It's going to be us. We all know it.
Dammit.
Fact.
i have a terrible feeling about this game
The kiss of death was the 10 pt. favorite. Ted Ginn Jr. probably runs one back and Marty Booker dominates our corners. Jason Taylor forces at least one McNabb fumble.
Cleo Lemon, meet Trent Cole
:-D at this thread.
We win big time and then we get spanked by the Patriots!
Quote from: phillymic2000 on November 12, 2007, 11:00:52 AM
We win big time and then we get spanked by the Patriots!
This.
Flight: 38
Swim: 17
Quote from: SD_Eagle on November 12, 2007, 10:37:16 AM
Marty Booker dominates our corners.
hopefully he doesn't forget he's supposed to be washed up like thrash did yesterday. :-\
The Dolphins are the best 0-9 team evar.
trap game.
Quote from: SunMo on November 12, 2007, 10:27:59 AM
i have a terrible feeling about this game
Why? The outcome is ultimately meaningless, unless Westbrook gets beheaded or something.
i really really want them to win this game so i can laugh at all the fans that will talk playoffs after the game
yeah we win this one. then the pats drop 50 on us next weekend.
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 12, 2007, 11:37:48 AM
i really really want them to win this game so i can laugh at all the fans that will talk playoffs after the game
Question, because I don't feel like going back and looking for it.
But what did you think last year when the Eagles were at pretty much this same point?
I dont' think they make the playoffs either, but just curious what you were spewing back then? You, with your almighty wisdom and all.
double post
Quote from: FastFreddie on November 12, 2007, 11:15:41 AM
Why? The outcome is ultimately meaningless, unless Westbrook gets beheaded or something.
good point
i feel awesome!
i didnt think theyd make it last year for the same reason i dont think they will make it this year...the schedule...i just dont see them winning at new england or dallas this year and even if they win every other game that still puts them at 9-7
Quote from: PhillyGirl on November 12, 2007, 11:37:14 AM
Quote from: sean_sec227 on November 12, 2007, 11:12:52 AM
trap game.
No such thing when your team is below .500
is there such a thing ? yes as long as reid is the coach. will it happen though ? probably not.
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 12, 2007, 11:54:27 AM
i didnt think theyd make it last year for the same reason i dont think they will make it this year...the schedule...i just dont see them winning at new england or dallas this year and even if they win every other game that still puts them at 9-7
OUR luck, Eagles finish 9-7, tied with Chicago for the final spot and....
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 12, 2007, 11:54:27 AM
i didnt think theyd make it last year for the same reason i dont think they will make it this year...the schedule...i just dont see them winning at new england or dallas this year and even if they win every other game that still puts them at 9-7
Give yourself some credit, IGY. I'm sure you never once said "I think they won't make it" but more likely "no way they make it", "they'll lose 4 games", and "never beat those three on the road" and other 100% over the top, no way you're wrong blanket statements.
C'mon, dook.
Quote from: SunMo on November 12, 2007, 11:44:54 AM
Quote from: FastFreddie on November 12, 2007, 11:15:41 AM
Why? The outcome is ultimately meaningless, unless Westbrook gets beheaded or something.
good point
i feel awesome!
Now watch Westbrook get beheaded. Wouldn't I feel silly then? lolz
Quote from: FastFreddie on November 12, 2007, 12:31:01 PM
Quote from: SunMo on November 12, 2007, 11:44:54 AM
Quote from: FastFreddie on November 12, 2007, 11:15:41 AM
Why? The outcome is ultimately meaningless, unless Westbrook gets beheaded or something.
good point
i feel awesome!
Now watch Westbrook get beheaded. Wouldn't I feel silly then? lolz
lets just sit westbrook out for this one!
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 12, 2007, 11:37:48 AM
i really really want them to win this game so i can laugh at all the fans that will talk playoffs after the game
I think there's zero chance the Eagles make the playoffs, and at this point I think they'll finish 7-9/8-8 which is better than I had hoped because that puts them in the high teens low twenties for a draft pick. The scary part is with a win next week they'll only be 1 game out of the WC spot. That's scary because the Eagles are just an all around bad team yet are still in the playoff hunt. hoorah for the NFC.
look at the remainder of the Giants schedule... its worse than ours and we could still concievably catch them... two teams from this division will make the playoffs
and yeah, after reading the other posts i'm sure i'll get ass raped for this, but yesterdays game reminded me a lot of the win over carolina last year that turned the season around. I say we run the table and make the playoffs
who was the qb? oh
garcia wasnt the reason for the success
nah, not at all
Quote from: ThirdStreetMafia on November 12, 2007, 04:33:03 PM
look at the remainder of the Giants schedule... its worse than ours and we could still concievably catch them... two teams from this division will make the playoffs
and yeah, after reading the other posts i'm sure i'll get ass raped for this, but yesterdays game reminded me a lot of the win over carolina last year that turned the season around. I say we run the table and make the playoffs
If by 'run the table' you mean beat the Pats or Cowboys you're on crack. The only reason we have a remote chance in the other games is because the remaining teams are as bad as the Eagles vice maybe the Giants. Aints in the dome is a loss.
The Saints lost to a winless and gutless Rams team yesterday. At home. They're far from indominitable right now.
L
Is there anything really to even talk about this week?
The Eagles will lose to Miami and then somehow beat NE. Watch.
Luckily I'll be in Peru for the Pats game and won't have to watch the carnage.
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 12, 2007, 11:54:27 AM
i didnt think theyd make it last year for the same reason i dont think they will make it this year...the schedule...i just dont see them winning at new england or dallas this year and even if they win every other game that still puts them at 9-7
I think the main diff between this year and last year isn't the schedule but the way division opponents are playing. The Giants and Cowboys are bonafide playoff teams. Last year that wasn't the case.
What she means is that after they (presumably) beat the Dolphins, and get annihilated by the future SB winner, the Birds record will be 5-6, with an insurmountable schedule to come. Then, presumably, she believes they'll win out over DAL, NYG, BUF, SEA, NO, finish 10-6 and be the winner of the East.
Except, Dallas and the Giants don't completely suck this year. Buffalo might actually have something to play for, as will (likely) NO. She lives in a fantasy world with Dave Spadaro, this after she claims she's been calling out Reid for years. Laughable.
Of course, after that improbable win against the Skins, I'll catch shtein for calling 4-12 after the Packers game, when they go 5-11.
Quote from: MadMarchHare on November 12, 2007, 07:57:07 PM
What she means is that after they (presumably) beat the Dolphins, and get annihilated by the future SB winner, the Birds record will be 5-6, with an insurmountable schedule to come. Then, presumably, she believes they'll win out over DAL, NYG, BUF, SEA, NO, finish 10-6 and be the winner of the East.
Except, Dallas and the Giants don't completely suck this year. Buffalo might actually have something to play for, as will (likely) NO. She lives in a fantasy world with Dave Spadaro, this after she claims she's been calling out Reid for years. Laughable.
Of course, after that improbable win against the Skins, I'll catch shtein for calling 4-12 after the Packers game, when they go 5-11.
The best to hope for there is beating Buffalo, New Orleans and Seattle, and go 8-8. Even if they back into the playoffs with that record, a likely opponent would be the Cowboys, Giants or Packers. Thats a loss.
This team is just not good enough for me to think they win the last three of those games. Friggen' James Thrash ate up our seocondary yesterday.
James Thrash goddammitt!! It was the first TD that the taterskins has thrown to a wideout all year!! And he caught two of them!! As bad as the Saints and the Bills can look, this team can make them look good just like they did the Skins yesterday. I've thought all this year that the Saints aren't as bad as they are playing. Brees could very well shred the Eagles secondary.
man was i way off...the playoff talk started before beating miami
well, if by somehow reid loses this one, lurie will HAVE to get a new coach. no if and's or buts about it. but if we finish up 5-11 / 6-10 he'll be like, "your team really rallied together and beat a hard division rival blah blah blah you're our coach forever"
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 13, 2007, 12:31:59 AM
man was i way off...the playoff talk started before beating miami
Talking about the absurdity of the Eagles making the playoffs isn't the same as talking about the legitimate potential, home boy.
I still think 8-8 is this team's destiny and if 8-8 equates to them being a playoff team then that just goes to show how horrendous the NFC really is as a conference.
The question isn't about if the Eagles are good enough to make the playoffs...
The question is about whether or not the NFC is that bad...
Quote from: pinoyboy2pt0 on November 13, 2007, 02:29:07 AMbut if we finish up 5-11 / 6-10 he'll be like, "your team really rallied together and beat a hard division rival blah blah blah you're our coach forever"
:-D :-D
I dreamt last night that the Eagles lost to the Dolphins. I hate that they're making me prepare for the L five days before it actually happens.
QuoteJohn Beck, QB MIA
News: The Miami Herald's Armando Salguero is reporting a source has told him John Beck, not Cleo Lemon, will start at QB for the Miami Dolphins in Week 11 at Philadelphia.
Analysis: Talk about getting thrown into the fire, as Beck will make his NFL debut in one of the most hostile environments in the league on Sunday when he steps onto the field in Philly. Maybe Cam Cameron wants to see what kind of mental strength Beck has now that he has decided his second-round pick has all the physical tools to be a starting QB in the NFL. Beck definitely has some sleeper potential, but probably shouldn't be starting in any leagues just yet.
It's gonna suck losing to a rookie QB on a winless team.
Quote from: Father Demon on November 14, 2007, 09:58:45 AM
It's gonna suck losing to a rookie QB on a winless team.
Beck isn't just any rookie. He went to BYU and defied all logic by being passed up when Reid selected Kolb.
How hilarious would it be if Beck turned out to be a stud and Kolb never did anything of note?
it wouldnt be hilarious...just logical.
rookie QB, no ronnie brown, and no chambers.
this is the ultimate set up.
this is the game they win and next season all the pre game shows will talk about when they say "...and the journey for beck began with an improbable win against the eagles..."
As hilarious as it would be for the Eagles to lose this game, it just isn't going to happen.
Rookie QBs are the only one's who still get flustered by JJ's defenses.
RJS used the word "flustered". Ha.
the Eagles are done...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3109760
Ha! Funny. He won't suit up for the Dolphins this week even if they want him back and back fast.
They'll more than likely release him or try to trade him for a late-round draft pick.
im curious
why do you say "ha funny"
and then proceed to seriously address the topic
its really annoying
if the dophins cut him or trade him the eagles should pick him up.
not cause he really would help (well if he ever got his head back into the game and played like he used to he might) but just imagine the orgasm ESPN would have coming up with stories about how Mcnabb was booed because they didnt select Williams and now they are teammates.
they can even sit them two down and have a group interview with rachel nichols or something.
having rickey as his new connect would make buck the happiest man in the city
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 14, 2007, 12:05:03 PM
im curious
why do you say "ha funny"
and then proceed to seriously address the topic
its really annoying
it's probably
similar to the reason
you feel the need
to separate your thoughts
onto separate lines
like this
I love it when everyone's in a pissy mood here.
Speaking of pissy moods, why does everybody run down Reid. The team under him went through the best streak in team history. Are we going to add his name to the list of high caliber talent we ran out of town?
That's it. I'm getting my rifle and I'm going Yeti hunting. And here I always thought turkeys were the world's dumbest animals.
Evidently and ironically enough Yeti reveals himself to be a world-class fisherman.
it's probably
similar to the reason
you feel the need
to separate your thoughts
onto separate lines
like this
that too
Why am I scared for this game?
We will kill these dudes, they have no QB, no RB, no defense, nothing, and yet...
viewer map (http://the506.com/nflmaps/2007-11-CBS.html)
ha
What a mess. Looks like I'll be drinking beer and being awesome with the lesbians at the bar again this week.
It's on at my house. Weird.
After the Dallas game I've been asked not to watch the Eagles at the house anymore.
Works for me.
BTW: Here's the map...
(http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/7593/200711cbsto5.png)
no reason not to be at this game...tickets will be widely available
I just want to remind everyone that this (http://www.miamidolphins.com/audio/fightsong.wav) is the Dolphins fight song.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 14, 2007, 10:07:45 PM
I just want to remind everyone that this (http://www.miamidolphins.com/audio/fightsong.wav) is the Dolphins fight song.
That's the lamest fight song I've ever heard, it's like Deliverance meets Richard Simmons. They have a song like that and still can brag about a Superbowl victories and a perfect season. There is no justice. It's like accepting the Lombardi Trophy wearing high heels.
fixed
only two games in philly? lame.
kevin harlan and rich gannon on the call. we miss gus johnson, who rules.
Kevin Harlan's a pretty good pbp guy. He does a lot of KC games and of course, lots of NBA too. I don't know if I've heard Gannon though. If I did, he didn't leave an impression either way.
Considering we've heard Sirgusa and Baldinger half the time, having someone who doesn't leave an impression on you is an improvement.
Siragusa is the worst.
This doesn't exactly belong here, but, hey, what the hell. And to think we have some of this braintrust working for us....
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/reuben_frank/11/14/dolphins/index.html
SI.com is a big step up for Roob from the Courier Times.
Interesting snippet:
QuoteBrett Favre completed 33 of 46 pass attempts for 351 yards with three touchdown passes and no interceptions and bumped his career passer rating up from 85.4 to 85.5 But Favre still fell from 16th to 17th in NFL history in career passer rating. Donovan McNabb's rating after a four-TD, no-INT performance improved from 85.3 to 85.8, and he passed Favre and moved into 16th place.
he kind of twists some stats in there about when the qbs were cut, he makes it sound like they were cut midseason which is weird and he also calls Ginn a bust already which is monumentally stupid, but otherwise it's a pretty good article. pretty cool to see Reuben writing for the big boys.
He's a stringer for S.I. like Eckel is/was for TSN.
Look at the bottom of the article:
Reuben Frank is a sports writer for the Burlington County Times in Willingboro, NJ.
I always thought he was black:
(http://i.a.cnn.net/si/.element/img/2.0/story/writers/new/topper_frank_inside_nfl.jpg)
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on November 15, 2007, 09:35:05 AM
He's a stringer for S.I. like Eckel is/was for TSN.
Look at the bottom of the article:
Reuben Frank is a sports writer for the Burlington County Times in Willingboro, NJ.
Sure, but that's how most writers start going national.
QuoteNobody the Dolphins drafted before 2004 is even on the team anymore.
Zach Thomas and Jason Taylor say hi
did reuben let his 8 yr old son write that piece?
Eagles DE Juqua Thomas has formally been promoted to the starting lineup, ahead of Jevon Kearse.
The Birds will continue to rotate their five ends, but Thomas has outplayed Kearse and has more sacks despite being in a situational role the first nine games. Now, he'll be starting at left end opposite Trent Cole. Thomas is very undersized for the position at 6-2/250, but possesses more big play ability.
the two highest paid ends on the team cant even start. go front office.
Well at least we can look forward to the team wasting their first pick on an ineffective DE.
Ha!
Quote from: reese125 on November 15, 2007, 03:20:51 PM
Eagles DE Juqua Thomas has formally been promoted to the starting lineup, ahead of Jevon Kearse.
The Birds will continue to rotate their five ends, but Thomas has outplayed Kearse and has more sacks despite being in a situational role the first nine games. Now, he'll be starting at left end opposite Trent Cole. Thomas is very undersized for the position at 6-2/250, but possesses more big play ability.
i think the team is forever cursed to be stuck with or obtain undersized ends. :-\
.....and linebackers.
and the largest road grading o-line to, you know, pass block
Fastballs!!!!
:puke
Kearse was Nolan Ryan in that analogy.
QuoteBeck hopes to become latest rookie to beat Eagles
By ROB MAADDI, AP Sports Writer
November 16, 2007
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Making his NFL debut for a winless team in a hostile road environment against an aggressive defense seems like a daunting task for John Beck of the Miami Dolphins.
Beck can take comfort knowing the last two rookie quarterbacks to face the Philadelphia Eagles came out winners.
Tampa Bay's Bruce Gradkowski beat Philadelphia in his third career start last October. Vince Young led Tennessee to an easy victory over the Eagles in his ninth game a month later.
There used to be a time when defensive coordinator Jim Johnson's complex schemes gave Philly a huge advantage against young signal-callers. Johnson's blitz-happy unit often rattled inexperienced QBs into making costly mistakes.
Neither Gradkowski nor Young committed any turnovers in their wins over the Eagles last year. They didn't put up big numbers, either. But both players did enough to help their team win.
Gradkowski, an undrafted rookie, only completed 13 of 26 passes for 104 yards and led Tampa to just three field goals -- Ronde Barber returned two of Donovan McNabb's interceptions for touchdowns.
But Gradkowski directed the winning drive in the final minute and his 9-yard run set up Matt Bryant's improbable 62-yard winning field goal that gave the Buccaneers a 23-21 win.
Young, a first-round pick, was just 8-for-22 for 101 yards and one TD in the Titans' 31-13 win in Philadelphia in the game that McNabb sustained a season-ending knee injury. He also hurt the Eagles with his legs, running for 49 yards.
"When you get a rookie quarterback, you want to exploit him in every way that you can," Eagles linebacker Takeo Spikes said. "You still have to do the little things right, because, believe it or not, he's going to do the little things right. That offensive coordinator is going to make sure that he's not going to put him into too much. He's going to keep it simple."
Spikes figures the defense will see a heavy dose of running back Jesse Chatman on Sunday. Chatman has played well since replacing the injured Ronnie Brown. He had 124 yards rushing in a 13-10 loss to Buffalo last week and is averaging 5.1 yards per carry.
"I plan on those guys coming out and running the ball a lot and not putting a lot of pressure on (Beck)," Spikes said. "Just telling him, 'Just manage the game. You don't have to go out and win it for us; just manage it."'
Beck hasn't thrown a pass this season, so the coaching staff had to scout him based on preseason tapes and his days at BYU. A second-round pick, Beck replaced Cleo Lemon. Trent Green started Miami's first four games before going down for the season.
The 0-9 Dolphins stand in the way of the Eagles (4-5) reaching .500 for the first time this season.
"He played a lot in preseason and we've studied the preseason film," Johnson said. "We have about 60 plays he's played in preseason, so we studied that a little bit. I think they'll stay with the same offense. The guy's a smart quarterback. He knows the offense, I'm sure. It's just a matter of getting the rust off, but he's a player and I think he can manage the offense."
Beck was the first quarterback drafted in the first or second round by the Dolphins since Dan Marino. He'll become the 12th QB to start for Miami since Marino retired following the 1999 season.
The 26-year-old Beck served a church mission in Portugal before beginning his college career, so he's older and more mature than a typical rookie.
Philadelphia considered drafting Beck as its quarterback of the future, but selected Kevin Kolb four picks ahead of him.
"I think the people that you talk to will tell you that he's a heck of a player and has an opportunity to really be special at that position," coach Andy Reid said. "He's got good size, good arm strength, tremendous pocket presence and timing. He's a smart kid. He's old enough and mature enough to handle the NFL right now."
Dio, could you make the font any larger