Skins vs. Eagles Post-Game

I didn't get to watch the game but the score doesn't surprise me at all. Figured this one could go either way. What pisses me off is the Skins should be 2-1 after watching the G-men donkey stomp the Texans.

Can't wait until the angry drunks get here.

I'm not sure they're all drunk. Anybody who can't find something good to say about the Skins after today's game should find another team to follow and leave the rest of us alone. That's putting how I feel about it very mildly.

The kick return for the TD and missed FG was the most crucial plays today... ST sucked today

Positives
Offense

Negative
Injuries
ST play

I didn't get to watch the game but the score doesn't surprise me at all. Figured this one could go either way. What pisses me off is the Skins should be 2-1 after watching the G-men donkey stomp the Texans.

Didn't Arian Foster miss that game?

Didn't Arian Foster miss that game?


Yes he did. But still...

The giants game is a must win. We can't slept to 1-3 and last place and hope to make any noise this year. But I think we will win. ST needs to right the ship already.

Negatives:

ST play

Haslett's lack of adjustment on D (what else is new)

No pass rush playing against 3 or 4 non starters on their OL

Not using Ryan Grant (was targeted once)

Missed FG by injured Forbath

Miscommunication by Cousins and WR on at least to critical occassions

IDK.. I believe in a team effort, and I think Haslett did a good job on adjusting in the second half... Big mismatch was Mathews and Riley in the first half, and they fixed that with man coverage across the board, but then Merriweather got abused a few times. We just couldn't match the speed Philly has and we didn't force enough turnovers.

Offense got the ball back on 3 straight drives and didn't produce any points. Just can't beat teams top offense teams like that.

Good:
Offense was mostly capable
OL looked better
Defense still not as bad as last year

Bad:
Special teams lost us the game

Other:
It's hard to call out Kerrigan because he wasn't bad and has had a good start. But Philly played a third team guy in front of him. Kerrigan should have DOMINATED. He was good but not dominant.

Positives:

Captain Kirk: I think we did enough on offense to win this game. Last drive notwithstanding he looked good most of the day.

D.Jax: way to gut it out, and thanks for the bomb that managed to restore hope for a game that looked like it was going down the drain.

Run defense: Not sure if this was a case of "they're not running because it's so easy passing the ball" or if it's "man they did a really good job of stopping the run" but either way their run game was nonexistant.

I'm sure there's some more silver linings in here somewhere, but they're hard to find for me at the moment.

Negatives:

Defense: I will give credit to the Eagles, 3 games against the Chip Kelly era has shown they are not going to be an easy game as long as they have the Kelly/Foles combo working. But the Eagles looked they were toying with us when they had the ball for most of the game.

Special teams: We had one good special teams day last week against the Jags, how about putting together 2 games in a row now? No need to give extra touchdowns to a team that can score super quick on offense. I'll give a pass to Forbath's shank since his groin is probably still injured, but that field goal definitely would've come in handy late in the game. And shoutout to Haslett for letting Riley get burned for a 2nd td after he looked clueless on Matthews' first td.

Penalties: Can't tell if we are really that undisciplined or if the league is determined to make the players take the refs seriously. Either way I'm growing tired of seeing flags after every play.

Pass rush: I know Foles gets the ball out quick but the Eagles practically put out a backup offensive line and we didn't get a single sack, a week after collecting 10 sacks? C'mon man.

Closing statement: I think the one game against the Jags is starting to look like an anomaly on defense, but I do think our defense is better than last year's. With each game I watch Cousins play, I think he's got some work to do but for the most part he looks like a capable backup. And idk what they need to do to fix the special teams but giving up easy return touchdowns has to stop.

The injuries are a huge cause for concern during a short week. Too many and too severe in the case of DHall.

The injuries are a huge cause for concern during a short week. Too many and too severe in the case of DHall.

Just bring back Crawford who is a current FA