The Buck Stops Here!

[Dawkins2112]

Cut him some slack. He's an Eagles fan living in Mayberry, NC. The very fact that he can even use a computer puts him in the intellectual top 1% of both populations.

Actually, Mayberry (Mt. Airy) is about an hour away. Try to keep up.

 

[Renz]

We shut down Michael Turner and Deangelo Williams. No way Buckhalter beats us.

 

[Mulli]

Actually, Mayberry (Mt. Airy) is about an hour away. Try to keep up.

I guess that is a long way to walk when you don't have shoes.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Actually, Mayberry (Mt. Airy) is about an hour away. Try to keep up.

Hey Dawkins - is The Twin Cities Diner still there in Winston?? LOVE that place! Incredible wings!!!

 

[Mulli]

Actually, Mayberry (Mt. Airy) is about an hour away. Try to keep up.

The judges rule that this is not a correct usage of "try to keep up."

They also apologize for my shoe comment. It was rude.

 

[EagleFanInTexas]

The Cards did not shut down Deangelo Williams. You might want to check those stats again.

 

[D-Dogg]

The Cards did not shut down Deangelo Williams. You might want to check those stats again.

Yeah, they did. After giving up the early 1 and 31 yard runs to him, they held him to 10 more carries for 31 more yards, and stopping him was what caused the Panthers to COMPLETELY abandon the run, including a crucial early series where he got 9 of his additional 31 on one run, then was stoned for no gain twice which led to a punt and a Cards TD.

You might want to check the game tape again.

 

[CardAvenger]

The Cards did not shut down Deangelo Williams. You might want to check those stats again.

They did in the sense that they created so many points for us that they abandoned the run in the second half.

 

[EagleFanInTexas]

CardAvenger is right. Carolina had to abandon the run after falling way behind. But the Carolina RB's averaged 5 yards per carry. That's not shutting them down.

 

[jefftheshark]

CardAvenger is right. Carolina had to abandon the run after falling way behind. But the Carolina RB's averaged 5 yards per carry. That's not shutting them down.

Hey, up until the end, the engines were still running strong on the Titanic too.

JTS

 

[PJ1]

CardAvenger is right. Carolina had to abandon the run after falling way behind. But the Carolina RB's averaged 5 yards per carry. That's not shutting them down.

Actually Donald is right. He had a 30 yard run in the first series in which Carolina scored. We then settled down and stopped him.

If you watched the game you wouldn't come away with we didn't stop their run. We did a damn good job of it.

 

[Mulli]

CardAvenger is right. Carolina had to abandon the run after falling way behind. But the Carolina RB's averaged 5 yards per carry. That's not shutting them down.

15 rushes for 75 yards. 32 of them on one run during the first drive of the game. That is seriously dominant.

 

[RandomGuy]

Your RBs in pass catching mode are far more frightening to me than any running from the LOS they will ever do.

But you very well may be right; Clancy might sell out on schemes for Donovan and Westbrook, and be completely wide open to be hit by Buckhalter. It has happened before.

I think we are far too focused right now though, to be surprised by anything.

The Eagles are garbage trying to run inside the numbers. It's usually a complete waste of a play other than keeping the opposing defense concerned about the run.

Sure, I do wish it actually gained yards with any frequency. But you are correct that the RB threat is all about screens, chip-block and catching over the middle, and runs to the edges. Both Westbrook and Buck do a good job on all of these items so it's good to have a decent backup that doesn't require a ton of change to the strategies.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

The Buck stops here and Andy shaves his playoff beard!

 

[earthsci]

15 rushes for 75 yards. 32 of them on one run during the first drive of the game. That is seriously dominant.

So, 14 rushes for 43 yards? And that counts the 10 yarder by Stewart on the first drive.

 

[RandomGuy]

As for Buckhalter, I root for this guy (obviously not this Sunday ) cause he had a rought time of it when he first came into the league. He seemed to always get injured, but he has been healthy for at least 2 years now. It is good to see him bounce back from his injuries and contribute.

Yeah. The guy has missed at least two seasons worth of games, maybe more, and had around 4 total knee surgeries. I'm glad the Eagles stuck with him.

 

[conraddobler]

Time for talk is done.

I have no use for Eagles fans normally, now I have less than no use for them.

The players play the game, all else is just noise.

 

[football karma]

still no links back home to their regular Eagles forums, no screen names

it tells me that for all their current risk free, anonymous bravado -- they recognize the very real possbility that monday they might have crow served by the bushel

 

[RandomGuy]

still no links back home to their regular Eagles forums, no screen names

it tells me that for all their current risk free, anonymous bravado -- they recognize the very real possbility that monday they might have crow served by the bushel

The last guy to mention an Eagles forum was ridiculed for trying.

 

[Dawkins2112]

I guess that is a long way to walk when you don't have shoes.

Walk? I don't walk. I hitchhike. Geez, y'all don't know nuthin.

 

[Mulli]

Walk? I don't walk. I hitchhike. Geez, y'all don't know nuthin.

:banjo:

 

[Dawkins2112]

Hey Dawkins - is The Twin Cities Diner still there in Winston?? LOVE that place! Incredible wings!!!

Its still there. My wife and I went in for dinner once and walked right back out because the place was filthy. Never went back.

 

[Dawkins2112]

:banjo:

yesireebob!!

 

[Mulli]

yesireebob!!

Golllllly!

 

[Dawkins2112]

The judges rule that this is not a correct usage of "try to keep up."

They also apologize for my shoe comment. It was rude.

I thought it was funny. Your judges ain't got no sense of humor.