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Thoughts From Eagles-Vikings

Disappointing Defense Highlighted By Brutal Secondary

The Eagles defense was the most disappointing aspect of today’s game.

With no Adrian Peterson, no Toby Gerhart, and one of the league’s worst quarterback situations, this is a team that the Eagles’ defense should have kept under wraps.

Instead…they gave up 48 points.

That’s right, 48 points to an offense led by third-string quarterback Matt Cassel, third-string running back Matt Asiata, and an offense, that with Adrian Peterson in the lineup, struggled to score more than 20 points a game all season.

The defense couldn’t get off the field, and had no answers for this patchwork offense. It was their worst performance since the Denver game in Week 4.

They couldn’t get off the field during a grueling sequence that saw the Vikings score on 16-play 75-yard drive that ran nearly eight minutes off of the clock.

The unit allowed the team to fall behind even further as the first half began, allowing Matt Cassel to run for a touchdown on a drive that went 52 yards in just four plays. Cassel finished the day with 382 yards and two touchdowns, the Eagles allowed him to look like a competent quarterback.

The secondary was at their worst today. Blown coverages and bad penalties were a frequent trend throughout the game. Safety play in particular was horrendous. Patrick Chung began the game by giving up the 57-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings in the first quarter. Nate Allen, Kurt Coleman, and Colt Anderson all played significant snaps as well, and all of them were guilty of missed tackles and blown coverages of their own. Jennings had one of his strongest games of the season, with 11 catches for 163 yards and a touchdown.

Matt Asiata made a name for himself, scoring three touchdowns in his first start of the season.

I think Chip Kelly put the Eagles defense in a bad position by choosing to kick away from Cordarelle Patterson all game and giving the Vikings a short field every time they got the ball. Once it became apparent that the defense was having trouble matching up with what Minnesota was doing, he should have adjusted and trusted his special teams to handle Patterson. However, given the talent that they were matched up against, the Eagles needed a much stronger effort from their defense.

Foles Hangs Tough Through Adversity

Nick Foles wasn’t at his best today, but I thought he hung in there and did his best to fight through adversity and give the team a chance to comeback.

Foles recovered from a third quarter interception to lead the Eagles on two quick scoring drives before the end of the third quarter to make it a five-point game. The second-year man made a nice throw to DeSean Jackson to cap a six-play 70-yard drive in just 1:29, and then found Zach Ertz on a three-play 45-yard drive in just 1:03.

It was a difficult situation for Foles to succeed in. With the defense uninterested in playing competitive football, and his offensive line allowing a constant pass rush on him (the line gave up four sacks on the day), that’s about as tall an order as you can give an passer in this league. The young starter kept his cool and did his part. The defense and special teams needed to help him out, and they were unable to raise their level of play.

Foles finished the game with 428 yards and three touchdowns with one interception, and also added 41 rushing yards on five carries.

Quick Thoughts

Offense

  • LeSean McCoy did a great job a screen pass that set up the team’s third field goal. Foles threw the ball a little high, but McCoy was able to haul it in and take it for a big gain, staying in bounds long enough to pick up 24 yards and make the kick attempt much more doable for Alex Henery.
  • McCoy finished with just 38 rushing yards, but did manage to add 68 receiving yards on five catches.
  • It was another strong game from DeSean Jackson, who had 10 catches for 195 yards and a touchdown.
  • Jackson also had a touchdown run on a 4th and 1 wiped out by a blocking penalty on Nick Foles. 
  • Jason Avant caught his first touchdown pass since the Kansas City game.
  • Riley Cooper was targeted twice on both two point conversion attempts, and managed to catch one of them.
  • Amazing one-handed grab by Zach Ertz on his touchdown reception.

Defense

  • Trent Cole played a great game against the run today, making several plays behind the line of scrimmage. Cole finished with seven tackles, and was one of the few defensive bright spots.
  • Fletcher Cox got his hand up and batted the pass that was intercepted by Mychal Kendricks.
  • The defense did manage to pick up three sacks today. Connor Barwin, DeMeco Ryans, and Mychal Kendricks all got Cassel.
  • Bradley Fletcher called for a pass interference penalty that gave the Vikings a first down at the one-yard line before the half.
  • Earl Wolff was inactive once again, giving Patrick Chung another start in his place.
  • Najee Goode was also among the inactives for the second straight week.

Special Teams

  • Alex Henery kept the team in the game early by connecting on three field goals in the first half,including a 51-yarder. 
  • After getting burned twice in the return game last week, the Eagles’ plan of attack was to kick the ball away from Cordarelle Patterson. Alex Henery spent the day performing squib kicks. While the Eagles were spared dealing with the dangerous Patterson on kickoffs, the trade off was that they gave the Vikings great field position throughout the game.
  • Brad Smith had a couple of nice stops on kick coverage.

Final Thoughts

The defensive effort in today’s game was incredibly disturbing.

This effort today was the type of pitiful performance that we would have expected from this unit at the beginning of the year.

How concerned should the Eagles be with their defense after today’s game?

I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

They were an absolute disgrace today, but they’ve also been the backbone of this team’s success over the last two months.

Bad games happen from time to time. Hopefully Billy Davis and his defensive staff will get everything cleaned up by next Sunday night, if they thought Greg Jennings was bad today, they’ve got to deal with the top receiving tandem in the league next week in Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffrey.

With Week 17′s match against the Dallas Cowboys shaping up to be a showdown for the division, Denny Basens and Jeff Kolsky are planning to get a group together to watch the game at XFINITY Live, and we would like to extend invitations to any and all readers of GCobb.com to come out and join us. We sincerely appreciate all who read, comment, and make this website great, and we’d love the opportunity to meet some of the readers and experience a great game together.

 

Denny Basens

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andrew p
andrew p
December 15, 2013 5:22 pm

I didn’t like the play calling at all today, our D was bad and Foles was off, once that was realized, the game should of been turned over to Shady. I thought the Vikings scoring on that last drive was classless, their was a minute n a half left and we had no timeouts, they should of knelt down n ran the clock out, I hope that leaves a bad taste in their mouths, we just have to root for Dallas to lose which doesn’t look good right now, were going to be fine, I’ll say this about Chip, he learns from his mistakes, we’ll look a lot better next week.

drummerwinslow
December 15, 2013 8:42 pm
Reply to  andrew p

Chip Kelly, your sins are forgiven. Romo threw 3 Hail Mary’s. Go, and sin no more.

drummerwinslow
December 15, 2013 8:44 pm
Reply to  andrew p

When he’s not getting touched very much, Foles is excellent in this offense. However, if he gets hit a few times, not so much.

andrew p
andrew p
December 15, 2013 5:35 pm

Another thing I noticed today was Allen getting by Peters all day today, that’s another reason why they should of been running the ball more.

mr1charlton
mr1charlton
December 15, 2013 5:41 pm

Foles threw just his second pick of the season and was sacked three times.. .FOLES STUNK TODAY… as the media continues to cover for Foles…. who’s been average to good…. not great, as the media has overtly called the Cowboys game ” the concussion game” the reality was that foles played poorly in that game also, before he was injured ,in which was his first real test, in which he failed. this game was test number 2 , not the Lions game in which Shady and the defense has balied him out… todays game in which shady and the d wasn’t a factor , it was up to the qb to put this game on his shoulders and get it done. I will support foles for the rest of the season….. BUT HE IS NOT THE LONG TERM ANSWER

Theone1
Theone1
December 15, 2013 5:53 pm
Reply to  mr1charlton

watch out for the trolls. They are coming.

CT
CT
December 15, 2013 5:59 pm
Reply to  mr1charlton

WTF are you talking about? Covering for Foles? If anything the media has’nt been giving this kid any respect. 24tds and 2 ints all season and he has’nt even gottin close to the amount attention he deserves. People still expect this kid to fail. 3tds and throws for over 400 yards and Desean as a career day and he you say he stunk?

If RG3, Andrew Luck, Russel, or Kaep were putting up these numbers, EVERYONE would be lickin there balls. But bc a goofy lookin lanky white boy does it out of no where, its all luck, and people still expect him to fail.

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 5:52 pm

Denny, are you kidding? Foles stunk in key moments of the game he was missing wide open receivers…holding the ball too long. Hey the defense stunk today…but they have bailed us out some games…it was time for the offense with the Vikings playing with a depleted secondary to bail us out…Foles didnt get the job done and had too many three and outs today!

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 6:14 pm
Reply to  koolbreeze

Koolbreeze you are a ship jumping badwagon jumping turncoat. You was with Foles after last week and now look how you have abandoned him. Fact is he did enough to win…the defense clearly failed.

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 6:37 pm
Reply to  Eaglehaslanded

I’m a EAGLES fan, Eaglehaslanded…not a Foles fan. I am also fair and objective! Foles contributed to the win last week but this week in a very key game where we needed the Quarterback to step up…Foles failed miserably!
The Defense bailed us out of some games where Foles didnt play well in the fourth quarter…it was time for the QB to return the favor and bail the defense out so we can win…he was terrible in the key moments of the game…missing open receivers,…holding the ball too long!
Stop flip-flopping! You gave the QB the credit when he wins and look for excuses for him when he fails to get the job done!
Foles has got to get us to the playoffs in order for me to buy completely into him…If we dont make the playoffs, we need a franchise QB who is clutch and can get it done!!!

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 6:47 pm
Reply to  koolbreeze

Uhhh….koolbreeze….what excuses have I given for Foles? please tell me! When have I flipped flopped…never, you bailed……period!

DCar
DCar
December 16, 2013 12:37 am
Reply to  koolbreeze

Fair & Objective????? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

antitrust32
antitrust32
December 16, 2013 11:34 am
Reply to  DCar

apparently the only way Foles could have been any good is if he had single handidly scored more than 48 points. Defense and kick team played horrible but all the dumb fucks on this site can rag on is a guy who contributed about 460 yards and 3 scores.

HT2Van
HT2Van
December 15, 2013 7:50 pm
Reply to  Denny Basens

Danny I have to agree with you, even though I didn’t see the game just parts bc I live in mass, but foles did bring them back with in 5 and them the defense just couldn’t stop them. But the PI call on fletcher in the 4th was bull. I don’t understand what everybody is so irrate about this team. We weren’t expected to be in this position period. Plus GB just won so this wasn’t a total lose for us but I hope good learning experience for this team, plus they should be pissed with Minnesota scoring at the end when they could have just kneed it.

haveacigar
haveacigar
December 15, 2013 5:52 pm

The secondary has done a decent job all year not special but decent. Today they were exposed for their depth.
This is going to be a tough finish… It’s the nfl boys anyone who thought we wouldn’t get punched in the mouth has not been following

gmcliff
gmcliff
December 15, 2013 6:19 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

No Ciggy, they were exposed as a Starting UNT….I told you all of them need to be upgraded. I don’t care how much they play over their head, they are NOT Starters….all four… plus Wolfe, should be playing Special Teams…….

So much for Howie’s successful FA Signings. That Coach just turned into a Pumpkin real fast didn’t it. I don’t want to ever hear from anyone that Bradley Fletcher is a serviceable CB. ……and don’t tell me that Connor Barwin didn’t disappear today,. Did anybody even hear his name called today…Really, He played not that much different than he has all year long…….We have had a good season, but we have been lucky.

I’m confident, we will bounce back next week, but the Cowboys as sorry as they are will be fired up at home.

haveacigar
haveacigar
December 15, 2013 6:22 pm
Reply to  gmcliff

Cliff I never said they were great. They are serviceable at corner and weak at safety… I never contended anything more

gmcliff
gmcliff
December 15, 2013 6:26 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

Yeah right Ciggy…You, and Howie keep dreaming, and watch the same insanity, and results continue…..You cannot walk on a prayer every week that two average to below average CB’s are going to be able to play over their head all year long…Just swallow your pride, and upgrade

The Entire Secondary is weak….Period.

haveacigar
haveacigar
December 15, 2013 6:29 pm
Reply to  gmcliff

Cliff there are only so many moves you can make…you are of the believe that somehow the eagles acquire pro bowlers at 22 positions

gmcliff
gmcliff
December 15, 2013 6:43 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

You That is not what I think…I think you can have better players than we have at position of weakness.

I feel we can do a better job with talent evaluation, and Free Agent acquisitions.

You don’t need 22 pro bowlers to win a Superbowl…but you do need better leadership in the Front Office with better VISION, of what a Championship team looks like………

haveacigar
haveacigar
December 15, 2013 6:30 pm
Reply to  gmcliff

Cliff you do know that a defense with those corners gave up less than 21 for like 6 straight weeks? Or were you out of the country?

gmcliff
gmcliff
December 15, 2013 6:40 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

Who cares Ciggy…and they’re still 31st in Total Defense in the NFL.

That doesn’t mean crap to me, because realistically, that’s on your front 7, more than the CB’s…Your rationalizing again to defend your viewpoint……What you are trying to say is that the Defense as a whole gave up less than 21 points a game……right?

You have to because Cary Williams, and Bradley Fletcher are flat out weak, and not going to get it. If you think we can go to a Superbowl with those two starting …You are not out of the Country….You are out of your mind…..Open your eyes my friend…

haveacigar
haveacigar
December 15, 2013 6:43 pm
Reply to  gmcliff

Who cares about points given up? Ummmm anyone trying to WIN a football game
We can’t go to the SB with these guys of course who is talking SB? Not you for sure 3 win cliff…. We are in a process. We are way ahead of the curve!

gmcliff
gmcliff
December 15, 2013 6:54 pm
Reply to  gmcliff

I’ll tell you what…….

You just keep on avoiding reality, by ignoring the obvious….

And I’ll keep telling you I told you so sense your so smart……

3 wins is all I expected, so I am not that disappointed. They have had a good year. But what I said about the Secondary is still fact…

coldbrewski
coldbrewski
December 16, 2013 9:42 am
Reply to  haveacigar

totally agree

Jon Hart
Jon Hart
December 15, 2013 5:55 pm

I expected the birds to lose 1 of the last 3 games, but I didn’t think it would be this game. Ugh.. I will say that I didn’t feel comfortable with them being on a 8 game win streak going into the playoffs. This loss could have a humbling effect on this team who may have began to smell themselves a little after the historic win last week. Guys need to keep their heads in the game, study film and perform at a high level. It was poor tackling , guys were out of position, Oline struggles, bad special teams gameplan, horrible horrid penalties by the corners, where was Lesean??? Just a poor team loss all around.. Looks like the cowboys have this game in the bag, so more than likely its gonna come down to that last game in Dallas, win or go home..

coldbrewski
coldbrewski
December 16, 2013 11:45 am
Reply to  Jon Hart

I agree bad overall team loss. Thought chip caught that Andy Reid flu. Could have helped the kid out with a strong commitment to the run.

Theone1
Theone1
December 15, 2013 5:59 pm

Its bad when Denny sucks Foles dick too…. Sad.

DMAN
DMAN
December 15, 2013 11:20 pm
Reply to  Theone1

Ouch! Please keep those gay tendencies to yourself sir…lol

CT
CT
December 15, 2013 6:04 pm

This loss was’nt on Foles.. At all. He threw the damn ball 48 times!! Jesus. Are you kidding. FORTY FUCKIN EIGHT. Lesean Mccoy, who leads the league in rushing only had 8 carries! Chip has been great during this 5 game winning streak. But today was just brutal. Idk how you only let the best RB in football run 8 times. It was a predictable gameplan from start to finish, similar to what Andy would do. Puttin our D in tough situations does not help either. Every time MInn had the ball it was in our territory. First time we have allowed over 20 pts in 8 weeks. We will bounce back with a better gameplan. Maybe this team needed this to get back down to earth. Were still in it. WHich nobody would have ever expected at the beginning of the season.

gmcliff
gmcliff
December 15, 2013 6:21 pm
Reply to  CT

That’s right CT..This was on the Defense, and Kelly as well a little bit.

Fix the Defense!!!!!!!!!!!!

andrew p
andrew p
December 15, 2013 6:06 pm

Is anybody watching the Dallas game? Their dominating right now after being embarrassed last week, just goes to show how teams can have a bad week and bounce back, everybody has to chill out, as for the Foles haters, your comments show you don’t know anything about football, Chip called a bad game today, if he would of balanced it out instead of only giving the call to Shady EIGHT times you would of saw different results, but the last I checked, Foles had over 400 yards n 3 TDs, n his passer rating was over 100, you guys have no clue.

Theone1
Theone1
December 15, 2013 6:14 pm
Reply to  andrew p

man Andrew the script didn’t dictate that. Their secondary was depleted we should have been able to sling it all day, and that’s what Chip attempted to do. You spell a back like McCoy, you don’t wear him down when you don’t need to. Besides they stacked the box and dared us to beat them in the air. Foles couldn’t deliver. he should have used his legs more in this offense, but he quit after the first quarter. This is how teams will play him going forward, and he must adjust. I don’t think he will do it this year as teams key in on his weaknesses especially at this time of the season. Teams will stack the box for the rest of the season, but te good news is that Kelley will be better prepared, realizing that foles simply can not carry this team without utilizing McCoy. We have to ride him if we want to get into the playoffs.

andrew p
andrew p
December 15, 2013 6:54 pm
Reply to  Theone1

If you watched the game you saw our O line played bad today, Allen made Peters look bad today, theirs no excuse, you don’t give it to your best back EIGHT times, besides that, as bad as everyone claims Foles played today which is crazy he still got us 30 points, your not suppose to lose when you put up that many points, the D played liked they did in the beginning of the season, lets just hope it was a fluke.

Jon Hart
Jon Hart
December 15, 2013 6:08 pm

Foles didn’t look too good until around the mid- end of the 3rd quarter. He missed a lot of throws, he took too long to get rid of the ball (as hes known for) guys were wide open but he just struggled. He took a lot of unnecessary sacks when he should of just thrown the ball away. When he finally began to check the ball down it was too late.. Next week I expect him and this team to rebound in a crucial game against the Chicago Bears. This is a must win for the Eagles. They cant worry about what dallas is doing, just win… They have to prepare and play every game each week as if its a playoff game…

Brandon Boykin went down with supposedly a head injury, concussion, we ll find more out Monday or Tuesday.

CT
CT
December 15, 2013 6:11 pm

So what happens now?

We have to beat Chicago next week and Dallas has to lose to Washington? Then we beat them in week 17 to get into the post season?

But if we win next week, and Dallas wins then were out because the own the tie breaker? and it would’nt matter if we beat them in the season finale? Im confused haha some explain please.

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 6:18 pm
Reply to  CT

If we win out we win because we will have one more victory than dallas.

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 6:18 pm
Reply to  CT

We have to win out! We cant have any more losses…cant afford them! We have to beat Chicago and beat Dallas…we have to assume that Dallas will beat GB and Washington…to make it a showdown game with Dallas. If we lose to Chicago and Dallas beats Washington then the Dallas game is meaningless for us and it means no playoffs for us!
We have to win!

Theone1
Theone1
December 15, 2013 6:22 pm

Basically, Dallas has to lose all of their games….. providing we win all of ours…. Losing that Dallas game cost us, and is biting us in the arse right now.

Jon Hart
Jon Hart
December 15, 2013 6:28 pm

Its obvious that Chip saw some opportunities in the passing game against this poor secondary, but the Viks have played much better the past 2 weeks going into this game. Chip should have adjusted and fed the beast. McCoy had 4.8 yds a carry for the game, that’s pretty much a 1st down ever 2 downs. And with McCoys ability he could have probably broke one for more. He didn’t get that opportunity.. Now, we have to move on to next week. We cant look back..

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 6:43 pm
Reply to  Jon Hart

Jon Hart they had 9 men in the box at times daring us to throw the ball…Foles had receivers running wide open! We should have scored 50 points at least today…they weren’t making great plays on defense to stop us…Foles was missing throws, indecisive on a lot plays, holding on to the ball…he had wide open receivers and he was throwing the ball out of bounds…he had a number of the ‘airballs’ that he throws where he should have gunned it to the open receiver who would probably be still running!
Foles had ample opportunity to bail the defense out…but he failed!

haveacigar
haveacigar
December 15, 2013 6:46 pm
Reply to  koolbreeze

I’m watching 11v 11 now and I’ve not counted 9 in the box. He wasn’t perfect for sure but you are overstating because you truly don’t know a thing about football

coldbrewski
coldbrewski
December 16, 2013 11:56 am
Reply to  koolbreeze

Kool yes Foles missed open receivers yesterday. There many missed opportunities especially in the first half. But c’mon bruh, the kid showed some guts and hung in there. We should have imposed our will regardless of how they stacked the box. I’ve been all in with chip (and still am) but he was on some Andy Reid ish yesterday. If you can be all ballsy and go for it on 4th down in your own phuccing redzone; GIVE ME MORE THAN 8 CARRIES from the league’s leading rusher. if I can forgive Mcnabb for the occasional worm burner or pass behind; the kid gets a pass for some bad throws too. C’mon bruh I need you back on board.

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 6:39 pm

Come on Green Bay…give us a little breathing room! Bail us out! Beat the Cowboys and keep us in the drivers seat!

gmcliff
gmcliff
December 15, 2013 6:49 pm
Reply to  koolbreeze

I over hear cheering just as loud as you are Breezy……We need some more things to fall our way to make up for our hiccup today…

Rocko
Rocko
December 15, 2013 6:45 pm

Though I like what Foles has done so far for us, he isn’t a Chip Kelly kind of QB. He is too slow and doesn’t have the “jets”to get himself out of situations. Kelly will ride this wave with Foles out, but believe me that CK will jump at the chance for a big and fast cam newton, tajh boyd , and/or James wineston type of QB. Just wait and see.

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 6:49 pm
Reply to  Rocko

Tahj Boyd sucks…I’d rather stay with Vick. Now, Jameis Winston can’t come out til next year….that’s anotherstory!

coldbrewski
coldbrewski
December 16, 2013 11:59 am
Reply to  Rocko

Rock you’re probably right. But the kid has accounted for himself rather well in spite of this. That being said, let’s see this thing all the way out.

Jon Hart
Jon Hart
December 15, 2013 6:53 pm

Dallas is CHOKING AGAIN!!!

Theone1
Theone1
December 15, 2013 6:57 pm
Reply to  Jon Hart

Lol You Mean HOMO Is Choking Again!

Theone1
Theone1
December 15, 2013 6:57 pm
Reply to  Theone1

Interception comming

Theone1
Theone1
December 15, 2013 6:58 pm
Reply to  Theone1

OH SHIT TOLD YA!!!!

tsjohnson5
tsjohnson5
December 15, 2013 7:31 pm
Reply to  Theone1

I don’t understand why they called a pass there. Like WTH? Just run out.

coldbrewski
coldbrewski
December 16, 2013 11:59 am
Reply to  Theone1

LMAO

Theone1
Theone1
December 15, 2013 6:54 pm

Once Kelly finds his QB all this dumb shit is OVER!!!!!! Cant wait..

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 6:55 pm

Yes….Lets go Pack!!!

Rocko
Rocko
December 15, 2013 6:56 pm

Eagles has landed – I here you buddy but CK needs a “fast twitch” type of QB to run his type of offense. If anyone thinks that Foles is the answer has got to be delusional. Foles is serviceable and may thrive in certain offenses but IMO I believe that he would be trade bait or a serviceable backup to CK’s starter. He folds under important games and real playoff type of pressure.

gmcliff
gmcliff
December 15, 2013 9:16 pm
Reply to  Rocko

Rocko, your my man but you are wrong…Foles is the future. There is not another QB in College. Senior, Junior, Sophomore, or Freshman – That is better than he is right now…….

He had 400 yrds, and 3 TD’s, and still he didn’t have his best game, but this loss in on the Defense. They have to fix that first, not the QB.

The only QB in that should be in the Eagles Plans is a back up…

Rocko
Rocko
December 15, 2013 6:58 pm

Our secondary is garbage too…Real garbage.

gmcliff
gmcliff
December 15, 2013 10:37 pm
Reply to  Rocko

Flat out agree; The Achilles Hell of the Defense….

andrew p
andrew p
December 15, 2013 6:58 pm

Yo guys, the Packers are making a comeback, lets root fellas, Dallas loses and were right back on top controlling our own destiny.

Jon Hart
Jon Hart
December 15, 2013 6:59 pm

THEYRE CHOKING!! THEYRE CHOKING!!

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 7:27 pm
Reply to  Jon Hart

Dammm!!! Dallas has gotten a bunch of breaks!!!!

deserteagle
deserteagle
December 15, 2013 7:09 pm

Foles has been so good of late that we all have no tolerance for what statistically was a very good day .We got away from Eagle football ,starting and ending with coaching ..It was a shock to nobody that what was assumed a weak depleted secondary would be exploited ,we got that ,but when foles was not given enough time ,his zone reads confounded him ,and as a young quarterback will do ,he held the ball too long and missed open flat reads ,safe safety valves,attempting to make in its stead a big play …we are guilty of not adjusting and being more mindful of there over pursuit by running quick reads for foles..Guys are in the comfort of there blanketed seats ,not. Seeing the whole picture ..Coach needed to give the guy who was the talk of the universe more than 8touches ,I’m sure he knows it,but he fucked up..he also has to explain how he became the Fat man over night ,wtf ,kick and trust your kicker indoors to put it through the end zone or trust in special teams…that strategy was flawed and created a short field on a defense,that wasn’t going to bail out the coaching blunder …last week we lauded the tight ends ,they’re both weapons of mass destruction ,each week I want to see more ,not less …I trust them to make plays ..again coaching failed …foles needs a rhythm ,in many weeks ,we ran a high paced. Offense ,where was that tempo today? Coaching? They got there mulligan ,they had a splash of reading there own headlines and got embarrassed ,now on a national stage ,well see what this Eagle teams made of ….coach has showed one thing…he’s receptive to self examination and he’s agreeable to change ..I just hope it’s for the better ..play eagle ball ,it’s not that complicated ..get in the qbs face ,to compensate for the back end ,and create mismatches ,utilizing tight ends and quick releases …smash em in the mouth ,give the offensive line a chance to play downhill ,not always on there heals …it’s not our personality …I’ve had a great ride this year ,and I know we are not yet a completed roster ,but we are capable of winning these next two games …it’s the championship rounds …and were still fighting

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
December 15, 2013 7:09 pm

Desean Jackson had 195 yards today

jakedog
jakedog
December 15, 2013 7:11 pm

Some of the dumbest posts ever here

Let me lclue you in on something

Foles is the best young qb in the nfl

His stats prove it today, an off game by him is 400+ yards, three touchdowns, and a qb rating 100+

Nick foles is the future of the eagles , so get used to it and a lot of unhappy posters here

andrew p
andrew p
December 15, 2013 7:28 pm
Reply to  jakedog

I couldn’t agree more!

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 7:31 pm
Reply to  jakedog

Hey jakdog! Foles better get the next couple of wins! This lost is on him and I dont wanna hear about his damm stats, qb rating, or any of that crap! WE LOST! The only stat that matters is that lost and once again in the fourth quarter when we needed the QB to come up with some plays….He failed miserably!

gmcliff
gmcliff
December 15, 2013 9:17 pm
Reply to  koolbreeze

No Breezy, This loss is on the Defense period.

paulman
paulman
December 16, 2013 7:56 am
Reply to  gmcliff

Defense & the overall Coaching was horrible as well..

gmcliff
gmcliff
December 16, 2013 10:03 am
Reply to  paulman

Thats right Paul.

antitrust32
antitrust32
December 16, 2013 11:57 am
Reply to  koolbreeze

This loss is on the QB? oh my goodness. we lost cause we couldnt stop the vikings and because we gave them the damn ball at the 40 or 50 every time. I have some advice for you, use your brain!

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 7:28 pm

Whooooa!!! Romo did it again!!

deserteagle
deserteagle
December 15, 2013 7:30 pm

Ghost of Lombardi ,please beat dem cowgirls..

haveacigar
haveacigar
December 15, 2013 7:30 pm

All eagles fans go to the fridge and get a hunk of Wisconsin cheddar! Go pack

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 7:31 pm

Tony Ohno strikes again. let’s go Pack!

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 7:34 pm

Run the ball and the clock..let’s go!!!!!

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 7:41 pm

Romo!!!! El-Choko strikes again!! That was a pick!!!!

Rocko
Rocko
December 15, 2013 7:44 pm

Being unhappy Vs criticizing your qb for his faults and what your coach expects of him are 2 different things. Know what you’re talking about bandwagon jumper. I was born an eagle fan and will support whichever General is leading our troops. I will never say I hate my qb as some of you fake ones did when Vick was our qb. I support Foles and respect him as our leader, it doesn’t mean I have to be unhappy you toolbag. The only team I follow in sports is my eagles period. get a life outside of football man…

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 7:53 pm
Reply to  Rocko

Well said Rocko! A lot of these guys are frauds and fakes! They abandoned the team when Vick beat Foles for the job in training camp….now all of the sudden they are ‘loyal’ Eagle fans!
Get outta here!!
We got break…we are still in first place! So we have absolutely no excuses whatsoever now…The ONLY way we can fail to make the playoffs is if we choke and lose to both Chicago AND Dallas!

Rocko
Rocko
December 15, 2013 7:45 pm

Thank you Packers and Romo for being yourself doing crunch time!

andrew p
andrew p
December 15, 2013 7:47 pm

Yooooooo, this is crazy, thank you Romo! FIRST PLACE BABY!!!!

mhenski
mhenski
December 15, 2013 7:47 pm

romo!!!

chokers gonna choke!!!

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 7:48 pm

whoooooooo!!! we needed that break!! Romo might be our ace in hole! I dont know if Foles is a choker yet…but boy that Romo is certainly good for coughing and choking a game right on up!!!

Rocko
Rocko
December 15, 2013 7:56 pm

Koolbreeze I can dig it too man!

daggolden
daggolden
December 15, 2013 8:01 pm

Cowboys lose in Washington next week to. Its Washington’s SB.

daggolden
daggolden
December 15, 2013 8:02 pm
Reply to  daggolden

We will go into Sunday nights game with a chance to clinch the division. Us winning that game is a different story.

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 8:08 pm
Reply to  daggolden

That would be great! We gotta take care of our business now. Truly, no excuses now.

Rocko
Rocko
December 15, 2013 8:02 pm

Y’all good Eagles fans have a good evening and a great week! I gotta go and study medical boards to hopefully pass after my last semester of school coming up after the break.” LONG LIVE THE EAGLES!!!!!”
Peace

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 8:09 pm
Reply to  Rocko

Rocko….Good luck on those boards!!!

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
December 15, 2013 8:03 pm

Could Vick put up 50 points today?

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 8:10 pm

Allow me to answer that E0S….no! Never has. Great ?.

coldbrewski
coldbrewski
December 16, 2013 2:15 pm

Dumb question from an obsessed simpleton.

eagles0superbowls
eagles0superbowls
December 15, 2013 8:07 pm

Impact catch by rookie Tight End Zack Ertz for a Touchdown!

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 8:11 pm

Zack Ertz is going to be a probowl player…loved the pick in April..love it now!

coldbrewski
coldbrewski
December 16, 2013 2:18 pm
Reply to  Eaglehaslanded

Agree that he’s going to be special. Actually felt uneasy about the pick because of the glaring needs on defense. But getting Ertz there I can understand Howie and the gang pulling the trigger on talent over need. Where the fucked up was with the overrated bum from USC.

jakedog
jakedog
December 15, 2013 8:19 pm

That was an amazing catch by Ertz, he will be great one day

deserteagle
deserteagle
December 15, 2013 8:43 pm

Dallas coach thros romo under the bus saying publically he audibles out of a run play on the pick..and dezz walks to the locker room before the clock strikes zero ….how bout them cowboy….a day that started as shit is sunny and bright ..gotta love it

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
December 15, 2013 9:01 pm

I am glad that many people here think this:

30 of 48 428yrds 3td 1int

is a “terrible” game. That that “sucks”

Can’t wait for good game.

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 9:11 pm

Vin…let the cockroaches who have come out in force today have their fun day. They’ve been waiting a loooooong five weeks for this day and it finally arrived for them. Hence, their untamed exhuberrance.

frankdialogue
December 15, 2013 9:06 pm

Let me make a few comments.

The Eagles lost today primarily due to two factors: A collapse of the defense, and the apparent lack of defensive intensity, and the play calling of Chip Kelly.

As far as Coach Davis’s defense, I feel that he has done an outstanding job this year, given the players he has to work with…However, today, there was a lack of intensity, and perhaps a lack of adjustments made…I cannot pinpoint specifics until I ‘look at the tape’. [—-)

On the offensive side, the lack was obvious: There were what, 10 running plays called?…Where were McCoy, Polk and Brown?…Having such an unbalanced attack is a guaranteed recipe for failure in the NFL, and especially in the playoffs…Guaranteed.

For the ‘trolls’ dumping on Nick Foles, statistically he had a day that would rank in the top 5% games in the careers of both Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick…BUT. the Eagles lost, so this would only matter to fantasy leaguers.

Nick Foles doesn’t call the plays or make the game plan…Chip Kelly does.

In the games the Eagles have lost this year, it appears that we still have Andy Reid coaching his ‘west coast offense’…Thi won’t work…You need a balanced attack.

Kelly also does not appear to trust his kicker, Alex Henry, as the Birds consistently pooched their kickoffs…Doesn’t Henry have the leg to just kick it out of the end zone?

Thank you.

gloomysmitty
gloomysmitty
December 15, 2013 9:14 pm

this lost is not on foles but on chip and this defense first chip come on u gotta run shady more than 8 times point blank no matter what and defense in the offseason we need new cb’s and another safety pat chung is the worst safety and cary Williams is the worst cb in the league hands down and if u got them bums on the back end out of here and blitz more if you see they cant cover and btw hell of agame d-jack but next time fight alittle bit more on that pick nick thru but gg u balled out. and how bout them cowboys just get back to what we do well run shady and play action that was almost like andy reid got into chip’s body with all the passes and ertz I see u young man keep up the good work.

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 9:20 pm

Where you drunk watching that game frank?? Receivers were running wide open….the game plan didnt prevent Foles from hitting open receivers…it was simply poor quarterback play!
Spare me with the stats! The key thing to look at is did the offensive line provide the Quarterback with enough time to complete passes? Were receivers open? The answer to both of these questions was yes…which is why he piled so many stats in the first place.
The assessment of the Quarterback comes in the fourth quarter of the game…when we needed the QB to make some plays to take the lead in a significant game with playoff implications did he come thru…or did he fall short, miss open receivers, take bad sacks. Did he play well when the game was there for the win…the answer is NO
Dont give me the play calling, dont throw Vick or McNabb in this…they are not playing…Foles is playing and he deserves the same heat that everyother QB gets when the team loses and he stinks up the place in the fourth quarter!

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 9:35 pm
Reply to  koolbreeze

Foles is 6-2, nobody else in the Eagles QB stable has a winning record That’s why he’s the starter. End of story! If Kelly followed your criteria for QB selection, Vick would’ve been benched afler game two, definitely after 3, most definitely after four…lol. You get the point!

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 9:53 pm
Reply to  Eaglehaslanded

Vick got hurt and is out of the picture…stop dragging him up! Foles is the QB of the team and he gets the credit when they win…and blame when they lose! I have a very objective criteria.
1.Did the Offensive Line give him time to make throws and complete passes?
YES
2. Were receivers open and available for big plays?
YES
3. Did the QB make plays in the fourth quarter of a tight game to give the team a chance to win?
NO
Foles didnt get the job done today. I am not calling for his benching…you have to ride him out…he has two games to get us in the playoffs! I dont care how it gets done…hook or crook..luck..whatever…all Foles has to do is get us in…Period…
No excuses, no breaks…just bottom line results!

antitrust32
antitrust32
December 16, 2013 12:13 pm
Reply to  koolbreeze

the defense gave up 48 stinking points? Seriously. Give it a rest. You are making yourself look really dumb.

jakedog
jakedog
December 15, 2013 9:26 pm

What game were you watching, foles hit most receivers the obvious ones he missed were confusion on route

Did you ever wear a jock strap

jakedog
jakedog
December 15, 2013 9:30 pm

He throws for over 400 yards and he stinks the joint out

There are the most stupid, racists on here, bar none, this site takes the cake

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 9:39 pm
Reply to  jakedog

You knew the cockroaches were going to come out of the woodwork after a loss!

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
December 15, 2013 9:32 pm

Also for all you fake, conditional Eagle fans who are only Eagle fans because of the Quarterback…stop with phoney excuses and lame stats.I am consistent. Stats are for losers! Foles didnt have a great ‘stat’ game against Detroit..but I made it clear that I though it was one of his best games. Why? Because he made key throws in the game that brought us back…he opened up the running game with his passing and then Shady ran wild.
Here, Foles missed key passes, failed to move the team at key moments…didnt make plays that we needed the QB to make to keep the Vikings offense off the field…He stunk in the key moments of the game, crunch time…he was terrible!

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
December 15, 2013 9:45 pm
Reply to  koolbreeze

Unkool aka hot air, you are fake and a flip flopper, last week Foles is the man, this week he stinks and needs to be replaced. If you’re with someone, stick with them through thick and thin…good game and bad because all QB’s will have bad performances…God knows we’ve seen plenty bad QB performances over the last two years but no protests from you. Stone cold hypocrite!!! LOL stone cold!