1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

I think it's speculation about why his play was so off last season.  I don't think it explains 2019.  2018 is arguably due to his back condition.  I do think he seems to process worse than he did.  I also think he tends to just play hero ball too often.  He just won't take the easy throw often enough.  I don't think that is a processing issue. His mechanics have also not improved.  He just misses throws.   I think the mental issue with him is that he does not seem to acknowledge and address these problems. 

Bingo.

5 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

And there it is. The least hidden secret ever

But, what of Joe Judge??

2 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Don’t think the Texans even want Watson to stay at this point, that relationship seems permanently severed from both sides.

It felt like when they originally hired Culley though, they did it to placate Watson for a year.

The social media backlash over this firing is predictably cringy. And it’s obvious why, once people start throwing out racial implications. It’s really sad that people always go there first.

If the Texans think they can upgrade, then they should upgrade. Sports isn’t and has never been about a player or coach’s "right” to keep a job. They have no right to keep a job. The only thing a front office is obligated to do is put the best coaches and players on the field possible. And if they think there is a better guy out there, they should make it happen.

I'm not even going to go on because you know 99% of the people are going to go that route.  I hate it.  It's tiring.  Sports are the easiest profession to see that jobs (for the most part) are kept based on results or in this case, the opportunity to improve with a different direction.  Like any other profession there's bound to be a racist somewhere.  It's never going away.  It's also not just old white guys that are racist so twitter needs to get over itself.  

Word on the street last year was the Texans hired Culley to make Watson happy.  If Watson wants to play for Flores and the Texans think he's cleared to play, you can bet your bottom dollar that Flores is their next coach.  

20 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Enter Brian Flores and Watson will stay. 

I am not sure why Watson would want Flores over Culley but maybe.  I mean Culley didn't seem like he was a total train wreck.  He took the least talented roster in the League and got 4 wins with a back up QB.  He had 2 good wins against the Chargers and Titans.  The team did better after the bye than before it.  If I was Flores I would want no part of that franchise.   

 

28 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I wasn't even directing that at you, it was at people that get paid to write and talk about the Eagles

Oh I know.  Normally, this board would be full of people talking about the game, etc.  

I see that Tankathon has the Eagles taking Ojabo, Dean, and Drake London in their mock draft.  I watched some Drake London highlights, and wow -- Do Not Want.

That guy pushes off every-single-time to get separation.  Might work against kids, but it won't work against men.

I’m pretty sure I read last year that they wanted to retain Kelly from the previous staff. 

What a weird series of events. 

It's interesting just how disappointed the Colts must be in Wentz.  We've got a running back playing QB, the whole organization knows it, and they are falling over themselves pretending he can play.  And the Colts...

The Colts gave up a first round pick and change for Wentz (plus whatever of that contract they are now hooked into)...they are up against our same problem with adding a quality QB this offseason/draft.  Even if you are lukewarm on Wentz, it would be easy to just commit to rallying around him for 2022 given the investment and overall situation.  And both coach and GM won't do it.  That's really telling.

A 1st and a 3rd look like a steal at this point.  It's right there with the collective 1st and two 2nds we somehow managed to get for Mcnabb, Bradford, and Kolb.

We can't find QB's, but we sure know how to trade them away.  

25 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Dennis Kelly's brother.

Not even joking.

I believe you

 

9 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

I’m pretty sure I read last year that they wanted to retain Kelly from the previous staff. 

What a weird series of events. 

Culley was George in this scene:

 

19 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I see that Tankathon has the Eagles taking Ojabo, Dean, and Drake London in their mock draft.  I watched some Drake London highlights, and wow -- Do Not Want.

That guy pushes off every-single-time to get separation.  Might work against kids, but it won't work against men.

I don't want anything to do with London either, those long legs will be getting battered in the pros. No thanks 

12 minutes ago, downundermike said:

I believe you

 

Give him a mullet and they're almost twins

38 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Don’t think the Texans even want Watson to stay at this point, that relationship seems permanently severed from both sides.

It felt like when they originally hired Culley though, they did it to placate Watson for a year.

The social media backlash over this firing is predictably cringy. And it’s obvious why, once people start throwing out racial implications. It’s really sad that people always go there first.

If the Texans think they can upgrade, then they should upgrade. Sports isn’t and has never been about a player or coach’s "right” to keep a job. They have no right to keep a job. The only thing a front office is obligated to do is put the best coaches and players on the field possible. And if they think there is a better guy out there, they should make it happen.

Well, Culley WAS fired because he's black.  When you hire an under qualified HC simply because he's black, you end up firing a black HC.  

30 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

I am not sure why Watson would want Flores over Culley but maybe.  I mean Culley didn't seem like he was a total train wreck.  He took the least talented roster in the League and got 4 wins with a back up QB.  He had 2 good wins against the Chargers and Titans.  The team did better after the bye than before it.  If I was Flores I would want no part of that franchise.   

Watson wanted to go to Miami because of Flores. 

Seems like it doesn't matter what HC they hire.

 

2 hours ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Andy Harmon wants a word😲

Very underrated DT.   38.5 sacks in a 4 year span.  Shame with him was the injury in 1996.  

 

One of the bigger ironies with Carson going to the Colts was that with the trade. he was going to a smaller and calmer media market that would be less paranoid and pressured than the Philly market would be.

Turns out Carson's play in the last 2 weeks turned that Indy market into a bit of a head case too.

Whoops.

14 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Tuned into to WIP only to hear ESP’s voice instead of Ike’s.  He and Marks were discussing Jonathan Gannon and saying that neither one of them had an issue with Gannon and didn’t understand why people wanted him fired. Then they were discussing how the front four has not gotten a lot of sacks this year and said it was not Gannon’s fault that the front for was not getting home. I knew those two morons knew nothing about football but even that was a shock to hear. When your scheme has the back seven playing off and soft as much as Gannon‘s does, of course the front four is going to have a hard time getting home because the QB can just step back and find the open guy.   So yes, it’s on Gannon.  FFS.  

Disagree. ESP has a pretty good defensive mind.

1 hour ago, RLC said:

People earlier today were telling me that the Rooney rule wasn't necessary.

How does this help that point?  

3 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

One of the bigger ironies with Carson going to the Colts was that with the trade. he was going to a smaller and calmer media market that would be less paranoid and pressured than the Philly market would be.

Turns out Carson's play in the last 2 weeks turned that Indy market into a bit of a head case too.

Whoops.

True, but he went to an 11-5 team and would/should have been well aware the expectations are always to get better, especially when the Colts basically waved goodbye to Rivers.

Their season started off really bad with the unvaccinated roster uproar, Wentz's foot injuries, etc. and even though they got on the right course for awhile, they didn't get it done when it mattered.  The defense vs JAX was just as bad as Wentz was -- but Wentz is the QB on a $32M AAV contract.  He bears the responsibility along with Reich.

This was an interesting tidbit in an Athletic article:

Mahomes, Carr and Herbert are a combined 41-3 since 2019 when their teams finish games with positive combined EPA on defense and special teams. That 93% win rate is extraordinary. The league at large has won about 72% of those games. Fangio’s Broncos won 61%; they are 14-9 in those games, spread across six starting quarterbacks, none of whom are likely to be starters in the future (there was even one game, a 2020 defeat against New Orleans, when Denver played without any of its QBs because of COVID-19).

The difference between 41-3 and 14-8 is one part of the story. We also must consider the rest of the games, when AFC teams were not as good in combined defensive and special-teams performance. Mahomes, Herbert and Carr combined to go 36-47 in those games, compared to 5-21 for the Broncos. In other words, Denver won 19% of games Mahomes, Carr and Herbert won 43% of the time. The league at large won 27%.

NFL teams with a new starting QB Week 1 of 2022, starting with the Steelers: Mike Sando’s betting guide – The Athletic

Yes, elite QBs matter, but not as much as defense and special teams. .

17 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

 

He was a guy I was hoping we'd look at for DC last year.