You should have also mentioned Carpenter completely whiffing on a sack by Ayers. Hardest hit that Fitzpatrick took. Also, I thought Skrine played well. He had excellent coverage on Beckham on 4th down in OT. The throw just missed his hand and Beckham made a great catch. Nothing more he could have done.
Wow Winters is bad. All three of these he gets beat to the outside; and on the last one he had help...yikes. Also, on the last one Giacomini must have been pumped to get to go low on Pierre Paul, 'the club hand man.'
He did, his coverage itself was tight but he forgets to turn his head a lot of times to break up passes. He could made so many plays on the ball if he started doing that, instead those throws "easy" completions.
The 3rd one especially is embarrassing. He gets help from Mangold and Nick is like...just move and let me do this on my own if you're not gonna help.
We don't have a better option right now. Colon is done for the year, Aboushi is gone. Qvale is not even close to being ready, I've seen him get pancaked on special teams by cornerbacks and linebackers.
What is Marshall doing in that last one? Looks like he is either running a slant or looking for a crack block. He disrupts Ivory's lane a little.
I still want an explanation from Gailey on why he/they pulled Ivory in the 2nd offensive series of the game...and the time out...? Looked like we were rolling with momentum than TO, pull Ivory and put Ridley in...? Made no sense.
I know, I'm just speaking in general. I never would have gotten rid of Aboushi. I know he's not doing much in Houston but his playing time has been sporadic. He played solid for us last year. An interior line of him with Carpenter would have been solid.
More GIFs. Sheldon dropping back and laying the wood twice. Nobody plays the game the way he does. I love the look he gives both guys at the end, looking down at them as if he's saying get up if you want more.
Was that before or after the fumble? Ivory has fumbled the ball twice in 3 games. Hopefully he isn't losing trust from the staff. I hope the Eagles cut Demarco Murray, he would be a good fit in this offense [as you mentioned multiple times]. Murray is frustrated with the Eagles and it's obvious he's not a fit for the Eagles.
I don't get what the previous regime ever saw in Winters. He was garbage from day 1 and hasn't improved 1 iota. This guy is a total punching bag. First gif is how you get your QB killed. Giants defensive players head went right into Fitz's injured wrist. Thanks Winters. You know some guys that were chosen immediately after Winters? Terrance Williams and Keenan Allen. Nice Idzik. Real nice. Aboushi was also terrible, but at least now he's free to join ISIS.
Ivory does have a bit of fumbalitis, lately. This was the 2nd offensvie series of the game. Ivory hadn't fumbled yet. He was actually tearing it up, breaking tackles with the spin move. We were rolling down field on the shoulders of Ivory, then out of no where we called a time out and put Ridley in. The drive stopped and we settled for 3. It would be like 10mins before we got the ball again and then Ivory came in and fumbled it away. Luckily, the d held the Giants to 3 on that turnover/takeaway. I don't know what happened to Murray? It's obviously not what either Chip or Murray envisioned. I still think Murray is one of the best in the league, top 3. I don't think he is going to work out in Chip's system though. I hope the Eagles win this weekend and then implode. I would love to have a shot at Murray in the off season, not sure how we could afford him though..?
Nice post! Completely agree on the shotgun timing. Good teams will destroy them on timing if they don't get it fixed. I think its also a reason (aside from Winters and Giacomini sucking big time) why there are so many negative plays in the backfield from shotgun hand-offs to Ivory.
Mauldin seems to be pretty good with the hand fighting technique. I don't remember seeing this in preseason. Any college/draft guys know how he was at this technique in college? Love his potential.
Rich has quick feet. He's a lot quicker than we may have ever noticed. He can play standing up. His hits are mean/devastating coming with speed. OBJ definitely felt that one hit the next day, #91 f!@#ing buries him. I love the way Rich finishes tackles and hits in general for that matter. This guy was born to hit ppl. Going to be tough to part ways with Richardson. I think he is still getting better, we haven't even seen him at his best yet.
Chip's run game is more-so an East / West style of running where the system is designed to run the ball to the outside; Demarco is a "North-and-South" type of runner. His game is more-so a physical run style, then a finesse bounce to the outside run game. He's not a fit for Chip's offense. If the Eagles cut him, they will be paying a decent amount of his contract and maybe we can have him at a cheaper price. He's only 27 years old. He would be a perfect fit for our offense to be honest.
