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I don't buy the run game talk. However, they did have a couple play actions in the preseason game. At camp they did spend a whole bunch of snap handling for what I would guess is for RPOs, really don't recall seeing that in previous camps.

Take defense out of the equation. A 1-4 start could have been 4-1 without exhaustive mental gymnastics. Defense simply wasn't going to help dig them out of a momentum shifting play, hold a late lead or tie most weeks. Offense wasn't perfect BUT if they eliminated early season TOs they are 4-1 and maybe by two scores in every win.

Kay Adams loves Graeters. The best play would be to show up to camp with a pint of Boldly Bearcat and two spoons.

When Qbs face soft coverage and are in rhythm its hard to produce pressure numbers on 16 snaps or whatever. Same reason why the OL looked good but you can't get too high about them because the Eagles DL were handicapped as well from poor coverage. Why Browning can't dominate preseason games with soft coverage despite his regular season experience is a mystery and probably the biggest concern from preseason game 1. As for the overall defense. Last year they weren't good in any quarter but amazingly got a lot worse in the 4th qtr from the level they established in quarters 1-3. There's no preseason action that's ever going to show if that will improve prior to the season. With the assumption the offense will be just as good. The defense being better in close games in the 4th quarter is the first hurdle.

CTB had a great game against KC then seemingly went to poop.

The main take away I have not seen address by the pod casters (because they don't really know things) IS.... once the o-line starters were out they remained OUT. That's a sign the coaching staff saw what they wanted AND there's not competition for any spot right now. If you think back to the Volson/Carman/Adeniji/Hill days. They were inserting those guys with starters, back ups, switching spots. That's probably the biggest indicator of the job they did up front. Guys like Tanner Hudson (played great) but he's catching TDs in the first and 4th quarter. Tells you they are on the fence with him AND maybe giving him film to move on maybe trade.

OL looked good I would include Patrick in that. However, its limited reps and the ball was coming out on time because the Eagles had trouble covering. Eagles did unleash a 0 blitz during the first quarter which is an indication of D-Coord frustration with the ball movement. The one issue that people keep bringing up which I would take issue is "back up". 1 Eagle DL played more than 70% of snaps last year. They rotate a lot. They are down 2 Edge/LBs Sweat (lost in FA) Dean (PUP knee), they signed 2 FAs and those were the guys that were playing and probably will fill big roles. I guess you could say they passed first test, but its preseason.

Eagles broadcast so much better than the local Cincy. Not sure he got in on the tush push. Replays completely better than what was last night.

IMO, Eagles depth looks good within the NFL reality. They have guys like Pyor and Kinnard running in their 3rd team (2nd Team?) that have starts and were draft picks vs no start UDFAs which is common throughout the league. Rolling out AJ Dillon as your 3rd Rb is solid. Johnny Wilson was a draft steal but fell because of injury. Kenyon Green was a first rounder(?). Think he got hurt in 2nd half. Ty Robinson the dude Fairchild was blocking mostly was a top 150 pick and was a standout in the Senior Bowl. I would guess multiple teams will review their cuts. Not saying whoever they cut would walk into a starters job. Good thing is Duke's son works in the Eagles front office. Going through the Eagles depth chart reminds of when Zimmer/Tobin had an entire DB room of first rounders one year. Marvin/Dalton squandered loaded rosters those years.

I'd be real concerned IF the Bengals started shopping for re tread DBs at this point without an injury as causation. That'd be a WTF moment for me. Your plan all offseason was this and 1 quarter of preseason football has you scrapping it? That would say they didn't have faith in their plan to begin with. I don't think that's the case. Even IF the defense threw up a Goose egg last night, nobody is going to believe in them until regular season bullets start to fly and wins are stacked with the defense not being the sole reason for a win but a contributor and not fucking it up.

Replay coming up on NFL Network at 12.

Oh. Field Goal operation was very good to see.

Agree - Burrow hasn't shoulder enough blame for the slow starts. Whether it be injury, recovery, or whatever he hasn't not played well. His best plays, IMO, were checking it down to Chase Brown. He will see a ton 2 safety looks and that's the mental game he's got to come to terms with. In the past he has fought it early in the season. Disagree - Ivey, Newton, and Turner weren't good. You have got to go 6/7 deep. Its shown up in every deep playoff run. A cast away like Apple making key plays. Apple was never signed here to be a starter. Injury got him snaps. That collection of DBs has to play better and they're going to have to not be in their prime spot. Now its preseason. It was clear Eagle back up QB likes Wilson and Golden were content to see if one of our DBs could stop him vs. trying to scheme. The result was getting beat over the head with him. Which happens unless you have Jake Browning Qbing and can't figure out were to go with the football.

Defense was horrible. Gives me heartburn. I'm just telling myself it was preseason and 1st game and all the other typical preseason excuses. Starting OL - good. However, its preseason. Joe did stand in there a couple times but most of the time ball was out quick. Burrow - probably the best thing I saw last night was on 2nd drive. Burrow checking it downs twice (?) to RB. That is the mentality he's going to have to have vs. Cleveland. Grind it out. If he's looking for back shoulder, down the field throws vs. them week 1 early. He'll have a horrible day. Browning - Is just bad. I think he caught a hot streak subbing in for Burrow back in 2023. Can't deliver the football on time in preseason is a huge red flag. Jenkins - I think got 1 pressure. Played decent I guess. Better than none. Stewart a couple flashes but not the HULK moment I was looking for. Murphy ?. Yeah I just don't know about him. Eagles - Are a crazy deep team. Just clicking through some of the names that were tearing us up. AJ Dillon, lol 3rd RB? Kinnard and Pyor on the line? Johnny Wilson dude from Florida State. Solid.

I think Bengals are favored by 6.5.

I hope Browining can out duel the Eagle back up QBs. The depth along the Eagles O-line is something to look out for because its considered good and there have been a few articles from other teams contemplating picking up or trading for some of players that won't make final cut. Have not heard IF Eagles are playing starters. If they play some on defense. Mims and Fairchild could bang heads with some former college teammates Of course Chase Brown's twin bro plays safety for Eagles. Then Vic Fangio vs. Burrow got some play last regular season match up. Not sure how important it becomes in preseason game 1. But most of all I want Jenkins to look good. I want to get on the Shemar Stewart hype train so hopefully he bulldozes somebody.

lol. When I say "troll" this is it. If your season boils down to right guard then your season was never shit to begin with.

I think there is a little bullshit going on. A lot of teams are holding joint practices right before the preseason game. The main players participate in those for a decent amount of snaps reps. Teams are now giving access to these practices to season tickets etc. Then the actual preseason game TV networks and fans pay for its...."nah can't risk injury". Seems kinda bullshit. Pay for ticket, park, beer only to watch a back ups and the coaching staff basically declaring these games are just something to get over with and survive. NFL needs to go do one or the other. Get rid of preseason game OR disallow joint practices. Given the revenue sources it seems these preseason games could be handled with scrimmage rules. It obvious coaches want the reps vs. different teams. They don't want it under normal game conditions for 4 quarters.

As Marvin would say the last 3 draft classes are going to get plenty of opportunity to put skins on the wall.

Local media fanboi'd Volson and Robbins for sure. They'd have all their clips on twitter. I think/hope Stewart isn't a case of that but we'll see.

60% of the time Bobby Hart blocked everytime.

Level of competition is fair to question. Mims dominated him early. Mims has been dominate the whole camp. Then Mims has been out a couple times and Stewart gets alot of reps vs. 2nd team. However, Cochran is included among that group and he played decent and quite frankly the league is filled with Cochran level players starting at tackle.

I think there's something there with Rivers. However, I would envision Cochran or Ford being 3rd tackle over him in regular season despite him "starting" while Mims is out in TC.

Myles will have to show something. I think he will, but IMO, he's just going to top out as rotation DE. Shemar coming for those snaps. TC/Preseason predictions are what they are but I fully expect for the lid to be blown off the Shemar draft pick. I think he'll Margus Hunt some future UPS driver tomorrow and the hype train will leave the station. Myles won't be shut out because the plan for Shemar doesn't appear to be to play 1 spot. I think they are planning on moving him around in the defense. Kris Jenkins is one I want to see Year 2. I think he's having a good camp and flown under the radar. Be nice to get a couple pressures from him. We'll see.

Joe don't want to run the ball. They don't put enough physical reps into the run game. The offense identity is Joe and his ability to read the defense pre snap and get them into handful of plays at his disposal. That's were the majority of reps and prep time will go. There's a lot more to it than just deciding week 1 they are going to be running team. Plus that gameplan if it fails would get shit on by Chase and Joe. Its ride or die with them every week,IMO.