Eagles game plan: Hit Newton repeatedly

[Daddy_Uncle]

wow our plan is to hit Bradford as much as possible too. Our QB is a lot more athletic though

[Matthias]

The only team that will be dealing out hits come Sunday night will be Panthers.  Truly when it comes to physicality, there's no question we are the rougher of the two.  When playing against the Seahawks, it's always like two heavyweights going blow for blow.  Yet with this finesse Eagles team, it's like an ant vs someone's foot.

[KillerKat]

Yeah try that game plan out and you'll see our run game pick up as they over pursue or Cam run wild on them. Or they start leaving receivers wide open.

[tiger7_88]

Sounds like Cocks is overly confident that they'll get to him a lot... 

 

Fletcher's still mad that Cam chose Auburn over Mississippi State coming out of JUCO.  Everybody and their brother thought that Cam was going to Mississippi State because Dan Mullen (HC at MSU) was his offensive coordinator at UF.  That didn't happen and Mississippi State coaches, players, and fans were *pissed*.

How else do you think the effort that MSU made to pay Cam's Dad money to play there got out?

[tondi]

I'm pretty sure if an Eagle did something dirty that hurt Cam that a certain offensive lineman would go full Norwell on them before the game ended, and I would be completely OK with that.

[tiger7_88]

Oh, I'd definitely mention it to the team, and I'd put the nastiest spin possible on it.

I'd definitely hope that Coach Ron brings it up as a topic in his pre-game conversation with the officials.

[Mr. Scot]

I'd definitely hope that Coach Ron brings it up as a topic in his pre-game conversation with the officials.

Agreed.

[rainwater]

Pay close attention to this part...

What you'll want to note here is that Cox is not talking about when Newton runs the ball.  He's talking about plays where Newton hands it off.

Basically, he's saying they plan to take cheap shots.

Except Chip Kelly said they don't believe in wasting a player to hit the qb on a handoff. They teach their guys to go after the person with the ball. But that doesn't fit the narrative so lets argue about cheap shots for no reason. 

[rainwater]

I'd definitely hope that Coach Ron brings it up as a topic in his pre-game conversation with the officials.

The Eagles don't play the read option like the Ravens. They don't go after the qb after a handoff. Btw, hitting the qb on a read option is totally legal so I'm not sure what Ron would be telling the officials to look for. 

[Ace_Aladdin]

I think most teams and players will take any advantage they can, including ones that are a little outside the rules.

Blatant hits to draw flags? Maybe a few (the kind they call "remember me" shots). More likely a few more that are 'questionable'.

And yes, teams will often take a penalty for the sake of intimidation. The idea being that one 15 yard penalty now is worth it if the memory stays in his head the rest of the game.

Effective strategy? Debatable, but it's practiced all across the league. And you don't have to be a dirty player to do it.

How much of it happens depends a lot on how the refs call the game.

 

overblowing stuff as always, this is the same vanilla talk every player does.

[Paa Langfart]

I think these fools forget the team that put their starting qb out for most of a season when he played for the Rams

[rainwater]

I think some of you should watch Chip Kelly's press conference from today before getting your panties in a wad over a non-story. 

[lightsout]

Cam is going to eat on Sunday.


Hear that sound, Philly? That's Cam laughing while you make plans.

[Gin and Juice]

Last team Sam played for laid a cheap shot! A few plays later and BOOM, Sam got a two year vacation