Comcast/NFL Red Zone stat of the week

by JasonB on Nov 13, 2009 12:52 AM EST in News Comment 9 comments

The Eagles "stat of the week" is brought to you by Comcast and the new NFL Red Zone channel

So far this year, I've been using this post to talk about the Eagles performance in the red zone from week to week. And week after week, they barely if ever get to the red zone. Whether they score from all big plays on a good day or can't get inside the 20 on a bad day, It's left me with little to write about.

So we're shifting gears. From here on out we'll be doing the "stat of the week" This week's stat comes from Andy Schwartz of CSN.com

(This week) Gocong becomes the seventh player to practice at middle linebacker for the Eagles, a domino effect that started in camp with the season-ending injury to Stewart Bradley.

He's referring to the fact that Chris Gocong will play middle linebacker this week against the Chargers. With Akeem Jordan out injured, Will Witherspoon will slide over to the WILL and Gocong will assume the middle linebacker role. Moises Fokou will start his second straight game at the strong side backer position.

So far this year Stewart Bradley, Omar Gaither, Joe Mays, Jeremiah Trotter, Moise Fokou, Will Witherspoon, and now Gocong will have taken practice reps at middle linebacker. It's a pretty damning representation of what injuries + your depth not being as good as you thought + the solutions you tried to bring in via FA not working + a trade + injuries at other positions can do to a team.

Comcast is carrying the new NFL Red Zone channel! NFL Red Zone lets you follow all the red zone action on NFL Sunday as it happens. When a team gets inside the twenty, the network cuts to that game. Not only is this cool for any big NFL fan, it would be awesome for out of market Eagles fans that can't watch the games. You're essentially getting the best parts of every Eagles game live for only a couple bucks a month as opposed to having to shell out the several hundred bucks for the NFL ticket.

They don't ever break for commercials and the action literally never stops. They don't just limit it to red zone trips either... I was watching last weekend and they would show any game live if no team happened to be in the red zone. This is probably the best thing ever invented for an NFL fan that's looking for something to flip to when the Eagles game goes to commercials...

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geez, what a mess

but to be openly optimistic, our defense is still playing very well despite the injuries and what not. still its so frustrating and yet common that im not too suprised

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by immynimmy on Nov 13, 2009 12:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I wonder what Stu is thinking...

It must really be frustrating for him to sit and watch this game of musical chairs play out. He probably wants to be out there so badly. I was so sure he was gonna have his ‘break out’ year… sigh.

The Red Zone Channel is indeed the greatest thing ever. I mean, NO COMMERCIALS. Not one! Which boggles the mind, since we all know the NFL loveeeeessssssssssssssss commercials. Last Sunday, a game they were showing snapped into a surprise commercial, and they immediately went to a different game. The host says “Fox tried to sneak one in on us, but that’s not how we do things around here”. I love it. So fast paced it can be kinda confusing, and it lacks any real sense of a game’s ‘flow’, but they’ve been getting better each week with the transitions and the commentary. It will be interesting to see how it evolves. When the Birds aren’t playing, I’ll be watching the Red Zone Channel.

by oclafcire on Nov 13, 2009 1:21 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

yep

freakin’ awesome.

by Bleediots on Nov 13, 2009 2:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

This might work out better than we think

We all read the Defensive Fullback Post a little while back, I’m thinking maybe Gocong can be that Trotter like huge middle linebacker and just blitz right at the center like how trotter used to. He obviously wont go sideline to sideline like the other MLBs that we have tried this season so we will see if McDermott wants to use him in that way or not.

Let's get it Birds.

by homestar2281 on Nov 13, 2009 1:56 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah I’m comfortable with Gocong in the middle & obviously Witherspoon is naturally a WILL, but I worry about Fokou on the outside again…

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by JasonB on Nov 13, 2009 11:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

hopefully he will show some of that promise that every one is talking about haha

Let's get it Birds.

by homestar2281 on Nov 13, 2009 3:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

like iminy said

our D is playing quite well.

Only gave up one big play and that was just a good play on DAL’s part. Other than that they were shutting down Romo on a short field time after time. What as their average field posistion? The 45? Ours was like the 10

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Nov 13, 2009 7:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Stewart Bradley, never leave us again, please?

by Walcott on Nov 13, 2009 11:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think Akeem "EVERYWHERE" Jordan will be missed, but

I got to hand it to Sean for being flexible enough and having the vision to make this alignment change. Gocong is our one true beef LB, and the middle is where we need him. It should allow him to attack more in a way that he can’t on the edge.
Homestar, I believe Gocong CAN go sideline to sideline. The whole reason we drafted him was because of his Size AND Speed. He can run. At the end of last year he was starting to become a real playmaker, TFL’s need to be a more widely-talked about stat in the NFL. Sorry I am too pressed to find out how many he had, but it was right up there with the best I believe.
BUT If Gocong doesn’t have AT LEAST 10 tackles and a sack this week, I will forever relegate him to just a big space-holder until we get a real playmaker. He needs to look like a monster in the middle.

by madderwulf on Nov 14, 2009 12:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs