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8 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

I assume the interviews of Duce Staley and Jerod Mayo have fulfilled the Eagles requirements toward minority coaching interviews 

I'm beginning to think the Rooney Rule is useless and that NFL owners/GMs are going to hire the guy they want regardless of race.  The rule is a joke and it really exemplifies that in the eyes of many, diversity only applies to African Americans.  You saw it last year with Ron Rivera...not much of a peep of his background and this year with Robert Saleh.  Saleh is the first Muslim Arab American to be an NFL head coach....probably safe to say he's the the first or one of few to even be coaching.  The NFL doesn't celebrate this.  However, if Duce or Bieniemy get passed over we are going to hear how the NFL doesn't do enough for "minorities" completely ignoring Saleh.

In the NFL, winning is all that matters.  How many chances does Josh Gordon need to get?  Someone wants to unleash that talent.  Who cares about Tyreek Hill and what he's done...boy sure is fast....the list goes on and on.  Make big plays, score TD's and win in the NFL and you'll have a job regardless of the color of your skin. 

6 hours ago, jwill2420 said:

All this talk about Patricia being DC if we get McDaniels and the obvious guy is Jerod Mayo. 
 

Which I really don’t want but at this point McDaniels might be the best available 

Mayo would be very very intriguing as a DC if McDaniels is the HC.  I really think Mayo would be fun to watch as a HC.  Next year is a wash.  Let's take a chance and let him go through the growing pains.

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

 

Not seeing any benefits in hiring Bowles.  We've seen what he can do and nothing inspires me at all or makes me think he's the guy to get the Eagles back on track.

 

On 1/14/2021 at 12:43 AM, ManuManu said:

We will only know after it’s leaked that Howie wanted the good ones but decided to let others make the bad picks. 

Have to believe Lurie knows who was behind every move and in writing, every employee accountable. The Tate thing I figure they were desperate and he was all that was available since Jets weren’t trading Anderson. That would have been nice. Still 2018 if Brooks doesn’t get injured early in the 2nd round playoff game  I think we are at least back in the CC. Alshon still should have made that catch. Anyways I see know benefit to Jeffrey Lurie to obfuscate Howie’s mistakes, can you ? Now maybe Howie should be a man and put his foot down if Lurie wants to get involved in the draft process, sure let him observe and ask questions but no feedback

Just to echo other posts.  F Da Saints and F Payton - they bottled it again in the playoffs and should be labelled as such by the media.  Payton's yap doesn't equal his bark.

Brees played one year too many - but what a career. Respect to him.

McDaniels is a meh interview.  Too many years at the Pats, but having to game plan this season for a QB whose arm is shot doesn't help the stat padding - Newton was awful.  That said, they had a high pick in Harry who has not developed a lick since being drafted.  Underwhelming

Caplan says Kafka is a candidate for OC in Detroit under Campbell. 

1 hour ago, greend said:

As pointed out above, why can he interview but not Daboll?

 

Daboll doesn't want to come here.  The word is he wants to stay in Buffalo at least one more year before moving onto HC. 

5 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

Daboll doesn't want to come here.  The word is he wants to stay in Buffalo at least one more year before moving onto HC. 

Was listening to Mosher and Caplan on ITB this morning on my way into work and they seemed to think if he didn't go to LA then he was going to stay. He can and will be very picky. 

7 hours ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

One guy who I feel would work real well with Wentz and honestly think should be receiving some consideration... 

Jason Garrett 

Care to elaborate?

11 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Caplan says Kafka is a candidate for OC in Detroit under Campbell. 

That actually makes sense for Kafka, as Bieniemy striking out is killing his progress.

12 minutes ago, The guy in France said:

Have to believe Lurie knows who was behind every move and in writing, every employee accountable. The Tate thing I figure they were desperate and he was all that was available since Jets weren’t trading Anderson. That would have been nice. Still 2018 if Brooks doesn’t get injured early in the 2nd round playoff game  I think we are at least back in the CC. Alshon still should have made that catch. Anyways I see know benefit to Jeffrey Lurie to obfuscate Howie’s mistakes, can you ? Now maybe Howie should be a man and put his foot down if Lurie wants to get involved in the draft process, sure let him observe and ask questions but no feedback

I think the question that needs to be asked is which moves Lurie was behind.  And how much access/influence does Howie give him, and in return, Lurie covers for Howie.   So, yes, I absolutely can see a benefit for Lurie to obfuscate for Howie.  Lurie gets the access he wants to influence moves, without being considered the meddlesome owner, because Howie covers for him.   Banner has put out that Lurie appears to be more involved now than when he was here.  And to a certain extent, that's likely because of Banner and letting Dawkins walk.  And I think Lurie wants to make sure that never happens again, amongst other things.   But, iirc, Lurie went on the scouting trip to work out Wentz pre-draft.   That right there is a red flag to me.   What input is he going to offer that's actually beneficial?  

13 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Bad coaching and not supporting that pick would be the two biggest culprits.

In 5 years, not one draft pick at WR has hit... not one.  And a QB needs quality WRs around him to be successful, especially when being asked to throw 75%.

Agh seems decent, JJaw seems not, too early to say on last years 3 picks ... to me. I would say the OL last yr was the biggest problem far more than the WR’s. IMO bad luck that Carson will never get back to 2017 but maybe he can be adjusted and fixed if we are lucky

1 hour ago, RLC said:

Probably on the roster with a coaching staff who can get WRs open.

That’s what I think,  we can get Chase too or and get some interior OL. I think it will all come down to Wentz. Stuff was broken last year

I guess McDaniels said no to Wentz and now we are stuck with Bowles, lol. Priceless 

11 minutes ago, The guy in France said:

Agh seems decent, JJaw seems not, too early to say on last years 3 picks ... to me. I would say the OL last yr was the biggest problem far more than the WR’s. IMO bad luck that Carson will never get back to 2017 but maybe he can be adjusted and fixed if we are lucky

Agholor had 2 seasons of good play here.  He had 3 years of downright awful play.  But, look around the league at the weapons the top QBs have to work with, and tell me that the Eagles have had anything approaching that on the field since 2017?  Not even close.     I don't know that Wentz is fixable, but when committing to a QB with the #2 pick, you are also committing to putting some pieces around him that will help make him successful.   You don't hire a 5-star Michelin chef and then bring in ingredients from the dollar store and ask him to make a great meal with that.  

And I agree, the OL was a major problem.   But, it was far from the only one.  Go back and rewatch the first Washington game.  Bad OL, but Carson was firing and doing very well... until that first pick.  He throws the ball where it is supposed to be, a lazy route by Reagor, and its picked off.   Hits Hightower in the hands crossing the middle... goes right through.  Throws that same out pattern to Hightower who runs an equally poor route and it is also picked off... and I do believe from that moment, Wentz became more gun shy with those WRs around him.  He didn't show that hesitancy with Fulgham.  To him, he fired when he wasn't 'open' and Fulgham made some plays.  Fulgham had his own struggles to an extent before basically getting benched for Alshon, but they seemed to have some chemistry developing.  So, Wentz' play went downhill after getting burned by bad WRs, he held the ball longer being uncertain if the WRs would be in the right spot, got beat up, started seeing ghosts of pass rush at times, got beaten up physically, and a bruised and battered QB loses accuracy, as the range of motion starts to be compromised through that process.   

Wentz has his own set of issues, but I think that it primarily comes down to the coaching staff not doing their job well, and the front office not putting quality WRs around him.  But, it might be too late now, I don't know.   I hope not.  But, we'll see.

We reached out early to Lincoln Riley because Bowles was always the guy.

55 minutes ago, The guy in France said:

Have to believe Lurie knows who was behind every move and in writing, every employee accountable. The Tate thing I figure they were desperate and he was all that was available since Jets weren’t trading Anderson. That would have been nice. Still 2018 if Brooks doesn’t get injured early in the 2nd round playoff game  I think we are at least back in the CC. Alshon still should have made that catch. Anyways I see know benefit to Jeffrey Lurie to obfuscate Howie’s mistakes, can you ? Now maybe Howie should be a man and put his foot down if Lurie wants to get involved in the draft process, sure let him observe and ask questions but no feedback

My suspicion is Lurie only gets involved when everyone is deadlocked as the tie-breaker, ok guys, since you can't come to agreement, it's "X".

The drafting has not been bad, it hasn't been great, but there's a lot of exaggeration - as far as "pro bowl" types, well, draft in the 20s and you're less likely to find one, and in many cases it takes 4-5 years before players reach that level, look at Graham. Come back in three years and see how Dillard and Mailata and Reagor are playing. The real problem is they traded too many picks to win now, same with the cap. So they had 10 total picks in 2018-19 and that does leave a hole (along with zero players left from Chip's two drafts in 2014-15).

But that's not irrational, look at New Orleans, they're in worse cap shape than the Eagles, chasing one more playoff run with a broken QB.

Which is not crazy, in football, you can completely rebuild a franchise in 3 years, clear out the cap, accumulate 3 top draft picks and 3 picks in the 30s (the top 40 is where you find most of your top starters), and fill in the roster with a few hits later in the draft, some SFAs and waiver wire guys, low cost FAs - and in year 3 start buying FAs. Which is exactly what I expect the Eagles to do. Better to chase the playoffs then crash than spend 6 years winning 7-8 games.

Coaching does matter, I'm watching TB's cover two with man underneath and wondering why that wouldn't have worked with CBs like Jones, Douglas, Sullivan and Mills, with Ware and Poyer at S.

28 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I think the question that needs to be asked is which moves Lurie was behind.  And how much access/influence does Howie give him, and in return, Lurie covers for Howie.   So, yes, I absolutely can see a benefit for Lurie to obfuscate for Howie.  Lurie gets the access he wants to influence moves, without being considered the meddlesome owner, because Howie covers for him.   Banner has put out that Lurie appears to be more involved now than when he was here.  And to a certain extent, that's likely because of Banner and letting Dawkins walk.  And I think Lurie wants to make sure that never happens again, amongst other things.   But, iirc, Lurie went on the scouting trip to work out Wentz pre-draft.   That right there is a red flag to me.   What input is he going to offer that's actually beneficial?  

So partners in crime, who are they stealing from again ? Lurie owns the team so he can theoretically be as involved as he wants, why not hire a GM that can cover up your miscalculations with the other picks ? To me Banner’s biggest mistake was not re-upping TO. If I’m Lurie I would attend anything I want to but not to impose and away from my employees, take an interest in my business and it is football. I’d imagine you would do the same

Lincoln Riley still hasn't publicly said no.
Matt Campbell immediately did when the Jets called.

6 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Agholor had 2 seasons of good play here.  He had 3 years of downright awful play.  But, look around the league at the weapons the top QBs have to work with, and tell me that the Eagles have had anything approaching that on the field since 2017?  Not even close.    

Agholor was typecast as a slot WR here, goes to Gruden, becomes a "Y" and a legitimate deep threat.

Player was the same, coach was different.

Watkins is explosive, Hightower is fast, Reagor has Maclin type separation skills (i.e. doesn't look that fast but why is the CB two steps behind?). Ward is a good slot WR who gets open on 3rd down and catches the ball. Fulgham is a big body who can snatch in a crowd. A good coach doesn't force them to be what they're not, but works on making them better at what they do well. So you don't call WR screens for Ward when you have Watkins and Reagor. You try to teach Hightower how to locate and high point, teach Fulgham to use his strength to beat the press and so on.

Wouldn't read to much on McDaniels lengthy interview he was probably asked to watch the bucs game with Lowie instead of sitting in his hotel room by himself 

1 minute ago, austinfan said:

Agholor was typecast as a slot WR here, goes to Gruden, becomes a "Y" and a legitimate deep threat.

Player was the same, coach was different.

Watkins is explosive, Hightower is fast, Reagor has Maclin type separation skills (i.e. doesn't look that fast but why is the CB two steps behind?). Ward is a good slot WR who gets open on 3rd down and catches the ball. Fulgham is a big body who can snatch in a crowd. A good coach doesn't force them to be what they're not, but works on making them better at what they do well. So you don't call WR screens for Ward when you have Watkins and Reagor. You try to teach Hightower how to locate and high point, teach Fulgham to use his strength to beat the press and so on.

You left out your boy, Arcega-Whiteside.

1 minute ago, The guy in France said:

So partners in crime, who are they stealing from again ? Lurie owns the team so he can theoretically be as involved as he wants, why not hire a GM that can cover up your miscalculations with the other picks ? To me Banner’s biggest mistake was not re-upping TO. If I’m Lurie I would attend anything I want to but not to impose and away from my employees, take an interest in my business and it is football. I’d imagine you would do the same

The fans!    

 

The issue isn't that Lurie is involved, he has that right.  The issue is that he is involved and incompetent, but doesn't want to own it.  Did you actually listen to his press conference?    "Howie surrounds himself with great people... we have 5 future GMs on staff around Howie right now"... (then explain why they miss so much in the draft if these people around him are so great)... "We have identified the right players in the draft, but they go 4 or 5 spots ahead of us."  (as if there is only 1 player or only 12 players, and they all go before the Eagles' selection.)  Forget that there's 7 rounds and players can be found throughout... it just takes knowing what one is doing.

 

The issue is the lack of accountability from the top and there's no indication that things will get better again.