Eagles 2021-2022 Season

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The Eagles schedule is:

Regular Season:

September 12, 2021 1:00pm Eagles @ Falcons (Eagles 32 - Falcons 6)
September 19, 2021 1:00pm Eagles vs. 49ers (49ers 17 - Eagles 11)
September 27, 2021 8:15pm Eagles @ Cowboys (Cowboys 41 - Eagles 21)
October 3, 2021 1:00pm Eagles vs. Chiefs (Chiefs 42 - Eagles 30)
October 10, 2021 1:00pm Eagles @ Panthers (Eagles 21 - Panthers 18)
October 14 2021 8:20pm Eagles vs. Buccaneers (Buccaneers 28 - Eagles 22)
October 24, 2021 4:05pm Eagles @ Raiders (Raiders 33 - Eagles 22)
October 31 2021 1:00pm Eagles @ Lions (Eagles 44 - Lions 6)
November 7, 2021 4:05pm Eagles vs. Chargers (Chargers 27 - Eagles 24)
November 14, 2021 4:25pm Eagles @ Broncos (Eagles 30 - Broncos 13)
November 21, 2021 1:00pm Eagles vs. Saints (Eagles 40 - Saints 29)
November 28, 2021 1:00pm Eagles @ Giants (Giants 13 - Eagles 7)
December 5, 2021 1:00pm Eagles @ Jets (Eagles 33 - Jets 18)
Bye
December 21, 2021 7:00pm Eagles vs. Washington (Eagles 27 - Washington 17)
December 25, 2021 1:00pm Eagles vs. Giants (Eagles 34 - Giants 10)
January 2, 2022 1:00pm Eagles @ Washington (Eagles 20 - Washington 16)
January 8, 2022 8:15pm Eagles vs. Cowboys (Cowboys 51 - Eagles 26)

Playoffs

January 16, 2022 1:00pm Eagles @ Buccaneers (Buccaneers 31 -Eagles 15)

The roster as of 01/10/22:

QB (3) Hurts, Minshew, Sinnett
RB (5) Sanders, Scott, Gainwell, Howard, Huntley
WR (4) Smith, Watkins, Reagor, Ward
TE (2) Geodert, Stoll
OL (9) Mailata, Kelce, L. Johnson, Dillard, Herbig, Dickerson, Opeta, Toth, Clark
DL (9) Cox, Hargrave, Sweat, Barnett, Ridgeway, Williams, Kerrigan, Jackson, Tuipulotu
LB (5) Singleton, Edwards, Bradley, Avery, Johnson
CB (8) Slay, Nelson, Maddox, McPhearson, Chachere, Scott, Vincent, Gowan
S (4) McLoed, Harris, Epps, Wallace
K Elliot
P Siposs
LS Lovato

IR - S Countess, TE Croom, WR Walker, OL Clark, DE Graham, OL Brooks, OL Seumalo, OL Anderson, LB Taylor, OL Driscoll, WR Arcega-Whiteside, OL Toth, TE Jackson

IR players in bold are cleared to practice

PUP -

Covid -

Practice Squad (players protected week 19 are in bold, players elevated for week 19 in bold/italics) - WR Hightower, WR K. Johnson, WR Cain, OL Awosika, LB Elliss, OL Juriga, OL Tucker, DE Malveaux, DT Williams, DT Wilson, LB Stevens, CB James, S Mayden, TE Togia, TE Rodgers, CB McCain, DE Leo (does not count towards total),

[kikutaro]

Hurts, not Wentz

[zambonir]

Hahaha

[xogfog]

Sorry I copied from last year!

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Eagles sign CB Mac McCain, added to 53. DT Wilson, still not listed on the Eagles practice squad.

[bkeich]

So season starts in a few days. Since I hold very little hope of them having a great season, time to look at the off-season

Sweat, Barnett, Mailata and Goeddert are in their last year of their rookie contracts. I wouldn’t mind keeping all of them, but Barnett needs to start making plays.

All of our secondary except Slay are FA after this year. Going to be a big “prove it” year.

Obviously Hurts needs to have a big year. I am hopeful.

Can’t wait to see what Devonta Smith can do. He played very little but it was obvious he has special “get open” abilities, now can he stay healthy at a very, very slight 175 lbs. He could really be a steal.

Jalen Raegor is what he is sadly. Maybe he isn’t a complete bust but he showed very little last year.

JJAW tries to re-invent himself as a ST demon. He certainly isn’t an NFL WR. My guess is he is cut by week 6, but maybe he proves me wrong.

We need the Dolphins to lose. A lot.
We need to Colts to lose but Wentz to play. Has to play 75% of the snaps to convert the pick to a first.

I really wish we could have gotten something for Ertz. Oh well, lost opportunity.

Coaching staff that may be the youngest in NFL history. Not one of our HC, Coordinators have ever done their job before. Zero experience at their current job. I hope that isn’t a HUGE problem.

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Eagles news - sort of - Wentz will start on Sunday for the Colts.

[bkeich]

Mailata extended, 4 years, $64M. Seems steep for a guy with only limited starts and success, but the price for aLT is of course very high.

Leaves the TE’s, McLeod and the rest of the secondary, Sweat and Barnett. Might not be a terrible idea to try and lock up Miles Sanders this year too, he is going to be pricy if he gets near FA

[nycphils]

I see no reason to sign Sanders to a long term contract. He’s fine, but Gainwell and Scott are adequate along with a day 2 or day 3 draft pick. Sanders is nothing special, especially with the drops.

Mailata got a little more than I thought he would…didn’t get a top of the market contract overall, like Trent Williams with the 49ers at $23m/yr, instead got $16m/year but the same general guaranteed amount like the top of the market at $40m. I guess waiting until his performance the first few games was too risky because if he was really good, he’d probably just ride it out until free agency, where he’d warrant that absolute top of the market contract since he’s still only 24 years old.

[gmwannabe]

We'll see how long it takes for the team to start after hardly playing in the pre season. not looking forward to a successful start. The coach will learn from this early season to see if his team needs game experience before the season or not. 24-7 Birds....Falcons that is.
gm

[phillychuck]

Lots of active O-Linemen.

[bkeich]

Didn’t take long for Smith to get on the board. First catch is a beautifully designed play that Ertz gets a not-a-pick assist on the route fir a TD.

End of the first, defense looks terrible. Can’t stop the worst running team from running.

Eagles 7-3 with Atlanta driving on the Eagles 9. FG makes it 7-6 in the first minute of 2nd Q.

[bkeich]

Sirianni with one of Pederson’s dumbest ideas. 4th and 4 on opponents 34, rather than try a 52 yd FG indoors he goes for it and of course gets nothing.

[zambonir]

Probably wasn't Pederson's idea to begin with, if you read this past week's Inquirer coverage. Which is to say, the analytics department (including Lurie's son) makes those calls (when the coach decides to listen to them anyway).

[bkeich]

Hurts has accuracy and arm strength issues (or at least they aren’t strength) but the halftime TD to Goeddert is a great throw. Absolute Rocket perfectly placed.

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Just to clarify, the roof is open so the game is not indoors,

[bkeich]

Credit to the inept WR JJAW. He has remade himself into a blocker and ST demon. I think he either partially blocked or affected a punt, he has had a few noticeable blocks on plays that sprung players.

Maybe he is worth a roster spot if he plays like this.

[bkox]

In the last 20 years, only two Eagles scored a TD in their first career game [Tony Hunt in 2007 and Terrell Watson in 2017].

DeVonta Smith and Kenny Gainwell have both done it today.

— Reuben Frank ( @RoobNBCS ) September 12, 2021

[bkeich]

Fun game with young guys. Shame we don’t play Atlanta every week.

I think it is safe to say there are no LB’s that want to be blocked by Mailata on the run. He wiped out some LB on Raegor’s TD

[zambonir]

What are your picks for the rest of the day GM, I'll go place a few bets.