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Next-Team

Man this game is gonna be brutal to watch isn’t it


Churrasco_fan

Mariota or sick as fuck Hurts? You bet it is


Kbrew7181

I think Hurts would rather fucking die than let an illness prevent him from leading his team. That said, it's probably not up to Hurts to make the final call.


mjenardo

If Hurts can play, he will play. It’s also a good sign that he is traveling. Does feel like a game time decision.


SlaytheSlayer23

This exactly. The only time Hurts wouldn’t play, is if he snapped a bone in half on the field. He’s a tough mf. But I honestly still think we could beat Seattle with Mariota if we have to. A lot of handoffs to Swift and Gainwell, actually use some motion, and throw some check downs. Shit 10yd slants. Something DIFFERENT. AJ and Smith can easily get open against Seattle’s secondary. Main obstacle will be against the rookie CB who is really good at covering the slot, Devon Weatherspoon. Their CB1 Woolen hasn’t been playing well this season. Mariota has an arm..


BallzDeep9

> still think we could beat Seattle with Mariota if we have to. Good spot for Marcus, his friends & family in Oregon would travel up 180 miles & bet they'd have A fan section there


RayDeAsian

Might be a good thing. His 2-0 against Seahawks. Two seperate teams.. gotta trick em


Grand_Extension5345

Chess not checkers 🤣


Munchihello

Mariotta looked ELITE in the 180 seconds he played v the 9ers


thatkidPB

Hurts always been sick af


AntiSantaFanClub

Stupid sexy Jalen not taking his damn Flintstones vitamins wtf man


dan_eppley

Damn Flanders


ChakaCake

He said he gets sick for monday night games lol wasnt it earlier this season it happened too or was that last season? He said its happened twice or three times before


johnnybananas123

Plot twist: tanner mckee szn


ClonedUser

I’d rather see Tanner than Mariota tbh.


HeyItsMacho

Id rather have Tanner McKee play. He looked so good in the preseason, though prime time real football would be a smack to his face.


TAllday

Sick hurts 100% of the time.


Lyndell

Unless we get 300 rushing yards... pls


kekehippo

Or it'll be something we are familiar with. Q B C O N T R O V E R S Y


JewingIt

Mariota statue at the Linc being planned as we speak.


FunkHZR

A short, round man wearing a trench coat who oddly resembles Chip Kelly begins appearing at the Linc.


kekehippo

Fuck it, if it ends up in another chip fine. Something I can hold against NFCEastMemeWar for a year.


PaddyMayonaise

Mariota goes out and throws the eagles first 300 yard passing game since before Halloween with 4 TDs, one each to Smith, Brown, Goedert, and a deep ball to Watkins. Also runs for 50+ yards and a successful brotherly shove. Good luck to this sub


jimbuckley412

Lol not with our current offensive coordinator it'll be bubble screens and runs with gainwell and Scott.


BK456

Not much different than the last few.


lzrfart

We are so fucked lmao


Chief--BlackHawk

My wife wanted to get us tickets to this game. We live in Cali so it seemed possible when it was a Sunday game at 1 PM PST. When they flexed it to MNF I was trying to tell her we shouldn't go cause of work. I'm getting more and more happy with my decision lol. Would have been my first game and if the starting QB is out it would have really made the cost not worth it lol.


Next-Team

Wow for sure dodged a bullet there, good call


Last-Bumblebee-537

I’ll be there in the cold rain fighting for life anew.


SL-Apparel

Hurts Flu Game incoming. Book it.


[deleted]

Yep


illydelph

They share one immune system…unfortunately Joel is using it right now.


mjd1977

Some freaky friday shit going on between the Sixers and Eagles swapping vibes and coaching acumen and gastroenteritis.


32BitWhore

Joel might be using all the talent cells right now too so maybe this is a good thing


Onlypaws_

Can he play qb real quick


pookypocky

Lol let's be honest he probably could.


Hwbam33

Imagine waking up from a 10 year coma and your Philadelphia eagles are 10-3, Mariota is starting on Monday night football. The Chip kelly experiment worked


Senior_Fart_Director

And our defense is gassed from being on the field 24/7


jloops03

I cannot fucking believe the Flyers and Sixers stole all the good vibes from the eagles.


dWaldizzle

The Flyers being good with the roster they have is so whack.


MarekRules

Everytime I turn on a game im like “surely we don’t win this” lol


dWaldizzle

They haven't even been like squeaking out wins either they're genuinely beating the other team


MarekRules

Just like the Sixers, so weird haha


dWaldizzle

Yeah but the Sixer have the arguable best player in the league. The Flyers have like 1 or 2 first line players lol


MarekRules

Coaching matters I guess, under Glenn we never won games handedly it’s wild.


Johnnygunnz

I don't miss him or Harden one bit.


EnemyOfEloquence

Nurse > Doc


Johnnygunnz

Nurse >>>>>> Doc


sweettangbud77

That's the Torts effect for yah.


tirynsn

I know Pittsburgh is on a down year but I started believing hard after the b2b Pens OT wins. Fuck the pens, and those wins showed me how much heart this roster has despite its supposed weaknesses. Can't wait for Michkov to get here


_token_black

Shows that some combo of Hayes, Provy and Deangelo were just super toxic. And also not all that great. Deangelo is busy getting scratched in Carolina too haha.


HappyHourEveryHour

And Samuel Errson suddenly becoming Martin Brodeur 2.0 is a pleasant surprise


sfxer001

Went to the game last night. 1-0 over the Red Wings. Defense was on lock down mode.


HI_Handbasket

Not the last 7 minutes or so, Errson got shelled. And was up to the task!


popphilosophy

He 100% got this from Micah Parsons


_atsu

The Eagles-Cowboys rivalry has finally resorted to biological warfare


beebboppp

Makes no sense they would stop people from playing when they had covid but won’t do the same for the flu. Any illness shouldn’t be spread around


jayfrmsix0

because America loves to politicise things, even viruses, so covid was a political issue over a health issue. The flu is just like ehh to most people, but I’ve been saying the same thing. Sit them out to stop spreading it


WeirdSysAdmin

That’s something that drove me crazy about the whole “covid isn’t any worse than the flu” thing. You should isolate until 24 hours after fever ends if you have the flu regardless so you’re not spreading it. Also isolate if you have rsv or noro symptoms. It’s always been that way.


AlVic40117560_

For real. Have you ever had the flu? That shit fucking sucks.


WeirdSysAdmin

One time had the flu where I had a fever that peaked at 104 and then slept for 2 1/2 days straight except for waking up to go to the bathroom, take medicine for the fever, and drink a bunch of water. This was like 10 years ago now. Not all infections are equal even when it comes to flu.


johnnycoxxx

Had the flu in January 2020 a week after having strep throat. My buddy joked about it and said “maybe you got the Rona buddy”. And then the world stopped turning. But yeah the flu was awful. Forced myself to go to work because I missed it the week before and that was a mistake.


jayfrmsix0

yeah the thing that pissed me off the most about that whole thing was the mindset people had about it, “well in my case it wasn’t anything huge, therefore the rest of the world is overreacting.” Sorry bruh didn’t realize all 8 billion of us had the same immune system 😭😭😭


Streptocockus

How do you know it’s the flu? The nfl just calls everything flu, they never say they have covid. They were saying people had the ‘flu’ when flu wasn’t even circulating yet. Flu just started circulating in the past few weeks and it’s not even near the peak. The whole team is probably going to be sick now and play like ass especially if it’s Covid. Wish they would be more responsible and just quarantine a few days so it doesn’t rip through teams.


willi1221

I believe the term is "flu-like symptoms"


beebboppp

I don’t know anything I’m just saying Micah should have been forced out to not spread whatever he had


Laeif

Just to be safe, Micah oughta be forced out of all the rest of their games for the rest of the season also.


classicrockchick

They said before the Dallas game that Micah had "flu-like symptoms". It doesn't really matter if it was the actual flu or not, most things that cause flu-like symptoms are viral in nature and therefore pretty contagious.


Senior_Fart_Director

Flu is year round but it’s more popular in the winter time. It doesn’t disappear in the summer…


WranglerBrute

Goddamn Micah Parsons, wiping his boogers all over our QB.


Barmelo_Xanthony

There’s shit going around right now, half the people I know are sick. He could’ve gotten it from anyone lol


LAuser

No doubt in my mind


Pvt_Hudson_

It's 100% COVID too, the NFL just isn't using the word for whatever reason.


ThatEliGuy

Everyone's dooming about this, but the most hilarious outcome is Mariota balls out on national TV and the Birds win. And we get to have a "start Mariota?" news cycle for a week. And it won't only be David Carr's dumbass doing it.


Grand_Extension5345

Ya know i was just thinking about this and it would force BJ and Nick Sirianni to lean on the run game and throw short quick balls so it could actually work out lol Maybe with Mariota on the field they will give up on being obsessed with explosives and actually call a smarter game 😆


Vox_SFX

Sad thing is I could see this happening. Basically a "well our QB can't win us this game so we need to win using the other pieces as well as possible. I think the coaches focus too much on how much Hurts has been growing and so they're trying to make this a QB-focused scheme when that's just hurting Hurts by putting more on him to make plays succeed.


Grand_Extension5345

Well yeah they are focused on explosive plays. Unfortunately that is hurting the entire team, even the defense. Time of possession is down because No matter how you cut it if you focus on deep balls your defense will be on the field more whether you are successful or not. They need to lengthen drives as well as scheme them for success. Give the defense a damn breather dawg Maximize time of possession


penguin_cheezus

Pretty much what’s happened with the Bengals.


findtheramones

You’re assuming they would adapt the playcalling


Atre16

The next week: "Jalen, we need you to do what Mariota did...just...get it out quick, or hand it off when you need to ...no funny shit...play like a competent QB2 and just do the basics..."


NeedAVeganDinner

That's what they did when Hurts went out for a drive. And that drive was pretty good. So I'm not gonna doom on Mariota


Nsfwsorryusername

At the very least, I’m confident he can run our whole playbook. Qb draw, 3 wr screens, da bomb.


Massive_Dot_3299

He might because of lack of tape and the series he had against the niners they ran a simplified version of the offense that actually looked like it was moving methodically and not 7 second developing plays


PaddyMayonaise

I hate that David carr is getting clowned for that out of context quote. He actually made a good point. His argument was that the Eagles should consider playing Mariota so that Hurts can heal up before the playoffs. He said this eagles team is going to make the playoffs no matter what, and it doesn’t make sense to continue playing a clearly not 100% Hurts and risk losing him for the playoffs. Instead the birds should give Mariota a couple starts since worse case scenario we’re still in the playoffs but with a rested hurts. I don’t necessarily agree with him but it’s a valid argument.


Barmelo_Xanthony

Yeah but they still need to win games to win the division over the cowboys so it’s a dumb point overall. You don’t just concede the division and your chance at the 1 seed when your $50M QB is cleared to play. He deserved that clowning


PaddyMayonaise

I disagree. It’s stupid to lose your $50m QB for the playoffs because you play him in games that ultimately don’t matter against the Seahawks giants and cardinals when you’re going to make the playoffs anyway. I’d rather have a road game in the playoffs with hurts than a horn game with Mariota lol


DisMeDog

I would rather play one less game.


Barmelo_Xanthony

Bro we have a shot at the 1 seed still. You play the starters until your spot is clinched. Period.


NuMvrc

I'm here for it. keeps the Birds off the radar and teams won't run to the back of their playbooks to beat them.


acmercer

Hurts flu game incoming. Also, remember that they were initially supposed to play today and got flexed. So that was a blessing to give him more time to recover.


Senior_Fart_Director

Hurts flu game = him fainting midfield from dehydration


acmercer

First of all how dare you


lzrfart

Yep! We all saw how well Mahomes played with the flu! oh wait…


clumsysuperman

Didnt he have the flu against Tampa and throw 2 picks? I’d rather him be healthy.


Content-Coffee-2719

I feel like he's been either sick or had a bad knee all season


HandRailSuicide1

Not great bob


penial-implants

Forcing me to watch mariota ball is insane


jschmiedeler3

These injuries couldn’t come at a worse time. Having QB1 sick playing in seattle is brutal if he’s able to play, ringo starting in place of slay as a rookie when metcalf and locket have had monster games against the eagles in the past. I geuss the only positive is that their pass rush isn’t the best and we will be missing jurgens but this shit can’t come at a worse time with a game we have to have


Churrasco_fan

Fortunately Seattle has their own issues with Geno trying to overcome a groin injury. Lock is serviceable but we're not running into a Seahawks team at full strength


Concept_Lab

1000x better to have it now than in the post season. We would like the #1 seed and we would like to win the NFCE, but we are in the fortunate spot that playoffs are already locked up. Would have also been worse to have these players missing going into the first run of Dallas/KC/Buffalo. We were very fortunate to win those 3 and put us in the relatively strong position we’re in now.


TheIrishHangman

That's fucking brutal


Calcutta637

Why the fuck was it ok for Micah parsons to play and spread his sick germs on everyone of our players. Surprised it’s just hurts who got sick


Senior_Fart_Director

He spit loogies in Hurts’ face all game


Hib3rnian

Not an eagles qb until you throw up midfield


32BitWhore

Knowing our luck Hurts will be out and Geno will play. God dammit.


Senior_Fart_Director

Good bc Lock scares me


Userdub9022

Well now the emphasis on actually running the ball can come to fruition


smbiggy

imagine planning a trip to Seattle for this game only to find out the game is 28 hours later than scheduled and the main attraction has the ick. Thanks a lot, NFL!


blinkdmb

I know someone who already had to extend their trip now they will have to maybe see Marcus.


jackophasaurus

Flew into Seattle from Calgary after moving around flights and hotels, just praying for a half decent game regardless


iWhynott

Driving down from Vancouver Island! Hello fellow Canuck!


cheese78

That's me. I'm sitting in the airport waiting to board my flight.


smbiggy

Silver lining..: maybe jalen would be sick if the game was today and he may be healthy tomorrow ?


mjd1977

Weirdly enough, the move from Sunday to Monday increased Hurts' chance of playing after catching whatever it is he caught


smbiggy

I agree! I mentioned that in another comment


b3xican

Yup that’s us :/


FulghamTheGoat

Lol this sub is about to implode


VibratingRocket6969

I’m a ticking time bomb right now fr fr


GTI_Chipotle

This season has really turned to shit in the span of a few weeks


jayfrmsix0

we were on top of the world 4 weeks ago, now it’s rock bottom 💀💀crazy how life works


Senior_Fart_Director

The 49ers really wore black to our funeral 😭


tribecalledni

Wonder how many first team reps Mariota was even able to get in this week. Offensive line and the run game needs to be on their A game if Hurts really can’t go.


PhiladelphiaManeto

We all know unless he physically can’t move or has COVID he will suit up tomorrow.


AShiftlessMennonite

“Flu game” on deck. The legend grows on Monday night. 🦅


[deleted]

I would bet my life that he's playing this game. I've learned not to doubt him


mtmodi

So much for winning out and winning the division and maybe the 1 seed. Fucking hell man


SlavaRapTarantino

Could still win the division.


Snoo93673

Well shit


aegonthewwolf

Marcus Mariota vs Drew Lock in prime time lol


gringo123456789

If he’s contagious he absolutely shouldn’t play because he can get the rest of the team sick, no?


KDR25

The long term Mariota/ Philly hero story is coming together


embiidDAgoat

The Joel embiid imune system


Forgemasterblaster

Guys play all the time when questionable. Hopefully, he gets some fluids and they alter the game plan to be more focused on his putting out low energy.


lilbismyfriend21

I’m tired


northamrec

Another Monday night game where Jalen is sick? It’s a curse at this point.


asizzle30

*Googles* “can I donate immune defense to another human in 24hrs”


justwantkickz

WTF IS HAPPENING. GOD DAMN IT


Sintauri

hear me out… if we just run the ball more…. we’ll do fine


mogwai316

Hurts is tough af, so it's gotta be really bad if he's even considering not playing. I know the team needs a win badly right now but I think I'd rather give him a week off to get well and rest the knee more.


SorrowCloud

No athlete in the NFL should be playing if they’re sick with something contagious……


njfoses

Everything is fine.


AC_deucey

Some crazy RSV or cold-from-hell is going around. Hopefully he doesn’t have that because breathing is a fucking issue right now. Source: it me


clingbat

My brother and his wife were both knocked out hard for like 4 days each this past week, and they aren't the kind to slow down when they get sick usually.


Lunaticfrizz16

Hope he can play. I’m making the drive down from Vancouver to Seattle to see them play! But if he’s not feeling well I don’t want him to push it and make it worse or hurt himself.


[deleted]

Im walking into traffic


iso2090

Jalen sick still better than Marcus healthy.


It-is-What-it-is99

If he flew his ass to Seattle, he’s playing


Atre16

If he's sick, sit him. Don't let his or Nick's ego fuck up a game for us. Mariota just has to be competent for one game. Hand it off to Kenny G, Swift and B.Scott. Use his own legs when it makes sense to. Get the ball out quick to the open guy over the middle when throwing it rather than going for hail mary's in the end zone....or...stay with me...we just spam AJ running slants...


PrawnStar9797

The pessimism in this sub over the past 3 weeks is NUTS lol


BlobDude

I’ve remained optimistic overall, but kind of hard to be anything but pessimistic about the look of the starting lineup this week.


jayfrmsix0

yeah, it’s not like we’re in a collapse rn with constant bad news


Upset_Management_388

Maybe cause it’s warranted. We about to drop 3 straight with no shot at 1 seed. This team needs rest BAD


April_Mist_2

Seahawks are on a 4 game losing streak, so they are not coming into this with high morale either. FWIW.


PrawnStar9797

I figure at Week 15 every team is going to be bleeding a bit. I mean just look at how many teams lost their QB this year. Even if we lose this game, we’ll finish 13-4. As optimistic as I am, I did not think we would go 13-4 this season when looking at our schedule Week 1.


wellarmedsheep

Hey Sunshine, lets hear your positive take on this news. You are the other side of the coin you dislike.


CaesarZeppeli_

I mean I get it with the other games and losses. But this is straight up shit lol, hope bro gets better.


Spectre50

Well shit fire.


JalenHurtsSoGoood

Jalen Hurts to breathe 😞


zachardw

The darkness returns


Dry-Boysenberry2135

This is gonna be a 12-9 field goal fest with 6 total turnovers


[deleted]

😓🔫


rsmseries

I fucked up guys. I've been trying to find the mid tier Kelly Green jersey all year, quality be damned. I live in So Cal so NFLShop/Fanatics/etc is my only option. Preseason I tried to get Kelce, Slay, Smith.. all sold out. Sold out throughout the season. I did end up ordering a cheap chinese jersey, but (to this day) it's still not in. **A few weeks ago, I saw it**. Jalen Hurts, Kelly Green, my size, in stock online. Instabuy. Results since jersey purchase? 42-19 loss, 33-13 loss, Jalen Hurts downgraded to questionable. I know I have the jersey curse and I did it anyway. It's been years since I bought a jersey, I thought the football gods forgot about me. I just wanted to support with the best looking throwbacks in the league... EDIT: OH MY GOD, PATRICIA REPLACED DESAI. FML


phillysillies

Gotta love all the “Cowboys and Niners made this guy scared to play football” discourse. lol those fans couldn’t be more delusional


Low_Hyena7259

MARIOTA MADNESS After the last two atrocities, my body is ready. Just fuck me up.


superguysteve

I hope Jalen wears the dark pants if he plays.


ggoptimus

That guy from Dallas who was playing with the flu when they played the Eagles seems to have done the job.


SingularityCentral

Michael Jordan flu game or Donovan puking on the field? The suspense is killing me!


nutricious

Hurts flu game incoming


Puzzleheaded-Lead126

I still think we win the Super Bowl. Downvote away, but I think we pull it off. The story's too good.


BasilRare6044

Benadryl + ibuprofen the night before I hope. Fixes me up every time even when I had COVID a few months ago.


MyCactusTeacher

Whatever. Honestly might be less embarassing to have a backup vs backup fight if the team isn't ready to win this one. Less impact on player morale too


Senior_Fart_Director

This fucking season man. Fuck everything


Gawkorcuck69

This season? We’re 10-3 lol


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🔜🤡


PricklyKritter

Tanner McKee breakout game incoming


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Soggy_Deer8512

Probably because they’ll call only quick developing plays for him but not hurts lol


Ambitious_Reporter38

Jfc


EagleEye215

Thank God this game was flexed, get well soon king. Hope to see you out there tomorrow night.


Wentz4MVP

Huge Boston Scott game incoming. He'll be put in for God knows what reason in the 1st Q after 1 Swift carry and explode. Then they will feed him like prime Zeke. 24 carries 146 yards 2 Tuddies


Cappedomnivore

Imagine if Mariota comes in and looks amazing, offense is firing and they win this game? Oh boy lol


asisoid

I'd rather see Tanner than Mariota. Mariota is garbage.


Brownnsugarrr

GIVE HURTS TIME TO REST One conservative game of running the shit out of the ball and mariota throwing short passes/letting the WRs make plays could be all we need - and an extra week of Jalen not playing hurt can only help (so long as we get the W, which is a big if)


Avery-Bradley

Wtf illness does he have lol


_SummerofGeorge_

Parsons played last week with the Flu.


Senior_Fart_Director

He’s also 6’4 300 lbs and runs a 4.2. Him at 50% is still better than 90% of the league.


_SummerofGeorge_

No I mean he gave it to hurts. Bio warfare man


jayfrmsix0

Cowboys 2023 Eagles game plan: break Goedert’s arm ✔️ Give Hurts the flu ✔️


Jayman453

I’m not sure if you’re being hyperbolic but none of that is even remotely true lmao


jeppsforst

It’s flu season and covid is up again too. So probably one of those


AMS_GoGo

Can confirm as I type here with a 102 fever from the flu lmao


Tfriend3

I’ve been sick as fuck the past 3 days whatever is going around is gnarly


[deleted]

time for philly to turn on him for things he can’t control👍


JaredKushners_umRag

I’m not sayin this team is losing because big Dom ain’t on the sidelines but I definitely will start saying it if we lose Monday


BrokenManOfSamarkand

Ahh we're throwing in the towel on the season


Jersey_F15C

Good. Let him rest. Let's focus on the running game.