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2021 Philadelphia Eagles - Queued up a playlist of our greatest zits throughout the season for final game (1 Viewer)

What a great win. Everyone is pretty much showing progress! Score looks closer than the game ever was. Love the uptick in blitz calls on defense, most of them seemed to be called at the right time.

Hurts with 3 rushing TD's. This guy will probably become the first 1k/10TD QB in NFL history. If you don't see the progress he is showing, you aren't paying attention. Not a finished product yet. 

We are peaking at the right time in our schedule and season. 

Team chemistry is also peaking which is one of the more underrated aspects of team building b/c we can't see any stats on that.

Get to playoffs, get our team playoff experience. Keep on moving forward. 

 
Terpman22 said:
What a great win. Everyone is pretty much showing progress! Score looks closer than the game ever was. Love the uptick in blitz calls on defense, most of them seemed to be called at the right time.

Hurts with 3 rushing TD's. This guy will probably become the first 1k/10TD QB in NFL history. If you don't see the progress he is showing, you aren't paying attention. Not a finished product yet. 

We are peaking at the right time in our schedule and season. 

Team chemistry is also peaking which is one of the more underrated aspects of team building b/c we can't see any stats on that.

Get to playoffs, get our team playoff experience. Keep on moving forward. 
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it also seems like they are having a good time.  which im not sure i saw at all last season.

 
Terpman22 said:
Love the uptick in blitz calls on defense, most of them seemed to be called at the right time.
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i know that the saints were down at least two starting linemen on their O, but it looked like Gannon called a great game mixing in those blitzes. i noted yesterday Hurts on the field and Sirianni on offensive side looks great, should have also included this on the defensive side too.

and separately, Mailata going after it all day yesterday was the best part of the game.

 
Bigboy10182000 said:
And I don’t know how everyone will take this but these recent signing ensure Howie is 100% back next year. 
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Yeah. Pretty much was ESP was saying yesterday. I'd lean that direction for sure, but nothing is a given, considering the strange offseasons we have every once in  a  while. 

With that said, that class looks so good now. Contributors everywhere and a HUGE shoutout to Jeff Stoutland. Mailata is not close to the player he has become without his tutelage. 

 
Bigboy10182000 said:
And I don’t know how everyone will take this but these recent signing ensure Howie is 100% back next year. 
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I'm assuming they're making the playoffs, so no way would Lurie fire him if they do.

The remaining schedule is pretty easy and the rest of the NFC is mediocre or bad, plus the extra wildcard spot. They would have to implode at this point to not get the 6 or 7 seed.

 
https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/turns-out-eagles-coach-nick-siriannis-flower-metaphor-was-spot

It was Oct. 27, and the Eagles were still reeling from another blowout loss, this one 33-22 to the Raiders in Las Vegas.I

They had trailed by as many as 23 points in the 4th quarter, the fourth time in five weeks they trailed by at least 21 points at some point in an ugly loss. And they arrived in Philly to the reality that they were 2-5 with five losses in their last six games.

Things seemed hopeless.

Nick Sirianni met with the media three days later and insisted there was progress being made, we just couldn’t see it yet. But even if it wasn’t visible on game day, he could see it Monday through Saturday in the way his team worked, the way his players practiced, the way they bought into his core values and the way his players were learning.

That’s when he talked about flowers and everybody laughed at him. 

They mocked him and ridiculed him because everybody knows football is war, players are gladiators, games are battles and we don’t talk about flowers around here.

But if you stopped to think about it, his point was a good one. A plant grows roots below the ground where nobody can see before it blossoms above ground into something that looks pretty good.

When Sirianni shared this allegory with his players, he talked about plants, not flowers. When he shared the story with the media, he said flowers.

Be that as it may, the reaction to Sirianni’s message was instantaneous.

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“Fire him.”

“He’s clueless.”

“What an idiot.”

Sirianni definitely has a different way of doing things, and his New Agey botanical metaphor – along with that 2-5 record – did not go over well.

But there was one place Sirianni’s message did through, and that was the only place that really mattered.

The locker room.

“One thing I love about our team meetings is you really don’t know what to expect, and you’re always going to leave with something that you truly remember about how the talk went,” T.J. Edwards said a day later. 

“I think that’s something kind of awesome that coach does, keeping it fresh with us. I think the team took it well. We’re obviously disappointed how the season’s gone so far, but there’s no stopping us at all.”

Guess what’s happened since Sirianni’s chat?

Sirianni and Jonathan Gannon both seem to have developed a better understanding of their personnel and what each player is good at. The offense has morphed into a running game powerhouse. The defense has played extremely physical and has finally started forcing turnovers.

And the Eagles are 3-1 since Sirianni’s flower analogy, with all three wins by double digits and the one loss coming to a 6-4 Chargers team on the last play of the game.

The Eagles are a dangerous football team right now, and with an extra wild-card in the mix and a schedule that’s awfully favorable over the next five weeks, it’s absolutely realistic to start thinking postseason.

Sirianni was right.

Everything he said on Oct. 27 was true. The Eagles were getting blown out week after week, but he never lost the team. Amidst all the ugly losses, his message never stopped getting through, and his players never stopped working and learning and growing and improving and buying in.

Progress was being made every day. We just couldn’t see it yet. Which was his point all along.
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Kempski addressed something interesting in his mailbag column last week.  Here is the list of first year head coaches:

Dan Campbell, Lions

David Culley, Texans

Urban Meyer, Jaguars

Robert Saleh, Jets

Nick Sirianni, Eagles

Arthur Smith, Falcons

Brandon Staley, Chargers

Staley has been really good but having Herbert helps. Other than him, is there anyone that you can say has been definitively better than Sirianni so far even with his rough start to the season?

 
jasvic said:
I'm assuming they're making the playoffs, so no way would Lurie fire him if they do.

The remaining schedule is pretty easy and the rest of the NFC is mediocre or bad, plus the extra wildcard spot. They would have to implode at this point to not get the 6 or 7 seed.
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Im not there yet. I’m just going week to week. Giants next week on short rest but I’m curious if Judge’s team gets up for a “revenge” game because of the perceived slight last year. Obviously it’s very winnable but I’m curious to see how we come out. 

 
GoBirds said:
Imagine if we actually attempted more than 5 rushes/game the first half of the season?!? :lmao:
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I was looking at it and I think we only win the SF game for sure. Not certain about the others. We can certainly say it's possible but it's also possible teams find a way to counter is by now if we did. 

 
Insein said:
I was looking at it and I think we only win the SF game for sure. Not certain about the others. We can certainly say it's possible but it's also possible teams find a way to counter is by now if we did. 
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And we probably only needed 1 extra run play to win the SF game: a QB sneak at the goal line. 

 
Just heard a stat. Through the first 7 weeks, eagles had the lowest rushing total in the league (32nd). Now with the last 4 games, the Eagles are now ranked 2nd overall on the year in rushing behind only the Browns. 

 
i am starting to really dig film breakdowns that come around. Baldy does great with it, but this guy on youtube has done Mailatta videos since he was drafted. fun to watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaC0mtjnL3g&ab_channel=BreakingTheBirds

it is funny thinking of guy's like Fletcher getting double teamed all the time. Watching Mailatta and Landon combine to double on a block i think would move a Mac truck at 1:02. 

also hope Kelcey can play one more year. this OL looks like it can be a true force the rest of the season

ETA: just thinking if Brooks could have avoided that injury. The OL would be an absolute beast with Brooks and Lane on the right side, and Landon and Mailatta on the left. 

 
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modogg said:
i am starting to really dig film breakdowns that come around. Baldy does great with it, but this guy on youtube has done Mailatta videos since he was drafted. fun to watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaC0mtjnL3g&ab_channel=BreakingTheBirds

it is funny thinking of guy's like Fletcher getting double teamed all the time. Watching Mailatta and Landon combine to double on a block i think would move a Mac truck at 1:02. 

also hope Kelcey can play one more year. this OL looks like it can be a true force the rest of the season

ETA: just thinking if Brooks could have avoided that injury. The OL would be an absolute beast with Brooks and Lane on the right side, and Landon and Mailatta on the left. 
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I’ve been following Thomas for a while now and posted his videos here throughout the years. He’s great and engaging on Twitter as well. I love him and Fran Duffy for their breakdowns. They’re so detailed. 

 
modogg said:
ETA: just thinking if Brooks could have avoided that injury. The OL would be an absolute beast with Brooks and Lane on the right side, and Landon and Mailatta on the left. 
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Unfortunately, I think Brooks has entered the JP phase of his career where he's still among the best at his position when he plays, but we can't depend on him giving us 17 games so it's good that we have adequate/developing guys behind him.

 
The Noid said:
Unfortunately, I think Brooks has entered the JP phase of his career where he's still among the best at his position when he plays, but we can't depend on him giving us 17 games so it's good that we have adequate/developing guys behind him.
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It’s possible it’s even worse than Peters. Brooks will be 33 next season and will have played in 1.5 games since 2019 come next year. He’s breaking down very fast. 

 
Insein said:
Just heard a stat. Through the first 7 weeks, eagles had the lowest rushing total in the league (32nd). Now with the last 4 games, the Eagles are now ranked 2nd overall on the year in rushing behind only the Browns. 
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Running for 200+ on Detroit was one thing.  On the Saints though - damn impressive. The Saints only had one game before that even giving up over 100 rushing yards.

 
Mailata has been so good we forgot about how impressive Dickerson has been:

Landon Dickerson has the 2nd highest run block win rate among all NFL guards, per ESPN (76 %)

 
Bigboy10182000 said:
Mailata has been so good we forgot about how impressive Dickerson has been:

Landon Dickerson has the 2nd highest run block win rate among all NFL guards, per ESPN (76 %)
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I think Dickerson is about as vivid an example of the benefit of Sirianni adjusting to his players’ strengths. Dickerson was struggling in pass pro but is clearly dominant as a run blocker

 
babydemon90 said:
Is Brooks projected to come back this year?
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Thought I had heard he'd be able to come back and Seamulo couldn't but I could have that reversed. When he first got hurt I thought they had said Brooks wouldn't be out long but here we are this far into the season and not looking good 

 
babydemon90 said:
Is Brooks projected to come back this year?
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It was a projected 8-10 week injury (pec strain, not a tear), and he got it about 8 weeks ago. So there's a chance he's back for the last few games. With Davion Taylor headed to IR this week, that could open a spot for Brooks if he's ready. They are back at practice today so could see Brooks if they are ready to open his "21-day practice window" from IR. 

 
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Also, let's shout out to officially having a better year this year then last, as we have already surpassed last years win total...  And that's without Wentz, mostly without Ertz, a ton of first years starters (players AND coaches).  We've got some young core players we're excited about, when last year seemed deviod of talent and a roster going the way of the Jets.

 
In my lifetime, I haven't seen a better Non Head Coach coach than Jeff Stoutland. Jim Johnson too, but recency bias and all, man its just so awesome we have been able to keep him here, despite HC and the results are so obvious. He's also helping on run designs as well. Sign him to a contract for life please. 

 
Terpman22 said:
In my lifetime, I haven't seen a better Non Head Coach coach than Jeff Stoutland. Jim Johnson too, but recency bias and all, man its just so awesome we have been able to keep him here, despite HC and the results are so obvious. He's also helping on run designs as well. Sign him to a contract for life please. 
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I have a lot of respect for coaches like Stoutland and Johnson for being content to do what they love and what they are good at instead of chasing head coaching jobs.

 
The Noid said:
It was a projected 8-10 week injury (pec strain, not a tear), and he got it about 8 weeks ago. So there's a chance he's back for the last few games. With Davion Taylor headed to IR this week, that could open a spot for Brooks if he's ready. They are back at practice today so could see Brooks if they are ready to open his "21-day practice window" from IR. 
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“Still no update on Brandon Brooks from Nick Sirianni. Also declines to say if Brooks will be back in the starting lineup whenever he’s healthy.”

 
From field Yates in twitter:

CB Mac McCain’s young NFL career has been a journey:

May: Signed by Broncos as UDFA, waived at the end of camp

September 7: Signed by Eagles off the Broncos’ practice squad

November 9: Waived by Eagles, claimed by Broncos

Today: Claimed by Eagles after being waived by Broncos

 
babydemon90 said:
Also, let's shout out to officially having a better year this year then last, as we have already surpassed last years win total...  And that's without Wentz, mostly without Ertz, a ton of first years starters (players AND coaches).  We've got some young core players we're excited about, when last year seemed deviod of talent and a roster going the way of the Jets.
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Some of that goes to the layers and coaches but I think our schedule recently has helped us out a lot too and making us look a lot better than we are. I'd rather miss the playoffs then be one and don and probably get curbed stomped by whoever we play. Plus I think the team would become complacent and not fix issues thinking "hey we made the playoffs lets just put a band aid like the SB", where as missing the playoffs forces the org to make moves necessary needed to fix the holes. 

 
DJackson10 said:
Some of that goes to the layers and coaches but I think our schedule recently has helped us out a lot too and making us look a lot better than we are. I'd rather miss the playoffs then be one and don and probably get curbed stomped by whoever we play. Plus I think the team would become complacent and not fix issues thinking "hey we made the playoffs lets just put a band aid like the SB", where as missing the playoffs forces the org to make moves necessary needed to fix the holes. 
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NOBODY is going to mix up or confuse the needs just because we sneak in as the 7 seed. This won't be confused with the post SB season

 
I hate to say this, but am I crazy to think the final game of the season could decide the division? Currently two games back, the ease of the remaining schedule. Between now and then they just need to win one more game than Dallas does and at least have the same division record as them (Eagles would win the next tie breaker of common games).

That can't really happen, right?

 
jasvic said:
I hate to say this, but am I crazy to think the final game of the season could decide the division? Currently two games back, the ease of the remaining schedule. Between now and then they just need to win one more game than Dallas does and at least have the same division record as them (Eagles would win the next tie breaker of common games).

That can't really happen, right?
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Maybe. They have a 2.5 game lead and outside of Arizona they’re schedule is just as easy as ours. 

 
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