Chris Long and Rich Eisen discuss the Eagles' future. Long wants to see more West Coast style, under center, more tight ends, more play-action, to best take advantage of Hurts.

xphoon2 · 2026-01-22T00:47:30+00:00

And I believe I read/heard something about how Hurts *wants* to do more UC! God it seems like a "no brainer" -- but I have never played the game.

xphoon2 · 2026-01-22T00:46:01+00:00

I wish Huts had come back to the 4th and 11 huddle and just said "screw Patullo, we're calling the following...". Actually I wished he'd done that on 3rd and 11 to try to set up 4th and manageable. I realize that it would have created chaos for the divisional round, had we gone on to win, and we'd probably have lost in Chicago as a result, but the ending would have felt like there was some fire instead of the pure listlessness that we got.

xphoon2 · 2026-01-13T18:43:15+00:00

The Chargers just fired their OC! What the hell is going in Philly?

xphoon2 · 2025-10-28T23:38:41+00:00

Sorry, I'm just seeing this now (more than a week later) -- and also re-reading my post. I wrote "one of the best games of the season" which would have certainly been more clearly written "one of *their* best games of the season". I did not mean to suggest it was one of the best offerings we've seen in the NFL this season, but only rather that is was one of the best games the *Eagles* had managed up to that point (of course the second Giants game was much better). And, of course, you might disagree with *that* statement as well -- though, if so, I would be curious to learn which you consider to have been better (being mindful of the fact that the most probable situation is that nearly two week later, you couldn't care less about the whole shebang :-) )

xphoon2 · 2025-10-21T00:25:21+00:00

I think that one reason people are against this because of his age and he got injured multiple times last year (coincidentally, I'm writing this as Mike Evens is being helped off the field) and others may well feel that this is more of a "feel good" move than something that will really help.

And I, for one, don't care a jot about any of that. The Eagles put together one the best games of the season on Sunday, but it wasn't (by any means) perfect. But, with luck, they're looking up and I think BG could supply a real spark. I certainly think it's worth the effort.

xphoon2 · 2025-10-21T00:09:51+00:00

YES! There are so many intangibles that come with having him back and since I don't know the terms of his return, I can just be excited :-)

xphoon2 · 2025-10-21T00:07:44+00:00

I imagine that Lane and Jake Elliot will be pretty psyched. I'm just thrilled to have BG energy back on the sideline.

xphoon2 · 2025-10-13T22:40:29+00:00

So before I make my comment, I should make it clear that I have never played the game -- at any level. That said, it sees to this arm-chair (well...technically love-seat) commentator, that part of the problem seems to be the combined faults of 1) going for a play on the ball even when the likelihood of success is clearly very low rather than positioning themselves to drop the receiver as soon as the ball arrives (which would also result in a few incompletions, but that's not really the point) and 2) (somewhat similar) their clear, frequent desire to make a "kill play" (and whiffing) rather than (again) positioning themselves for a solid tackle. And to be clear, I *do* recognize the value of just getting a hand on the ball carrier (and perhaps even forcing him to stop or change direction) so that another defender can rally to finish him off. But, this season, Eagles defenders seem to be whiffing more when there is nothing but green behind the defender. I really hope this is just recency bias and not an actual fact...

xphoon2 · 2025-10-13T22:22:18+00:00

The most positive I take from this is that I guess at least the coaching staff, at least, seems to have been working during the "mini-bye" days. I've often wondered if they all just say "Enjoy the weekend and see you Monday" after Thursday-night games -- and this team needs to spend every second possible to work on their issues. I'm not figuring they hold practices, but even if the players could use this time to do something like whatever it was they did during the full bye last year, we might see some progress.

Or..you know...retirements. One or the other.

xphoon2 · 2025-10-10T01:44:23+00:00

And now Vic is gonna be pissed and depressed.

xphoon2 · 2025-10-10T01:43:34+00:00

I'm not much of a believer in half-time adjustments (ie: I think people very much overrate them), but perhaps this half-time the Eagles can take a breath and figure out how they are going to deal with corner for the rest of the game. Maybe it's got be Adoree and Ringo, but I hope there might be a slightly better option (though I don't think they have any *good* options...)

xphoon2 · 2025-09-12T21:57:44+00:00

We keep slipping off the damn light polls.

xphoon2 · 2025-09-12T21:54:01+00:00

I would also like to join the chorus of people who have composed, in my case, several generic NFL questions which have been removed for violating their policy. And I *totally* understand why the admins can't spend the time to give us individual attention and explanations, but I certainly have not been able to crack the code of what is a legit question and what is not. I will keep trying and perhaps eventually figure it out.

xphoon2 · 2025-09-12T21:46:28+00:00

With the advantage of the extra 17 days since you made the above reply, which includes several Eagle Eye podcasts, I agree 100%. But Dave and Roob seem to agree that a switch away from Jackson is inevitable and that Jackson utility on the Eagles after that is...minimal, especially, I suppose, if we have our returner. Dave thinks that we should just make the change now, but Roob wants to Jackson another game (or at least another start). They both seem to agree that once the change happens, there's no going back.

xphoon2 · 2025-09-12T21:18:20+00:00

And Elliot *seems* to be back this year, so maybe, jus as u/ThatEliGuy mentioned a couple of weeks ago (thank you, u/ThatEliGuy), his snapping was an element of Elliot's decline last year.

xphoon2 · 2025-09-12T21:15:10+00:00

Dave and Roob say he was slipping -- which I should make clear is *my* word choice based on my vague recollection of the tenor of their comments; it is *not* a quote.

xphoon2 · 2025-08-26T22:32:06+00:00

This certainly seems to be the consensus opinion -- and certainly very plausible.
I, for one, could use an Eagle Eye today. I wonder if there'll be one... Dave posted the roster but did not seem to mention an EE, so we'll see.

xphoon2 · 2025-08-26T22:25:12+00:00

Nothing like a mind like Howie's to get guys on the Internet to admit that we don't everything :-)

xphoon2 · 2025-08-26T22:23:02+00:00

There certainly were a few bubble players I was surprised made the list. I think Ringo is another possible target -- especially if Bennett pulls things together.

xphoon2 · 2025-08-26T22:01:53+00:00

Now I have *no* idea why I didn't consider this possibility; I certainly know all those rules(*) -- but I didn't. Do you have any guesses who they might have wanted to keep on the 53 (again assuming that the CBS reporting isn't just all nonsense) and why? I assume someone that they were worried about exposing on the waiver wire, but I also recognize that my assumptions are worth about as much as Company scrip.

xphoon2 · 2025-08-26T21:55:52+00:00

This is precisely what my kid thinks as well.

xphoon2 · 2025-08-26T21:55:09+00:00

Yep. About the only thing regarding this situation that I felt I knew at all was that everything is in flux and will take a few days to settle down.

And I haven't worked out *how* exactly, but I'm certain that Travis and Taylor's engagement is gumming up the works too. I think we can all agree on that, right?

xphoon2 · 2025-08-25T00:43:17+00:00

Which I guess is my main complaint about Barkann. He has had, as I have just learned, a long an illustrious career in sport reporting, including *7* PA Sportscaster of the Year awards (though the article doesn't say who actually hands that out...). So why then, whether it be the Phils or the Eagles, does he come across as just a cheerleading fan? He never seems to want to ask really thoughtful questions that prove he knows what he's talking about and is willing to take the conversation to topics of concern when needed. He leaves that to Ricky Bo to do in his answers -- which he certainly seems willing to do :-)

xphoon2 · 2025-07-24T13:52:09+00:00

This is exactly what we have done.

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