OT: Philadelphia Eagles (NFL): When You're Up, It's Never As Good As It Seems, And When You're Down, You Never Think You'll Be Up Again

[JojoTheWhale]

I mean I think it's two factors. I think it's FAR less effective if the running QB isn't the full-time guy. NFL d players have the speed to close.

And not to get homerish, but Hurts is pretty unique. Looking at a guy like Lamar or Murray. Amazing talents, but it's the mistakes...always handcuffing them.

Hurts has a "high football iq" in this capacity. Throws it away, slides, plays for the next down. none of that matters, if you can't actually produce, but when you can do both...hard to stop. Our coaches have just done a FANTASTIC job building an offense that Hurts can succeed in.

It’s not like anyone can be right or wrong here, but I think I have a bigger emphasis than you do on coaching when it comes to some of these things. I have Mahomes on an actual track for the best career by an NFL QB and I don’t know that he would have been a guy I wanted to give a second contract in Arizona. We saw Kliff coach him. There were an awful lot of those mistakes. It got downright ugly at times.

 

[Flybynite]

How many more times will we get the 911 show porta potty ad tonight? o\u 1

Considering it's a porta potty, you gotta show it at least *two* times right?

 

[BringBackFletcher]

 

[GKJ]

Merrill and Mike have resorted to talking about the eagles playoff game vs. the lions

 

[DancingPanther]

Damn, should have been caught

 

[achdumeingute]

It’s not like anyone can be right or wrong here, but I think I have a bigger emphasis than you do on coaching when it comes to some of these things. I have Mahomes on an actual track for the best career by an NFL QB and I don’t know that he would have been a guy I wanted to give a second contract in Arizona. We saw Kliff coach him. There were an awful lot of those mistakes. It got downright ugly at times.

You are 100% correct. It's a bit of "man, moment, machine". Everything has to click. Coaching is tremendously important in American football, maybe more so than any other sport.

Careers of Lawrence and Fields might show this out. Had Fields went to SF instead of the tire fire Bears... I still don't like T Law, but hes much improved under Doug.

 

[Jack Straw]

 

[BringBackFletcher]

Considering it's a porta potty, you gotta show it at least *two* times right?

We got 1 already

 

[Jack Straw]

 

[Halladay]

The Giants dinking and dunking their way down the field for a drive that took 6 minutes. No sense of urgency from them really. Just need another score and everything will be fine.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Boy, they really just said "Go do TJ Hockensen stuff" as a gameplan this week and it's so easy for us/Goedert

 

[Beef Invictus]

Punting is a sign of weakness

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Boy, they really just said "Go do TJ Hockensen stuff" as a gameplan this week and it's so easy for us/Goedert

That’s why the Goedert anytime TD was an obvious one.

 

[Halladay]

Punting is a sign of weakness

I agree with there but it is cold and I think it was from 56. Sort of caught in the middle.

 

[BiggE]

They can’t lose this, right?











Right?

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Gannon being hired as a HC is right up there with a Flyers top 4 pick.

 

[DancingPanther]

This fat f*** actually punted it lol

 

[Starat327]

Coward index on punting here, @JojoTheWhale ?

 

[DancingPanther]

They can’t lose this, right?











Right?

Will you shut up

 

[Halladay]

How can you punt there? They've given up.

 

[Svechhammer]

Feels like the Eagles have gone full clock churn since about midway through the 2nd quarter.

 

[achdumeingute]

How can you punt there? They've given up.

To be fair, our second half offense so far has been, not good.

Glad we are coming out running (successfully) here.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Punting is a sign of weakness

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[Svechhammer]

Also, this game in 4k is so much better than FOX's usual garbage resolution