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axeil posted:Uh, isn't a ligament tear nearly a guarantee with an injury like that? The dude's ankle rotated 360 It wasn't quite that gnarly. I figured it was shattered when we saw it just kinda hanging there crooked, but it's not like it was facing the other way or anything. Dislocation is maybe the best news you can hope for with how bad that looked at first.
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Sorry for the double post, but: axeil posted:https://twitter.com/Saints/status/906161488804663297 Oh hey, I've got one of those. Way scarier than it sounds up to a certain point, but it also means you need to not exert yourself too much. So that's not ideal for a football player. Good news is it's a relatively simple repair that lasts a lifetime.
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Sep 10, 2017 23:54
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Lote posted:It sounds scary because it is. If that thing pops, you're dead in less than a minute. Yeah, but there are varying degrees to it. I'm relatively okay for now because mine's not too large and I'm not a football player. His could be larger, or it could just be in serious jeopardy because of his vocation (or both, of course). The word 'aneurysm' makes it scary as poo poo, but it's also not automatically a reason to assume the worst. Even if his is as 'benign' as mine is, he'd still need surgery to get it repaired ASAP if he ever wanted to be cleared to play football again.
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axeil posted:We don't have any rings but we are good at It super wasn't a fumble. The ball was clearly moving forward. It had even left Cousins's hand. I mean, whatever, I'll take it, but hoo boy.
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:Yeah the thing is that the debate is about if the ball came loose from the Defender's left hand hitting Kirk's arm and then Kirk's arm moved it forward. Yeah, in my opinion the ball looks like it's perfectly in Kirk's control right up until it gets batted into the air, but by then we're squinting at blurry still images and we're probably past the point where we can definitively say "oh yes we have absolute, conclusive evidence that the call should be overturned." I'd be furious if I were a Redskins fan, because it's pretty clear—just not quite clear enough.
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Sep 14, 2017 18:40
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When the Giants put Beckham out to return the (presumably short) field goal attempt, I got that familiar "The Giants and the Eagles have been hosts to a Caligulan miasma of shitfuckery" lump in my throat, which turned out to be a stunningly accurate read of the situation, just not in the way I'd expected.
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Sep 24, 2017 23:37
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axeil posted:i honestly wonder how much a factor the weather was. 91 degrees at kickoff is gotta be some of the hottest temps a modern game has ever been played in since all the areas that get really hot are in domes. Eh, it was hot, but it wasn't that hot: https://www.pro-football-reference....rder_by=pass_td Philly beating the poo poo out of Dallas in 109-degree (fuckin hell) heat thanks to the wonders of pickle juice will, long after the rest of my mind has rotted away to dementia, remain a wonderful memory Toaster Beef fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Sep 25, 2017 |
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Sep 25, 2017 00:27
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axeil posted:109 If we cut it down to the northeast, yeah, I have to imagine there haven't been many instances where a game was played in hotter weather. Especially since the humidity was in the 50-60% range most of the game, IIRC.
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Sep 25, 2017 01:38
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Yeesh. I saw him holding his knee after the play and figured "welp, there goes his season," then saw him walking off and holding his wrist and figured, "okay, that's weird, but at least it's just his wrist." It's like years of being a runningback the size of a ninth grader caught up with him all at once. (get well buddy) (also gently caress's sakes, casually walking off the field with a broken arm and a torn ACL)
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Sep 25, 2017 16:15
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CyberPingu posted:My biggest concern is that teams are eventually going to figure out that dink and dunk style is the way to beat us. Our CBs are not playing at the line so short curl and crossing routes are picking up decent yds. This should change once Darby is back but the Giants showed that you can march on us by doing that and the Chargers did it a couple of times That probably becomes a bit less of a factor when the secondary isn't held together by chewed bubble gum and hope, but yeah, their insistence on playing off the line is kind of weird.
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[quote="“Gumbel2Gumbel”" post="“477000024”"] I’m cheering for the skins right now because I don’t believe Andy Reid has somehow coached up Alex Smith to run a world beating offense. It has to be a fluke. [/quote] Reminder that Andy Reid also made Koy Detmer and AJ Feeley look legitimately good for a bit gently caress I miss Andy. Like I know it was definitely time for him to go because he was over this place, but maaan.
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Oct 3, 2017 03:29
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Yeah Wentz definitely didn't look perfect yesterday but he was right on the money with a lot of tough throws, and there were a few that definitely should've been catches and would have bumped his numbers considerably. He's coming along. Dude looks good. It helps that they're building around him and he doesn't have to languish with a Pinkston/Thrash/Mitchell-level receiving corps and no running game.
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Oct 3, 2017 03:39
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Agholor's never going to get any velocity on his fastball if he keeps his arm folded like that
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Oct 8, 2017 23:30
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a new study bible! posted:I've been hurt by Philly too many times to accept that they even have the potential to be good. I'm just assuming that they have been lucky up to this point and wait for the crash any week now. This week should be an interesting measure of their ability. Same. I think they're somewhere between the team that barely beat the Giants and the team that demolished the Cardinals, and while that's probably enough to win the division I don't think it's enough to make a run past, say, the divisional round.
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Oct 9, 2017 18:27
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Any Eagles fan will tell you the Giants are like Jason Vorhees: You can be absolutely positive they and their dumb lumbering bullshit are dead, but that's how they fuckin get you
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NotWearingPants posted:If the Eagles lose to the Panthers on Thursday (possible) and the Redskins beat the 49ers this week (probable), the Redskins could tie the Eagles in the standings by beating them Monday Night on Oct 23. Eagles losing to the Panthers is way more than just possible, imo
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Oct 11, 2017 21:54
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CyberPingu posted:Rewatched the game again, Wentz really needs to learn how to slide, on most of his runs he dives head first to gain extra yards, which is fine when you are fighting for first down yds but when you are already past the marker just loving slide... Some QBs just have a mental block against that poo poo. Vick was the same way. Maybe Wentz can be coached out of it because he's still so young? I know they tried that in Atlanta with Vick and it never took.
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Oct 25, 2017 10:45
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Between Reese and Kalas, Philly really lucked the gently caress out with play-by-play guys I miss Harry 😟
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Oct 27, 2017 09:33
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Amy Pole Her posted:He’s way better than Blount. I understand why Philly fans vastly overrated him (patriots illusion, understandable) but Ajayi is a huge weapon for your one season push To be fair, Philly fans like Blount not because he was on Patriots but because he has occasionally looked loving brutal this season and is averaging in the neighborhood of five yards per carry. Dude has been a truck, and Philly fans like someone who just runs over or sheds people like they're debris.
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Keep that backfield the gently caress away from Sandwich Montoya
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Oct 31, 2017 17:56
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I'd like one Election Day to go by without giving me reason to feel sadder than all hell
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Just lol if you're an Eagles fan and don't expect the Cowboys to roll through this team like poo poo through a canebrake because all life is pain
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Totally fair point, but for all his talent and acumen Andy Reid was not immune to making some phenomenally stupid decisions on the fly every now and then
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HatfulOfHollow posted:McNabb was the best QB in Eagles history and Reid had a lot to do with that. He definitely made a lot of bonehead decisions but I never understood the Reid haters. He was awesome. Just ran into a lot of better teams. I loved Reid and McNabb, and never understood the vitriol. I get being frustrated with a team that's good-to-great while never quite being good-to-great enough, but what's the alternative? Sitting at .500 year to year? Being poo poo for seasons at a time? I'd rather be in contention almost every year and never quite make it than writing off entire seasons six weeks in. That said, I think Reid overstayed by a couple of years. Dude was very clearly over this gig, and it showed in a bunch of ways. I feel like the number of folks willing to talk poo poo on the Reid era is gonna get smaller and smaller, especially after Chip Kelly's Wild Ride.
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Yeah, lack of dynamic QB play wasn't the biggest problem with Chip Kelly's team.
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"gently caress it, let's just never punt and go for two every time we score" borne out into a season's worth of play sounds like something Jon Bois would make a video about Edit: The Eagles are averaging 5.7 yards per play, and have faced 4th and 5 or less a total of 30 times. They've faced 4th and 6 or greater a total of 42 times. Toaster Beef fucked around with this message at 17:33 on Nov 21, 2017 |
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sean10mm posted:It's hard to trust this because of... all of football history... but this really is how it looks at the moment. Right now, sure, but I think it's fair to assume the Cowboys will be neck-and-neck with the Eagles for the division most of next season, at the very least. The Eagles are never going to exercise the sort of sustained dominance over the NFCE the way the Patriots have over the AFCE.
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Maybe they are much more shallow and fragile than they appeared, but that one-trick pony still managed to win 13 games last year—and look pretty okay this season when Zeke was still around. Like, I balk at the, "but they lost Sean Lee! And their left tackle! And Zeke!" arguments as much as anybody, because hey, building depth is part of building a successful team, and if you can't do the former you probably won't have the latter—but at the same time, if having those elements in place makes them a contender, then they're a contender until they don't have those elements in place anymore. Edit: I can't stress enough just how much I want the Cowboys to eat poo poo for the rest of my life on this earth, I'm just sayin' I'll believe they're out of the picture for more than just this season when they start the next one 2-7. Toaster Beef fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Nov 26, 2017 |
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Yeah I think lots of folks were expecting the Eagles to lose one of these two games, but most expected that loss to come to the Rams. There's a chance Philly wins next week and makes the upcoming week of "paper tiger" pundit insanity look silly, but I think there's a greater chance they drop that one as well and have to get their poo poo together for the final few games.
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Yeah, it was a game of tiny miscues and missed opportunities. They're a young team, this poo poo happens. Better now than in the playoffs.
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lol, Wentz felt his knee folding sideways with every step and was like, "meh, lemme take a few snaps on it first" What a badass/idiot/hero
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Nobody's gonna mistake Foles for Wentz, but dude's an extremely competent QB and probably capable of running this offense well. The team's chances are definitely lower with Wentz out of the picture, but Foles gives them a better chance than most backup QBs would in this situation. Edit: Like, he didn't look great coming in cold yesterday, but nobody would—and he made a drat good (and critical) throw for a first down on the last drive. Toaster Beef fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Dec 11, 2017 |
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aBagorn posted:He has a career 5.6% sack rate, comparable to Carson's 5.5% In his less than a quarter of dropbacks yesterday, he got absolutely loving demolished, like, four times.
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CyberPingu posted:They were blizting more when Foles came in, hes a bit rusty and not as mobile. Also the O-line went kinda floppy for the first drive or two after Foles came in. Yeah, I'm not saying it was entirely his fault, I'm just trying to point out that his ability to sense oncoming pressure is maybe not at its peak right now. Dude's going to get walloped, especially if Vaitai folds like he has the past two weeks.
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To be clear, I'm of the mindset that the Eagles are fine, albeit nowhere near as promising as they were before last night. Foles is a competent QB who just needs to play average ball. I don't expect they'll ride him to a Super Bowl, but this isn't the disaster it could have been if it all fell on the shoulders of fuckin' Nate Sudfeld.
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b-minus1 posted:best case scenario for non-eagles fans: Foles plays out of his mind for the rest of the season but the eagles lose in conference championship game, leading to a quarterback controversy that carries into the regular season and ultimately destroys team chemistry. the eagles miss the playoffs next year lol, if Foles plays out of his mind for the rest of this season and into the playoffs he's going to be traded for draft picks so, so quickly
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I'm gonna go ahead and assume that the deeply religious boy from North Carolina who grew up in North Dakota might have some problematic views, but as long as he keeps them largely to himself (as he has been doing), I can't understand giving a gently caress
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I'd start him for a half in a meaningless week 17, just to make sure he isn't getting two weeks without in-game reps before their first playoff game, but yeah: With his propensity—be it intentional or accidental—for standing in the pocket and getting absolutely rocked, it'd be best for the team if he got the most he could out of these games while ducking out the moment he's able. The biggest 'if' right now is the defense. Can they get their poo poo together? Because the past three weeks have been disastrous. If they can pull it together, all Foles has to do is play competently—and he's shown he's capable of that.
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