Mr.TaterSalad

Damn, Hutch has been playing so good today too. Hope he's not out for the game.

Really like that this defensive line as a whole has done today.

Nice to have a QB who doesn't fall behind early. 😂

Playing squares with a 2 and 0 squares?

Hutch looking filthy today and playing great.

Hockenson is a stud!

Great run back by Raymond!!!

Yessssss!!!!!! Nice to finally have a real running game.

So much for that great rushing attack to start the game.

While I am more focused on seeing good coaching and significant player improvement week over week than wins, I think the majority of fans are not of this mindset. Feels like it is going to be a looooooong season, with a lot of complaining from fans if they lose today. As you mentioned, it feels like a game where if they lose, a lot of the good will built by this regime and coaching staff is going to start to fade.

Today is POW/MIA Day. Just a reminder of what some people think of prisoners of war who were captured in battle . . .

Speaking of the NFC East, I am curious about the Giants and will pay close attention to them all season. Brian Daboll was the guy I wanted as the Lions Head Coach, so I'll be interested to see how he does. He's off to a good start with an upset win over the Titans.

With Dak out for the next 6-8 weeks with a broken hand the Eagles will be on cruise control. The Giants and Commanders have no chance at winning the division, Dallas was the only serious competition.

When a significant portion of your base thinks Ukraine is the aggressor against Putin and that he is just simply de-nazifying a country with a Jewish President, that's the kind of performative politicking you have to do.

So Pennsylvania has not one, but two, rich, wealthy, east coast elites running statewide this year. Amazing!

The consumer confidence numbers are good and a marked improvement for the month of August. I didn't have those in mind when I made my original post. I hope that translates beyond the negative coverage the media has and will continue to give the August CPI and inflation numbers.

I don't know that they hang onto CPI numbers either. I just worry that the negative headlines that the mainstream media (CNN, NBC/ABC/CBS Nightly News, Fox, local newspapers, online clickbait sites) will lead with, will shape people's perceptions that nothing is getting better. That high prices and economic despair will be here to stay. The more people are reminded of the high prices at the grocery store, the worse it gets politically. The news media covering the CPI numbers the way they have is yet another stark reminder of that economic despair. It was part of the narrative around gas prices. Gas prices are high, so the media covers it with a doom and gloom, pain the the pump narrative. That narrative than shapes people who consume that media's opinions and beliefs, thus doing damage to Democrats in power. Gas prices go up, Democrats approval ratings go down. Inflation stays high and the news doesn't get any better on CPI numbers, so people swing back away from Democrats right before voting. So the worse or more negative the news media coverage gets, the worse things get for Democrats. Even if people feel inflation every time they go shopping, when the media beats it into their head that things aren't getting any better, that's when the real political damage can be done. Maybe I am just being too much of a pessimist myself and piling on Democrats midterm chances with bad spin of my own. I just so deeply subscribe to the old James Carville philosophy of "it's the economy stupid" and that people's pocketbooks are what have in the past and will now drive the election cycle.

Unless you have little or no 401k and live at or just above a paycheck to paycheck lifestyle. Those needing every paycheck to get by are impacted by the CPI numbers at the grocery store because all the everyday items and foods they buy are still horribly expensive compared to a year ago. Many living a near paycheck to paycheck lifestyle probably have little invested in the market and maybe only a small 401k through their employer, that they aren't likely following super closely. I can't help but think there are going to be political repercussions for the party in power, the Democrats, for that.

How much does yesterday's really bad inflation numbers, specifically showing food prices continue to skyrocket, blunt Democrats momentum and help Republicans? How much are people really thinking about abortion rights or crazy right wingers when their eggs, bread, meat, milk, and snack foods all cost more? When it costs more to pack their kids lunch are they thinking about Dobbs all that much?

Anthony Davis plays as himself in 2K and gets injured in the video game . . .

Huge improvement for Ron Johnson in the latest Marquette poll with an 8 point swing. I'd be curious to see the crosstabs on this and who the voters are they reached out to versus last time. I'd also be curious to see what issues these voters say they care about most. Also, poll numbers will historically look better in the summer and tighten up as we get to the fall. I wonder if this is a reflection of that.

The QB situation is near identical. You have both Goff and Wentz still trying to prove to their respective franchises that they are capable and worthy starting QBs in this league. The battle of reclamation projects. I also feel there are different strengths and weaknesses each team possesses and no one really outmatches the other on the whole. That said, I do still feel like we should win this one and will win it. I want to see the same thing from this team that I've been calling for all offseason, improvement. Even if they somehow lose, if I see players improving from one week to the next and consistently looking better at their respective positions I won't be mad and worried.

I thought, sans Will Harris and a semi-boneheaded play by Tracy Walker, the secondary was not the problem on defense. I think the inability to contain Hurts and not get to the QB were the bigger defensive concerns. As Motown said, they got gashed on the AJ Brown play with Will Harris in on coverage. I think it is safe to say that Harris will not be around, much less starting, next year.

I think the onside kick was a bad call and Campbell does deserve some level of criticism for it. That said, there were many other things that ranked higher on the list of reasons why they lost than the decision to onsides it. Notable an inability to contain Jalen Hurts, contain AJ Brown, and allow plays to develop because they weren't getting any pass rush. On offense, Goff's rough first half and the dropped passes out rank the decision to onsides it. Was it the right decision to take an onside kick there? No. Did it hurt them and allow for the Eagles to have an easier time scoring a TD. Yes, probably. I don't believe though that it cost them the came and they would have one were it not for that.