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At this point, here's what I have left to root for (outside of progress/development of Wentz, etc.) this season, with little confidence we can both take care of business and get some help to make the playoffs, the next 6 games:
to be honest, this is all I have been rooting for during the last 2-3 weeks. the pieces aren't there to be a dominant team at this point. funny thing is though, the team should only have 2-3 losses. Detroit and Dallas losses were total crap, and we were in most of the games we have played. So the team isn't out of it's element, and they are a few plays away.
I think that's more a statement of the conference than this team. The NFC is crap this year. Eagles make too many mistakes and lack the talent to overcome them. It's that simple. They lost those games for a reason, their record is who they are. In a down year for the conference, they're still just a .500 club.modogg said:
Smallwood only a minor downgrade from Mathews. Kid looks like he belongs overall but could probably use some more seasoning before extensive use. Missing Sproles sucks but I think we can overcome it against Green Bay
Mathews is a good RB. Smallwood is, at this point, an average RB. A downgrade, but not a big one.Wait, Matthews isn't a really good RB anymore?
Based on past experience, does this mean the TE position will be used more to block than go out into pattern? Thinking this is not Ertz's strong suit, so may cut into his playing time. Or, with WR in shambles, do they need him as a weapon?
Don't think it affects Ertz that much. We will reconfigure our oline and it won't be as strong but I don't think Ertz is affected much. We may play more multiple TE sets and have Celek in there blocking though.
They are going to lose early in playoffs or to seahawks if they somehow make it to them. Mark it down
Absolutely. TO this point, Dallas has played one of the NFLs easiest schedules, while the Eagles have played one of the NFLs most difficult. That changes over the last 6 weeks though... Dallas' road gets much more difficult while Philly's gets much easier. There might not be enough time to catch them, but I wouldn't be shocked one bit to find the Eagles with a shot at the division still going into week 17. Eagles can't keep dropping road games, but these last 2 are easier than most of the first 6.
And the flip side is:
To add to this point, they beat the 6th (implied in your post) and beat the next team out in the playoff race (min) and beat the afc north leaders (fwiw).
Well he played in week 5. So he has 10 games he has to miss after that.... weeks 6-15 off. Eligible to return week 16 vs the Giants.
got it. sucks that they took so long to come to a verdict, would have been nice to trim it to 9 weeks cause they screwed up. i thought it was week 3
agreed. in hindsight I wish he would have just taken it in week 1. We probably would have beaten Cle/Chi/Pitt without him and he would be coming back this week.
hence why I said in hindsight
Yeah I'm not sure we have the weapons to take advantage of gb crap defensehence why I said in hindsight
Obviously at the time it was the right move to keep him going as long as possible. But it's too bad he's not back this week.... our line gonna be in rough shape vs Green Bay. Hopefully Carson can get the ball out quickly to our wide open/awful receivers.
I think any team does. Outside of Rodgers they have almost nothing. Nelson and Cobb seem to be living off of old rep now. Their OL has been awful too.
While I would like to see Dallas lose, I don't see it happening in the NFC. No team in the NFC can outscore them. Heck, the Seahawks couldn't even outscore the Bucs yesterday. Maybe Atlanta can keep pace for a while, but as long as Sean Lee keeps playing and Rod Marinelli keeps coaching, they have enough on defense to get a few key stops. The tough part about the Dallas offense, is they are so balanced, even if you take away one thing, they can beat you another way. Their QB has been accurate and can run with the ball. They have receivers that are possession types (Witten, Beasley), and those that can stretch the field (Bryant, Williams, Butler). They have a great RB, great OLine, and even good depth at RB.
