The Linc - Basking In The Glow Of Blowing Out The Cowboys

ugh. I can’t wait until he is gone and they draft a good WR. Did Jackson even play?
anyways…
hopefully this is a trend and we are seeing what this team was built to do. good game by the coaches.

I’ve never been more happy about my sig:

Nnamdi, Asante, DRC; The Three Graces…charm, beauty, and creativity.

Shut down all of their WR (although maybe instead of DRC it should be Hanson.

I say through gritted teeth

Not only embarrassing the Cowporks, but letting Lesean McCoy win me my fantasy game down 28 points. Even when the Eagles win, BBI wins.

Back when the BGN faithful were lining up at the Walt Whitman bridge, I came here (as a Giants fan) and said people should chill, it’s a long season, you have a lot of talent and a coaching staff with a very good history.

I said the key for you guys was to use your explosive offensive talents get a good lead early and take the other team out of its game plan, put the game a way, and make the other guys go into a one dimensional panic.

Commenters here thought I was just a Giants fan basking in Eagle fan tears, and not just talking football.

But I was.

Here’s to a competitive, interesting season.

Good win over Dallas yesterday.

If before the game, you’d told me that Romo would only throw 1 pick and the final score would have been 34-7, I would have assumed the loss.

After last night’s game we are now 18th in the league in run defense

Best game they have had in a year. Getting Peters back was huge. Thought everybody played well including Kelce.

On how often the ’Boys blitzed the Eagles? It seemed like rushed more than only 4 guys quite sparingly.

My week just got that much better. Lets not lose focus against the bears though. I think the same offensive game plan will work with a few tweaks. Defense, just like the Skins, let cutler beat us.

Celek – After Lee went out, the Boys simply didn’t have a LB who could keep up with him. He also had a few really nice blocks. It is amazing how much better of a blocker he has become the past 2 years. He actually drives LBs/DBs off the point of attack now. Credit Mudd to the change in technique along with Celek putting on more muscle/size & getting better.

Samuel – I really thought he might pout & play at less than 100%. Nope. He came out to play & was actually quite physical in pass coverage most of the night. He came out fired up, played with pride, and had a good game.

Babin – Granted the Boys didn’t get many chances to rush at all last night after failing behind so much early on but he was generating pressure all night long. Babin does stink in run defense especially when he is tasked with containment on the outside but when you get a lead & just let him rush the passer in this scheme he is a force at times. Putting him 1-on-1 vs a G/T is asking for your QB to get hit.

Are also improving game-by-game. It helped the Boys played that ‘amoeba’ defense a ton last night with a minimum of actual DL.

Still, these two guys are a big lift over the likes of McGlynn and the horrendous MJG/Cole combo last year at RG. Not that Watkins has played that well. He hasn’t. The other guys were just so horrible last year at RG all year that even an adequate performance is a big lift.

Kelce doesn’t have the strength you would like to see a C have & consistently gets blown off the ball in short-yardage. He also struggles a bit with blitz/assignments but thats a lack of experience. He’s is hands down a better player at this point than McGlynn ever was last year. McGlynn stunk last year. He struggled with blitz pickups with limited awareness all year, had slow footwork and lateral speed, and simply couldn’t hike the ball out of the shotgun with enough consistency.

Turnover battle. Has this team lost a game the since the start of last year when they were positive in the turnover battle?

They did catch a break those on both of those fumbles though. Doubt either one would have changed the flow of the game but it prevented the Boys from getting great field position.

It feels uncomfortable. What a horrid showing by the Cowboys last nite.
I H8 the Eagles.

Are the Cowboys schedule as easy as some people say it is? They play us again, NYG twice, Buffalo, & Tampa Bay(who’s inconsistent but can beat anyone) they also may be without Lee & Jenkins for a game or two

Only 1 game out of the last WC spot, and none of the teams ahead of us look too good; Bucs, Falcons and Bears all sitting at 4-3.

If we beat the Bears next week…

Is his increase in production the result of him not having to block as much? Or is it Vick just decided to trust and throw to him more? I know this was brought up before and it kinda 180’ed since then so I was curious what some of you thought now. It seems that he is becoming more and more of an option.

When the game-plan works as designed (this team scores early and gets out to a nice lead in the first half), this team really looks good because it plays to the strength of their team and helps to cover up the weaknesses in the defense at LB/S and special teams. It also allows the Eagles to ‘run when they are ahead’ which they have always done well under Reid when they spread the field and are able to run a bunch of the delays/draws that tend to work well.

Eagles are better off when they have their 4 DBs on the field than 3 LBs, are able to let Cole/Babin largely off the passer (getting back Tapp/Parker helped a bit), and don’t have to have to stop a team running the ball or make tackles after the catch.

Eagles still have the same warts. Their special teams coverage isn’t bad but they have a rookie kicker who I don’t know if Reid has much faith in right now (Henery has only attempted 1 FG from 40+ yds and is 0 for 1), rookie punter who has really struggled in all phases, and lack any kind of big play capability in their return game except when Jackson is back to field punts.

If the Eagles can get out to an early lead and don’t have a negative turnover ratio, I like their chances to beat anyone in the NFL regardless of where they are playing on the home/road.

What strikes me about watching this team the past year or so is how much better they would be if they played their home games in a dome. Actually have a bit of a disadvantage playing outdoors or on natural grass instead of inside.