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Well we had a backup QB for half the year.
I don't really see it as "relying on another team". The way I see it is it's a 16 game season and both teams will have an 11-5 record at the end of those 16 games including one win against each other (assuming Dallas loses to Indy). Who cares when they won and lost those games. It's not the Eagles problem that they win the tiebreaker. It's not as if the Eagles would be "backing into the playoffs".
Indy still has playoff seeding. Denver plays Cincy Monday Night. So they will play hard to have a shot at the bye. Anyone that thinks Luck and company won't play hard is fooling themselves. I'm not saying Indy wins, but no way they take the game off.
First half of the year massive O-Line injuries.
If Indy loses to Dallas and PIttsburgh wins out, Pittsburgh is the 3 seed. This means that Indy will have to most likely go to NE in round 2, a place where they will get destroyed.
If Indy wins, we have a chance at getting into the playoffs. If they lose we are out of it. I'd say, at this point, we are relying on them.
Foles was huge and so were all the injuries on the OL, especially early on. Shady has had a down year and Cooper has been awful as well. Even with that we have 9 wins, with 2 games left and we're averaging 29.7 ppg....amazing if you ask me
Ya I read this yesterday.. pretty crazy article and so nuts that an NFL player was volunteering as a firefighter during the season behind the team's back haha. So nuts! Seems like a good kid though, just clearly landed in the wrong profession. Seems much happier doing what he's doing now. Everyone dug into Andy for this pick, but to be fair, it seems like if he loved football half as much as he loved firefighting, he woulda have turned into a great pick and long term starter for us. His head just wasn't where it should have been and perhaps he hid that well during team interviews pre draft.
LMFAO!!!
It's just another symptom of how little attention to detail there was during the final years of the Reid regime. See also: Washburn, Castillo, most of the rest of the 2010 and 2011 drafts...LMFAO!!!
Really good read. One thing they didn't really cover though--unless I missed it--what did he do form 18-22? Kid was a freshman at 22. I always thought one of the things that killed him was that he was a "man among boys" at the college level playing guys not yet grown into their full maturity. Once he got to the nfl, it was game over. I always hated Reid for not picking up on this. Kinda like the "hey let's get this skier to return punts for us--that'll be innovative!"
I gave them the benefit of the doubt but its clear it was a last second "#### what do we do now" pick once HaHa went.
It wasn't on draft day
If that's the case, it makes the pick even worse. No way you should have that kind of moment.
I wish I shared your optimism. This one could go either way. Its all gonna come down to if we can run the ball effectively. Everyone is talking about Murray's hand. The bigger issue may be that Martin and Free may not play.Bigboy10182000 said:
I could see our offense stalling and Luck lightin up our D. Also, in big games I'm not sold on 'ol Red as great at making adjustments. Just another week 16 with the east still up for grabs......I have a feeling the skins will play tough the next two weeks also. I just don't see em mailin it in against two division rivals with everything to lose.unckeyherb said:Dallas is 3-4 at home, losing to the 49er's, Redskins, Cardinals and Eagles. In fact all their losses have been at home. Their wins at home haven't really been super impressive either. They DID beat up on the Saints, but it seems like everyone's done that this year. They needed overtime to beat Houston. The other team they've beaten is NYG.
Bradly Roby or Deone Bucannon would have been great. A lot of us wanted Bucannon there. Smith was a 3rd-4th round projection from what I knew, along with a few 2nds. I figure they thought he was the consolation prize for teams that had a hard on for Anthony Barr. As you stated, reaching is still a no-no.
Eagles almost signed Jason Worilds before he was transitioned by Pittsburgh last year. Don't be surprised if he ends up starting opposite Barwin next season.
I heard this also. Not good. I think the plan was to let Cole walk and replace him with Smith. Now, Graham playing well and Smith struggling leads them to negotiate with Graham, presumably to keep Smith as a backup for another year. Graham walks they will need to add an OLB in FA. Very important pass rush position for this D.Gary Cobb was co-hosting today and said what he hears from football people he talks to, is that Smith isn't' an aggressive person/player and "doesn't like to hit people."
Fantastic qualities for a linebacker.
Coming into this season we didn't have anyone to rush the passer and 14.5 sacks later Barwin is doing it. Don't think too far ahead. We have one and that's enough for now and next season.
I thought getting nothing after they got the T.O. to start the 3rd quarter was huge. Never really seemed to get their mojo back after that.
Yeah, there's no QB available this year. Just build that secondary up and hope either you can find a QB in 2016 or Foles can play at the 2013 level again.
At least with him we know that upside from last year exists.....Sanchez is a game or 2 sub at best. Seems like players like Chip so we should be able to draw a FA or two and hopefully will draft more difference makers on D
