BACK me up on this Eagles fans! We should TOTALLY get the Pope to bless the team this year. The last time a pope (John Paul II in 1980) blessed the Eagles, we went to the Super Bowl. Since he’s already going to be in Philly this September, maybe he could give the Eagles a holy fist-bump before he leaves.
Think of how much pull that would give the Eagles with Catholic referees and league officials when it came to judgement calls on things like late hits, illegal hits, and whether or not there’s enough evidence to reverse a call in instant replay. Even if we don’t get any divine intervention, it helps as far as politicking.
I know, I know. The Catholic Church does not believe in using its position to influence things. So fine. We’ll just ask for a quick blessing, have a cracker, kneel-stand-kneel-stand-kneel-stand, have some wine, and see what it gets us. Perhaps we should ask Arian Foster for suggestions.
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I hope all of that kneel-stand-kneel doesn’t lead to a knee injury!
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BRADFORD!!
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I’m not a Cathic, but if I were then I certainly would want him to bless the team. Heck don’t stop there. Bless that whole South Philly area. Bless all four teams and their stadiums. Let’s remove whatever has been holding them back over the years.
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All the blessing in the world will not change Eagle reality
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LMAO. I would have to agree with that. It was a slow day so I figured it be a nice piece to make people smile.
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I thought you liked the direction Chip was taking the Eagles in Hollywood?
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I do overall. But Im a skeptic . When it gets close will we see the past shananigans resurface
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I would consider myself a Chip skeptic as well, but we will see what happens.
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I went to the Preseason game vs Ravens. Im impressed with the level of play of the rookies. I think they have done an excellent job of putting together real competition deep into a lot of positions. i liked Bailey and Barner. Not sure of the spelling. I thought the 6’9″lineman looked pretty tough . Just a good mix of athletes. They executed very well. Im excited. As log as Lurie does not put the kiss of death on this I think we have something here.
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GOOD TO HEAR IT!
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I thought Bradford looked like he had a nice arm. Made throws very easily. But I like the grit of Sanchez. He doesn’t possess the pass skills of Bradford but he understands where he is in the pocket and moves very well. Either one could start. Bradford looked a little scared. One of his deeper passes sailed a little. Hope his knee is not effecting throwing motion. The hit from Suggs was cheap. Bradford was very far removed from play and moving away from line of scrimmage. Like I said looks like higher level of talent through the ranks. Im still concerned about interior linebackers. Im not sold on Kendricks and Alonzo. Both can pursue but not exactly stout. Ryans cannot be expected to return to top form.
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I’m looking for a longer look at Bradford this week vs GB. We already know what we can expect from Sanchez in this system.
As I said in the Ravens Preview (in THE GAME section), we won’t really see another test of our run defense until Week Four vs the ‘skins.
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Perhaps I’m in the minority, but I’m less concerned with the run defense than I am with the pass rush. It’s been MIA so far. The quarterbacks are getting time against us and where Brandon Graham? He supposed to be so great consider his production verses time bull crap stat. He’s barely noticeable right now.
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You aren’t in the minority. But the version of 3-4 we run allows us to rush the passer or cover receivers, not both. That’s why we were a top pass-rushing team last year that was just about dead last in pass defense.
I think Graham will be used to cover more this year. That’s a real shame considering that he’d be a great 4-3 DE, instead of a mid-level 3-4 OLB.
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Graham appears to be good at everything but not great at anyone part of his game. I think he is still developing his pass rush. He reminds me of a young Hugh Douglass.
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With better knees! 🙂
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