6 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said:

You seem very normal

I've been calling it "Communist Twitter" for a few years now, so it was a play on that. X = Confederate Twitter, Blooskie = Communist Twitter.

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

I’m saying if the reports are true he already asked for a trade multiple times during the season

I just caught up on those. We'll see I guess.

5 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Who says he doesn't? The guy said the things most of us were thinking and they ended up being right. Honestly, I like the guy after watching the video they put out a few weeks ago. I think a new OC will be enough to intrigue him and if not they can always deal him closer to the year/during the year. Has to be after June 1 anyway. Let's see what happens, but he hasn't said he doesn't want to be in Philly and that is a guy who says what he thinks. I'll worry about sit-ups in the driveway when it happens.

Edit: I just caught up on the "rumors" BG put out. KP the source?

If it’s KP I am not sure how he walks back in that locker room. reporters have sources and they can keep it from the public. But I am guessing the eagles as an organization probably have a pretty good clue where that’s coming from. Howie has a good ability to know what’s happening around the league, I’m guessing he has a good handled of who’s leaking things to the media

7 minutes ago, NOTW said:

If you believe "sources" that Hurts is a bad teammate/locker room problem, refuses to do certain things and the entire organization is scared to criticize him, and that AJ Brown is a diva who demanded a trade 3 times this season...

...what does that say about the culture of the organization, the leadership of CEO Nick Sirianni, the stability of the front office under Howie Roseman and Jeffrey Lurie, and the presence of fixer Big Dom?

So they're all failures? Cowards who can't hold players accountable? What kind of ship are they running?

Would you believe a HC would be given the power to put Howie in a broom closet and then randomly cut one and trade another fan favorite/legend for little return? Would you believe they would trade away their franchise QB less than two years after giving him a mega extension because he was a bad teammate/problem? Would you believe they would fire a SB winning head coach 3 years later because they set an ultimatum that he couldn’t hire his own coaches and he stood up to it?

This organization is good but they certainly have had their fair share of bizarre moments.

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I’m saying if the reports are true he already asked for a trade multiple times during the season

And then acting like they’re true…

If patullo is a bish like Reported you dont think he may be disgruntled and put this out there?

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

If it’s KP I am not sure how he walks back in that locker room. reporters have sources and they can keep it from the public. But I am guessing the eagles as an organization probably have a pretty good clue where that’s coming from. Howie has a good ability to know what’s happening around the league, I’m guessing he has a good handled of who’s leaking things to the media

I'm not sure where else it would be coming from because you are right. I doubt a front office person wants to get fired. Players? Maybe but doubt it.

I did think of one name who could be available and I could see Howie pursuing if they did decide to move AJ Brown: Brian Thomas Jr. Had a really good rookie season, really regressed this year under Coen, and there have been rumors all season that they would move him with the right offer because he's fallen out of favor with the new regime there. Other than him, not a lot out there.

5 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

And then acting like they’re true…

If patullo is a bish like Reported you dont think he may be disgruntled and put this out there?

I think he was behind a lot of the BS this season after hearing that.

3 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

I'm not sure where else it would be coming from because you are right. I doubt a front office person wants to get fired. Players? Maybe but doubt it.

On the Jalen hurts story I kind of think it would be KP. maybe he made the decision that he doesn’t wanna come back because it’s gonna be too awkward. maybe he feels like hurts didn’t completely buy in which kind of sabotage him as an OC. Which based off what he said to Ryan Fitzpatrick, he kind of sounds like woe is me and he thinks he deserved better.

On the Aj front, that feels like Aj’s agent. I highly doubt the Eagles want it getting out that AJ Brown wanted a trade. That hurts them in their leverage if they wanted to trade him . Cause teams know he wants out out of there and it’s gonna be a distraction if he’s still there. So maybe there’s a market but all of them not giving you what you want to deal him cause they figure do not deal him it’ll be a distraction and potentially ruin your 2026 season. Imo it has to be somebody who wants it known that he wants out. Which would make sense that it is AJ Brown/agent/camp.

4 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

And then acting like they’re true…

If patullo is a bish like Reported you dont think he may be disgruntled and put this out there?

There’s too much other smoke around AJ with him going on podcasts saying he’s miserable, saying on Twitter he’s not being listened to and saying he’s going to withdraw himself from some situation to make me think it’s just KP throwing out made up rumors.

There "internal frustrations with Hurts” and the "Sirianni/Lurie/Howie don’t want to criticize Hurts” are 100% KP.

bring on the chaos

1 minute ago, Sack that QB said:

bring on the chaos

Ah yes the giants and harbaugh blowing it in the 4th quarter of contract talks…

I’d also add, there’s a difference between demanding a trade and the agent calling Howie and saying "look, my client is unhappy and we feel a fresh start somewhere else would be best for everyone”. It very well could have been the latter, we just don’t know.

2 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

bring on the chaos

Can't blame him, but after that one of them can't stay. Either the GM has to go or a new coach has to come in. 

I don’t believe that report. Schoen is staying for at least a year. Maybe it’s roster control

7 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

There’s too much other smoke around AJ with him going on podcasts saying he’s miserable, saying on Twitter he’s not being listened to and saying he’s going to withdraw himself from some situation to make me think it’s just KP throwing out made up rumors.

There "internal frustrations with Hurts” and the "Sirianni/Lurie/Howie don’t want to criticize Hurts” are 100% KP.

Yeah, I have a hard time believing it’s anybody else besides AJ Brown/AJ Brown’s camp leaking that story about him wanting to be traded. I said this before and it’s not a good plan and I wouldn’t do it, I would bet if the Eagles gave AJ Brown an extension for two or three years with guaranteed money that he is a lot happier. This feels like he’s not being utilized properly and frustrating cause he feels like he’s too good not to be. But he knows at the end of next year he has to go to the negotiating/bargaining table and organizations are gonna say well you kind of declined look at your numbers and production and you’re 30 years old. it’s going to hurt how much money he ultimately believes he should receive.

I get he wants to put up numbers so at the end of his career he could be a Hall of Fame type player. However, I think that is part of it, but I think the other bigger part is he knows this is probably his last big payday. And if this trend continues with declining numbers, and not being as productive that he is not gonna max out his last big payday.

55 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

It's not Howies MO to sit by idly though. He'll get out ahead of a problem and figure out the cap in different ways. I really think they value the cash concept over cap more than most people think.

Problem is, he's running out of options to be able to absorb that kind of hit. Not many guys left to restructure and lock up long term outside of Davis or Goedert. The same strategy that allowed Howie to build a roster packed with top end talent is a strategy that can backfire when you need an out from a big contract earlier than expected. It's a tough spot we're in.

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I’d also add, there’s a difference between demanding a trade and the agent calling Howie and saying "look, my client is unhappy and we feel a fresh start somewhere else would be best for everyone”. It very well could have been the latter, we just don’t know.

If it was the former I think every national reporter would’ve had it.

If it’s true my guess is it was him up in his feeling after a game, probably calling his agent to vent about the offense being awful and being like I’m sick of this tell them I wanna be traded if this is what the offense is going to be.

29 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I don't believe it, I think it's bad coaches trying to save face and throw Hurts under the bus. After all, some of them will be looking for jobs soon.

Every year when things are going bad, the rumors and sources come out.

Some of the stuff about Wentz was true, most of it we heard after he was gone. You never know. BG went in media last year and spilled tea about AJ and Hurts, then they all back tracked. There's always some drama around this team!

4 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Problem is, he's running out of options to be able to absorb that kind of hit. Not many guys left to restructure and lock up long term of Davis or Goedert. The same strategy that allowed Howie to build a roster packed with top end talent is a strategy that can backfire when you need an out from a big contract earlier than expected. It's a tough spot we're in.

Feels like eventually you are getting a reset year of some kind. kind of like what 2021 was supposed to be. Yet still managed to go 9-8 and sneak into the playoffs

2 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

Really don't want to lose him. No idea if it's Q and Coopers talent and he's riding along or he developed them or a combination but I don't really want to find out. Hopefully he tanks these interviews

Has any CB developed under him? Certainly not Ringo or any of the other guys not named Q or Dejean.

Not saying he isnt a good coach but we don't really know. Big difference from being a position coach to a coordinator.

If it means anything he was a passing game coordinator as well which sucked.

8 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Problem is, he's running out of options to be able to absorb that kind of hit. Not many guys left to restructure and lock up long term of Davis or Goedert. The same strategy that allowed Howie to build a roster packed with top end talent is a strategy that can backfire when you need an out from a big contract earlier than expected. It's a tough spot we're in.

Agreed on a surface level but I’ve been thinking of outside the box ideas. One was Howie basically builds his contracts similar to deferred money with everyone having option bonuses every year. What if he went to a Lane, Hurts, etc and got 3 or so to restructure and defer their options to 2027 and give them some interest on top to do so? Eagles wouodnt get hit with the 2026 proration and say you can cut $15-$20M off the 2026 cap, the trade becomes more palatable.

31 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Would you believe a HC would be given the power to put Howie in a broom closet and then randomly cut one and trade another fan favorite/legend for little return? Would you believe they would trade away their franchise QB less than two years after giving him a mega extension because he was a bad teammate/problem? Would you believe they would fire a SB winning head coach 3 years later because they set an ultimatum that he couldn’t hire his own coaches and he stood up to it?

This organization is good but they certainly have had their fair share of bizarre moments.

I get your point. But they learned their lesson from Chip. It's just there's always various reports about this team and not all of them turn out to be true. The Philly media especially WIP is terrible, and trolling for click bait and drama. So you never know.

With trading QBs, they already had shown the QB factory model in drafting Kolb surprisingly in the 2nd round, then traded McNabb. Having backup succession plan at the most important position isn't shocking, it was the timing of drafting Hurts right after a Wentz extension. Also it was believed that Hurts was to be a gadget type player and they even tried using him that way his rookie season. Doug even spoke about that in the post-draft interview.

So there's rumors and speculation, then what the team actually says and does.

And yet after not winning a championship in nearly 60 years, they go and win 2 Super Bowls within 7 years of each other. Maybe they've found a balance of winning and dysfunction! 🤪

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Agreed on a surface level but I’ve been thinking of outside the box ideas. One was Howie basically builds his contracts similar to deferred money with everyone having option bonuses every year. What if he went to a Lane, Hurts, etc and got 3 or so to restructure and defer their options to 2027 and give them some interest on top to do so? Eagles wouodnt get hit with the 2026 proration and say you can cut $15-$20M off the 2026 cap, the trade becomes more palatable.

I was gonna mention something similar to that. I was also going to mention you could take a reset your in 2026. Where you know you’re gonna take a step back. And do kind of something similar to 2021. But I don’t think the Eagles are in that mindset right now. Because you would essentially be wasting one year of a defense at super cheap. You’d also be wasting one of the last years of Lane Johnson’s career. And I think you’re gonna have a hard time getting an OC like McDaniel that ilk to come here if you tell them this is gonna be a reset year so really we’re building towards 2027. However, it would make more sense if they hired Charlie Weiss Jr. and they believed he’d be here at least two years. The first year being the reset year and the second year with the experience he got year 1 as they believe that they’d be a true Super Bowl contender that year with more maneuverability and flexibility.

6 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

Has any CB developed under him? Certainly not Ringo or any of the other guys not named Q or Dejean.

Not saying he isnt a good coach but we don't really know. Big difference from being a position coach to a coordinator.

If it means anything he was a passing game coordinator as well which sucked.

He should probably get some credit for Blankenship.