Sheil Kapadia
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Podcasting and writing @ringer / @spotify . Previously: @TheAthletic | @ESPN | @phillymag . IG: @sheilkapadia . Email: sheilk @spotify .com
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Traps you can fall into when working from home:
* Eating lunch at 11 am.
* Never changing out of your joggers.
* Lack of human interaction.
* Trading DeAndre Hopkins.
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Instead of speaking, Malcolm Jenkins holds up signs at his locker to get his message across.
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Relevant to this game: Jason Kelce once told me he had north of 20 beers before his speech at the Eagles Super Bowl parade.
I then asked him to rate his drunkeness on a scale of 1 to 10 that day. And he said 5.
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Eagles have faced Aaron Donald, J.J. Watt and Khalil Mack during their four-game winning streak.
Those three players have combined for a TOTAL of zero sacks and three QB hits against them.
Big credit to the offensive line and coaches for game-planning.
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Campbell says he gave refs a pregame heads-up on the play.
Based on replays/player accounts, Lions did exactly what they were supposed to do.
Refs screwed up. Didn’t fix it. And mistake has playoff implications.
There’s no “refs are only human” argument here. That’s egregious.
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My first week on the job, John Clayton insisted I stop by his house so he could show me around.
Gave me turn-by-turn directions on the phone, came outside to flag me down, invited me in to meet his wife.
Showed me a park to take my kids and where to grab a quick bite.
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John Harbaugh has a 25-year-old behavioral economics major giving him win probabilities during games.
John Harbaugh has become the most aggressive 4th-down coach in the NFL.
These 2 things are related.
Really enjoyed reporting this story from Baltimore:
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Chris Long donating next 10 game checks to educational initiatives. Donated first six to Charlottesville programs. That’s the whole season.
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Start of the playoffs: It'd be fun if the Phillies could at least upset the Cardinals.
Now: I'd trust Ranger Suarez to protect me and my family in any situation.
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Joe Burrow sacked 19 times in the playoffs. That's the most for any QB in a single postseason in at least the last 20 years.
And it's not close. No other QB was higher than 12.
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Doug Pederson's resume:
2017: First Super Bowl in franchise history with backup QB.
2018: Finish with 3 straight victories, win road playoff game with backup QB.
2019: Down 2 Pro Bowl OL, Pro Bowl TE, top three WRs, top two RBs, score 34 to clinch NFCE with 4th straight win.
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Two HUGE coaching decisions.
1. Staley played it safe and opted for FG on 4th-and-3.
2. Pederson went for 2 after Bosa penalty.
If results were reversed, postgame coverage crushes analytics.
But since the aggressive move paid off and the traditional move didn't? Crickets.
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Cowboys loss obviously huge for Eagles.
All Eagles have to do now is win one of their final three games, and they are the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
Barring a complete meltdown (three straight losses), they'll get a bye, and the road to the Super Bowl will go through The Linc.
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Philadelphia has reputation as a tough sports city. What we’ve learned this week is that when a player who gives great effort and is accountable makes a physical mistake (even in a huge spot), fans will show empathy and support. Won’t get as much attention as snowballs though.
Only
#ActionNews
is there as
#Eagles
WR Alshon Jeffery pays surprise visit to second grade class in West Chester that wrote him touching letters after Sundays playoff loss. Tonight at 6 on
@6ABC
!
@TheWorldof_AJ
@JamieApody
Here's a preview:
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Not hyperbole: This might be the worst defensive football I've seen from an Eagles team in my lifetime.
They've allowed 7 TDs on their last 10 possessions.
To the Cardinals and Giants.
With playoff seeding on the line.
Can't stop the run, can't cover, can't rush the passer.
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Here's where the Chiefs' offense ranks through 4 games of the post-Tyreek Hill era:
EPA/drive: 1st
Pts./drive: 1st
Offensive PPG: 2nd
Success rate: 3rd
Patrick Mahomes is 1st among starting QBs in EPA per pass play.
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Peyton and Eli grew up in a football family and combined to play 33 years in the NFL.
There have been three times tonight where they've said, "I don't really know what they're doing" in reference to something the Giants did.
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Von Miller on Chiefs' last three possessions:
1. Created pressure, chased Mahomes down on 3rd down to force FG
2. Sacked Mahomes on 3rd down to force punt
3. Flushed Mahomes out of the pocket on GW INT
A one-man difference-maker on defense. Exactly what the Bills hoped for.
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So when you use an illegal bat, they just politely ask you the next game not to do it again?
How is that a thing? Why isn't the broadcast making a bigger deal about it? Are we inspecting every bat tonight???
Very easy to let the sports hate flow through me in this series!
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Eagles were down 24-14 at the end of the third quarter.
Eagles had 76 passing yards through three quarters.
Eagles defense gave up 505 yards.
Eagles win again.
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Josh Allen completes over 80% of his passes, throws for 300+ yards, rushes for 50+ yards and has 5 TDs.
No quarterback during the Super Bowl era has ever done all those things in a single game - regular season or playoffs.
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2023 Phillies: Go from “these guys are killing me” to “they’re winning the World Series” in a span of 35 minutes like three times a week.
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The Eagles are the only defense so far in Week 1 that did not allow a single play of 20+ yards.
Great debut for first-time defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon.
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In case you’re wondering if Philadelphia is still basking in the Super Bowl glow from last year, a Philly Special re-enactment was one of the acts at my daughter’s talent show tonight.
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For 2 years, was willing to help with anything I needed.
Would call just to catch up and fill me in on what he was hearing.
It struck me how much he loved his job. Completely in his element covering practice or a game.
A genuinely kind man and legendary football writer. RIP.
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The three best single-game defensive performances in the NFL this season, based on success rate:
1. Browns in Week 1
2. Browns in Week 3
3. Browns in Week 2
What a start to the Jim Schwartz era in Cleveland.
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Chris Long is donating "nearly a quarter of his salary" to the First Quarter for Literacy campaign.
Aim will be to put more books into the hands of children in underserved neighborhoods in Philadelphia and S. Jersey. Part of plan includes Long distributing more than 25K books.
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Forgot what it’s like to watch playoff baseball: Three hours of feeling like something terrible is about to happen until/unless something good happens.
A different experience than any other sport.
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Going through Eagles All-22. The great
@fduffy3
pointed this out previously, but had to slow-mo the part where Carson Wentz and Zach Ertz are completely in sync with their celebrations after Jordan Howard's fourth-quarter TD.
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Eagles defense got gashed tonight, but Jim Schwartz's unit went the entire season -- 19 games -- without allowing a point in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter. Unbelievable.
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QBs who have produced negative plays (sacks, INTs, fumbles) at the lowest rate through 6 weeks:
1. Patrick Mahomes
2. Carson Wentz
3. Dak Prescott
4. Mason Rudolph
5. Jacoby Brissett
6. Aaron Rodgers
7. Tom Brady
8. Teddy Bridgewater
9. Matt Ryan
10. Matthew Stafford
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Pete Carroll has now made the playoffs 10 times in 13 seasons with the Seahawks.
He's done so with three different starting quarterbacks.
They've never gone back-to-back seasons without making the playoffs under Carroll.
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Justin Herbert passed for 382 yards and ran for 90 yards.
No quarterback in NFL history ever hit both those totals in a single game.
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Trea Turner’s OPS ranks 132nd out of 144 qualifying players.
His 14 errors are tied for second most in the majors.
If he’s a C- instead of an F, the Phillies are a totally different team.
Just a complete disaster that’s impossible to explain.
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Chiefs second-half possessions:
Punt
Punt
Fumble
Punt
Punt
Downs
Shut out. Drop after drop. Mistake after mistake. And Eagles take advantage. They're now 23-2 in Jalen Hurts' last 25 regular-season starts.
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Dolphins came in averaging over 37 PPG. Eagles held them to 1 TD on 8 possessions. Eagles defense held Miami to season lows in:
* Yards
* TDs
* 1st downs
* EPA/Drive
* Success rate
Eagles were down 3 members of their secondary. That's a big Sean Desai performance right there.
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The emotion pouring out of Jason Kelce was incredible. What a game and what a season for him.
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In the last 15 years, there have been 339 players who have had at least 40 plate appearances in a single postseason.
Among that group, Bryce Harper's 2022 batting average (.419) and OPS (1.351) rank...
1st and 1st.
This is an all-time run.
Source:
@TruMediaSports
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The Sixers played 93 games this season.
Their offensive performances (points per possession) in Games 6 and 7 ranked:
* 92nd
* 89th
Two of their five worst offensive performances of the season in two closeout games to go to the conference finals.
Just a complete meltdown.
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Eagles organizational philosophy when building the defense is to over-invest in the pass rush at every turn.
On third downs this season, the Eagles are sacking opposing quarterbacks 5.1% of the time. That's the worst rate in the NFL.
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Was that a QB draw on 3rd-and-7 vs. Cover-1 when the QB is playing with a knee injury and you have AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith on your team?
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Eagles fans at halftime: They're winning the Super Bowl.
Eagles fans if the Giants get a 1st down on their first drive of the third quarter: Where would this rank among the worst losses in franchise history?
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Joel Embiid with 31 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 blocks.
A player has hit those marks in a playoff game once in NBA history, and it was 45 years ago (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).
Oh, and Embiid was doubtful for this game. That was an all-time performance.
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Game 7 approach:
* Prepare for rage, but hope for joy.
* Get fridge stocked. This is the emotional eating Super Bowl. No DoorDash order is too big.
* Unfriend anyone who says things like "there's always next year" or "it's only sports." Don't need 'em.
* Hydrate.
Go Phils.
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No Carson Wentz, Jason Peters, Jordan Hicks or Darren Sproles. And the Eagles are one win away from the Super Bowl.
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Players in Sixers franchise history who have scored 50 in a game before their 25th birthday:
Allen Iverson
Tyrese Maxey
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I don't know how you can keep doing this if you're a Bills fan. Last three seasons, they're 38-18 with just two losses by more than 7 points. Nothing to show for it.
Gut-punch loss after gut-punch loss, no Super Bowl appearances, can't get over the hump. Just brutal.
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Playoff baseball: Your team wins, and when the game's over, you feel like collapsing to the floor or going to the hospital just to make sure everything is still working.
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City that flooded the streets with thousands to peacefully protest racial injustice and police brutality while also hosting a wedding.
Let’s go ahead and replace “city that booed Santa Clause” with this for (at least) the next 50 years.
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I thought Eagles-Cowboys would be the most fun matchup, but for the 27th straight year, Dallas fails to get out of the divisional round.
If you were born in 2000, you've never seen the Cowboys play in the NFCG, while this will be the 7th time for the Eagles since then.
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Bryce Harper's 2023 so far:
* Fastest return from Tommy John in MLB history
* Learns how to play 1st base (well) for first time in career
* Finds power and finishes 10th in OPS
* Hits .455 with 3 homers in first 3 games of NLDS vs. Braves
Incredible run. Not over yet.
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Biggest winners tonight:
1. Andy Reid
2. Patrick Mahomes
3. All of us for no longer having to hear about the NFL’s 100th year celebration. Please promise me we’re not doing anything for 101.
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Eighty-nine combined points, an analytics strategy working perfectly, poop jokes, a game-winning kick, and the most dramatic bad beat/miracle cover you could imagine.
We just witnessed the perfect NFL game.
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Biggest upset of the NBA season so far: The Sixers are fun and normal. They play with more energy and effort than their opponents.
I was fully prepared to hate this team, but I think I like spending time with them.
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Michael Bennett: “I know Eli Manning’s probably watching this, yes I’m coming. I know Dak is watching this like, ‘Yeah, he’s coming.’ Yeah, I am. And Alex Smith knows he can’t run from me. I told him at the Pro Bowl.”
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I know the RB conversation is exhausting at this point, but the Lions this offseason have:
* Given David Montgomery a 3-year, $18M deal
* Used the 12th overall pick on Jahmyr Gibbs
That is a horrendous use of resources.
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Eagles defensive possessions in the second half:
Punt
Punt
Punt
TO on downs
End of game
They allowed a total of 95 yards on 5 Rams possessions. The Rams did not run an offensive play in Eagles territory after the 2nd quarter.
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Fletcher Cox and Michael Bennett are now second and third in the NFL in QB hits -- 29 and 28, respectively.
They've combined for 57 on the season, more than any duo in the league.
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Per
@NextGenStats
, Dak Prescott went 24-for-24 for 300 yards when Eagles played zone.
Eagles defense allowed points (4 TDs, 4 FGs) on 8 of 10 Cowboys possessions.
Eagles' 2nd-worst defensive performance of the season, based on EPA per drive.
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The Foles chant. This crowd is ready for a game. Never seen this before for a practice.
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The seven rules I would use for drafting in the first round.
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Eagles needed two wins as double-digit favorites to clinch division.
They blow a 21-6 lead at home. Now likely no home playoff games.
Defense, under new direction, gives up 4 straight TD drives to end the game. Out-coached, outplayed. Complete disaster any way you slice it.
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Things that stand out with Frank Reich:
1. He and his staff will build smart game plans each week based on opponents’ strengths/weaknesses.
2. He will be aggressive, which is good for culture and also the right thing to do analytically.
3. His teams play with a genuine joy.
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Will never forget Jason Kelce talking persistence after the Super Bowl.
Walk-on. 6th-round pick. First All-Pro at 30. It was the story of his career.
Took time to explain the game, and nobody spoke more eloquently about the Philadelphia athlete experience. Legendary run.
The emotion pouring out of Jason Kelce was incredible. What a game and what a season for him.
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Colts are 9-3 since 0-3 start. Wins over 49ers, Bills, Patriots, and Cardinals.
Three losses during that stretch were one-score games - two in OT.
Down 4 OL starters and defensive difference-maker in Darius Leonard and they won again.
Well-coached team every single week.
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Frozen 2 review: A little too dark. 7-year-old broke down in theatre. Asked if she was hungry, she responded, “I’m hungry for happiness.”
Bad news: Tears.
Good news: She may be a writer. That was a great line.
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Pete Carroll's Seahawks once had a run of 98(!) straight games where they had a lead or were within one score in the 4th quarter.
Winning record in 11 of 14 seasons. Regardless of circumstance, got players to believe something good was just around the corner. All-time run.
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Pitchers in Phillies history who have thrown 7+ innings of shutout ball in a playoff game:
Lee
Hamels
Halladay
Carlton
Schilling
Pedro
And now, Zack Wheeler. What a performance.
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Lasting image from the Seahawks beat was Richard Sherman in the locker room after last year's Cardinals game. Couldn't walk from shower to locker on his own. Played all 95 snaps. Pure exhaustion. Incredible competitor.
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Ben Simmons update: Now at 15.8 points, 8.1 assists and 8.0 rebounds per game, shooting 53.9% from the field.
Players -- not rookies, players -- who have hit those marks in a season in NBA history: Magic, LeBron and Wilt.
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Gameday fit. She was stopping traffic on Pattison Ave.
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With Brooks out, I believe Eagles are now down to 4 players who were starters on offense in Week 1 (Wentz, Peters, Seumalo, Kelce).
Five of their current skill-position players were not on an NFL roster in Week 1.
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If Phillies win this series, that Trea Turner play goes down as an all-timer in franchise history. It'll be played in montages and hype videos for years to come. Incredible, given the stakes.
Long way to go, but up 1-0, and get 2 at home and 2 Wheeler starts the rest of the way.
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All-time crowds. A party every time they play. Everyone is so happy.
One win away from the World Series. What a fun team. What a fun run.
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Regardless of what happens next, will always remember the 2022 Phillies as her first favorite team.
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My sister co-managing the Covid unit at her hospital (with a smile on her face).
Asked her for her message: “Stay home, save lives.”
The Kapadias are listening to the experts. Please do the same.
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McVay is a great coach, but game management has been a consistent blind spot.
End of 1st half: 59 seconds left. 3 timeouts. Veteran QB. And he sits on it.
Second half: 2 wasted timeouts. Left with one on final drive.
Little things matter in close games. Coach has to be better.
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Big thanks to everyone at ESPN and everyone who read over the past two years!
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"This team just feels like they're slower than the other teams." - Tony Romo.
A sentence that has been a fair description of the Eagles for three straight years.
Why every discussion about their issues has to include roster-building.
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Eagles had 11 weeks to come up with a plan to creatively involve Hurts. They had nothing.
If you want to give Hurts a shot, give him a shot - for a half, a game, whatever. What are you accomplishing with this nonsense?
From QB factory to this, an organization with no plan.
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Lamar Jackson just threw for 442 yards and completed 86% of his passes.
No quarterback in NFL history has ever thrown for 400+ and had a completion percentage that high.
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Best part about watching your basketball team lose is making stuff up like "If they can cut it to 8 by the 6-minute mark of the fourth, pretty sure they got this."
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Maybe Nick Foles' best throw of the game. Great anticipation. Dallas Goedert's not even in the picture when he releases it. Turns around and the ball is in his hands.
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If your default analysis for a black QB after a bad game is about how he struggles to read defenses, you should really show your work.
From the latest Philly Special on Jalen Hurts (and Randall and Donovan and Vick and many others before them).
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Chiefs offense is No. 1 in EPA per drive. Eagles are No. 2.
But difference between them is huge - it's the same as the difference between the Eagles and No. 17 Browns.
Easily biggest challenge Eagles defense will face this year.
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Get outta here with the “This was LeBron’s greatest achievement” nonsense. He averaged 29.7/11.3/8.9 and came back from a 3-1 deficit to win a title against a 73-9 team just two years ago.
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Coming off a 7-9 season with an unproven head coach, the Eagles lost Carson Wentz, Jason Peters, Jordan Hicks and Darren Sproles. They secured the No. 1 seed, dropped 38 on the best defense in the NFC and will play in the Super Bowl in two weeks.
#DougPederson
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"The first concert he attended was a DMX show in Buffalo."
Give him full personnel control.
Who is Nick Sirianni? A cheat sheet on the new Philadelphia Eagles head coach
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Tyrese Maxey three hours ago: fun rookie with great energy.
Tyrese Maxey now: the only man you can depend on in this cruel, cruel world.
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Eagles have given up 75 points the last two weeks and been outscored by 45 in the 2 losses.
DeSean Jackson's absence is a poor excuse. Teams that fall apart when their 32-year-old WR gets injured are not good teams.
Eagles are 13-12 in their last 25 games since the Super Bowl.
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All season, Eagles coaches have raved about Zach Ertz's route-running and the way he understands leverage. This is vs. first-team All Pro Harrison Smith.
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I truly can't imagine a more absurd place to live. This is why I chose to raise my kids here.
Gov. Josh Shapiro at the Danelo Cavalcante presser: “Folks, whoever had their Eagles hoodie stolen, if you could let us know, I’ll do my best to get you one of those new kelly green ones, OK?”
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Could tell how well liked Alshon Jeffery is. Teammates all went out of their way in locker room to make it clear that his drop wasn’t the reason for the loss.
Also: Lane Johnson said Jeffery was playing through broken ribs.
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Frustrating to see Chargers be so conservative, given how well Justin Herbert played.
18 rushes for 20 yards on first down - including the first play of that last drive in regulation.
Have epitomized the "lose later rather than try to win now" mentality.
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Next for me: Pumped to be joining
@ringer
!
I’ll be podcasting and writing about the NFL, among other things.
Specifics to come, but I can’t wait to join their talented team in a couple weeks!
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Note from this episode. The Eagles have played 400 games since 2000. Among that sample, the defensive performance in the Super Bowl ranked:
* 391st in EPA per drive
* 395th in success rate
New Philly Special with me and
@BenjaminSolak
!
Eagles lose both coordinators. Who should replace them?
We talk about it here:
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Had to go off on the Jets. Blatant disrespect to their fan base and their players with how they handled this QB situation.
The Rodgers injury happened in Week 1! They didn’t even try to find a solution.
Instead? They just wasted everyone’s time.
@BenjaminSolak
@ringernfl
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