Of course it does. That is sort of football mythology. Just compare two d-lines, the ELITE 2020 Eagles d-line versus the AVERAGE 2024 Eagles D-line ...

The Bucs are already a "tough out" for any team in the league. The difference between Barton and Kancey is that Kancey can be all world, he could b...

Maybe you're not accounting for the way defense works . . in any sport All defenses work by everyone performing their assigned task. Once that doe...

Bowles after bye ""We really went back to basics, fundamentals and technique because we lost a lot of games on fundamentals and technique [in] t...

LVD's play regresses badly - 2nd to 92nd - over 2023 and 2024 so it is NOT just the product of bad people around him. If you go back and watch h...

Just ticking through those, I know your thought on defensive play calling, but think about both the 2020 and 2024 Bucs teams. 1. Both get great...

Their defensive front is/was not that special AND they could not block our defensive front (6 sacks?). We jumped out to a big lead, mostly by passing...

Injuries are ALWAYS RELEVANT because they impact team performance and they do so UNEVENLY because all the teams are in different situations. The...

To your point, Sweat is/was like our Diaby and the Eagles still got Reddick. They led the league in regular season sacks (by quite a bit) and I think ...

This is maybe on Bowles right? he is the JTS fan (as a "chess piece") and Diaby reflects his choice to go bigger on the edge

I like Dennis and you can see the drop off when he was injured during the 2024 season BUT relaying on Dennis as the presumptive starter in 2025 is NOT...

This would be great, but not sure i follow the Dennis part? if Dennis is the 2025 starter ILB next to LVD . . Dennis would be the one running away fr...

"“It was a repeat of Tampa,” Collinsworth said of the [Eagles] beating the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. “I mean, it just was. So the formula is now known...

Exactly. thrilled to have those guys beat out legit competition but not to get the role by default

Thank for pointing this out. I found the article and yes its pretty dramatic. I didnt realize that.