at 10:45 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Graham is looking great tonight. Love seeing that.

  46. 46 BobSmith77 said at 10:45 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Graham is easily having the best passing rushing game by an Eagles DL this year.

  47. 47 John Ormond said at 10:46 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    What was Maclin doing running out of bounds????

  48. 48 Eagles1991 said at 10:46 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Is colt anderson playing well or what.

  49. 49 47_Ronin said at 10:46 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I would pin some blame on that pick on Maclin. He needed to play DB. On that pass

  50. 50 Iskar36 said at 10:48 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Ball was thrown waaaay to far behind him for him to make a play. That pick is entirely on Foles.

  51. 51 47_Ronin said at 10:50 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    He didn’t turn around though. But yeah Foles has some serious issues on deep balls

  52. 52 TheRogerPodacter said at 10:47 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    wow trent cole is having a monster game. he didnt get the tackle on that play, but he absolutely made it happen setting the edge.

    man i’m so happy to see this version of trent cole back!

  53. 53 47_Ronin said at 10:48 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Dline has 6 sacks tonight. Wide 9 was a bunch a crap

  54. 54 BobSmith77 said at 10:48 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Green just making a play there.

  55. 55 BobSmith77 said at 10:49 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Eagles to need them to a FG here.

  56. 56 bdbd20 said at 10:50 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    You must be thinking of another team.

  57. 57 TheRogerPodacter said at 10:50 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    dalton making foles look slow. hahaha

  58. 58 TheRogerPodacter said at 10:51 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    oh c’mon kendricks. wtf was that tackle attempt??

  59. 59 BobSmith77 said at 10:52 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Behold the power of the scrambling ginger!

  60. 60 bdbd20 said at 10:53 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    When you’re that slow, it’s gotta mess with their heads.

  61. 61 DamonL86 said at 10:51 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Kendricks juked by Dalton that is sad

  62. 62 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 10:59 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I keep coming back to the same thought every week about him; doesn’t look like a difference making LB. Could be solid eventually, but not irreplaceable.

  63. 63 DamonL86 said at 10:55 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Hey there is something we haven’t seen before

  64. 64 Corry Henry said at 10:56 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    So that’s what it looks like when the wheels come off.

  65. 65 bdbd20 said at 10:56 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Down by 11? LIttle Nicky has them just where he wants them!

  66. 66 TheRogerPodacter said at 10:56 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    not sure i can really blame B Brown on that one. the defender got there at like the same time of the handoff

  67. 67 Neil said at 10:57 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    He’s had two fumbles where he got distracted by penetration. I’m not aware of another back with this problem.

  68. 68 BobSmith77 said at 10:58 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    It looked an o-line screwup. Tough watching this group. Even McCoy would really struggle behind this line.

  69. 69 shah8 said at 10:59 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    McCoy WAS really struggling behind that line.

  70. 70 TheRogerPodacter said at 11:00 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    looking at the slomo replay, i think the blame is back on Brown.

  71. 71 BobSmith77 said at 10:57 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    That’s game. I don’t see this team coming back down 2 scores going into the 4th quarter.

  72. 72 A_T_G said at 10:58 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    You were here last week, right?

  73. 73 BobSmith77 said at 10:59 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Yeah I don’t see them doing it 2 weeks in a row.

  74. 74 A_T_G said at 11:02 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Okay, maybe not this week.

  75. 75 TheRogerPodacter said at 10:57 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    have all of the bengals points been off of turnovers? sheesh

  76. 76 BobSmith77 said at 10:58 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Yup. Off the turnovers and the blocked punt.

  77. 77 SteveH said at 10:58 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I’m not even mad. Lol.

  78. 78 BobSmith77 said at 11:01 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Great. Harbor has back spasms and there isn’t another TE on the roster.

  79. 79 xeynon said at 11:01 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I don’t know why the Bungles are so excited. They stink. I doubt they’ll make the playoffs, and if they do, they’ll be first round roadkill.

  80. 80 shah8 said at 11:02 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Just like last year.

  81. 81 DamonL86 said at 11:01 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Ha ha maybe we can hire Tiki Barber to teach our players how to hold onto the ball

  82. 82 BobSmith77 said at 11:02 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Harbor is hurt. He’s only out there because the Eagles literally don’t have another TE who can come in.

  83. 83 BobSmith77 said at 11:03 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Boos rain down to end the 3rd qtr.

  84. 84 noah heulitt said at 11:03 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    This is what happens when your entire offense is second stringers, at best

  85. 85 JJ_Cake said at 11:04 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Yo, we WANT the team to loose. Yes, lets see some good play to back up hope for Foles and some of the other guys, but lets tank it brotha’s, give us a better shot at some high draft picks to help this team for next year. If we win a game we go from pick 4 to pick 9 (or something like that)

  86. 86 BobSmith77 said at 11:04 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Amount of injuries they have had on offense is starting to get ridiculous. They don’t have a healthy TE right now and Maclin is the only starter in right now (he’s even been in and out tonight due to ankle/hamstring issues).

  87. 87 TheRogerPodacter said at 11:08 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    i thought mathis was playing today? is he out?

  88. 88 BobSmith77 said at 11:13 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    He’s been in and out tonight too in the 2nd half.

  89. 89 xeynon said at 11:05 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Go Lions, Raiders, Panthers, Titans, Cardinals!

  90. 90 Ollivier Boguais said at 11:05 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Our offense is protecting our draft pick 🙂

  91. 91 BobSmith77 said at 11:06 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Defense is still playing hard though. Nice play by DRC.

  92. 92 xeynon said at 11:07 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Not really. He was beaten on the double move and a better or more decisive throw is a TD there. He was also lucky he wasn’t flagged for PI since he never turned around.

  93. 93 A_T_G said at 11:08 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    You gotta give them credit, there were ample opportunities to quit, but they haven’t.

  94. 94 xeynon said at 11:09 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    If Asomugha is the worst FA acquisition of the Reid era, DRC has to be one of my least favorite players of it. All the talent in the world, but no heart and no brains, and he’s celebrating a play he was lucky was an incompletion and not a TD or penalty. I can’t wait until he’s gone.

  95. 95 Corry Henry said at 11:09 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    This is a comedy of errors.

  96. 96 TheRogerPodacter said at 11:10 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    LOL. this game is starting to get ridiculous

  97. 97 BobSmith77 said at 11:10 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    “This is just a mess. A huge mess.”

    Apt description by Merrill.

  98. 98 eagles2zc said at 11:12 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I’m afraid Tommy might bum rush the field any second now

  99. 99 xeynon said at 11:12 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I don’t think you can win a SB with Andy Dalton. Noodle arm, and he’s afraid to make the throws you need to make to beat a good team. You’ve got A.J. Green on your team, throw the fricking ball down the field to him and let him make a play.

  100. 100 shah8 said at 11:13 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    He does, he does! Green bails him out

  101. 101 shah8 said at 11:14 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    And you see it!

  102. 102 DamonL86 said at 11:13 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Wow what penalty is that

  103. 103 TheRogerPodacter said at 11:14 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    lol thats a new one. something about the defender using “disconcerting defensive signals” or some shit. haha

  104. 104 eagles2zc said at 11:16 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I had to google that. What the hack

  105. 105 TheRogerPodacter said at 11:18 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    so you actually found what penalty it was? can you send a link? i have no effing clue what happened lol

  106. 106 Neil said at 11:19 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    a defender tried to mimic the snapcount to get the center to snap at the wrong time

  107. 107 TheRogerPodacter said at 11:26 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    oh. i thought that penalty was just called ‘mimicking the snap count” not….. whatever the hell that ref said lol

  108. 108 eagles2zc said at 11:32 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    “disconcerting signals penalty”

  109. 109 TheRogerPodacter said at 11:15 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    …..aaaaand theres the fade to aj green

  110. 110 lilmc said at 11:15 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Well we are heading for another loss.Who’s getting fired tonight? Bobby April?

  111. 111 xeynon said at 11:16 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    He should be. This was perhaps the worst special teams performance by an Eagles team I can remember.

  112. 112 BobSmith77 said at 11:16 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    As good as anyone to vote off ‘Eagles Island’ after the Eagles are embarrassed again on national TV.

  113. 113 TheRogerPodacter said at 11:18 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    crappy return plus a holding penalty. wow. way to go STs

  114. 114 ceteris_paribus1776 said at 11:16 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    wouldn’t it be nice if the eagles had a guy you could count on in the red zone every week…

  115. 115 P_P_K said at 11:18 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    We do — Henery.

  116. 116 TheRogerPodacter said at 11:16 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    so aj green is the only WR with a catch? i’ve only seen DRC matched up with him. does that mean that Nnamdi has been shutting down his side of the field???

  117. 117 BobSmith77 said at 11:17 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    never think the eagles were up 13-10 at the half.

  118. 118 xeynon said at 11:17 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Remember when Andy Reid teams were disciplined, smart, and didn’t beat themselves?

    What happened to his ability to coach his players to not be idiots?

  119. 119 DarthBanner said at 11:18 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    God this team sucks. Tell me again how Bobby April got the reputation as a good special teams coach? Can we fire him this week?

  120. 120 BobSmith77 said at 11:22 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    This season has killed/seriously impaired the reps of several members of the coaching staff including Washburn, Bowles, and Aprile.

  121. 121 BobSmith77 said at 11:19 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Cue up ‘Send In the Clowns’ this was as brutal of a half as Eagles’ football as we have seen all year which is saying something.

  122. 122 SteveH said at 11:21 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Well, the draft pick is safe lol.

  123. 123 Neil said at 11:22 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    has foles connected on a fly once?

  124. 124 noah heulitt said at 11:22 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    This game just reeks of inexperienced players being poorly coached. Bad combination.

  125. 125 DamonL86 said at 11:23 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    On the positive side we do look like a 4 and 9 team.

  126. 126 jshort said at 11:44 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    4 and 10

  127. 127 BobSmith77 said at 11:24 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Merrill just said the stadium is almost completely empty. Can’t blame anyone who left early too. I would have left by this point with the temp. and having to work tomorrow.

  128. 128 xeynon said at 11:24 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Mayock’s right. The Bengals are a mediocre team at best. Being bailed out by your opponent’s ineptitude is not “making big plays”.

  129. 129 BobSmith77 said at 11:25 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Dalton is 10-23 with 92 yards and 1 TD yet the Bengals have put up 34 pts.

  130. 130 jshort said at 11:25 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    This is sad. I’m not even screaming at the TV. Guess I have no emotion left. I’m actually lmao. For those rooting for the high draft pick it’s looking good for another week at least.

  131. 131 jshort said at 11:28 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Why are those people still sitting in the stands?

  132. 132 Brian Borkowski said at 11:31 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I didn’t even care that much about a win. I wanted to see Foles get some snaps against a tough defense. How many plays have the Eagles actually run in the second half. Good Lord what a horrible showing.

    2 steps forward, 3 steps back.

  133. 133 BobSmith77 said at 11:31 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Boos are so loud with that TO even from the remaining handful of fans you could hear it on the radio broadcast.

  134. 134 xeynon said at 11:35 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Why does everyone insist that people are going to be lining up to hire Andy Reid when he’s fired at the end of the season? Obviously he’s a smart coach, but it’s pretty clear that something’s off. This team is awful, and it’s all his doing. He looks burned out and I think he probably needs to be away from the game for awhile – I wouldn’t hire him.

  135. 135 jshort said at 11:37 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    He’s not the one turning the ball over! Still he has to go

  136. 136 Gary Root said at 11:43 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    I agree with you. But I still think that other people, probably people who don’t regularly watch Eagles games, think he’s a good coach. The consensus among non-Eagles fans/analysts seems to be that Andy just needs a change of scenery. I’m with you though. I certainly wouldn’t hire him.

  137. 137 BobSmith77 said at 11:56 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Agreed 100%. He is a guy that screams that he needs a year or two off.

  138. 138 xeynon said at 11:40 PM on December 13th, 2012:

    Wow the Bengals are classy. Trying to run up the score on 4th down, then taking cheap blindside shots at coverage guys on a meaningless punt return at the end of the game? Sheesh.

  139. 139 BobSmith77 said at 12:14 AM on December 14th, 2012:

    Momentum from the Tampa Bay game . . . and IT’s gone. Players sound universally dejected and rambling generic BS.

  140. 140 BobSmith77 said at 12:24 AM on December 14th, 2012:

    Another game on national TV where there was very few people left early in the 4th quarter, mental mistakes galore, and the few fans who were left booing quite loudly.

    Better chance the worlds ends on Dec 21st than Andy coming back next year at this point.