Week 6 - Detroit Lions - Discussion Thread

[DH]

or stop being such a jew and fly up and go to the game. tickets are floating around like tom mees in his best friends pool.

holy shtein where did that come from kid?

I'm having a bad day.

[hbionic]

I feel the opposite.

Eagles crush lions. Our line will inexplicably go off for over 10 sacks. D-Line that is.

No way they get over 10 sacks...it'll be 6 to 10 tops

I'll bet you a beer in New Orleans.

[reese125]

The Lions are a fraud this year.

And the Eagles are what?

Super Bowl champions this year.

[ice grillin you]

nfc east leaders right now.....having beaten the giants and ravens and lost at pittsburgh and at arizona

and dont look now but giants at 49ers and cowboys at ravens this weekend

gonna be a niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice bye week

[SD]

Ricky Watters will be an honorary captain at Sundays game:
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/20121011_Marcus_Hayes__Watters_lives_with_aftereffects_of_punishing_football_career.html

He's 43 and broken down

[Tomahawk]

Ricky Watters will be an honorary captain at Sundays game

For who? for what?

[General_Failure]

Because they haven't embarrassed current players enough in front of former players.

[SD]

According to Eskin Damaris Johnson is inactive for today's game. Does that mean Desean is returning punts today? I usually don't support this but they need to do a better job of getting the ball in Desean's hands and this is one way to do it. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

The following Eagles are inactive for today's 1 p.m. game against the Lions: Trent Edwards, Damaris Johnson, Dion Lewis, Jamar Chaney, Steve Vallos, Nate Menkin and Vinny Curry.

Johnson's out, and Riley Cooper will be active for the first time all season. Cooper suffered a fractured collarbone during training camp. He'll be the team's fourth wide receiver and contribute on special teams.

The other notable part about Johnson sitting is that it opens up the punt returner spot. It seems likely that DeSean Jackson would be back there, something that Bobby April talked about earlier this week. Mardy Gilard could get a shot too. Johnson had fielded nine fair catches and failed to notch a return longer than 13 yards in the first five games.

At running back, Lewis is inactive after dressing for the first time all year against the Steelers. Taking his place on the gameday roster will be Chris Polk, who was active for the first four games before sitting against Pittsburgh.

On the offensive line, Vallos is once again inactive, meaning Evan Mathis is your backup center should Dallas Reynolds go down. Dennis Kelly and King Dunlap are the team's backup linemen. Both are tackles, but each has played guard in the past.

On the defensive side of the ball, Chaney is inactive for the first time in two seasons. Chaney started the last two games for Akeem Jordan, but Jordan returns today at the WILL spot.

No other surprises on the defensive side of the ball. Curry, a second-round pick, has yet to dress this season.

As for the Lions, they'll get safety Louis Delmas back for the first time all season. Defensive end Cliff Avril, who was listed as questionable, will also dress.

[SD]

Not that I'm defending Johnson because he scares the shtein out of me ever since he fumbled the ball but the coverage teams haven't given him much room to run. If Desean can blow it up today than we'll know that Johnson needs to be replaced.

[PhillyPhreak54]

The ST coverages and blocking have been atrocious. Pimp may break one for a nice gain simply because of his experience setting guys up to miss...but I won't hold my breath.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Bowen says Boykin and Gilyard are back fielding punts in practice right now

[SD]

Bowen says Boykin and Gilyard are back fielding punts in practice right now

Thanks for the buzzkill

[PhillyPhreak54]

lol...

I have an eerie feeling that the Lions are going to come out swinging today. They have been awful all year on offense and watch today be the day they blow up

[PhillyPhreak54]

Good start

Henery touchback...good D....Gilyard fields the punts

And the stupid goddamn offense is at it again

Marty starts with a throw and then they get cute on a toss to Pimp

COME ON, MARTY