Don't be surprised for the team to add a OLB coach

1 hour ago, time2rock said:

LOL. an important offensive role. like what, handing out the gatorade?

1 hour ago, rrfierce said:

LOL. an important offensive role. like what, handing out the gatorade?

He’ll be the guy who designs WR screen passes for no gain. He’s proven to be quite good at that.

2 hours ago, rrfierce said:

LOL. an important offensive role. like what, handing out the gatorade?

Don't be ridiculous.  Nothing that important. 

Wonder if true.  If so, thank goodness!

12 hours ago, time2rock said:

Wonder if true.  If so, thank goodness!

My take on that Kingsbury report is that they interviewed him and didn't like what he had to say about the staff. Is that 'close'? Sure if you define close as under consideration but that would define every legit interview as close

31 minutes ago, time2rock said:

OLB/DE coach, focus on the edge rushers. Or alternatively some sort of a senior assistant 

 

Hell to to the YES to bringing in Staley as a D Coach.

3 hours ago, time2rock said:

Sure why not

I like the new Coaches, I really do.

A shame the D needs to be rebuilt. Thanks Howie for that. So, the Iggles may be another 2 years away from contenting for a SB, IMO. Maybe 3.

15 hours ago, LacesOut said:

I like the new Coaches, I really do.

A shame the D needs to be rebuilt. Thanks Howie for that. So, the Iggles may be another 2 years away from contenting for a SB, IMO. Maybe 3.

It doesn't take that long in the nfl anymore.  If Howie hits on a LB and a S in FA that will go a long way.  I'm not saying he will but the could be solid on defense next season with the right moves and better coaching

2 hours ago, pgcd3 said:

It doesn't take that long in the nfl anymore.  If Howie hits on a LB and a S in FA that will go a long way.  I'm not saying he will but the could be solid on defense next season with the right moves and better coaching

Yep.  Add to that more creative play calling on offense to get that unit performing closer to the level it was in 2022.  Because even with an improved defense we just weren’t good enough of offense this year.  

4 hours ago, pgcd3 said:

It doesn't take that long in the nfl anymore.  If Howie hits on a LB and a S in FA that will go a long way.  I'm not saying he will but the could be solid on defense next season with the right moves and better coaching

I disagree. Long is 2 to 3 years??

Also, I feel as though the Birds are 5th best in the NFC now. SF, Dallas, Detroit, and GB are better. 

2 hours ago, LacesOut said:

I disagree. Long is 2 to 3 years??

Also, I feel as though the Birds are 5th best in the NFC now. SF, Dallas, Detroit, and GB are better. 

Kind of leads to the question of what will be a successful season for Sirianni then? What can he do to get an extension? Is making the playoffs as a wild card team enough to do that? 

1 hour ago, EazyEaglez said:

Kind of leads to the question of what will be a successful season for Sirianni then? What can he do to get an extension? Is making the playoffs as a wild card team enough to do that? 

Great questions.

I have no idea. It's up to the GM and Owner. What are their expectations for next season.

56 minutes ago, LacesOut said:

Great questions.

I have no idea. It's up to the GM and Owner. What are their expectations for next season.

Feels like Sirianni (and perhaps Roseman) did enough to convince Lurie to give Sirianni another year at least. I feel like there’s some smoke to the Belicheat fire and I find it interesting that he didn’t take that Falcons gig nor is he likely to coach this year. Meanwhile Sirianni’s coaching stability is dubious at best. Then we have the story that came out from Covey and the emotional drainage, to go with finger pointing. This is a daunting task for Sirianni to fix especially since if feels like he’s lost all coaching duties other than being the overseer who can’t tell his coordinators what to do. Feels like nothing short of an NFC East Championship appearance will give him a chance to stay in my opinion, but if he tries to make a power move at that moment I could still see them moving on from him. Conversely, if the Eagles have a very slow start (let’s say a terrible first two months) I could see the Eagles dump Sirianni and make Moore the interim HC. 

49 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said:

Feels like Sirianni (and perhaps Roseman) did enough to convince Lurie to give Sirianni another year at least. I feel like there’s some smoke to the Belicheat fire and I find it interesting that he didn’t take that Falcons gig nor is he likely to coach this year. Meanwhile Sirianni’s coaching stability is dubious at best. Then we have the story that came out from Covey and the emotional drainage, to go with finger pointing. This is a daunting task for Sirianni to fix especially since if feels like he’s lost all coaching duties other than being the overseer who can’t tell his coordinators what to do. Feels like nothing short of an NFC East Championship appearance will give him a chance to stay in my opinion, but if he tries to make a power move at that moment I could still see them moving on from him. Conversely, if the Eagles have a very slow start (let’s say a terrible first two months) I could see the Eagles dump Sirianni and make Moore the interim HC. 

If they win a lot of games then he will have turned the locker room issue around but agree about slow start

 

7 hours ago, pgcd3 said:

If they win a lot of games then he will have turned the locker room issue around but agree about slow start

 

We aren’t going to really know what Sirianni is about this season until he faces some adversity and how he gets the team to respond when he does.

12 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

Feels like Sirianni (and perhaps Roseman) did enough to convince Lurie to give Sirianni another year at least. I feel like there’s some smoke to the Belicheat fire and I find it interesting that he didn’t take that Falcons gig nor is he likely to coach this year. Meanwhile Sirianni’s coaching stability is dubious at best. Then we have the story that came out from Covey and the emotional drainage, to go with finger pointing. This is a daunting task for Sirianni to fix especially since if feels like he’s lost all coaching duties other than being the overseer who can’t tell his coordinators what to do. Feels like nothing short of an NFC East Championship appearance will give him a chance to stay in my opinion, but if he tries to make a power move at that moment I could still see them moving on from him. Conversely, if the Eagles have a very slow start (let’s say a terrible first two months) I could see the Eagles dump Sirianni and make Moore the interim HC. 

Trying to figure out what another person (Lurie) is (or will be) thinking is the most difficult task of all.  There are hundreds of different scenarios for which way this thing can go.  If we improve on the end result of last season (11-6 record ... ignore how we got there for a minute) say with a 12-5 record, make the playoffs, and lose in round 1 in a close game to say SF ... do you still think he loses his job?  Lurie very well could make that call.  But he may see a HC that took a team to the playoffs 4 years in a row and improved a year after an epic collapse.  

4 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

We aren’t going to really know what Sirianni is about this season until he faces some adversity and how he gets the team to respond when he does.

Isn't he facing adversity now and if he gets the team to win 11+ games then he's responded.  I agree with @time2rock there are a lot of scenarios.  Obviously if you have an exact repeat of this year with 11 wins he'll probably get fired but there are many more likely in between scenarios so tough to say

20 hours ago, pgcd3 said:

Isn't he facing adversity now and if he gets the team to win 11+ games then he's responded.  I agree with @time2rock there are a lot of scenarios.  Obviously if you have an exact repeat of this year with 11 wins he'll probably get fired but there are many more likely in between scenarios so tough to say

If by "exact repeat" you mean we drop 5 of 6 to close the season (half of them in blow out fashion) to end with 11 wins, then I agree it is likely he gets fired.  But if we start the season slowly (say we get off to a 2-4 start) and then still end the season with 11 wins (which would mean we end the season 9-2 over that span) I don't know that it would lead to getting canned.  Maybe they would attribute the slow start to the overhaul of the coaching staff (and likely the backend of the defense) and it taking a little time for them to all get on the same page.  Hard to try to figure out what Lurie might be thinking.  Like I said, so many different scenarios.  

Tracy Rocker hired by Dennard Wilson to serve as his DL coach in Tennessee.

https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/former-eagles-position-coach-takes-job-under-dennard-wilson-in-tennessee/564908/

On 2/10/2024 at 10:45 PM, EazyEaglez said:

Kind of leads to the question of what will be a successful season for Sirianni then? What can he do to get an extension? Is making the playoffs as a wild card team enough to do that? 

If we're going to the market and saying you can be fired after making the playoffs 4 years in a row with 3 different sets of co ordinators, I think you'll be looking for a while and all the decent candidates would want firm assurances from the front office that they don't seem inclined to grant.