10 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Another aspect to consider with Lurie and head coaches is he probably feels confident in his own judgment and track record. 

• 3 of 5 of his coaching hires made the Super Bowl.  The team only made 1 SB appearance prior to Lurie owning the team.
• Every coach he's hired has never been a head coach before; a coordinator or position coach prior.
• Every coach he's hired has improved the team record in his first year.
• Every coach he's hired has only had 1 season of winning less than 5 games and each time they were immediately fired on Black Monday.

It is what it is, but he should also keep in mind there were some real clunkers he coveted that turned him down and took jobs elsewhere. Kinda like when Howie was ready to sign Allen Robinson to big money but had to go to option B of AJ Brown.

2 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

So his daughter can find him on tv

 

5 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

But where would you draft him if you were a GM, though?  The way the board is set right now it's very likely CHI, WAS, NE all draft QB (Williams, Maye, Daniels supposedly).  Looking at the top 10 in receiving yards this season, you go down to Mike Evans and Amari Cooper at 9 and 10 before you see a WR drafted in the top 10 overall.  There's so much supply at that position.

If I had a positional bigboard....

Williams, Harrison, Maye, Nabers, Daniels. 

WR in today's NFL is more important than OT.

2 hours ago, wussbasket said:

Could end up working really well, or end up right back where they are now.

And of course,  worse than they are now, and much worse than they are now.

1 minute ago, Alphagrand said:

 

Yea it was reported a few months ago

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/a-j-browns-pink-shoes-did-not-violate-the-footwear-rule

43 minutes ago, RLC said:

Yes.

Tweet from Clay Harbor...take it FWIW.

27 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

everyone has him in the marvin harrison tier. Those 2 and then everyone else. 

No one is in harrisons tier. He is tier 1. Thats it. Thats the tier.

24 minutes ago, Frankfurteagle89 said:

So you suspect that only the defensive guys were the cause of the locker room rift? Just seems that both units had issues, although the defense was historically bad.

Yes. Domino effect. Defense starts the rift. Offense impacted because they are trying to compensate for the bad defense with big plays and that's where the disagreement in approach starts to come in. I don't think the offensive guys were as much of a problem than the defense considering they changed the freaking coordinator on D.

I get to the middle rounds and am just going off the simulator ranking, position and quick draft bio.  But how's this?

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

I get to the middle rounds and am just going off the simulator ranking, position and quick draft bio.  But how's this?

Wish the comp picks were in already...but not bad.

6 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

I hate the Rooney Rule. It is actually disrespectful to the minorities. "Let's force teams to get someone's hopes up just to check a box"

I also hate the rule a team gets 2 third round picks if a team hires one of your minority staff to be a HC or GM. Rule is racist. Not to mention wouldn't it be more effective if the team hiring the minority gets the picks? 

Agree with everything you say. My question is, what do they consider to be "enough" minority coaches to be fair? Does the NFL have a goal of how many they want? Does the NFL think it should be 50/50 white and black coaches? We also all know what they consider a minority. If you search for articles about it, Robert Saleh, Mike McDaniel and Ron Rivera (at the time) were often overlooked as minorities. In a time where society is trending to glorify what people identify as, I find it funny that McDaniel "identifying" as biracial doesn't count. Ron Rivera is Puerto Rican and Mexican and he often would be overlooked as a minority. 

IMO, the Rooney Rule has never been needed and like you said is disrespectful. Having to check off a box in order to get the guy you want is just a huge slap in the face. What was needed was more black players retiring.

In 1970, 30% of the NFL players were black, so even when they retired, of course there weren't going to be high numbers of black coaches.

Today, 56% of NFL players are black, with the next largest segment being white players at 25%. Throughout the 90s and 2000s, the percentage of black players was closer to 70%. Now that all of these players start retiring the more there are to get in to the coaching world. 

What was needed, and what has helped out the most is the foot in the door via coaching internships (Duce Staley for instance) or position coach openings. You now have this large number of black players retiring and getting in to coaching rather than retiring and opening a car wash or a car dealership. Now that these guys are getting in to coaching, natural progression and evolution should happen...just like we saw with the makeup of the players in the league. 

Hopefully someday it goes away and the natural progression of players retiring and getting in to coaching brings the change the NFL seeks. Even if they don't, let the best coaches get the job. If they are white, so be it. If they aren't great. Just be a good coach and win. It's not that hard. However, the NFL has an entire operations staff dedicated to this now and it's not going away. 

Remember, It Takes All of Us.

The Rooney Rule has good intentions, but the majority of NFL front offices would prefer to hire who they know and 100% of team ownership is white. Jerry Jones literally protested in favour of segregation (the Cowboys have never hired a black head coach). 

Whoa -- didn't know virtual interviews don't count for the Rooney Rule. 

 

3 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

Shane obviously offered better insight and support than Brian

Siri obviously doesn't listen to Brian like he used to listen to Shane.

Siri has known Shane since the Chargers.   Frank Reich,  Siri and Shane were all low level offense coaches with the Chargers 10 years ago with Philip Rivers as the QB.

Hurts is really nothing like Rivers.  Wentz is like Rivers.  Reich, Siri and Shane are all coaches for players like - Philip Rivers, Wentz, Herbert, McKee. 

Brian Johnson is the kind of coach for Hurts.

2015 Chargers - 4-12

Head Coach - Mike McCoy
Offensive Coordinator - Frank Reich
QB Coach - Siri
Offensive Quality Control - Shane

QB - Philip Rivers

Philip Rivers Passing Yards - 4792
Rushing yards per attempt - #32
Passing attempts - #2

That's what you get with that group of coaches.

The Eagles also have Stoutland and Hurts and Johnson,  so you aren't getting the pure Chargers 4-12 mid 10s experience.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sdg/2015.htm

2 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Whoa -- didn't know virtual interviews don't count for the Rooney Rule. 

 

Oddly shows they have real interest doing that instead of just using him to qualify

19 minutes ago, RLC said:

If I had a positional bigboard....

Williams, Harrison, Maye, Nabers, Daniels. 

WR in today's NFL is more important than OT.

 

3 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

I've said all season the offensive woes were more Sirianni than Johnson, it's his offense, his operation. Which would make it pretty hilarious if their solution is instead of firing the head coach who is most responsible for the issues, to take more power away from him and giving it to coordinators.

You don't fire a hc who takes you to the playoffs every year.   You say "hey,  look over there down I95 a bit,  Harbaugh isn't micromanaging the offense or the defense,  but he's done quite well.   Do that.  CEO Siri.  And let Brian Johnson do his thing at the OC spot."

5 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Whoa -- didn't know virtual interviews don't count for the Rooney Rule. 

 

So they either didn't know that it doesn't count (wouldn't be shocked lol) or they're actually considering Brian

Praying that they hire him but yea I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't know about the fine print in the rule

9 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Whoa -- didn't know virtual interviews don't count for the Rooney Rule. 

 

Didn't know that either. What could possibly be the reasoning behind it?

15 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Wish the comp picks were in already...but not bad.

Howie's hoping BJ gets hired so he can get those two 3rd round picks!

1 minute ago, Eagz said:

Didn't know that either. What's the reasoning behind it?

Probably to enforce a possible interest in the candidate to meet face to face instead of on a screen

2 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Did Jobe play thst terribly on the outside? Know he got beat deep on one play then didn't see him again 

Every CB except Slay had a below average PFF.  Slay was much worse in 23 than 22.   Ringo was the 2nd best CB. 

Jobe's PFF was 40.8

https://www.pff.com/nfl/teams/philadelphia-eagles/24/roster

2 minutes ago, Eagz said:

Didn't know that either. What could possibly be the reasoning behind it?

 

Just now, Mike030270 said:

Probably to enforce a possible interest in the candidate to meet face to face instead of on a screen

That, and so they don't just use a cheap, quick easy method over zoom to satisfy the rule.  They probably pay to fly the coach in, or do they make the coach pay for their travel?  If the team pays it's more costly so they will hopefully take it serious, I guess would be the thinking.

59 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

joking, it's my shtick here

you're getting soft in your old age