...because it's football.
...because both teams are in the NFC playoff hunt.
...because Blair Kiel is busy icing cookies.
3 and out to start for Philly.
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Dude basically fell off a cliff, eh?
Easy to go down the field when the defense keeps committing personal fouls.
@Blair Kiel posted:Dude basically fell off a cliff, eh?
And yet he'd be an upgrade for Chicago.
Lol nice play calling at the goaline Petey.
@Fedya posted:And yet he'd be an upgrade for Chicago.
The Wentz Foles tandem, back by popular demand.
I don't see Pettine giving up over 30 to Philly this week.
Carson Wentz looks shell shocked right now from getting hit so many times, which means, most likely, that Pettine will rush 3 all day on Sunday.
This just in....
QB play matters. Good grief.
Wentz looks worse than Trubisky, as hard as that’s to believe
Third and long and Philly leaves Slay out on an island with Metcalf and no safety help over the top. Explain this to me
That Chris Carson run where he drug a guy about 6 yards suggests the defense has almost given up.
Refs trying to make it a game.....2 not first downs and a ball nowhere near the LOS on 3 successive plays.
@Pikes Peak posted:Refs trying to make it a game.....2 not first downs and a ball nowhere near the LOS on 3 successive plays.
The miss on the intentional grounding was horrible. There is a line judge standing right at the LOS that sees the ball land 4 yards behind him. There is no way you can miss that.
Ever notice how other defenses regularly are in a downfield position to contain a play and tackle ballcarrier backward vs Packers D who seem to be trailing and tackle forward for an extra few yards?
This Eagles offense is inept. If our defense can’t stop these guys, well let’s just say that would not bode well for the end of the season.
DickRod with another hail mary in the endzone.
Seattle -6.5.Eagles cover with the 2-point conversion. Probably some unhappy gamblers tonight.
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life in the nfl without a competent qb is hell. hard game to watch when the qb is struggling...nobody is helping him with all those drops, I had to stop watching...this could be life after AR, chew on that for a bit. iww, no thanks.
@pkr_north posted:life in the nfl without a competent qb is hell. hard game to watch when the qb is struggling...nobody is helping him with all those drops, I had to stop watching...this could be life after AR, chew on that for a bit. iww, no thanks.
Carson Wentz counts 59 million if the Eagles move on this offseason. That means he’s on their roster next year no matter what.
I wonder how much Reich had to do with Wentz's success and if he could end up in IND once Rivers dries up.
@GreenBayLA posted:Ever notice how other defenses regularly are in a downfield position to contain a play and tackle ballcarrier backward vs Packers D who seem to be trailing and tackle forward for an extra few yards?
Every single week.
Crazy story about the end
@MichiganPacker2 posted:I'd still draft Elgton Jenkins over DJ Metcalf.
If you have a redraft of 2019 both of these guys are gone in the first 15 picks. Maybe 10.
@PackerHawk posted:If you have a redraft of 2019 both of these guys are gone in the first 15 picks. Maybe 10.
They might even go top 5 since it looks like a pretty poor draft for QBs. Kyler Murray at #1 looks OK so far, even though he's got an RG3 vibe to him (great dual-threat guy that once he gets dinged up isn't going to be an elite pocket passer). Daniel Jones at #5 overall. Dwayne Haskins at #15 and Drew Lock at #42 were all taken before Jenkins and Metcalf. Once you get by the fact there is probably only good QB in this draft, the only other guy that would probably still get chosen before them is Nick Bosa (#2 overall). A lot of other solid players, the LB from Tampa Bay that dominated us (Devin White at #7 overall), a couple of guys with double-digit career sacks (Josh Allen and Brian Burns), and Darnell Savage is tied for most interceptions so far from the draft. However, no real obvious superstars. In 20 years, it's likely that Metcalf and Jenkins are 2 of the 3 most likely HOF candidates from this draft class (assuming Nick Bosa gets healthy).
@YATittle posted:Crazy story about the end
Especially since going for 2 really didn't make any sense.
@pkr_north posted:life in the nfl without a competent qb is hell. hard game to watch when the qb is struggling...nobody is helping him with all those drops, I had to stop watching...this could be life after AR, chew on that for a bit. iww, no thanks.
We got a glimpse of it a few times over the last decade: Brett Hundley, Kizer, Seneca Wallace, Scott Tolzein.
I remember watching the first games Rodgers missed in 2013 and thinking the ball was moving in slow motion when it was in the air on passes compared to what I was used to seeing in Packers games.
It's been 29 years. We'll see if Jordan Love can come remotely close to maintaining this string in 2-3 years.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Carson Wentz looks shell shocked right now from getting hit so many times, which means, most likely, that Pettine will rush 3 all day on Sunday.
Going into last night, Wentz had been hit 99 times already this season.
@PA green & gold posted:Going into last night, Wentz had been hit 99 times already this season.
We often forget that these guys are human and even some of the toughest guys can get a football equivalent of PTSD (not equating it to actual combat but it can cause some problems in the field) by getting hit over and over like this. It happened to David Carr most recently (the number 1 overall pick in 2002). Kurt Warner went through about a 5 year period starting with the end of his time with the Rams where he was awful because Martz' offense was predicated on getting as many guys out on routes as possible while leaving the QB to absorb some brutal hits by design.
Wentz has also had a lot of injuries so far in his career. That’s a function of how he plays and how many hits he’s absorbed. He’s been living on borrowed time and will continue to do so IMO. You can only get knocked down or drilled so many times before it takes its toll.
As for the 2019 draft, I agree that Jenkins and Metcalf were stud players but holy crap take a look at some other guys in and around those picks. Marquise Brown at 25. Deebo Samuel at 36. AJ (freaking) Brown at 51. Mecole Hardman at 56. Dionte Johnson at 66. I mean, all of them could have gone R1 based on their performance.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:We often forget that these guys are human and even some of the toughest guys can get a football equivalent of PTSD (not equating it to actual combat but it can cause some problems in the field) by getting hit over and over like this. It happened to David Carr most recently (the number 1 overall pick in 2002). Kurt Warner went through about a 5 year period starting with the end of his time with the Rams where he was awful because Martz' offense was predicated on getting as many guys out on routes as possible while leaving the QB to absorb some brutal hits by design.
PTSD is not exclusively tied to combat. It is an issue with personal trauma. Rape victims suffer tremendously from PTSD.