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Revisiting 2024 preseason predictions.
The 2025 NFL season is just over a month away (just saying that is a little surreal!). File this piece in the just-for-fun folder; I...

Luke Snavely
Jul 288 min read
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Obligatory post-draft grade article!
This annual exercise is among the more useless but most enjoyable projects I get to write each year. A quick comment on what I believe to...

Luke Snavely
Apr 284 min read
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2025 offseason report card and seven round mock draft.
Eagles Chalk Talk is BACK! Let's give some grades and commentary on the offseason's biggest stories: Offensive staff turnover: B-. As we...

Luke Snavely
Apr 245 min read
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Final thoughts: emptying the notebook on Super Bowl 59.
Just a few additional thoughts I've had after chewing on Sunday's triumph for a few days: I've felt for quite some time that the single...

Luke Snavely
Feb 164 min read
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Eagles ride dominant defense to win championship and the ultimate grudge match.
One storyline for this game that was not widely discussed was the fact that Philly had beaten the Patriots after losing to them once,...

Luke Snavely
Feb 104 min read
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Why the Eagles will get revenge this weekend.
First things first; in this column two years ago , I made the following prediction: " Eagles win IF: they do not turn the ball over and...

Luke Snavely
Feb 76 min read
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A (very late) NFC Championship Game recap.
NOTE: coming in late as I had an emergency meeting on Sunday night. I must admit that I wished I had stuck to my instincts when putting...

Luke Snavely
Jan 294 min read
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A look at the NFC Championship Game.
I can't tell you that I ever imagined that we'd see Eagles-Commanders as the NFC title ticket. I had Washington pegged for five wins this...

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Jan 256 min read
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Eagles try hard to lose but survive and advance.
Somehow the Eagles managed to follow up their ugly win against Green Bay with an even uglier win over an overachieving Rams team (I will...

Luke Snavely
Jan 194 min read
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Eagles knock off Packers in an ugly one.
This one wasn't pretty, no questions there. How bad was it? Let's count the ways: 15 combined accepted penalties for 149 yards four total...

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Jan 123 min read
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Who will win the Super Bowl? Building a model from past winners (Part 2).
Two years ago, in anticipation of a Philly Super Bowl run, I wrote a piece that attempted to use statistical history to determine the...

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Jan 105 min read
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Eagles win Backup Bowl, sweep Cowboys, clinch NFC East.
In what is becoming quite the tradition , the Eagles and Cowboys faced each other with reserve QBs playing big roles. Philly handled...

Luke Snavely
Dec 29, 20243 min read
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Shorthanded Eagles drop one.
In what is apparently an annual Eagles tradition, Philly drops a game to an inferior Washington team (yes, I'm just a little bitter). The...

Luke Snavely
Dec 22, 20242 min read
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Eagles out-tough the tough guys and win Keystone Bowl.
I had a bad feeling about this game all week (questionable health, bad locker room vibes, playing a tough and well coached team); I...

Luke Snavely
Dec 15, 20244 min read
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Eagles thwart trap game upset.
First things first: this game was clearly a trap game, despite the comments that Nick Sirianni made last week. How could it not be?...

Luke Snavely
Dec 8, 20243 min read
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In praise of the Eagles' defense.
I think I'm finally at the point that most fans seem to have arrived at; admitting that the defense is the true strength of this team. I...

Luke Snavely
Dec 5, 20244 min read
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Eagles dump Ravens in an instant classic.
Saquan Barkley outplayed Derrick Henry, Philly's defense played bend-don't-break to perfection and the Eagles took down Baltimore for the...

Luke Snavely
Dec 1, 20243 min read
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Eagles rout Rams!
Since it's late, I'm just going to run through the talking points bullet-style: In what is turning out to be a really successful season,...

Luke Snavely
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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Philly wins an odd one in prime time.
This game marks another entry into a trend that I can't quite understand; dominating a game everywhere but the scoreboard. Philly rocked...

Luke Snavely
Nov 15, 20242 min read
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Midseason commentary and prediction for tonight.
A few thoughts on where we are with the 2024 season, in no particular order: Defensive resurgence. Much has been made of the statistical...

Luke Snavely
Nov 14, 20244 min read
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