always quality (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/7680113)
QuoteEagles Non-Thong-Related Warning
In the 2003 season opener, the Bucs strutted and danced on the sidelines as they defeated the Eagles; TMQ warned this rodomontade would be punished by the football gods and it was as the defending champions failed to make the postseason. In the 2004 season opener Sunday, the Eagles strutted and danced on the sidelines as they defeated Jersey/A. Yea, verily, be thou warned: Philadelphia, if the whole team catches Terrell Owens disease, thou art doomed. Doomed!
Terrell Owens disease? shtein, if they all catch it, we're winning it all, we're not doomed.
I was thinking... if we catch it and win the Super Bowl like Tampa Bay, I'm OK with not making the playoffs next year.
Also funny:
QuoteBy the 53rd Running Play, De La Salle Was Starting to Catch On
Many people heard that De La Salle High School of Concord, Calif., was defeated by three-time Washington State champion Bellevue High School, ending De La Salle's record 151-game winning streak. The contest was held in front of 24,987 at Qwest Field, making TMQ wonder how it was arranged for a California high-school team to play a road game two states distant. (Concord, Calif., is 800 miles from Seattle.) Tom Kreitzberg of Silver Spring, Md., points out the killer fact of the event -- Bellevue never passed, rushing 54 times on 54 snaps. That's what TMQ calls establishing the run! "I just hope Andy Reid is paying attention," Kreitzberg notes.
:-D
Probably my fav. football columnist.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on September 15, 2004, 08:34:15 AM
In the 2003 season opener, the Bucs strutted and danced on the sidelines as they defeated the Eagles; TMQ warned this rodomontade would be punished by the football gods and it was as the defending champions failed to make the postseason. In the 2004 season opener Sunday, the Eagles strutted and danced on the sidelines as they defeated Jersey/A. Yea, verily, be thou warned: Philadelphia, if the whole team catches Terrell Owens disease, thou art doomed. Doomed!
We have something...he doesn't have.......The Faith :evil
He also spoketh without proper authorization from the Gods. He should be on the lookout for the consequences. :evil
...and we pray! :evil
QuoteOn the play, Sanders is standing still like a sculpture, covering no one. Let's drop the "Prime Time" business and rename him Midafternoon Soap Opera.
:D
this weeks TMQ (http://nfl.com/news/story/7704174)
Eagles-related tidbits:
QuoteSweet Play of the Week, Defensive No. 1
Minnesota reached the Philadelphia 1- and 2-yard lines in first-half drives that resulted in only three points, and this was the determining factor in the Vikings-Eagles showdown. Both times Daunte Culpepper ran on the critical snap; once he lost a fumble, the other time was stopped and Minnesota kicked. On the latter play, with Philadelphia leading 7-3, the Vikings faced third-and-goal from the Philadelphia 2. Culpepper lined up in the shotgun -- can't anybody power-run in short yardage anymore? -- then ran the pump-draw the Vikings used last year. On it, Culpepper starts toward the end zone like it's a quarterback draw, then either stops at the last second and throws, or stops, pump fakes and resumes running. Last season, variations on this action worked pretty much whenever Minnesota ran them. The Eagles defense had obviously practiced against this play, however, and did not fall for either of Culpepper's fakes, tackling him at the 1. Culpepper trotted off with a look of bewilderment on his face as if to say, "Don't they know they were supposed to be faked?"
QuoteBy the Hammer of Grabthar, He Was Avenged!
Last year in Philadelphia's first home Monday night appearance, which came in the season's first week, Eagles tight end L.J. Smith dropped two perfectly thrown touchdown passes. Last night, he held onto one for an 11-yard score, when Philadelphia went five-wide on first-and-10 from the Minnesota 11 and Vikings defenders were confused about who should guard an unexpectedly split tight end.
QuoteAll was restored to normalcy on Monday night, when the legendary Philadelphia cheer-babes flounced on the sidelines in just shy of nothing, despite a kickoff temperature at 61 degrees and falling. The football gods were propitiated, and the Eagles crowned with victory.
Quotepropitiated
Looks like someone got Vocabulary Toilet Paper for their birthday.
latest TMQ (http://nfl.com/news/story/7730428)
Sour Matching Plays of the Week
Game scoreless, Philadelphia Nesharim at Detroit Peugeots, Donovan McNabb completes a 48-yard pass to Freddie Mitchell -- who is covered on the deep post only by a linebacker, Earl Holmes. Two plays later Bryant Westbrook lines up as a wide receiver; a pass interference on the defender puts the ball at first-and-goal on the Detroit 1; the defender was a linebacker, James Davis, the only gentlemen lined up across from Westbrook
Why can they not get LJ or B West right when they(national sportwriters) type they're names???
and BuckhaUlter too :paranoid
QuoteThe Washington taterskins have one of the league's worst offensive lines, so something went badly normal as they surrendered five sacks on Monday Night Football. taterskins coaches entered the game expecting a terrible line performance since they had Mark Brunell sprinting backward so far he must have been carrying a passport in case he left the country. Third-and-1 in the second quarter, Brunell sprints far backward, pass incomplete. Third-and-3 in the third quarter, Brunell sprints far backward, passes for just 2 yards and it's a long throw to get it back to the line. Fourth-and-1 in the third quarter, Brunell sprints far backward, pass incomplete. Brunell was rolling out and sprinting far backward regularly, yet still got sacked five times.
Worst among taterskins blockers was the extremely overpaid tackle Chris Samuels. Dallas leading 7-0 in the second quarter, the taterskins face second-and-7. All extremely overpaid tackle Chris Samuels has to do is "chip" -- he doesn't even have a man, merely is supposed to help with another man. What Samuels does is brush La'Roi Glover, then stands watching as Glover sacks Mark Brunell. Samuels couldn't be bothered to produce even half a block! A few snaps later, as Clinton Portis ran, TMQ spied Samuels doing absolutely nothing -- just standing up at the snap and then looking around, not even going through the pretense of giving effort. TMQ counted half a dozen plays on which Samuels was standing, doing nothing, while the quarterback or runner madly tried to evade the Dallas defense.
:-D
I had a haiku published in TMQ last season. High point of my literary career.
What was it?
this week's installment (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/7830541)
What time do they normally post the TMQ?
I was shouting Kick Early, Go for it Late! last night in the first quarter when the Bengals were up by only 7 and had 4th and 1 inside the ten. It turns out they won the game easily, but my God you don't pass on points that early!
He usually gets it up there around 11:30 or so... just early enough to still be called "T
MQ".
Funny blurb:
QuoteAs many readers, including Dan Danka of Pittsburgh, have pointed out, forget the polls and focus groups, the Washington taterskins reliably predict elections. For each presidential contest going back to 1940 -- the first presidential year the taterskins performed in Washington -- if in their final home game before the voting the Skins win, then the party in power keeps the White House; if the Skins lose, the party out of power takes the White House. This Sunday, Green Bay plays at Washington in the taterskins' final home appearance before the election. So if the Packers win, John Kerry will be the next president, while if the taterskins win, George W. Bush will be re-elected.
How fitting the Packers should draw this assignment -- they're from a swing state, Wisconsin! TMQ has learned, on an exclusive basis, that the Democratic National Committee has been funneling donations to the Green Bay salary cap, while the Pentagon has secretly equipped taterskins quarterbacks with GPS-guided footballs. Remember, this is a Tuesday Morning Quarterback exclusive.
Now I got two reasons to be glad the Pack is Back, after spanking Dallas. ;D
Quote from: Diomedes on October 26, 2004, 01:01:36 PM
What time do they normally post the TMQ?
It varies. Sometimes it's more like Tuesday Afternoon Quarterback.
Today's TMQ, for those who hadn't seen it yet. (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/7871001)
One of many Eagles-related highlights:
QuoteBuck-Buck-Brawckkkkkkk
Trailing 21-0 late in the second quarter, the Eagles faced fourth-and-6 on the Steelers 15. TMQ's immutable law holds: Kick Early, Go For It Late. Unless, that is, you are way behind, and a 21-point hole qualifies as way behind. In trotted the field-goal unit, Philadelphia made it 21-3 and the Eagles never threatened again.
^^^I couldn't agree more. I was cursing at the screen when they sent in Akers then. Awful decision by Reid.
There's also a quite funny little parody of banter between T.O. and RayRay.
haven't even read it yet, but figured I'd share the new one (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/7893888)
Got to this... so true:
QuoteThe Football Gods Were Not Amused
In recent weeks Bill Parcells has called his own team bad or stupid, and on Monday night, repeatedly shook his head as the Cowboys botched defensive downs. It can't be that Parcells is mega-ultra-genius when things go well, but the players are to blame when things go poorly. It is the coach's job to cause the team to perform well: if the team does not, the coach shares the blame. Bear Bryant always made a big point of taking blame upon himself; Parcells should read some Bryant. In previous coaching jobs, Parcells has shown a habit of demanding credit whenever there is success and blaming those around him whenever there is failure. You can't have it both ways, Bill -- it's unseemly to be shaking your head at your own players.
Eagles tidbits:
QuoteStats of the Week No. 2
The 42 points scored in the second quarter of the Philadelphia-Dallas Monday night game were more than the total points scored in nine of the 13 games played Sunday.
QuoteUniform Shenanigans Update
Bruce Cundiff of Alameda, Calif., notes that the looked-black-to-me "alternate" jerseys recently worn by the Eagles are called Midnight Green by the club. J. Crew color names come to the NFL! Maybe Cincinnati should start calling its color Warm Butterscotch instead of orange. Michael Clay of Miami Shores, Fla., notes that alternate jerseys are doing well this season. San Diego beat Jacksonville wearing its powder blues; Houston beat Jacksonville wearing its reds; Baltimore beat Cleveland wearing all-black; Philadelphia beat Baltimore wearing Midnight Green; Cincinnati has won two straight wearing Halloween costumes. Clay predicts a future trend of teams sporting their alternate look more often than their standard look -- Atlanta is 4-1 in reds this season, and red was the Falcons' alternate jersey in 2003.
QuoteSweet 'N' Sour Play
Terrell Owens may be insufferable, but until somebody keeps him out of the end zone, this gentleman must be classified as sweet. Game scoreless in the first quarter, Owens went in motion right and ran a short turn-in -- this is a standard West Coast play that Jerry Rice has run a thousand times, and every NFL receiver has run at some point. It's designed to pick up 10 yards. Owens made the catch and should have been tackled for a 10-yard gain. Two Dallas defenders hit him, one from each side; T.O. is so darned strong that both defenders bounced off, and Owens scampered 59 yards for the touchdown. This play should have been a ho-hum short gain and instead was a long score; that was sweet. Last season, the Cowboys had the league's No. 1 pass defense, yet on this play and several others Monday night, various Eagles ran through the Dallas secondary like no one was there. That was sour. And yes the Cowboys secondary has injuries, but every NFL team has injuries.
Minor mentions of 4th-and-26 and "cheer-babe professionalism" as well.
Funny, I thought the green jerseys were called Midnight Green and the black jerseys were called Black.
"recently worn"?
Um...haven't they been wearing this color for years?
Quote from: General_Failure on November 16, 2004, 05:12:55 PM
Funny, I thought the green jerseys were called Midnight Green and the black jerseys were called Black.
That is correct. I e-mailed him to tell him so, also.
New TMQ is out (http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/7973142)
featuring an Eagles cheerleader! :yay
Quote
It was 55 degrees at kickoff in Philadelphia with a 14 miles-per-hour wind, but the who-needs-clothes Eagles cheerleaders came out in their two-piece summer outfits. Needless to say, their team was crowned with a huge victory. How soon until the Eagles cheerleaders take the field in nothing but the GloThong?
I laugh at those little sweaters they wear when it's cold. BTW...the cheerleaders came out for the second half...wearing their long pants. No Eagle TDs after that.
Quote from: Susquehanna Birder on December 07, 2004, 03:21:55 PM
Quote
It was 55 degrees at kickoff in Philadelphia with a 14 miles-per-hour wind, but the who-needs-clothes Eagles cheerleaders came out in their two-piece summer outfits. Needless to say, their team was crowned with a huge victory. How soon until the Eagles cheerleaders take the field in nothing but the GloThong?
I laugh at those little sweaters they wear when it's cold. BTW...the cheerleaders came out for the second half...wearing their long pants. No Eagle TDs after that.
That's fine by me when we put 35 on the board in the first half. Besides, the offense still moved the ball effectively in the second half, they kind of fizzled out once they got inside the 25 though and settled for FG's. But in a game like that, I don't mind the drop off in offensive production as long as the defense remains solid, which it did, until garbage time.
For the truly lazy, here's the new TMQ (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/7998727).
Oh goodie, I hope it's another pointless epic like last week. :D
Quote from: General_Failure on December 14, 2004, 12:54:10 PM
Oh goodie, I hope it's another pointless epic like last week. :D
and every week...
that said, it's great for printing out and wasting 20 minutes in the nice and spacious handicapped stall.
if anyone is looking for me....
Quote from: FastFreddie on December 14, 2004, 12:52:39 PM
For the truly lazy, here's the new TMQ (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/7998727).
It's not that I'm lazy, I'm not internet savvy - the only reason I was able to find concretefield was by doing a search for midget porn.
New one's out. (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/8841434)
QuoteStats of the Week No. 2 : Eagles' coaches called 48 passes and 13 rushes -- though trailing by a touchdown or less most of the game.
This is what botheres me the most about Andy Reid. He's WAY too pass happy sometimes.
On a related note:
QuoteTis Better to Have Rushed and Lost Than Never to Have Rushed At All: Willis McGahee gained four yards on his first five carries against Houston. When the run doesn't work right away, many teams immediately give up and go pass-wacky. But often the running game starts slowly, then builds steam as defenders tire. Buffalo kept giving McGahee the ball, and on his remaining 17 carries, the gentleman rushed for 113 yards. NFL teams, don't abandon the run.
More on the Iggs.
QuotePass-Wacky Is Putting It Mildly : When you're way behind, you call lots of passes and end up with crummy rushing stats. But the Eagles were not way behind at Atlanta -- trailing briefly by 14 points, they trailed by a touchdown or less for most of the contest. Yet Philadelphia coaches called 48 passes and just 13 runs. (This counts sacks and a scramble as called passes.) Trying to pass on 79 percent of your snaps in a close game is, as ecologists say, not sustainable. It was especially amusing when the Eagles, making no attempt to rush, called play-action fakes: talk about an empty threat! Contrast to the Falcons, whose play-fakes were credible because they were rushing well and often. The game's biggest play, Michael-Mike Vick's 58-yard throw to Michael Jenkins to the Philadelphia 1, setting up the winning score, was a play-fake. Philadelphia safeties crashed the line when Vick play-faked, because the Falcons were rushing well and often. When Donovan McNabb play-faked, Atlanta safeties ignored it.
Post Super Bowl edition (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9213999)
NEWSFLASH: Drafting well is important.
Don't tell the taterskins.
Quote from: rjs246 on February 07, 2006, 02:15:14 PM
Don't tell the taterskins.
How many original draft picks regularly started for them this year?
Samuels (1st round)
Dockery (3rd round)
Jansen (2nd round)
Cooley (3rd round)
Arrington (1st round)
Rogers (1st round - replaced Walt Harris mid-season)
Taylor (1st round)
Awsum. 7.
how many on the Eagles?
McNabb
Westbrook
Tra
Andrews
Trotter
Lito
Sheldon
Dawk
Lewis
9
Reggie started, too. He didn't start opening day, but he started. And that Pinkston guy.
yeah, and i forgot LJ too
i was going by opening day rosters, before injuries made players like Reggie and Cole step in and start
LJ Smith anyone?
LJ Smith wasnt drafted, he was created in the novacare lab out of all the leftover buckhalter ligaments and mcdougle intestines.
Patterson had some starts.
Quote from: FFatPatt on February 07, 2006, 02:24:11 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on February 07, 2006, 02:15:14 PM
Don't tell the taterskins.
How many original draft picks regularly started for them this year?
Samuels (1st round)
Dockery (3rd round)
Jansen (2nd round)
Cooley (3rd round)
Arrington (1st round)
Rogers (1st round - replaced Walt Harris mid-season)
Taylor (1st round)
Awsum. 7.
What Lemar Marshall doesn't count?
Quote from: General_Failure on February 07, 2006, 02:31:25 PM
Reggie started, too. He didn't start opening day, but he started. And that Pinkston guy.
I think it's only fair to assess guys the Eagles planned to start the season. Plus, the taterskins had no one starting that was one of their own UDFA's. Almost have to count original rookie UDFA's one way or another
Opening day planned starters drafted by Eagles (12):
McNabb
Westbrook
T. Thomas
Andrews
Smith
McDougle (Kalu was drafted by the Eagles anyway)
Trotter
Sheppard
S. Brown
Dawkins
Lewis
Pinkston (Lewis took his place, but was a UDFA anyway)
Original rookie UDFA's starting opening day (4):
Parry
Hicks
Fraley
H. Thomas
That's 16/22. Wow.
Other draftees/original UDFA's that saw significant time as a starter (9):
Moats
Herremans
R. Brown
G. Lewis
Clarke
Jackson
Patterson
Cole
Hood
Quote from: qwert246 on February 07, 2006, 02:39:13 PM
What Lemar Marshall doesn't count?
Why would he?
QuoteNFL Acquisition: Marshall signed with Tampa Bay as an undrafted free agent on April 19, 1999.
How Acquired: Signed with the taterskins as a free agent on December 26, 2001.
Lemar Marshall wasn't a taterskins draft pick.
He was undrafted out of Michigan State. He was actually a S back then and n the Eagles 1999 practice squad
not true, the skins did draft him, but the washington post covered it up.
you can't count UDFA, they're not draft picks
Quote from: phattymatty on February 07, 2006, 02:45:05 PM
not true, the skins did draft him, but the washington post covered it up.
That makes sense. Have you heard that they're bitter because Snyder took away their season tickets?
Quote from: Sun_Mo on February 07, 2006, 02:47:23 PM
you can't count UDFA, they're not draft picks
Whatever. Then it's still 11-12, depending on whether or not you count Toddy "Toothpick" Pinkston.
Why can't you count UDFA's? I never undrestood that approach.
You still have scouted them (like draft picks)
And it is twice the work to develop them into good players since most didn't have a lot of college PT orcame from small college schools.
You still have to sign them too. And make the right personnel decsions on whether or not to keep them.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on February 07, 2006, 02:42:34 PM
Lemar Marshall wasn't a taterskins draft pick.
He was undrafted out of Michigan State. He was actually a S back then and n the Eagles 1999 practice squad
When I made that post, I thought you included undrafted. Just entire career spent in one place.
How can you not include Hicks? Management picked him when no other team did, and now he's a contributor. What difference does it make if he was drafted in the 6th round or not?
Just read Phreaks post. :P
Quote from: FFatPatt on February 07, 2006, 02:48:32 PM
Whatever. Then it's still 11-12, depending on whether or not you count Toddy "Toothpick" Pinkston.
yeah, i include Pinkston.
so, 12 against the taterskins' 7? is that much better? 5 more starters that are draft picks. yeah, that is pretty good actually. sweet.
Quote from: Sun_Mo on February 07, 2006, 03:00:34 PM
Quote from: FFatPatt on February 07, 2006, 02:48:32 PM
Whatever. Then it's still 11-12, depending on whether or not you count Toddy "Toothpick" Pinkston.
yeah, i include Pinkston.
so, 12 against the taterskins' 7? is that much better? 5 more starters that are draft picks. yeah, that is pretty good actually. sweet.
It's really just a difference of philosophy. Some coaches prefer to use FA to fill holes, some prefer drafting.
Sign Pierson Prioleau to 850K per year or a rookie to 400K. Omar Stoutmire the same. Players like Khary Campbell and Robert Johnson come relatively cheap.
Certain positions I will grant you it is important to draft, or you will be paying very large salaries,
but to make it 12 starters vs 7 yah we win, is too simplistic.
a) knowing and b) admitting...that your draft picks shouldnt be starting on your team counts for something
just because todd pinkston starts at wr as one of your picks doesnt mean he should be...and you certainly shouldnt be getting props for it
id rather have a free agent upgrade starting for me over one of my draft picks that arent that good
In all fairness, Pinkston is no worse than David Patten.
Quote from: FFatPatt on February 07, 2006, 05:20:48 PM
In all fairness, Pinkston is no worse than David Patten.
Damnation by weak praise, cuts like a mace. :paranoid
Offseason highs and lows (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/060801)
QuoteMatt Leinart remains the sole important unsigned draft choice, and Matt, no matter how long you hold out, it's not going to change -- you were drafted only 10th. But yours truly continues to scratch his head about the slide of Matt Leinart to the 10th selection in the draft. Methinks a number of teams will someday rue, really rue, their failure to write this gentleman's name on an index card.
So, Donte Whitner and Brodrick Bunkley aren't important?!?!?
To their respective teams, no.
easterbrook really needs to cut them down a little bit.
that's at least a two shtein read.
i just got around to reading the new one and it is unbearable.
Quote from: phattymatty on August 03, 2006, 03:52:00 PM
i just got around to reading the new one and it is unbearable.
I agree. Very little of it was actually interesting and/or funny. Poor effort.
if i wanted to read about history or politics, i wouldn't skip right to the sports section in the paper.
also, when talking about himself, he uses the words "yours truly" 13 times. what a douche.
You counted exactly how many times he used it, so that might make you equal in doucheness.
i only counted because i sent him an email telling him how much that article sucked. slow day at work i guess.
Let me axe you something... Do you ever have a "fast day" at work?
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