Week 2 - Post Game Talk

[Sgt PSN]

Much like there were few positives to take away from last week's game, there aren't a whole lot of negatives to talk about this week. 

McNabb was excellent.  He didn't take off running today either however he did move around today rather than stay in the pocket all game.  He was accurate and made pretty good reads.  Other than the fumble, McNabb was spectacular. 

The O-line showed up to play today.  Only 1 or 2 penalties that I can remember on the line today.  SF got very little pressure on McNabb today.  As the game went on they were able to open up some running lanes for Westy and Gordon.  Much better than a week ago. 

LJ Smith.  Where the hell did this guy come from?  Career day for LJ today.  He was excellent not only looking the ball into his hands but once he secured the ball he was making people miss. 

Westy got off to a slow start running today but finished near 100 yards rushing and around 130 in total yards while finding the endzone again.  Solid performance. 

TO was TO.  He and McNabb are on the same page and they seem to have put the offseason behind them.  Look out now. 

Parry was decent today.  I'd like to see him do a little more in the blocking aspect of the game but he did make a couple of nice catches and I don't remember him dropping any.  So well done to him. 

D-line got pretty good pressure today.  I thought Hollis played a nice game, especially against the run. 

Dhani Jones.  Here's a guy who was invisible last week but he made a few nice plays today.  That interception was beautiful.  It's not too often that you see linebackers making those types of plays. 

Dawkins had a solid game as did the entire secondary. 

Special Teams coverage was solid again today.  Akers' leg is a concern.  I'm wondering what the hell Reid was thinking by letting him kick the ball in the second half today.  He wasn't getting any distance on it and his last kick bounced from the 30 to the 20 before SF fielded it.  Bartrum can do that.  There was absolutely no reason to put Akers out there imo because if he seriously injures himself then it does make things a little harder on the rest of the team. 

I guess no matter how well things go in a game, we Eagles fans are going to bitch about something.  And the decision to keep running Akers out there is the thing that I'm going to bitch about.  Words just can't express how stupid that was to keep sending him out there.   

Ok, that's all for me.  I'm starting to get pissed off instead of enjoying this ass whooping.  So to sum things up, it was an ass kicking just as it should have been.  Whooping up on the 9ers isn't something to be "proud" of because there was no reason what so ever for that team to hang with the Eagles on the field today. 

[WEST is GOD]

Andrews shoulder contusion

MRI tomorrow

I think he stayed in the game though

[WEST is GOD]

Oh and one thing to note was that TO didn't get a catch in the 2nd half. He only played in the 3rd quarter basically though.

[PhillyPhreak54]

1. Shawn Andrews has a shoulder contusion (MRI tomorrow). The same injury he had in camp. Adrien Clarke came in and played pretty well for him.

2. Artis Hicks was better today, but he got blown up on one play and almost got Westbrook killed. Brian cut out of trouble and got a nice gain though.

3. I wanted a fargin shutout.

4. Mike Patterson really gets a good push

5. Hollis Thomas again was solid...almost had an INT

6. Dhani's INT was nice

7. I like the Gordon pick-up

[Geowhizzer]

I wonder if Reid put Akers back there figuring it was easier to replace a kicker than it was to replace a good long snapper. 

At least Akers got it to the 10 on his last kick.  Still worried about that leg, though.

[Eaglez]

Everyone impressed me today. The game was nearly flawless. I was a little irked by the screw up down in the red zone with the 9 yard loss and then the subsequent McNabb fumble, but it was more so because I want them to capitalize in that territory. Sure, it didn't cost them, but whenever you are in the red zone you need to put points up. I just don't want bad habits to form inside that territory, especially when we face more talented teams down the road.

LJ played awesome, and I really love the addition of Lamar Gordon. He's a player who can really do what we would have hoped Buckhalter could have done for us over the last few seasons. He's a great compliment to Westbrook and he showed an ability to catch passes out of the backfield.

I liked Dorsey, but when you can pick up a 25 year old with better speed, vision, athletic ability, and quickness, then, well, its a no brainer. yeah, Dorsey knows the system, but so does Andy. That doesn't mean we are going to be lining him up in the backfield on short yardage situations. I think Lamar can really help us out in the long haul and help pick up tough yards and break some nice gains between the tackles. Great pickup for the Eagles.

Everyone played so well today. The team came out and showed they are the elite team in the NFC. Took care of business and never looked back. This is the team I was hoping would have shown up today and I loved every minute of it.

[Geowhizzer]

Everyone impressed me today. The game was nearly flawless. I was a little irked by the screw up down in the red zone with the 9 yard loss and then the subsequent McNabb fumble, but it was more so because I want them to capitalize in that territory. Sure, it didn't cost them, but whenever you are in the red zone you need to put points up. I just don't want bad habits to form inside that territory, especially when we face more talented teams down the road.

LJ played awesome, and I really love the addition of Lamar Gordon. He's a player who can really do what we would have hoped Buckhalter could have done for us over the last few seasons. He's a great compliment to Westbrook and he showed an ability to catch passes out of the backfield.

I liked Dorsey, but when you can pick up a 25 year old with better speed, vision, athletic ability, and quickness, then, well, its a no brainer. yeah, Dorsey knows the system, but so does Andy. That doesn't mean we are going to be lining him up in the backfield on short yardage situations. I think Lamar can really help us out in the long haul and help pick up tough yards and break some nice gains between the tackles. Great pickup for the Eagles.

Everyone played so well today. The team came out and showed they are the elite team in the NFC. Took care of business and never looked back. This is the team I was hoping would have shown up today and I loved every minute of it.

I don't know... someone slip a cheesesteak in the end zone, who's going to bring the big guy down?

[PhillyGirl]

[hunt]

it's nice to see some of you finally seeing the light & hopping on the gordon bandwagon...he friggin rules. 
good game today...i wish they could play the niners every week.

[SD_Eagle5]

I thought we looked awful today. We gave up too many yards on D, and our Offense was inconsistent in the second half. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Daunte is nothing without Randy.

[Feva]

Seriously... what bad can you say about a 42-3 ass whoopin?!

I guess all the negative has to do with Akers.  I'm worried when "Mr. Automatic" ain't so.... automatic.  Who knows, maybe that hammy that he tweaked today has been the problem all along though.

Everyone contributed today... EVERYONE.  Even McCants... who probably knows about 2 plays got into the act.  11 different players on offense caught a pass, 3 players had INT's (Dhani's was a thing of beauty!), 3 had sacks... there was pressure on Rattay all day long.  Simoneau kicked a fargin' XP for christ's sake!  Lamar Gordon... hell yeah! 

The bottom line is the Eagles needed to come out and make a statement that says, "Hey, we're still here and we need to be dealt with in the NFC!" and (even though it was the Niners) they did just that.

To make it even sweeter is the Falcons are getting their asses handed to them right now, 21-0! 

[Sgt PSN]

The Falcons blew their load last week.  I think most of us have been aware of that.  They're still a good team and should be in the playoffs but they are not on the same level as the Eagles imo.  They got fired up for one game.  That was it.  Now they can go back to being above average in a below average division. 

[General_Failure]

Westbrook danced a bit too much, but he managed to pick up big chunks of yards on the plays that actually worked.

Trotter sucks. Start Simoneau.

[PhillyGirl]

TO's TD celebrations were weak.

Who does he think he is with that shtein? Its insulting.