Marciano490 said:
Is Chip the kind of fella who can admit a mistake like that? He gave up a lot for Bradford, against prevailing wisdom.
The good sign for this was dumping Tebow and not being arrogant about that one.
They haven't signed him to an extension and of course the Eagles get a pick back from the Rams if Bradford doesn't start. That said you can't give up this fast IMO.
Ok so overall this was a, if not THE, worst game I've ever watched. Possibly not just as an Eagles fan, as a football fan.
26 penalties! Major injuries. No offensive TDs until the 4th quarter. Just brutal. If the Eagles hadn't been SO putrid we would be asking a lot of questions about the Cowboys offense, even before Romo got hurt.
For the Eagles:
The Oline. Starts and finishes here right now for me. Above all things this was the problem. The blocking was an absolute farce, even ignoring the turnover by the botched snap AND a punt block turnover.
Whoever was running the ball was usually being met in the backfield with absolutely no chance. None.
Bradford was clearly rattled by the lack of time and constant players in his face.
I don't know how you fix this. The gamble IMO was not cutting Herremans or even MAthis, but ignoring any and all options to replace those guards. Perhaps Peters is ageing suddenly (that extension to such an old tackle looks a concern) Lane Johnson is going to be find and Kelce... yeah got no excuse for his play. Anyway there were upgrade options for guard but Kelly went cheap and thought his guys could produce. So far. Not good. This is killing the running game, and without the running game everything else looks like shit.
The receivers have played like shit, not enough separation, way too many drops (though Bradford bares some blame too) and two interceptions have been off balls in totally catchable places where they not only dropped them but pushed them into the air for easy picks.
No one deserves any credit on the offensive side. horrible.
On the D it's hard to say right now. Early the defense looked bad. Esp the secondary. At some point you have to start to question the scheme. It's great vs the run but the pressure it puts on the corners appears too great.
That said they really played well after the opening part of the game, until late when they were no doubt both exhausted and demoralized. The late TD vs Maxwell was AWFUL. But he said after the game he was gassed. The Cowboys had the ball for 40+ minutes. To give up one bad play for a TD is hard to really get massively upset by.
That said the pressure on Romo overall was poor and with this scheme you need pressure. Better than last year still not good.
Alonso is hurt rumours were for the season with maybe an ACL, this am talk is not his ACL, so maybe he's not done for the season. IF he hurt his same ACL another one anti the Chip offseason makeover.
When Kendricks pulled his hamstring too that really tested the deepest position on the roster. They didn't do great but considering those losses, hard to complain. Rookie Hicks got roasted on a deep pass, but also was the one who sacked Romo hurting hima dn creating a turnover which gave the Eagles a chance.
The only good news is that the Giants have pissed away 2 games, Washington is Washington and the Cowboys have lost Dez and Romo and that running game is not anything like what it was.
This division went from 10-11 wins to win to maybe 8 or 9. IF Kelly can sort it out very fast there is amazingly still hope.
But I think fair to say it's prove you can win a game after this shitshow. Let alone a division.
I have never seen a worse offensive performance by ANY team. The Eagles before that absolute crap endzone interception were somehow still alive. A TD there and it's a close game, Weeden coming in and the fans back in it. As it was that killed them. If that didn't the one play drive with a fumble absolutely did. Just horrendous.
quick word on the Cowboys, I thought the Cowboys D would really struggle last year, esp after Sean Lee went down. That guy is really good. He was absolutely fantastic last night, best player on the field for me.