A proper organisation would assess the risk of playing Hurts vs a team like the Saints and putting him in against a team that is more inconsistent like the Cards, etc. Chucking him out there against a well run team is a situation where you won't learn much about him.

Now the Eagles this season, will sling him out there and put Wentz in at half time as he has struggled against that Saints D and learn naff all.

Someone needs to ask Doug if it was hard to tell the team the season was over when he went to Hurts.

1 minute ago, Dwide Schrude said:

That guy is a huuuugee talker for someone that has done nothing on the field yet. I know he’s a rookie, but you’re not on Clemson anymore. Humble yourself a bit. 

He's a Twitter superstar. Too many of those guys around the league. All talk and no show. 

Keep Stoutland. Everyone else can go for all I care. It’s over. For the GM on down. 

6 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Kinda funny that K’Von Wallace said a storm was coming and then he whiffed badly on Aaron Jones’ game-clinching TD run. Did he do anything positive today? He might have been at fault on the Tonyan TD too. 

He was in good position to down a punt at the 1 that someone else did. That’s all I got 

Flush the Fing toilet. 

This pretty much sums up this season. People were excited about the opening drive where they went 14 plays for 40 yards and settled for three. The bar for acceptance and excitement has been lowered to shin-level. 

 

4 minutes ago, Westbrook#36 said:

Stoutland, Moorehead, and maybe Duce are the only staff members worth keeping around. 

I want Jeff to sell the team. The CEO is ultimately responsible for the successes and failures of an organization. He gave Howie the keys to the car and Howie ran it into a ditch. They're best friends though. Sink the Fing ship and either hire a new captain or sell the fleet.

I've said this too.  I don't think this team truly can turn it around unless Lurie sold the team.  I think he's more interested in adding to his billions before he adds to his trophy case.  The Eagles are his business and they rake in cash.  He got his SB trophy.  He will forever be the great Eagles owner in charge of that.  But I just think his desire to win another isn't as great as it was to win the first one.

Just to rain on one of the few things the blog still holds sacred...Mailata looks a lot more like a RT than a LT to me.

For all his freakish athleticism, he can’t totally defy physics and is sluggish with edge rushers out wide.

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Keep Stoutland. Everyone else can go for all I care. It’s over. For the GM on down. 

I'd keep Duce and Moorehead too. But yeah, flush the Fing toilet. 

3 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

So there is the Wentz washer camp.

There is the Hurts fan club.

Howie has his fan club.

What camp believes Wentz sucks, Hurts will be a gimmick qb, and Howie is horrible?

Sign me up for that one.

I believe there's a 5th camp, where I reside.  I think Wentz has been terrible, partly due to regression, partly a victim of his circumstances and becoming gun shy.  I think Doug has smelled himself too much since the Super Bowl, and is just making it up as he goes and has no rhyme or reason for his personnel decisions (Peters on the field, Alshon on the field, Ward at PR) and his gameplans... (Ward on flanker screens, failing to use Reagor on end arounds, and flanker screens, throwing Hakeem Butler on a fade in a 'got to have it' moment for his first opportunity, etc.) and his play calling - ignoring the run far too much!   I think Howie sucks for digging this franchise into a salary cap dead end tunnel, creating an old and expensive roster, that also couldn't be gotten out from under due to his structures.  And Lurie sucks, because he will likely not blow it all up at the end of the year.

If wentz wanted out could he restructure before trading him?

1 minute ago, bpac55 said:

I've said this too.  I don't think this team truly can turn it around unless Lurie sold the team.  I think he's more interested in adding to his billions before he adds to his trophy case.  The Eagles are his business and they rake in cash.  He got his SB trophy.  He will forever be the great Eagles owner in charge of that.  But I just think his desire to win another isn't as great as it was to win the first one.

Sadly, you get called an antisemite if you say this.

1 minute ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

This pretty much sums up this season. People were excited about the opening drive where they went 14 plays for 40 yards and settled for three. The bar for acceptance and excitement has been lowered to shin-level. 

 

Well when your starting QB is literally playing the worst in the league, anywhere is up.

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

Just to rain on one of the few things the blog still holds sacred...Mailata looks a lot more like a RT than a LT to me.

For all his freakish athleticism, he can’t totally defy physics and is sluggish with edge rushers out wide.

I wonder how about his back injury sapping some flexibility. He often looks stiff out there. 

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Keep Stoutland. Everyone else can go for all I care. It’s over. For the GM on down. 

You don't think the team looked better with Hurts?  The kid still has a lot to learn but he certainly provided a spark and if they stick with him, it will be interesting to see what the offense looks like with a game plan catered to his strengths. 

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

Just to rain on one of the few things the blog still holds sacred...Mailata looks a lot more like a RT than a LT to me.

I'm OK with that.  I think he could be a great RT too.  Huge, powerful and athletic with a nasty streak.  Give me jumbo Jon Runyan and I'm happy.  It also let's Dillard prove himself at LT and hopefully make a draft pick worth while.

28 minutes ago, WentzFan11 said:

Cam is a SB QB who had a bad injury. He absolutely has had a successful NFL career, and Wilson didn’t just come out of college as an amazing QB either. They gave him time to develop. I’m not saying Hurts is the answer, but saying running QBs can’t be successful is just wrong.

???

Wilson won the starting job by outplaying Flynn and started his rookie season and has never looked back.  He wasn't given time to develop, he earned the right to get thrown into the deep end of the pool.  And he's NOT a running QB.  He's a QB who can use his legs to buy time and gain yards.  Rodgers was sort of the same way when he was younger.  I'd say a better comparison would be Steve Young.  Again, not a running QB, but a QB first who could also beat you with his legs if need be. 

 

Wentz throw to Goedert was so  bad, and that was his best play of the day. 

I'm fine with Lurie, he's a good owner. He has a blindspot for Howie, but he fired Chip when he needed to and a lot of owners wouldn't have done the same. Their egos are too big to admit they were wrong. Lurie truly wants to win , unlike some owners in this town, and he's always spent money. He's not the best owner in the NFL, but he's the best in this town by a wide margin, and we've won a lot with him(and very little prior).

8 minutes ago, Dwide Schrude said:

That guy is a huuuugee talker for someone that has done nothing on the field yet. I know he’s a rookie, but you’re not on Clemson anymore. Humble yourself a bit. 

This season should be humbling to ALL of them.

This is a sad team to root for right now.

2 minutes ago, Westbrook#36 said:

I'd keep Duce and Moorehead too. But yeah, flush the Fing toilet. 

Duce is the most overrated coach we’ve had here in some time. What has Moorehead done? A month ago it seemed like he was going well, but now none of our WRs are playing well. Reagor screws up 5-6 times a game, a couple of them are drive killing. 

Jordan Mailata would be a monster in a scheme like the one they play in Tennessee. Lots of power-runs and play-action. He's perfect in an Arthur Smith offense. 

1 minute ago, Ace Nova said:

You don't think the team looked better with Hurts?  The kid still has a lot to learn but he certainly provided a spark and if they stick with him, it will be interesting to see what the offense looks like with a game plan catered to his strengths. 

Looking better is such a pathetic bar to clear. I’m not interested in looking better. It’s over.