1 hour ago, Parrot Head said:

Brown is a player

He's not a tackler.  Hard to be a player when you fall off the guy you are supposed to tackle.   He needs to work on it... a lot.

I know it's been posted in different wording but reading it like this just makes it sound that much worse. If anything, the Eagles should be wanting to sustain longer drives to keep the defense off the field. They are playing entirely too many snaps and are clearly the worse of the two units. Keep them off the field and you have a much better chance to win.

 

1 hour ago, bpac55 said:

Kendricks is undervalued IMO. He, along with Chris Gocong were misused here too. Kenricks was an unbelievable blitzer and a downhill player. He should have been attacking the majority of his time. Yes, Wagner has had a longer and better career, but Kendricks was a good Eagle.

Lavonte David was on the board too when the Kendricks pick was made. Big miss by Howie going for Kendricks when those two guys were sitting there. 

5 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I know it's been posted in different wording but reading it like this just makes it sound that much worse. If anything, the Eagles should be wanting to sustain longer drives to keep the defense off the field. They are playing entirely too many snaps and are clearly the worse of the two units. Keep them off the field and you have a much better chance to win.

 

Complementary football.   Seems these guys don't understand it.  

They read the blog

 

9 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I know it's been posted in different wording but reading it like this just makes it sound that much worse. If anything, the Eagles should be wanting to sustain longer drives to keep the defense off the field. They are playing entirely too many snaps and are clearly the worse of the two units. Keep them off the field and you have a much better chance to win.

 

Yeah this is super concerning and might explain why Hurts is forcing big plays rather than take what the defense is giving him.

2 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

Yeah this is super concerning and might explain why Hurts is forcing big plays rather than take what the defense is giving him.

I have an easier time believing the coaches are incompetent than I do thinking Hurts regressed back to rookie level Hurts. I don't like the bailing out of the pocket issue, that's on Hurts. But not even looking at the mid-level or short passes that are wide open and just chucking it could be in relation to this mindset by BJ. If a team wants to make him a HC next year, more power to them.

21 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I know it's been posted in different wording but reading it like this just makes it sound that much worse. If anything, the Eagles should be wanting to sustain longer drives to keep the defense off the field. They are playing entirely too many snaps and are clearly the worse of the two units. Keep them off the field and you have a much better chance to win.

 

The eagles are going to lose to Tommy Cutlets 

4 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I have an easier time believing the coaches are incompetent than I do thinking Hurts regressed back to rookie level Hurts. I don't like the bailing out of the pocket issue, that's on Hurts. But not even looking at the mid-level or short passes that are wide open and just chucking it could be in relation to this mindset by BJ. If a team wants to make him a HC next year, more power to them.

I really hope someone does.

28 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

He's not a tackler.  Hard to be a player when you fall off the guy you are supposed to tackle.   He needs to work on it... a lot.

He’s fast and aggressive.  He doesn’t cover well and doesn’t play well in the box because he can’t tackle.  So essentially he does nothing well…but he is a prospect who can fly around the field.  
 

On a better defense, he’s buried on the depth chart working on the little things…and he’s competing for the 3rd safety job in training camp next year.

But this isn’t a better defense and he’s getting on the field now and is probably handed a starting job next year.

10 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

He’s fast and aggressive.  He doesn’t cover well and doesn’t play well in the box because he can’t tackle.  So essentially he does nothing well…but he is a prospect who can fly around the field.  
 

On a better defense, he’s buried on the depth chart working on the little things…and he’s competing for the 3rd safety job in training camp next year.

But this isn’t a better defense and he’s getting on the field now and is probably handed a starting job next year.

I'd consider tackling a bit more than a little thing.

7 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I'd consider tackling a bit more than a little thing.

He currently plays every snap like he’s still on ST’s.  I expect to see progress if he gets consistent playing time TBH.

 

It's that time of year again folks.   Boston Scott Season is here.  Let's get this W on Christmas.  Brotherly Shove Fake to Boston, let's go.  

 

 

16 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I have an easier time believing the coaches are incompetent than I do thinking Hurts regressed back to rookie level Hurts. I don't like the bailing out of the pocket issue, that's on Hurts. But not even looking at the mid-level or short passes that are wide open and just chucking it could be in relation to this mindset by BJ. If a team wants to make him a HC next year, more power to them.

11 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I really hope someone does.

How many 10+ teams didn't lose coaches last season?

7 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

He currently plays every snap like he’s still on ST’s.  I expect to see progress if he gets consistent playing time TBH.

Even on ST, you have to bring the man down, merely hitting him doesn't get it done.  Maybe Blank could teach him how to wrap.  But, when wrapping he needs to hang on for dear life when he starts to slip off.

 

I’m sure it was posted earlier but the rumors by McLane about them having concerns with Hurts internally is just embarrassing. His play has been an issue the past month which deserves criticism and hopefully he’ll get it figured out, but he’s always been the same way personality wise even when they were winning. His leadership is the least of my concerns. The media in this town has become a joke. Teams go on slides all the time. It sucks but you don’t need to do stuff like this. They’re 10-4 not 4-10. Have some perspective. 

8 hours ago, Parrot Head said:

Try what? Maybe back up what you supposedly disagree with.

The gradual decline. Which was obvious based on my response

16 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I’m sure it was posted earlier but the rumors by McLane about them having concerns with Hurts internally is just embarrassing. His play has been an issue the past month which deserves criticism and hopefully he’ll get it figured out, but he’s always been the same way personality wise even when they were winning. His leadership is the least of my concerns. The media in this town has become a joke. Teams go on slides all the time. It sucks but you don’t need to do stuff like this. They’re 10-4 not 4-10. Have some perspective. 

I don’t think their record really has anything to do with it. If it’s true it could be as simple as they wish his leadership style was a little more outgoing instead of reserved all the time. I think McLane probably added the word "concerned” to drive clicks though. Even Ike Reese said something similar about how his demeanor on the sideline could potentially affect the team. 

23 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I’m sure it was posted earlier but the rumors by McLane about them having concerns with Hurts internally is just embarrassing. His play has been an issue the past month which deserves criticism and hopefully he’ll get it figured out, but he’s always been the same way personality wise even when they were winning. His leadership is the least of my concerns. The media in this town has become a joke. Teams go on slides all the time. It sucks but you don’t need to do stuff like this. They’re 10-4 not 4-10. Have some perspective. 

Same arc as Wentz…

34 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I’m sure it was posted earlier but the rumors by McLane about them having concerns with Hurts internally is just embarrassing. His play has been an issue the past month which deserves criticism and hopefully he’ll get it figured out, but he’s always been the same way personality wise even when they were winning. His leadership is the least of my concerns. The media in this town has become a joke. Teams go on slides all the time. It sucks but you don’t need to do stuff like this. They’re 10-4 not 4-10. Have some perspective. 

If you pay a qb $250m and expect to compete for a sb, the margin for error or deviation from perfection for that qb is razor thin.

Mahomes is the only qb that has ever won a SB on one of these deals and Hurts ain’t Mahomes.  
 

So it’s very fair to wonder how all this is supposed to work with a qb who isn’t playing at a HOF level, let alone a qb who isn’t playing at a high level.

2 hours ago, bpac55 said:

I know it's been posted in different wording but reading it like this just makes it sound that much worse. If anything, the Eagles should be wanting to sustain longer drives to keep the defense off the field. They are playing entirely too many snaps and are clearly the worse of the two units. Keep them off the field and you have a much better chance to win.

 

Starting to think the Dallas game turnovers discouraged them from taking the patient approach smh.

43 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

If you pay a qb $250m and expect to compete for a sb, the margin for error or deviation from perfection for that qb is razor thin.

Mahomes is the only qb that has ever won a SB on one of these deals and Hurts ain’t Mahomes.  
 

So it’s very fair to wonder how all this is supposed to work with a qb who isn’t playing at a HOF level, let alone a qb who isn’t playing at a high level.

Using money for the standard isn’t really a fair metric, even though I can understand why someone would seeing all the zeroes attached to it. That’s just how the position goes and it’s only going to go up. A lot of guys have and are going to continue to get monstrous deals because quarterback is the most important position in the game. 

Hurts, Kyler, Allen, Herbert, Burrow, Lamar, Trevor Lawrence will probably be next, and the list will go on. They’re all kind of in the same boat success wise, but with Hurts and Burrow having Super Bowl appearances. The fear of starting over again or ostracizing your guy is going to put fear into teams perhaps overpaying for an already established quarterback. Above average guys will get massive contracts, even average to below average ones like Daniel Jones. You really have to be bad to not get a big deal or have your team be in position to take a next QB like Chicago will. 
 

I think Trevor Lawrence has been, overall, underwhelming given his hype coming out. But is Jacksonville really going to move on from him and start over? Probably not. And that means based on the market, they’ll have to match a Hurts/Burrow/Herbert deal because that’s what the standard has been set to. That’s what agents negotiate off of. It was the same with Dak who is a good but not great QB.

Mahomes is the only exception. You can’t compare Hurts to him, but you really can’t compare any of those guys to him either. 
 

 

2 hours ago, bpac55 said:

I know it's been posted in different wording but reading it like this just makes it sound that much worse. If anything, the Eagles should be wanting to sustain longer drives to keep the defense off the field. They are playing entirely too many snaps and are clearly the worse of the two units. Keep them off the field and you have a much better chance to win.

 

This is the exact opposite of what they need to be doing. And not just because of the defense. It's because these guys stall to a ridiculous amount.

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I don’t think their record really has anything to do with it. If it’s true it could be as simple as they wish his leadership style was a little more outgoing instead of reserved all the time. I think McLane probably added the word "concerned” to drive clicks though. Even Ike Reese said something similar about how his demeanor on the sideline could potentially affect the team. 

I’m not going to defend the media cause frankly there’s some who i dislike but it’s not like this is the first time somebody within the Eagles organization starts talking when things aren’t rosey. This seems to happen with the Eagles almost every single time things start to go awry or adversity/turmoil in a season. Going back to like the last three years of Andy Reid this has been an issue. And it hasn’t been just Jeff mclane at the forefront  

so I can blame Jeff mclane’s and other Philly reporters, but somebody within that organization thinks it’s OK to always reveal stuff in the middle of a season when things are not going well or when the chips are down. so I can keep blaming the Philly media saying they are out to create drama and stories (their job is to report what is said to them and tell it in a story) OR I can start looking at an organization that has a history of releasing crap when things aren’t going well and probably should shut the F up instead.

jmo I don’t think Jeff mclane’s is just going to make up a story. I think somebody who is a source that he trust and has been correct most of the time in the past told him something. So he can either just sit on it and let it go or he’s gonna use it after he asked him if he can on the record and use it. To me the bigger issue is the same thing I talked about when Doug was near the end, when wentz was finally done, chip and howie feud and before all that Reid when he was nearing the end. It happens too many times that someone within the organization leaks something not just to mclane for it to be a coincidence. At some point there’s someone within the organization that doesn’t know how to just Stfu when things aren’t going well and keep it in house.