CFZ Thoughts/Opinions about last night's blowout win!

Cowboyny

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Who saw this coming? In my opinion, Eagles just looked defeated from the get go, perhaps the 49er loss was a carryover.

Offense

-Didn't feel Dak had one of his best games, but he had some terrific moments: pass to Cooks before the half and the Ferguson throw against the zero blitz come to mind. Did have some accuracy issues throughout the night, but still played high level football.
-Thought the run game looked the best as it did all year, they made the Eagles pay playing two safeties back. Looked like they split the carries.
-Excellent replay challenge by MM at the goal line that avoided a 4th down play.
-Steele had a nice bounce back game, not perfect, but far better. OL was terrific against an excellent front.
-Cowboy Offense still had major penalty issues, that will cost them win's if they continue.
-Welcome back Michael Gallup! TD, long reception, drew a PI, was his best game in over a month.
-Red Zone offense was much better then in the first matchup.

Defense

-Gilmore clearly was the #1 star of the night. Think Quinn found something matching him up against the bigger/slower receiver and have Bland deal with the speed guys.
-Excellent job creating multiple turnovers deep in their end three times, that won them the game.
-Thought the run defense was solid before the game got out of hand, worried about the loss of Hankins. This is why you draft Mazi, time for him to step up!
-DLaw had another great performance, no he isn't getting sacks, but he is affecting plays, especially at key points in a game.
-Didn't hear Bland nor Lewis name all game, which is a good thing!
-Crazy sack by Parsons being double teamed. He has to watch how the Eagles lineman draw penalties with their acting jobs!
-Giving up just 6 points to one of the best offenses in the league to quite an accomplishment, especially after how they looked against Seattle.

Special Teams

-Audrey might be the best kicker in football! Give Bones Fassell credit for finding this gem! Hit multiple long FG's that could of given the Eagles great field position. Clearly MM is very confident in his leg.

MM deserves credit, 3 back to back seasons of double digit wins, something Garrett never could accomplish. Yes, the #1 seed and most likely the division are probably unattainable, but the most important thing is to stay healthy and being playing your best football when the playoff begin.
 

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The fake punt shouldve been obvious but defense held

Overall we played good, thought offense kinda stumbled in the 2nd half but not terribly.
Defense was very good and seemingly not at times. Cant take away turnovers from them but they were almost all in the redzone after the eagles marched down the field a few times. Our safeties really stepped up this game, need better LBers but nothing can do at this point.
Thought the pass rush was kinda meh outside of parsons outside of when we blitzed
 

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Per PFF, Jalen Carter didn't have a single pressure all game. Of course, he did score that fumble TD, but it speaks VERY well of our guards that they shut out an already top-5 DT.

I don't think Jordan Davis did anything either. Cox was the main problem.
 

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My first thoughts were, how did this Eagles team get to 10-1 and why is it that the Cowboys are the ones considered to have an easy schedule?

Why do we only look at strength of schedules for comparison? Wouldn't it be equally important to find out where and when these games will be played.by the Eagles and the Cowboys?

One team played the Dolphins and Bills in their own stadium, the other is playing them in their stadium where the Dolphins and Bills have far more successful results.

One team is ending the season by playing three games against their two weakest division rivals. The other is playing two of the three games against division leaders.

One team averages a 5 point margin of victory, the other averages 20 points.
 

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Dak did sail a few, but I think the Eagles' D actually played pretty well. There weren't a lot of open guys (and I think they took the foot off the gas a little in the second half). But he made some terrific throws into coverage.
 

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People are making too much of this blowout win. If the Eagles don't fumble the ball 3 times it's much closer. I still think we would have won, just not as convincingly. We still need to be able to stop opponents without needing them to turn the ball over on fumbles. Gilmore, as good as he played, he needs to turn around. A good QB will roast him.
 

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I wasn’t surprised by the margin of victory. Philly has been looking shaky the past few weeks and we’ve been terrific at home. One of the first posts I made during the game chat last night after we scored on our opening drive was that we could walk away with this game if our defense shows up. We’re going to have a much more difficult time the next two games on the road. We’re 3-3 on the road this season and aren’t very good on grass.
 

BubbaGump

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People are making too much of this blowout win. If the Eagles don't fumble the ball 3 times it's much closer. I still think we would have won, just not as convincingly. We still need to be able to stop opponents without needing them to turn the ball over on fumbles. Gilmore, as good as he played, he needs to turn around. A good QB will roast him.
You do understand those turnovers were forced right? They came via strips or the ball being punched out. They were not fumbled snaps or mishandled handoffs. We took the ball from them. This comment holds no water.
 

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People are making too much of this blowout win. If the Eagles don't fumble the ball 3 times it's much closer. I still think we would have won, just not as convincingly. We still need to be able to stop opponents without needing them to turn the ball over on fumbles. Gilmore, as good as he played, he needs to turn around. A good QB will roast him.
That's literally how football works. You're expecting a flawless game against a team with the best record? It's not like dallas wasn't responsible for the turnovers.
 

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That's literally how football works. You're expecting a flawless game against a team with the best record? It's not like dallas wasn't responsible for the turnovers.
Yeah, they were. They took the ball. Just not something I'd expect as the norm. Like I said. I thought we were going to win anyway. I wasn't even that worried after the Carter scoop and score. Just annoyed.
 

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Who saw this coming? In my opinion, Eagles just looked defeated from the get go, perhaps the 49er loss was a carryover.

Offense

-Didn't feel Dak had one of his best games, but he had some terrific moments: pass to Cooks before the half and the Ferguson throw against the zero blitz come to mind. Did have some accuracy issues throughout the night, but still played high level football.
-Thought the run game looked the best as it did all year, they made the Eagles pay playing two safeties back. Looked like they split the carries.
-Excellent replay challenge by MM at the goal line that avoided a 4th down play.
-Steele had a nice bounce back game, not perfect, but far better. OL was terrific against an excellent front.
-Cowboy Offense still had major penalty issues, that will cost them win's if they continue.
-Welcome back Michael Gallup! TD, long reception, drew a PI, was his best game in over a month.
-Red Zone offense was much better then in the first matchup.

Defense

-Gilmore clearly was the #1 star of the night. Think Quinn found something matching him up against the bigger/slower receiver and have Bland deal with the speed guys.
-Excellent job creating multiple turnovers deep in their end three times, that won them the game.
-Thought the run defense was solid before the game got out of hand, worried about the loss of Hankins. This is why you draft Mazi, time for him to step up!
-DLaw had another great performance, no he isn't getting sacks, but he is affecting plays, especially at key points in a game.
-Didn't hear Bland nor Lewis name all game, which is a good thing!
-Crazy sack by Parsons being double teamed. He has to watch how the Eagles lineman draw penalties with their acting jobs!
-Giving up just 6 points to one of the best offenses in the league to quite an accomplishment, especially after how they looked against Seattle.

Special Teams

-Audrey might be the best kicker in football! Give Bones Fassell credit for finding this gem! Hit multiple long FG's that could of given the Eagles great field position. Clearly MM is very confident in his leg.

MM deserves credit, 3 back to back seasons of double digit wins, something Garrett never could accomplish. Yes, the #1 seed and most likely the division are probably unattainable, but the most important thing is to stay healthy and being playing your best football when the playoff begin.
Dak was throwing a little high early - may have been a bit too pumped up. Whatever they changed for 2nd half did effect us in the intermediate throws but they were vulnerable deep whatever they did there because CeeDee and Gallup both burned them.
 

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It was a great win last night, but something about the game troubles me a little. It just seemed that the Eagles were ok with losing this game. In the 4th quarter, down by 17, they were taking their time moving the ball with no sense of urgency. Yes, they got down to the 20, but then the forced fumble ended the drive. To me it seemed as if they didn't think the game was worth much. Maybe it is knowing that they have an advantage over the next 4 games and have a good chance of winning the East. If that happens, Dallas will likely have to go there in the second round of the playoffs and they are comfortable knowing that. I could be wrong, but that is what it felt like.
 

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Offense- I especially liked the blend of effective runs to balance the pass.

Defense - the forcing of Eagle fumbles was well timed as in each case they had shown an ability to move the ball against us so those were much needed.

ST - Aubrey as our kicker is a weapon.

jmo
 

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People are making too much of this blowout win. If the Eagles don't fumble the ball 3 times it's much closer. I still think we would have won, just not as convincingly. We still need to be able to stop opponents without needing them to turn the ball over on fumbles. Gilmore, as good as he played, he needs to turn around. A good QB will roast him.
But none of that “could-uh, would-uh, should-uh” you just said, happened. But 33-13 did! 10-3 did.

One game at a time.
 

darthseinfeld

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People are making too much of this blowout win. If the Eagles don't fumble the ball 3 times it's much closer. I still think we would have won, just not as convincingly. We still need to be able to stop opponents without needing them to turn the ball over on fumbles. Gilmore, as good as he played, he needs to turn around. A good QB will roast him.
We caused the fumbles though. Blowouts are usually the result of turnovers
 
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