Congrats eagles and heir fans!

[Neal]

Originally Posted by botn

It was an exciting game. Not sure the Patriots played their best game. Too bad some of the fans had to riot over the win and destroy their own city. Imagine if the Eagles had lost. Would they have burned the city down to the ground? Unsettling to see how much rage exists that on an occasion to celebrate people had to resort to destroying other peoples' property. Go humans!!!!!

From what I read, it seems that there were a lot more arrests in the Boston area than in Philly.

Nick Foles was brilliant. Eagles have an outstanding defense but Brady is the best.

Too bad he is a whiny, crybaby. Never shakes hands when he loses. A real bee-otch ....

[barrysloate]

Many interesting and offbeat stats from the game. Here's one:

Only game in NFL history to be 22-12 at halftime.

[mcgwirecom]

One thing to remember, Jason Peters, Jordan Hicks, Darren Sproles, Caleb Sturgis, and, of course, Carson Wentz are all injured. And the Eagles still won. I was impressed. Underdogs through the entire playoffs.

I am a Philly fan from the Philly area, but I don't really pay much attention to anything but baseball. I didn't have a lot of hope for the playoffs but as I said, they impressed me.

[JollyElm]

The absolute beauty of this game was the aggressiveness/confidence in his team of Eagles Head Coach Doug Pederson. Going for it on 4th down near the end zone (resulting in that trick play for a TD) and then late in the 4th quarter going for it again on 4th down while still on their own side of the field was magnificently beautiful!!!! Virtually every single team in similar situations during the playoffs would have immediately opted for the FG attempt and then a punt, but not the Iggles. They knew what they needed to do to stand a chance against the Pats, and went for it. I am ridiculously impressed. That's why they pulled it out, a belief in their team.

[Neal]

I have been an Eagles season ticket holder since 1992. Even if they didn't win last night, this has been my absolute favorite Eagles team. They battled all year, lost KEY positions and leaders along the way, were discounted by everyone, and beat the GOAT last night.

The Belichick/Brady era is over, and the torch was passed last night to Pederson/Wentz.

Bank it.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

The absolute beauty of this game was the aggressiveness/confidence in his team of Eagles Head Coach Doug Pederson. Going for it on 4th down near the end zone (resulting in that trick play for a TD) and then late in the 4th quarter going for it again on 4th down while still on their own side of the field was magnificently beautiful!!!! Virtually every single team in similar situations during the playoffs would have immediately opted for the FG attempt and then a punt, but not the Iggles. They knew what they needed to do to stand a chance against the Pats, and went for it. I am ridiculously impressed. That's why they pulled it out, a belief in their team.

Now if the eagles punted on that last 4th down and the the Eagles Defense got a Stop there......then i would credit the eagles defense for something...but of course the eagles defense could not be trusted.

yet the eagles have a championship defense and everyone is saying how the patriot defense has to be retooled when they both played the same terrible game. The patriots actually forced a punt at least.....both teams got 1 turnover..

[JollyElm]

<<Quote: Originally Posted by JollyElm
The absolute beauty of this game was the aggressiveness/confidence in his team of Eagles Head Coach Doug Pederson. Going for it on 4th down near the end zone (resulting in that trick play for a TD) and then late in the 4th quarter going for it again on 4th down while still on their own side of the field was magnificently beautiful!!!! Virtually every single team in similar situations during the playoffs would have immediately opted for the FG attempt and then a punt, but not the Iggles. They knew what they needed to do to stand a chance against the Pats, and went for it. I am ridiculously impressed. That's why they pulled it out, a belief in their team.>>

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

Now if the eagles punted on that last 4th down and the the Eagles Defense got a Stop there......then i would credit the eagles defense for something...but of course the eagles defense could not be trusted.

yet the eagles have a championship defense and everyone is saying how the patriot defense has to be retooled when they both played the same terrible game. The patriots actually forced a punt at least.....both teams got 1 turnover..

Huh???? What in heck are you talking about?????? Nowhere in my post did I even mention defense once. NOT ONCE. So again, WTF are you talking about?????????????

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

<<Quote: Originally Posted by JollyElm
The absolute beauty of this game was the aggressiveness/confidence in his team of Eagles Head Coach Doug Pederson. Going for it on 4th down near the end zone (resulting in that trick play for a TD) and then late in the 4th quarter going for it again on 4th down while still on their own side of the field was magnificently beautiful!!!! Virtually every single team in similar situations during the playoffs would have immediately opted for the FG attempt and then a punt, but not the Iggles. They knew what they needed to do to stand a chance against the Pats, and went for it. I am ridiculously impressed. That's why they pulled it out, a belief in their team.>>



Huh???? What in heck are you talking about?????? Nowhere in my post did I even mention defense once. NOT ONCE. So again, WTF are you talking about?????????????

Right i am showing how it was all offense and not defense. I guess i could of added another quote as well from Packs..but didn't.

I also didn't put a lot of ?????????? so wtf are you talking about....

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Neal

From what I read, it seems that there were a lot more arrests in the Boston area than in Philly.

Nick Foles was brilliant. Eagles have an outstanding defense but Brady is the best.

Too bad he is a whiny, crybaby. Never shakes hands when he loses. A real bee-otch ....

Not so fast, son.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/d...-the-evidence/

[Peter_Spaeth]

I still have not seen a satisfactory explanation why Malcolm Butler was benched. This is a guy who played almost every snap this season. He wasn't hurt, he played special teams.

[Neal]

was wondering the same last night, as well as looking for an answer today .... not sure that will ever come

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Neal

was wondering the same last night, as well as looking for an answer today .... not sure that will ever come

I can only surmise he pissed off Bill for something probably not directly football-related. Bill can be a dinosaur that way.

[nolemmings]

It was pretty ridiculous to sit him the entire game. That was all coaches ego. Fine him. Don't start him or even bench him for an entire half if you think you need to make a point, but when your D is getting torched and at least one DB is banged up in the second half of an "all hands on deck" game you really have no excuse for not letting Butler play. That's all on Belichick.

I am no doubt biased against New England, but my view is St. William is living on past laurels. Sure he's better than most, but this notion that he's at a whole nother level is bunk. For the most part he gets to cruise through a perennially weak division (although slightly better this year). He should have lost the SB to Seattle, where he mismanaged the clock horribly at the end. He should have lost last year to Atl, and got bailed out by the most monumental collapse in SB history. Now this Butler stupidity. The coach's job is to put his team in the best position to win, and he did a lousy job of it in Minneapolis. Only the even worse 4th qtr. coaching of two offensive coordinators the preceding two Super Bowls has kept the Pats from dropping their last three. IMO, being "better" because the other guys' coach choked worse than you isn't saying much.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

It was pretty ridiculous to sit him the entire game. That was all coaches ego. Fine him. Don't start him or even bench him for an entire half if you think you need to make a point, but when your D is getting torched and at least one DB is banged up in the second half of an "all hands on deck" game you really have no excuse for not letting Butler play. That's all on Belichick.

I am no doubt biased against New England, but my view is St. William is living on past laurels. Sure he's better than most, but this notion that he's at a whole nother level is bunk. For the most part he gets to cruise through a perennially weak division (although slightly better this year). He should have lost the SB to Seattle, where he mismanaged the clock horribly at the end. He should have lost last year to Atl, and got bailed out by the most monumental collapse in SB history. Now this Butler stupidity. The coach's job is to put his team in the best position to win, and he did a lousy job of it in Minneapolis. Only the even worse 4th qtr. coaching of two offensive coordinators the preceding two Super Bowls has kept the Pats from dropping their last three. IMO, being "better" because the other guys' coach choked worse than you isn't saying much.

What bothered me more than Butler was the lack of any creativity on the defensive side of the ball. Bill is known for disrupting quarterbacks with his schemes. He had a perfect opportunity with Foles, who for all his recent accomplishments is not an elite QB and had to be nervous. But the Pats just handed them short to medium range passes the whole night, and to make it worse gave up lots of yardage after the catch. You could see Foles' confidence rise as it became clear he could throw those passes at will.