Your Monday Morning Roundup

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I’m not feeling any better about the loss. Just a brutal effort all around.

The Eagles beat the Vikings next week.

Let’s hit it!

 

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I’ve never seen this happen before, but let me offer a theory that Wentz is so GD strong that this is what it takes to bring him down:

 

DeSean Jaccson was punking it up early:

 

Would it kill Jordan Matthews to keep his feet inbounds on a play like this? I know it would’ve been a great play if he had, but come on man, just once earn that number one spot:

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The loss wasn’t Carson Wentz’s fault – he was under pressure all day and wasn’t on the field for a full quarter – but this was by far his worst game thus far. Look at a couple of these passes early on– he missed open receivers on at least three occasions:

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And his taking sacks late were classic rookie mistakes. No big deal, but I stand by the opinion that he did not play well despite this incredible play that was negated by a dumb illegal blocking call:

DGB, seen here with the YAC, played well and at times looked like the Eagles’ best receiver, which is akin to being the least contagious in leper colony.

 

Hey remember that Avoid 95 At All Costs sign? Now, opposing teams not only don’t avoid it, but they also make it their exclusive expressway to first down town and touchdown city and other assorted bad puns. Here’s Mychal Kendricks making a “tackle”:

Nope! And here’s a great play in the backfield that wasn’t actually a tackle:

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I will never understand why any running back or wide receiver would have long hair in the NFL:

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I will never understand the NFL. You have Vernon Davis flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct for throwing the ball through the uprights, and Odell Beckham gets flagged against the Ravens for removing his helmet after a touchdown, but meanwhile Beckham doesn’t get a flag for doing a full-on Spiderman celebration across the width of the end zone. Whatever, Davis’ penalty was applied on the kickoff, allowing Wendell Largecock to take it to the house:

 

Not long after, Malcom Jenkins landed a pick six:

 

That led to the best Tweet of the day– a shot at the NFL’s new social media policy:

 

And the runner-up:

 

And this was good, too:

 

Stats:

Hey so what happened to that super organized and professional team that came roaring out of the gates? The regression was expected, but the sudden lack of discipline and mistakes were not.

 

The roundup:

Welcome to Miami:

 

Luke Winn explores how the NCAA is truly leading the three-point revolution:

As the Warriors dominated all basketball discussion last season and were hailed as revolutionaries, they took 36.2% of their shots from long-range—the second-highest three-point rate in the NBA, behind the Rockets—and the league as a whole had an alltime high three-point rate of 28.5%. Meanwhile, in college, the national three-point rate hit an alltime high of 35.4%, and three of the four Final Four teams (Villanova, Oklahoma and Syracuse) took more than 40% of their shots on the season from deep. College, with its smaller arc, zone defenses and wider distribution of talent, is naturally a more three-point-conducive environment—and one that may experience a few more seasons of three-point-rate increases before it plateaus and gives the NBA a chance to catch up.

Remember when everyone said Villanova wouldn’t win shooting so many three-pointers? Shoot ’em, sleep in the streets.

 

This is good:

https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/787740830706589696

 

And here’s Odell Beckham proposing to the net.

 

Zeke doesn’t wear pants:

 

Illuminate all future concerns:

https://twitter.com/donovanjmcnabb/status/787790902794280961

 

Donald Trump plans on setting up the Trump TV after he loses the election.

 

Apple is abandoning their car project and wants to focus on just making the software for self-driving cars. Does anyone else feel like we’re getting a lot of Apple can’t do headlines lately? Even as a fan boy, it seems they’ve lost some of their wonder.

 

Dan Steinberg on the NFL’s dumb celebration rules.

 

Temple surprised an elementary school team:

 

Oh and hey they’re in this list with Villanova– for local star Quade Green:

https://twitter.com/Q_Green1/status/787841819929407489

 

Some evidence that there is other life out there.

 

The Bucks traded MCW to the Bulls for Tony Snell. MCW now becomes the first NBA player to play with both Grant brothers (Jerami and Jerian) and is now with his third team in four years. I’d much rather have that Lakers pick than MCW or Snell.

 

After having Regional Rail be a mess all summer long, a transit strike next month could screw up SEPTA within the city.

 

The Sixers aren’t the only team with a fancy new training facility: The Union just opened theirs.

 

Podcast:

We’re joined by Eliot Shorr-Parks to talk Eagles and more:

The Stepover Episode 10 talking about JoJo and Dario’s on-court debuts:

Number 1 Hockey Podcast Episode 1:

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Kyle Scott is the founder and editor of CrossingBroad.com. He has written for CBS Philly and Philly Voice, and been a panelist or contributor on NBC Sports Philly, FOX 29 and SNY TV, as well as a recurring guest on 97.5 The Fanatic, 94 WIP, 106.7 The Fan and other stations. He has more than 10 years experience running digital media properties and in online advertising and marketing.
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20 Responses

  1. 27 penalties basically cost them 2 wins. The Redskins smoked our ass, but still only won by 7. Gotta clean that up.

      1. Cook away Reigner. You are nothing but a 1 trick Pony. When are you going to Houston, you big pile of tastykakes.

        1. And ripped off your sound drops. Next time don’t mouth off to the host of BOB. I’m one of the nine people that watch the show.

  3. As a Vikings fan, it was quite entertaining watching Elliot and Prescott run rampant over Green Bay. It’s always fun watching Rodgers and company falter.
    Now on to the Eagles-
    Pretty soon though, that stiff rookie OT will be running into the best defense in the league in the Vikings. That should be a great and hilarious

  5. It’s bad enough that the Eagles are coming apart at the seams, but now we have to deal with all of these front-running, Philadelphia area Dallas Cowboys fans who are once again coming out of the woodwork to profess how great the Cowboys are, and how much the Eagles suck.

    1. Yes you did. You faked an injury, called a lawyer, sued for workers comp benefits then got on SSI for life and dropped out of the labor force.

  7. The problem with the defense wasn’t Chip’s offense or Billy Davis. It’s that they don’t have enough good player and no impact play makers.

    defensive line Cox and Logan
    linebackers and corners are terrible
    safeties mediocre at best

    1. “philly sports media are the biggest fan boys”

      TRUE, BUT THERE ARE MANY CLUELESS DOPES WHO BELIEVE WHATEVER THEY ARE TOLD BY THEM. WHAT A JOKE IT WAS LISTENING TO ALL THE FOAMING JOCK-SNIFFERS CALLING THE RADIO PROCLAIMING THE EAGLES WILL BE DIVISION WINNERS AND WENTZ TO BE THE BEST QB SINCE (INSERT ANY PAST PHENOM HERE).

      INCREDIBLE HOW MANY SO-CALLED ADULTS BECOME LIKE SO MANY HORMONAL TEENAGERS WHEN GETTING WORKED UP BY “THEIR” EAGLES.

  9. where was Jordan Hicks all day? shouldn’t your MLB make more than a few tackles when the other team is running the ball 30+ frickin times? The safety had more tackles than all 3 linebackers combined.

    1. That’s what happens when you play W9 and free up the Guard or Tackle on each play to iso on the MLB

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