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

Don’t worry I’m sure josina Anderson is sitting on an alshon story that should come out any day now 

Have not heard much out of her stupid mouth since ESPN got rid of her.

5 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Have not heard much out of her stupid mouth since ESPN got rid of her.

Maybe she started an onlyfans page 

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

Maybe she started an onlyfans page 

Wentz is still our guy in 2021. Hurts needs to play like a top 10 QB for the rest of the year in order to change that, and that isn’t likely with our coaching. 
 

It is nice to hear the players back Wentz up. Haven’t heard anything from alshon though 🤔

20 hours ago, Utebird said:

Where as the eagles what's their identity.?What kind of players do they want? I think the last time I can think of the eagles had an organizational identity was under buddy ryan. One could go into a draft and say that guy fits what buddy wants an eagle to be especially on defense. I can't point to any one thing that howie had identified as an eagle, they have zero organizational identity and it shows every week.

So maybe the problem isn't the science or knowledge behind drafting but the identity and purpose behind it.

I happen to think this is such a critical point.

Outside of a "Buddy Ryan" era type player you mentioned, maybe we also saw some consistency in player type on the defense under Jim Johnson for a period?

Once Jim Johnson died we went to Sean McDermott, to the Wide 9 (Jim Washburn), to Juan Castillo / Todd Bowles...all versions of the 4-3...to Chip Kelly's version of the 3-4 under Bill Davis...back to Jim Schwartz's version of the Wide 9.

Change has been also true on Offense...albeit to a lesser degree.

The only constant over the last 10+ years has been the state of change and flux with scheme and personnel on the Eagles roster.    Contrast that to Pittsburgh and Baltimore that have pretty much run the same general schemes and approach for the last 20 years.

As much as I like and respect Jeff Lurie, the root cause of this type of constant change is Ownership and the top individuals in the FO.   The one common denominator in the Front Office during this period of change / flux has been Howie Roseman.

Howie can no longer pass the blame for being forced to draft for changing schemes and visions when he has also played a major role in all that change and dysfunction. 

 

 

38 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

 

peters was never {IN} this season LOL , another bad decision by howie

7 minutes ago, WentzFan11 said:

Wentz is still our guy in 2021. Hurts needs to play like a top 10 QB for the rest of the year in order to change that, and that isn’t likely with our coaching. 
 

It is nice to hear the players back Wentz up. Haven’t heard anything from alshon though 🤔

hurts could look good if dumb ass doug decides to get balanced and use his players correct.

37 minutes ago, downundermike said:

People were discussing yesterday that they think he is a bad teammate / leader.  A group think it is more than Alshon.

Same people also believe Wentz is the biggest problem. 

Some of them admit, they never liked him to begin with.

 

Perspective

53 minutes ago, metal said:

It was foolish to even try to play him last week with that injury.

this season with his age and tendency to break down. 

He was never going to be able to go the full 16 games, that was never possible.  So, bringing him in only bought you a few weeks time, and cost you a roster spot.  

1 hour ago, toughfighter83 said:

our Picks:
Round 1 Pick 6: JaMarr Chase, WR, LSU (A)
Round 2 Pick 18 (L.V.): Aidan Hutchinson, DE/OLB, Michigan (A)
Round 3 Pick 6: Caden Sterns, FS/SS, Texas (A+)
Round 3 Pick 17 (L.V.): Eric Stokes, CB, Georgia (A+)
Round 4 Pick 18 (L.V.): Ambry Thomas, CB, Michigan (A+)
Round 5 Pick 5: Ben Cleveland, C/OG, Georgia (A+)
Round 5 Pick 6: Ben Brown, OG, Mississippi (A+)
Round 6 Pick 6: LaBryan Ray, DT/DE, Alabama (A+)
Round 7 Pick 6: Kadarius Toney, WR, Florida (A+)

Can we make an official emb draft board and send it to Howie. If he had it last time the Eagles would have picked Jefferson and Chinn in the first 2 rounds in the last draft. 

51 minutes ago, downundermike said:

 

Haven't heard a peep from Alshon though...   Someone explain why he's still here.  

49 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

I can agree with Solak on that.  Herbig needs to cross train to be the backup at all 3 interior positions.  Putting him at OT is laughable though.

53 minutes ago, downundermike said:

 

Just like with any large group of people, some will like you and some wont.  When you're losing games, the ones who dont will complain about the person, especially if it's someone as important to the team as Wentz.  When you're winning you hear nothing and everything is all good.

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

 

I didn't expect anything else

2 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Haven't heard a peep from Alshon though...   Someone explain why he's still here.  

His terrible contract makes him unmovable.

1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

Peters is done for the season with a toe surgery

Herbig is RG

He better be done for his career here.

1 hour ago, downundermike said:

Thank god.

 

Poor, poor Jalen Hurts. Welcome to what Wentz has gone through every week.

1 minute ago, wussbasket said:

His terrible contract makes him unmovable.

This is one of the biggest problems, though.  He can be moved to inactive; the money is already spent.  Whether it's Lurie, Howie, or the coaching staff actually thinking this guy is an asset on the field -- it's poor talent evaluation.  

I would much rather have Hightower getting more snaps and beating CBs over the top, even if he only catches half of the throws it's far better than what Jeffery offers.  The coaching staff undervalued Mailata -- if they had evaluated him properly there'd have been no reason to bring Peters back in off the street; Herbig or Pryor or even Driscoll could have filled in at RG and saved money.

1 hour ago, downundermike said:

 

Yup, I never believed that ish

15 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Haven't heard a peep from Alshon though...   Someone explain why he's still here.  

Dumb Arse Doug

That sentence at the end.....

See you next year JP!

28 minutes ago, Rhinoddd50 said:

Howie can no longer pass the blame for being forced to draft for changing schemes and visions when he has also played a major role in all that change and dysfunction. 

I know you've been reading along here for a little while now... and you saw right here in the blog just the last 2 days that Howie is responsible for the 2020 draft and nothing more than that.   Another has said that Howie hasn't gotten a real chance.  That same individual then tried to say that the drafting has been 'fine' just looks bad due to limited draft picks.  Of course, in my understanding of the league, every team starts with 1 pick per round.  And if they choose, they can trade those picks to other teams, but they aren't forced into those decisions.   

 

Long and the short of it... the Eagles aren't in this mess that they are in without Howie Roseman's (and by extension, Lurie's) fingerprints at every level.   The coaching staff upheaval?  Well, Doug said Groh and Walch were back, then less than 24 hours later, they were fired.  That wasn't Doug's decision.  People are fed up with Schwartz' scheme... well, that was supposedly Howie's hire.  The drafting has sucked... According to everything we read, Douglas set the board, but Howie made the pick.   The Jalen Hurts pick remains a head scratcher... but Howie's the one on record with the 'QB factory' comment, as ludicrous as that is... but the real and final nail in Howie's professional coffin here, is the state of the salary cap for this franchise.  He screwed it up royally, and a number of us who watch the cap have been talking about this upcoming year being a problem for years... and now...here we are, and Howie took no steps to correct it ahead of time, but instead doubled down on it with (I'll say it) bad trades and bad signings that have done nothing to aid his QB, and really haven't done a whole lot to appreciably aid the defense either.  

 

So, while Howie will try to make this about Wentz' regression or poor coaching... Howie has provided NOTHING to really help his QB succeed and has mandated the coaching quagmire that is the offensive side of the ball with Taylor, Scrapsofjello, and Morpassingwhig.   So, if Howie wants to blame the coaches, fine... he hired them.  He's got as much blame as they do.  Wentz regressed?   Yup... in part due to playing football with a WR that takes pot shots at him when things get a little difficult and a bunch of guys that have no place on an NFL field... shall we count them?  Deontay Burnett, Robert Davis, Hakeem Butler, Jeremy Croom, Josh Perkins, Adrien Killings... and other guys that should not be 'building blocks' like a broken down Desean Jackson, shell of himself Alshon Jeffery, Greg "2 yard-YAC on a flanker screen" Ward and Boston "I'm not Darren Sproles" Scott.  But that is what this front office and coaching staff have provided.  Sheer garbage, and sheer garbage for years.  

 

Clean the house... rip it down to the slab (There aren't even any studs left to leave in place)... and start over with a new GM, and new HC.   The hard part is bringing in a guy who is qualified as GM and willing to dig out of Howie's mess.   But, one thing I know for sure, they can't afford to let Howie dig out.  

16 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

His terrible contract makes him unmovable.

That's inaccurate.  His terrible contract made it painful to cut, but he was very much cut-able... and would have cost no more OFF the roster than on it...    And somehow thought that they should keep him around to 'contribute'.  What exactly has he contributed to besides the demise of Travis Fulgham's production?   Fulgham had a great few games... Alshon comes back and Fulgham is now in the witness protection program.  

 

EDIT:  sorry, that was my mistake... he costs the same on the roster as off it this year and still carried the dead cap either way.  100% my fault.  

1 hour ago, manz2821 said:

Can we make an official emb draft board and send it to Howie. If he had it last time the Eagles would have picked Jefferson and Chinn in the first 2 rounds in the last draft. 

I like Chase,  but I think our foundation is crumbled. I can't build from the outside in with a WR that high. Trade back to around 10. Build this defense, which needs players at every level, multiple even, and the o-line which is decimated.
That o-line was probably one of the most important cogs to us winning it. Our o-line now is a broken shell of what it once was. Back to basics. This team needs quality AND quantity. Lose out and pick around 5 then reap quality assets by moving back 3-5 picks. We are still keeping in the top 12 which is just as good, plus you can pick up quality selections in the early to mid rounds. We are missing a 4 and 6 this year no less. 

2 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

I like Chase,  but I think our foundation is crumbled. I can't build from the outside in with a WR that high. Trade back to around 10. Build this defense, which needs players at every level, multiple even and the o-line, which is decimated.
That o-line was probably one of the most important cogs to us winning it. Our o-line now is a broken shell of what it once was. Back to basics. This team needs quality AND quantity. Lose out and pick around 5 then reap quality assets by moving back 3-5 picks. We are still keeping in the top 12 which is just as good, plus you can pick up quality selections in the early to mid rounds. We are missing a 4 and 6 this year no less. 

We have our 6, just missing the 4, but have two 5's.