Will continue to vouch for Jalen using his legs more to jumpstart our offense. Not sure why he’s been coached away from scrambling when he has open lanes. His legs are the key to picking up first downs, helping our running game overall, and opening up shots down the field

Jalen Carter statline vs Jaguars: 5 TKL, 3 TFL, 2 SACK, 2 FF, 1 PD

painting by me

edit: thought my painting wasn’t good enough to receive AI allegations but there’s a video in the comments of my work in progress pics with timestamps, to be clear fuck AI art 👍

My partner and I are visiting from Dublin for our first ever NFL game this Sunday against the Panthers

We'd love to get the full experience and join a tailgate before the game. Any recommendations for welcoming tailgates that we could join?

We're bringing a nice bottle of Irish whiskey to share / trade

Any tips would be much appreciated!

Go Birds! 🦅

MAKAI LEMON NEEDS THE FUCKING BALL ALREADY

We can talk about the QB, the HC, or the GM all you want. THAT IS NOT WHY I'M MAD RIGHT NOW. THROW THE DAMN BALL TO LEMON MORE. WHOEVER DOES THAT MAKES ME HAPPY

We gave up immense draft capital to get this kid. He was supposed to be the eventual replacement for AJ Brown, allowing Smitty to become Batman and fully take over as WR1.

Instead, we're treating him like he's some random depth piece. We throw him screens or just flat-out refuse to get him involved. We invested a first-round pick in a receiver with SUPERSTAR potential, and we're barely using him!

I don't care if you think he's ready or not. You know when young players develop the fastest? IN ACTUAL FOOTBALL GAMES WITH THE BALL.

Our run game is DEAD. It's genuinely some of the worst rushing football I've ever watched without Barkley and competent blocking. I think those issues can eventually be fixed, but that isn't who we are right now.

I know Wicks came back. I know we like him, and I know he can make big plays. That's fine. But I find it absolutely UNACCEPTABLE that a first-round receiver with superstar upside isn't even getting 12 targets when our WR1 is out.

THROW THE DAMN FOOTBALL.

If we're going to lose games while developing our younger players, then LET'S ACTUALLY DEVELOP THEM. I can live with losing if we're learning something and getting our future stars meaningful opportunities.

What I cannot accept is making an INSANE draft investment and then seemingly refusing to use it.

And forget the target numbers for a second. Why does Lemon constantly seem like the last read outside of designed screens? Why aren't we even LOOKING his way?

I'm not asking Jalen to force-feed him 20 targets every game. I'm asking him and Nick to make Lemon an actual priority in the offense. Make him the second read sometimes. Give his routes time to develop. Give the kid opportunities to make plays downfield.

YOU SPENT A FIRST-ROUND PICK ON HIM. START TREATING HIM LIKE ONE.

I'm probably one of the worst. I have impossible-to-meet expectations that essentially ruin every Sunday for me. I have no patience, and a zero-tolerance for mediocrity.

Rams, Niners, Chiefs, Bills, Ravens fans... they have some fanatics, but none of them come anywhere close to the level of perfection we hold the Birds to - going back well before our first ring in 2017. When they lose, they seem to have a healthy ability to be frustrated but chalk it up to "a part of playing in the NFL", where as we by-and-large are ready to commit a multitude of felonies out of pure rage.

I'm a normal dude, working a normal job, don't listen to WIP, and don't gamble.

Yet there is nothing in the world that makes my blood boil more than seeing the Birds underperform to what I should believe to be a "Super Bowl-at-minimum" standard of play.

I'm also not the only one in this Sub, or real life who feels this way.

Have we ever actually introspected on this?

Brian Dawkins.

I remember during his 1996 rookie season thinking this kid is a good player.

My favorite player of all time.

Eagles 1996-2008

13 seasons

7 Pro Bowls

Eagles decide he is washed up.

Broncos 2009-2011

3 seasons

2 Pro Bowls

It was a blessing in disguise when he did not make the NFL HOF in his first year of eligibility 2016, for by having to wait a year, he was at Eagles Super Bowl victory as a member of HOF 2017 class.

I was at the Eagles season opener when he wore his HOF jacket for the 2018 NFL season opener at Lincoln Financial Field.

Wish I saw him inducted in Canton in person, but so be it.

#20

GO BIRDS!!

A 2-3 start sucks but with the whole division being bad this year, the Eagles can still win the Division title for 3 straight years. Last time that happened was under Andy Reid from 01-03.

So even if a SB is not likely this year, the season itself doesn't have to be for nothing.

2025 sucked but we broke the NFCEast 20+ year curse of not having B2B Champs. Might as well go for another 3 peat this year! Have to take it one game at a time.

Go Birds!

2-3 SUPPOSEDLY SUPERBOWL BOUND LA RAMS

They have almost all their players, oh and the guy who's out is backed up by a 10x pro bowler. They have their two WR1s playing and a good run game and yet ...

We have the same record. I hear you on all the arguments why the Rams are still better and Yes.We have a ton to fix, but...

Part of that fix is getting our team healthy and our o-line jelling. Nothing's guaranteed but I think we end strong. But I'll have a minor heart attack getting there. 😂

To get some insights on what is likely happening in the Eagles facility, let’s look back on what happened 6 years ago in 2020:

> One of the main sticking points was the micromanagement of coach Doug Pederson, who was fired after the 2020 season. 

> "[Pederson] was ridiculed and criticized for every decision," one source told The Athletic. "If you won by three, it wasn't enough. If you lost on a last-second field goal, you're the worst coach in history."

> Pederson was reportedly forced to sit down with owner Jeffrey Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman every Tuesday, meetings in which his decision-making was regularly questioned and criticized. 

> "They treated him like a baby," a source added. 

Even if the Jags didn’t come back and kick that FG, I feel that Nick would’ve been on the hot seat internally.
On the TV broadcast you could see that he couldn’t even watch Jake kick the go-ahead FG. He didn’t look relieved after it went in either. (edit: see his reaction here, that’s not the confident Nick we know)

Ignore his missed game management after FG went through. Say what you want about Nick and his role. He already has to deal with the magnifying glass that is Philly sports media.

It seems like Howie micromanaging him would only add more pressure and make it harder for him to do his job. Nick, to his credit, has succeeded under this for longer than Doug did.

Even if Lurie decides to fire Nick, how do you find another HC that is open to this level of micromanagement?