Fan commentary on the Philadelphia Eagles and other Philly sports happenings. "Our capacity for hurt is matched only by our capacity for loyalty." -- Bill Lyon.
Loved Jackson's emotion. He had to let the d hall thing go but he played like he was happy and invested. It was like back when he was chest bumping big red Good sign!!
the most important -- emotionally anyway -- regular season win since TO's return to the Linc as a Cowboy?
odd moments where they had the play called but didn't get the play off/barely got it off, well, that felt oddly familiar. I'm fearful Vick pulled something and will have a nagging injury. Regardless, any win in the division is great, and on the road, even more amazing.
Hall should have been flagged for the horse collar tackle AND late hit out of bounds. Would like to see Foles in too. For ball security and to reduce# hits on Vick in In garbage time.
great article in philly.com today on eagles various formations Monday.
What amazed me was the down and distance of some of the plays. 2nd and 10 – run, 2nd 14 – run, etc. all these runs, but they were on 2nd a long. We ran it I think twice (at least ) to pick up a 3rd and 3 or 4. Of course he went for it on his first 4th down of the game. And ran it on 4th and a short 2. I think mccoy had 20 carries at halftime.
Great run game, but not exactly our parents smashmouth run game.
The key point from Phil Sheridan's column today that will resonate throughout Birdland.
But this smaller stuff - outsmarting themselves with unnecessary gimmickry - was irritating even when the Eagles were winning. Now it's just unbearable.
Reid should probably be fired for rank incompetence for having McCoy carrying the ball with less than 2 minutes to go in a game they had lost, but he should be fired immediately if he tries to bring McCoy back at any point for the remainder of this lost season.
My brother writes:
I think we learned well before last night and this past Monday that fumbles are really bad. Brown wiped out all his good with this fumbles. Possibly losing us 2 games. Vick cost us one. Flacco fumble coat the ravens last night - although those types of fumbles are more reasonable than brown's or Vicks. Collinsworth basically predicted it early on about brown.
Criticize Castillo all you want, but it was kind of half assed (and unfair) to install him as your D-coordinator but force him to operate a defensive front scheme he didn't necessarily agree with.
I'm ok with letting Washburn go.
The defense has been a disaster since Castillo was fired. If he were still running the D they probably win the Carolina and last night's game which means they are right in the playoff hunt (as crazy as that may seem).
The play of the year was Vick's fumble into the endzone on their opening drive vs. the Steelers. they score there and don't turn the ball over and they likely win the game. With that win, Castillo doesn't get fired after the Lions game. and the rest of the season doesn't implode like it has. Not saying that we'd be leading the division but we would be in playoff contention (again, as crazy as that may seem).
So Washburn has been fired and Foles looked legit last night.
The key graph from Bob Ford's article today.
'Using a well-balanced combination of solid running plays and high-percentage pass plays, the Eagles marched up and down the field against the Cowboys despite doing the marching without their starting quarterback, starting running back and best wide receiver."
26 rushes, 35 passes.
Ford asks the question - why not have similar balance all the time, not just when you're playing rookies at QB, RB, and have a patchwork offensive line. BTW, was it the playcalling or Foles' quick decisions - but either way the line didn't look nearly as porous as it has in previous games with Vick getting knocked around - and that was against DeMarcus Ware last night.
