News: ESPN's Sal Paolantonio calls for NFL to investigate Eagles, coach for tanking

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No one wants to admit it but I think they tanked against us too. Going for it on 4th and 15 only down 2 scores and 14:00 left in the game? Strategy. Yeah, that's it. Dumb penalties on back to back plays, turnovers, etc. But we wanted to pretend we were so much better. The Giants sure showed us who we were. Lol.
 

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Half of this board begged the Cowboys to "tank" for weeks, so let's skip the faux righteous indignation. :rolleyes:

Eagles didn't keep the Giants out of the playoffs. The Giants did that by losing 10 games.
 

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Sonothing like this probably happens every season...my god we've become sensitive
 

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ESPN star reporter calls for NFL to investigate Eagles, coach for tanking

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Many sports fans and media members across the country criticized the Philadelphia Eagles for their lack of effort in their 20-14 loss to the Washington Football Team on Sunday night.

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Good. They already destroyed their locker room by telling Pederson to tank now it’s time to punish the FO.
 

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At first I agreed with the Eagles decision. But after giving it some thought, one thing kept hitting me upside the head..... integrity of the game is paramount. Without it it, there is no league. No fans. No sport.

the Eagles should be punished.
 

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I think Mike McCarthy tanked the Commanders game by going for a fake punt at our own 20.

Moore also tanked by having the WR as QB and snapping to Zeke in an empty backfield against the Eagles, while living up DeNucci out wide multiple times.

McCarthy also tanked the game last night by not challenging the clear drop that put the Giants in FG range.
 

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Actually the plan was for Hurts to only play a half, and all the players new it. So this wasn’t some tank job.

Didn’t you want the DC to tank like so many others? This whole story is a BS headline catcher with no merit.
Yes, you're right I wanted the Cowboys to tank since 3 weeks ago. It would have solidified them a top 5 pick in every round of the draft. Wouldn't you prefer a top 5 over over a 10th spot???

By the way, ............ I WAS RIGHT ONCE AGAIN!
 

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Nothing will come from it but Sal Pal is an Eagles homer so for him to say this, it's kind of funny.

Yeah, if a Philly Homer complains about it, there MUST be something to it!

On the other hand, maybe he’s a delusional homer. Something’s fishy, because they have WAY too much talent to lose like this, right?
 

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This is why Schwartz said he was just walking away.
He knew what was going down and the team he was coaching for's shenanigans.
I wondered about that at the time, why announce that before the game? There was nothing to be gained except for him to distance himself from what was going down.

But the funny part of this will be our tankers yelling for Pederson's head. He tanked and we lost fair and square, damn him!
 

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Yes, you're right I wanted the Cowboys to tank since 3 weeks ago. It would have solidified them a top 5 pick in every round of the draft. Wouldn't you prefer a top 5 over over a 10th spot???

By the way, ............ I WAS RIGHT ONCE AGAIN!
Wait a minute here. OK, remind me of the first time you were right.:cool:
 

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Why are these people pissed? They put a faulty bell on display and expect their football team not to tank?
 

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Philly needs:
1)WR
2)OL
3)DB

Dallas needs:
1)DB
2)DT
3)LB

Philly picks before us. Bet they’ll target:
1)DB
2)DT
3)LB or WR
 

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They should pay some lady to make blatantly false accusations against him....that’d get him suspended for six games right....? Because the NFL is all about consistency in punishments right? And Goodell is a great commissioner....
 

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They tanked a game or two, big deal. The Dolphins tanked an entire season.
 
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