College is a great indicator of future success in the pros....Gurley was a beast in college too...so was Aaron Donald.
I mean, not really. There are tons of super dominate players in college being trash in the pros, and tons of meh/average players becoming amazing in the pros. I've read that most scouts don't even care about college stats and mostly care about how the player is on the fundamentals.
The Raiders are a very talented team....they went 12-4 with a terrible defense last year....they lost their OC and have struggled...much like the Falcons...another talented team....with a better defense....
Again, every team has talent, but the Raiders have not been good this year.
Meh....only place he's ever looked terrible was on the Rams. Eagles beat US because of Foles....Again...the Raiders came to play....turnovers killed them.
Turnovers from Foles. Nick Foles looked good for a stretch as the Eagles, then he didn't, that's why they were willing to trade him. The Raiders coming to play means nothing, the Eagles struggled and struggled hard. They really haven't played a great, complete game of football since about week 12. Every other playoff team in the NFC has had at least one just great, dominating game since then, but not the Eagles. That's what I'm talking about.
Divisional game...always tough....Giants have some talent too...esp. on defense.
Again, every NFL team has talent, that means nothing. It doesn't excuse the fact that they struggled against a bad football team. They're the second worst team in the league, the Eagles should have beat up on them but they didn't. And that wasn't an issue with their offense like last night, it was their defense. Their pass D has been very suspect as of late. Defense is even more important in the playoffs, and the Eagles aren't trending in the right direction there.
It's hard to play well vs talented teams...
Can't believe you're still blaming the refs for that performance...Ref's lean to the home team on calls...that's a stat too...that is proven...home teams get the benefit of the doubt....usually.
That's not stopping the other playoff teams.
And yes, in this instant, the Refs had a major outcome on the game. Drive extending penalties that should have never been called gave them at least 14 points. Then the phantom penalty on their game winning field goal that allowed them to burn another minute+ off the clock, which gave the Rams 2 seconds opposed to about a minute and a half with some timeouts. That's a huge deal in a close game like that one was. It was a game of inches with two teams going toe to toe and ultimately the deciding factor was the refs extending drives after the Rams forced a stop. The Rams were the more efficient offense, and better defense according to advanced statistics. However the result isn't the most important thing, the bigger takeaway is that the Eagles may not be as good as their record suggests. The Vikings are a team that are exactly as good as their record suggests, so are the Saints, and the Steelers, and the Rams. The Eagles there's a question.
I thought in the 1st half versus US...the Rams...they looked every bit like they looked earlier in the season. what, you think we weren't playing hard? Not trying to win? To score? To stop them? Without the blocked punt, it wouldn't have been that close.
They looked pretty good the first half, I never said they didn't, but over the course of the game they became less and less impressive, especially in the second half. If the Eagles can't make those needed adjustments, they'll struggle in the playoffs. Those are the little things that will win or lose a playoff game.
I know you want the Eagles to win it all so you can pat yourself on the back and point to Wentz (even though it wont be him doing it), but they're a team limping into the post season at this point, and that's why the experts are having them slip down in their power rankings. The offense is not the same with Wentz, in fact it's rather unimpressive, which means that their offensive scheme isn't as good as the one the Vikings are running (who haven't skipped a beat with their backup QB), or the Rams offense (that just beats teams by having the better plays)... Those are all issues for the playoffs.
I really don't get this fawning over the Eagles, they were impressive for a lot of the season and everyone thought so. Since December they have been trending down, opposed to the rest of the teams in the playoff race that have been trending up.
