Ratings are down, advertisers are pissed off, the NFL is becoming WWE lite. When the next round of tv negotiations takes place, the NFL will lose revenue, for the first time. Their players will lose money, too. They need only look in the mirror to see the problem.
Lane Johnson's irresponsibility has really cost the Eagles. The stupidity of NFL players today is just stunning. Fletcher Cox hits Cousins high on a third down, costing his team, but, hey, he got his money.
Kirk Cousins is one of the hardest players to figure out. He can look all-world for a good portion of a game and then have a sudden brain cramp that really costs his team. The pick 6 to Jenkins is a case in point.
We knew it would be a problem. This much? 60 friggin yards at this point in the game?
You have a rookie in his first ever start, against a seasoned veteran in Kerrigan. It's a total mismatch. More than that, the defense once again is stinking the joint out.
I hold professionals to a much higher standard than college or high school players. The Eagles have a long way to go to be a top notch roster. They have their quarterback. Everything else is up in the air. Their defense has disappeared.
The number of penalties by the OL is completely unacceptable. As a team, 13 penalties for 114 yards. The D was horrible too.
Fantasize away. In today's game players that do stupid things get a high five and a pat on the head. The coach doesn't say a thing to them.
Nailed it. This is why Eagles leadership expressed such strong disappointment in Johnson. He really crushed the team with his actions.
What are the odds of that - 1 too 1 !!!
It's all about the HOME team winning. It keeps fans coming to the games and spending. Like most pro leagues it is only during the playoffs the teams get even officiating. It is entertainment after all. !!!
Out of 10 games thus far the home team has won 9
Prior to this week it was home 41, visitors 34. That's not a huge difference.
That's easy. Good tackles don't grow on trees. Most draftniks had Philly taking Ronnie Stanley, Jack Conklin or Laremy Tunsil at #7 because they needed help at the position. The move up to draft Wentz at #2 was a deliberate tradeoff the team made. They gave up basically the top of this year's draft in the deal and had limited options in free agency and lower rounds.
Or they could have stuck w their plan and move the LG out to OT and played Wiz at LG. I mean what's wrong w that???
They traded Dennis Kelly to Tennessee preseason for Dorial Green-Beckham. That was another tradeoff to improve the WR corps. Life's imperfect when you inherit an offensive roster that was gutted by Chip Kelly's ego.
I think that's what you'll see next week. No way can they sail that leaky boat of an OL vs. Minnesota's front seven.
Apparently not.
