41 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

Seems like a situation setup for failure. I wonder if Eagles forcing Stoutland is causing similar concerns. A respected vet coach with a strong presence can make it hard to truly be in full charge

I dont think so. Cleveland is hiring a HC. They're expected to fill out their own staff.

We are hiring a coordinator. Those guys dont have that power to rebuild a whole staff.

22 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I dont think so. Cleveland is hiring a HC. They're expected to fill out their own staff.

We are hiring a coordinator. Those guys dont have that power to rebuild a whole staff.

Case in point Baltimore hires a run game coordinator before OC tho that seems like they know OC I’d think

Frank Reich to the jets

3 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

At the very beginning it can happen. The eagles have a lot of major contributors on rookie deals. His point is that it becomes unsustainable when paying the QB your typical QB big money contract these days because you end up not being able to keep the roster together.

He is right.

Notice the pendulum swinging back towards defense and run games win super bowls. Teams with bad QBs are more and more frequently making post-season runs.

You had some big seasons with Minnesota and Kase Keenum. You have Sam Darnold in the super bowl this year. You had Jalen Hurts win because of defense and a run game. Other playoff teams this year, Caleb Williams, Stroud, Trevor Lawrence. None of those guys are upper echelon QBs.

Steelers made playoffs last year with washed up Russell Wilson. Vikings made it last year with Sam Darnold.

Its just becoming more and more frequent because QB contracts have gotten so big that you cant build a good enough roster around them, or keep it together if you lucked in to enough draft picks to temporary be in contention.

Nah, small sample. We'll see

18 hours ago, 315Eagles said:

You can see these 2 are going opposite directions.

Brady didn't start out so good as an analyst but he's getting better at it.

Romo was kinda popular and something different when he started. Now he's just talking nonsense most of the time.

6 minutes ago, Eriv20 said:

Frank Reich to the jets

Oh but I was told by the all knowing blog that Frank Reich is retired and he would never come back to coaching in the NFL. Oh wow, the all knowing blog wrong again.

8 hours ago, devpool said:

It works because they have 4 defensive studs on rookie contracts

That's the way it has to work. In 2022 the top 5 for the Eagles were Hargrave, Johnson, Slay, Graham, Kelce. Hurts was #27 in salary, and he was studly that season. 3,700 passing yards, 22-6 TD/INT, 760 rushing yards, 13 TDs in the regular season. Now it's flipped and thank goodness the defenders we drafted are excellent. The real challenge is now as the salaries for the defenders escalate. Hope we can draft offense as well as our recent defensive drafts.

4 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Oh but I was told by the all knowing blog that Frank Reich is retired and he would never come back to coaching in the NFL. Oh wow, the all knowing blog wrong again.

Oh, but I was told the Eagles were going to make him the OC and bringing him in cause they have interest in him.…

The Jets should have fired Glenn. He’s a disaster.

I think I know why we haven't hired anyone yet. At the end of the interview Vagianni tells the candidate to pretend he is looking into the camera and do their best head nodding d0uche face. So far, no one has passed the test.

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

The Jets should have fired Glenn. He’s a disaster.

Then you end up like the Browns. Give a mfer time to turn your steaming pile into a dried out turd before you expect flowers

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

The Jets should have fired Glenn. He’s a disaster.

Gonna happen next year anyways. I’m guessing part of Woody Johnson’s reasoning was Jets are going to be bad in 2026 regardless so give Glenn a second year to see if he could make some sort of turn around. Then if he doesn’t, he’s firing Glenn and probably going to pick high enough to get a quarterback atop of the draft for next HC

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

Oh, but I was told the Eagles were going to make him the OC and bringing him in cause they have interest in him.…

He chose the Jets over the Eagles.

4 minutes ago, St0nedsk8er said:

Then you end up like the Browns. Give a mfer time to turn your steaming pile into a dried out turd before you expect flowers

Sunk cost fallacy.

3 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Sunk cost fallacy.

Agreed it’s one thing to be patient but this isn’t just a bad record. The team is literally a disaster in all aspects

4 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

He chose the Jets over the Eagles.

13 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

I think I know why we haven't hired anyone yet. At the end of the interview Vagianni tells the candidate to pretend he is looking into the camera and do their best head nodding d0uche face. So far, no one has passed the test.

Some reporters (clearly stealing their material from the EMB!) have posted that the Eagles are using this opportunity to pick the minds of the candidates for ideas that they might utilize even if they don't hire that person. And consider them for future head coach job if they fire Siri next year.

If the latter is true and they like someone as a potential HC they could hire them and promote to HC if needed. The problem is if they like a candidate and he takes a HC job elsewhere they won't be able to hire him next year so there's that risk. Hiring them as the OC here secures them so you can promote if you want. But then how do you sell that to the candidate? Don't want to look dysfunctional like here come work for Siri but he's on the hot seat and you can take his job...they may think it's too much pressure and they will be replaced if they don't immediately win playoff games.

That may be a reason some candidates are choosing other teams that aren't as good, less pressure to win.

4 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Does he have experience calling plays?

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

Does he have experience calling plays?

No. He only has 2 years coaching experience. 1 year offensive assistant, 1 year QB coach. He's greener than Doyle

It certainly feels like they are just interviewing guys until Daboll/Brady gets sorted. But it’s just a guess at this point. Again Kingsbury relatively quiet

9 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

seems like a gaining info for one reason or another not an actual legit candidate.

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

No. He only has 2 years coaching experience. 1 year offensive assistant, 1 year QB coach. He's greener than Doyle

9 years as pro QB and 5 @ Oregon State, so he isn't unfamiliar with it. Though I'm venturing a guess that NOTW was being sarcastic.

1 hour ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Yeah, I’d prefer to pay for future performance rather than past performance. I’d also like to get something for Jalen via trade before it is obvious that the wheels are falling off - perhaps that’s after a ‘bounce back’ year maybe earlier.

Right now this team is better with Hurts than without him. It’s crazy how many people turn from one extreme to the other. I’ve never loved Hurts but he’s accomplished much more than I anticipated.