I have not heard Troy Aikman this disgusted watching a football unit since he was forced to spend multiple weeks watching the 2023 Eagles defense.
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This game is very much dissuading me of my trollish idea that Carson Wentz could be a viable back-up for the Eagles in 2027
The Eagles made Jordan Davis the 8th-highest paid interior defender on an annual basis. He ranks 60th out of 198 interior defenders in pass rush snaps played this season. 39th out of 198 in total snaps played.
Jordan Davis Snaps played on obvious passing downs (3rd/4th down & 4+, 5+ DBs on field) 2022 : 4/186 (2.2%) 2023 : 19/188 (10.1%) 2024 : 6/208 (2.9%) 2025 : 33/161 (20.5%) 2026 : 10/92 (10.9%) total : 72/835 (8.6%) Davis has 1.5 sacks and 6 pressures on these plays. #Eagles
Jordan Davis trade: Eagles acquire Jaguars’ first-round pick www.bleedinggreennation.com/news/189946/...
Howie's not some expert drafter - though he is also by no means awful even as I spend the next several years grumbling about Eli Stowers and Markel Bell - and he is not even the best at free agency but he is so great at trades it compensates for where he's average.
Best of luck in your retirement, Vic. And good luck in Jacksonville, Jordan.
Trade summary, per Adam Schefter: Jaguars get - Jordan Davis Eagles get - 2027 1st-round pick, 2029 2nd-round pick
This is funny and all, but it is not really the gotcha people impressed by Douthat claim it is. 1). Trump's broader appeal was in his status as an outsider and his hatred of the establishment, not because he was seen as Godly, though some like Douthat perceive him to be. "No" is his right answer.
Somehow Douthat hits his stride on this thing in like the last tenth of the interview. Trump saying BEFORE THE JUDGMENT OF GOD I would rather go the hell than forgive Nancy Pelosi lmao
My hot take prediction I am prepared to defend to the death is Nick Sirianni will not be the next NFC East head coach to get fired.
I suggest that whatever the Commanders and Giants are going to do Thursday night it will be the opposite of "letting 'em know"
Never forget that Danny Smith started his career as a special teams coordinator as an absolute abomination with the Eagles that made Michael Clay look like Dave Fipp.
How did the Bucs and the Vikings not combine for 10+ turnovers earlier this season?
wait hold on how is this the year of all years the Eagles have two games with musical halftime shows
If only Justin Herbert had the right offensive coordinator, skill players best suited to him, and a healthy offensive line he could, uh, be an average to above average starting quarterback!
This is abuse at this point.
"Hey Nick, out of respect for 2022, 2024 and our fuck-ups on defense in 2023 we are willing to let you stay here like a flower in a hurricane so long as tomorrow you are to fire Sean Mannion into the sun and promote Josh Grizzard the Lizard Wizard as offensive coordinator the rest of the season."
It is taking a loooong time for the Nick Sirianni postgame presser to begin.
One of these days everyone from NFL Tastemakers on Twitter and Bluesky to NFL coaches will agree Justin Fields actually sucks and his only practical use is as a back-up/3rd string QB who can get you through a game with scrambles and some cleverly designed QB runs.
Chiefs HC Andy Reid on the QB sneak w/ Justin Fields: "You guys asked for it. We gave it to you. It didn't work. How do you feel? ... Those are hard to practice. We've got to make sure we get the snap down..."
I supposed Milton could get the pass off.
Well time for a Joe Milton hail Mary. This could at least be fun.
Well time for a Joe Milton hail Mary. This could at least be fun.
This is the kind of performance heading into a bye week that gets people fired
"The Giants will never expect us to push the ball down field! Brilliant!"
This is what happens when the defense gets tired because the iffense does nothing all game long.
Eagles gonna have more sacks today than they've had all season combined
Sigh. Eagles finally run a designed QB run with Milton and it gets called back due to a hold.
The Eagles better fucking run an offensive play after the 2-minute warning
Go for it. What do you have to even lose?