Rich Hofmann

20 Apr

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Still very annoyed at the Eagles defensive line

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No less bang for your buck in the entire NFL than this Eagles defensive line.

hah, this has been a ROUGH ten minutes for Jeffrey Lurie's little ceremony

This Dallas defense is pure comedy.

This Eagles defense, meanwhile, is out of excuses. Incredibly disappointing group, no way around it.

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Second straight game that swung in the second half when they had Joel play as a roamer and put LeBron on the 5.

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That was a defensive performance from Joel Embiid that I wasn't sure he still had left in him. If it continues, if he can once again anchor a top-10 defense, that would make the Sixers truly scary. allphly.com/76ers/domina...

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Long season and all, 1 of 82, etc... but hard not to be excited about that Sixers performance on both ends. They have really never played together and they got better shots than the Knicks the whole game.

Joel moving like a dude who lost a lot of weight and isn't dealing with the after-effects of an emergency appendectomy.

Fun first half, I got a lot of thoughts, but let's start here: When was T-Mac ordained?

This Celtics-Pistons game is awesome. It's a pretty good sport when teams have full availability and are reasonably healthy and rested.

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We spent all offseason talking about the benefits of under-center play-action, which is an automatic sack to a blitzing linebacker, and then the second they let Tanner just sling it out of the gun, he marches them right down the field 😂😂😂

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If that aggressive concussion spotter in Chicago does not pull Jalen Hurts from the game for that red zone trip, Andy Dalton would probably be the Birds' starting quarterback this week instead of not on the team.

"It was a very unique experience, to say the least." Jalen was not lying.

From now on, McVay has just gotta keep trying to score a touchdown there. The Rams special teams, all-time bad.

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The decision to not kick that ball out of the end zone is legitimately fireable. That is the one thing you could not have done. Absolutely miserable game management.

Kick it in the end zone. 35 yard line, no timeouts, play everyone on the sidelines on defense. Make a tackle. Nick Sirianni does not give you enough to coach a team that makes a mistake like that.

Feels like last week's game. I know how hurt they are, but you just cannot keep giving the ball back to the other team in two minutes and letting their very good offense get another crack.

You just can't do it, they are gonna make a play at some point. Really frustrating stuff.

Oh wow, another 3 and out. Sick

Jalen Carter with two working hands: Pretty good!

The Jags walk into the end zone on a play-action boot. And then Jalen Hurts has a dude immediately in his face on a play-action boot. A perfect summation of this season.

Todd Bowles, just kick the field goal man.

Lane retires

Well, if the Eagles are gonna be not so good this year, might as well get a good look at Markel Bell to see what you have there.

Congrats to the 🐐 right tackle of his generation on a Hall of Fame career! Fantastic player, fantastic dude. 🏆🏆

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The Eagles have had 15 offensive possessions in the third quarter this season. 12 of them have featured a three-and-out (one of which was a turnover on downs).

People will look at the fourth-down decision, but I think that game showed Sirianni was right to try and score a touchdown there. If you go three (or four) and out on 5 of 6 second-half possessions, you are putting your incredibly banged-up defense in an impossible spot.

I know they were banged-up today (so was the Rams defense), but Sean Mannion, Jalen Hurts and the entire Eagles offense should be embarrassed about how bad they have been in second halves. Not even competitive.

Can Sean Mannion give us a first down here? Is that too much to ask?

The Eagles are playing pretty well, all things considered. Can they just play Zach Ertz more if Johnny Mundt is gonna miss blocks? The guy is only supposed to be a good blocker!