**Monday Night Football - Eagles 6-2 at Packers 5-2-1**(-1, 46) 8:15 (1 Viewer)

[Insein]

Super bound again

I would say they are at best the 4th in the NFL.. After Seattle/Rams/Lions

I would say you are wrong. And im being kind

Who are they better then. Please be kind

I'd say LA, Sea and Det are better than Philly right now. They'd beat everyone else. It wouldn't be pretty but they'd win.

 

[rockaction]

Eagles beat KC at KC, the Rams, the Bucs in Tampa, and now Green Bay at Green Bay. But yeah, there must be like 3 or 4 other NFC teams I'm not aware of.

LA, Sea, Tampa, SF, Chi

broken clocks are right twice a day.

psst, the Rams are from L.A. And Tampa is from… Tampa.

And Chicago? ok.

dude, slow tonight?

BROKEN CLOCKS ARE RIGHT TWICE A DAY

 

[rockaction]

Eagles beat KC at KC, the Rams, the Bucs in Tampa, and now Green Bay at Green Bay. But yeah, there must be like 3 or 4 other NFC teams I'm not aware of.

LA, Sea, Tampa, SF, Chi

broken clocks are right twice a day.

Already beat LA and Tampa. We'll get to beat Chicago in a few weeks. SF, lol. They might not even make the playoffs. SEA is the only team you could argue.

BROKEN CLOCKS ARE RIGHT TWICE A DAY

GOD IT'S LIKE I ST-ST-STUTTER

 

[Kuz]

Eagles won but LOL.. I'm sure AJ Brown will be happy with his 3 targets today.. What are they thinking.

The Eagles are showing that they do not need to feature Brown regularly to win. I know it sucks for Brown, who cares about stats more than winning, and FF owners who have him, but the Eagles number one concern is winning, which they continue to do. No style points in the NFL. Winning is winning.

They won't beat teams that can score though.. Starts next week. They won't be able to keep up with the Lions playing the sorry stupid offense they play..

They are 24-5 since the start of last season. The Rams can score, we agree on that, right? And when the Eagles needed to score more to beat them earlier this season, they came back and did so and won. Tonight wasn't pretty, but they got the job done.

It's like this is people's first viewing of Philly. They win the turnover battle, play conservative on offense and do just enough to win games. It very rarely looks pretty.

Not my first time watching Philly.. It's you Philly fans that can't see what is going on. You have arguably
the best offense but look like crap. It's up to you to see it.. But I'm guessing you will not. That was an awful offensive game. I'll eat crow if they hang with the Lions next week but I'm not seeing it..

 

[rockaction]

Eagles beat KC at KC, the Rams, the Bucs in Tampa, and now Green Bay at Green Bay. But yeah, there must be like 3 or 4 other NFC teams I'm not aware of.

LA, Sea, Tampa, SF, Chi

broken clocks are right twice a day.

Weak bait

****. You're right. I forgot DET

 

[rockaction]

psst, the Rams are from L.A. And Tampa is from… Tampa.

And Chicago? ok.

i love how y'all are "correcting" me and your boy said you beat Denver.

LOL.

 

[Insein]

Eagles won but LOL.. I'm sure AJ Brown will be happy with his 3 targets today.. What are they thinking.

The Eagles are showing that they do not need to feature Brown regularly to win. I know it sucks for Brown, who cares about stats more than winning, and FF owners who have him, but the Eagles number one concern is winning, which they continue to do. No style points in the NFL. Winning is winning.

They won't beat teams that can score though.. Starts next week. They won't be able to keep up with the Lions playing the sorry stupid offense they play..

They are 24-5 since the start of last season. The Rams can score, we agree on that, right? And when the Eagles needed to score more to beat them earlier this season, they came back and did so and won. Tonight wasn't pretty, but they got the job done.

It's like this is people's first viewing of Philly. They win the turnover battle, play conservative on offense and do just enough to win games. It very rarely looks pretty.

Not my first time watching Philly.. It's you Philly fans that can't see what is going on. You have arguably
the best offense but look like crap. It's up to you to see it.. But I'm guessing you will not. That was an awful offensive game. I'll eat crow if they hang with the Lions next week but I'm not seeing it..

The funny thing is, this Eagles team does stupid things to win every week. I wouldn't be shocked if they won 41-38. But there's definitely issues with the OC.

 

[rockaction]

Arguing with Philly fans is like

wait.

The Great Molasses Flood, or, the Boston Molasses Disaster

Coverage from The Boston Post​

Molasses can be fermented to produce ethanol, the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages and a key component in munitions. The disaster occurred at the Purity Distilling Company facility at 529 Commercial Street near Keany Square. A considerable amount of molasses had been stored there by the company, which used the harborside Commercial Street tank to offload molasses from ships and store it for later transfer by pipeline to the Purity ethanol plant situated between Willow Street and Evereteze Way in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The molasses tank stood 50 feet (15 meters) tall and 90 ft (27 m) in diameter, and contained as much as 2.3 million US gal (8,700 m3).

Modern downtown Boston with molasses flood area circled
On January 15, 1919, temperatures in Boston had risen above 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius), climbing rapidly from the frigid temperatures of the preceding days, and the previous day, a ship had delivered a fresh load of molasses, which had been warmed to decrease its viscosity for transfer. Possibly due to the thermal expansion of the older, colder molasses already inside the tank, the tank burst open and collapsed at approximately 12:30 p.m. Witnesses reported that they felt the ground shake and heard a roar as it collapsed, a long rumble similar to the passing of an elevated train; others reported a tremendous crashing, a deep growling, "a thunderclap-like bang!", and a sound like a machine gun as the rivets shot out of the tank.

The density of molasses is about 1.4 metric tons per cubic meter (12 pounds per US gallon), 40 percent more dense than water, resulting in the molasses having a great deal of potential energy.The collapse translated this energy into a wave of molasses 25 ft (8 m) high at its peak, moving at 35 mph (56 km/h), enough to drive steel panels of the burst tank against the girders of the adjacent Boston Elevated Railway's Atlantic Avenue structure and tip a streetcar momentarily off the El's tracks. Stephen Puleo describes how nearby buildings were swept off their foundations and crushed. Several blocks were flooded to a depth of 2 to 3 ft (60 to 90 cm). Puleo quotes a Boston Post report:

Molasses, waist deep, covered the street and swirled and bubbled about the wreckage [...] Here and there struggled a form—whether it was animal or human being was impossible to tell. Only an upheaval, a thrashing about in the sticky mass, showed where any life was [...] Horses died like so many flies on sticky fly-paper. The more they struggled, the deeper in the mess they were ensnared. Human beings—men and women—suffered likewise.

As molasses is a non-Newtonian fluid, its viscosity changes under stress, thinning and flowing quickly under pressure and heat. During the flood, this shear-thinning resulted in unexpected speed. A 2013 article in Scientific American stated:

"A wave of molasses does not behave like a wave of water. [...] A wave of molasses is even more devastating than a typical tsunami. In 1919 the dense wall of syrup surging from its collapsed tank initially moved fast enough to sweep people up and demolish buildings, only to settle into a more gelatinous state that kept people trapped."

The Boston Globe reported that people "were picked up by a rush of air and hurled many feet". Others had debris hurled at them from the rush of sweet-smelling air. A truck was picked up and hurled into Boston Harbor. After the initial wave, the molasses became viscous, exacerbated by the cold temperatures, trapping those caught in the wave and making it even more difficult to rescue them.About 150 people were injured, and 21 people and several horses were killed. Some were crushed and drowned by the molasses or by the debris that it carried within. The wounded included people, horses, and dogs; coughing fits became one of the most common ailments after the initial blast. Edwards Park wrote of one child's experience in a 1983 article for Smithsonian:

Anthony di Stasio, walking homeward with his sisters from the Michelangelo School, was picked up by the wave and carried, tumbling on its crest, almost as though he were surfing. Then he grounded and the molasses rolled him like a pebble as the wave diminished. He heard his mother call his name and couldn't answer, his throat was so clogged with the smothering goo. He passed out, then opened his eyes to find three of his four sisters staring at him.

 

[Kuz]

Eagles won but LOL.. I'm sure AJ Brown will be happy with his 3 targets today.. What are they thinking.

The Eagles are showing that they do not need to feature Brown regularly to win. I know it sucks for Brown, who cares about stats more than winning, and FF owners who have him, but the Eagles number one concern is winning, which they continue to do. No style points in the NFL. Winning is winning.

They won't beat teams that can score though.. Starts next week. They won't be able to keep up with the Lions playing the sorry stupid offense they play..

They are 24-5 since the start of last season. The Rams can score, we agree on that, right? And when the Eagles needed to score more to beat them earlier this season, they came back and did so and won. Tonight wasn't pretty, but they got the job done.

It's like this is people's first viewing of Philly. They win the turnover battle, play conservative on offense and do just enough to win games. It very rarely looks pretty.

Not my first time watching Philly.. It's you Philly fans that can't see what is going on. You have arguably
the best offense but look like crap. It's up to you to see it.. But I'm guessing you will not. That was an awful offensive game. I'll eat crow if they hang with the Lions next week but I'm not seeing it..

The funny thing is, this Eagles team does stupid things to win every week. I wouldn't be shocked if they won 41-38. But there's definitely issues with the OC.

Come on.. Eagles scoring 41.. I guess if the defense scores 3 TD's.. The play calling on offense is so easy to predict.

 

[Terpman22]

Tough game tough win.

Eagles defense gets no credit eh? Looks like a pretty good defense with Phillips added and Nolan Smith back.

Sure, the offense still is not great at times haha and tonight was one of those times. True test next week, but in a game I was wondering if we’d pitch a shutout for most of the night, I’m not gonna whine about a huge road win against a team vying for the 1-seed.

Wins are wins.

Work to do still.

Go Birds!

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Eagles won but LOL.. I'm sure AJ Brown will be happy with his 3 targets today.. What are they thinking.

The Eagles are showing that they do not need to feature Brown regularly to win. I know it sucks for Brown, who cares about stats more than winning, and FF owners who have him, but the Eagles number one concern is winning, which they continue to do. No style points in the NFL. Winning is winning.

Yeah, and the Raiders could have won but Barrett Roberts put himself into a blender of a bender. What if he ditches right before a playoff game or runs routes like he has been? Have you seen him jog his routes?

I have no shares of him nor a stake. Divesting years ago because he weird. Like real weird and thought he'd break down and be irrelevant on the Iggles.

But if he bricks, that spreads like wildfire, and I'm not sure he won't if they all take your kind of attitude towards him. Heh.

Barrett Robbins had bipolar disorder and depression. He went off his meds and had a major episode - went to TJ and on a bender, correct. But it wasn’t because he was disgruntled.

I don’t see AJB crashing out like that, nor do I see his situation as a comp for Robbins. Dude is an alpha WR who’s barely used. Eagles could be winning games comfortably if they’d make it a priority to open the offense, but they do this dink and dunk stuff & ignore Smith & ABJ for long stretches.

Disinterest is probably the most likely repercussion, but easily avoided if they show some love. Trust that the Philly sports media ecosystem will be all over it. Eagles will feel the pressure & grease the squeaky wheel.

Y’all don’t be talking about Robbins. I was at that Super Bowl Callahan cost the raiders the game. Robbins helped.

 

[Insein]

I still have no idea what Watson was doing on this play.

https://x.com/tezfrm901/status/1988055719380471928?t=0GmI4Bxr87ryRmjej7y4qw&s=19

 

[Kuz]

Tough game tough win.

Eagles defense gets no credit eh? Looks like a pretty good defense with Phillips added and Nolan Smith back.

Sure, the offense still is not great at times haha and tonight was one of those times. True test next week, but in a game I was wondering if we’d pitch a shutout for most of the night, I’m not gonna whine about a huge road win against a team vying for the 1-seed.

Wins are wins.

Work to do still.

Go Birds!

Curious.. Offense was not great.. Wow... They were terrible.. Defense very good.. Eagles find something out on offense & they are the team to beat. If not .. then Seattle/Lions/Rams will beat them in the playoffs

 

[rockaction]

Ps - it also helped that Gruden was coaching against last team that his asst coach took over, and TB had their playbook. I remember Warren Sapp in an interview saying the TB defense was calling OAK’s offensive plays all game. Just a brutal fateful matchup for the Raiders.

Even more ironic that it was the team Dungy built and Gruden got all the credit at the time.

Yep. Callahan hadn’t changed the terminology or play calls. Tampa knew them.*

Giants, Jets, Raiders. Three favorite teams since I was seven (?) then around 2003 or so everybody made me pick just one.

Jets? You serious, Lloyd?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

*so goes the folklore

 

[rockaction]

1st quarter - 2 drives, 99 yards
2nd quarter - 8 drives, 83 yards
3rd quarter - 3 drives, 83 yards

4th quarter - 7 drives, 271 yards

This was not good defense. That abomination of a first half was pooping your pants disguised as strategery.

When they wanted (sorry, when they were forced) it was nearly 300 yards in a quarter.

Bad coaches.

 

[cockroach]

I still have no idea what Watson was doing on this play.

https://x.com/tezfrm901/status/1988055719380471928?t=0GmI4Bxr87ryRmjej7y4qw&s=19

Preventing an int?

 

[rockaction]

I did some work on last night's play calling. It was garbage for both teams. If anybody is interested I'll pass it along. Two awful coaching jobs. Sirianni's is easily criminal; Lafleur requires more explanation. Philly is psychotic.

​

 

[rockaction]

I might just print the GPT convo. The claim against these two coaches is legit. It's easily explainable in two or three newer numbers that work. They tell the story.

 

[oldmanhawkins]

I did some work on last night's play calling. It was garbage for both teams. If anybody is interested I'll pass it along. Two awful coaching jobs. Sirianni's is easily criminal; Lafleur requires more explanation. Philly is psychotic.

​

LaFleur seemed to be on tilt. He was making decisions based in anger on Love missing an open receiver or Melton dropping an easy 3rd down pass.

Sirianni appeared to be “going with his gut” and I don’t know wtf he had for dinner.

Neither seemed connected to the game that was unfolding or thinking a few steps ahead.

 

[Insein]

I still have no idea what Watson was doing on this play.

https://x.com/tezfrm901/status/1988055719380471928?t=0GmI4Bxr87ryRmjej7y4qw&s=19

Preventing an int?

He could have caught the ball. It hit him in the head.

 

[cockroach]

I still have no idea what Watson was doing on this play.

https://x.com/tezfrm901/status/1988055719380471928?t=0GmI4Bxr87ryRmjej7y4qw&s=19

Preventing an int?

He could have caught the ball. It hit him in the head.

He was adjusting to an overthrown ball and turned defender. You wanted him to high point a ball he spotted going over his opposite shoulder as he was running upfield? He probably would have blown his knee again and/or got absolutely leveled. He bailed Love out.

 

[Snotbubbles]

Eagles won but LOL.. I'm sure AJ Brown will be happy with his 3 targets today.. What are they thinking.

The Eagles are showing that they do not need to feature Brown regularly to win. I know it sucks for Brown, who cares about stats more than winning, and FF owners who have him, but the Eagles number one concern is winning, which they continue to do. No style points in the NFL. Winning is winning.

They won't beat teams that can score though.. Starts next week. They won't be able to keep up with the Lions playing the sorry stupid offense they play..

They are 24-5 since the start of last season. The Rams can score, we agree on that, right? And when the Eagles needed to score more to beat them earlier this season, they came back and did so and won. Tonight wasn't pretty, but they got the job done.

It's like this is people's first viewing of Philly. They win the turnover battle, play conservative on offense and do just enough to win games. It very rarely looks pretty.

Not my first time watching Philly.. It's you Philly fans that can't see what is going on. You have arguably
the best offense but look like crap. It's up to you to see it.. But I'm guessing you will not. That was an awful offensive game. I'll eat crow if they hang with the Lions next week but I'm not seeing it..

Yeah, this team reminds me of the 2024 Kansas City Chiefs. That team looked off all year, but kept winning games in strange ways. Somehow, made it back to the Superbowl.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Eagles beat KC at KC, the Rams, the Bucs in Tampa, and now Green Bay at Green Bay. But yeah, there must be like 3 or 4 other NFC teams I'm not aware of.

LA, Sea, Tampa, SF, Chi

broken clocks are right twice a day.

psst, the Rams are from L.A. And Tampa is from… Tampa.

And Chicago? ok.

dude, slow tonight?

BROKEN CLOCKS ARE RIGHT TWICE A DAY

Dude, no. And what are you trying to say- Philly will beat them twice?

 

[Insein]

I still have no idea what Watson was doing on this play.

https://x.com/tezfrm901/status/1988055719380471928?t=0GmI4Bxr87ryRmjej7y4qw&s=19

Preventing an int?

He could have caught the ball. It hit him in the head.

He was adjusting to an overthrown ball and turned defender. You wanted him to high point a ball he spotted going over his opposite shoulder as he was running upfield? He probably would have blown his knee again and/or got absolutely leveled. He bailed Love out.

I don't see that at all. He's running in stride and if just keeps his eyes on it, he has a shot to come down with it. Instead he decided it was overthrown. The ball hits his head when his hands were 3 feet further than where the ball hit. It was a terrible reaction.

 

[Zeppelin]

He's running in stride and if just keeps his eyes on it, he has a shot to come down with it.

This. He may not have caught it but he gave away the chance to catch it when he took his eyes off the ball.

 

[need2know]

Arguing with Philly fans is like

wait.

The Great Molasses Flood, or, the Boston Molasses Disaster

Coverage from The Boston Post​

Molasses can be fermented to produce ethanol, the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages and a key component in munitions. The disaster occurred at the Purity Distilling Company facility at 529 Commercial Street near Keany Square. A considerable amount of molasses had been stored there by the company, which used the harborside Commercial Street tank to offload molasses from ships and store it for later transfer by pipeline to the Purity ethanol plant situated between Willow Street and Evereteze Way in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The molasses tank stood 50 feet (15 meters) tall and 90 ft (27 m) in diameter, and contained as much as 2.3 million US gal (8,700 m3).

Modern downtown Boston with molasses flood area circled
On January 15, 1919, temperatures in Boston had risen above 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius), climbing rapidly from the frigid temperatures of the preceding days, and the previous day, a ship had delivered a fresh load of molasses, which had been warmed to decrease its viscosity for transfer. Possibly due to the thermal expansion of the older, colder molasses already inside the tank, the tank burst open and collapsed at approximately 12:30 p.m. Witnesses reported that they felt the ground shake and heard a roar as it collapsed, a long rumble similar to the passing of an elevated train; others reported a tremendous crashing, a deep growling, "a thunderclap-like bang!", and a sound like a machine gun as the rivets shot out of the tank.

The density of molasses is about 1.4 metric tons per cubic meter (12 pounds per US gallon), 40 percent more dense than water, resulting in the molasses having a great deal of potential energy.The collapse translated this energy into a wave of molasses 25 ft (8 m) high at its peak, moving at 35 mph (56 km/h), enough to drive steel panels of the burst tank against the girders of the adjacent Boston Elevated Railway's Atlantic Avenue structure and tip a streetcar momentarily off the El's tracks. Stephen Puleo describes how nearby buildings were swept off their foundations and crushed. Several blocks were flooded to a depth of 2 to 3 ft (60 to 90 cm). Puleo quotes a Boston Post report:

Molasses, waist deep, covered the street and swirled and bubbled about the wreckage [...] Here and there struggled a form—whether it was animal or human being was impossible to tell. Only an upheaval, a thrashing about in the sticky mass, showed where any life was [...] Horses died like so many flies on sticky fly-paper. The more they struggled, the deeper in the mess they were ensnared. Human beings—men and women—suffered likewise.

As molasses is a non-Newtonian fluid, its viscosity changes under stress, thinning and flowing quickly under pressure and heat. During the flood, this shear-thinning resulted in unexpected speed. A 2013 article in Scientific American stated:

"A wave of molasses does not behave like a wave of water. [...] A wave of molasses is even more devastating than a typical tsunami. In 1919 the dense wall of syrup surging from its collapsed tank initially moved fast enough to sweep people up and demolish buildings, only to settle into a more gelatinous state that kept people trapped."

The Boston Globe reported that people "were picked up by a rush of air and hurled many feet". Others had debris hurled at them from the rush of sweet-smelling air. A truck was picked up and hurled into Boston Harbor. After the initial wave, the molasses became viscous, exacerbated by the cold temperatures, trapping those caught in the wave and making it even more difficult to rescue them.About 150 people were injured, and 21 people and several horses were killed. Some were crushed and drowned by the molasses or by the debris that it carried within. The wounded included people, horses, and dogs; coughing fits became one of the most common ailments after the initial blast. Edwards Park wrote of one child's experience in a 1983 article for Smithsonian:

Anthony di Stasio, walking homeward with his sisters from the Michelangelo School, was picked up by the wave and carried, tumbling on its crest, almost as though he were surfing. Then he grounded and the molasses rolled him like a pebble as the wave diminished. He heard his mother call his name and couldn't answer, his throat was so clogged with the smothering goo. He passed out, then opened his eyes to find three of his four sisters staring at him.

Lets talk about the jets

 

[need2know]

Huge win. Gb will never beat the eagles in a big game. Love is not farve or rodgers. Eagles going to get 1st round adv

 

[rockaction]

Arguing with Philly fans is like

wait.

The Great Molasses Flood, or, the Boston Molasses Disaster

Coverage from The Boston Post​

Molasses can be fermented to produce ethanol, the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages and a key component in munitions. The disaster occurred at the Purity Distilling Company facility at 529 Commercial Street near Keany Square. A considerable amount of molasses had been stored there by the company, which used the harborside Commercial Street tank to offload molasses from ships and store it for later transfer by pipeline to the Purity ethanol plant situated between Willow Street and Evereteze Way in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The molasses tank stood 50 feet (15 meters) tall and 90 ft (27 m) in diameter, and contained as much as 2.3 million US gal (8,700 m3).

Modern downtown Boston with molasses flood area circled
On January 15, 1919, temperatures in Boston had risen above 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius), climbing rapidly from the frigid temperatures of the preceding days, and the previous day, a ship had delivered a fresh load of molasses, which had been warmed to decrease its viscosity for transfer. Possibly due to the thermal expansion of the older, colder molasses already inside the tank, the tank burst open and collapsed at approximately 12:30 p.m. Witnesses reported that they felt the ground shake and heard a roar as it collapsed, a long rumble similar to the passing of an elevated train; others reported a tremendous crashing, a deep growling, "a thunderclap-like bang!", and a sound like a machine gun as the rivets shot out of the tank.

The density of molasses is about 1.4 metric tons per cubic meter (12 pounds per US gallon), 40 percent more dense than water, resulting in the molasses having a great deal of potential energy.The collapse translated this energy into a wave of molasses 25 ft (8 m) high at its peak, moving at 35 mph (56 km/h), enough to drive steel panels of the burst tank against the girders of the adjacent Boston Elevated Railway's Atlantic Avenue structure and tip a streetcar momentarily off the El's tracks. Stephen Puleo describes how nearby buildings were swept off their foundations and crushed. Several blocks were flooded to a depth of 2 to 3 ft (60 to 90 cm). Puleo quotes a Boston Post report:

Molasses, waist deep, covered the street and swirled and bubbled about the wreckage [...] Here and there struggled a form—whether it was animal or human being was impossible to tell. Only an upheaval, a thrashing about in the sticky mass, showed where any life was [...] Horses died like so many flies on sticky fly-paper. The more they struggled, the deeper in the mess they were ensnared. Human beings—men and women—suffered likewise.

As molasses is a non-Newtonian fluid, its viscosity changes under stress, thinning and flowing quickly under pressure and heat. During the flood, this shear-thinning resulted in unexpected speed. A 2013 article in Scientific American stated:

"A wave of molasses does not behave like a wave of water. [...] A wave of molasses is even more devastating than a typical tsunami. In 1919 the dense wall of syrup surging from its collapsed tank initially moved fast enough to sweep people up and demolish buildings, only to settle into a more gelatinous state that kept people trapped."

The Boston Globe reported that people "were picked up by a rush of air and hurled many feet". Others had debris hurled at them from the rush of sweet-smelling air. A truck was picked up and hurled into Boston Harbor. After the initial wave, the molasses became viscous, exacerbated by the cold temperatures, trapping those caught in the wave and making it even more difficult to rescue them.About 150 people were injured, and 21 people and several horses were killed. Some were crushed and drowned by the molasses or by the debris that it carried within. The wounded included people, horses, and dogs; coughing fits became one of the most common ailments after the initial blast. Edwards Park wrote of one child's experience in a 1983 article for Smithsonian:

Anthony di Stasio, walking homeward with his sisters from the Michelangelo School, was picked up by the wave and carried, tumbling on its crest, almost as though he were surfing. Then he grounded and the molasses rolled him like a pebble as the wave diminished. He heard his mother call his name and couldn't answer, his throat was so clogged with the smothering goo. He passed out, then opened his eyes to find three of his four sisters staring at him.

Lets talk about the jets

They're terrible. Nobody even bothers saddling me with them because how many times can I put the disgusting owner on blast or the front office or coaches. It's not even a sore spot with me; it's like, i don't know. I view knowing about them and writing about them a public service of sorts. The town crier of the pathetic, corrupt, yet still somehow impotent and inept mixed with blistering stupidities that could heat the earth were the sun to fail.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Parsons with yet ANOTHER stellar game last night
Damn I wish he was still in Dallas focused on his podcast

 

[ChicoCat]

I did some work on last night's play calling. It was garbage for both teams. If anybody is interested I'll pass it along. Two awful coaching jobs. Sirianni's is easily criminal; Lafleur requires more explanation. Philly is psychotic.

​

LaFleur seemed to be on tilt. He was making decisions based in anger on Love missing an open receiver or Melton dropping an easy 3rd down pass.

Sirianni appeared to be “going with his gut” and I don’t know wtf he had for dinner.

Neither seemed connected to the game that was unfolding or thinking a few steps ahead.

Sirianni has a reputation for that.

 

[need2know]

Arguing with Philly fans is like

wait.

The Great Molasses Flood, or, the Boston Molasses Disaster

Coverage from The Boston Post​

Molasses can be fermented to produce ethanol, the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages and a key component in munitions. The disaster occurred at the Purity Distilling Company facility at 529 Commercial Street near Keany Square. A considerable amount of molasses had been stored there by the company, which used the harborside Commercial Street tank to offload molasses from ships and store it for later transfer by pipeline to the Purity ethanol plant situated between Willow Street and Evereteze Way in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The molasses tank stood 50 feet (15 meters) tall and 90 ft (27 m) in diameter, and contained as much as 2.3 million US gal (8,700 m3).

Modern downtown Boston with molasses flood area circled
On January 15, 1919, temperatures in Boston had risen above 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius), climbing rapidly from the frigid temperatures of the preceding days, and the previous day, a ship had delivered a fresh load of molasses, which had been warmed to decrease its viscosity for transfer. Possibly due to the thermal expansion of the older, colder molasses already inside the tank, the tank burst open and collapsed at approximately 12:30 p.m. Witnesses reported that they felt the ground shake and heard a roar as it collapsed, a long rumble similar to the passing of an elevated train; others reported a tremendous crashing, a deep growling, "a thunderclap-like bang!", and a sound like a machine gun as the rivets shot out of the tank.

The density of molasses is about 1.4 metric tons per cubic meter (12 pounds per US gallon), 40 percent more dense than water, resulting in the molasses having a great deal of potential energy.The collapse translated this energy into a wave of molasses 25 ft (8 m) high at its peak, moving at 35 mph (56 km/h), enough to drive steel panels of the burst tank against the girders of the adjacent Boston Elevated Railway's Atlantic Avenue structure and tip a streetcar momentarily off the El's tracks. Stephen Puleo describes how nearby buildings were swept off their foundations and crushed. Several blocks were flooded to a depth of 2 to 3 ft (60 to 90 cm). Puleo quotes a Boston Post report:

Molasses, waist deep, covered the street and swirled and bubbled about the wreckage [...] Here and there struggled a form—whether it was animal or human being was impossible to tell. Only an upheaval, a thrashing about in the sticky mass, showed where any life was [...] Horses died like so many flies on sticky fly-paper. The more they struggled, the deeper in the mess they were ensnared. Human beings—men and women—suffered likewise.

As molasses is a non-Newtonian fluid, its viscosity changes under stress, thinning and flowing quickly under pressure and heat. During the flood, this shear-thinning resulted in unexpected speed. A 2013 article in Scientific American stated:

"A wave of molasses does not behave like a wave of water. [...] A wave of molasses is even more devastating than a typical tsunami. In 1919 the dense wall of syrup surging from its collapsed tank initially moved fast enough to sweep people up and demolish buildings, only to settle into a more gelatinous state that kept people trapped."

The Boston Globe reported that people "were picked up by a rush of air and hurled many feet". Others had debris hurled at them from the rush of sweet-smelling air. A truck was picked up and hurled into Boston Harbor. After the initial wave, the molasses became viscous, exacerbated by the cold temperatures, trapping those caught in the wave and making it even more difficult to rescue them.About 150 people were injured, and 21 people and several horses were killed. Some were crushed and drowned by the molasses or by the debris that it carried within. The wounded included people, horses, and dogs; coughing fits became one of the most common ailments after the initial blast. Edwards Park wrote of one child's experience in a 1983 article for Smithsonian:

Anthony di Stasio, walking homeward with his sisters from the Michelangelo School, was picked up by the wave and carried, tumbling on its crest, almost as though he were surfing. Then he grounded and the molasses rolled him like a pebble as the wave diminished. He heard his mother call his name and couldn't answer, his throat was so clogged with the smothering goo. He passed out, then opened his eyes to find three of his four sisters staring at him.

Lets talk about the jets

They're terrible. Nobody even bothers saddling me with them because how many times can I put the disgusting owner on blast or the front office or coaches. It's not even a sore spot with me; it's like, i don't know. I view knowing about them and writing about them a public service of sorts. The town crier of the pathetic, corrupt, yet still somehow impotent and inept mixed with blistering stupidities that could heat the earth were the sun to fail.

Thought they did some good things this last week. Small steps but it would be cool if they could mess the pats up this week

 

[ChicoCat]

What's the talking points from the PHI haters going to be when PHI wins an ugly game against DET this week?

 

[Terpman22]

Parsons with yet ANOTHER stellar game last night
Damn I wish he was still in Dallas focused on his podcast

He's had his moments against the Eagles, but in his career I don't ever recall any game wrecking performances. The O Line and coach have usually had a pretty good plan to use his aggressive style and light weight against him throughout his career.

 

[Terpman22]

What's the talking points from the PHI haters going to be when PHI wins an ugly game against DET this week?

I think the main thing is, to use an analogy, we have a Ferrari as our offense. Is the Driver, (the OC) able even to drive 2004 Automatic Honda Civic correctly is the question

 

[ChicoCat]

What's the talking points from the PHI haters going to be when PHI wins an ugly game against DET this week?

I think the main thing is, to use an analogy, we have a Ferrari as our offense. Is the Driver, (the OC) able even to drive 2004 Automatic Honda Civic correctly is the question

I'm not sure we have a Ferrari as our offense right now. I think the O-Line is living off a past reputation. Lane looks human, Jurgens has been out. Dickerson hurt and Mailata;....maybe he should worry less about guest bartendings, going on talk shows and singing Christmas albums and more on not false starting.

There was the comment earlier in the year that Saquon was sort of questioning his judgement when he gets the ball in regards to cuts/ hitting the hole etc. To me, Saquon seems to be dancing a little too much; looking for the home run instead of just taking the single or double in front of him that this line managed to open up for him.

Ray Didinger was talking about how AJ's lack of separation % has fallen of a cliff. Granted this might be due to a couple of other features....but it could also be a result of him getting older/dealing with an injury issue.

Hurts excels at risk averse football.....but is he playing too risk averse? I guess if they are winning...he's doing the right thing; but if they find themselves down quickly in a game; maybe he can't get them back?

I don't like the OC. He feels like he's calling a bit of Tecmo Bowl Offense from the old Nintendo...but I'm also not sure it's completely his fault. Don't get me wrong, I want him gone.

 

[Snotbubbles]

Super bound again

I would say they are at best the 4th in the NFL.. After Seattle/Rams/Lions

I would say you are wrong. And im being kind

Who are they better then. Please be kind

I'd say LA, Sea and Det are better than Philly right now. They'd beat everyone else. It wouldn't be pretty but they'd win.

The jury is still out for me with Seattle. They don't really have a signature win this year.

I said after the Parsons trade, that I don't really fear GB that much because Jordan Love isn't good enough. I said then that Detroit was the real threat to Philly. I still believe that. One of Philly or Detroit is representing the NFC in the Super Bowl.

 

[need2know]

What's the talking points from the PHI haters going to be when PHI wins an ugly game against DET this week?

I think the main thing is, to use an analogy, we have a Ferrari as our offense. Is the Driver, (the OC) able even to drive 2004 Automatic Honda Civic correctly is the question

I'm not sure we have a Ferrari as our offense right now. I think the O-Line is living off a past reputation. Lane looks human, Jurgens has been out. Dickerson hurt and Mailata;....maybe he should worry less about guest bartendings, going on talk shows and singing Christmas albums and more on not false starting.

There was the comment earlier in the year that Saquon was sort of questioning his judgement when he gets the ball in regards to cuts/ hitting the hole etc. To me, Saquon seems to be dancing a little too much; looking for the home run instead of just taking the single or double in front of him that this line managed to open up for him.

Ray Didinger was talking about how AJ's lack of separation % has fallen of a cliff. Granted this might be due to a couple of other features....but it could also be a result of him getting older/dealing with an injury issue.

Hurts excels at risk averse football.....but is he playing too risk averse? I guess if they are winning...he's doing the right thing; but if they find themselves down quickly in a game; maybe he can't get them back?

I don't like the OC. He feels like he's calling a bit of Tecmo Bowl Offense from the old Nintendo...but I'm also not sure it's completely his fault. Don't get me wrong, I want him gone.

Oline def has stunk. Devonta is the best wr on the team and i dont think its close

 

[Football Jones]

Unfortunately for Philly and Green Bay, you can see the writing on the wall.

They simply don't have enough offense.

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Parsons with yet ANOTHER stellar game last night
Damn I wish he was still in Dallas focused on his podcast

Congrats on your 3-5-1 record

 

[Snotbubbles]

Unfortunately for Philly and Green Bay, you can see the writing on the wall.

They simply don't have enough offense.

Offense wins games, defense wins championships.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Parsons with yet ANOTHER stellar game last night
Damn I wish he was still in Dallas focused on his podcast

Congrats on your 3-5-1 record

Are you a packers fan?

 

[Football Jones]

Unfortunately for Philly and Green Bay, you can see the writing on the wall.

They simply don't have enough offense.

Offense wins games, defense wins championships.

I think maybe that used to be the case. Philly is 18th in defense and 23rd in offense so far, but a lot of the breaks have fallen your way. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the season goes for you guys.

The Rams look like they're going to be tough to beat. Seattle could be a problem, too. They could be a little overrated, but also might be way underrated right now.

 

[rockaction]

Eagles beat KC at KC, the Rams, the Bucs in Tampa, and now Green Bay at Green Bay. But yeah, there must be like 3 or 4 other NFC teams I'm not aware of.

LA, Sea, Tampa, SF, Chi

broken clocks are right twice a day.

psst, the Rams are from L.A. And Tampa is from… Tampa.

And Chicago? ok.

dude, slow tonight?

BROKEN CLOCKS ARE RIGHT TWICE A DAY

Dude, no. And what are you trying to say- Philly will beat them twice?

That saying you already beat them means nothing. A broken clock will give you the right time twice a day if it's an old school grandfather clock.

 

[rockaction]

Parsons with yet ANOTHER stellar game last night
Damn I wish he was still in Dallas focused on his podcast

Congrats on your 3-5-1 record

Are you a packers fan?

Yes, they don't like giving up two first-round picks for the "king of defensive EPA."

Parsons was never worth it.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Eagles beat KC at KC, the Rams, the Bucs in Tampa, and now Green Bay at Green Bay. But yeah, there must be like 3 or 4 other NFC teams I'm not aware of.

LA, Sea, Tampa, SF, Chi

broken clocks are right twice a day.

psst, the Rams are from L.A. And Tampa is from… Tampa.

And Chicago? ok.

dude, slow tonight?

BROKEN CLOCKS ARE RIGHT TWICE A DAY

Dude, no. And what are you trying to say- Philly will beat them twice?

That saying you already beat them means nothing. A broken clock will give you the right time twice a day if it's an old school grandfather clock.

My comment was based on the fact that the original post from @Snotbubbles specifically said: “we beat yaddayaddayadda, But, yeah there must be 3 or 4 other teams…”

And you listed a couple of the teams he said we already beat. For a dude whose main schtick is pedantry, you can be a little linguistically sloppy at times.

 

[rockaction]

Eagles beat KC at KC, the Rams, the Bucs in Tampa, and now Green Bay at Green Bay. But yeah, there must be like 3 or 4 other NFC teams I'm not aware of.

LA, Sea, Tampa, SF, Chi

broken clocks are right twice a day.

psst, the Rams are from L.A. And Tampa is from… Tampa.

And Chicago? ok.

dude, slow tonight?

BROKEN CLOCKS ARE RIGHT TWICE A DAY

Dude, no. And what are you trying to say- Philly will beat them twice?

That saying you already beat them means nothing. A broken clock will give you the right time twice a day if it's an old school grandfather clock.

My comment was based on the fact that the original post from @Snotbubbles specifically said: “we beat yaddayaddayadda, But, yeah there must be 3 or 4 other teams…”

And you listed a couple of the teams he said we already beat. For a dude whose main schtick is pedantry, you can be a little linguistically sloppy at times.

It's not schtick. LOL. That's how I talk and how I think. It just happens to be, um, theoretical with a concentration on language. Not many guys score verbally like I do. I'd trade it for abstract mathematical reasoning and ****, but we get what we're born with (it's genetic and don't let them fool you and say it's environment or hard work— nobody has accomplished **** solely by being smart; take the gift and don't boast, fellas, it's not a virtue and you didn't earn it).

Anyway, I was more riffing on the Fafeful fellow that thought you all beat Denver. And I was backing up Zuk. I don't care that you've beaten those teams. they're better than you guys are. that's my point. You guys got lucky. Your victories are like a broken clock displaying the right time.

That should cover it.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Eagles beat KC at KC, the Rams, the Bucs in Tampa, and now Green Bay at Green Bay. But yeah, there must be like 3 or 4 other NFC teams I'm not aware of.

LA, Sea, Tampa, SF, Chi

broken clocks are right twice a day.

psst, the Rams are from L.A. And Tampa is from… Tampa.

And Chicago? ok.

dude, slow tonight?

BROKEN CLOCKS ARE RIGHT TWICE A DAY

Dude, no. And what are you trying to say- Philly will beat them twice?

That saying you already beat them means nothing. A broken clock will give you the right time twice a day if it's an old school grandfather clock.

My comment was based on the fact that the original post from @Snotbubbles specifically said: “we beat yaddayaddayadda, But, yeah there must be 3 or 4 other teams…”

And you listed a couple of the teams he said we already beat. For a dude whose main schtick is pedantry, you can be a little linguistically sloppy at times.

It's not schtick. LOL. That's how I talk and how I think. It just happens to be, um, theoretical with a concentration on language. Not many guys score verbally like I do. I'd trade it for abstract mathematical reasoning and ****, but we get what we're born with (it's genetic and don't let them fool you and say it's environment or hard work— nobody has accomplished **** solely by being smart; take the gift and don't boast, fellas, it's not a virtue and you didn't earn it).

Anyway, I was more riffing on the Fafeful fellow that thought you all beat Denver. And I was backing up Zuk. I don't care that you've beaten those teams. they're better than you guys are. that's my point. You guys got lucky. Your victories are like a broken clock displaying the right time.

That should cover it.

You’re an enigma, wrapped in a mystery, dipped in cotton candy. Good on ya.

 

[need2know]

Unfortunately for Philly and Green Bay, you can see the writing on the wall.

They simply don't have enough offense.

7-2. Home field adv. Push the eagles and you will see the offense. If you dont you dont. Its been this way for 2 years.

 

[need2know]

Eagles beat KC at KC, the Rams, the Bucs in Tampa, and now Green Bay at Green Bay. But yeah, there must be like 3 or 4 other NFC teams I'm not aware of.

LA, Sea, Tampa, SF, Chi

broken clocks are right twice a day.

psst, the Rams are from L.A. And Tampa is from… Tampa.

And Chicago? ok.

dude, slow tonight?

BROKEN CLOCKS ARE RIGHT TWICE A DAY

Dude, no. And what are you trying to say- Philly will beat them twice?

That saying you already beat them means nothing. A broken clock will give you the right time twice a day if it's an old school grandfather clock.

Eagles have beaten the rams as well. Come back next week to talk bad about our next win pls

 

[need2know]

What's the talking points from the PHI haters going to be when PHI wins an ugly game against DET this week?

More of the same. Hurts cant throw, blah blah blah