Lets talk Eagles

[Hawkeye19]

I keep reading that Dak wasn't sharp yesterday. He was 23 of 27. The pick was bad. I'll give you that. But its not as if he was sailing balls over receivers heads or bouncing balls off the turf

When you running game rushes for almost 200 yards, you don't need Dak throwing for 400 yards.

Red zone offense is still an issue and Dak is part of that. But overall, he played very well and complemented the running game. And that's what you want

We scored 14 points in the first quarter— 6 the rest of the way. We need more production. He got sacked out of FG range and did not lead us to enough scoring opportunities IMO. We were fortunate to get the W

 

[pugilist]

keep it going with the hot hand in Pollard
i think Parsons can contain Hurts, but i suspect Philly will run plays away from him
Cox vs. Biadasz worries me

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

Could be a long day for #30.

He actually matches up better than he has the first two games. AB is a technician and Mike Will has 5 inches on him. Reagor and Quez are burners but so is Brown.

 

[nightrain]

The Eagles are playing much better than I expected. I think they are an overall better team than the Chargers. Hurts is not afraid to let it rip and that defense is nasty. Should be a good game.

 

[DCreppinBoysfan]

High potential for a Classic Cowboys letdown game

 

[Sydla]

The Eagles are playing much better than I expected. I think they are an overall better team than the Chargers. Hurts is not afraid to let it rip and that defense is nasty. Should be a good game.

Yeah, I am not sure they are a better team than the Chargers.

 

[LandryFan]

He's right. It was two years ago.

 

[Denim Chicken]

Division game, so I expect it to be tough.

Going to need to come up with a way to contain Hurts & the running game with Lawrence out. Hopefully Gregory is back.

Hurts looks to throw a prteyy good deep ball, so will need our DBs to be locked in to their assignments

 

[uvaballa]

This is a big game for the Eagles. If they lose they could be looking at a long losing streak with the Chiefs, Panthers, Bucs, and Raiders next.

Cowboys need to get up early and force them into becoming one dimensional. Defense just needs to keep creating turnovers.

 

[Sydla]

Division game, so I expect it to be tough.

Going to need to come up with a way to contain Hurts & the running game with Lawrence out. Hopefully Gregory is back.

Hurts looks to throw a prteyy good deep ball, so will need our DBs to be locked in to their assignments

He's being criticized for his deep throws. He's underthrown a few balls.

But there is no doubt the Eagles will try to get some deep balls on us to Smith and Watkins.

 

[Denim Chicken]

He's being criticized for his deep throws. He's underthrown a few balls.

But there is no doubt the Eagles will try to get some deep balls on us to Smith and Watkins.

Good then. I caught a little bit of the game yesterday I and saw a few good connections downfield.

 

[Direwolf63]

We scored 14 points in the first quarter— 6 the rest of the way. We need more production. He got sacked out of FG range and did not lead us to enough scoring opportunities IMO. We were fortunate to get the W

I really dislike this idea that we were lucky to win. Were the Bucs lucky to beat the Cowboys week 1? Were the Ravens lucky last night?

Most games today come down to about 5 plays. Make them and you win. Don't make them and you lose. The offense got the ball with about 4 minutes left in a tie game. Dak drove the field and was very good doing it. And even with the total brain freeze by the coaches at the end, the kicker won the game.

I simply do not see it as luck. They made 2 or 3 more plays than the Chargers did. Just like the Bucs made 2 or 3 more plays than the Cowboys did last week. That's the way today's NFL is in most games.

If all these games come down to luck, we can flip a coin at midfield. Not to who kicks off, but to who wins games and who loses them. That would save a lot a wear and tear and injuries for the players.

 

[Hawkeye19]

I really dislike this idea that we were lucky to win. Were the Bucs lucky to beat the Cowboys week 1? Were the Ravens lucky last night?

Most games today come down to about 5 plays. Make them and you win. Don't make them and you lose. The offense got the ball with about 4 minutes left in a tie game. Dak drove the field and was very good doing it. And even with the total brain freeze by the coaches at the end, the kicker won the game.

I simply do not see it as luck. They made 2 or 3 more plays than the Chargers did. Just like the Bucs made 2 or 3 more plays than the Cowboys did last week. That's the way today's NFL is in most games.

If all these games come down to luck, we can flip a coin at midfield. Not to who kicks off, but to who wins games and who loses them. That would save a lot a wear and tear and injuries for the players.

Good teams make their own luck… through great, consistent execution.

We wasted too many drives and opportunities to score. Not all of them were Dak’s fault— but the INT and the 3rd and 9 sack that negated a FG attempt sure as hell were.

Had the Chargers played a cleaner game— we lose. They had 2 TDs wiped off the board by their own mistakes. Dak needed to play better and lead the offense to more points IMO….

To simplify the game down to just 3-5 plays that you make or don’t make is over-simplifying things. Lots of hidden yardage and missed opportunities to consider.

As bad as the 3rd and 9 sack was— the roughing the punter penalty was much worse. There was no reason for it, and it not only kept us from having a chance to score points— it extended a drive to a dangerous QB.

Those kinds of mistakes are how you lose games— the Chargers happened to make more yesterday— which is why we were fortunate to get the W

 

[RaZon]

This is a win, nothing to really concern ourselves with other than getting out injury free.

 

[Direwolf63]

Good teams make their own luck… through great, consistent execution.

We wasted too many drives and opportunities to score. Not all of them were Dak’s fault— but the INT and the 3rd and 9 sack that negated a FG attempt sure as hell were.

Had the Chargers played a cleaner game— we lose. They had 2 TDs wiped off the board by their own mistakes. Dak needed to play better and lead the offense to more points IMO….

To simplify the game down to just 3-5 plays that you make or don’t make is over-simplifying things. Lots of hidden yardage and missed opportunities to consider.

As bad as the 3rd and 9 sack was— the roughing the punter penalty was much worse. There was no reason for it, and it not only kept us from having a chance to score points— it extended a drive to a dangerous QB.

Those kinds of mistakes are how you lose games— the Chargers happened to make more yesterday— which is why we were fortunate to get the W

Godwin had an obvious OPI was wasn't called at the end of the game. Cowboys probably win if the refs call it. Were the Bucs lucky to win?

I don't deny the Cowboys made mistakes that need to be cleaned up. But the fact that the Chargers made more mistakes than the Cowboys did does not make the Cowboys lucky. It's the NFL. So I guess every team that won yesterday were lucky because they made fewer mistakes than their opponent.

 

[The Natural]

He actually matches up better than he has the first two games. AB is a technician and Mike Will has 5 inches on him. Reagor and Quez are burners but so is Brown.

could have fooled me

 

[Hawkeye19]

Godwin had an obvious OPI was wasn't called at the end of the game. Cowboys probably win if the refs call it. Were the Bucs lucky to win?

I don't deny the Cowboys made mistakes that need to be cleaned up. But the fact that the Chargers made more mistakes than the Cowboys did does not make the Cowboys lucky. It's the NFL. So I guess every team that won yesterday were lucky because they made fewer mistakes than their opponent.

Yes— I would imagine winning teams play cleaner football and execute better than their opponents.

We scored 6 points over the 3 quarters of football. How is that a winning strategy? We needed more points to avoid a “photo finish” type game— and we simply did not execute well enough IMO.

It just so happened the Chargers imploded and we had the ball in our hands at the end and made a tough kick to snatch the W.

 

[Direwolf63]

Yes— I would imagine winning teams play cleaner football and execute better than their opponents.

We scored 6 points over the 3 quarters of football. How is that a winning strategy? We needed more points to avoid a “photo finish” type game— and we simply did not execute well enough IMO.

It just so happened the Chargers imploded and we had the ball in our hands at the end and made a tough kick to snatch the W.

But none of this is luck. That's how the game played out. All of us want the offense to score 40 points every week and walk over every defense in front of them for 60 minutes. Sometimes it happens. Most times it does not.

Before the game, I thought the Chargers would win. Maybe by double digits. I was thrilled that I was wrong.

But then I'm told - Yeah it's sort of a win, but not really because they were lucky. The Chargers "imploded", so it doesn't really count.

Sorry. I reject it completely. Do they need to get better? Of course? Can they play cleaner? Absolutely. But that does not mean they were lucky. They just need to improve.

 

[Proof]

Miles Sanders is a pretty good back

he's a decent back who isn't much to worry about at all. he's had 3 100 yard rushing games in his career. zzzzzz

 

[Proof]

Yes— I would imagine winning teams play cleaner football and execute better than their opponents.

We scored 6 points over the 3 quarters of football. How is that a winning strategy? We needed more points to avoid a “photo finish” type game— and we simply did not execute well enough IMO.

It just so happened the Chargers imploded and we had the ball in our hands at the end and made a tough kick to snatch the W.

having trouble scoring isn't a strategy. it also didn't help that our offense didn't have the ball nearly the entirety of the 3rd quarter. that's an outlier for a team that routinely puts up points.