Philly HC Doug Pederson says pressure off the Eagles, they can have fun now

[scott99]

In that division, even at 3-4, Eagles are not out of the hunt. But man, that game against Jacksonville is a must win for both teams next week.

 

[XLIX]

 

[PF_SU]

Who cares about winning when you can have FUN at your job.

What a joke of a team. Still can't believe the Pats lost to them in the Super Bowl.

 

[Dr Pain]

Was in downtown Philadelphia all last week. What a scary dump. People think it must be like Boston but only a few blocks are. It was like the worst of the Tenderloin district in San Francisco.

 

[TB_Helmet]

Was in downtown Philadelphia all last week. What a scary dump. People think it must be like Boston but only a few blocks are. It was like the worst of the Tenderloin district in San Francisco.

Where in downtown Philly was this? Sounds like a *slight* exaggeration to me...

 

[NormZauchin]

Was in downtown Philadelphia all last week. What a scary dump. People think it must be like Boston but only a few blocks are. It was like the worst of the Tenderloin district in San Francisco.

A year ago, my wife and I drove up to Philly from Washington to go to an art museum and out to dinner in the evening. Found the city to be enjoyable and safe, with the Rittenhouse Square area filled with night life. That said, our waiter, a Philadelphia native, said that the place had improved a lot from a decade or two ago.

 

[Dr Pain]

Where in downtown Philly was this? Sounds like a *slight* exaggeration to me...

Market Street

 

[1960Pats]

Rodney Harrison's views on this are interesting. He feels that players need to know that the heat is on, not off.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Rodney Harrison's views on this are interesting. He feels that players need to know that the heat is on, not off.

That seems to be more in line with general human motivation, especially for highly competitive people, like professional athletes. That's why Pederson's comments seem so moronic and everyone is laughing. Sure, everything was loose and relaxed last year when the team was coasting along and everything clicked and fell into place; now that the team is staring down its fall back into mediocrity, making the dumb triumphant statment that the "pressure's off", since now they're no longer good and borderline irrelevant...seems like Pederson is a real one-hit wonder waiting to happen.

 

[RedSleevesPinkStripes]

Quote from one of the Eagles' boards...

As much as that cluster**** of a 4th quarter bothers me, it's what Doug said afterwards in his post-game presser that bothers me even more. "Pressure is off of us, nobody on the outside world is giving us a chance." You're kidding right? I've been getting a strong sense of complacency in the Eagles locker room and it's starting with him.

I can tell you one thing. You would never hear the words "Now the pressure is off us" from Bill Belichick and the Patriots. True champions embrace the pressure and rise to the occasion. This is why the Pats have sustained their excellence for all these years. Being a champ isn't just about the rings on your fingers or the banners in the rafters, it's an attitude. A mindset. It's a way you carry yourself.

Also Lane Johnson is wrong. You think the Pats became a dynasty because they were having fun? No. It's because the Patriots are a team of focus, discipline, commitment, and sheer ****ing will. And it all starts with Belichick. Pederson needs to start cracking the whip on these guys. Right now they are completely unfocused and lack discipline. This team needs to cut out all the fun and get serious. I expected a lot better out of this squad. They disappoint me.

 

[chasa]

Pederson is 100% wrong here. If anything the pressure gets jacked up when you win the superbowl, spend the whole offseason talking ****, and then come out of the gate looking like you didn't practice at all.

The eagles have high expectactions and are currently on the outside looking in. it only gets worse from here until they start winning.

 

[PlanB]

Do they give you guys a hard time for wearing anything but Eagles stuff?

I live in the Lehigh Valley, hour north of Philly. I don't get hasseled. And i make sure to say hi and "Go Pats" to anyone wearing Patriots gear.

 

[TB_Helmet]

Market Street

Well, I lived in Philly after college and now live in the Bay Area. I was in the “worst part of the Tenderloin” a couple weeks ago. It’s literally reminiscent of a third world country. I won’t even go into what I saw there, but there’s no way any part of Market Street was close to Tenderloin conditions.

Not trying to call you out, just was funny that you used two specific examples with which I am very familiar.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Pederson is the biggest clown in the NFL. He goes out ans buy ice cream for his players after practice.

 

[Dr Pain]

Well, I lived in Philly after college and now live in the Bay Area. I was in the “worst part of the Tenderloin” a couple weeks ago. It’s literally reminiscent of a third world country. I won’t even go into what I saw there, but there’s no way any part of Market Street was close to Tenderloin conditions.

Not trying to call you out, just was funny that you used two specific examples with which I am very familiar.

By the convention center in Phily, there were lots of homeless, open drug use, crazy people, dookies on the street. I am a very big scary guy and groups of the guys there were hitting me up for money. It was like the Tenderloin but of course smaller.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

I just took my girls (7 and 3) to a pumpkin patch with slides and bouncy houses and stuff. Got turned away at the door because the Eagles had already reserved it for eight hours.

I peaked in. They’re all blowing coke and crashing kids tractors into haystacks. Pederson passed out due to a mixture of raw cookie dough and ecstasy.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

 

[BradyFTW!]

He really is the perfect coach for Lane Johnson.

 

[Vindicate]

I'm more or less chalking the Eagle's struggles up to SB fatigue, them coasting last year and facing adversity this year, but because they did play the Patriots last before this season, and it's been rough since -

Are there stats to measure the Patriots Hangover? Obviously a pretty useless metric, but fun if anything haha

Interested in seeing how many teams have a hard time after playing the Patriots. Jags are a recent example of a team that beat us, only to crash afterwards. Chiefs, otoh, after taking their first L, didn't skip much of a beat, easily destroying the Bengals.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

I'm more or less chalking the Eagle's struggles up to SB fatigue, them coasting last year and facing adversity this year, but because they did play the Patriots last before this season, and it's been rough since -

Are there stats to measure the Patriots Hangover? Obviously a pretty useless metric, but fun if anything haha

Interested in seeing how many teams have a hard time after playing the Patriots. Jags are a recent example of a team that beat us, only to crash afterwards. Chiefs, otoh, after taking their first L, didn't skip much of a beat, easily destroying the Bengals.

Honestly I suspect a lot of this is confirmation bias. On average, teams should lose a lot (half the time) on any given Sunday, which happens to be in this case after playing the Patriots. Possibly a slight slew of the next opponent being able to look at Belichick’s game plan, but other than that, I don’t think this can really be true statistically. It seems to stand out because the Patriots win 78% of regular season games whereas opponents win 50% of the time, so it’s easy to contrast the results the following week and think there is a correlation when there is not.