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It's amazing how much you see when you're not caught up with the drama of the game. Most of this is little stuff that we haven't talked about:
-We were so tight in the first quarter we looked again like a high school team, but fortunately we did not do the killer-TURN THE BALL OVER!! Minnesota did twice in the first half and it cost them the game.
-There were no TD celebrations for the Eagles, just pure ecstasy when they scored. Minnesota had the best one that I've seen since the Eagles "soared" off the field earlier this year though. The Vikes did curling which is the biggest sport in that state. Curling clubs are like joining a golf club and some are very exclusive. You just don't walk into them and say "I want to curl".
-Nick's best play was the double pump throw and shuffle to Ertz from an off balance stance for 25 years. That's HOF stuff!!! I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT NICK'S RIBS! He's not going to be able to make that throw with sore ones. In fact they had better get Sudfeld some snaps this week if Nick is ineffective because of them. I don't care what they say, you don't do MRI's for the hell of it.
-Jenkins is the key to the defense and is going to give McDaniels and Brady fits this week dealing with him. He's everywhere but deep safety as the Eagles go with McLeod as a single safety most of the time. Malcomb is all over the place. Sometimes LB, SS, or nickel. He is masterful in disguising the blitz and made 3 critical ones in the first half alone. Schwartz is doing stuff that only Dick LeBeau used to do with Polamalu. On one play Jenkins went with the motion man signaling man to man and then dropped into a zone. Whoa! I don't know how the heck these guys learn all the defenses and coverages that they have things get so complicated! On a side note the results can backfire against the perfect call. It's asking a lot for a MLB to cover Rudolf deep one on one (Goode). I wonder how they will try to handle Gronkowski and Amendola this week?
-The Eagles screen game was the best they performed all season and Doug uses it like an extension of his running game. Clement is going to be a terrific back next year. He's very quick and an excellent blocker and receiver. Hidden gem there.
-We missed Elerbe. Goode is stronger than Walker who is useless but Elerbe can ball despite Tommy Lawler's insinuation that "he wasn't sure Elerbe was inactive [B]because he was hurt or just wasn't good". What??? He plays almost 40% of the time. Just goes to show that we all say dumb things once in awhile LOL.
-Mack the Knife. OK, he had a brain fart on the punt. The whole team was tight and he's a rookie and we won so we let it go. The thing that I like about him is that he does so many "little things" that are unusual for a rookie like being an excellent blocker. The curl pattern he ran to pick off Ertz's man for a first down on a big 3rd down play near the goal line was a thing of beauty and certainly unusual for a rookie.
-We were so tight in the first quarter we looked again like a high school team, but fortunately we did not do the killer-TURN THE BALL OVER!! Minnesota did twice in the first half and it cost them the game.
-There were no TD celebrations for the Eagles, just pure ecstasy when they scored. Minnesota had the best one that I've seen since the Eagles "soared" off the field earlier this year though. The Vikes did curling which is the biggest sport in that state. Curling clubs are like joining a golf club and some are very exclusive. You just don't walk into them and say "I want to curl".
-Nick's best play was the double pump throw and shuffle to Ertz from an off balance stance for 25 years. That's HOF stuff!!! I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT NICK'S RIBS! He's not going to be able to make that throw with sore ones. In fact they had better get Sudfeld some snaps this week if Nick is ineffective because of them. I don't care what they say, you don't do MRI's for the hell of it.
-Jenkins is the key to the defense and is going to give McDaniels and Brady fits this week dealing with him. He's everywhere but deep safety as the Eagles go with McLeod as a single safety most of the time. Malcomb is all over the place. Sometimes LB, SS, or nickel. He is masterful in disguising the blitz and made 3 critical ones in the first half alone. Schwartz is doing stuff that only Dick LeBeau used to do with Polamalu. On one play Jenkins went with the motion man signaling man to man and then dropped into a zone. Whoa! I don't know how the heck these guys learn all the defenses and coverages that they have things get so complicated! On a side note the results can backfire against the perfect call. It's asking a lot for a MLB to cover Rudolf deep one on one (Goode). I wonder how they will try to handle Gronkowski and Amendola this week?
-The Eagles screen game was the best they performed all season and Doug uses it like an extension of his running game. Clement is going to be a terrific back next year. He's very quick and an excellent blocker and receiver. Hidden gem there.
-We missed Elerbe. Goode is stronger than Walker who is useless but Elerbe can ball despite Tommy Lawler's insinuation that "he wasn't sure Elerbe was inactive [B]because he was hurt or just wasn't good". What??? He plays almost 40% of the time. Just goes to show that we all say dumb things once in awhile LOL.
-Mack the Knife. OK, he had a brain fart on the punt. The whole team was tight and he's a rookie and we won so we let it go. The thing that I like about him is that he does so many "little things" that are unusual for a rookie like being an excellent blocker. The curl pattern he ran to pick off Ertz's man for a first down on a big 3rd down play near the goal line was a thing of beauty and certainly unusual for a rookie.
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