7 minutes ago, Swoop said:

Because there are still people running around race baiting and stirring the pot. 

It was 1 person and he felt someone was calling black QBs idiots

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I don't know if you could have a whiter name than Alec Halaby 

I don't know. He could be 1/64th Cherokee.  

13 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I can tell you what it will be -- the players didn't want Desai fired for Patricia. Everyone assumed the players must have wanted it, but you can see based on comments that they didn't. Nick made the move without having the players on board, and the defensive guys have quit.

It seems like they might have quit before the change was made.  

4 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I believe with every fiber in my body that Siri did not make that move unilaterally.  I think there is no way that Siri didn’t get approval from the real bosses before doing it…if Lurie/Howie weren’t then driving force behind it in the first place.  
 

Nick has said he got approval for it from above. Regardless of whose idea it was, the players were clearly not on board. Getting beaten down by SF and Dallas at the end of a brutal stretch was understandable. Getting run through by Arizona and the Giants is a joke. I hate Emmanuel Acho but he had a great breakdown of how poorly we are playing basic concepts -- the players have no idea what they are doing and/or they just don't care.

 

I don’t like hiring these senior, experienced consultants to "mentor” or cover for inadequate coordinators.  You know what they call a coach who can’t run a defense/offense and needs the help of someone with more experience?  A position coach.  And the more experienced person is the coordinator.

 

 

3 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Byard was on the decline when TEN traded him. We all hoped a change in scenery was what he needed but it doesn't look that way now. Slay is still a good CB but Bradberry has fallen off a cliff. That guy has been TERRIBLE all year and isn't going to get it back now. And the rest of their secondary is pretty "meh".

I am talking about the younger guys from the list...if they don't see the field they aren't going to develop. I they were drafted based on BPA vs for need then they just need reps and coaching. They can't be that bad where you can make a decision to toss them aside after one year can they? I mean they were drafted for a reason, if they are indeed that bad then the issue is far worse than coaching and scheme, it's all the way down to scouting and talent evaluation and I just don't believe that is the case.

16 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Why?

I was led to believe they went to another board; if folks miss them so much they can go say hello.  Personally, I don't think hundreds of posts about how bad our cap situation is and how woke our owner is adds very much to the overall conversation.  

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

It seems like they might have quit before the change was made.  

I really don't think so. They got smoked by SF and Dallas, but they were coming off that brutal 95 snap game against Buffalo. Awful for 3 quarters against SF and the 1st half against Dallas, but the offense kept fumbling and putting them in bad spots in Dallas. They played better in the 2nd half against Dallas.

If the defense is just adequate, we beat Arizona and probably Seattle, making week 18 meaningless. 

28 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Don’t get why Boston scott got $2 mil and is on this roster. He’s 28 going on 29. Can find a younger back with potential and more upside that can also play special teams for way less money. Scott isn’t worth the money. Neither was quez. Both should’ve been let go. 

They handled the RB situation very similarly to how they handled the LB situation.  Fortunately, the Lions were able to draft Gibbs and were looking to offload Swift.  Otherwise, our RBs would have been:  Gainwell, Scott and Penny.   Imagine that.  

Looking ahead, they may not want to spend money on Swift... and our RBs under contract for 2024 are: Kenny Gainwell and that's it.  

The Eagles don't have a ton of cap space and only have 41 players under contract for 2024.   I don't expect them to pay much for RB again... and Boston Scott likely will be brought back on another 1 year deal for very little money.  

2 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

It seems like they might have quit before the change was made.  

They quit after that ass whooping from the 49ers

31 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

I like him, seems to be around the ball a lot and brings a load.

I think it's kind of hard to make a lot of informed decisions/opinions about what you have in the younger guys in the back 7 because this year PHI didn't have a typical PHI front 4 getting a lot of pressure. I mean if you have some of these younger guys in last years back seven isn't the discussion a lot different? Hard to judge young secondary talent(or lack thereof) when you aren't getting to the opposing QB quick enough IMO, it's hard to cover these new route schemes and smaller quicker receivers and backs out of the backfield beyond the initial route option.

Meh.  Not sure about the 'brings a load' part.   He comes ready to tackle, and he wraps up.  But, we've seen him get knocked backwards as he's coming up to make a tackle.  We saw it yesterday as Barkley trucked over him for the TD.  (and that's fine, at least he was there and he did get barkley to the ground, plenty of other guys on this defense would either never get to the right spot, or wouldn't give the effort to wrap up on that play.).  But, I'm not sure I've ever seen him knock the other guy back in making the tackle.    He's a nice player... good depth piece and a ST core 4 guy.   He's just not a guy you want playing all game, every game.

25 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Even if we get smoked in Tampa (maybe I should say when we get smoked), I don't see Howie and Lurie firing Nick. Firing a guy who has been to the playoffs 3 years in a row, with a Super Bowl trip, is the kind of thing that makes you start looking like David Tepper. Even if Nick deserves to be fired, I just don't see the Eagles doing it. 

Welp... "if that's the case 2024 will be a lot of fun." - Said no one ever.

The last 3 from Kempski's 10 awards article  

17 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

That cliff is coming for Slay next year.

He's already started the slide.

1 hour ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

A lot of these plays are just not good football, even though it looks cool. He’s definitely going to have to be reeled in a little bit because a lot of these plays are disasters at the next level. Reminds of me Mahomes at Texas Tech where he was just all over the place. 
 

 

But his nails are pretty.

26 minutes ago, Swoop said:

Because there are still people running around race baiting and stirring the pot. 

Please identify the people that are race baiting.

1 hour ago, wussbasket said:

Nick Morrow

Zach Cunningham

James Bradberry

Darius Slay

Kevin Byard

Avonte Maddox/Bradley Roby

Reed Blankenship

 

That's your "starting" back 7. How many of those players would you realistically want back next year playing full time snaps?

None. Is none an option/

22 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I don't know if you could have a whiter name than Alec Halaby 

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

If I’m Todd Bowles i just blitz every play. Eagles coaches and hurts can’t figure it out. We are still shocked that teams blitz us and make no adjustments to them. 

 

26 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

I am fine with keeping Scott.  He's a serviceable back.  I think he just wasn't utilized properly at all this year.  The coaches have no idea how to rotate personnel to keep defenses guessing.  If Scott was in, it was likely he was getting the ball.  We can blame BJ for this and he's certainly complicit but most of it seems to stem from Sirianni's philosophy.  

I wasn’t cause he’s making $2 mil. He’s not worth $2 mil. There’s guys making less, younger and more upside. It’s the same thing i said with quez. He’s making like $2.78 mil. That’s $4.78 mil in cap space on two backups who frankly could’ve been replaced for half the cost and got similar production. Scott isn’t young anymore either. He’s gonna be 29 and the kickoff rules negate him as a KO so you don’t get that value. Could’ve just gone sermon who is making 835K against the cap. Add on the initially signed penny and traded for swift. So really Scott was viewed as a 4th back. Not worth $2 mil as a 4th back.  

22 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

I don't know. He could be 1/64th Cherokee.  

He looks like Tony Romo and Ben Schwartz had a love child.

5 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

None. Is none an option/

Given Slay's cap hit...no. He is 100% back (and played fine this year). 

Slay and Blankenship will be back. Maybe they bring back Cunningham at vet minimum. Maddox will be gone (no way he stays at over $10mm cap number), Byard gone ($13mm cap savings) and Bradberry post June 1 (basically no cap savings). Sadly, JB may be back since there is no cap saving from a post June 1 release, but just inactive.

I honestly think that any team would embarass us atm. even the panthers

 

11 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Welp... "if that's the case 2024 will be a lot of fun." - Said no one ever.

My belief is they regress more in 2024. New coach or not. I don’t think they can fix the entire defense in an offseason, gonna lose guys like kelce, graham and potentially cox. and i tend to believe the eagles arent going to avoid season ending injuries for a 3rd consecutive year. Only guy they lost for the year was Dean. 

Small potatoes in the grand scheme of things but with the outcome of the game having no impact on things after halftime, why didn't Tanner McKee, Rashaad Penny, BVS, Covey and Calcaterra get as much burn as possible. Would have been nice to see if McKee can throw it against an NFL defense. Penny, the dead horse is beaten to a pulp. BVS can't be any worse than the LB they have out there. Covey playing WR makes him much more valuable to the team. Just don't get it.