One More Thought About Saquon Barkley…
The Eagles had the win on their finger tips vs the Falcons on Monday night… until they did not. Saquon Barkley dropped the ball and everything changed.
The Eagles led by 3 points with under two minutes to play. Philly had third down and three yards to go from the Falcons 10 yard line. Barkley ran an inside-out rout from the backfield to the right flat and Jalen Hurts delivered a perfect pass to him. And Barkley dropped the ball. If he makes the catch there its first and goal and the Eagles would just take a knee, run out the clock and go home a winner and owners of a 2-0 record.
But instead, Barkley dropped the ball. The clock stopped. And the Eagles settled for a field goal and Kirk Cousins and the Falcons got the ball back down 21-15 with a little more than a minute to go and no timeouts. (One could argue it was a bad play call where a running play would have been safer and the clock would continue to run. But the pass play was a pretty high percentage play they had run successfully earlier in the game).
Cousins, who used to have a bad rep for losing prime time, nationally televised games was masterful and led the Falcons on a six play, 70 yard drive and capped it with a game winning touchdown pass to Drake London. (Who’s penalty for unsportsmanlike celebration forced the Falcons to kick a 48 yard extra point for a 22-21 win). We could argue the Eagles pass rush on that final drive was pathetic and Cousins simply sat back in the pocket and made plays like he was in a seven on seven drill. So, the loss does not fall entirely on the hands of Saquon Barkley.
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On the night Barkley rushed for 95 yards and made 4 catches for 21 yards. And in the Eagles season opening win vs the Packers Saquon Barkley ran for 109 yards and rushed for two touchdowns and caught another touchdown pass. Without Barkley, the Eagles would be 0-2. Granted they should be 2-0, but they are 1-1 and it is not the end of the world unless the Eagles and their fans make it seem so.
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NFL Beer Prices For The 2024-25 Season
Which NFL Stadium has the cheapest beer? It’s time to analyze the NFL beer prices for the upcoming season, along with some commentary and a little bit of “who do they think they are?” Along with win/loss records, the price differences also don’t appear to be regional. We have 3 NFL teams here in Florida and one is near the pricing bottom and the other at the top.
A special note to our friends at Fox5 in Washington, DC – I won’t be calling out your precious Washington Commanders this year, either. Someone at management got the note after the 2022 version of this article. Or better yet, they got new management. I personally am taking credit for your beer prices coming down, although I want no part of your 4-13 record from last year. **And a new report from the stadium may contradict earlier findings. Something Shady going on.
In terms of overall expenses, with one of the highest general ticket prices in the league, Cardrates states “the San Francisco 49ers offer the most expensive gameday experience. A ticket, two beers, a hot dog, and parking costs fans $239.66 at Levi’s Stadium.”
The Philadelphia Eagles offer the next most expensive gameday experience at $225.01. Eagles’ general tickets cost around $139, but the beer, hot dog, and parking price at Lincoln Financial Field land them in the second spot for the most expensive game day experience. More on the Eagles in a bit.
NFL Beer Prices
If you want to do some year over year comparison on NFL beer prices, here’s last year’s data. It showed that the Rams and Chargers (who shared a stadium) were tops on the list with the most expensive beer in the NFL. Checking the numbers, it looks like they found a way to bring prices down (a little) while some others came up.
It’s not gonna happen, but I’d love to see pricing based on a floating scale, based on team performance. So, judging this after watching the Patriots preseason game on Peacock last Sunday night, beers at the New England games should be a dollar. You guys got so used to winning every year and now this? Just brutal. So let’s get on with it, starting with the cheapest NFL beer prices which always begins in Atlanta…
Please hmu if any of these prices change, the preseason just ended the real season hasn’t started yet.
