showtime Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 There was a play on the final drive of the game where Matt Ryan slid down and took a sack when it looked like he could have throw the ball away. It's weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Malik said: They had like 20 plays in the redzone and came away with nothing. At some point the Eagles RZ Defense deserves some credit too, Just saying? They were phenomenal last year at that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 39 minutes ago, showtime said: There was a play on the final drive of the game where Matt Ryan slid down and took a sack when it looked like he could have throw the ball away. It's weird. He was channeling his inner Eli Manning Deer in Headlights tuck and roll technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Nabbs4u said: At some point the Eagles RZ Defense deserves some credit too, Just saying? They were phenomenal last year at that as well. This NFL gen, my friend. We don't build up teams and give credit to players and teams unless it's ridiculously hyperbolic. Otherwise, we are all about tearing down in here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannon12 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 4 minutes ago, Nabbs4u said: He was channeling his inner Eli Manning Deer in Headlights tuck and roll technique. He looked like Rick Mirer out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 23 minutes ago, Nabbs4u said: At some point the Eagles RZ Defense deserves some credit too, Just saying? They were phenomenal last year at that as well. They absolutely do desire credit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nex_Gen Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Nabbs4u said: At some point the Eagles RZ Defense deserves some credit too, Just saying? They were phenomenal last year at that as well. With the way the Falcons offense was moving the ball on them at will, this is more an indictment on the Falcons offense. I mean, you could literally see them fold and just completely lose momentum, confidence, playcalling, creativity, the ability to think etc..as soon as they get inside the red. And this isn't to discredit the Eagles defense in anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 14 minutes ago, Nex_Gen said: With the way the Falcons offense was moving the ball on them at will, this is more an indictment on the Falcons offense. I mean, you could literally see them fold and just completely lose momentum, confidence, playcalling, creativity, the ability to think etc..as soon as they get inside the red. And this isn't to discredit the Eagles defense in anyway... While I don't necessarily disagree, there is a reason the Eagles "Had" last year and possibly still do this season the Best RZ Defense in the NFL. Which is not to say what you described wasn't the truth as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megatechpc Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Nabbs4u said: At some point the Eagles RZ Defense deserves some credit too, Just saying? They were phenomenal last year at that as well. Absolutely the Eagles RZ defense deserves a lot of praise, but at the end of the day this Falcons offense simply has way too much talent to squander so many RZ opportunities like they did. Its the same old story as last year; they can move the ball at will between the 20's but once they get in the RZ TD's become very hard to come by. That is something they are going to HAVE to sort out (and quickly) if they want to have any chance in the loaded NFC this year. Luckily Atlanta will not be facing as good a RZ defense as the Eagles again this season. I suppose it also should be pointed out that both of these teams were very rusty offensively owing to having played so little in preseason (and typically offenses take much longer into the season to get up to speed than defenses do). Give credit to Atlanta's defense as well. They played well enough to win this game and held Foles and Co to pretty much nothing through 2.5 quarters, but is there any way possible that they can EVER stop a single 2-point conversion? Please??? If I were coaching against the Falcons I'd go for two on every single TD because they absolutely NEVER stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmen Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 I took a shot every time I heard “philly special” during the game. Just woke up at the hospital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 15 hours ago, Nabbs4u said: At some point the Eagles RZ Defense deserves some credit too, Just saying? They were phenomenal last year at that as well. Credit the Eagles redzone defense because Matt Ryan threw every single pass out of bounds on that last drive? After the game, I saw some Eagles reporter on Twitter talk about Darby vs Jones on the last play of the game and how he stopped Jones. I'm reading it like... man.... What does that play have to do with Darby? Darby had zero impact. Jones actually caught the ball, but Ryan threw it so far out of bounds that Jones had no chance to come down in bounds. I don't give the Eagles redzone defense almost any credit. Atlanta is terrible in the redzone and this has been well documented before the season started. Ryan was horrendous. They could have been playing against the worst defense in the league and if Ryan is constantly throwing passes out of bounds then they won't even have a chance to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleBlueDon Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Incredible to me how little credit Philly got for this win. Next to none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blahstoise Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 To be fair, less room to put the double move on Jalen Mills so we're better defending in the redzone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sryan66611 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 I think this was one of Darby's best games I've seen including when he was on the BIlls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjapirate Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 38 minutes ago, Blahstoise said: To be fair, less room to put the double move on Jalen Mills so we're better defending in the redzone I liked how sidney looked last night I think at some point this year mills will lose his job to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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