1 minute ago, Texas Eagle said:

They could reevaluate in a month and weigh opportunity cost of rushing him back vs letting him sit. If there’s any shot they rush him back then they will certainly need to add a player before the deadline to keep them afloat. They’re in a tough spot.

I think if they can't add a meaningful long term piece then they should just sell and accumulate assets for next year.  

56 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

 

 

Good for him, lol. 

Yeah, but I didn't see Brock Purdy on We Are Family, so who's the loser now?

11 minutes ago, Texas Eagle said:

Could have waited a year…

I guess ya but the 4 tds in the Super Bowl probably put the rush on it. 

6 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

This back channel beef with Ben Johnson and Washington has burned any future bridges of a potential coaching job in that relationship lol. Commies doing their best to try and make this guy look like a total POS.

Yeah, I have to side with "anonymous sources" here.  A hot coordinator turns down a job because it's "not enough money" and he says he that he'd rather NOT be a head coach in the NFL?  He's an idiot.  If (when?) he's not a hot coordinator anymore, he will be happy just to settle for interviews.

17 minutes ago, Texas Eagle said:

Could have waited a year…

Not really

coming of a SB you had to pay him. Otherwise he could hold out and you risk polluting the locker room if he is allegedly the team leader. 
 

im doubtful he is an actual leader, but you cant just look at the money without factoring in the human dynamics. Thats the kind of bush league stuff that joke franchises do like the raiders or washington. Its unprofesional

Eskin said on WIP Eagles people told him Hurts will be having no procedures done this offseason. That his injury was just a bone bruise. And that speculation something worse was going on is incorrect. That's concerning. The guy didn't lose a step in 2023, he lost like 5 steps. He went from being able to rip off 30 yard runs, to not even being able to beat DEs around the edge. Damn near unheard of for a player without a significant lower body injury to lose that much in one offseason. If Hurts can't get his 2022 legs back, he simply isn't worth the money he was paid. It's what made him so dangerous in the overall skill set.

 

11 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Not really

coming of a SB you had to pay him. Otherwise he could hold out and you risk polluting the locker room if he is allegedly the team leader. 
 

im doubtful he is an actual leader, but you cant just look at the money without factoring in the human dynamics. Thats the kind of bush league stuff that joke franchises do like the raiders or washington. Its unprofesional

Yep. Extending him then was always a big risk, as many of us alluded to at the time. But the alternative was even riskier for the reasons you mentioned.

10 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Eskin said on WIP Eagles people told him Hurts will be having no procedures done this offseason. That his injury was just a bone bruise. And that speculation something worse was going on is incorrect. That's concerning. The guy didn't lose a step in 2023, he lost like 5 steps. He went from being able to rip off 30 yard runs, to not even being able to beat DEs around the edge. Damn near unheard of for a player without a significant lower body injury to lose that much in one offseason. If Hurts can't get his 2022 legs back, he simply isn't worth the money he was paid. It's what made him so dangerous in the overall skill set.

Didn't really look like he bulked up all that much either, so can't put the blame on that. 

9 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Eskin said on WIP Eagles people told him Hurts will be having no procedures done this offseason. That his injury was just a bone bruise. And that speculation something worse was going on is incorrect. That's concerning. The guy didn't lose a step in 2023, he lost like 5 steps. He went from being able to rip off 30 yard runs, to not even being able to beat DEs around the edge. Damn near unheard of for a player without a significant lower body injury to lose that much in one offseason. If Hurts can't get his 2022 legs back, he simply isn't worth the money he was paid. It's what made him so dangerous in the overall skill set.

It’s concerning but it depends on the severity of the bone bruise. I don’t think they actually ever said when it happened. I’m assuming it was a preseason thing because he looked off out the gate against NE. He re-aggravated it against Miami, and then there were some games where he looked like he was back to his old self. If there was any ligament damage and surgery needed, he wouldn’t have played in the flag Pro Bowl game where he was still running around and jumping up for passes. 
 

I’m going to go with the assumption that the bone bruise impacted his mobility for a majority of the season. At least I hope that’s the case because otherwise they’re in trouble if this is how he is mobility wise moving forward. 

11 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Eskin said on WIP Eagles people told him Hurts will be having no procedures done this offseason. That his injury was just a bone bruise. And that speculation something worse was going on is incorrect. That's concerning. The guy didn't lose a step in 2023, he lost like 5 steps. He went from being able to rip off 30 yard runs, to not even being able to beat DEs around the edge. Damn near unheard of for a player without a significant lower body injury to lose that much in one offseason. If Hurts can't get his 2022 legs back, he simply isn't worth the money he was paid. It's what made him so dangerous in the overall skill set.

A bone bruise can be pretty limiting.  A hamstring can be limiting and that doesn't require surgery.  We'll see after a long rest. 

19 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Not really

coming of a SB you had to pay him. Otherwise he could hold out and you risk polluting the locker room if he is allegedly the team leader. 
 

im doubtful he is an actual leader, but you cant just look at the money without factoring in the human dynamics. Thats the kind of bush league stuff that joke franchises do like the raiders or washington. Its unprofesional

I don’t have an issue with the extension. It was basically a four year deal with an out in 2027 with minimal cap hit if all goes to hell. This isn’t something that destroys them for the next eight years. And it’s just how it goes with QBs now. Hurts was an MVP level player in 2022, he had all the leverage. And it already looks like a good deal compared to the Lamar, Burrow, and Herbert extensions. It’ll look even better after Trevor Lawrence and Purdy get re-upped. 

 

Not Eagles. Could be Caldwell or Staley

 

It'll probably be Caldwell. Given the Eagles LBs it's not surprising why a candidate chose the Packers over the Eagles.

23 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

He’s right. We blew them out last year, they blew us out this year.. 1-1 both teams getting blown out

16 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

It'll probably be Caldwell. Given the Eagles LBs it's not surprising why a candidate chose the Packers over the Eagles.

Yeah I try to be glass half full here but LB coach on Eagles is not a desirable job 

33 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Deebo crowing about this years blowout:

 

Deboo on last years blowout:

3 hours ago, Freshmilk said:

Money grab?  High schools across the nation spend more on supporting their football teams than they do on science labs.  All of football from HS-College-Pro is a money grab.

1 - Everyone doing it isn't a good justification for something.   

2 - I work in HS science labs.  Thanks for the update.
 

27 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

 

I wonder if we couldn’t offer him the run game coordinator job. He’s forget, did Hurtt get that title?

I'm not worried about Hurts, the RPO was a short-term trick offense, it wasn't sustainable, all running QBs have to learn how to play out of the pocket (Lamar? You hearin' me?).

Hurts problem was more the offense, I think some stat showed he had one of the highest margins over expected value as a passer, the problem was the scheme didn't get targets open - he might have been MVP if he could have played his defense every week. 😁

Johnson did start the transition of Hurts to a pocket passer with mobility, instead of a running QB - it wasn't going to be a one season transition. But Johnson simply was over his head at OC, and they ended up with the worst of both worlds, a somewhat hobbled (though not as bad as some suggest (he still ran for 605 yards and 15 TDs) QB in a passing offense that put a lot of pressure on him in the pocket.

Moore should be able to give him a better profile of targets and routes, and hopefully Howie will upgrade Watkins, find a RB who can pick up a blitz, and a 2nd TE who teams have to respect. Hurts will have a learning curve, how to use motion to expose a defense, timing on underneath routes instead of hitting stationary targets, real screen plays instead of those stupid WR screens, etc.

Hurts has an above average arm and above average accuracy (especially deep balls) - but he needs a scheme that gives him some easy throws, chucking it up to Brown and hope he makes a play is not a viable long-term offense.

In Moore's offense, I suspect the RPO becomes a "look" to make life harder for opposing DCs, not a mainstay of the offense.

 

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

I wonder if we couldn’t offer him the run game coordinator job. He’s forget, did Hurtt get that title?

Not sure I think DB hire will get pass game coordinator.  At some point maybe having too many aspiring DCs works against you in hiring

3 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

1 - Everyone doing it isn't a good justification for something.   

2 - I work in HS science labs.  Thanks for the update.
 

Therefore there is no justification for football to only be played by High Schools on Fridays simply because they all do it.

57 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Eskin said on WIP Eagles people told him Hurts will be having no procedures done this offseason. That his injury was just a bone bruise. And that speculation something worse was going on is incorrect. That's concerning. The guy didn't lose a step in 2023, he lost like 5 steps. He went from being able to rip off 30 yard runs, to not even being able to beat DEs around the edge. Damn near unheard of for a player without a significant lower body injury to lose that much in one offseason. If Hurts can't get his 2022 legs back, he simply isn't worth the money he was paid. It's what made him so dangerous in the overall skill set.

Kinda surprised 

35 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

It'll probably be Caldwell. Given the Eagles LBs it's not surprising why a candidate chose the Packers over the Eagles.

Agreed. No news on the qb coach opening?