Philadelphia Eagles Thread

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Michael Vick's took another big hit last night against the Pats, last night x-ray was clear, but he's having further MRi-CT scans later today. The guy just seems to hang on to the ball way too long at times. At 32, he ain't getting any younger and his injuries are just going to get more serious if he keeps doing it. Just wondering what you Eagles fans think.

There was a play a few plays before he got hit where he went running and diving head first for a first down jesus man it's preseason - don't be looking to get hit would ya

It's always going to be a worry having a rushing QB like Vick and especially seeing as he gets injured so much. You want to be able to say you'll have your same starting QB for all 16 regular season games and throughout the playoffs - As an Eagles fan that just seems far too much to ask with Vick at the reigns. It's a real pity as he's such a great dual threat QB. It's great that he can run and is such a real threat when he does but at this stage I see him start a run and I'm just willing him to slide and take the yards before getting hit because inevitably he's going to get injured sooner or later.

Typically though the play he did get hit on wasn't due to him rushing at all but was a good pass rush and hit him as he was releasing the ball. Can't remember who it was that hit him but it was a big hit and would shake up a lot of guys. And in Vick's case of course that's going to mean a good chance he's going to get injured because he is fragile compared to a lot of other QB's in the league. Which once again comes back to the point - god damn it man slide rather than risk the big hit when you go running - every defensive player on the field is going to knock you into next week. And to add to it as you pointed out he seems to hate the idea of throwing the ball away until there's a couple of big D-Line men throwing him into the turf.

Fole did look good last night though which is a good sign at least so we have some options for those couple of weeks when Vick is going to be out injured unless by some divine intervention he manages to avoid getting injured this season (he might take my advice :pac: and go out of his way to not get hit or something)

Vick is probably going to get injured - it's a pain in the arse but we've got to deal with it and hope that whenever he's out we can cope and scrapes wins. Just the way it is being an Eagles fan unless Vick goes out and radically changes his playing style - but from seeing the diving head first for a first down last night I have no great hope of seeing that this year tbh.

johnmcdnl wrote: »

Typically though the play he did get hit on wasn't due to him rushing at all but was a good pass rush and hit him as he was releasing the ball. Can't remember who it was that hit him but it was a big hit and would shake up a lot of guys..

Jermaine Cunningham made the hit, if was a big hit but clean. kinda ironic alright that Vicks did seem to be going to ground to protect himself for once and he still gets injured. But he was living dangerously before that.

nerd69 wrote: »

3rd behind vick and Kafka although he may be second after the last 2 games

If he keeps playing the way he did last night and if Vicks is out, I'd start the guy.

I'm sad to say it but I really don't see Philly coming close to the superbowl this year. I just think Vick's frailties will just come back to haunt them. I know it's great having a mobile quarterback but it's ludicrous when you see vick put his body on the line by trying to scramble for 2 or 3 needless yards. He's been blitzed with injuries down the years and that surely wouldn't help for all the time he gets hit. The loss of Peters makes things much worse and neither King Dunlap or Bell looks like they would be fit to shine Peters' shoes.

In fairness to the Eagles, you can't really say that they are weak in any position. Sure you can say safety but it really isn't a majority important position especially when you have 2 quality CBs. They should be able to lift their games with the talent around them.

I hope so much I'm wrong but I think the eagles will be a 10-6, 11-5 team and may win one play-off game but that's it. If I'm wrong and they do get any further please feel free to tell me cause I'll be delighted!

Someone needs to tell michael vick that he isn't Jim Brown.

Nick Foles got the start last night in the 27-10 win over the browns and played well.

*sigh* I was far too delighted with a win over the Browns by the end.

Poor stuff from Vick. I watched the game again and the o-line actually wasn't as bad as i thought they were. Some of the holding calls were a joke. Vick had numerous chances to just go and take a 6-8 yard scramble but instead threw across his body. Ridic tbh, i get that he doesn't want to get injured but then learn to SLIDE!!! I worry that this is a huge missed op for this team. We've so much talent but i'm far from convinced that Vick is the answer...

one brightspot for me was the play of our linebackers. Pretty sure we won't have to worry about them again.

I'd put some money on Andy being gone after this year and Gruden taking over. He's a huge fan of foles and it's actually set up for a Gruden special.

Thoughts on this weekends game lads? Rewatched last weeks shambles yesterday... the o-line was actually a lot better than i thought. Vick was worse than i thought, which was tough because I thought he was muck! Big thing this week is cutting out the penalties... cant do that against the Ravens.

Yeah, giving the ball to McCoy more often early should be key for this game. If he breaks some decent runs, it could allow play action to work better as well. They shouldn't be afraid to use him as a receiver, either.

If they can't go downfield against this defense, they should aim for Celek over the middle for intermediate passes...not just 'cause he's on my fantasy team, of course.