The farg you Andy... I mean post-game thread

[FreakisaKearseWord]

Eckel sez: "Kearse was never good in the first place.  Look at his sack numbers each year."

Yeah, I have to admit, he's been voerrated since he's been on the Eagles. His sack numbers have been declining. Even though being a DE is mroe than sacks, he hasn't been putting on pressure either.

[MURP]

what did Eckel say the day they signed kearse. 

[Purple_Hayz]

In fact, C, I remember in the 3rd quarter, it was stone silent in the stadium.  Bledsoe audibles, and you could actually hear Trotter yell, "It's coming left, it's coming left."  What happened?  Run, off left guard, 15 yd gain.  Are you farging kidding me?  Trotter recognized the play correctly, and they still blew us up.  Ridiculous.

I heard that.

That happened in the Super Bowl too on a screen pass. Trotter is screaming "screen left, screen left, screen left!! Mark, watch the screen!"

What happens? Pats run a screen to the left and Simoneau gets blown up.

You sure that wasn't Adams and not Simoneau?  IIRC Sims was pretty gimped up and didn't play much in the latter half of last season.  Either way the thing that stood out to me about those screens that NE was running was that they were just reading our D like a book.  Whenever we tried to bring pressure they were able to run the play away from it and capitalize on their superior positioning.  They just flat-out got more blockers out in front of the ball carrier than we had defenders.

Unfortunatley for us, that little problem has carried over to this season.  The Chiefs exposed our weakness at the edges last week and Dallas took notes and exploited our inability to consistently contain the ball-carrier.  With our D-line getting manhandled the way that it has been it often only takes one good block on an Eagles linebacker to make a big play so if I'm Sean Payton I want to attack the edges like crazy because I like matching a lineman or Whitten one-on-one with little 225 lb. Simoneau all day.

At the LB position we're also weaker than I expected us to be because Jones is still up-and-down and Keith Adams is playing badly enough to be steadily losing playing time to Simoneau for farg's sake.

I think Simoneau made a sacrifice to the overhead football deities - I haven't seen much of Simonizer hitting people and bouncing off this year.

Actually, he happens to have a Keith Adams voodoo doll that he abuses pretty regularly.

[methdeez]

I've completely lost faith in our defensive line, even Kearse. The only way I can trust them again if Kearse gets 4  sacks, Hollis Thomas gets a fumble recovery and a sack, and Mike Patterson gets an interception in the next two weeks....and that includes the bye.

Mike Patterson has been playing damn good for a rookie.

[stillupfront]

Was Sean Payton the O-coordinator for the Giants during the Fassel era?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yep.

[Purple_Hayz]

Don't forget that at some point Fossil started calling the plays himself.

[stillupfront]

Didn't the G-men beat us 10 straight with him calling plays? I said years ago that guy has JJ's number. Hope he doesn't share the secret with anyone else.

[SD_Eagle5]

One more gripe I have, why does it take so damned long to get the play in? Its like they're taking their time on purpose. I'm pretty sure they know there's a play clock so where's the problem? I'm so sick of seeing Donovan with that 'oh shtein' look on his face when he hurries to take a Timeout to avoid a delay of game.

[Purple_Hayz]

Didn't the G-men beat us 10 straight with him calling plays? I said years ago that guy has JJ's number. Hope he doesn't share the secret with anyone else.

Yes.  Yes they did.   We were eventually able to put the clamps on his style by laying off the blitzes and playing more basic football and I think Payton reminded JJ on Sunday of why that was a good idea.

[rjs246]

One more gripe I have, why does it take so damned long to get the play in? Its like they're taking their time on purpose. I'm pretty sure they know there's a play clock so where's the problem? I'm so sick of seeing Donovan with that 'oh shtein' look on his face when he hurries to take a Timeout to avoid a delay of game.

It's part of AR's gameplan. The patented first-drive-of-the-first-quarter timeout. It's a difference maker.

[Philly_Crew]

Could have used Corey Simon out there.

[General_Failure]

Nah, the defense was able to get run over just fine I thought.

[ice grillin you]

Mike Patterson has been playing damn good for a rookie

key words...for a rookie...why is a rookie out there being depended on to start on a superbowl winning team...he is right smack in the middle of his learning curve and should be doing so behind simon walker and hollis...and he hasnt even hit the rookie wall yet...and at his size you can be guaranteed he will

but no get rid of your best lineman and on october 12 still be 12 mil under the cap...meanwhile kenyonta marshall is getting run...inexcusable

[General_Failure]

Oh good, this nonsense again. Simon never signed the tender, dipshtein.