Interviews are such an interesting dance between the parties involved. I'm sure you all have your own unique experience in your respective careers.

I remember when my department was looking for a new chair. I was on the search committee. The dean and CEO of the health system were basically analogous to Lurie and Howie. Every candidate balanced their assessment of your problems/challenges with the need to sell themselves and their candidacy...ie make promises and tell you what you want to hear. Some of the reach candidates take over jobs. When they do, you never get the feedback you'd love to have..."I'm not taking this job because of structural problem x/y/z." It's "thank you for the opportunity, this is such a great place with so much going for it."

I say this because a side opportunity of interviewing OC/DC/HC is, ostensibly, a barrage of unpaid consultants evaluating your organization's infrastructure and performance. But it doesn't quite work that way. You either get brown-nosed up front by people who want the job or after the fact by people who turn down the job. You may gain some exposure to the state of the art of offensive philosophies across the league, but surprisingly little insight into what plagues your organization.

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

You draft Josh Allen you get unlimited time 

He hasn’t drafted anyone worth a damn besides James Cook since

8 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

So with Stefanski going to ATL, does he keep Ulbrich as DC, or wait and see if he can bring Schwartz, assuming Schwartz doesn't get the HC gig in CLE?

They already announced Ulbrich is staying

I’m assuming McDaniel isn’t happening with too many HC and better OC jobs available. Brady is the best out there if he shakes free. Way better of a hire than Junior Bacon Cheeseburger or the other crap names.

1 hour ago, AmericanEagle77 said:

Isn't it kind of ironic we're here having trouble finding guys even with the market having more than usual like right now, but people were insisting that the only reason 2025 was so bad was because we didn't do a proper coaching search a full month later after the Super Bowl when even less people were available?

Good times.

Patience, grasshopper. Its a process

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I’m assuming McDaniel isn’t happening with too many HC and better OC jobs available. Brady is the best out there if we shakes free. Way better of a hire than Junior Bacon Cheeseburger or the other crap names.

The way this plays out is, other OC candidates start getting hired while the eagles are quite, presumably waiting, tracking the Brady situation.

In the end, Brady doesnt end up here. Either not let go by the Bills, or takes a different job.

We end up with Jim Bob Cooter.

Eagles fans who wanted Joe Brady are mad at Howie, Lurie, and Siri for hiring a yes man rather than landing a big name.

16 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

So with Stefanski going to ATL, does he keep Ulbrich as DC, or wait and see if he can bring Schwartz, assuming Schwartz doesn't get the HC gig in CLE?

Yes they announced Ulbrich was retained

I still can't get over how a majority of people think AJ Brown will be traded. The trade needs to be listed on paper:

Eagles give up:

Starting WR (AJ Brown)

$20.1m cap space (it's a 43.5m cap loss, but we are subtracting his cap number if he were on the team).

That loss of that cap space directly translates to the loss of at least one defensive starter.

Eagles get:

draft compensation

Now, think about how poorly we draft WRs, how many picks it often takes to get it right, what the first round pick (WR) we traded for AJ Brown ended up doing with their career, and how long it will take for a rookie WR to meaningfully contribute in this offense. And think about the draft pick we need on defense because of who we could not retain due to this cap hit.

To recoup the near-term lost performance we'd have in this trade, it literally might take 2 first round picks and change. And AJ Brown is probably going to fetch a 3 with 50/50 shot conditions on becoming a 2nd.

Unless he is threatening to tear the franchise apart it its very core, I simply don't see how a trade could be a remotely good thing for this team.

If AJ wants to leave, he'll agree to a contract restructure to make the cap hits work.

If a team wants to give us 2027 1st + backup level WR, we should strongly consider it.

The Buffalo job isn’t as great as it seems. The drafting has been weak and Beane has full control. Not what Harbaugh wanted for sure.

That seems like a team on the decline where you get to be the guy stained with the downfall

Also McDermott is totally overrated. His entire accomplishment is based on Josh Allen and that never lead to a SB

McCord was a bad pick. Interesting that Patrick Johnson isn’t re-signed. He probably needs opportunity elsewhere

Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as Joe Brady, he does like to run the ball, Correct?

Can't have an OC that is pass heavy.

The Bills rankings on O and D the last 5 years

2021 3 5 1 1

2022 2 2 2 6

2023 6 4 4 9

2024 2 10 11 17

2025 4 4 12 7

60-24 record, Playoff wins every year.

No Siri level sabotage.

This is a really weird firing. Good luck on finding the next superstar coach in this 2025 slop.

1 minute ago, RLC said:

If AJ wants to leave, he'll agree to a contract restructure to make the cap hits work.

If a team wants to give ups 2027 1st + backup level WR, we should strongly consider it.

I assume a pre-trade restructure takes that hit we'd get and offloads a huge chunk of it to the receiving team. That would result in a commensurate decline in his trade value. I don't think we'd get much at all for him with another team absorbing the near-full hit of the contract. If they could restructure it to really make the majority of that hit go away (and perhaps even create cap space), then just maybe the Eagles would consider trading him for a 7th round pick.

11 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I like a lot of these guys. Iheanachor was someone I was looking at in round 2 or 3. Guess he might be a riser. It does seem like CB would be the sweet spot and best available at 23. I would be completely fine going that route but I don't think Howie will. Most likely a lineman. I'm just not loving anyone on the lines at 23 even with a minor trade up. The Penn State guard is ok but I don't love the idea never mind with giving up assets. Tackle is just underwhelming too. Give me a corner or maybe one of the edges like Howell. I'm thinking this could be a solid trade back year. Just seriously hope Howie doesn't reach for a lineman just because it's the biggest need.

2 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

The Buffalo job isn’t as great as it seems. The drafting has been weak and Beane has full control. Not what Harbaugh wanted for sure.

That seems like a team on the decline where you get to be the guy stained with the downfall

Also McDermott is totally overrated. His entire accomplishment is based on Josh Allen and that never lead to a SB

Not true on McDermott. People forget he was able to get the Bills to the playoffs for the first time in 18 years with Tyrod Taylor before they even had Josh Allen.

10 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I’m assuming McDaniel isn’t happening with too many HC and better OC jobs available. Brady is the best out there if we shakes free. Way better of a hire than Junior Bacon Cheeseburger or the other crap names.

Grizzard has already been called Glizzard. Next is either Gizzard. Or Glizzy.

So we're looking at a Cooter or a Glizzy to pair with a Siri & Big Dom. It's a Sopranos cast names in the making.

2 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

McCord was a bad pick. Interesting that Patrick Johnson isn’t re-signed. He probably needs opportunity elsewhere

There isn’t much point of Johnson taking a futures deal. Might as well just wait to see if he can get a vet min deal in free agency. He got one before with the Giants. He’ll always just be player #54 here.

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

Grizzard has already been called Glizzard. Next is either Gizzard. Or Glizzy.

So we're looking at a Cooter or a Glizzy to pair with a Siri & Big Dom. It's a Sopranos cast names in the making.

Could be worse...could be a Glizzy Cooter.

6 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

The Buffalo job isn’t as great as it seems. The drafting has been weak and Beane has full control. Not what Harbaugh wanted for sure.

That seems like a team on the decline where you get to be the guy stained with the downfall

Also McDermott is totally overrated. His entire accomplishment is based on Josh Allen and that never lead to a SB

Coaches get stale. Mcdermott introduced Buffalo to winning and he got that defense on track in a big way. He was OC dependent and the defense then got off track...and usually saves its worst for playoff games. And poof...now he really doesn't offer much. It's a fickle league.

Glad to know Lurie is or has been fuming with some recent Nick performances/stretches.

The guy doesn’t F around or beat around the bush.

Real reactionary.

5 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I still can't get over how a majority of people think AJ Brown will be traded. The trade needs to be listed on paper:

Eagles give up:

Starting WR (AJ Brown)

$20.1m cap space (it's a 43.5m cap loss, but we are subtracting his cap number if he were on the team).

That loss of that cap space directly translates to the loss of at least one defensive starter.

Eagles get:

draft compensation

Now, think about how poorly we draft WRs, how many picks it often takes to get it right, what the first round pick (WR) we traded for AJ Brown ended up doing with their career, and how long it will take for a rookie WR to meaningfully contribute in this offense. And think about the draft pick we need on defense because of who we could not retain due to this cap hit.

To recoup the near-term lost performance we'd have in this trade, it literally might take 2 first round picks and change. And AJ Brown is probably going to fetch a 3 with 50/50 shot conditions on becoming a 2nd.

Unless he is threatening to tear the franchise apart it its very core, I simply don't see how a trade could be a remotely good thing for this team.

The AJ Brown money should be distributed to one or more different positions.

I have little interest in making sure to find a like for like replacement for Brown. Im all for letting Smith become the clear cut #1 target, and filling out the WR corps with good enough.

Either the offense continues to suck and it doesnt matter. Or we get a good OC and he schemes open good enough guys.

The AJ replacement does not need to be equal talent. The money would be better spent elsewhere in either scenario next season.

If you do at least want another big body at that WR spot free agent options as of now are- Jauan Jennings, Mike Williams, Alex Pierce, George Pickens. Draft options in the top 3 rounds are Denzel Boston, Chris Bell, JaKobi Lane, Elijah Surratt, Chris Brazzell, and Malachi Fields.

No shortage of options.

Other good enough free agent options not necessarily big guys, WanDale Robinson, Christian Kirk, Rashid Shaheed (KR value too), retain Dotson, Metchie (RFA), Doubs

I have 0 concern for replacing AJ Brown if he is gone.

Just now, eagle45 said:

Coaches get stale. Mcdermott introduced Buffalo to winning and he got that defense on track in a big way. He was OC dependent and the defense then got off track...and usually saves its worst for playoff games. And poof...now he really doesn't offer much. It's a fickle league.

I completely agree with the Dungy swap for Gruden as long as you have a Gruden.

Who is the clear upgrade on McDermott?

BTW, Dungy was an incredibly overrated HC. He underachieved in Tampa and Indy.

His teams got to the SB the year after he left. Both teams.

He got to 1 SB with about 8 SB level teams.

Six 1-and-dones in 11 playoffs.

He did develop a nice pipeline but that helped other teams.