Bad calls, Bad play, overall bad day for our Birds. I would like to Thank the NFL and Tony Corrente for making the game unwatchable. Its very tough to win games when you make a few mistakes and the other team is basically allowed to violate the rules of the game at will. I think Seattle is a bad football team that has one good player, they play dirty and cheap and I hope against all hope we play them here in the playoffs with a fairly officated game.
1. Wentz - Stats look good, however he didn't play good, he was OK, he showed a ton of grit in this game, consistently getting hit late, in the head, he fumbled (first turnover in the Red zone all year), he did miss some throws but he also did his thing,he made some hudani type throws, he extended drives with his legs. Overall a C type performance and in a game where the officals clearly bet for the other side that is not going to win it. Wentz clearly was affected from the cheap shot (which was called) early in the game.
2. Nelson Agholor was a man possessed in this game. He probably could have went for 200 yards had it not been for a missed pass by Wentz.
3. I am gravely concerned about Zach Ertz, two concussions in three weeks does look good for the future. Resigning Burton may be more of a priority than we think.
4. Pederson was conservative in the first half, I wonder how much of that was Wentz, how much of it was the officials and how much of that was bad execution. I don't blame him for not challenging the lateral, I blame the officals for not getting a clear forward pass correct on the field, especially after they clearly should have won the earlier challenge. I think Doug knew at that point that Rodger and his band of idiots in the front office were going to make sure they lose this one.
5. Kelce and Wisnewski had their worst games of the year. Vaiti had his moments of not playing well too.
6. Russell Wilson is a school yard QB who got lucky last night. The officials played a role in every drive in which they scored. A better officated game and he looks very human.
7. I know this will be controversial but I am not real happy with Jenkins right now. I like the fact that he is standing for something with the Players collation but lets face it, he is not playing his best ball right now and I wonder how much of this is the outside issues?
8. Kendricks looked like garbage yesterday. Bit hard on the last TD that Seattle scored (after the illegal pitch). Was out of place several times.
Finally the officials. I heard the talk of the Eagles didn't play well didn't deserve to win. I say hog wash to that. All three TD's that Seattle scored came when the officials decided they wanted to re write the rules for holding major missed calls and generally just a horribly bad crew.
1. Defensive holding called when Jimmy Graham tripped over his own feet, drive extended TD. No contact. Same type of play later in the game that Smith gets his feet tangled and they pick of the flag. Its one thing to miss a call but its another to not be consistent.
2. Another play where Darby got called for pass interference when he never touched the player in fact he was looking for the ball, never impeded the receiver. In other words good coverage. PI called, drive extended TD.
3. Clear forward lateral not called, its called all the time in those situations. Instead of blasting the officials for MISSING THE CALL, they blast Doug for not challenging it. Sorry its the Officials fault for missing the call. Honestly after they blew the challenge before I can't blame Doug for not challenging it. Its a crap shoot at the league office as to whether you win these any more.
4. Earlier on the 2nd TD Beau Allen is being held around the neck on a 3rd down, forces Wilson out of the pocket and he completes the pass. The Eagles are called for a hold on a drive that they wind up punting, that Wis pancaked the guy.
5. Officials correctly call an off sides on Frank Clark, However he was unabated to the QB the play should have been blown dead, Not only did he get a clean shot on Wentz, He launched at him and hit him in the head. NO CALL except for the off sides. That is DANGEROUS and this officiating crew should be put out to pasture along with Pete Fucking Morrelli.
6. The Eagles are down at the goal line right before Wentz fumbled. Michael Bennett grabs Johnson's facemask, pulls down on it and continued to after the play was over. That should have been called, BTW that may have changed the next play call, as it would have been first down on the 1.
One other observation, Doug needs to think about this, when a team is taking cheap shots at your QB you need to retaliate. The shot to Wentz head after he slid was DIRTY and the DB knew what he was doing. Then the launching, then the shots on Wentz after he threw the ball when the DE were taking 3 and 4 steps. I would not have cared if the Eagles got a 15 yarder for taking a shot at Wilson. Maybe then Seattle would have stopped their CHEAP play. Because if Wilson gets hurt Seattle is a 2 win team.
1. Wentz - Stats look good, however he didn't play good, he was OK, he showed a ton of grit in this game, consistently getting hit late, in the head, he fumbled (first turnover in the Red zone all year), he did miss some throws but he also did his thing,he made some hudani type throws, he extended drives with his legs. Overall a C type performance and in a game where the officals clearly bet for the other side that is not going to win it. Wentz clearly was affected from the cheap shot (which was called) early in the game.
2. Nelson Agholor was a man possessed in this game. He probably could have went for 200 yards had it not been for a missed pass by Wentz.
3. I am gravely concerned about Zach Ertz, two concussions in three weeks does look good for the future. Resigning Burton may be more of a priority than we think.
4. Pederson was conservative in the first half, I wonder how much of that was Wentz, how much of it was the officials and how much of that was bad execution. I don't blame him for not challenging the lateral, I blame the officals for not getting a clear forward pass correct on the field, especially after they clearly should have won the earlier challenge. I think Doug knew at that point that Rodger and his band of idiots in the front office were going to make sure they lose this one.
5. Kelce and Wisnewski had their worst games of the year. Vaiti had his moments of not playing well too.
6. Russell Wilson is a school yard QB who got lucky last night. The officials played a role in every drive in which they scored. A better officated game and he looks very human.
7. I know this will be controversial but I am not real happy with Jenkins right now. I like the fact that he is standing for something with the Players collation but lets face it, he is not playing his best ball right now and I wonder how much of this is the outside issues?
8. Kendricks looked like garbage yesterday. Bit hard on the last TD that Seattle scored (after the illegal pitch). Was out of place several times.
Finally the officials. I heard the talk of the Eagles didn't play well didn't deserve to win. I say hog wash to that. All three TD's that Seattle scored came when the officials decided they wanted to re write the rules for holding major missed calls and generally just a horribly bad crew.
1. Defensive holding called when Jimmy Graham tripped over his own feet, drive extended TD. No contact. Same type of play later in the game that Smith gets his feet tangled and they pick of the flag. Its one thing to miss a call but its another to not be consistent.
2. Another play where Darby got called for pass interference when he never touched the player in fact he was looking for the ball, never impeded the receiver. In other words good coverage. PI called, drive extended TD.
3. Clear forward lateral not called, its called all the time in those situations. Instead of blasting the officials for MISSING THE CALL, they blast Doug for not challenging it. Sorry its the Officials fault for missing the call. Honestly after they blew the challenge before I can't blame Doug for not challenging it. Its a crap shoot at the league office as to whether you win these any more.
4. Earlier on the 2nd TD Beau Allen is being held around the neck on a 3rd down, forces Wilson out of the pocket and he completes the pass. The Eagles are called for a hold on a drive that they wind up punting, that Wis pancaked the guy.
5. Officials correctly call an off sides on Frank Clark, However he was unabated to the QB the play should have been blown dead, Not only did he get a clean shot on Wentz, He launched at him and hit him in the head. NO CALL except for the off sides. That is DANGEROUS and this officiating crew should be put out to pasture along with Pete Fucking Morrelli.
6. The Eagles are down at the goal line right before Wentz fumbled. Michael Bennett grabs Johnson's facemask, pulls down on it and continued to after the play was over. That should have been called, BTW that may have changed the next play call, as it would have been first down on the 1.
One other observation, Doug needs to think about this, when a team is taking cheap shots at your QB you need to retaliate. The shot to Wentz head after he slid was DIRTY and the DB knew what he was doing. Then the launching, then the shots on Wentz after he threw the ball when the DE were taking 3 and 4 steps. I would not have cared if the Eagles got a 15 yarder for taking a shot at Wilson. Maybe then Seattle would have stopped their CHEAP play. Because if Wilson gets hurt Seattle is a 2 win team.
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