About the coaching and Hurts:

Whoever the new OC is, I want that coach to come in and run their system whether it's something Hurts is comfortable with or not. Whether Sirianni approves of it or not. Hurts is not good enough to where you should be running archaic offenses to pander to him. And if he can't handle it? Good. At least we'll know to move on from him in 2027 and find a new QB.

Speaking of which, I grew tired of the defense of Hurts being "He plays great in Super Bowls!" In a small sample anyone can play great in those kinds of games. It's not like he plays great in every playoff game. All the wild card losses under Sirianni, Hurts was either bad in or mediocre. I'm not blaming him for yesterday's loss. I'm more trying to make the point that he's not an elite top 5 QB and he can't will offenses that aren't ideally situated to big offensive performances to outscore teams. He's not that level of QB.

5 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Sounding like KP will be back.

The Eagles won't show their hand until they have hired Patullo's replacement (or close to it). I wouldn't put too much credence in what they do or say today.

33 minutes ago, Blazehound said:

Rather draft an edge early

Its not an either or proposition. If they let Phillips go and draft one, theres still no depth.

17 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

They might get the pick back if enough information emerges showing that Alexander never intended to play unless he started, etc.

Or the Ravens could give the "pick back" in good faith - etc etc

I just find it hard to believe the Ravens had no indication but weird things happen I guess

36 minutes ago, Blazehound said:

AJ is going nowhere due to the cap. The sooner this is understood, the better.

It’s likely, but never say never when it comes to Howie. We heard the same argument about why they wouldn’t trade Wentz. We heard the same argument for why Huff wouldn’t be traded.

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

He was open... he just forgot that that means that when the ball comes he's expected to catch it. Being open isn't good enough.

I was making fun of his commercial

10 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Sounding like KP will be back.

From what? That would be an error of epic proportions from Jeff. Literally, all of the media and fans are talking about how pathetic he is. Nick may be saying that but Nick may be gone as well which would be wonderful.

21 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Yea, they twice gave up fourth-quarter TD drives with the lead but somehow are absolved of any blame. Get out of here with that.

referee assisted TD drives.

41 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Well yeah, we knew that would happen. It wasn't their worst performance though and they ran the ball with a modest amount of success.

I didn't say it was their worst. It was how they played all year

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Its not an either or proposition. If they let Phillips go and draft one, theres still no depth.

I think Phillips showed enough to warrant the Eagles to want him back and resign him - at the same time, didn't show enough to outside teams to warrant a huge free agent contract - so that might actually work out well for both Phillips and the Eagles.

7 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Speaking of which, I grew tired of the defense of Hurts being "He plays great in Super Bowls!" In a small sample anyone can play great in those kinds of games.

And if that is the measuring stick for the QB of the Eagles, we should have traded Wentz and kept Foles.

2 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

From what? That would be an error of epic proportions from Jeff. Literally, all of the media and fans are talking about how pathetic he is. Nick may be saying that but Nick may be gone as well which would be wonderful.

Nick will not be fired unless he won't fire Kevin. That said if KP comes back I'm not watching this crap again all season

2 minutes ago, greend said:

I didn't say it was their worst. It was how they played all year

I'm agreeing with you. They played exactly how I and you expected them to play.

17 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Seriously, how is this so hard for people to see or admit? The offense stunk, but the defense had a chance to win the game and also failed. And 23 points allowed isn’t some crowning achievement against an offense without much at WR beyond Jennings that lost Kittle early in the game all while playing in windy conditions.

Ill go as far as to say that last night's game shined a bright light on the need to improve the DL.

Overall, the eagles still win that game without refs and if you had to blame anyone, its easily the offense.

The one thing you can say about the D is that there was not nearly enough pressure on Purdy all game long. There was almost none.

Id be careful about committing so much money to Davis and Nolan Smith. Because the interior got no push, and the edges were mostly ineffective all year long. Im actually at about 0% interest in retaining Smith.

3 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

From what? That would be an error of epic proportions from Jeff. Literally, all of the media and fans are talking about how pathetic he is. Nick may be saying that but Nick may be gone as well which would be wonderful.

We could have another Doug Pederson/Press Taylor situation arising - and if that's the case, they would both be gone.

If they let a super likable player's coach like Pederson go - they won't have issues letting a controversial coach like Sirianni go.

1 hour ago, Diehardfan said:

Clown on and off the field

With all five years in the playoffs, two SB and a lombardi

Just stop being an over reactive child throwing a tantrum

13 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

About the coaching and Hurts:

Whoever the new OC is, I want that coach to come in and run their system whether it's something Hurts is comfortable with or not. Whether Sirianni approves of it or not. Hurts is not good enough to where you should be running archaic offenses to pander to him. And if he can't handle it? Good. At least we'll know to move on from him in 2027 and find a new QB.

Speaking of which, I grew tired of the defense of Hurts being "He plays great in Super Bowls!" In a small sample anyone can play great in those kinds of games. It's not like he plays great in every playoff game. All the wild card losses under Sirianni, Hurts was either bad in or mediocre. I'm not blaming him for yesterday's loss. I'm more trying to make the point that he's not an elite top 5 QB and he can't will offenses that aren't ideally situated to big offensive performances to outscore teams. He's not that level of QB.

Thats what I wanted with Moore, and Hurts was proving he couldnt handle it. But then Barkley saved Hurts' butt and now we are stuck with him longer.

6 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

I think Phillips showed enough to warrant the Eagles to want him back and resign him - at the same time, didn't show enough to outside teams to warrant a huge free agent contract - so that might actually work out well for both Phillips and the Eagles.

He is a tough case for me. I dont think they ever intended to keep Him. Comp pick plan. Buuut he was a good add, who did fade as the season went on

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

The one thing you can say about the D is that there was not nearly enough pressure on Purdy all game long. There was almost none.

This is true. The D did a lot right but they got almost no pressure and they gave up those couple big plays. The O sucked and obviously get the blame for the entire year but the D playing at their top wins that game last night.

2 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

He is a tough case for me. I dont think they ever intended to keep Him. Comp pick plan. Buuut he was a good add, who did fade as the season went on

Despite slowing way down after the first couple of games here, he is a good player, just not worth the third round pick unfortunately. I think he’ll get a nice payday though. Hopefully it’s enough for a comp 4.

Okay you guys convinced me. The defense sucked too. (The offense sucked worse)

1 minute ago, RememberTheKoy said:

thats good but I wonder if its purposely vague to not say theyll be changing the OC.

4 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

With all five years in the playoffs, two SB and a lombardi

Just stop being an over reactive child throwing a tantrum

Stop using pathetic justifications. He was carried to the SB by Howie Vic and KM.

What we saw yesterday was a coach without his best WR and TE do more with less. This is the 2nd time in 3 years we watched Nick do less with more. Howie wasn't perfect but he gave him a top 3 roster in the league and for the 2nd time in 3 years he got bounced in the first round because he picked someone absolutely inept as OC. It's 1k percent his fault.

1 hour ago, Ace Nova said:

Although the offense was never great - they were doing "enough” to win games - they were beating the better teams on the schedule - even though many of the wins "looked ugly” they were still wins.

Then the AJ drama played out - they decided to start going to him on a regular basis - and the losses began to Pyle up.

This is what happens when you put one player above the team.

They got a lot of luck in some of those early / mid-season wins. Blocked FGs, punts, opposing QBs throwing boneheaded red zone INTs, D holding teams to under 10 points or making multiple game-ending stops. It wasn’t a sustainable way of winning for a team with SB ambitions.

AJ didn't go about it in the right / best way but his point was 110% correct that if they don’t improve on O, they won’t win in the playoffs. And that is exactly what happened because they never could sort out their offensive issues.