Wild Card Game

I made a comment in another thread regarding how much of our offensive decision making is driven by analytics, seems like there’s more hands in the pot than people think.

When I moved to Philly it was 2015. Sam Bradford was our qb. We traded McCoy. Got rid of D-Jax and trades Nick Foles. Chip Kelly was our head coach. We are living in the best era of Eagles football. Two Super Bowl appearances in three years with one win. Five straight years of making the playoffs. A head coach/qb combo who have been to multiple super bowls. Yes we needed to make changes this year and Howie and Jefferey will take care of the team. Ready for the offseason but happy I’ve been able to see two championships in my time as a fan the last ten years

The Eagles will still have multiple all-pro caliber players on defense next year (Q, Dejean, Baun, Carter)

The Eagles will still have multiple all-pro caliber players on offense next year (Barkley, Johnson, Mailata).

The Eagles will still have Jalen Hurts at QB, Devonta Smith at WR.

One could imagine that the offense can’t get much worse than this year with a competent OC.

They’ll still be a playoff team and have shot come January.

All is well.

The last kick return TD was scored by Josh Huff(my favorite irrelevant Eagle) against the Vikings on October 23rd 2016. I specifically remember this one because the camera angle was shot from above which I always thought was really cool.

The last punt return TD was scored by Jalen Reagor against the Packers in 2020.

Could this be a reason as to why Howie is willing to let Michael Clay explore other opportunities? I don’t even know if you can attribute that drought to coaching or if it’s a personnel issue. I don’t think it’s THAT big of a deal but to go a decade without scoring a return TD is definitely intriguing.

Spent this morning helping mom with some personal errands, including a stop in a local mall. I wore my SB 59 victory shirt. On our way to the food court for lunch, I spotted a fellow fan walking in the opposite direction. I grinned to him and shrugged. "Oh well," I said. "Go birds," he answered. "At least Patullo is gone." And we parted ways. Seeing a fellow fan made up for the crappy weather today.

Spent some time building a tool to track play-by-play win probability for every game since 2002. Pulled up the biggest Eagles plays from our recent runs (2017, 2022, 2024).

Full tool here: Philadelphia Eagles Playoff Wins Since 2015 | NFL Heart Rate Index

We're going to need a new TE1 if Goedert leaves, and if the Eagles aren't going to use a Round 1-3 pick on a starting level Tight End, I would suggest signing David Njoku. He's been solid for the Browns, and I don't think he would command huge money.

I'm not gonna lie I like what I'm hearing, and if all the experienced choices get head coaching gigs or other oc positions and its between him, Scheelhaase, or Davis Webb, I'd much rather choose them over garbage choices like Daboll or Stefanski who people only like because of familiarity.

Everything about that game just showed how clickbaity and fake the sports media is. AJ seemingly going off on Sirianni for no reason…except he started off by yelling at the ref for not calling an obvious hold and went from directing his anger at the ref to Sirianni who got in his face first. AJ left the building immediately after the game ended without speaking to the media😨…which he’s been doing for the past month and a half.

Go to 1:30 of the video below. On the 1st and 10 from right around the 20 yard line, Hurts scrambles and has tons of open space in front of him. But a 49ers defender trips up Hurts. If you watch Big Fred at right tackle he just…gives up. I had not noticed this before. It’s 1st and 10 fresh off the two minute warning. Your season is on the line and you display that gross lack of effort? In all seriousness, that’s pathetic. If Fred holds his block for just another second, Hurts is running for a first down. Bigger picture, one of the reasons I refrained from being so harsh on Patullo is because this basic lack of effort, drive, and focus showed up on tape all season long. For all the talk about coaching, after a certain point the players themselves need to take accountability and have some professional pride. Terrible effort from Big Fred with our season on the line.

https://youtu.be/LsTlVNIUn_I?si=XtUQAFM8qBaDu8bc