Jeremy Maclin - Philadelphia Eagle

[PhillyPhreak54]

Good first showing, IMO. Other than the bonehead muff.

[PhillyPhreak54]

It is quite surprising to me how much he is contributing after the hold out. I thought he'd be invisible all year. Granted his presence in there is due to Curtis' injury, but he's taking advantage and has effective Wally Pipped Kevin Curtis.

Add in the fact that he's picked up the offense coming from the spread at Mizzou and its even better

[shorebird]

He looks for real. That TD catch was the shtein. Total concentration on that ball with the defender hanging on his back.

[Fan_Since_64]

I like Maclin a lot. He always seems to make great catches while well covered (what a concept - receivers with great hands who can make plays!). That TD catch today was the best yet! 

[hbionic]

I agree...a receiver that catches with his hands and not his body. Whodathunk?

[shorebird]

It's been a long time, if ever that this team has had two weapons like this at wr. The only thing that can screw it up is Andy's lopsided play calling.

[General_Failure]

That and career-ending injuries.

[Sgt PSN]

It's been a long time, if ever that this team has had two weapons like this at wr. The only thing that can screw it up is Andy's lopsided play calling.

the only other legit wr duo i can remember the eagles having is arkansas fred and calvin williams and pimp/maclin can easily overtake them. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Since I was at the game yesterday I couldn't see replays or pause and rewind. I just finished watching the game on DVR and two plays stood out to me;

1. The missed pass that we discussed earlier. You know, the one that went right through his hands? Yeah - it looked as bad replaying it as it did in person. But McNabb did not launch a rocket, like IGY suggested. And yes the ball was on his back shoulder but the damn thing was catchable. And despite my previous thought that he looked up field, he did not. His head was looking right at the ball and it still went through his mitts.

2. The last play for the Eagles...Maclin runs a go down the sideline and draws double coverage. Mike Jenkins and Ken Hamlin are there and what is Jeremy Maclin doing? Looking at Ken Hamlin. He's not even looking for the ball! He was watching Hamlin close in on him.

From where I was standing their backs were to me and I could hear Hamlin talking shtein to Maclin, but I couldn't see that his eyes were fixated on Hamlin bearing down on him. Good job, rook.

[rjs246]

Uh, the score was 20-something to nothing with like 3 minutes left. Why was Maclin or Jackson or McNabb or anyone with a pulse still even on the field? Maclin making no effort on that pass proved one thing and one thing only, that he is smarter than every coach on the Eagles sideline to give up on a meaningless play when he shouldn't have even been on the field.

[rjs246]

Oh, and I rewatched that pass that McNabb farged up over and over again and he launched that farger at a receiver who was 9 yards away. A farging underhand pass would have been more effective.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Launched?

The thing had a hump in it...it wasn't a bullet.

[Tomahawk]

It was way harder than it needed to be. If McNabb threw in front of him, Maclin could have broken a finger catching it. Instead, we had to watch Maclin miss out on making what would have been a hell of a sweet catch

[ice grillin you]

Oh, and I rewatched that pass that McNabb farged up over and over again and he launched that farger at a receiver who was 9 yards away. A farging underhand pass would have been more effective.

hence the reason it was uncatchable....unless you watch it on some matrix type slo mo replay...you know how in that movie when the doods lean backwards and dodge the bullett...that was the football version of that scene

[Rome]

Launched?

The thing had a hump in it...it wasn't a bullet.

for god's sake, jay... that was a rocket.

stop.