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Eagles-Cardinals Pregame Thoughts

Wounded Eagles Have A Difficult Challenge

The Eagles are going to have their hands full on Sunday as they try to win their third straight game. The Cardinals have a strong defense that limited the New England Patriots to 18 points last week, and Andy Reid’s offense will be without three starters with Jason Kelce down for the season and Jeremy Maclin and King Dunlap out for at least this week.

The Eagles are now counting heavily on Dallas Reynolds, Damaris Johnson, and Demetress Bell to pick up the slack and keep the offense stable against a very good defensive unit. It’s a significant turnover in one week to have 40% of the offensive line replaced, and to have your most consistent receiver unavailable.

The losses on the offensive line alone could potentially disrupt the flow and chemistry of the offense. In 2009 the Eagles saw how crippling the loss of a starting center can be when Jamaal Jackson went down in the final weeks of the season and had to be replaced by Nick Cole. Cole struggled in two starts against the Cowboys, and the entire offense became a mess as a result.

How The Cardinals Can Beat The Eagles

Arizona’s best chance to beat the Eagles will be to force Michael Vick into turnovers. The mistake-prone quarterback has turned the ball over seven times in the first two weeks of the season, and with three members of his supporting cast down for the count, he may be ripe for a few more mistakes on Sunday.

Offensively, the Arizona offensive line must step up and give Kevin Kolb the protection he needs to find his receivers and avoid mistakes of his own. The Cardinals will need to get Larry Fitzgerald more involved in the game than he was a week ago, when he recorded just one catch for four yards against the Patriots. The Cards could attack Nnamdi Asomugha through the air to try and take advantage of the veteran corner’s struggles. The former Raider hasn’t been that bad, but he’s been unreliable so far in 2012.

The Cardinals have to find a way to get their running game into high gear as well. Beanie Wells and Ryan Williams have been non-factors in the team’s 2-0 start, but that must change if this team is to continue their winning ways.

Why The Eagles Will Win

I can’t see the Arizona offense putting up more than 20 points on the Eagles’ defense. The Cardinal offense just hasn’t been crisp at all, and the Eagles defense has been playing at a high level to start the season.

The Eagles’ defensive line should be able to tee-off on Kevin Kolb, who is currently protected by one of worst offensive lines in football. Arizona also doesn’t have the running game needed to take pressure off of their quarterback, and their offense should be pretty limited in what they can accomplish all day.

Even though the Eagles’ offense is going to be without some key figures, they should still have enough firepower to outscore the Cardinals as long as Andy Reid and Marty Mornhinweg continue to put Michael Vick in a good position to succeed and avoid those costly mistakes.

Final Thoughts

If the Cardinals hadn’t won their first two games, I would have picked them over the Eagles. Normally this would be a trap game for the Eagles; a west coast trip is always difficult and the Cardinals have shown that they’re capable of upsetting teams with superior talent. However, I just can’t see Arizona pulling off another upset and moving to 3-0. The Philadelphia defense is just playing to well right now, and even though the Eagles’ offense is missing some key pieces, I expect Vick and his supporting cast to be able to do enough to win this game.

Denny Basens

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BigE
BigE
September 23, 2012 10:52 am

Dallas Reynolds is better than Nick Cole could ever hope to be. Cole was maybe six foot but 350 pounds, He could barely hike the ball between his thunder thighs.Damaris is quick and will do fine. Bell will hold his own weight.
Hopefully Kolb, the hog hunter, will have his butt on the turf quite a bit.

The Silencer10
The Silencer10
September 23, 2012 11:28 am

Mr Basens, ur evaluation of Nnamdi is very uneducated…his struggles..lol..man coverage all game, no help at all over top 90% of the time, and in man to Man U get beat time to time..its the name of the game.. I doubt u watch all nfl games to make an educated evaluation..it’s amazing how a player must be flawless free to be considered elite..he’s targeted like 1-3 times a game if that..that’s what he brings..u can’t sit back and pass on us 40-50times a game..that’s what he brings to the table..along with DRC and As we are finding out with Boykin..it’s a good problem to have if u do called struggling cb is nnamdi..btw it’s game two..by season end ill be back LAUGHIN at ur analysis!

The Silencer10
The Silencer10
September 23, 2012 11:36 am

Fitz had one catch for 4 yards against the Pats..a D that’s average..Our D is All Pro from the front 7 to back 4( well not Coleman)…number 1 pass D.. Wer giving up 40 pass yards a quarter ill take it..ur not winning on us that way..they have no run game, and no oline…I see this game one sided.. By far..the have a good D yea..we have a better one with the the number 1 pass O and number 1 total yards per game..we played a 100x better last Sunday and racked up 400+ yards of O.. And limited them to barely 300..u did a ok job holdin Rice under 100.
EAGLES-31 CARDS-10…a late garbage TD ..make a wager!

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 4:30 pm

To summarize so far:

play 1: leans shoulder into defender, blasted OB – stupid
play 2: Panckaked after a 5 secondsV commentators talk about Oline of course) – stupid
play 3: Throw hits Ariz player in hand. Little lucky not pick 6. Late throw outside – stupid
play 5: Sack at 6 seconds. (Again commentators talking about oline – of course) – stupid
play 6: Tipped at LOS. Almost picked. – not stupid, just short.

We’re probably going to win this game because its Arizona, but, and I think I’ve mentioned this before, we’re going nowhere with Vick at the helm.

peli
peli
September 23, 2012 4:45 pm

As usual fatass elects to receive to start the game, u should kick to start especially on the road, quiets the crowd, and u start the 2nd half with the ball and the stands half full. Kudos tho, this time the opening drive didnt finish with a turnover, just a 3 n out. And the run will b abandoned like reid always does, after the media blasts him for not running the ball, he runs the next game only to follow it up afterward with same ol fatass not running the ball. Same same same, it doesnt work!

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 4:48 pm

I think its great when a QB rolls left, then comes all the way back right, gets hit from behind, then fumbles.

Must be the oline.

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
September 23, 2012 5:15 pm

Nnamdi is the antithesis of Chris Carter. All he does is give up touch downs!

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 5:27 pm

7:24 6 steamboat holding call. Holdig call after 6 seconds – blame the oline
7:00: terrible
6:50 – light Celek up with a late throw. Has Vick ever thrown the ball as a WR makes a break? Ever?

Still – this is only a “bad game” we haven;t seen it before. Next week we can expect different.

MaybeTheyCan
MaybeTheyCan
September 23, 2012 5:36 pm

VICK BLOWS!

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 5:37 pm

OMG

Worst call ever??? AR or MM or whover called that should be fired for running a offesive play with 6 seconds and no time outs.

That being said. Vick still stinks.

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 5:38 pm

I think the Nick Foles era might start 2nd half today.

peli
peli
September 23, 2012 5:39 pm

Anybody who thinks andy reid is a decent coach take a look at the play call at the end of the half!!!!! He is an imbecile, who only can coach qbs which is y he had the success he did. Penalties, passing only, especially in the red zone which is a smaller area to work with, amongst others, y is he still around?

Berks
Berks
September 23, 2012 5:39 pm

Foles couldn’t do any worse!!!!

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 5:44 pm

9 of 19 for 117.

2 fumbles.

3 sacks (each after 5 seconds….why not stand around longer??)

Leads the league in turnovers with 12.

2 terrible errors in earlier games – only because of BS luck we’re not 0-3.

Nick Foles era begins soon. (thank goodness)

DCar
DCar
September 23, 2012 5:48 pm

Vin, it doesn’t matter if we had Montana & Elway in their primes right now! Vick blows, but the play-calling & O-line is worse!!! If that’s even possible?

DCar
DCar
September 23, 2012 5:44 pm

WOW, THIS OFFENSE IS WORTHLESS!!!! From Reid- Morneigweig- Vick- O’line. As soon as they started the game, with 3 straight passes, on a 3 & out, I knew the game was over!!!! Darryl Washington looks like Ray Lewis. WTF!!!!!!!

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 5:45 pm

I am suprised the Cards sent a corner blitz on that last play….VIck ususally eats that shit up

Berks
Berks
September 23, 2012 5:49 pm

How many rushes for McCoy?

DCar
DCar
September 23, 2012 5:53 pm
Reply to  Berks

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MaybeTheyCan
MaybeTheyCan
September 23, 2012 5:49 pm

The only thing worse than Vick’s play is the play calling….

Berks
Berks
September 23, 2012 5:54 pm

Very well balanced game, good job Andy

MaybeTheyCan
MaybeTheyCan
September 23, 2012 5:57 pm
Reply to  Berks

In Andy & Marty’s eyes balanced = conservative and Marty told everyone what he thinks about being conservatinve.

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 6:00 pm

Dcar…the playcalling is terrible. The debauchery at the end of the half was laughable. (1st down with 19 secs I would have run knowing there was 2nd down to spike the ball) Not coming out of there with 3pts was the coaches fault.

That being said….I don’t want to hear about the oline…..

Vick’s 3 sacks all came at 5 or 6 seconds. His fumble came at 6 seconds. The holding call came at 6 seconds.

The average NFL throw comes at 2.9 seconds. We have a QB who makes it impossible for the OLine to succeed

Vick is now 3 str8 bad games this year……he leads the league in turnovers…..who could anyone else (Foles, Edwards, Pat Ryan) do worse?

DCar
DCar
September 23, 2012 6:06 pm

I agree about Vick, but the O-line is playing like a dam, made lout of a cheese grater.

pdiddy
pdiddy
September 23, 2012 6:31 pm

Man this O-line sucks, their in the backfield every play. This is when depth comes in handy.

pdiddy
pdiddy
September 23, 2012 6:38 pm

NOW THEY RUN THE DAM BALL WITH ELEVEN MINUTES LEFT MAN PLEASE.

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 6:46 pm

Lsten…in the 2nd half, ick underseige….because Cards are tee-in up All pssrush all the time. Eaglesare no threat to run down 3 tds.
But….Oline was holding up just fin in the first half. That disaster was on Vick.
(and coaching calls at end of half)

pdiddy
pdiddy
September 23, 2012 7:13 pm

Arizona owns us, who would have thought that wow.

lionsden
lionsden
September 23, 2012 7:34 pm

I see you girls couldn’t wait to say something negative about “your Team”. That being said this is the greatest offensive line I have ever seen. I mean it is no wonder Howard Mudd helped Manning to that prestigious 4:1 ratio… you know Neck surgeries to SBs. Kevin Kolb looked like a super star today… but what is interesting is he never looked that good behind the Eagles line… in fact the last time he took a beating like Vick does he was concussed and then replaced and then traded. I mean man Eagle’s O-line is the greatest. Let’s see Vick’s #1 wr is 5’10 170lbs and today his #2 was 5’8 175ish.

1st and goal with less than minute on the 2yd line… you have one of the best backs in the league and you call 3 strait pass plays. Your QB just got his head rammed into the ground comes back, throws a strike to your 170lb WR who can’t get in the end zone and you are still calling pass plays. End result, your QB gets blindsided while trusting in his O-Line fumbles and the other team scores. But I know WR’s were wide open Vick had plenty of time to make accurate throws thus it is all his fault. It has nothing to do with the fact that the running game didn’t emerge until we were 18pts down. And I know… he was holding on to the ball because he’s “not that bright” and indecisive it had nothing to do with coverage or protection. It has nothing to do with WR/RB drops or Djax giving up on routes because he felt he was held.

Howard Mudd should be praised… This WR corps would be all stars on any other team… yeah Mike Vick is what’s holding this team back.

Haters, you’ve got your wish this week… have at it.

MaybeTheyCan
MaybeTheyCan
September 23, 2012 8:02 pm
Reply to  lionsden

Looks like you did a pretty good job of hating on the O line and the WR’s but I guess thats OK. You seem to be more interested in making excuses for Vick’s mistakes. Nope, not all Vicks fault. I’ll blame the play calls by Andy / Marty especially knowing the O line and WR challenges against a very good offense and still come in this this game plan? SOSDD. Still Vick played very poorly and fumbled the ball twice. Andy, Marty, the O line and WR’s didn’t fumble the ball, Vick did.

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 8:16 pm
Reply to  lionsden

Keep up with the Vickcuses Lionsden

Where shall I start?

” but what is interesting is he never looked that good behind the Eagles line” Seem to remember a few 300+ yrd games including a few player of the week awards

“1st and goal with less than minute on the 2yd line” I’m not defending Reid on this but it was first and goal with 18 seconds, not “less than a minute)

” your QB gets blindsided while trusting in his O-Line” He was just standing there waiting for i like a deer in the headlights. Listen, why do you keep defending a guy who keeps getting punished by the same defensive player over and over and over….corner blitz wipes out Vick? What a suprise.

“he was holding on to the ball because he’s “not that bright” and indecisive”….I don;t know why he was holding the ball, but every one of the sacks and hits in the 1st half came after 5 seconds. As mentioned last week….Vick needs to see guys wide open before he throws the ball….same as always…..god forbid he throws the ball as a WR/TE makes his break

“It has nothing to do with WR/RB drops or Djax giving up on routes” What a joke….man you’re reaching to defend your hero. The first drop was Havili (I believe) that came after it was 24-3. While I agree Desean acted like a whiney bitch (have we seen that before?) on the deep pass, he wasn;t going to get to it regardless.

Its always everyone else’s fault eh Lionsden? What are you going to do when Vick is on the bench by week 8….’cause that’s where your hero will be/ What are you going to do with all those posters?

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 8:42 pm

Wait…that wasn’t to Lionsden…it was to “Coles Notes”.

What’s your buddy Sheil Kapida going to tell you to say about this game Coles? Who’s fault is it going to be? Probably the oline, maybe Reid, perhaps the relative humidity, though I don’t think even he (and by extension you) will blame this on the pre-game meal.

You’ll save that for next week.

haveacigar
haveacigar
September 23, 2012 8:08 pm

Can’t the Vick supporters see he holds the ball too long? Play calling? I don’t know? Your QB stands there or runs around like a chicken with his head cut off and you blame play selection? He is just too stupid to pick up blitz dump the ball off or switch out of the play. The goal line fumble was a perfect example… He should have thrown the ball sooner or audibles. He is horrible and will NEVER win it all. He is too stupid

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 8:20 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

Goalline play. Very suprised the Cards ran that blitz. How could they have known it would be so successful vs Vick?

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 8:18 pm

ere’s a QB who has never, ever, ever had the support Vick has. A co-ordinator who coddles him, “I’m so proud…”. A coach who defends him at every turn. Stories of MM chasing him down to get him into the film room. COaching, film room, practice.

And he still doesn;t get it. Doesn’t. Period. You can’t coach brains.

daggolden
daggolden
September 23, 2012 8:20 pm

Lets get real this is all Marty M fault. Lets run DJax 50 yards down field every damn play. Your recievers are to small. Whats hilarious is we run play action pass.lol. How about this. Lets run a zone defense against Fitzgerald when we have 2 man to man corners.lol. 3 weeks in a row with a very avg pass rush. What does Cullen Jenkins do? Welcome back to earth Boykins and Kendricks.

paulman
paulman
September 23, 2012 8:51 pm

I told you guys that the Eagles Offense would struggle against a very good Cardinals Defense.. They just don’t match up well against them
I also will state that Vick and this Offense will not fare much better in their next 2 Games versus the Steelers and Giants. The Eagles will be 2-3 after the 5th game which is about what I thought they would be so no surprise in my analysis
Vick has become a bottom Tier QB in the NFL Wake up Eagle Fans and look around the NFL. Young and smarter QB’s are taking over from players like Ryan, Luck, RGIII, Locker, Tannehill, Ponder. Hell even Kolb outplayed him
Bottom line, this is a 7/8/9 Win Team at most with Vick at the helm and I can’t wait to after this Season is over when they buy him out and let him walk
He’s too stupid to be an effective NFL QB regardless of his athleticism. You have to have smarts to win in the NFL which is why you see Great athletes like
Vince Young, Jay Cutler, and others never Win anything of consequence in the NFL.

OpticNerve
OpticNerve
September 23, 2012 8:55 pm

Pretty simple Michael Vick is who he is he’s not an elite quarterback that can throw the ball over and over again without the protection of the run game. As the coach you see that the Cardinals are getting after Vick, receivers don’t seem to be getting open, you have to counteract with adjustments to take the defense out of their game i.e. run the ball, draws, screens, quick slants. Football 101, this will slow down the pass rush, make the safeties cheat up or go to single high allowing more opportunities to get single coverage and cause play action to be more effective. Once again the offensive coaches fail to adjust to what they see on the field. They did not put Vick in a position to be able to win the game. The same thing used to happen to McNabb. All the talent in the world will not compensate for the lack of employing the simple concepts of football. The other thing I saw was that the Cardinals defense bullied the offense, and I didn’t see the fight I saw in them against the Ravens. Prime example, when Vick scrambled for a big gain and #58 Washington (who was a beast today) caught Vick from behind slammed his head into the turf and smacked the ball out of his hands after the whistle. The Cardinals defense displayed the body language that they were going to take this team’s manhood today and they did just that without so much as a whimper, pretty embarrassing.

pheags88
pheags88
September 23, 2012 9:34 pm

Lionsden you sound like a freaking dumbass in your post. You call out people for not being “fans” for hating on members of the team, like Vick, YET you do the same exact shit when it comes to the O-line or whoever else’s name is not Vick on the team. You’re the definition of a hypocrite and sound stupid as hell. You like some others on here are CLEARY more fans of Vick then you are the Eagles and when Vick is gone I’m sure you won’t be anywhere in sight. So sick of this Vick excuse making I hear on this site every week. WTF do we owe this guy? seriously, what has he done in an Eagles uniform up to this point? nothing, not even 1 playoff win. Whats sad is If Vick happens to play 16 games this year, there is no doubt we will shatter the turnover record for whatever it is.

The football display Reid and the Eagles put on today was a fucking joke. Embarrassing for every true Eagles fan out there to watch. This wasn’t even a surprise to me either. 2 weeks ago I said the Birds would somehow win the Ravens game and then lose to the Cards…And its not like you needed some special genius ability to have called that. All you need was just years of watching Andy Reid teams in the past to know how his teams operate.
Better have their shit together for the Giants.

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 10:32 pm
Reply to  pheags88

$$ post.

“All you need was just years of watching Andy Reid teams in the past to know how his teams operate.”

Last week I brought up Reid blowing timeouts early in the second half, but they didn;t come back to haunt.

What did we have today? A timeout on the first play of the second quarter. How is that possible – they just had a TV timeout!!

Perhaps that TO could have come in handy at the end of the 1st half.

Reid isn’t going to suddenly change and become a good game manager.

Vick isn;t going to suddenly change and become a good QB.

The Birds aren;t going to change the coach mid-season, but they certainly can (and will – soon) change the QB.

jott1972
jott1972
September 23, 2012 10:02 pm

Silencer 10-
Nnamdi blows!!!!

jott1972
jott1972
September 23, 2012 10:03 pm

Vinnie- agree on vick

He cant read a defense

In atlanta he looked at his primary read and if he wasnt open ran

Here he is asked to do more than his brain can handle and struggles..put Foles in and its a playoff team

Jon Hart
Jon Hart
September 23, 2012 10:34 pm

You guys wont be saying this next week or weeks to come. You dog a guy out because as a WHOLE the team struggled? The oline is a injury riddled bunch. Very poor gameplan all together… Is the season over? Did they just lose and wont make it into the playoffs? Give it up.

Fraudman paul with his racist self called Vick “too stupid”. He wouldnt be a starting QB in the nfl if he was too stupid you dumb dumb. You pick against the eagles every week and now that they finally lose you come on here right away? It It took you a day last week to even come back on here to say a few short words. Your just an idiot, you give a list of rookie starters as if Vick isnt as good and better than them. Your disrespectful. Guarantee you was rooting for kolb and the cards to destroy the eagles and hurt Vick in the process so the eagles would lose and be forced to put Foles in. I can read thru all your words clown. Thats why I call you fraudman.. Notice this fraud never mentioned the injuries we had in Maclin and many others that obviously effected the game, but if it was the other team with the injuries and we won he would of mentioned it in every post. Hes a fraud!

The world has just ended! Thats how it feels everytime the birds lose in this city. Negadelphia comes out and says the same lines over n over again. There gonna be a 8 win team, they wont make the playoffs, vick sucks, put foles in yada yada yada.. Heard it all before then they win and everything is fine. Every loss doesnt mean the season is over and every win doesnt mean were going to the Superbowl.. You have to allow the season to play out and take it 1 game at a time. There werent many positives out there today, the oline struggled, the rbs struggled, vick struggled against that tough defensive front and a premier secondary, the defense struggled big time.. Nobody said this team was perfect or flawless and as we saw today not many teams are.. For instance, the niners loss to the titans today.. So everyone relax.. it was a bad game, the have work to do to improve protections and consistency on offense and limit the breakdowns on defense because the defense got exposed today.. But its just one game and I feel will be a good lesson for this team moving forward..

lionsden
lionsden
September 23, 2012 11:25 pm
Reply to  Jon Hart

Excellent post all around Jon Hart. The Eagles win as a team and lose as a team but some how according to the GCobb fan base (if that’s what you can call them) the Eagles win IN SPITE OF Mike Vick and lose BECAUSE OF Mike Vick. And anytime he makes a play it’s because it was simplistic or the defense wasn’t really trying. It is really tough being a part of this fan base. I mean when you say you’re an Eagles fan people talk about how they booed McNabb or blamed everything on Cunningham or are so disrespectful of Vick. Honestly, why would any player want to come to this city… especially to play QB? Who would want to do it knowing that their first string of bad games is going to lead to every radio station and reporter in this town talking about how horrible they are? Last I checked this town has never won a SB and have only made it to one. The irony is the two players that got them there are among the most controversial and among the least respected to ever were Eagles’ green. Players, coaches, and owners come and go but the one constant are the “fans”. I am seriously starting to believe that the reason this town has no NFL SB trophy is not because of the players on the field, but the PEOPLE IN THE STANDS.

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 11:46 pm
Reply to  lionsden

“last time I checked”

You should check again.

Rocko
Rocko
September 23, 2012 10:58 pm

Jon Hart, I agree with you 1,000,000% buddy. Fraudman and his puppet Vinniegina aren’t really true Eagle fans, and only really come out of their racist ratholes to bash Vick and Co when they’re are having a bad game. Other than that, you don’t here from them. Good stuff Jon, we gotta take it one game at a time. Have a good week my friend.

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
September 23, 2012 11:20 pm

Hey Rocko, I only come out of my “racist rathole” to bash Vick when he has a bad game eh?

I promise, I’ll bash him after a good game too……

,,,,,,whenever he gets around to having one…..

larrwd
larrwd
September 24, 2012 5:01 am

He wont have a good game until mornweig is fired or changes the scheme..They ruined him. they called 37 deep passing plays against the bitz with no offensive line..

haveacigar
haveacigar
September 24, 2012 9:41 am

he is an amazing athlete and will be on many highlight reels– brilliant plays one minute and bonehead stupid plays the next. he is a turnover machine and cannot read the blitz… its that simple.
o. line was terrible of course but he needs to get rid of the ball–even in the event he does throw it away he waits way too long and still gets hit.

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
September 24, 2012 10:31 am

The Eagles were (8-8) last year and it looks like they will be (8-8) this year, and average NFL team.

To GCobb:
When the National media does their expected routine on how the Eagles’ fans are rude and ungrateful and will rue the day of life without Coach Reid could you please give the National NFL Media Dingbats our response please:
There are 16 teams in the NFL and Coach Reid took the Eagles to one Super Bowl in 14 years. As I lick my index finger and point to the sky swirling it in a circle — we Eagle fans say Whoopty Doo, Statistically on par.

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
September 24, 2012 10:41 am

wish the eagles had a safety who knock someone backwards like Kerry Rhodes instead of getting knocked backwards like Nate and Kurt

pheags88
pheags88
September 24, 2012 12:20 pm

Jon Hart your post cannot be serious…

1: everybody in the league has injuries. Just look at our opponent who lost their best O-line player in Levi Brown. WHo are their 2 tackles right now? I believe 2 no name rookies who are nothing to brag about..every Oline in the league has issues. No excuse for the Eagles either. Thats why you have backups. Thats why you pay coaches big money to figure it out and get it done. The Giants spanked the Panthers on the road and they were missing major parts of their team. Happens every week, you just go out and play and find a way to adapt.

2: You act as if this loss means nothing. Hey its just one loss. Not. This loss will be HUGE come December when the CArds have a NFC wild card spot locked up. The EAgles could easily lose a tie breaker to them now.

3: Since when are we just blaming Vick? I call out everyone on this team who is not pulling their weight for the Eagles to be successful. I have no favorites when it comes to the players. My favorite is the Eagles. Its just my opinion, this team will go nowhere till Vick, Reid, Marty are long gone. They simply are nowhere near good enough compared to their competition and they will cost us games later down the road in the same fashion they always have.

4. Your Negadelphia comment is so original by the way. Other teams from big sports towns get nothing but praise when they put on a pathetic embarrassing display of football like the Eagles did yesterday. The Qbs hear nothing. The Coaches hear nothing. Why would anyone want to come here since that only happens here. The Birds lose games because of fans as if we are the ones getting paid. Im sorry but You’re a lost cause and so out of touch with reality. The same shit and much worst goes on everywhere else. Its called professional sports. Its the simple nature that comes with being a coach/player/GM/owner in the NFL. (btw it hilarious you bring up the Niners loss to make a point since people only get killed in the parking lots over there when they have disappointing games, but yea only in PHilly dumbass)

5. So far im 3-0 on the season. Im picking the Birds to some how beat the Giants next week. Just somehow someway I think they get it done. And then they will come out flat again against a team they should beat just because thats what Andy Reid teams do.

pheags88
pheags88
September 24, 2012 12:24 pm

And BTW i was just calling out some of the hypocrites here. Someone else will say another is less of a fan for calling out Vick when he plays bad and say that person is not a real fan. Yet all they do is just call out somebody else on the team in the same exact way and don’t realize it because of how stupid they are. Its laughable how ridiculous they sound sometimes because they are criticizing the same exact type of behavior they participate in themselves.

paulman
paulman
September 24, 2012 4:16 pm

To JHm,
I could really give 2 shis what the Eagles do for my life does not revolve on whether they are good,bad, indifferent, and no I do not like the style of QB that Vick plays and never have and never will.. It’s bullshit,playground football in my opinion and yes, I stand by my comments that Vick is too stupid to master this Eagle Offense for the same issues or poor reads, decisions have been occuring time and time again in which he doesn’t learn from his previous mistakes and then when you down to basics like protecting oneself and staying out of harms way and most importatnly, ball security,some of you guys want to chime in and say he’s being tough and not going to slide..
I say he’s stupid with a Capitol S.. Everyone knows that the the biggest threat to the Eagles Offense is themselves, and thats Turnovers and Penalites and overall Negative Plays and Vick seems to not be able to understand this week in and week out…

reed_richards
reed_richards
September 24, 2012 5:01 pm

Paulman,
If Vick is stupid with a capitol S, then what are you?? Your predictions are bullcrap and your mock drafts are a joke. You’re the pot calling the kettle black. You’re bound to be right eventually if every week you pick the eagles to lose. What a joke. So I guess the Falcons and eagles are stupid too for signing him to 2 different $100mil deals. We all know he won’t actually see $100 mil but how many other NFL players can say that??

paulman
paulman
September 24, 2012 9:18 pm

Reports from NovaCare Center are that Owner J Lurie. GM H Roseman and Coach AR are discussing a separation package for Coach AR
apparently Lurie’s ex-wife and GM Roseman really like former OL and Summer Coach Eugene Chung to take over the HC Coaching Duties… Roseman says, no one outside of this Complex works harder (outside of Castillo that is)
Work also is the Jeff Lurie will seell the team to his WIfe and she will move it to Los Angeles to capture the growing Asian Fan Base for Professional Football whichi s is huge Win-Win for the NFL ..
Remember, you heard it here first..
(also Bill Cosby will purchase the Linc and do 100 + Stand-Up Comedy Shows a Year while leasing it out for Temple Football for $1 a Season)