kenny albert - daryl johnston - goose
eagles -4.5 (47.5)
72, partly cloudy, chance of showers
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Looks like another week without being able to see the game. Based on their performance, it may be good for my long term health.
I think they loose to an angry Lions team. Stafford goes for 300+ yards, Vicki doesn't fumble but throws two more picks. Shady has less that 20 carries.
yea its literally impossible to see the game unless it pops up on your telly
so unfair
or stop being such a jew and fly up and go to the game. tickets are floating around like tom mees in his best friends pool.
Running errands with Dio and whatnot.
Quote from: DH on October 10, 2012, 12:47:22 PM
or stop being such a jew and fly up and go to the game. tickets are floating around like tom mees in his best friends pool.
holy shtein where did that come from kid?
I think that was a direct quote from the ticket office.
scheenies cant read sarcasm but they do make good ash tray fillers
The Lions are a fraud this year.
Still....this game has "Fuuuck meeee" written all over it.
Yeah this will be the game when the Lions offense lives up to its potential and goes off for 44 points
I feel the opposite.
Eagles crush lions. Our line will inexplicably go off for over 10 sacks. D-Line that is.
Depth.
Quote from: hbionic on October 10, 2012, 02:23:07 PM
I feel the opposite.
Eagles crush lions. Our line will inexplicably go off for over 10 sacks. D-Line that is.
No way they get over 10 sacks...it'll be 6 to 10 tops
Quote from: reese125 on October 10, 2012, 02:13:44 PM
The Lions are a fraud this year.
And the Eagles are what?
jim washburns son is the lions asst. OL coach
Quote from: SunMo on October 10, 2012, 01:24:57 PM
Quote from: DH on October 10, 2012, 12:47:22 PM
or stop being such a jew and fly up and go to the game. tickets are floating around like tom mees in his best friends pool.
holy shtein where did that come from kid?
I'm having a bad day.
Quote from: Tomahawk on October 10, 2012, 02:49:54 PM
Quote from: hbionic on October 10, 2012, 02:23:07 PM
I feel the opposite.
Eagles crush lions. Our line will inexplicably go off for over 10 sacks. D-Line that is.
No way they get over 10 sacks...it'll be 6 to 10 tops
I'll bet you a beer in New Orleans.
nfc east leaders right now.....having beaten the giants and ravens and lost at pittsburgh and at arizona
and dont look now but giants at 49ers and cowboys at ravens this weekend
gonna be a niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice bye week
Ricky Watters will be an honorary captain at Sundays game:
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/20121011_Marcus_Hayes__Watters_lives_with_aftereffects_of_punishing_football_career.html
He's 43 and broken down
Quote from: SD on October 11, 2012, 06:43:32 AM
Ricky Watters will be an honorary captain at Sundays game
For who? for what?
Because they haven't embarrassed current players enough in front of former players.
According to Eskin Damaris Johnson is inactive for today's game. Does that mean Desean is returning punts today? I usually don't support this but they need to do a better job of getting the ball in Desean's hands and this is one way to do it.
QuoteThe following Eagles are inactive for today's 1 p.m. game against the Lions: Trent Edwards, Damaris Johnson, Dion Lewis, Jamar Chaney, Steve Vallos, Nate Menkin and Vinny Curry.
Johnson's out, and Riley Cooper will be active for the first time all season. Cooper suffered a fractured collarbone during training camp. He'll be the team's fourth wide receiver and contribute on special teams.
The other notable part about Johnson sitting is that it opens up the punt returner spot. It seems likely that DeSean Jackson would be back there, something that Bobby April talked about earlier this week. Mardy Gilard could get a shot too. Johnson had fielded nine fair catches and failed to notch a return longer than 13 yards in the first five games.
At running back, Lewis is inactive after dressing for the first time all year against the Steelers. Taking his place on the gameday roster will be Chris Polk, who was active for the first four games before sitting against Pittsburgh.
On the offensive line, Vallos is once again inactive, meaning Evan Mathis is your backup center should Dallas Reynolds go down. Dennis Kelly and King Dunlap are the team's backup linemen. Both are tackles, but each has played guard in the past.
On the defensive side of the ball, Chaney is inactive for the first time in two seasons. Chaney started the last two games for Akeem Jordan, but Jordan returns today at the WILL spot.
No other surprises on the defensive side of the ball. Curry, a second-round pick, has yet to dress this season.
As for the Lions, they'll get safety Louis Delmas back for the first time all season. Defensive end Cliff Avril, who was listed as questionable, will also dress.
Not that I'm defending Johnson because he scares the shtein out of me ever since he fumbled the ball but the coverage teams haven't given him much room to run. If Desean can blow it up today than we'll know that Johnson needs to be replaced.
The ST coverages and blocking have been atrocious. Pimp may break one for a nice gain simply because of his experience setting guys up to miss...but I won't hold my breath.
Bowen says Boykin and Gilyard are back fielding punts in practice right now
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 14, 2012, 12:03:13 PM
Bowen says Boykin and Gilyard are back fielding punts in practice right now
Thanks for the buzzkill
lol...
I have an eerie feeling that the Lions are going to come out swinging today. They have been awful all year on offense and watch today be the day they blow up
Good start
Henery touchback...good D....Gilyard fields the punts
And the stupid goddamn offense is at it again
Marty starts with a throw and then they get cute on a toss to Pimp
COME ON, MARTY
and now Bell false starts...3rd and 23
farging stupid offense
christ they farging suck on STs
bwahahahaha...nice farging special teams coverages
AGAIN WITH POOR TACKLING
how does Bobby April still have a job?
Curtis Marsh playing slot and Nnamdi is following Calvin all over the field
stilll no touches for Shady...COME ON
Oh right....now they give it to him on 2nd and 10 and hes stuffed for a loss
Offensive line getting blown back every play lol
should have been a goddamn penalty for late hit
and a dropped pass by Celek
farging SLOPPY AGAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
I'm really looking forward to a new coaching staff next year.
McBriar too short on first punt....too long on the next
Offense looks like shtein
my blood pressure is up
Put them all in the end zone, I don't care. Just don't ask those idiots to tackle.
Right now this is a terrible football team in almost every aspect. Free play against the suspect defensive backfield and they all just stand around with their thumbs up their asses instead of taking a shot down field. Definition of losers.
Don't ask the defense to tackle either, I guess.
Quote from: Eagaholic on October 14, 2012, 01:10:20 PM
how does Bobby April still have a job?
Why do we still watch this shtein?
Someone get an ambulance sent to Phreak's house, he might be dead.
Super Bowl? More like toilet bowl for this team.
Not dead yet but close to stroke level
96 yards for Detroit
ONE GODDAMN YARD FOR THE EAGLES
Oh and when is the last time these farging schmucks have had a sack?
Pressure is just as good. Just ask Juan. Idiots. Screw this wide 9 gimmick. I forgot what a sack is.
Once again, "Vick will be dead by week 8"
Head first! Atta boy Einstein.
The Answer!
Riley
Not sure if the Lions are even more poorly coached then the Eagles, but a strong arguing point is that they seem to think they will be better off if they knock Vick out of the game.
Amazing.
Just farging amazing really.
I hate Dallas
(http://www.turdfergusonblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/3-stooges-football.jpg)
I'm done.
Face it people, this team has 7-9 written all over it.
The good news is that come February when the Eagles win the SB, this will all be forgotten.
Quote from: Don Ho on October 14, 2012, 01:45:42 PM
I'm done.
Face it people, this team has 7-9 written all over it.
looks like we have a difference of opinion [/sarcasm]
McCoy two carries in the quarter
Meanwhile Detroit continues to blow up inthe interior line and kill Vick
Why? Jesus farging Christ I'm sick of this shtein
Oh my.
Asmoghua picked one off.
Shiver me timbers.
Move Namdi to WR?
Awful play calling.
Riley Cooper is the go to guy
When is the last time Maclin was heard from?
Nice farging play call.
3rd and one...lololololol
farg you Andy and Marty
So it's come to the shovel pass. farg these morons.
This team makes me sad.
A goddamn motherfarging shuttle pass on 3rd & 1. Fire everyone.
Because they can't seem to execute a simple center/QB exchange, they should try fancy end arounds and shovel passes, maybe a triple back reverse WR screen with a 50 yard bomb to an eligible tackle.
Finally. Ok Captain Haphazard, do something.
Detroit D is going to have to pay property taxes on the Eagles side of the LOS
Shotgun again on 3rd and 1. DIAF.
Get that dog killing flag the farg out. Kill Reid, rape Morningwood... farg you farg you farg you.
Mike Pick
Beautiful. Another turnover.
Another farging goddamn turnover!!
He rushed the throw because once again the pressure is right in his goddamn face
Awful. Back foot again. He's just brutal.
At some point this has to be unacceptable to Reid and co. Seriously.
Run the ball. Run the ball. RUN. THE. GODDAMN. BALL.
Maybe they realize the Lions are screening them to death soon?
Did anyone on this piece of shtein team show up today?
First sack in 75 years and of course they farg that up.
It's Matt Cassel time.
Lions should be calling timeouts. Bad coaching.
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on October 14, 2012, 02:25:29 PM
Lions should be calling timeouts. Bad coaching.
This is just one big shtein show.
It's farging amazing theses bums are winning this game right now
yay
Apathetic.
Hey, look at that. Sometimes running the ball works.
Jacoby Jones 108 yard KOR v dallas
How is Vick going to screw this one up? I'm going to say interception.
Quote from: General_Failure on October 14, 2012, 02:59:49 PM
How is Vick going to screw this one up? I'm going to say interception.
I'm going to say he runs it in for a td just to screw with you
Well now we both look like idiots. Thanks, Vick.
Brent Celek...catch the mother farging ball, jerkoff
Quote from: General_Failure on October 14, 2012, 03:04:11 PM
Well now we both look like idiots. Thanks, Vick.
Yeah, Celek had just banged up his knee and earlier in the drive was shaken up after landing on his shoulder, so why I didn't see blasting one off his hands in the end zone I don't know.
Jesus, Celek! He's got to catch that.
It's ok, I think it is pretty much a lock Akeem Jordan returns one here for a TD.
Who wants this game less?
Nice of Coleman to blast Assy instead of playing the ball that was thrown right at him.
shtein...
Shady hurt....beyooootiful
Quote from: Feva on October 14, 2012, 03:13:10 PM
Nice of Coleman to blast Assy instead of playing the ball that was thrown right at him.
Might explain why he always gives him that nasty glare.
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 14, 2012, 03:14:46 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 14, 2012, 03:14:20 PM
Shady hurt....beyooootiful
WHY COULDNT IT BE VICK
You heard that from the Ho's nest all the way across the Pacific?
1st and goal inside the 5. Pretty low percent area of the field. :(
Schwartz with a Reid like burnage of time out in a close game. nice
oh jesis farging christ
hahahahaha of course
awfulllllllllllllllll call of OPI
Henery with the low inside breaking ball ftw
terrible bullshtein call cost them there...
and then Genius Marty says lets let Clay Harbor try to run a screen on the outside and then let Celek block a DE single up
Comically awful call. Embarrassing really.
The Eagles suck enough themselves... they don't need the refs stealing touchdowns from them.
Horseshtein call.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 14, 2012, 03:29:05 PM
terrible bullshtein call cost them there...
and then Genius Marty says lets let Clay Harbor try to run a screen on the outside and then let Celek block a DE single up
May have been the worse call all year. We are truly witnessing the dumbest coaching staff in football.
Will we see a sack the rest of the year?
Quote from: Don Ho on October 14, 2012, 03:32:58 PM
Will we see a sack the rest of the year?
its been 12 quarters since their last
stopppppppppp the outside zone plays!!
up the middle, goddammit
Why do they KEEP running that farging stretch play?!?! Haven't they had enough negative yardage out of that?
oh look...another touchdownless drive
and Henerererererey hits the 49yd
welp....Detroit is gonna get a TD here
Nn sold that PI
Wide 9 piece of shtein can't even get an ounce of pressure. This d line is awful.
wow fletcher cox ejected for something
Way to go, Cox.
Anyone else disinterested in this game?
Did anyone here expect any different from these gutless cowards?
Cox with premature ejection
Quote from: Don Ho on October 14, 2012, 03:53:43 PM
Anyone else disinterested in this game?
Apparently Fletcher Cox wasn't interested in playing anymore.
Quote from: Don Ho on October 14, 2012, 03:53:43 PM
Anyone else disinterested in this game?
I'm at home watching a stream of the game on Apple TV. That's how much I care about these losers.
lllllllllllooooooooooooooooollllllllllllll
farging kidding me?
Kill
Terrible. As much as Vick has kept them in this he's also kept Detroit in it.
Boys just woke up. Maybe they'll save the day and talk me into going surfing.
Michael Vick should be drowned and electrocuted. Simultaneously.
3rd and 14 now. Can't wait for the Lions to complete the 27-yard pass.
Raise your hand if you're shocked they didn't get a PI on that.
there had to be some reason why I was still watching this shtein
Woooot, btw
wow
nice
lol at goose "Maclin's open and Vick finded him."
Holy shtein.
They still blow.
Quote from: Don Ho on October 14, 2012, 04:10:39 PM
They still blow.
As long as they can blow just a little less than the competition, I'm ok with it
dallas will go for 2 pt conversion now to tie with time running out
Edit: lol, Dez drops,. Again, LOL. but dallas gets onsides kick
that ball is hanging out there forever
farging shtein ass defense
farg you
Nice series by hughes. Abused by sheffler and on that route.
HA! Buckle up sports fans.
farging defense.
dallas is about to win....motherfarger
really? a bullshtein PI call on bal after dal recovered onside kick
Simply incredible.
Nice effort Boykin.
Stop the clock, nice.
10 yard returns are super.
farging terrible
farging sickening
slant was wide open again....and it is batted down
they are going to lose this game
they are going to lose this motherfarging game
CAN WE GET A GODDAMN SACK
How nice, we might get to see the two worst defensive stands back to back. Go Wide 9! We believe.
BLITZ Castillo....these shteinbag DL are NOT getting pressure
create pressure, you dimwitted farg
He doesn't know what a blitz is Jay.
So, what happens here?
A. The Eagles give up the FG and lose in OT
B. The Eagles give up the TD and lose in regulation.
C. The Eagles give up the FG and manage to seal a tie.
D. Like there are any other possibilities.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 14, 2012, 04:23:37 PM
they are going to lose this game
they are going to lose this motherfarging game
CAN WE GET A GODDAMN SACK
If they get a sack you're going to have to call me an ambulance after I have heart failure.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on October 14, 2012, 04:26:40 PM
So, what happens here?
A. The Eagles give up the FG and lose in OT
B. The Eagles give up the TD and lose in regulation.
C. The Eagles give up the FG and manage to seal a tie.
D. Like there are any other possibilities.
they will find a way for all of the above
Quote from: Rome on October 14, 2012, 04:25:52 PM
He doesn't know what a blitz is Jay.
yeah in english or spanish...makes me want to go smash my head into a wall
Quote from: Geowhizzer on October 14, 2012, 04:26:40 PM
So, what happens here?
A. The Eagles give up the FG and lose in OT
B. The Eagles give up the TD and lose in regulation.
C. The Eagles give up the FG and manage to seal a tie.
D. Like there are any other possibilities.
A looking real good. OT so we get a few more minutes of torture.
Looks like B will be the answer.
This defense doesn't suck as much as last year... they just suck when it counts.
that is a catch
Yeah, having a big, tall, clutch receiver is so overrated.
i am praying for a FG but deep down know it will be a TD
more than likely a TD set up by a PI call in the endzone
I'm just sick of this.
Game
choke in progress
i quit
i farging quit
farg these corksucking iceholes
Why the lions aren't going for the td is beyond me.
A youth flag football team could score on these Hoydas.
farging awful.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 14, 2012, 04:31:32 PM
i am praying for a FG but deep down know it will be a TD
more than likely a TD set up by a PI call in the endzone
what did I say
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 14, 2012, 04:31:32 PM
i am praying for a FG but deep down know it will be a TD
more than likely a TD set up by a PI call in the endzone
absolutely no waaii
Seeing Colt Anderson and Coleman back there just sends my confidence level through the roof.
now is the time to get a farging sackkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Megatron should have had that.
Ahhh... looks like the answer will be A.
So, if the Eagles score a TD here they win but if they get a FG Det will have a chance to come back?
i seriously want to take all defensive linemen and Juan Castillo and toss them off the farging walt whitman
Awful times infinity.
Pick or fumble?
look at this farging shtein here
farg this offensive line
farg THIS WHOLE ORGANIZATION
well, this will be about the most pathetic ending I've seen in a long time
no way the Eagles could be this lucky
lololol of course they would not recover that
Throwing from your back foot, from your own end zone. This team is one big stupid farg.
Tony Scheffler, NFL MVP
in FG range
ballgame
I am going to get drunk
see you guys later
BTW
JASON BABIN SUCKS COCK
Does anyone even care anymore?
shteinbag corksucking losers.
I can't wait for the day when Ron Jeremy Lurie wakes the farg up and implodes this pile of shtein.
Talk about the Pussification of society! Where was the crucification by the crowd at the Linc? Weak ass reception. Boo those heartless, gutless, stupid fargs out of there.
If I don't care how come I'm so pissed?
I've got to stop watching this team. They're going to put me in an early grave.
Quote from: Eagaholic on October 14, 2012, 04:45:09 PM
well, this will be about the most pathetic ending I've seen in a long time
Join me for a shot of Tequila?
Here is the Eagles' defense in the 4th quarter and OT.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/bawanaal/stooges18-1.jpg)
Curly would actually be an upgrade. Hell, I'll take Shemp.
how many times does the dog need to pee on the carpet before you have to decide:
1. get rid of the dog
2. simply accept it
since unfortunately #1 isnt an option im gonna with route #2
whatever. see you in two weeks. go team.
They're a bunch of losers from the coaching staff to the qb to the d-line. At some point somebody had to step up and make a play. They have zero intensity and late in games when it's close that's inexcusable. At some point they're going to resemble a decent team but it'll be fools gold. farg this team I can't wait for the new era to start.
Wouldn't have thought DE would be priority in the draft but looks like that has changed.
These guys are pieces of shtein. farg this joke of a defense. Why do I do this to myself.
They have to fire Reid after this, right?
Quote from: Rome on October 14, 2012, 05:56:39 PM
They have to fire Reid after this, right?
His contract is up after the season, so they just won't renew his deal.
Great. Like being stung to death by a scorpion a little at a time.
Zero chance they fire him during the season...best we can hope for is a Vick injury so we can see what we've got with Foles. I don't root for injuries but it's probably the only way Vick doesn't play.
the line play is disgusting - no sacks on D and they cannot open lanes or give Vick time on O
Juan Castillo sucks
Playcalling is a disgrace
they were UP BY TEN WITH FIVE fargING MINUTES TO GO & THREW IT TWICE!
ill root for injuries and death and andy and vick can have both of them
Quote from: Rome on October 14, 2012, 06:03:17 PM
Great. Like being stung to death by a scorpion a little at a time.
For the past 8 years.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 14, 2012, 06:10:19 PM
they were UP BY TEN WITH FIVE fargING MINUTES TO GO & THREW IT TWICE!
I literally thought game over when Maclin scored the TD.
Quote from: hbionic on October 14, 2012, 07:55:57 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 14, 2012, 06:10:19 PM
they were UP BY TEN WITH FIVE fargING MINUTES TO GO & THREW IT TWICE!
I literally thought game over when Maclin scored the TD.
Look at this gullible guy.
I should know better.
i literally left the linc after maclin scored. oops. but i'm glad i did.
Quote from: hbionic on October 14, 2012, 07:55:57 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 14, 2012, 06:10:19 PM
they were UP BY TEN WITH FIVE fargING MINUTES TO GO & THREW IT TWICE!
I literally thought game over when Maclin scored the TD.
So did my 9-year-old son. He learned a hard lesson about what it is to be a Philadelphia Eagles fan today.
I think Ramses would have been happy with his first born taken if being an Eagles fan was the other option.
6. i didnt think i could hate jason babin more than i did last year but jesus christ is he a waste of life...shouldnt come as a suprise....hes a journeyman second rate DE....the money he got was laughable
5. while a lot better than babin trent cole didnt exactly deserve a new deal either...hes a player that perfectly personifies the thick cloud of apathy that covers this franchise
4. the hiring of juan castillo continues to be as sickening today as it was when it happened...more than run/pass ratios....playcalling or in game adjustments this to me is why andy reid should be fired today (he should have been fired in 2003 but thats another discussion)....ill ask again why will this dumb farg not blitz...oh yeah because hes completely and atrociously overwhlemed in his position
3. after the game i got to thinking about how no matter how unlikely id like to see foles get first team reps next week and have him start after the bye...and then i started to feel real sad and depressed when it hit me that nick foles could exclipse his personal celing as an nfl'er by 10 fold and he will still never be half as good as robert griffin
and the two things that made the biggest impression on me yesterday...
2. the crowd....the stadium was at best half empty in OT...a first place team in an amazing football city and its a ghosttown in the stands...ive never seen anything like that at any philly sporting event and ive been going to them for the better part of 40 years....after andy is gone this will be what will have ultimately gotten him fired
1. can someone explain to me how a team that is supposed to contend for a superbowl has colt farging anderson on their two deep...a god damn pos special teamer who is just coming back from a year long hiatus due to a destroyed knee is playing farging safety against calvin johnson....WHAT THE farg!!
Regarding #2 most people who left did so after the Maclin TD [or so I'm told by people who were there]. They thought the game was over. Silly them
Regarding #1 Who in their right mind aside from yourself actually thought this was a Superbowl team? My impression was you made that declaration and decided to stick by it but deep down you knew they had no shot.
Reasons why I knew they had no chance in order:
Vick
Reid
Castillo
The O-line
They have talent in some spots but unmotivated talent with no leadership is useless.
i left after the maclin TD, but we had a time sensitive issue and i couldn't get stuck in traffic coming home
shteinbreak?
More to his point, SD, why is Colt Anderson even on this team. Or Riley Cooper.
Quote from: Tomahawk on October 15, 2012, 08:57:29 AM
shteinbreak?
More to his point, SD, why is Colt Anderson even on this team. Or Riley Cooper.
Or Brandon Hughes...he was abused yesterday.
there are so many things that went wrong for the eagles to lose, and 99% of them self inflicted. and i'm not saying that this cost them the game, but that OPI on Celek in the endzone was a pathetic call. they get 7 there instead of the 3 they got and they can probably hold on, but who the farg knows.
Quote from: SD on October 15, 2012, 08:55:08 AM
Regarding #2 most people who left did so after the Maclin TD [or so I'm told by people who were there]. They thought the game was over. Silly them
i didnt see that at all but that would be even more strange....unless the weather is terrible and the eagles are up by four touchdowns ive never seen a mass exodus from a win
i noticed most people leaving at two different pts...after suh batted the vick pass down when the eagles went three and out with three minutes left and as the lions drove for what would be the tying fg and after they kicked the fg...
it was all about the stadium knowing they were gonna lose and not wanting to see it...i mean even the people who stayed knew they were gonna lose...but it was just bizzaro world seeing the stadium empty like it was a december game where they are getting blown out and already out of the playoffs
i bring it up more because it was amazing to me and because of the statement it made to lurie than i am ripping anyone for leaving
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 15, 2012, 09:05:50 AM
i bring it up more because it was amazing to me and because of the statement it made to lurie than i am ripping anyone for leaving
Lurie doesn't feel it in his pocket when the stadium is half empty with 5 min left in the game. He already made his money for the day. But if the stadium is half empty 5 min into the game.....
Know what will really get your hackles up? Go read how Trent Cole said after the game that they were getting pressure and "we all saw it".
What? In what dream world are these fargers living in?
The STs are terrible, the DC is terrible, the depth is terrible and its infuriating to watch
Every one of them says "We're a better team" and all that shtein. It's so obviously driven from the coaching staff down to the players. There just seems to a complete and total lack of accountability. Nmandi's quotes about the scheme changes were telling as shtein.
http://delcotimes.com/articles/2012/10/15/sports/doc507b1ff13e4a2251904450.txt
Quotenly the seasoned veterans seemed to know what happened, including wide receiver Jason Avant, who delivered a scathing, wide-ranging indictment.
"It's just undisciplined," Avant said. "That's the bottom line. It's undisciplined football and an undisciplined team at this point. And six games in, it's embarrassing. That's the word. It's definitely embarrassing for coaches and for veteran players with the mindset of 'me' before the team in certain instances. And we need to address that before we play another ball game."
Farg Trent Cole. Guy didn't make 1 friggin tackle yesterday and on top of that the $11 million man and his beloved d-line haven't had a sack in 3 straight games. Joke. 3 straight games- the most since 1983
Juan once again doesn't blitz all game until i think the last 5 min of the game (not coincidence they lost in those last 5 min) because he's petrified as a coach, then changes course of Assy on Calvin in which Calvin explodes for over 100 yds in one quarter.
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AND SO, the Eagles enter the bye week with a stumble - and, maybe, some rumblings.
The stumble, you saw - in fantastic technicolor, when the Eagles blew a 10-point lead in the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter and lost to the Detroit Lions in overtime, 26-23. The rumblings were more subtle, and much more interesting.
Because it was after the game that cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha made the following point, with neither rancor nor accusation: that the Lions' Calvin Johnson, perhaps the NFL's best receiver, went crazy in the fourth quarter and overtime because the Eagles changed some of their defensive scheme, adding blitzes and altering the coverage that had Asomugha chasing Johnson around the formation most of the time in the first three quarters.
Johnson had one catch for 28 yards in the first three quarters, without much blitzing and with Asomugha mostly assigned to run around with him. Johnson had five catches for 107 yards in the fourth quarter and overtime, when Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was more involved in the coverage and the blitz was more of a tactic.
On the blitzing:
"The fourth quarter was a lot of blitzing," Asomugha said. "So, the fourth quarter, they were able to find the matchups they wanted amidst the blitzing. You could say, 'You should blitz more,' but we did that and it didn't help us in the end."
On the coverage:
"We kind of just mixed it up," he said. "I was on him most of the game. I think when we got to the fourth quarter, there was a lot more trying to give him a different look. We talked about, 'Let's give him something else,' so that he doesn't get comfortable with the one guy or however it is. So we just wanted to give him a different look. So there were some times that Dominique, especially in the fourth quarter, would go to him. But it wasn't something in particular."
Asomugha is a veteran player. That is what he said. The words mean something, especially in a town where Juan Castillo is still a controversial figure as the defensive coordinator. To openly question a coach's tactical decisions like that will not go unnoticed by the organizational hierarchy.
With that, enjoy the bye week.
Another thing: Asomugha, who also had an interception against the Lions, made it pretty plain that he did not agree with the change in tactics at the end. He knew exactly what the questions were about, and he knew where reporters were headed with their follow-ups, and while he did not pile on, he did not flinch, either.
Question: "As a player, when things go so well for three quarters, is there a sense of wanting to make the other team prove that they can beat what you're doing before you start trying to change things up?"
Asomugha: "Um . . . yeah."
Question: "As a veteran guy on this team whose opinion is respected, is that a spot where you go to your coaches and say, 'Hey, this is working, let's try to use more of what's working.'"
Asomugha: "Um . . . yes."
Question: "Nnamdi, you did change what was working."
Asomugha: "Well, I don't know if we changed what was working. I would just say that I know that we blitzed a lot more toward the end of the game and we didn't do as much blitzing the first 3 1/2 quarters . . . "
Interpret it as you will. The game was an abomination, and there is no denying it. In the NFL, in the last 10 years, a team that held a 10-point lead with 5:18 left in the fourth quarter won the game 205 out of 215 times, which is 95.3 percent of the time, which is a boatload. (All hail the database at pro-football-reference.com.) We all just watched the Eagles get flattened by Halley's comet, or the football equivalent.
But now all of the defensive issues from 2011 are also back on the table. They have now blown leads at the end of the last two games. They are beginning to mimic the historic beneficence with which they started last season. They thought they were past it, but they clearly are not.
"It's very difficult," Asomugha said. "It's very difficult, especially with a bye week. You're not treating the bye week the same as you would have treated it had we come away with the victory. That's why you just see a lot of heads hanging in here, because we know it's a different bye week now. Three-and-three is behind the eight-ball. We've got to now pick it up."
But now there is this business about blitzing and coverage schemes to chew on. Is it real or just a guy groping for something in a losing locker room? No one knows, not yet. But after an ending as bad as this one, this bears watching - because this game should have been unlosable.
"One hundred percent, you have to win that," Asomugha said. "If you can't win those games, then you've got to go back to the drawing board and see what's going on. You've got to be able to close out a game like that. I think we all feel like that on defense."
One hundred percent. Or, at the very minimum, 95.3.
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Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 15, 2012, 09:35:36 AM
http://delcotimes.com/articles/2012/10/15/sports/doc507b1ff13e4a2251904450.txt
Quotenly the seasoned veterans seemed to know what happened, including wide receiver Jason Avant, who delivered a scathing, wide-ranging indictment.
"It's just undisciplined," Avant said. "That's the bottom line. It's undisciplined football and an undisciplined team at this point. And six games in, it's embarrassing. That's the word. It's definitely embarrassing for coaches and for veteran players with the mindset of 'me' before the team in certain instances. And we need to address that before we play another ball game."
Did Spadaro write that shtein? Author seemed pretty homer-ish.
something so dumb today is everyone crushing andy for that final possession in regulation...his play calling was absolutely fine there....they keep saying he threw the ball on first down...technically this is right but it was a swing pass to shady thats a run in the disguise of a high % swing pass
whats being overlooked is dummy lesean going out of bounds....that was a killer
second down bryce brown gets stuffed...i would certainly argue personell here but not play call
3rd and 4 he threw the ball that the midget got blocked
how is that on andy......theres a lot of things that you can murder the guy for but that posession was not one of them
lol @ sunny
I just saw that. The funny part of that is that I don't think it's high enough of a fall to die. I don't think that guy wanted to die (if its real). Maybe he just wanted some broken bones....and maybe that's what sunny wants...broken bones.