Let the 2005 season begin. GAME THREAD!

[PhillyPhanInDC]

San Fran
Oakland

We'll be 2-1 after those two cupcakes.

Dawk was awesome tonight. The defense was on fire except for two plays.

All the offense on this loss. McNabb was terrible.

Werd life 4 realz. That about sums up this topic. Next post please!

[PhillyPhreak54]

Agreed. The Coleman concern rang true.

But Rod didn't own Andrews....he owned Artis. They moved him to RDT.

I think that's his natural position.  That's usually where the undertackle lines up.

Could be. But he started off at LDT and played LDT last year.

Kearny also switched over a lot to RDE.

[Geowhizzer]

I Tivo'd the game I can go watch it again. I remember the pass leaving Vicks hands, and Dawk running to the ball to catch up with Jenkins as fast as he can, but the ball went over Dawk's hands as he jumped and tried to knock it down, but I wouldn't consider that covered. Dawk was not with him all the way down the field as far as I remember. Dawk had to come back to Jenkins. I'll watch it over again though.

You're more man than I am, watching any part of that stuff again.

All I can say is that my referral output will probably be increased tomorrow.  Those little munchkins better not say a DARN word about this game- if they know what's good for them. 

[ice grillin you]

btw where are the people saying the dome wouldnt make any difference...if you watched this or any other atlanta game and cant see a world of difference in their team then i dont know what to say

they are so much more confident at home its not even funny...its like they arent even the same team

[Sgt PSN]

Gonna try and look at some positives.....

I thought Lambinjo did a nice job filling in for Trott. 

Patterson started getting some push up the middle as the game went on which really started to disrupt Atlanta's running game. 

Dawkins had himself a nice game.  He started off a little slow last year so it's nice to see him fired up already.  The Eagles needed him out there tonight more than ever. 

Lewis looked pretty good in his first game as a starter.

Koy looked great on the sidelines. 

That's about it. 

Edit:  Rod Hood was great on punt coverage.  On the Eagles last punt Rossum signaled for a fair catch and Hood was throwing a fit because he wanted to drill him again. 

[Larry]

Westbrook had a decent game as well.  Now if only he can get some run blocking.

[Eaglez]

The Eagles deserved to lose tonight.

They turned the ball over three times on the road yet still somehow had a chance to win it at the end. The defense held tough, but when you are practically on the field all night there isn't much you can do.

The Eagles kept making mistakes and the D gave them the ball back in great position numerous times. The offense didn't show up and cost us the game. McNabb was out to lunch. Too many complex motion plays and double shifts. When we kept it simple we moved the ball. We got in trouble when we tried to get fancy and it killed drives.

It also seemed like AR went to the same old plays throughout the night. Too many quick slants and he just seemed too predictable.

It was a weak showing on MNF the first game of the season. I was hoping they would set a better tempo than this, but also give the Falcons credit. Their defense made our offense quit. They mauled us at the line of scrimmage and made us their bitch when we tried to run the ball. I thought this line was supposed to be mauling people, not getting bitch slapped by an undersized defense. It was pretty sad.

Our D kept us in the game. They played pretty well, although I have my concerns against the run. Some of the holes that Dunn was running through looked like you could fit a truck through. This team needs to get its aggression back in a hurry. I did not like what I saw out of both ends of the ball, but especially on the offensive side.

The D needs to get better against the run, and the offense needs to get better in all facets. I just can't believe how many drives were killed tonight by sloppy play.

Yeah well. Next week hopefully we can beat up on the Niners and get back on track quickly.

[PhillyPhreak54]

btw where are the people saying the dome wouldnt make any difference...if you watched this or any other atlanta game and cant see a world of difference in their team then i dont know what to say

they are so much more confident at home its not even funny...its like they arent even the same team

I really didn't think it would be a factor because I thought the Eagles O would take them out of it.

I think they blew their wad tonight though (fans).

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Gonna try and look at some positives.....

I thought Lambinjo did a nice job filling in for Trott. 

Patterson started getting some push up the middle as the game went on which really started to disrupt Atlanta's running game. 

Dawkins had himself a nice game.  He started off a little slow last year so it's nice to see him fired up already.  The Eagles needed him out there tonight more than ever. 

Lewis looked pretty good in his first game as a starter.

Koy looked great on the sidelines. 

That's about it. 

Did a good job holding for the slacker, no-name place kicker we have too. 

[Geowhizzer]

btw where are the people saying the dome wouldnt make any difference...if you watched this or any other atlanta game and cant see a world of difference in their team then i dont know what to say

they are so much more confident at home its not even funny...its like they arent even the same team

Honestly, IGY, this team could have lost anywhere.  They just played like crap.  Can't put all of that on the dome or the Atlanta crowd.

The crowd did make a huge difference on that one 3rd down penalty, though.

[QB Eagles]

The one negative thing I did notice about the defense was that Kearse was not nearly the force he was in the last game against Vick. In fact, Vick was getting a lot of stuff done on Kearse's end. Also, Kearse had a lot of trouble picking up that one fumble with those huge hands of his.

[BigEd76]

WE NEED BURGESS BACK!

P-H-I-L-L-I-E-S PHILLIES!!1 

[Sgt PSN]

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P-H-I-L-L-I-E-S PHILLIES!!1

Shut up, jerk! 

[PhillyPhreak54]

The one negative thing I did notice about the defense was that Kearse was not nearly the force he was in the last game against Vick. In fact, Vick was getting a lot of stuff done on Kearse's end. Also, Kearse had a lot of trouble picking up that one fumble with those huge hands of his.

They were running right at Kearse to neutralize his speed. He had to play contain on Vick outside or they had a TE kicking him outside.

He got yelled at by Jim Johnson last year for trying to scoop and score after the fumbles. Betcha JJ digs his ass again.

[Larry]

It also seemed like AR went to the same old plays throughout the night. Too many quick slants and he just seemed too predictable.

I thought these were the most reliable plays.

We started fargin up when we got cute...the backward pass...Westbrook going on an end around and losing 5 yards on 2nd and short...the constant shifting of the players in an unfriendly environment.  Just line up and use your playmakers.