Originally Posted by albany ed (Post 251026)

Ryan's arm is no stronger than Ehlingers'. On the pass to Campbell setting up a 1st and goal at the 4, a bullet pass would have resulted in a TD.

With his 4.37 speed, why don't they have any pitchout run plays that have Taylor going wide? It's always up the gut and I believe the Eagles over played the middle run play.

Finally, I believe they did the wideout behind the LOS 3 or 4 times and it was never successful. I was telling my friend Andy, why not call that, and have Ryan pump fake it, then go deep to a WR running a cross pattern?

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory (Post 250979)

16 points?

10-point 4th qtr collapse?

Less than 50 yards rushing after the first drive? Less than 200 yards passing?

Early down runs over and over?

Defense played fucking great but gets gassed by the end?


This was all Frank Reich stuff, right? Smartest guy in the room stuff?

Originally Posted by ColtBlue (Post 251042)

Ballard will always be the problem when team isn't winning in his tenure with the team...

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory (Post 251019)

You can live with Raimann going forward and maybe Fries, too, expecting growing pains. But our vet OL has not played up to standard this season. And we severely miss Jack Doyle and all the "boring" stuff he did so well in run and pass games (MAC is pretty invisible). By the way, we still don't seem to do much creative in the run design, particularly wide, which might loosen thing ups.

Ryan does a lot of stuff well. Still don't feel like we stretch the D out enough. Ryan apparently isn't confident going over the top and even the medium stuff has our WR's waiting on the ball a noticeable amount of time. I think that tightens things up, too, both pass and run game.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it just seems clogged all the time. And Reich's gameplanning doesn't seem to be the issue. It produced before and I wonder if we'll miss him when/if we get a young QB settled.

Originally Posted by albany ed (Post 251026)

Ryan's arm is no stronger than Ehlingers'. On the pass to Campbell setting up a 1st and goal at the 4, a bullet pass would have resulted in a TD.

With his 4.37 speed, why don't they have any pitchout run plays that have Taylor going wide? It's always up the gut and I believe the Eagles over played the middle run play.

Finally, I believe they did the wideout behind the LOS 3 or 4 times and it was never successful. I was telling my friend Andy, why not call that, and have Ryan pump fake it, then go deep to a WR running a cross pattern?

Originally Posted by rm1369 (Post 251029)

This is simply a poorly constructed team. Best running back in the league and an immobile QB makes OL play even more critical. They gambled at LT and RG and lost. That has cost them another season. Hopefully Raimann develops.

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory (Post 251019)

You can live with Raimann going forward and maybe Fries, too, expecting growing pains. But our vet OL has not played up to standard this season. And we severely miss Jack Doyle and all the "boring" stuff he did so well in run and pass games (MAC is pretty invisible). By the way, we still don't seem to do much creative in the run design, particularly wide, which might loosen thing ups.

Ryan does a lot of stuff well. Still don't feel like we stretch the D out enough. Ryan apparently isn't confident going over the top and even the medium stuff has our WR's waiting on the ball a noticeable amount of time. I think that tightens things up, too, both pass and run game.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it just seems clogged all the time. And Reich's gameplanning doesn't seem to be the issue. It produced before and I wonder if we'll miss him when/if we get a young QB settled.

Originally Posted by omahacolt (Post 251043)

what?