Eh, being a part of a scarred fanbase that wanna believe in Foles, being a nasty-weather in December city concerns me since dude is a warm weather guy.

It's all about Foles out playing Stafford so excuse me if I'm freaking out over this one detail of it being cold as shit over here, altho Stafford also has a similar sucky bad-weather history if I'm not mistaken.

tonight was like 46 degrees in Santa Monica with the wind whipping, may have been the coldest night felt in a decade here.

Better get my shit together quick because sitting in The Linc two weeks from today for the Bears game back in Philly over the holidays prolly ain't gonna be much warmer.

Then again it'd have to be warmer than that horrific Joe Webb Game that I had the misfortune of being present to witness, held one fateful Tuesday evening in late December 2010.

But back to Nicky Sixxx.

He's been many great things during this improbable run, chiefly among them accurate.

But shit, I recall hearing pleas copped for the wind during the Dallas debacle.

I remember seeing several tosses morph into dying quails in the wind at Lambeau, including one that might as well have had helium in it upon release as it ascended straight into the air above his head upon release.

No idea what he could have been thinking tossing that Patrick Peterson pick last week that was fortunately called back on a questionable off-ball holding call but it did (along with those bullshit Favre pitches) seem to be the decision of a man who is starting to feel himself just a *little bit too much*.

And who could blame him if he was?

I've never witnessed a more improbably infallible stretch of quarterbacking by anyone in my lifetime.

iPhone users, g'head & ask Siri who the best QB in the NFL right today, see what response that bot-bitch gives you.

Watch dude have to actually address questions about breaking a Peyton Manning record, or how his ascendance mirrors Brady's in '01, and of course NINETEENTOUCHDOWNSNOPICKS19TDSNOINTS.

Simple probability rules suggest that as amazing as this run has been, what we're getting right now is not truly sustainable in perpetuity (tho now at least we don't need to be desperate this offseason).

A cold, wet day against a beast d-line who will put some hits on him today would seem to be the obvious choice for when a funball or two comes crashing down to earth.

But oh well, fuck it.

Fat Staff (CANNON aside) puts balls up for grabs as much as Carson or Eli are accused of doing.

The Lions ain't a good road team or outdoors team in these conditions.

This Jim Schwartz-led squad didn't all the sudden become less stupid over the course of a week.

Reggie Bush isn't all the sudden healthy enough to absorb a few Sheldon Brown-Superdome-sized hits this afternoon.

In fact, history shows the Lions are actually far more fortune's fool franchise than even the Eagles are.

Note Rodney Peete putting up 57 points in a playoff game that I was blessed enough to see from the 700 Level in January '96 or when McNabb & Curtis went Montana/Rice in those offbrand UCLA jerseys a couple years back.

They're talented, yes.

But they're still the Detroit Lions and this roster/staff is still kinda dumb.

If Foles' regression back towards the mean for a normal human being began today, even that downgrade still leaves us a lot of wiggle room.

On the other side Staff, tho equipped with a rocket-arm to power spirals through any forecast (Rain, Sleeting Or Snowing, Fat Staff will be out there throwin'), part of his problem is he still believes that rocket arm will save him at all times & often to a fault.

Desean is due to get at least a couple T(erio)D(ancers)'s today on these corners.

Work Shady out the backfield as a receiver to free him up vs this nasty line.

Donnie Longball keep booming those coffin-corner punts & Randall-length field-flipping blasts.

Communicate on D as you've been doing, jam Megatron at the line & double-up on him from there to try to make someone else beat you.

I don't know what other variables will lead to us notching our 8th win by mid-afternoon but I'm just gonna stop sweating it & believe we'll figure it out or they'll fuck it up one way or another.

From the tyrannical King George III up to present day with the bacchanal KING OF ALL LIONS FANS, Philly continues to slap crowns like kufis.

Giving You True Notes Since 1776.

See you in 3 weeks Cowboy Fan, in the meantime eat a dick.

-Bomb Hancock

Up to that point in my life, that was easily the best and most enjoyable Eagles game I had watched. I was used to the Eagles choking in the postseason and they just did the exact opposite on the Lions with a pretty mediocre team (I mean, Rodney Peete the starting QB, and aging Irving Fryar as our #1 WR). Eagles just came in and dropped a bomb on the Lions and the score was nowhere even close to what it ended up being. It didn't matter that we knew the Eagles would inevitably lose to a much superior Dallas team the following week. For that day, it was a hell of a party.

days period.

I can remember the buildup vividly, buddy of mine got a pair of 700 level tickets for Christmas then gave me the other, Jimi Hendrix's 'Band Of Gypsys' (the OG six-song CD version) got reissued after being out-of-print for decades, we packed about 10 of us along with a tapped keg into a Dodge Caravan with a CD player in it (a treat at the time) and I recall passing the tap around amongst each other the first time I heard 'Who Knows' with Buddy Miles scat-singing as we crossed the Walt Whitman thinking 'Jimi's been dead for 25 years and just dropped the hottest shit I've ever heard in my life this week'.

We got to a far Jetro lot with the grass spot early, ran that green-and-brown dirt patch as a pickup football court from about 9 AM up until it was time to go in for a 4:15 kickoff with that album playing over and over.

Got into the stadium, our pair of seats ended up being two rows from the top of the 700 level on the side Calvin Williams scored that last-second 2nd quarter side that effectively put an exclamation point ending on the game before halftime, which happened just as an older black woman seated next to me was passing me her flask of Crown Royal from under her seat to keep warm as the sun was setting while I said to her 'can you believe it's THIRTY-ONE to seven? It'd be great to tack one more on here' just as Rodney was snapping it.

By that point folks were literally dancing in the aisles, the Detroit dudes in the next row down who had been bragging pre-game about Herman Moore & Perriman's shared thousand-yard seasons were already exiting the building or at least trying to get out of the 700 level as the Lomas Brown chants were cascading down from all sides.

Even managed to talk my way into some panties when I got back over the bridge at a house party that evening despite the fact that I'd been drinking for 12-16 hours & had forgotten that I'd agreed to let my art-major buddy design Kelly-Green-And-White Boy Wonder goggles around my eyes right before heading into the game.

After exiting the bedroom and entering the bathroom I caught a look at my reflection and just started laughing my ass off out loud to myself like I was staring into a circus mirror.

I was 18 but even then had the feeling even at the time that I'd just logged a day that would go down as one of my favorites.

Ray Rhodes was a Football God in the making as far as any Eagle fan was concerned at that point.

My boy Rodney had been the one at the helm to pull that 'upset' off too.....and against his old team.

We even got to say goodbye to my childhood hero Randall in style towards the end of that GUILE.

Until I get married or have a kid there's probably not gonna be too many memories I'd put over the day/night of that game.

>jam Megatron at the
>line

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type of weather, I think all predictions go out the window. Hopefully the snow/wind combo doesn't limit Foles's ability to effectively pass with precision, zip, and accuracy too much. If so, I don't like our chances trying to run against a stacked box with Suh and Fairely shooting the gaps. Lane Johnson and Herremans are really going to have step it up today. The Lions' CBs need to be tested early often throughout the game. We *can* easily exploit the Lions's secondary. But again, that is dependent upon Foles' getting a clean pocket and being able to make accurate throws.

I have no illusions that our secondary is going to stop or slow down Megatron and the Detroit passing game. They'll get their yards. I just need to see our D continue to play well in the red zone. Reggie Bush is obviously an X factor that can't be overlooked.

Hopefully our special teams continues to give us outstanding field position (mostly for our defense) which has helped us immensely this season (the contrast between last year to this year is mind-boggling).

Can never go against my Eagles, so I'll say Eagles 27 Lions 23.

i still blame hip-hop.

Game shouldn't count

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in this game. And damn at Reggie Bush slipping and falling and now not in the starting lineup. Crazy.

By the way, I would absolutely love to be on the field playing in the game today. Gotta love these conditions.

and not Reggie Bush. Bell doesn't scare me.

Good thing it's hard to throw and Megatron won't be as much of a factor.

Good thing I have off tomorrow and don't gotta go nowhere.

Eagles got this one against the best team left on their schedule.

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
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at least for an hour or so. But they alredy started, and I believe it's supposed to snow through the night, so that's kind of out of the question now.

Stats be damned today. It's gonna be ugly until the weather clears up a bit.

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about DJax though. He's just not nearly as physical nor as big of a target, so these elements really work against him.

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I see it is snowing in the Washington/KC game as well but not this bad.

Are the fans even able to sit in there sits in this game? Are fans even at this game? They are all about to be snowed in at the stadium.

How are the conditions in the NE game? Any east coast game today is going to have sembad conditions.

Meanwhile, conditions are nice here in San Diego for the Chargers/Giants.

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the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...

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if so, well done.

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Our interior OL is getting abused. Foles' can't seem to get comfortable ( I mean, I can't blame him, but still), our WR's aren't getting separation and aren't physical enough to fight for catches. We are not getting our TE's inovolved. Too many big play losses that inhibit our ability to pick up first downs and move the ball downfield. Too many dumb run calls trying to run laterally around Suh and Fairely when it's entirely too difficult to do so in this weather. Just a recipe for disaster. Detroit is looking sloppy too, but at least their offense has had some success moving the ball.

Unless the conditions improve a bit, I can't see the Eagles putting up more than 10 points - and that's being generous.

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You have to get some points out of the drive. 4th and 7 is asking an awful lot for a struggling Foles' and the offense to convert with a short field. I didn't like the call, but I'm not mad at Chip for it.

a FG would be harder to convert. Chip played himself after seeing that 2 pt conversion, it made him second guess himself.

We just cannot waste opportunities to get points in this kind of game.

IMO it was a flat out awful coaching decision.

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Lions DLine could not have possibly played a worse 2nd half than they did today. Not sure what the final stats are, but I'd be willing to bet the Eagles ammassed over 200 yards rushing in a 15 minute window between the end of the 3rd quarter into the 4th quarter.

are playing like hot garbage today and it's costing us. Riley has dropped at least 2 passes that could have potentially helped put points on the board. Foles' lack of arm strength is on full display today. Far too many of his passes are just floating in space and giving the Detroit DBs far too easy of a time picking off or swatting away his passes. Again, it's hard to be critical given the conditions, but it's affecting him far more than it's affecting Stafford.

On offense, we just gotta simply things. Keep giving Shady & Polk the ball and force them to run NORTH and SOUTH. Get the TE's more involved. Keep finding ways to get DJax the ball.

On defense there isn't too much to complain about. Run D is great. Secondary is playing as well as they can. They just can't let freakin' Bell run wide open (LB's fault) on the flat. That 4th and 2 conversion was a killer.

That big play grab by Riley was a good sign on that scoring drive.

If only Foles' would have connected on that easy swing pass to Shady on the first 2 point conversion attempt, we could be in better standing. And well, if Chip decided to kick the chip shot field goal before the half.

About time we see some shots downfield

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teams play physical. They rarely called PI's, but they were consistent in calling defensive holdings which was clear as fucking day on the call Arians/Cards fans continue to whine about.

None of you guys posting in here have any credibility bc none of you have an ounce of objectivity. There was a blatant helmet to helmet late hit on Shady that no one in here complained about. Detroit's OLineman had some clear holds that weren't getting called. There was a blatant horse collar tackle that wasn't called.

Last week the Eagles were clearly the better team - regardless of the officiating. This week, same thing.

>teams play physical. They rarely called PI's, but they were
>consistent in calling defensive holdings which was clear as
>fucking day on the call Arians/Cards fans continue to whine
>about.

Because it was bullshit and you know it man!!! You really think Mathieu was holding on that play Patrick Peterson intercepted and returned to midfield?! He barely grazed his fucking arm.

I get calls are blown but fuck all that, dude. Foles made a huge mistake throwing off his back foot and Peterson clearly intercepted it. But somehow a player not even involved anywhere near the play gets held?! Oh let's not forget the next penalty for 'cursing at the ref' two plays later. Disgusting.

It was a close game and that flag ruined a great finish, I'm sorry if you think otherwise but a lot of objective people feel the same way. I don't even hate the Eagles, Desean has been my favorite player in the league for years and I want them to win the division.

But don't bring up objectivity for that holding penalty on the INT. Completely ruined the course of the game. And probably cost AZ their playoff hopes.
>
>None of you guys posting in here have any credibility bc none
>of you have an ounce of objectivity. There was a blatant
>helmet to helmet late hit on Shady that no one in here
>complained about. Detroit's OLineman had some clear holds
>that weren't getting called. There was a blatant horse collar
>tackle that wasn't called.
>
>Last week the Eagles were clearly the better team - regardless
>of the officiating. This week, same thing.

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I'd bet if you went back and watched the whole game, you'd see some missed calls that hurt both teams. I can't remember specifics right now, but I know there were a few blown calls that worked against the Eagles. One glaring missed call was the blatant offensive holding on Larry Fitz's TD catch that killed us on 3rd and long.

THe last play of the game, yeah, Bradley Fletcher mugged the AZ WR (can't remember who it was right now), but the refs were letting them play all game. They were strict on the holding calls and Ertz definitely got held on the last Eagles TD drive. He was releasing on the flat and the AZ DE just held on his shoulder pads.

I'm sure I would have been a bit upset as a Cards fan -especially since the majority of questionable calls came late in the game. But at the end of the day, the Eagles played the better game. I think Arians' response to the questionable officiating is a terrible look for him as a head coach.

if I were sitting in those seats I'd be so deflated right now.

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Go Wings.

blatant no-call on the horse collar tackle* Works both ways haters.

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He's cutting like he's playing in a dome right now

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you prolly end up having to argue with your boys from home as much as I do mine because we both do our best to call it straight despite our fandom.

Even with the shitty calls, they gotta execute

This team finds new and creative ways to shit the bed every year

Sorry motherfuckers

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glad he didn't pad stats with a layup at the end there to fluff up his stats for all my Eagle fan friends to beat me over the head with via email & text since I'm not ready to declare this motherfucka Tom Brady.

He was pretty terrible out there today & without a big arm he hasn't yet figured out how to deliver his touch passes through heavy elements.

I was calling for Vick by the second quarter at least until the conditions calmed a bit, I also didn't realize that you weren't allowed by the NFL to sweep the field at half.

At least he could gash him with his legs & could fire it through the falling snow linking up with Desean on some sandlot shit.

If we had lost this game (which it looked that way for three quarters) it would have been the return-gamge-coverage & QB mostly to blame.

this.

he was jittery and scattershot early. took a while for chip to figure out what he could and couldn't call, too.

but he was pretty clutch in the 2nd half.

that INT was stupid. fuck the elements. that was pretty much triple coverage. but first of the year (2nd, if you count the one vs. AZ w/ the suspect PI call). so that's coo.

he adjusted.

a couple of times he threw balls to coop that required a hands catcher. INC. but in the 2nd half the throws away from coops body had more loft and he was able to bring them in . (also, snowfall was lesser, so you could actually see, and footing was worst part).

the conditions favored fast runners with subtle moves once the snow chilled. so vick may have had some long ass runs in this game if he could evade the initial rush.

he has smaller hands, though, so hard to tell if he would have been able to control all the snaps and have control on his throws, but from a velocity perspective, i've seen him throw balls that slice through the windiest of days. he'd have been putting the shit in ppl chests.

but foles balled out, given the circumstances, and deserves to keep rocking.

shady is unfuckingreal. that anti-lock brake shit he be doing w/ his feet, yo...


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>this.
>
>he was jittery and scattershot early. took a while for chip to
>figure out what he could and couldn't call, too.
>
>but he was pretty clutch in the 2nd half.
>
>that INT was stupid. fuck the elements. that was pretty much
>triple coverage. but first of the year (2nd, if you count the
>one vs. AZ w/ the suspect PI call). so that's coo.
>
>he adjusted.
>
>a couple of times he threw balls to coop that required a hands
>catcher. INC. but in the 2nd half the throws away from coops
>body had more loft and he was able to bring them in . (also,
>snowfall was lesser, so you could actually see, and footing
>was worst part).
>
I'd have to go back & look, I counted maybe two legit big passes to Coop downfield.

>the conditions favored fast runners with subtle moves once the
>snow chilled. so vick may have had some long ass runs in this
>game if he could evade the initial rush.
>
>he has smaller hands, though, so hard to tell if he would have
>been able to control all the snaps and have control on his
>throws, but from a velocity perspective, i've seen him throw
>balls that slice through the windiest of days. he'd have been
>putting the shit in ppl chests.
>
Foles had 4 completions & like 28 yards midway through the 3rd, this game didn't favor that feathery touch pass he throws (which has been a big part of his success so far but it's not an accident which games those balls started spraying in.....it's Dallas at home in the wind, this one in the snow & Green Bay in sporadic gusts).

Staff's ball was cutting thru that shit like it was nothing, a Vick spiral would have done the same plus the addition of his legs plus helping McCoy (which in the second half he ended up not needing).

But Foles was trying to hit Cooper on that TD, I will go back & look but I was sure of it while in motion.

After that he McNabb-wormballed an open two-point conversion to Shady who was gonna walk into the end zone after the first TD.

The next series Shady busted a long TD, Foles missed the two-point-conversion pass but we got that gift penalty on Suh that set up an easy Bryce Brown carry.

>but foles balled out, given the circumstances, and deserves to
>keep rocking.
>
he looked competent after the mid-third, I'm not saying he isn't obviously our QB, just saying at the time (while thinking on some 'THERE IS NO TOMORROW, ROCK!' shit I was okay with them using that elbow ouchie he got from Suh to have Vick spell him at the end of the first half or until it got a bit calmer out there).

I completely understand why he didn't but I was seeing this game costing us our season while we had a young West Coast QB who couldn't control his own ball to throw it.

It all worked out tho so I'm good with it.

>shady is unfuckingreal. that anti-lock brake shit he be doing
>w/ his feet, yo...
>
crazy......and he was dancing around behind the line early like his engine hadn't turned over yet but once that thing revved for real & he gained traction traveling downhill?

Put the team on my back doe(c)

Did he forearm shiver a would be tackler at one point near the sideline on one of those TD runs?

I gotta see that again.
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>peace & blessings,
>
>x.
>
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I was waiting for Foles to cut Kelce's stomach open and burrow himself inside his belly for warmth.

NFL Films is going to have a field day cutting up that tape, they might need to bring John Facenda (or Harry The K) back from the great beyond in vocal hologram form for this game's breakdown.

was epic from the opening kickoff.

but i was literally laughing at the empire strikes back reference.

goodell might fuck around and transfer the eagles franchise rights to Hoth.


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I'm waiting to see what the local media/fans end up settling on there.

Suh was prolly looking like a Wampa in that first half to Nicky Sol.

Anyone whose played fball in snow can appreciate this

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