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Can the Eagles even keep this game close? Are these defenses good enough to keep it a low scoring affair? Will the NFL be super pissed with a low scoring Super Bowl?

durdencommatyler wrote:Can the Eagles even keep this game close? Are these defenses good enough to keep it a low scoring affair? Will the NFL be super pissed with a low scoring Super Bowl?

Yes, it will probably be a really good game and the Patriots will find some way to win in the 4th Quarter.... because Patriots.


Pederson is very creative and they might have the best interior DL in the NFL. The defense is good on all levels.

The Patriots use misdirection masterfully and they win because Brady puts the ball in the perfect place almost every single time and they beat really good defenses by creating holes in zone defenses. The only way to beat them really is physically One V One and sound eye discipline (in other words DO YOUR JOB and do not deviate). I think zone base is a fairly insane call against them, I would play mostly man and if that means Brady running for a few open first downs so be it.

Foles is the only real variable here. If he continues to put up career numbers, the Pats have no chance. They barely go by Bortle, who just had a decent game. But if Foles folds under the pressure, then it is the Pats' for the taking.

Electromatic wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Can the Eagles even keep this game close? Are these defenses good enough to keep it a low scoring affair? Will the NFL be super pissed with a low scoring Super Bowl?

Yes, it will probably be a really good game and the Patriots will find some way to win in the 4th Quarter.... because Patriots.


Pederson is very creative and they might have the best interior DL in the NFL. The defense is good on all levels.

The Patriots use misdirection masterfully and they win because Brady puts the ball in the perfect place almost every single time and they beat really good defenses by creating holes in zone defenses. The only way to beat them really is physically One V One and sound eye discipline (in other words DO YOUR JOB and do not deviate). I think zone base is a fairly insane call against them, I would play mostly man and if that means Brady running for a few open first downs so be it.

The way almost everyone tries to play the Pats with soft zones when that's exactly what they want is the most annoying thing in football.

Nah, The Raiders are still the most annoying thing in football.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Foles is the only real variable here. If he continues to put up career numbers, the Pats have no chance. They barely go by Bortle, who just had a decent game. But if Foles folds under the pressure, then it is the Pats' for the taking.

But the Eagles ground game has been so good all year, if they get that working early, they don't have to lean on Foles which takes the pressure off and he can play free (like in Sundays game).

The bigger thing for me, Is i dont see the Pats making costly turn overs like the Vikings did. The Eagles D feeds on turnovers.

Guys, there's no way the Pats lose this game.

durdencommatyler wrote:Guys, there's no way the Pats lose this game.

Isn't that what they said before the Giants beat them during the undefeated season?

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Guys, there's no way the Pats lose this game.

Isn't that what they said before the Giants beat them during the undefeated season?

That's not what I said, no. I was pretty confident they were gonna lose that game. I was shocked that it was as close as it was.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Guys, there's no way the Pats lose this game.

Isn't that what they said before the Giants beat them during the undefeated season?

Smells like a reverse jinx to me.

Simple Torture wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Guys, there's no way the Pats lose this game.

Isn't that what they said before the Giants beat them during the undefeated season?

Smells like a reverse jinx to me.

There is no such thing.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Guys, there's no way the Pats lose this game.

Isn't that what they said before the Giants beat them during the undefeated season?

ahem ...

http://archive.theskyiscrape.com/viewto ... 42ff7017ae

I don't even remember that poster. Who the fuck is/was that guy/gal?

I remember grimacing at each and every one of his postsnn I'll tell you what.

The Eagles should emulate those Giant teams, go "Giant Dime" with 3 CBs and 3 safeties and blitz a lot from the outside instead of a LB up the middle.

Chris_H_2 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Guys, there's no way the Pats lose this game.

Isn't that what they said before the Giants beat them during the undefeated season?

ahem ...

http://archive.theskyiscrape.com/viewto ... 42ff7017ae

GrimmaceXX and pearljamminagain will never be forgotten for their unwavering yet wholly incorrect certainty of what was going to happen in sports.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Foles is the only real variable here. If he continues to put up career numbers, the Pats have no chance. They barely go by Bortle, who just had a decent game. But if Foles folds under the pressure, then it is the Pats' for the taking.

I’m not saying the Pats are definitely going to win, but to suggest that their offense wouldn’t be able to keep up with Nick Foles having a good game is kind of crazy.

Green Habit wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Guys, there's no way the Pats lose this game.

Isn't that what they said before the Giants beat them during the undefeated season?

ahem ...

http://archive.theskyiscrape.com/viewto ... 42ff7017ae

GrimmaceXX and pearljamminagain will never be forgotten for their unwavering yet wholly incorrect certainty of what was going to happen in sports.

Grimmace organized a pre-party before a show in Boston proper many years ago at a bar. They played a PJ DVD. And a lot of RMers were there. Sunny, Stip maybe, too? Well organized.

Predictions:

- Alex Guerrero makes Tom Brady a special potion prior to the SB that gives him violent diarrhea
- Brady hits his head on a toilet pre-game while vomiting
- Brady passes the concussion protocol
- Brady consumes 18 tablets of sudafed prior to kickoff to quell the nausea
- Brady becomes overwhelmed by the pharmaceuticals and camera flashes and loses control over his consciousness
- Convinced that he is in a crowded nightclub, Brady begins to twerk his center on the first snap, rather than accept the hiked ball
- Fumble recovery for 6 points for the Eagles
- Brady breaks out of his funk and goes on to lead the Patriots to 13 gritty, hard-fought points over the course of the game
- But meanwhile the Eagles offense has scored 42 and it's a blowout win for the Iggles

Coach wrote:

Green Habit wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Guys, there's no way the Pats lose this game.

Isn't that what they said before the Giants beat them during the undefeated season?

ahem ...

http://archive.theskyiscrape.com/viewto ... 42ff7017ae

GrimmaceXX and pearljamminagain will never be forgotten for their unwavering yet wholly incorrect certainty of what was going to happen in sports.

Grimmace organized a pre-party before a show in Boston proper many years ago at a bar. They played a PJ DVD. And a lot of RMers were there. Sunny, Stip maybe, too? Well organized.

so i looked back at the thread and realized how many people used to post in the sports forum on a regular basis. there were a lot of pretty cool guys on the old board that disappeared over the years.