Let's Talk About the Eagles
 

Looks like we catch a break not having to face Goedert. He's out for the next four weeks with a fractured forearm.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Eagles’ TE Dallas Goedert has a fracture in his forearm and will undergo an MRI on Monday to determine if there is any further damage, as well, per sources. Either way, Goedert is set to miss time and is an injured reserve candidate. <a href="https://t.co/rd9Lnw1fsA">pic.twitter.com/rd9Lnw1fsA</a></p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1721387329393135790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

They're not as good as last year, but they'll get up for us... expect a close, tough game

Pretty much stating the obvious, but our offense needs to figure it out against a tough defense, albeit not as tough as last years.

***** Philly.

CJ was already practicing early Sunday morning

Wife and I are driving up from Houston for the game and a few days R&R.

I get to bang the living shit out of the wife, then go watch the Chiefs on Monday night football... Then roll into ThanksGiving......

I'm living the high life

I think the Chiefs are going to have a tough game.

I really mean it when I say I'm not remotely sure how the Chiefs are going to score. This Philly defensive line is monstrous, deep, with all kinds of veterans savvy and youthful athleticism. I like their linebackers and I think their secondary is not as horrendous now as it's been for part of the season, but the strength is their defensive line, which is probably the league's best. We couldn't even hold off a Dolphins or Broncos DL that was half as talented; I would just get your expectations right. Mahomes is going to get beat up this game.

This is why I'm not a coach.

Now, here's what I do know. Andy Reid is very skilled off a bye, and is also skilled at playing DLs that dial up a ton of pressure. He has all sorts of tricks in his bag, and I do think that secondary can be picked apart by a smart QB, and Mahomes is probably the league's smartest. But I don't know if the Chiefs have the weapons downfield to get the job done. It's going to be really hard to score.

On the other side of the field, I dread owning AJ Brown in fantasy this week because the Chiefs' specialty is taking away a teams' #1 WR threat. I actually don't think Devonte Smith can do a ton of damage this week either -- this Chiefs defense's strength is the secondary, Dave Merritt has everybody in that secondary playing well, and Spags is 9-0 this season.

Swift, however, has been looking exactly like the kind of RB that the Chiefs have struggled with this season. He's slippery, takes more than one tackler, and he runs behind the league's best OL.

The Chiefs defense has given up 21, 9, 10, 20, 20, 8, 17, 24, and 21 points this season. Only the Broncos have had the answer for the Chiefs team, and sure enough, the Broncos were the only team bold enough (and had few enough other options) to just run it straight at us all game.

Personally, I don't think the Eagles are super well coached (they're just more talented), and if they were well coached, they'd run it right at us all game with Swift, Hurts, Penny, and Gainwell. I think that's where you can get us. It's our lone weak spot, and it serves the dual purpose of keeping Mahomes off the field. And not every team can do that, but the Eagles talent is so absurd everywhere that they can.

You are 0-9 this season, however, if you bet against Spags. I just think this is the league's best offense. I expect an output of about 24 points or so.

Can the Chiefs score 24+ points against the Eagles? Ehhhhhhhh

OK, but how are the Eagles going to score against our 2nd ranked D? Also, the Eagles D is middle of the pack. We are the better team overall, plus we get to play them at Arrowhead. Hurts is a system QB that's not going to hurt you (no pun intended) by himself. He relies heavily on AJ Brown, Devonta Smith, Swift, and their o-line. If we force him to throw the ball a lot, I like our chances.

Eagles defense gave up 31 points… TWICE… to Washington with Sam Howell.

Their defense is good but not insurmountable.

Our defense is outstanding, but its lone weakness is defending the run. Teams just don't go into a game and say to themselves "we are going to lean way in on the run against the Chiefs," because honestly, not many teams are built to do that.

The Broncos had no other option, so they tried it and it kinda worked. It worked enough, we can say that.

The Eagles offense can do that, however. They can put the ball on the ground and scrounge up, say, 24 points, and dare Mahomes and the offense to match when they're losing time of possession 2:1.

And I really, really don't think Hurts is a system QB. I think he's a top 5 talent.

I do agree with your assessment: if the Chiefs force them to get out of the run game, I still think the Eagles can get some success against us, but their odds to win drop dramatically.

Their defense has good players, but isn't really good. They've got a good DL for sure and they basically either get pressure and sacks or give up points.

Very 2018 Chiefs ish

Eagles have given up the most passing yards in the league and the second most passing TDs. They also have the 3rd most sacks.

O.city appears to have it right. It’s either a sack or a completion. Looks like their secondary doesn’t hold up very well at all if they don’t get pressure.

They do have one of the better run defenses in the league though.

The key for me is HFA. Arrowhead will be a cauldron as always - in fact more so that usual - and the Eagles will crumble


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How are the Chiefs going to score after an Andy Reid bye week?

We should beat them after the bye with a defense that can handle them this time and Mahomes fixing the offense with the week off. 10 wins before December. Faid and GB won't beat us.

It's a good run D because no one runs it on them cause you can throw it all over them.

I like the Chiefs in this one, tbh.

Andy off a bye. Terrorhead on MNF. We roll.

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Could be, but they also allow a pretty low YPC.

To your point though, they also have the fewest rushing attempts against them of any team this year. That’s also without having a bye week yet.

Andy always seems to have the team ready to play the Eagles. Since arriving in KC Reid is 4-0 against his former team, including the Superbowl. Normally I'd look at where both teams are at right now and might conclude that the Eagles have the advantage. But it seems like I remember that being the case/assumption a number of times since Andy got here and we always come out on top.

They are susceptible to TEs like our defense used to be. Kelce should feast in this game.

GOD I'M SO READY

Off the Sunday night game vs. the Cowboys, they Eagles had some long drives in the 2nd half to set themselves up nicely but if Dak was Mahomes the Cowboys would have come back and stunned the Eagles late. Dak had multiple chances late and he couldn't get it done. The Eagles aren't perfect, they almost let that game get away from them.

Would think if we get up on them early at Arrowhead, our top 5 defense could torment them.

Beat them and we can start making plans for the sixth annual Arrowhead invitational

ESPN is going to set a new MNF ratings record for this one

Not really. The Ravens are right on our asses.

Need to know if Taylor Swift will be in attendance before I can make a call on this one.

LMAO

The ****ing Commanders scored a combined 62 points in 2 games against the Eagles, but sure, the Chiefs won't be able to score on the Eagles coming off a bye week.

This is EXACTLY why we make fun of you and don't take you seriously.

Should be noted the Eagles have a bye week too.

The defense only gave up 14 to the Lions, 7 of those 21 came against the offense. The Dolphins only scored 14 points.

Bolton is the key missing against the run, but the Eagles killed Bolton in the SB on QB runs (minus the fumble TD return). Bolton kept being put in the spy role and couldn't catch Hurts. Tranquil is much faster than Bolton so I think that's gonna make things harder.

The Eagles secondary is terrible. Howell 2X, Dak and Cousins shredded them. It's bc their corners are old and on the decline. CGJ leaving was a bigger loss for them as well which is why they traded for Byard.

We'll have our shots in the passing game even with our issues. It's gonna be a good one

He’s also ignoring that the Broncos scored all of their points from no worse than midfield after Chiefs offense and special teams errors.

TD1: started at the KC 39 after a long punt return.
TD2: started at the 50 after a Chiefs fumble
TD3: started at the KC 10 after a fumbled punt
FG: started at the KC 10 after an interception and 33 yard return

Did you even watch the Dolphins game?

This has all the makings of a blowout.

Especially with zero film Richie James having a coming out party.

I’ve seen this same point from several pussies who don’t want to believe in the Chiefs defense.

The 2 big runs from Mostert on the final (non-scoring I might add) drive boosted his YPC when the Chiefs were clearly defending the pass to not get beat deep.

Mostert was completely bottled up for 95% of that game.

This is the perfect description of every Direckshun worry post. Paper worry. Add in attributing pick 6s and so forth to the defense, it's worrying over box scores and roster hype.

I bet you can dig up a juicy post from Direckshun about how the Jags running game is going to own us.

RAHEEM MOSTERT AVERAGED 7.1 YARDS PER CARRY!!!!!!

I honestly wonder if he even watches the games.

And the irony is that he thinks he's the one with this unique analytical perspective that we all just aren't smart enough to see.

This is going to be a thong 2 weeks

No Chiefs football on back to back Sundays :(

Resident pessimist is pessimistic.

News at 11.

Andy Reid is 27-4 after a bye week, FTR.

The Eagles and Chiefs put off similar vibes in the way they let off the gas peddle when they feel confident rather than putting the hammer down. At the same time they rise up when playing better competition. This is going to be one heck of a game.

I typically root against the Eagles so I spend every Sunday thinking “this team is really not all that good”, then it’s the 4th quarter, I look up and they’re winning 31-20.

So that tells me they’re still a good team despite not looking as great as they did last season.

Stopping the run will be huge. We also need to keep a lid on the deep ball. I’m still undecided on just how good Hurts is but I am convinced he’s got a top 3 deep ball.

And that’s usually how they break away. He chucks up a deep shot and AJ Brown pulls off some circus shit to bring it in for a TD.

Direction has always been a ****ing reerun. No different than Mecca

We are both different teams than we were in the super bowl.

Something is just off about the eagles pass offense. Hurts has kind of just become a "chuck it up QB." They are fantastic on defense vs the run but suspect against the pass. We get the passing game going and we are good. But honestly I could see our defense making their offense look absolutely miserable if we can limit their run game. We may not need to put up a whole lot on offense.

mecca completely ****ing silent today and all yesterday ROFL

Well, Direckshun's football takes are MUCH better (like a couple orders of magnitude) than the stuff he/she/they/it/xe/ze/ey posts in DC.

Chiefs by 69 lmao!

But I'm totally wrong when I happen to notice and point out that people like him only show up and post all week after a loss.

Just a coincidence!

Can't ask for a much better measuring stick game after the bye.

Of course you do, Eyeore.

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And yet offenses more talented than the Commanders scored less than that. Why?

They're a divisional opponent. The Broncos gave up 70 points against the Dolphins, but only 9 points against us. Divisional opponents always know how to take you on.

Very good point.

My central point stands, but you're right.

I don't remember Bolton getting crushed? I seem to remember him looking like a boss all game. Nobody has a better answer for the Jalen Hurts play action than Spags. And I think Tranquill gives you everything Bolton gives you, so I don't expect a lot of that to work for the Eagles in the game, so I'm with you there.

All fair on the secondary observations.

I did. Not all runs are created equal, however.

The Dolphins stretch their runs out towards the boundaries, and the Chiefs are simply too fast and our corners are too strong; that doesn't work.

The Eagles are not the best-coached team in the NFL, but if their coaches were any good, they'd avoid that mess.

Okay come on now lmao

If we gave up 31 points twice to the Broncos, you would 100% hold it against the defense if people were talking about them like you're talking about the Eagles. You wouldn't just handwave it as a divisional game that means nothing.

But fine, they also gave up 28 points to the Vikings offense too.

Now what's your excuse?

All due respect for some reason, but the Dolphins OL + Moestert is not the Eagles OL + Swift.

There actually is a pretty good possibility the offense comes out as strong as it has all season. Probably not because of Richie James, no, but Mahomes and the boys having an extra week to work with the reshuffled WR depth chart will almost undoubtedly pay good dividends.

I belieeeeeeeeve I posted that Etienne was the only way they'd beat us, if we didn't contain him. I don't think I predicted that to happen. (And I bet most of us anticipated that was going to be a tougher game than it ended up being.)

I did call my shot on the Broncos run game; they literally had no other way to beat us, so it wasn't exactly a genius call by me but at least it had the benefit of being correct.

Dak threw for almost 400 yards and 3 TDs last night. They got absolutely torched through the air. The Cowboys should've scored 30.

I'm pretty sure that take is pure Fan Fiction, pal. I don't think I've made the case anybody here is stupid, I have repeatedly made the case that many of CPers are homers. But that's not the same thing.

I also don't think my opinions are above debate.

LOL

The Eagles are 18th in YPC.

Dolphins are 1st.

Chiefs are going to make you look like a clown. Again.

I don't believe you're taking into account how well the Chiefs play whenever Swift is in attendance.

That wasn't correct either. The Broncos didn't beat us with their running game.

You are a clown.

KC will beat Philly. That is all.

Check out his videos in QB School. Hurts is inconsistent some but he's still making some All Planet plays.

That's a deep cut. I don't think I've posted in DC in about 7-8 years.

LMAO

I pick the Chiefs to win almost always. I'm just not as unreserved in my fandom as many others are here. This place became Arrowhead Pride in April 2017, and I stayed the same.

Mostert is averaging an entire yard per carry more than Swift with 8 more rushing TDs.

Swift went crazy in weeks 2 and 3 against the Vikings and Tampa.

Since then, he hasn’t done much. His long carry is 22 yards since then. His best YPC is 4.1 in a game. He’s been almost completely shut down by Dallas, Washington, and the Jets. (Same Jets that Pacheco gashed for 115).

I don't think that's the case -- the Chiefs offense has played like garbage against the Broncos twice, but I don't think they're garbage.

Personally? I'm rooting that they take Toney out of the cellophane.

Doesn't Washington also have better WRs than us, plus Bienemy?

LMAO

He's so ****ing clueless.

:huh:

Richie James is gay?

Yes better WR’s… but Mahomes > Howell should more than compensate for that.

Your central point is flawed also. The Broncos scored 24 because they got a short field 5 times, not because our defense failed.