Eagles vs. Falcons. MNF. Opener.

[ice grillin you]

also feel like maragos was on the field a lot last night and not on special teams. not a good sign.

yeah im pretty sure when they traded boykin the plan was not to have chris maragos on the field that much....or at all

[Don Ho]

OK night to digest this freak show.  Just heard Sal Pal on Miss' show.

Eagles had:
2 INTs thrown
10 accepted penalties - HUGE penalties
missed field goal to win
punter has a 31 yard kick to set up a FG
Julio eating Maxwell for lunch

YET only lost by 2

I feel so much better

[ice grillin you]

much more concerned that most of the weaknesses I feared coming into the season came to fruition than I am about the loss

[Don Ho]

No doubt.  My biggest fear was the OL coming in.  Secondary shouldn't have surprised us.  Yeah I'm all over Maxwell but Julio Jones may be the best WR in the NFL, at least top 3.  Maxwell looked like dog poop but I'll cut him some slack.  The OL is a big concern.  Peters looked old and beat lst night against the rookie.  The guards are a joke.  Lane Johnson played OK and Kelce is still a beast, damn like the Falcons weren't holdign all night themselves.

WR, shtein man, Huff, KKK, Matthews, Carmichael Jr., Austin.  Talk about it is what it is, that's this group. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

https://twitter.com/olinescout/status/643959083868008448

Peters gettin nasty

[PhillyPhreak54]

PFF graded Kiko Alonso as the worst player in the game Monday

[Eagles_Legendz]

I have no idea how Kiko was for most of the game without going back and rewatching but anyone other than Maxwell grading worst shows the flaws PFF has.

[ice grillin you]

yup

its well known im not a massive analytics guy however i do believe they deservedly have a place in sports...but when it comes to the nfl they are virtually worthless

[phattymatty]

what is PFF?

[SunMo]

Hoyda farging fraternity

[SunMo]

oh the filter makes that less funny

[smeags]

I have no idea how Kiko was for most of the game without going back and rewatching but anyone other than Maxwell grading worst shows the flaws PFF has.

agreed, that int has to account for something. Maxwell on the other hand, might as well have been the mvp for Atlanta.

[ice grillin you]

oh the filter makes that less funny

unpossible

[QB Eagles]

Any average CB in the league would have the kind of day Maxwell had against Julio. He wasn't the worst player on the field, just overmatched. Kiko got nailed for bad tackling attempts and repeatedly getting owned by the Falcons FB on running plays.

FWIW (not much, probably) here are the Eagle grades that PFF publicly released for the game:

NT Bennie Logan (+3.1)
SS Malcolm Jenkins (+2.9)
RT Lane Johnson (+2.8 )
HB Darren Sproles (+2.2)
ILB Mychal Kendricks (+2.1)
DE Fletcher Cox (+1.8 )
LT Jason Peters (+0.2)
OLB Brandon Graham (-0.8 )
QB Sam Bradford (-1.4)
RILB DeMeco Ryans (-2.0)
OLB Connor Barwin (-2.5)
ILB Kiko Alonso (-3.6)

[smeags]

how does being overmatched excuse piss poor play ? Maxwell was owned by anyone he covered.

by PFF's logic, bradley fletcher wasn't that bad eiher.