Week 2 - Giants at Eagles GAME thread

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I blame Garcia for the loss.  He sabotaged the team because of his love for Strahan's bunghole.

[General_Failure]

You've got your top and bottom mixed up there.

[Feva]

You're right.  Feeley's got much more glow around his head than McNabb or Garcia.  And his Eagle is facing the right so that shows he's a rebel.

START A.J. FEELEY!!

[shorebird]

Plax was bottled up for most of the game ('til the 4 th qtr along with everyone else). It was Toomer who was getting to us.

Neither Plax or any other reciever was getting the ball the first half, mainly because of the Eagles putting the pressure on Manning. Plax was complaining on the sidelines like he was open but wasn't getting the ball.

[QB Eagles]

farging smilin' ass quarterbacks... 

AJ's head was too big to fit in a regular size headshot. And the right-facing Eagle is a symbol meaning that he is a Freemason.

[General_Failure]

I thought it meant he was Jewish.

[rjs246]

I thought it meant that you're all idiots.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

A couple things after I finally watched the game again that weren't mentioned enough or need to be mentioned again...

--On plays in the 4th/OT when Johnson only rushed 4 or 5, the Giants had to settle for underneath stuff.  Almost without exception, the big plays were on 6 or 7 man blitzes.

--The Eagles' OL looked lazy as hell by the end of the game.  They'd block one guy for 1/2 a second and then just stand up and dog it... on running plays.  Also there were opportunities if Westbrook hit the hole more quickly, but he was dancing around and juking too much.

--Donovan made more mistakes than we think.  Sure, there were some drops, but he played poorly and made some bad throws, especially late in the game.


Whatever.  I hope they learned something, and I hope the Kearse injury doesn't prove as highly costly as I think it will be.

[ice grillin you]

kearse has been invisible since he got here...not saying they wont miss him to a certain extent but his loss will have no bearing whatsoever on making or missing the playoffs

what the hell are you doing watching that game again...seriously how do you bring yourself...i cant/wont watch a minute of any football until kickoff 4pm sunday

[shorebird]

--Donovan made more mistakes than we think. Sure, there were some drops, but he played poorly and made some bad throws, especially late in the game.

He made some terrible throws. And the illegal motion penalty was inexcusable. I makes you wonder if you can play like that and still pass for multiple TD's and over 300 yards, what would the game have been like if he had played better.

[MURP]

I disagree about McNabb overall.  I counted 8 drops in the game.  If there were no drops McNabb would have had a 77% completion percentage, 3 TD's and 0 INT's.   That is a great game any way you cut it.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

kearse has been invisible since he got here...not saying they wont miss him to a certain extent but his loss will have no bearing whatsoever on making or missing the playoffs

what the hell are you doing watching that game again...seriously how do you bring yourself...i cant/wont watch a minute of any football until kickoff 4pm sunday

I'm not talking about making or missing the playoffs, but I am talking about the edge in talent and playmaking that's the difference between winning a Super Bowl and eaking into the playoffs as a wild card team.

As for the game, it was actually easier to watch knowing the outcome and getting it over with so quickly.  On Sunday it was much worse, because I had the feeling in the pit of my stomach the whole game as they were failing to put the game away that the Giants would get back in it, and it was like slow torture.

Also, I'm more confident about the team possibly doing some good things this year after re-watching.  Even against the max protect, the front four was getting pressure and the patchwork secondary did acceptably OK... it was the all-out blitzing that created almost every big play in the 2nd half for the Giants.

I disagree about McNabb overall.  I counted 8 drops in the game.  If there were no drops McNabb would have had a 77% completion percentage, 3 TD's and 0 INT's.   That is a great game any way you cut it.

He definitely did have an excellent game overall, but he didn't save his best throws for crunch time, and I think that his stupid "playing with the defense" penalty is more forgivable than some of the missed throws.

There were others, but one that sticks with me is the end of the 1st half - he hit Stallworth twice in a row on the sideline... then he was open again for another 15+ gainer, but McNabb's pass was way off.  If he hits that, maybe they come away with 7 and not only 3.  Also on the 4th and 1 play on the drive before that, he threw the ball out of bounds... which made no sense at all.

However, the three things I find most to blame for the loss are the Westbrook fumble, the play of the offensive line late in the game, and the playcalling on both sides of the ball... I'm just saying that McNabb made more mistakes than I remember.

[shorebird]

kearse has been invisible since he got here...not saying they wont miss him to a certain extent but his loss will have no bearing whatsoever on making or missing the playoffs

Kearse looked to me to be playing like he had something to prove this year, which, imo, he did. He might not have had the best of seasons up until this one, but three sacks in two games will be missed

[shorebird]

I disagree about McNabb overall. I counted 8 drops in the game. If there were no drops McNabb would have had a 77% completion percentage, 3 TD's and 0 INT's. That is a great game any way you cut it.

Eight Drops!! Good God, that's baaad. Passing for three TD's is a good game, and the loss wasn't his fault at all, but he did throw some baaad passes. Man, if even half of those passes that were dropped had been caught, it could have made a big difference.

[The BIGSTUD]

kearse has been invisible since he got here...not saying they wont miss him to a certain extent but his loss will have no bearing whatsoever on making or missing the playoffs

what the hell are you doing watching that game again...seriously how do you bring yourself...i cant/wont watch a minute of any football until kickoff 4pm sunday

I donno about invisible, but I think we'll be absolutely fine without Kearse. Still a big loss though. Where we'll miss him most is on run defense. I think Cole is more than capable of replacing the pass rush.