With the Philadelphia Eagles which should face the Chiefs of Kansas City in the Super Bowl, let’s take a postal bag because media coverage really accelerates this week. Questions requested on Twitter, Bluesky and Threads. It will be part I of a bag of garlic in two parts.
Question from @ mnovak88: Patrick Mahomes is 8-0 against Vic Fangio as a chief coach or defensive coordinator. Should we worry that Mahomes knew exactly how to beat Fangio’s plan or is it more a “Mahomas played against certain teams with bad defensive or bad offenses”?
We know that Fangio’s head coach’s mandate did not go well. His broncos teams went 19-30 in three seasons and was dismissed. It’s nothing new. We also know that Fangio played in the same division as the chiefs, which have gone 38-11 in the three years, Fangio led the Broncos. So, you know, it should not surprise as much as the Great Chiefs teams beat the Bad Broncos teams of Fangio.
The chiefs also beat the dolphins twice in 2023, once during the regular season, and once during the playoffs, when Fangio was their defensive coordinator.
But really, it was not the defenses of Fangio that lost these matches. In chronological order, the broncos and dolphins teams of Fangio scored 6, 3, 16, 16, 9, 24, 14 and 7 points against the defense of the chiefs in these matches, an average of 11.9 points per match. The chiefs also scored 6 (!) Defensive or special teams in these matches. Spoiler: If the Eagles mark only 12 points and they abandon a defensive touch in the Super Bowl, the defenses of Fangio will be 0-9 against Mahomas.
OK, so broncos and dolphins offenses are amazed against the chiefs. Cool. But how many points have the chiefs scored against their defenses? Well, if you exclude the six defensive affected, the chiefs have an average of 21.6 points per game, well unless their seasonal averages of 29.9 in 2019, 28.5 in 2020 and 29.4 in 2021.
Dowaa defensive classifications of broncos and dolphins in Fangio tenures:
• Broncos 2019: 13th
• 2020 Broncos: 15th
• 2021 Broncos: 21st
• 2023 dolphins: 19th
The Eagles 2024 finished 1st in defensive Dvoa, and if we include the playoffs, 1st in authorized yards, first in authorized points and 3rd in the beach per match. It is quite sure to say that the defense of the 2024 Eagles is better than all the defenses of Fangio which faced Mahomes before.
So, I guess what I did a lot to say here is that Fangio’s previous record against Mahomas is rather insignificant for me.
Question from @perfecthatgames (via Bluesky): I think most real fans of Philly love Carson Wentz for what he did, and I really believe that the Eagles would not have been in the Super Bowl without his game in 2017, but what would happen if Mahomes Hurt and Wentz must try to conduct KC to a Super Bowl victory?
Wentz was a great player in 2017 before he was injured, and I agree that if he was not part of this team, there is no way to hell the eagles get the seed probably wouldn’t have done the Super Bowl.
Now … he stinks. It is below average n ° 2. If Wentz must save the day for chefs, it will probably not go very well for them.
Question from Generichandleguy (via Bluesky): in your opinion, who was the best opponent that the Eagles played this year (Ravens?) And how the chiefs are?
The Ravens were in my opinion very clearly the best team that the Eagles played this season. They finished 1st in Dvoa, 3rd in the point differential, and personally speaking, when I dived a little in each team this season for my overview items (and I include the chefs here, because this work is mainly Finished, but not yet published), the Ravens clearly had the most for them.
Question from @nicknugget: I almost feel without hope of playing chefs. They just feel like a Destiny team at this stage. Shouldn’t I be such a negative Nelly?
I mean, there is certainly a certain level of “they just win” in the line for this game. I can say above that the Ravens were the best team this year, and in my opinion, the Eagles are better than The chefs, but as usual, the chefs play for another Super Bowl, because, you know, they win. So I understand that.
Question from Luke35453679: If the Eagles win the Super Bowl, will Jalen Hurts rank higher than Donovan McNabb in the Folklore Eagles?
Question to return to you-Does Nick Foles rank above than McNabb in Eagles Folklore? Does Joe Blanton rank higher than, Sayyy, Aaron Nola in the folklore of the Phillies?
I think it’s your answer.
Question by @ Bigfeist73: If a Zack Baun contract is difficult, a chance that the eagles franchise the mark?
I answered this in a previous postal bag, but it was before Baun ended up being a finalist for the defensive player of the year of the NFL. Baun The agent did some back flips whenever he learned that Baun was nominated for this price, and tThe recognition of the hat will make it more difficult to sign, in my opinion.
So, spoiler, it will be difficult. But they will hardly cross it. First of all, how are the amounts of the franchise tag calculated? Too much:
The franchise and transition offers are calculated by adding the numbers of respective beacons, divided by the sum of the salary ceilings, from the previous five seasons, and finally multiplied by the salary ceiling of the current season. The franchise label figures are based on the first five wages at each respective position, while the figures of the transition labels are based on the first ten.
The three main projections of franchise tags, by position, again via Overthecap
- Quarterrière: $ 41,325,000
- Second: $ 27,050,000
- Large receiver: $ 25,693,000
You may think: “But wait, I thought the seconds had not really been paid like that. Why is this the second highest position group?”
Well, the NFL does not make the difference between the seconds outside the ball and the on -board rushers which are listed as “seconds” when calculating the franchise beacon numbers. There are a lot of very well remunerated edges that rush to “seconds” who pump this number.
The Eagles will not be franchised by the second -handed secondary at 27 million dollars.
Question by @Theronlongley: which would you prefer as part of your on-board rotation next Sunday: a healthy Bryce Huff or a semi-health BG?
Huff is not at all part of the rotation, even when Graham was on IR. He played 1 snap against the packers in the Wild Card Round, none against the Rams in the Division Channel, and he obtained a duty of cleaning against the commanders during an eruption in the NFC championship match. Fangio used a three -men’s rotation with Josh Sweat, Nolan Smith and Jalyx Hunt.
So, if Graham can play (and it seems that he will), I imagine that they will determine what he is still able to do well and play in places where it makes sense. But to answer your question, a semi-well BG in a small role would probably be more effective than anything Huff will give you at this stage.
Question by @Mike Shemesh: What is the order of the list players to sacrifice to BG and / or Britain Covey if they are activated?
I suppose Covey will not be activated. As for who feels like the strange man if they raise Graham to the list of 53 men, I would go with Nick Gates, who (a) will not be active on Gameday, and (b) will be a free agent in One month anyway.
Question from @ jeseet18 (via Bluesky): here is a non-football superbowl. Out of curiosity, how do journalists of their Super Bowl plans work? For example, does anyone keep rooms somewhere for the beats of each team? Or is it individuals to possibly make the call of “huh, I should book a room and a flight in case my team does it?”
Well, to start, I had a room reserved for Detroit for a long time in case the Eagles had to play it in the NFC championship match. Hotels are generally very easy to cancel without penalty if you book in Hilton or Marriott channels. I did not reserve a flight for this match, although other beats have done so. I could not have been happier to cancel this part when the commanders beat the lions in the division tour.
As for the Super Bowl, the NFL puts aside a block of rooms in a few hotels that journalists can book after the conference championship matches. This part is easy.
The hardest part is to determine flights. Most journalists covering the Super Bowl teams will fly away on Sunday, a week in advance, since access to the media begins on Monday. You could get a different answer from each Beat writer on how they ended up reserving their flights, but I reserved a one -way Newark one -way flight from the news using NFL flight credits combine if I had to Cancel this flight.
The return flights on Monday after the Super Bowl back at Philly / Newark / Baltimore / Trenton / NYC airports were all very expensive at that time, so I selected. The only reasonable flights were via Spirit, which I avoid like the plague, with Frontier. There was no way in hell, I reserved a spiritual flight and that I recovered the credits if the Eagles did not make the Super Bowl, because I would never want to use them in the future. Border the ball and the spirit of the book because it is the only reasonable option? Of course. Reserve it and then have to recover credits? Hell no.
I ended up reserving this Spirit flight after the Eagles increased by 41-23 in the fourth quarter.
By the way, there is nothing more than beaten writers like to speak more with each other than travel plans for road games, so it was a very welcome question.
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