Eagles

16 Nov 20

Eagles 16 Nov 20

Eagles seem discouraged and confused in loss to Giants, 27-17

We talked all week about the incremental improvement in the Giants’ overall game, but we didn’t expect the corresponding decline in the (…)

10 Nov 20

Eagles 10 Nov 20

Up next for Eagles--- the improving New York Giants

On paper the Giants have only a 26% chance of beating the Eagles this weekend according to my WIP Pro Football Challenge poll— but (…)

05 Nov 20

Eagles 05 Nov 20

Eagles Bye Week post-election blues...

One thing Trump said in his last Michigan rally rang true for me personally. He said, to paraphrase, “NFL ratings are down…one reason (…)

02 Nov 20

Eagles 02 Nov 20

Eagles less awful than Cowboys, 23-9

Ugh. The Eagles were pretty bad, but Dallas was worse. One of those games that needs to be graded on a curve… The Philadelphia Eagles (…)

29 Oct 20

Eagles 29 Oct 20

Abnormal anticipation of the Cowboys vs. Eagles SNF game

Of course it’s not a “normal” Philly-Dallas week in 2020… what’s new? Without our old Comments section around, it feels even weirder. (…)

25 Oct 20

Eagles 25 Oct 20

New Reality Show features struggles of Eagles and Cowboys

Here is the short story version of the Eagles heading into Week 8: Injuries have claimed many, and now DeSean Jackson is gone with a (…)

22 Oct 20

Eagles 22 Oct 20

Eagles "win" debate vs. Giants, 22-21

Actually it was an entertaining game… at least more entertaining to me than the presidential debate, which I had on my second TV screen (…)

20 Oct 20

Eagles 20 Oct 20

Eagles in identity crisis as they take on the Giants in TNF

So are the Eagles “a team with heart which just needs a few guys to get healthy”? Or are they an organization in denial which needs to (…)

18 Oct 20

Eagles 18 Oct 20

Ravens survive late scare from Eagles, 30-28

If you’re an Eagles fan, you probably take comfort from the second-half comeback from a thoroughly beaten-up home team. If you’re (…)

13 Oct 20

Eagles 13 Oct 20

Eagles face Ravens after a rare down week for Lamar

You might say the Eagles’ defense is lucky to have to face Lamar Jackson at an unlucky time for the Ravens— Lamar is still nursing a (…)

12 Oct 20

Eagles 12 Oct 20

Big Ben prevails, picks apart Eagles defense... Steelers 38, Philly 29

At least the Eagles’ offense showed up against a top-rated Steelers’ defense— but in the end, it couldn’t keep up with Ben (…)

06 Oct 20

Eagles 06 Oct 20

Eagles facing a real challenge against revived Steelers

Nice to see the overachieving effort which got the Birds the win in San Fran— but now a well-rested and extremely motivated Steelers (…)

05 Oct 20

Eagles 05 Oct 20

Eagles backups stand and deliver in 25-20 win over 49ers

In fairness to San Francisco, they were relying on their own “B” team as well… of course, they had George Kittle at his most “dominant (…)

01 Oct 20

Eagles 01 Oct 20

Eagles on thin ice against 49ers...

By “thin” I mean they are running out of original depth chart players! Meanwhile, San Francisco has had injury problems too— but so far (…)

29 Sep 20

Eagles 29 Sep 20

Eagles regressing to the mean as they prepare for 49ers

Regression to the mean— that’s a description of the current Philadelphia Eagles organization and team roster which is gaining (…)

27 Sep 20

Eagles 27 Sep 20

Winning drive stumbles, Eagles settle for 23-23 tie with Bengals

The Eagles did not play well enough to win on Sunday, but they played well enough not to lose to the 0-2-1 Cincinnati Bengals. That in a (…)

22 Sep 20

Eagles 22 Sep 20

How the Bengals are approaching Sunday's game against the Eagles

The Cincinnati Bengals are in a rebuild mode; the Eagles are in a free-fall at the moment. It’s a long season (hopefully!) and things (…)

21 Sep 20

Eagles 21 Sep 20

Eagles will fight back against the undertakers...

So you’re a typical Eagles fan and you’ve already assumed the worst for 2020 at 0-2…feel no shame, I’ve been there before. Yeah, the (…)

20 Sep 20

Eagles 20 Sep 20

The shoot-out that wasn't--- Eagles lose to Rams, 37-19

It became apparent very early in the game that the Eagles defense was not only bending but breaking. Something about Sean McVay’s pre-snap (…)

19 Sep 20

Eagles 19 Sep 20

Scouting the Eagles-Rams matchup....

By no means a must-win for either team, but certainly a referendum on the resilience of the Eagles to come back and play well for an entire (…)

15 Sep 20

Eagles 15 Sep 20

So the Eagles had a bad day...

Maybe you take it as a wake-up call, maybe you accept it as a normal “knocking off the rust” process and simply flush the second half of (…)

13 Sep 20

Eagles 13 Sep 20

Eagles fall apart in 27-17 loss to Washington

The only good thing you can say about the way this game went for the Eagles is that nobody got booed. Not having fans physically in the (…)

10 Sep 20

Eagles 10 Sep 20

Updating injuries and depth chart for Eagles before opener

The Eagles most recent post-practice injury report as of September 10, 2020: Did Not Participate • DT Javon Hargrave (…)

07 Sep 20

Eagles 07 Sep 20

Eagles prepare a very fluid roster for ad lib test vs. Washington

I don’t recall a season where no Eagles rookie ever took a preseason game snap… but here we are. And this is where the start of the 2020 (…)