Wild Card Weekend vs New Orleans Saints

[Geowhizzer]

They farged up.

[SD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSd0Un0_GVA

[Eagles_Legendz]

they knew what was coming and couldn't stop it against a mediocre running team and a 3rd string running back.  DLine got no pressure all game and was getting blown off the ball in run defense.

[hbionic]

Williams was the only one close to Sproles on the return? iceholes didn't stay in their lanes.

[Don Ho]

They farged up.

Let me count the ways.

[General_Failure]

Alright how are they losing this? I say the Eagles score a TD and old as the hills kicker Graham connects on a 50+ yarder.

Punt with 4 minutes left, never to get the ball back.

I guess the game went slightly better than I thought it would.

[Eagaholic]

That big return and penalty was the nail in the coffin.

Nail in the coffin yes, but the critical plays were much earlier - not getting points off a turnover, Foles taking a horrible sack taking them out of FG range, Coopers drop on 3rd down, not stopping the saints on a 3rd down etc. The plays that lost the game didn't happen near the end imo.

[QB Eagles]

Honestly, it's alright. We knew this defense wasn't very good and we knew they weren't going to win the Super Bowl. The season annihilated all expectations and I couldn't have drawn it up much better. Howie, start finding some nasty motherfargers for this defense.

For the rest of this season I just hope the fraud Packers get eliminated so the NFC can send a worthy team to the SB.

[hbionic]

Football season is over for me. The rest can burn in hell. Sundays free again.

[Don Ho]

#1 rushing team in the NFL- check
Cold weather advantage - check
Home field - check
Pimp - check
#1 rated QB - check
Explosive, big play offense - check

What the hell happened?

[Don Ho]

Football season is over for me. The rest can burn in hell. Sundays free again.

We go surf!

[General_Failure]

#1 rushing team in the NFL- check
Cold weather advantage - check
Home field - check
Pimp - check
#1 rated QB - check
Explosive, big play offense - check

What the hell happened?

It turns out none of those things are a defense or special teams. Except Jackson, who is in fact special teams and did a good job there. So none of those things are a defense or the other parts of special teams.

[SD]

We can sit here and pick apart the team, or we can just acknowledge they overperformed this season. Sure, it's a bummer they lost and yeah I want a Superbowl as bad as the next fan, but there's not enough talent to make that happen this season. They desperately need another playmaking WR, DE who can collapse a pocket, and DB not named Chung. If you asked me prior to the start of the season would I call 10-6, winning the East, and a first round loss a success, I'd of said hell yeah. Pretty sure my ceiling prediction was in the 8 win range and thought they'd only win 6.

[PhillyPhreak54]

It was great to go 4-12 to 10-6.

Chip proved he is not overmatched and that he can be a legit HC. They have another off-season to fix the holes and then come back and dominate next year.

[MDS]

what a surprise the eagles lost in the playoffs