Eagles/Saints talk

[rjs246]

Offensively the Eagles shouldn't have any problems but defensively I don't trust this team at all. Drew Brees is smart, McAllister is tough and their receivers/Bush are dangerous. This could easily turn into a shootout.

[PhillyGirl]

Too bad Stallworth won't be playing because I'm sure he would try to fire up the Eagles against his old team.  No letdown.

How do you know he won't be playing?

[SD_Eagle5]

'the myth of the letdown game' - by igy

theres no such thing kiddies

History proves otherwise....

[PhillyPhreak54]

The Eagles must stop the run this week. Deuce is definitley back to his pre-ACL days and Reggie Bush is simply electrifying. My only gripe with Reggie thusfar is that he dances a tad bit too much.

Last week we identified the Cowboys OL and Bledsoe as the place to attack.

This weekend its also going to be the Saints OL. Although Brees is no statue and he's also back to his pre-injury days.

I love Colston. Helluva pick.

Sean Payton has this team going in the right direction. One thing to watch out for is that Payton, being no stranger to the NFC East (he was a former Eagles coach too) is that he knows how to defend the Eagles.

His days with the Giants featured him max-protecting Kerry Collins and helped preside over that Giants 9 game win streak.

He also max-protected a ton with the Cowboys and we saw what they did to the Birds when they had a ton of blockers in there to help.

Now - will the Eagle DL, which is better than any that Payton has ever seen in Philly, step it up? I believe so. Darren Howard is making his return and Trent Cole is a man-beast.

Attack Points On New Orleans;

1. Jamar Nesbit - Jeff Faine - Jahri Evans interior trio

Faine is very undersized and could have problems against Trotter when Jeremiah throws his shoulder in those A gaps. He'll have to help out the OG's a lot too.

Nesbit vs. Walker/Bunkley is advantage Eagles.

I really like Jahri Evans too. He's a local kid (Bloomsburg) who the Eagles were very high on. He'll be facing Mike Patterson and LaJuan ramsey.

2. Jammal Brown & Jon Stinchcomb

Brown is a potential stud. But he's still raw. He'll have to face a guy in Cole who can blow by him. Can he pass block without help of the backs and a TE? We'll see.

I love the Howard vs. Stinchcomb matchup.

3. Mark Simoneau

They know how to pick on Mark. I expect them to exploit him.

4. Omar Stoutmire

The loss of Roman Harper is HUGE. Stoutmire is his replacement and he can be beaten on the play fakes

[Eaglez]

I hope Stallworth can straigthen the hammy out for this game.

It will probably be somewhat tough, but its definitely a winnable game. They seem to be executing particularly well on offense and calling all the right plays. If the D-line can continue to get pressure up front we'll be in good shape.

Plus, Payton scares me from a coaching standpoint. He always gameplans well and knows how to prepare his QB's for the Eagles array of blitz packages. Here's hoping that our secondary gets completely healed soon so we could possibly drop back in coverage and just let the d-line tee off like they've been doing so far this year.

Also, cutting back on the blitz can help in the run department too -- a lot of the big plays against the Eagles in the run game on Sunday came when they blitzed allowing the Cowboys to run a lot of counter delays to the opposite end of the blitz.

[Rome]

'the myth of the letdown game' - by igy

theres no such thing kiddies

I'll disagree here.

Super Bowl XV = biggest letdown game ever.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I doubt Stallworth plays. Don't have a good feeling there.

But I think that they'll be OK. With Donovan playing like he is I think he'd be able to win with any three random  er's as his WRs.

Suit up, Z.

[ice grillin you]

he was on with eskin and it sure didnt sound like he was gonna play...he must have said five times how he has to make sure he doesnt come back too early

[Rome]

I doubt Stallworth plays. Don't have a good feeling there.

But I think that they'll be OK. With Donovan playing like he is I think he'd be able to win with any three random  er's as his WRs.

Suit up, Z.

Put me in, coach.  I got skillz.

[MURP]

Saints seem to be playing well, but they have also barely beaten some crap teams. 

- They beat Cleveland by 5 points
- Beat the Packers by 7 while giving up 27 points.
- destroyed Atlanta in the magical dome opener
- Lost to Carolina
- Beat Tampa Bay by 3 giving up 21 points to a teams starting a rookie QB in his first game.



They are finding ways to win, obviously thats good... but they are not as good as the media is making em IMO.

[Eaglez]

Haha, my hair won't fit in the helmet, bro.

The Eagles are definitely in a good position before the bye. There is no doubt they have more talent than the Saints, and the Eagles have been executing all year, really. Everyone can point to the Giants (and maybe the first half of the Packers game -- but even in that game they moved the ball and Buck just put it on the ground twice; it wasn't a collective team problem) game but that probably was an abberation more than anything, and I'll take Trotter at his word that they learned from it.

If Stallworth has to sit out to the bye, I think we can manage. If sitting out until after the bye gets him straightened out for the 2nd half and a playoff run, then it's all good. We will definitely need him with that horrendous stretch of road divisional games.

Reggie needs to get some stick'um on those hands. His drops have been inexcusable. He has the ability to make big plays, but he drops too many easy balls. It seems Pinkston-esque. Todd could always make a big play when he was healthy, but he would drop incredibly easy balls.

Hank has played very well in a limited role. I'll be excited to see what he can do with more playing time. For an undrafted rookie FA he shows a lot of composure and has proved to be extremely sure-handed in clutch situations. We'll see though; it's still too early to get excited over one big play (although it was a helluva play).

[ice grillin you]

opponent records

eagles 9-14
saints 8-15

[phattymatty]

if we lose on sunday i might not even be able to go out drinking on bourbon street afterwards.


HAHA i couldn't even write that without laughing.

[The BIGSTUD]

This will be a fairly tough game I think. It won't be as tough as Dallas, but it will still be tough. I'm not worried about the Saints defense. Their offense is playing well though. If we can win the field position battle, then we should win pretty comfortably. If not it will obviously be tougher, but we will need to stop Deuce above all else. Payton usually coaches good games against the Eagles.

I'm not really worried about the let down. The Saints played the Bucs and had an emotional win. It wasn't as emotional as our win, but they are still a team coming into their own. The Eagles have been here before. We should have the mental edge.

[MDS]

I don't care about games that are not endlessly hyped up around the return of a bombastic wide reciever and what his over-zealous ex-fans will do to welcome him back. Next.