Week 1 - Patriots: Reverse The Charges

[Don Ho]

Suggestion NC, don't watch Q4. They had this thing signed, sealed & delivered with 5 minutes left.

[MDS]

Hurts was locking in on single receivers and staring them down like 2021. I think it's more likely cobwebs than him regressing, but this was a bad game by him.

brown and smith are good enough that they should still be able to win games even if he does this every snap

the trade off of being 100% healthy heading into this game is that nobody is really ready to roll. its a long season, theyll get better. they won. moving on.

[Geowhizzer]

Splurged with the son and bought the Sunday Ticket when it was on sale back in June.  Worked pretty well.  2-3 lags (could be my crappy CenturyLink internet connection), but overall had good picture quality.

Today was the son's 20th - Tempus Fugit - and his girlfriend and another friend came to watch the game with us.

If his relationship continues past that game, the girl may be a keeper...

Now a few thoughts on the game:

- Defense looks like it takes more chances and plays a bit more aggressively, but for some reason I kept getting bad flashbacks of Jonathan Gannon when Jones just marched down the field.

- Did Hurts catch Goedert with his girl or something?

- Hurts tried to play hero ball with the fumble.  Instead of trying to get when was given for him and take third down, he took on the defender and coughed up the ball.

- Hurts has to get better than he was today.  Perhaps rust and not playing in the preseason.  Perhaps playing in the rain.  But this team goes as far as Jalen Hurts will take them... and he's got to be better.


- WHAT THE FARG was Sirianni thinking when he went for it at midfield on 4th down.   I was convinced that he had cost theteam the game on that one.  Terrible, terrible decision.

- Replay cost the Eagles on the AJ Brown bobble... and replay saved the Eagles on the 4th down for the Patriots at the end of the game.  I'll take that trade.

- I was supposed to check my blood pressure tonight (damn middle age).  I'm not going to do that... between the birthday spread for my son and that game, I don't want to know what it is!

[Don Ho]

He was asked about Jalen Hurts' performance, which was below expectations for the quarterback.

"I'll definitely re-evaluate some of the preseason stuff next year. I know they played the first two years that we were here — they only played one series against the Jets in 2022. Maybe I should've played them a series or two this preseason, and I already wrote that in my notes, and I'm constantly self-evaluating myself. And, I'm not promising anything."

Sirianni went on to say that giving it some thought, if he could do it over, he would have played the starters for a series or two in the preseason.

[Don Ho]

"We can't go a game without getting [Dallas Goedert] the football. He's too good of a playmaker, but there are some that the Patriots did that made it difficult for us to be able to get him some quick, easy touches. That happens."

[Don Ho]

Splurged with the son and bought the Sunday Ticket when it was on sale back in June.  Worked pretty well.  2-3 lags (could be my crappy CenturyLink internet connection), but overall had good picture quality.

Today was the son's 20th - Tempus Fugit - and his girlfriend and another friend came to watch the game with us.

If his relationship continues past that game, the girl may be a keeper...

- Replay cost the Eagles on the AJ Brown bobble... and replay saved the Eagles on the 4th down for the Patriots at the end of the game.  I'll take that trade.

I was so pissed off about the Phillies before kickoff my wife warned my son to stay away. 

Very pleased with YouTube TV!  Excellent all around and loved the split screen option.

And yes I'll take the replay swap there. One slapped us and one saved us! 

[Eagaholic]

- I was supposed to check my blood pressure tonight (damn middle age).  I'm not going to do that... between the birthday spread for my son and that game, I don't want to know what it is!

That's funny, I've always had good blood pressure and this made me realize there's no way I'd want to know it during that 4th quarter, it could be ER worthy.

[QB Eagles]

Bulldog report:

Jalen Carter: Was a noticeable force when he was out there. Wrecking ball energy.
Nakobe Dean: Incomplete due to injury. Looked slow when I noticed him.
Jordan Davis: Had several monster splash plays. Best game as an Eagle? Looked to have more stamina than I remembered too. Wasn't gassed even when NE didn't let him come out on passing downs.
Nolan Smith: Not a factor. Don't think he was out there much. Could be a slow climb up the depth chart.
D'Andre Swift: Touched the ball twice, not much to grade here.
Kelee Ringo: When Bradberry came out of the game, he was replaced by Josh Jobe. That says it all.

[Rome]

My interest in this team ebbs and flows.  I had none this weekend.  Watched anyway.  Meh.  It's tough to win in Foxboro and they pulled it off.  It was ugly but who cares?  Wins like this used to be guaranteed losses.

I'll take it.

Also - the next game on Thursday night is on Prime Video.  I'm out.  Work the next day, errands, whatnot. 

Let me know when the NFL pulls its head out of its ass and puts the games back on at 1:00 on Sundays. 

[Diomedes]

go touch grass grampa

[MDS]

Let me know when the NFL pulls its head out of its ass and puts the games back on at 1:00 on Sundays. 

i talked to roger goodell and hes going to personally move each and every eagles game, including the super bowl, to 1pm sundays to accommodate your geriatric preferences

[Rome]

Good one. 

NFL games belong at 1:00PM on Sundays if both teams are in the same time zone. That's a fact.

But you're right.   Goodell doesn't give two shteins about any of us, least of all middle-aged white men who finally figured out tradition and loyalty mean nothing to billionaire owners and millionaire jocks.

[Diomedes]

Figured it out but not done whining about it yet.

The struggle is real.

[MDS]

Good one. 

NFL games belong at 1:00PM on Sundays if both teams are in the same time zone. That's a fact.

But you're right.   Goodell doesn't give two shteins about any of us, least of all middle-aged white men who finally figured out tradition and loyalty mean nothing to billionaire owners and millionaire jocks.

this is one of my favorite tangents you get on. sports caved to tv like 30 years ago and you're still 1. mad about it and 2. paying attention.

[Don Ho]

Easy Todd, we old farts are still struggling with the fact The Brady Bunch, All in the Family, Sanford & Son, original Hawaii 5-0  were all cancelled. I miss Howard Cosell too.