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"when they are all healthy" doing a lot of work here

You mean run heavy, one read and go? I also think Hurts is far less shifty than Willis (and less willing to run) at this stage of his career

Disagree. You'd get it back in your own territory with how much time left, 25 seconds? This offense is not driving 50 yards in 25 seconds. The game was that play

Can't be difficult if everyone else stops the Eagles in the second half

Only silver lining is if they lose next week Sirianni being fired is absolutely in play

Wasn't a good game but I think by the end he was completely sped up by earlier pressure. Hopefully a good learning experience for him, looked sharp early on

If ever there was a play that a player should be cut for alone

First career INT and you're burying him lol

Exactly this. If they don't score, great. If they do you still have half a minute or more to get into FG range

Sirianni mastering the little things as per

Ranking England’s 16 Away Ashes defeats since 2013 In the spirit of Christmas, and with England performing so well in the current Ashes series, I thought it was time to rank England’s 16 (from a possible 18) test match defeats in Australia si…

What was England's worst defeat of their last 16 down under? There's plenty to choose from 🏏

You cannot run out of time when you take over possession with two timeouts and 3:30 on the clock. That is coaching malpractice, Elliott should have never been needed in that situation unless you reach fourth down

100% this. Absolutely fucking pathetic to run out of time in that situation

I agree. A case of getting off a player at the right time, hopefully. Would have to check the numbers but feel like he's never been trustworthy in the playoffs either

Stanley Sport Six Pack: 18/12/25 Another week. Another England batting collapse. There’s plenty to dissect from the past seven days of sport, including some major offseason moves in Major League Baseball and a significant NF…

This week's six pack:

Ashes shame 🏏
Mahomes hurt 🤕
LolMets ⚾️
Jake Paul 🥊
Billy Bonds 🔨

Stanley Sport Six Pack: 10/12/25 Welcome back to Fred Stanley Sport; it’s been a while since my last blog so I thought I’d try something a bit more newsletter style and see how long I can keep this thing rolling. I&#82…

Late night ramblings of a sport tragic ✍️

Eagles 🏈
England 🏏
Phillies ⚾️
Book recs? 📖

Let me know what you think, might even make this a regular feature (second daughter pending)

Get a life lol

What are you talking about? Where am I screaming? Stop jumping to conclusions on someone's personality based on one social media post. Weird behaviour

1. Didn't say they should fire Sirianni
2. Last time we fired a superbowl winning head coach within a few seasons how did that work out?

Not all situations are equal

Also where did I say they should fire Sirianni?!

Who handpicked the OC?

Nope, haven't forgotten. I didn't say Pederson was better. I'm saying the situations are similar, which you seem to be agreeing with? But apparently Sirianni is also a much better coach than DP? I'm confused

Why LOL? I'm not sure of the answer. But the point about Sirianni not calling plays is valid. Plus you could argue he's worked with a far more complete roster (Brown and Smith at WR versus Jeffrey and Torey Smith, for example)

@yaswisden.bsky.social great ep of the pod as per. My thoughts on ENG not caring:

Think it stems from the process over results mindset gone too far. At times they genuinely appear to not care about the result as long as they "play their way". If they don't care about the result, why should fans?

If Sirianni were fired at the end of the season, how hot a candidate would he be for other teams? More or less than Pederson when they canned him?

Looks like he throws it a half second late? Even if he'd thrown it ahead of him when he eventually did pull the trigger the safety is over there

Excellent stuff. Landed on a 4-1 defeat and a Root double ton, probably what I'd expect to be honest!

You know cautious Nick better than that

I can't be the only person finding the Ashes viewing experience horrendous with this commentary model?

Did he "need" them? A designated hitter?