OT: Prescott wins another game
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I was surprised that he went in the 4th round of the draft. He was always steady under pressure while playing in the SEC. I am happy he is doing so well.
Did you know that he texts his mom before every game? That may not be surprising to most, until you learn that his mom died 2 years ago.
Did you know that he texts his mom before every game? That may not be surprising to most, until you learn that his mom died 2 years ago.
Good stuff.
I too am rooting for the kid.
I'm not a Cowboys fan but I also am not a Cowboys hater since they are in a division of two teams that I do hate.
Good QB on a good team. In a possible Cowboy/Patriot Super Bowl, I would be wishing for both teams to lose.
Not with that line who can't run block well enough to have a consistent run game or pass block without the QB feeling the world is closing in on him.[laughing]
What it boils down to is that the Cowboys are a more complete team than the Eagles right now. In 2 years of good offensive drafting however, both teams will likely be the class of the NFC along with Seattle and Green Bay. Eagles need 1-2 OL, 1-2 WRs and a RB who doesn't fumble in the 4th quarter.
Agree with all of that. And still I think the Birds should have held on for the win last night. No worries. 8 wins is a good year with this squad.
Cowboys have better offensive units on offense everywhere except QB. And it's not even close.
Wentz is covering up a LOT of bad personnel issues. Our line is decimated. We have smurf running backs with fumble issues. If by some miracle one of our receivers gets open past 10 yards, his chances of actually hauling in a pass is 50/50. Ertz is starting to feel a lot like LJ Smith part 2.
We are good enough to play with any team thanks to our pass rush if we play a clean game. But we are bad enough of a team that if we make any sort of mistake, it's basically a loss.
The good news if you are an Eagles fan is that Wentz is the real deal. Eagles/Cowboys and Wentz/Prescott could be the Peyton/Brady rivalry of the late 2010s/2020s. That said to quote Walter Matthau in the Bad News Bears this Sunday, "Bad news for the Giants."
Classic. The Jets move up to draft a POS like Sackenberg, and Prescott looks like a future pro bowler. And we wonder why the Jets never win.
No disagreement here. Lets give the new QB and new coach a few year to get up to speed.
At least the Jets avoided becoming even more of a laughing stock of the NFL with the comeback win over the Browns yesterday.
I do feel like we are on track for a Cowboys/Pats Super Bowl (and sadly I would expect yet another ring for the ageless wonder).
Draft wish list going in:
- Round 1: Zeke
- Round 2: Best Defensive Pass Rusher left
- Round 3: Dak
I was scratching my head when they went Zeke and took a player that wasn't going to play at all in 2016 (with the Romo window closing fast), and don't get me started with passing on Dak in the 3rd round and then the first pick in the 4th, but somehow they fumbled their way thru it. Looks like the type of player you can easily root for, for hopefully two decades.
Draft wish list going in:
- Round 1: Zeke
- Round 2: Best Defensive Pass Rusher left
- Round 3: Dak
I was scratching my head when they went Zeke and took a player that wasn't going to play at all in 2016 (with the Romo window closing fast), and don't get me started with passing on Dak in the 3rd round and then the first pick in the 4th, but somehow they fumbled their way thru it. Looks like the type of player you can easily root for, for hopefully two decades.
I don't follow the draft - are you telling me the Jets picked Hackenberg, on purpose, over Prescott? I'm not a scout, but I do watch a lot of college football and it seemed pretty obvious to me that Prescott was the much better QB. Good arm, good running ability, nice accuracy, and probably most important, good poise under pressure.
None of the QB outside of 1 or 2 were deserving of top round money. When you draft a player in certain rounds they are slotted for a certain salary. A player can be good, but not worth the extra money.
Who would the Eagles be? Wisconsin? Loyal but surly fans with history of being a winning team but never a championship team?
Dak can win regular season games with that running game and offensive line. Not convinced he can make big throws in tight spots. Threw a few bad passes that could or should have been picked in big spots. With better qb play Cowboys are a much better team than the Eagles. QB play made it a more even game
This is a Rutgers message board. Couldn't give 2 f*cks about The Cowgirls.
As a Cowboys fan, I am very happy with this kid and hope that they never play Romo as long as he is healthy.
As an eagles fan LJ Smith is a far better TE than Ertz. Fumbles were LJs problem so that brings him down closer to Ertz level but still a better player. Ertz is all hype and one 16 check down catch game. I never saw the football skills and never liked the draft pick.
Eagles fan too.
From what I remember, LJ had a major problem adjusting to balls and had "adequate" hands at best -- two traits that do you no favors when your QB is McNabb (Master Jedi of wayward passing, particularly to one's feet...).
Ertz gets open & catches the ball but if negative YAC were a stat, he'd be the league leader.
IMO, neither is better than the other -- they are both "tools" players that certainly pass the eyeball test but can't seem to break through mediocrity.
It was embarrassing to watch Pederson get outcoached by Garrett who is as dumb as a rock.
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Yeah LJ was no stud by any mean. The Eagles fan base in general say he's some athletic mismatch and that each new season he is poised for his break out year. IMO he doesn't break any tackles and creates almost zero separation. His catches are zone check downs.
The one good catch he had this year he caught with one hand extended - he was blanketed in coverage. Great catch but that's the exception with him not the rule.
I remember LJ beating man coverage and breaking tackles but unfortunately he tried to break one too many each time.
In Pederson's defense, he's a rookie coach. And to balance the narrative a bit, he's also done a lot of good things. Trading Bradford, more creative play-calling, and 4th down aggression that paid off immediately come to mind.
This was a horrific game for him, but it's still early.
Not to mention he didn't pick up his boss and mentor Andy Reid's horrid usage of timeouts and clock management.
Huh? Were you watching the end of regulation, when the Cowboys were going to have 3rd and 21 from their own 15 yard line with 35+ seconds left, if the Eagles had called a TO, but for some reason decided not to? You stop them on 3rd and 21 (they would've called a running play) forcing a punt with ~30 seconds left and you maybe get the ball back not far from midfield with maybe 20 seconds left. At the very least, you force the punt, which can always backfire. That was horrid.
