WhitewalkerInPhilly

My reaction to OP: HAHAHA HAH. HA HAHAAAAAA-Oh god you were serious

They picked up another DL.

I keep hearing it too! And I'm still amazed. I know, glass houses, but it is not as if they are in a division with someone with Patriot level dominance. It's the Titans (so much for Mularky), the Texans and the Colts. This was a division won at 9-7.

That's what I thought! Newton is struggling though. Not so much that I would not swap him for Tyrod in a heartbeat (and I like Tyrod) but it's noticable. Then again, so was Aaron Rodgers up until this week.

As much as I hate Brady, he might be the greatest of all time when it comes to reading a defense and getting the ball out in the perfect spot.

Basically it was this: "Rex, how will you deal with whoever the Patriots use at quarterback?" "Do they have another one of the 0.1% of quarterbacks like Brady who can get rid if the ball in less than 2 seconds and make you pay on a blitz?" "...no?" "So we're going to try to hit him."

Because expectations are not high for San Fran this year. Blaine Gabbert is their starter, Chip used up his bag of tricks with the Eagles. Chip likes to be the star of the show and college let's him do that, and LSU is a plum gig.

And we're on to New England! Seriously though, I will be keeping a very keen eye out on their QB situation. I am sure that we may know more as the week develops, but I would much rather play Brisket or some street free agent that threw into the fire at the last minute.

Amen! Believe me, the ability to close out games is a worry to me, but that was a team that is picked as an easy playoff lock by most "experts". For the first time today I saw the team that we were promised this offseason.

He done not messed up A-A-Ron!!!

Most days I would easily take Larry Fitzgerald and Malcolm Floyd over Marshall and Decker. But this week they actually but pressure up the middle and it made the difference...and the secondary looked like they were trying today.

Alright. I'm a Roman fan, and I don't think he cost us the game. But last night my fiance (a die hard Eagles fan) remarked "this looks like an Andy Reid offense". And as I think about it, dread sets in: having a scripted set of plays that can blow up in your face, throwing short of the marker on 3rd down, an unwillingness to make adjustments if things aren't going well and time mismanagement were all hallmarks of his last year's in Philly. I suddenly terrified. I am now ok with someone else calling the plays.

Look, I'm not exactly thrilled at our offense, bit Greg Roman wasn't letting Ryan Fitzpatrick make us his b*tch.

Does anyone else think there's a chance that they went vanilla because of holding stuff on the preseason and they wanted to hold their tricks for the Jets this Thursday? Because honestly, the TNF games really do not give you down time. And as much as I would have liked to beat the Ravens (and won a bet with a friend) I would much rather beat the Jets.

I don't want to underestimate them. And they definitely have a stout middle. That said, Shady and Bush's best skill set is running it over the edge. I'd attack there.

Bluntly? Because there are a busload of qualifiers on top of cement. You have to be a college student or living in an apartment complex or in a metropolitan area being important enough. Otherwise you don't qualify.

Vic would also like to recommend scoring more points than the other guy as essential for victory.

Huh, weird. Using it through normal channels I see the standard $100 for Game Pass. Maybe it's one of those things (like with Netflix) that when you open it up outside of the US they direct you to where there are more options.

Nice. I tried to do streaming, only to be told I couldnt. I was going to do gamepass anyway, because the tolls alone to go to the bar each week would be close to breaking even. I think I'll give this a look. I have no issue with paying the NFL to watch their content. I'm just annoyed that they insist on restrictions that prevent people from access.

I heard, but I doubt it. A lot of players feel they have something left in the tank. He might have a little, but I don't see people falling over themselves. The man was wise with his money. He should enjoy his retirement.

It looks like Hughes and Kyle are getting lined up one on one vs a pair of rookies in their first game. That said, Stanley looks legit, but Shaq was beating him pretty bad in that matchup. I think if the Bills can exploit blitzes on Flacco's weak side, they could give him a bad day.

That's what makes the most sense to me. Otherwise why do this now?

I know we have a final score one, so merge if necessary, but I would like to hear guesses on the offense. I think Tyrod has a rough day in pass protection, but scampers for a big run and connects deep on a couple of passes. I think the run game struggles with consistency but with Dumervil out, Suggs in his first game back from an Achilles and the Glenn/Incognito blocking on the edge Shady breaks out some monster gains. Tyrod: 18/25, ~200 yards passing, 2 TD, ~35 yards rushing. Sammy: ~100 yards, 1 TD McCoy: 75-100 yards, 1 TD

When it comes to Sammy, I am not worried. The timeline, even on the worst case scenario had him back week 1. That he only missed a week or 2 of training camp does not bother me. But yeah, I am a bit worried about Goodwin making it the full year.

Couple things: One, Sammy is a borderline superstar. That can bail you out of a lot. Two, with a good system, you can have an offense more than the sum of its parts. Chip Kelly's first year is a good example. With a (hopefully) healthy Goodwin, you can finally again have two big speed threats on the outside. Tyrod's greatest strength is with the deep ball. If you can stretch the vertical on both sides, that really opens things up for Clay, Woods and Shady. Shady has looked lethal in the short passing game.