2025 Season | Week 12 | Gameday Chatter Thread | Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys | 11/23/2025

[Genghis Khan]

In terms of drops, it has been a down year.

Yes, he's had too many drops particularly against Philadelphia. That doesn't take away from him being a number 1 and having yet another great season.

 

[NoDak]

His drops are flukey. He has 8 drops this season, which is bad. But for some strange reason, 7 of them have been in the two games with the eagles. 4 in week 1 and 3 this past monday. 1 in all the others combined.

I'm not overly concerned. He is an elite WR. He'll figure it out.

 

[Texas Ace]

Anybody that thinks Lamb is a #2 is pretty obviously retarded, so...

Yeah, he's without question a #1 receiver

You don't put up the kind of numbers he has in recent years if you're not a #1.

 

[Smitty]

What have our thoughts been on Revel so far?

 

[NoDak]

What have our thoughts been on Revel so far?

I think he's going to be just fine. Has had some rust, but that's to be expected. He's also shown flashes of some pretty good ability. Has already shown a willingness to stick his nose in and make a tackle. Even with the injury, hasn't looked like he's afraid of contact. If he can remain healthy, I think he'll be a good one.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

What have our thoughts been on Revel so far?

I mean I think he has been solid. Which is pretty good for a guy coming off a serious injury, not playing football for a year and a half, and having no camp with minimal ramp up. I think he is only going to get better from here. I would imagine you'll really see him take off next year with a full camp. But I'll take solid right now. Especially since Carson has been playing really well.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Yeah as long as his leg holds up this year I'd be shocked if he's not a really good player. Just too much talent.

In the next few weeks, he might be a little vulnerable to some things he hasn't seen yet. I can't imagine a rookie missing over a year of football, no training camp, and just starting in the middle of the year like that.

 

[Smitty]

Pickens has definitely surpassed my expectations so far.

I was thinking he would be a great upgrade and fill an enormous need as a high-end #2 WR, but that he would still be just a clear cut, 60-ish catch WR. I was thinking Alvin Harper on steroids. Big play guy. But not consistent enough to be an elite lead WR. Whereas Harper was a 35 catch guy, in today's league that probably translates to 55-60 catches. I was thinking that, maybe 60, 65. Like what his numbers in Pittsburgh were. Flirt with 1000 yards, but maybe less. 6-8 TDs. I was thinking that the Cooper-Lamb combo was gonna have been far superior.

I love Cooper more than most did I think, but he really just had the two years with Lamb and one was Lamb's rookie year (What a shame that was).

I dunno, I'm reluctant to say Lamb-Pickens is better than Cooper-Lamb, I really loved that duo and thought it was underutilized, but on stats, I guess it (Lamb-Pickens) has to be right there or better.

 

[Bipo]

Some weird shit was going on in Pittsburgh with Pickens. He was basically running go routes and that was it. So either they didn't know what he was capable of, or they just didn't utilize him correctly. Either way, they are looking dumb af for trading him for a third.

I know they haven't had great QBs lately, but any weak armed faggot can throw a slant.

 

[Simpleton]

Watched the all-22 to see the Booker vs. Carter matchup specifically and over about 70 plays I think Carter beat him cleanly maybe 3-4 times, although he did get whipped pretty badly by Davis once on an inside run that was a 4-yard loss.

On the other hand I think he had at least as many clear wins, a few where he basically won a pure 1-on-1 battle of strength at the POA, including sealing off Carter on the big run by Davis that went right through his gap.

Given how serviceable Bass has been I get the consternation over the pick and the desire to have gone elsewhere, although I think it's pretty clear the guy will make Pro Bowls and even with the benefit of hindsight I don't think there's a guy that we passed up who would be clearly better. And even with Warren we have a borderline Pro Bowl type in Ferguson on a reasonable enough contract, so it's not like we're hurting there.

 

[Simpleton]

What have our thoughts been on Revel so far?

Since I had the all-22 up for Booker I went and watched it for Revel and I agree with what others have said about being mostly solid, and just the fact that he's playing as a rookie and not embarrassing himself after not playing for 12+ months is impressive.

He flipped his hips a few times to open up and run with Brown and Smith downfield and was stride for stride with them, which was nice to see. The catches he did give up to Brown weren't terrible and were mostly a function of the right route against the right coverage, he wasn't just getting blitzed physically.

Physically I think he still has some room to improve the further he gets from the injury because there are times where he looks like he's struggling with change of direction a bit at the break point.

As long as he continues like this I think you can comfortably pencil him in as one of your top 3 CB's next year, same with Carson.

 

[Simpleton]

Pickens has definitely surpassed my expectations so far.

I was thinking he would be a great upgrade and fill an enormous need as a high-end #2 WR, but that he would still be just a clear cut, 60-ish catch WR. I was thinking Alvin Harper on steroids. Big play guy. But not consistent enough to be an elite lead WR. Whereas Harper was a 35 catch guy, in today's league that probably translates to 55-60 catches. I was thinking that, maybe 60, 65. Like what his numbers in Pittsburgh were. Flirt with 1000 yards, but maybe less. 6-8 TDs. I was thinking that the Cooper-Lamb combo was gonna have been far superior.

I love Cooper more than most did I think, but he really just had the two years with Lamb and one was Lamb's rookie year (What a shame that was).

I dunno, I'm reluctant to say Lamb-Pickens is better than Cooper-Lamb, I really loved that duo and thought it was underutilized, but on stats, I guess it (Lamb-Pickens) has to be right there or better.

Hard to say since playing with a prime Lamb is different than 1st/2nd year Lamb, although I don't think Cooper was ever as dominant as Pickens has been right now.

I think prime Cooper and this version of Lamb is probably a toss-up with what we're seeing, maybe a slight lean towards Lamb/Pickens because Pickens brings an element that you don't get from either Lamb or Cooper, although I don't think this is prime Pickens yet either.

Pickens is just about to start entering his prime over the next 2 years, as long as he can keep his head on straight and everybody stays healthy I think this duo has the potential to be one of the best WR combos over the last 20ish years.

 

[roughneck266]

Anyone heard how badly some of the Eagles got hurt? Seemed like a few of them were getting beat up later in the game, like Blankenship.

Because if they're out for a while, gosh, I really hate that for them.

They're all suffering from acute sandy vaginitis.

 

[Genghis Khan]

 

[Genghis Khan]

That Javante Williams blitz pickup was so huge.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Hard to say since playing with a prime Lamb is different than 1st/2nd year Lamb, although I don't think Cooper was ever as dominant as Pickens has been right now.

He wasn't.

I appreciated Amari for his demeanor and how he wasn't a diva, and he was big and fast and technically pretty great, but he never did what Pickens is doing right now.

 

[Simpleton]

That Javante Williams blitz pickup was so huge.

One of the interesting things from the game is that in an ideal world Fangio only rushes 4 and plays 7 in coverage, relying on the front 4 to get pressure with shell coverage elsewhere. That was the foundation for how good their defense was last year.

It felt like against us he was sending way more pressures than he normally would, especially later in the game once the offense got rolling. I think he felt like he wasn't going to be able to sit back in his shell with 4 rushing and get off the field given the mismatches we have at WR.

 

[Simpleton]

Ferguson also deserves some props, if not for the idiotic sequence that led to Dak's INT he would've had two big catches to set up TD's inside the 2 (big seam catch right before the half to get us out of the 1st and 25 hole), plus about a 15 yard catch on 3rd and 2 on the final drive.

He's definitely not one of the elite TE's in the league but he's in that 2nd tier and is a nice piece complementing what we have at WR.

 

[GShock]

Ferguson also deserves some props, if not for the idiotic sequence that led to Dak's INT he would've had two big catches to set up TD's inside the 2 (big seam catch right before the half to get us out of the 1st and 25 hole), plus about a 15 yard catch on 3rd and 2 on the final drive.

He's definitely not one of the elite TE's in the league but he's in that 2nd tier and is a nice piece complementing what we have at WR.

I can't stand him because most times, his athleticism and YAC resemble late-stage Witten, but he had some critical catches (and bull-like YAC) in this one.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Ferguson also deserves some props, if not for the idiotic sequence that led to Dak's INT he would've had two big catches to set up TD's inside the 2 (big seam catch right before the half to get us out of the 1st and 25 hole), plus about a 15 yard catch on 3rd and 2 on the final drive.

He's definitely not one of the elite TE's in the league but he's in that 2nd tier and is a nice piece complementing what we have at WR.

So the fumble scared the shit out of me. Luckily it went out of bounds and didn't cost us the game.

But beyond that, Ferguson physically looked as good as he has all season. He was actually breaking tackles and getting yac again. He was getting separation from the LBers and catching the ball really well. If Lamb just looked off his game, Ferguson was like the opposite. He looked like he was on a mission when he got the ball in his hands. And I haven't seen that all season long.