OrangeAndBlackMetal
Dark Wizard of the Black Cascade
lol i mean literally, alcohol is better for you than pepsi, if anything quit the pepsi.
lol i mean literally, alcohol is better for you than pepsi, if anything quit the pepsi.
They're still nowhere close to last season's peak. They were blowing the doors off of teams. The biggest change from the middle of the season to now is the defense. That's not Nick Foles.
lol i mean literally, alcohol is better for you than pepsi, if anything quit the pepsi.
I'm in a bit of a weird spot with Wentz. I thought he needed a ton of work coming out and was massively overrated as a rookie and to start last season, which also meant I feel like he didn't get enough respect for what he turned into from the Arizona game forward. That was a quantum leap.
At least in the circles I travel, the argument was more along the lines of that stretch earning him the right to play through his struggles this year than arguing he was the same guy. I'm still pretty on board with that, but there was definitely a regression. I do wish they reined the offense in a little more for him to ease him back, but there was so much turnover that the staff needed some time to find itself too.
They're still nowhere close to last season's peak. They were blowing the doors off of teams. The biggest change from the middle of the season to now is the defense. That's not Nick Foles.
maybe switch to red wine? a couple glasses of red wine a day is actually really good for your heart, immune system, digestive tract and metabolism and typically a cheaper habit than beer, provided you're not a wine enthusiast; dropping bank on good wine.Nah, I need to drink something sugary with bubbles in it during the sporting games. Usually that would be beer, but now it's a soda or two. It's more about the brain and the wallet than anything else (though the liver deserves a shoutout). We're taking baby steps here.
maybe switch to red wine? a couple glasses of red wine a day is actually really good for your heart, immune system, digestive tract and metabolism and typically a cheaper habit than beer, provided you're not a wine enthusiast; dropping bank on good wine.
lol you're just trying to steer clear of alcohol itself? I can get downI don't think you're picking up what I'm putting down here my guy.
I don't think you're picking up what I'm putting down here my guy (also, as a former medical journalist: Things like "wine in moderation could be good for your heart!" and "dark chocolate can help prevent cancer!" are absolute cherrypicked bull**** that, in context, are essentially untrue).
Can you cite peer reviewed research for that, per chance? i'd be interested
This, to me, has more to do with the running game than anything. Last season they were a top 5 team in yards per attempt and yards per game on the ground. This year they were a bottom 5 team in both categories.
They're rushing roughly as much as they were, and their time of possession is still great (best in the league last year, second this year), but they're just getting less and less on the ground with every attempt. There's no one there who can seriously break off a 15+ yard run. Any real downfield progress has to come through the air for them...last year they had Ajayi, Blount, and Clement at this time, the group now is woeful in comparison.
So teams are more brazen with their blitzes and/or are willing to concede the box in the running game now. It makes the short passing/slants/RPO work a lot harder, since no one is really biting that hard on the play action. That goes a long way in shaping what the offense can do. They're being forced to throw it further downfield if they want to get anywhere, which is obviously a coin toss.
wentz mistakes are not on this staff, but rather than his own reluctancy to develop the part of his game that always needed work and that was , footwork, accuracy, and decision making.
A team won't get to 40. Bold.Doyou really think its a coincidence this defense started playing better once foles became qb. Here is a prediction for you, the Saints won't score int he forties again this game and it has nothing to do with the defense.
He hasn’t. Foles has half of Wentz’s attempts but less than a third of his sacks.umm foles has been getting hit hard too. Haaaard.
I think it’s true that no one could survive the beating Wentz took this year. They just protected him poorly, no question.Foles has taken hits this year though. Bruised ribs at the end of the Redskins game ring a bell? He even took quite a few hits in this game too.
I would guess an entire season worth of those hits would wear on Nick as much as the have on Carson.
The whole Foles vs. Wentz debate is tough because we don't know what Carson would do in these playoff games, and we don't know how Foles would look playing more games throughout the year, with opportunity for more wear, as well as more tape for defenses to prepare against him.
In my opinion, Wentz is still the future of this team (he's only 26!) and it's been great that Foles has come in back to back years and done the job needing to be done. We are lucky as Eagles fans for this, but to write Wentz off is premature.
The RB talent has fallen off a cliff, no doubt. So has line play, albeit to a lesser degree. As far as teams conceding the box, that's one of the reasons why the switch to 12 base was so key. You can't do that anymore.
The bolded is factually incorrect. Under Foles, their average depth of target is way down. RB passing targets and YAC is Foles in a nutshell. What they try to do with him is allow him to key off of one underneath read and let it rip -- think Curl/Drag where he reads the MIKE. Absolutely lethal in 12 with this TE group.
The playcalling is also much more conservative with Foles.
Hmmm, interesting, never thought of thatI think its because there's less improvisation on the QB's part and the WRs can stick to the pre-planned routes.
You can get hit without being sacked.He hasn’t. Foles has half of Wentz’s attempts but less than a third of his sacks.
Wow, great post.This, to me, has more to do with the running game than anything. Last season they were a top 5 team in yards per attempt and yards per game on the ground. This year they were a bottom 5 team in both categories.
They're rushing roughly as much as they were, and their time of possession is still great (best in the league last year, second this year), but they're just getting less and less on the ground with every attempt. There's no one there who can seriously break off a 15+ yard run. Any real downfield progress has to come through the air for them...last year they had Ajayi, Blount, and Clement at this time, the group now is woeful in comparison.
So teams are more brazen with their blitzes and/or are willing to concede the box in the running game now. It makes the short passing/slants/RPO work a lot harder, since no one is really biting that hard on the play action. That goes a long way in shaping what the offense can do. They're being forced to throw it further downfield if they want to get anywhere, which is obviously a coin toss.
I know, I cannot find those stats tho...You can get hit without being sacked.
The RB talent has fallen off a cliff, no doubt. So has line play, albeit to a lesser degree. As far as teams conceding the box, that's one of the reasons why the switch to 12 base was so key. You can't do that anymore.
The bolded is factually incorrect. Under Foles, their average depth of target is way down. RB passing targets and YAC is Foles in a nutshell. What they try to do with him is allow him to key off of one underneath read and let it rip -- think Curl/Drag where he reads the MIKE. Absolutely lethal in 12 with this TE group.
He did make those jumps last year. If you want to call it unsustainable for whatever reason, that's completely arguable. But he did it. I have years of posts ripping Wentz's footwork up and down from months before the draft, but he did it. He just needs to get back there, which is a completely different argument from, "I don't know if he has it in him."
A team won't get to 40. Bold.
And yes, I do. I don't know what to tell you if you want to attribute the defense's gains to Foles. You're not even making an argument. You're just saying they're linked because pixie dust.
Now you’ve gone too far.Things like "wine in moderation could be good for your heart!" and "dark chocolate can help prevent cancer!" are absolute cherrypicked bull****
Under Foles, their average depth of target is way down. RB passing targets and YAC is Foles in a nutshell. .
That is Foles in a nutshell, agreed, and it's obviously why his completion percentage has been so astronomical. I'm probably off on that and I'd love to dive into the comparison stats later, so I was perceiving that the YAC was probably down just off watching the games-I'm finding that the action down there is much tighter than it was last year, so while the throws are being completed they aren't going as far/are much more contested. As said, could be quite off on that. And yes, pretty much the only thing keeping the offense humming is having a group of TEs with great hands and some escapability.
Jojo, have you stats for this? I cannot find any good QB stats.
more about hits than sacks.He hasn’t. Foles has half of Wentz’s attempts but less than a third of his sacks.