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No, my reference was to last nites game. But as you and I exchanged posts a few days back, their collapse(like P'burg did) from a 10-1 start and given the fact they went to the SB last year is without question epic !Last nites game and the absolute pathetic plays on defense, inability to 'tackle' is but one example. This AM our local talking heads on Philly TV, some of which are blaming coaching ???? Total BS, you're in the NFL for Gods sake, should have learned to tackle before you get to this level ! But no, so many of these clowns want their 5 sec of highlight fame to be show with the 'big hit'. Just but one example of why I haven't wasted my time watching a complete game in many a year !As for your question with regards to the teams they beat during the regular season.........'old news', meaningless !
Hilarious. You do realize that all but one team loses in this and they aren't totally dismantled, right? And that the Eagles were without two major weapons on offense. The big issue with the Eagles isn't their team, it's that they lost both coordinators and haven't found quality replacements. They looked bad when they were winning. Hurts was badly injured for nearly the entire season and battled through. Disappointing for sure, but they're far from sunk.
Well, I would disagree. There's an old axium that Superbowl losers always collapse the following year. So no, it's not epic, I believe you yourself said they played crappy to 10-1, they just found ways to win, and you were right. I think the Lions were 1-5 to start, did they have an epic collapse then? My contention is that's it's football, every game counts to a total when you arrive at the end of the season. Slumps and streaks matter during the season, but as you noted, that's ancient history. It's a new season, if the Eagles or Steelers had won it would be a whole new story, just as it actually is for Houston.It is the coaching regarding the Eagles. You're not wrong, most of the time it is the Willy's and Joe's, but the Eagles are different. They had fabulously innovative coordinators that are now successful head coaches and they weren't replaced. After the 49ers game the players stopped believing that the current staff had the slightest idea how to run either the offense or defense. Hurts is the ultimate team diplomat and it was sneaking through with him. Siriani needs to prove he can attract top quality coaching.
Pitchers and catchers report in less than 6 weeks..........go Phillies !!
i suppose this is the great thing about fervent fandom... people otherwise with brains can't admit to what they (and everyone else) are seeing with their own eyes...
I suppose this is what you get when you listen to TV pundits instead of thinking for yourself. I've been consistent throughout the year in my opinion of the Eagles and where their problems living up to their potential lie. The NFL is broken. On purpose. It was broken by themselves in a quixotic search for mutually exclusive goals of team parity and increased scoring. The owners all wanted a chance at a Superbowl trophy so now we have mostly mediocre teams hovering around 500 and almost half the teams getting into the playoffs, combined with a QB driven game dominated by a constant search for the next Brady or Mahomes. The same thing happens with coaches, a never ending churn of coordinators and position coaches moving from team to team leaving players in their wake trying to adjust to new systems each year. That's what happened to the Eagles. They had brilliant offensive and defensive coordinators who devised game plans that adjusted at the line of scrimmage, not at half time or after the series on the bench. After one season of success those guys left for head coaching jobs and the replacements don't understand how it works, so tried to go back to old style playbooks. The players aren't stupid, they know it's a joke, and finally they stop buying into the baloney. You are going to get hurt tackling players in the NFL. You might play the next down, but there's a price to be paid with every play. If you're a professional looking to maximize your earnings you make a business decision if it's worth the cost for your bosses who are going to be gone next year. Don't even get me started on the referees.
Loins to NFC championship..where they will probably get carved up by 49ers.
