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FBGP's NFL Gameplan's Wk 7 Panthers/Eagles Preview

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Moorgan Enthusiast

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Good job. It seems the entire world is saying the Demarco Murray needs to run North/South and not East/West. Except North Korea. Bastards.

But I have to figure that Chip Kelly knows this. It's got to be more complicated than that right? Either way, good break down. 

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Em with the reminder about Sproles. Good job. Sproles is the RB that will be the toughest matchup for our LBs with Shaq being out. The other 3 focused on Murray, who doesn't have the speed Sproles does. Surprised no one mentioned Ertz as a threat considering Graham gashed us for 140 yards.

Thanx for updating the logo, too

 

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As did everyone

Most in the media thought the same way, Jacksonville was a sleeper for many because they thought Bortles would take a step up. Add the fact Carolina was without Benji and most thought the offense would be anemic. Alas that hasn't happened, Carolina's offense has been doing enough to win games and the defense has been stout. As for Jacksonville, they have been awful as usual. 

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What's interesting about the Eagles is that in both the Saints (I was in the press box for that one) & Giants game, they were struggling until both teams made mistakes and all of a sudden, the light came on for their offense. That's a really tough team to figure out week to week. I do think they lack explosiveness on the flanks and too much E/W makes you 'soft' when it's time to go N/S

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What's interesting about the Eagles is that in both the Saints (I was in the press box for that one) & Giants game, they were struggling until both teams made mistakes and all of a sudden, the light came on for their offense. That's a really tough team to figure out week to week. I do think they lack explosiveness on the flanks and too much E/W makes you 'soft' when it's time to go N/S

I question this whole E/W and N/S business. It seems like it's more a function of effective blocking than play design. Sure a toss is E/W at first usually but I can't imagine that Philly is actually asking Murray to run E/W. I think it's mostly a result of ineffective run blocking...causing him to "dance". That's not usually effective for any running back.

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