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THE BLACK HAND
Joined: 06.09.2021

Sep 14 @ 7:48 PM ET
Mark Recchi is being inducted into the Flyers Hall of Fame! Congrats Mark! Well deserved
- Sublime55

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Minnyhock
Minnesota Wild
Joined: 06.26.2021

Sep 14 @ 7:50 PM ET
What a difference between how Sweden actually listens to their players and puts their welfare first compared to how the Soviet Union part 2 treats them like commodities.
- BiggE


Yeah,I think you can attribute that to cultural differences and norms. Swedes are open minded, naive and have a more positive outlook toward humanity. Russians are more like Americans the way they’re jaded and cynical. Swedes and Americans like when people smile. Russians are suspicious when you smile.

2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Sep 14 @ 8:03 PM ET
LETS GO EAGLES
2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Sep 14 @ 8:03 PM ET
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
- THE BLACK HAND

hmm
THE BLACK HAND
Joined: 06.09.2021

Sep 14 @ 8:07 PM ET
hmm
- 2Real

thats right, i said it
SuperSchennBros
Location: Not protected by the Mods...I mean Mob. Take your best shot!
Joined: 09.01.2012

Sep 14 @ 8:33 PM ET
A time when the Flyers made the same mistakes that they do now, but at least back then it was easier to fix using money because there was no cap.
- Glak18


I also feel like the star power was much stronger back then. Not just in Philly but across the league. The skill level is undoubtedly higher today but most of the big names felt like household names back then. It’s kind of the point I was making last week that it seemed like every team had a dynamic duo, even if the team was bad. You lost one star, you could always trade for another or sign one in the offseason due to no cap, if your team could afford it out of pocket. By the early 2000’s that changed. The Flyers, Aves, Rangers or Wings collected as many stars as they could. The Rangers were the worst at it, not that we were anymore successful.
ClaudeFather
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: west haven, CT
Joined: 08.14.2015

Sep 14 @ 8:42 PM ET
Passing game has been horrid this season so far
2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Sep 14 @ 8:45 PM ET
Passing game has been horrid this season so far
- ClaudeFather

defense is ready
MBFlyerfan
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Be nice from now on, NJ
Joined: 03.17.2006

Sep 14 @ 8:46 PM ET
Can anyone hold on to the ball in this game?
ClaudeFather
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: west haven, CT
Joined: 08.14.2015

Sep 14 @ 8:46 PM ET
defense is ready
- 2Real

More so just getting lucky against a terrible team that does everything wrong lol. They didn’t look great against the Pats
StepfordSam
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 02.06.2017

Sep 14 @ 8:47 PM ET
Brian Johnson is lost in the woods.
wcorvette
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Boynton Beach, FL
Joined: 10.03.2010

Sep 14 @ 8:48 PM ET
Bad play calling. Swift 4 touches all good, so let’s stop using him. Beginning of NFL season is always sloppy
Hesh_
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 07.29.2013

Sep 14 @ 8:49 PM ET
Why is our offense all bunched up?

Steichen had them way more spread out. Do that.
landros 2
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Centre of universe
Joined: 02.07.2007

Sep 14 @ 8:53 PM ET
Bad play calling. Swift 4 touches all good, so let’s stop using him. Beginning of NFL season is always sloppy
- wcorvette


True….Hurts having trouble with his reads at the line….bad last week , horrid to start this week.
landros 2
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Centre of universe
Joined: 02.07.2007

Sep 14 @ 8:54 PM ET
Brian Johnson is lost in the woods.
- StepfordSam


Can’t say his start is inspiring much confidence.
PT21
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: ""Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.", PA
Joined: 03.04.2008

Sep 14 @ 9:09 PM ET
True….Hurts having trouble with his reads at the line….bad last week , horrid to start this week.
- landros 2


Correct. And it is clear that opposing defenses have seen something in his tape and are doing a lot of disguising/pre-snap looks and it is working big time.
2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Sep 14 @ 9:13 PM ET
hurts MVP
wcorvette
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Boynton Beach, FL
Joined: 10.03.2010

Sep 14 @ 9:14 PM ET
True….Hurts having trouble with his reads at the line….bad last week , horrid to start this week.
- landros 2



Natural, Hurts star status, use him, but running the ball will always set up the rest of the O
landros 2
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Centre of universe
Joined: 02.07.2007

Sep 14 @ 9:16 PM ET
Natural, Hurts star status, use him, but running the ball will always set up the rest of the O
- wcorvette


Run it down their throat….let your o line get into a rhythm. First impresssivevthing I’ve seen out of the new coordinator that I liked.
PT21
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: ""Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.", PA
Joined: 03.04.2008

Sep 14 @ 9:27 PM ET
Run it down their throat….let your o line get into a rhythm. First impresssivevthing I’ve seen out of the new coordinator that I liked.
- landros 2


Problem is, that drive took 8 minutes. Good if you are ahead like last year. But good teams are absolutely going to carve up our middle of our D with intermediate passes and score much quicker. Already Hockenson has 10 catches!

And once you are behind, that run game strategy goes out of the window.

Then what?
2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Sep 14 @ 9:37 PM ET
BOOM!
2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Sep 14 @ 9:38 PM ET
lot of arm chair coaches here think they can do better
PT21
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: ""Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.", PA
Joined: 03.04.2008

Sep 14 @ 9:50 PM ET
lot of arm chair coaches here think they can do better
- 2Real


Cool story, bro.

I am seeing a qb who is repeatedly failing to make correct reads and repeatedly being baited into mistakes. They just showed him look at a single safety that morphed into cover 2 and he fell for it and threw an INT. Last game he saw a DE rush sownfield and he called a run read in that direction and did not see LB and CB do a run rush as well. Goedert had no one in his time zone.

The only hope is he plays himself out of it. But that rarely happens within a NFL season.

Early season predictions: 11-6 to 10-7 with bad losses against top teams. Hurts out of top 10 in MVP votes.
ClaudeFather
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: west haven, CT
Joined: 08.14.2015

Sep 14 @ 9:52 PM ET
I don’t think I’ve seen a team as pathetic as the Vikings
2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Sep 14 @ 9:53 PM ET
ATTA BOY FLETCH
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