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Any Swifties going to watch the game today? Prediction if Kelce pops the big question?
Oh and watch the football game?
Prediction on winner, loss, spread? I’m thinking Eagles by 3.
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Can’t lie I’m rooting for the eagles but props to the Chief’s if they get the 3 peat. Hope it’s just a good close game.
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@ZackB same. Raiders fan here so always hoping for the chiefs to lose, but a win is history
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What a boneheaded throw lol
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Chiefs didn’t show up
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Congratulations to any Eagles fans, they played a great game. Commiserations to the Chiefs, who were flattered by the final score.
To paraphrase a famous old Scottish football headline ‘ Super Philly Go Balistic, Kansas Are Attrocious’.
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Congrats Philly, that D line of yours played with their hair on fire. And sincerest of condolences to Chiefs fans, coming close to history like that, disappointment is going to sting for a while.
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I was surprised the Eagles didn't do more off tackle, sweep/toss, and counter plays to bump Saquon outside. If they could have established him on the ground then they could have then used play action. I think I saw one play action play and the reason the Chiefs bit was because there was absolutely no reason not to run Saquon at the point (but Jalen threw a long TD on that play anyway... Brutal!). Obviously it sounds crazy to critique their offense after what they did but it seemed like a higher risk strategy than they needed: more risk of injury to Hurts or a turnover.
All of this to say the MVP really won Philly with his legs and his arm. I am not surprised he was able to do that, but I'm surprised he had to. Fully expected Saquon to carry more of the load.
The D once again proved what the Giants D did twice before against Brady: no matter how good your QB, if your down lineman can pressure him, he won't get close to his potential. It's just too hard to deal with pressures and sacks and also an intact defensive backfield.
I thought a win like this was possible, but not probable. Impressive win by the Birds.
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@Alex I don't think it's fixed. I think that the referees put their thumbs on the scale unfairly at key moments in games and change outcomes. Watching Jalen play in this game made me think he very likely would have won two years ago had they not denied him a chance at the two minute drill with a bogus call.
That's the issue, not a grand conspiracy.
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Yeah congrats to Philly. This stat stood out to me…Mahomes was pressured 18 times resulting in 6 sacks with NO BLITZES! Their d-line took advantage of KC’s biggest weakness and the Eagles outplayed us in every other facet of the game as well. Just a bad time to have the worst game of your career (Mahomes). Onward, looking forward to next year.
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@SKT those two facts are linked: that they pressured with their down linemen and Mahomes had his worst game. That was my point above. If you can pressure without blitzes there isn't a QB on the planet who won't be diminished because the D still has their entire backfield and wind up being squeezed between pressure and coverage sacks.
Think it, be it.
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Go Eagles!!*
Chiefs, Swift and Drake all losing in one night; the holy trinity of fail.
*I claim no real affiliation with the Philadelphia Eagles but Philly is one of only three places in the US I've ever visited - the other two are Newark (the airport) and some town + gun range in West Virginia. To answer the question you're probably thinking of asking; it was a forum met-up back in the early 2000s (a forum birthed after an exodus from The Stile Project - one for the internet historians).
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@Nick said in American Football (NFL):
some town + gun range in West Virginia.
Hah! I state I rarely hear about on the forum. It is where I currently reside. Gun ranges everywhere.
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@Oaktavia said in American Football (NFL):
@Nick said in American Football (NFL):
some town + gun range in West Virginia.
Hah! I state I rarely hear about on the forum. It is where I currently reside. Gun ranges everywhere.
I wish I could re-live that trip. I barely slept (and when I did it was spent in a wardrobe and a bath tub - don't ask).
The gun range was surreal.
Highlight, however, was a Philly cheese-steak, so the universe balanced things out in the end.
