10 minutes ago, greend said:

Geez was kinda hoping the top of his mind was hiring the best coach available. If he/she's a minority so be it.

should be on merits and ability. period.

Whatever Malcolm has to say just do the opposite and we'll be fine

1 minute ago, Michaels maniacs said:

Whatever Malcolm has to say just do the opposite and we'll be fine

Malcom who?

1 hour ago, Ipiggles said:

Seth has a little hard on for Wentz, not sure, maybe it is just qbs in general but he clearly has had an issue. I used to follow him on twitter, but he is irrational at times. Great LB. Meh on the rest

It's all QBs.

4 minutes ago, Michaels maniacs said:

Whatever Malcolm has to say just do the opposite and we'll be fine

I'll be honest here and just say what everyone knows: if Duce was white Jenkins and some of these other guys don't come out and endorse him. And that's kind of the point. Hire a guy based off of his merits and potential. If Duce has it, interviews great, and provides a great vision/plan, then he should definitely be in consideration. If he doesn't, then move along. 

10 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I’d still like the Eagles to interview Pete Carmichael Jr.; he’s a lifelong football guy whose father was a football coach.  He’s coached with OL, TE, WR, QB coach, passing game coordinator, and OC for 11 years with Payton in NO.

He’s either learned a lot in those years, or he has incriminating evidence on people.  

5 hours ago, Green_Guinness said:

Was listening to WIP on the drive in to work and they had Mike Garafalo on and he mentioned something about some of the draft picks being Doug's choice and Rhea made a good point saying "Wait.  I am to believe that the guy they wouldn't let pick his own coaching staff, that they'd let him make draft picks?".  So they can spin it how they want, but the buck ends at Howie and he/they aren't owning it.  That's poor leadership.

I disagree on this. Why would you want your GM drafting players your HC does t want?

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I absolutely despise when they talk about guys they could’ve drafted. There’s plenty of teams that could have drafted guys and did not. I don’t hear them every time they have a press conference about their bad pick saying well we were going to draft this guy or we wanted this guy but it didn’t happen. If you really wanted that guy the trade up and get them so you know you have them. Don’t you feed me this BS you wanted this the guy.

that’s the draft. You don’t get every single guy you want and you better have a better plan then well we just missed out so we were doomed at that point. 

No... they were assured their guy would still be there...

 

40 minutes ago, AzBirdGang said:

Local radio out here just roasted the Eagles front office. 

Don't care.  Local radio in Phoenix is aspires to be as plugged in as local radio in Philly.   And Philly local is stupid... so... 

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

Just saying the cardinals haven’t exactly been the epitome of good front office decisions. They hired and fired a coach after one year when he was given he was an awful roster. He stunk as a coach but they basically also gave him crap. And then they hired a bad college coach who now stinks in the nfl 

Drafted a QB #1 overall after drafting a QB in the top 10.   They are lost... and have been since about 1949.  There's a reason they are in their 3rd city.

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Because they didn’t draft Jalen hurts to be a back up. That was a concoction they came up with because people were gullible enough to believe it since Carson had injuries in the past/just sustained a concussion in a playoff game and their salary cap look the way it did in 2021. It was all a BS secondary and tertiary reasons they gave.

I’d bet a lot of money the real reason was they didn’t know which Carson Wentz they were going to get. End of season 2019 Carson or beginning of the season 2019 Carson. They didn’t know and they knew they had two years to figure it out based on contract. In two years if you drafting hurts and you groom him properly they probably believed he could be a starter by that point. so if it was early season 2019 Carson they could move on and have their starting QB in place ready to take over. The Eagles having a back up plan and being ahead of the curve is how they think. I think lurie even said that yesterday that they always have a back up plan in their presser

I almost feel as if you are giving them too much credit.  I do think they wanted to pick a QB to develop. They evaluated Hurts as part of the draft process.  I think they were influenced by Riley, Hurts and others that Hurts could be a legitimate starting QB.  By the time the draft came around it was if they believed Hurts could be the next Russell Wilson.  So if he's the next Russell Wilson, isn't he worth a 2nd round pick?  I think that had some plan for him to become an eventual starter probably grew with that idea but I'm not sure how much they had come to the idea that they might have to move on from Wentz.  

36 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Oh and that BS line from Lowie last night about having the player they wanted drafted a few spots ahead of them and that was a part of the evaluation.  That was 100% in reference to Cee Dee Lamb.  It certainly wasn't about Justin Jefferson.  

Obviously, or Lurie is dumber than I tell people he is.   Jefferson was sitting right there.   The problem with this sort of crap notion is that there's more than 1 good player in a draft... and you need to find them.   And if you really think there is only one... then you need to pay whatever it costs to get that one.   So, actually, it seems Lurie is dumber than I tell people.

I think people way overblow that McDaniels thing. it was a **** move, no doubt. People act like he physically assaulted the owner and put him in the hospital. It was years ago.

I've long gotten over it. If it weren't for that incident, people would want him as a coach. I can't believe people still are unnerved over it all these years later.

If it came down to him, Duce, Bowles, Dan Mullen, I'm picking McDaniels.

33 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

Taylor was considered up and coming...

I wonder who considered him that?

12 minutes ago, greend said:

Malcom who?

In The Middle.  Him and his crazy brothers' plans and schemes rarely work out.

6 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Don't care.  Local radio in Phoenix is aspires to be as plugged in as local radio in Philly.   And Philly local is stupid... so... 

Drafted a QB #1 overall after drafting a QB in the top 10.   They are lost... and have been since about 1949.  There's a reason they are in their 3rd city.

Bidwell’s are terrible owners. Kurt Warner saved them for a couple years and Palmer for another couple. Outside of that they’ve been bad to average their existence over the last 50 years. 

Arthur Smith is the clear favorite, in my opinion. "He fixed Tannehill so he can fix Carson Wentz."

12 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

I almost feel as if you are giving them too much credit.  I do think they wanted to pick a QB to develop. They evaluated Hurts as part of the draft process.  I think they were influenced by Riley, Hurts and others that Hurts could be a legitimate starting QB.  By the time the draft came around it was if they believed Hurts could be the next Russell Wilson.  So if he's the next Russell Wilson, isn't he worth a 2nd round pick?  I think that had some plan for him to become an eventual starter probably grew with that idea but I'm not sure how much they had come to the idea that they might have to move on from Wentz.  

I think what you said combined with my theory could both possibly be the full story. I think Riley saying what he did to them put the thought in their mind that hurts could be the QB to select and i think there were people around the building that didn’t know what wentz would. There’s a real possibility what you said and what i said could both hold true. 

WOW.

Houston is EASILY the worst job on the market.

1 minute ago, Saltpeter said:

Arthur Smith is the clear favorite, in my opinion. "He fixed Tannehill so he can fix Carson Wentz."

Tannehill gets a bad rap. He's never been elite, but at the same time he was never as bad as Wentz was this season and never really was what you can consider a bad quarterback. Wentz was statistically one of the 2-3 worst QBs in the league this year. So I don't think it took any "fixing" with Tannehill. He was just in a better system with the best running back in football and was able to flourish. If Smith can bring a similar system here, then it would obviously help Wentz. But Derrick Henry types of players don't grow on trees. It's the same concern I have with Bieniemy. It's easy to look good with Mahomes, Hill, and Kelce. 

4 minutes ago, Green_Guinness said:

In The Middle.  Him and his crazy brothers' plans and schemes rarely work out.

But that's what makes the show funny.

7 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Sir......I said SIR!!!!!   This is the Philadelphia Eagles........you want REASON and common sense?

My bad...forgot where I was for a minute there!

1 minute ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Tannehill gets a bad rap. He's never been elite, but at the same time he was never as bad as Wentz was this season and never really was what you can consider a bad quarterback. Wentz was statistically one of the 2-3 worst QBs in the league this year. So I don't think it took any "fixing" with Tannehill. He was just in a better system with the best running back in football and was able to flourish. If Smith can bring a similar system here, then it would obviously help Wentz. But Derrick Henry types of players don't grow on trees. It's the same concern I have with Bieniemy. It's easy to look good with Mahomes, Hill, and Kelce. 

Tannehill’s biggest issue was Adam Gase and Gase being an awful head coach. Wouldn’t be shocked whatsoever if darnold goes elsewhere and has success with someone like reich or shanahan. 

Carson Wentz, Jalen Hurts and a second round pick for Deshaun Watson.

15 minutes ago, purplefiggy said:

I disagree on this. Why would you want your GM drafting players your HC does t want?

Seriously.

Maybe it’s not some Howie conspiracy?

Again, crazy idea here...

6 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

Arthur Smith is the clear favorite, in my opinion. "He fixed Tannehill so he can fix Carson Wentz."

I'm down with it. They run a play action based offense in Nashville and I think Smith will also need a bruiser back to set up play action. Use Wentz's mobility and have useful RPOs as well.