WhitewalkerInPhilly

Jeez, it looks like the Jets took our same game plan. Again.

Well, they know what's going to be the prettiest part of the game.

Have they done the interview yet at the 9 am hour?

It's hard, because I hate both, but I'm rooting for the Dolphins. I want Philbin still coaching in a few weeks when we play them, and I want the Jets 2-2.

I wouldn't be shocked if they removed him from GM duties though. It's hard doing double duty and Chip has simply let go talented players to get nothing back

I like that the nickname G-Ro is catching on.

That was my thinking. I honestly think our plan to contain TY Hilton is a good base model of OBJ, especially with Darby coming along nicely: jam him on the line with Darby and have Graham help over top as a safety valve, shut down Randle with Gilmore and keep blitzing Eli all day long.

I can give the Philly talking head perspective FWIW. The general idea is that the Giants are ok, and when Eli gets rolling he gets rolling. But with Cruz out, there really isn't a dynamic threat to worry about on offense right now and unless Eli has a stellar day the Bills will be alright.

Hey, that is NOT how we refer to Urbik!!! But seriously I am worried at all the players we are choosing to sit. I thought one might be back at least.

Yeah, this is where I am too. Obviously I want the Bills to win, but if we chance losing an NFC game without them to have Sammy and Shady fully ready for the Titans and Cincy I understand completely.

Well, Johnson had a size advantage but I don't remember Gilmore getting caught holding Johnson, just the question of whether he got him out that one play.

That might be fair, but even when he is on, do we think Gilmore (still our best overall corner IMHO) would have problems handling him like he did Johnson?

Maybe other people have broken down the tape more, so do you see any receiving threats other than OBJ that we wouldn't trust in single coverage with Gilmore or Darby? At the moment I'm seeing a game plan similar to the Colts: double the speedy receiver (Hilton/OBJ) with Darby and Graham over top, single cover the bigger receiver (Johnson/Randle) trust Robey and Butler in single coverage all day and constantly blitz. Any weaknesses in that?

Geez both sides look awful.

Nice play Cockrell. Whoops

I keep hearing so many SF go crazy with hating Roman, even when I point out that he's taken an offense that was one of the worst in the league, with a QB who had never started a game, and made a rather dangerous offense, and they keep saying "wait a year and a half". I get not wanting to blame Harbaugh. The guy had fire in his belly and turned around the franchise. I can see not wanting to blame Kaep, because you want to defend the QB who took you to the Superbowl. But Roman simply was the wrong person to blame here, and with a fresh start he looks brilliant.

Pickings are pretty slim for good traditional wings out by me. When I lived up in Manayunk there's a pretty good place called Pitchers Pub, but in South Jersey... A lot of places do the wings dry and then give you sauce to dip them in. The "official" wing place for the Philly wing bowl also does crazy sauces, and their "Inferno" would barely be mild at Duffs. Sadly, the only place I know which does the sauce right and gets them crispy almost every time uses flour to bread them. It's not perfect, but it's the best I've got.

The sad thing is, I think Chip Kelly might be a brilliant Offensive Coordinator. For his first two years, I saw some really clever play designs and I think there is a reason he put up some gaudy numbers. But Jesus, the man is not a GM. I'm not even counting the fact that maybe one player he's drafted is making some kind of impact. It's the fact that he forced the GM at the time to cut DJax for nothing but dead cap space. Trading Shady, a superstar running back for an injury prone LB who had one good rookie season before an ACL. Not bringing Maclin back. Cutting solid vets who had modest to large salary cap hits. And that could have been forgiven. Cutting Evan Mathis, Pro Bowl guard, because Mathis wanted a restructure and sat out of the optional, OPTIONAL, OTAs. When Mathis had zero leverage on the deal. Trading Boykin, a solid slot corner (we know how important Robey is, without a doubt!) is traded, because Boykin hoped to move to outside corner. News flash: you don't have to do that. Impress the importance of slot coverage in an increasingly pass based league. Coach him up. Chip Kelly; Decent Coach. Sh*t GM.

Yeah, I honestly think Philbin is on the hot seat. For all of those years of "winning free agency", he's never had a winning season and the Phins look dreadful out of the gate. Tommy in SF and Pettine may have weaker squads, but neither of them are at fault for that. Pettine is a solid coach, who happened to be stuck with an abysmal GM. Philbin sucking is all on Philbin.

That's one of the beauties. It really hasn't been a major part of our offense the past few weeks, partly with Shady being injured. But if they want to spend considerable amount of practice time preparing for that, to the exclusion of some other things, I'm ok with that.

I do think that's fair. We haven't yet seen a full season body of work, and the 4-0 crash of 2008 and the 3-0 crash of 2011 are very much present in my mind. But Tyrod, so far, has shown a few things that Trent and Fitz didn't. He has Trent's accuracy, except he isn't checking the ball down constantly. He'll put it up there like Fitz, but generally only when he has a mismatch like Sammy in a one on one, or Harvin when he has breakwaway speed on a go route, and he has the arm strength to lay it out where only the receiver has a chance on it. Toss in his running ability, and while his opening numbers might be overinflated, this is the best we've seen on a consistent basis in a long time.

...Well played.

What do I root for? The meteor impact.

What do I root for? The meteor impact.

This. I don't fault the refs for their call, and it was so stupid a decision I said aloud that he deserved that to be a turnover. But when you do frame by frame, his leg looks maybe down one frame before you see the ball leave his hand. It was close. Very, very close. I can't see it going the other other way if they call it the other way on the field.