Mat Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 14 hours ago, Procus said: Lions moved on from Swift because he was unhappy there and it is a contract year for him. Duce will never be a head coach in the NFL. The Bieniemy analogy doesn't fly - Duce was never a coordinator, let alone a coordinator for the top offensive team in the NFL. And Duce hasn't distinguished himself as a RB coach. I doubt very much that he will ever be promoted to OC anywhere in the NFL. We will never know the real reason he moved to Carolina. He had a sweetheart job in Philly, and disgruntled himself out of town. He was not doing a good job coaching Swift in Detroit. Don't take what the guy says at face value. Do you honestly believe he'd say he was having problems in Detroit as his reason for leaving? Seriously? They moved on from Swift because they signed Montgomery and drafted Gibbs. They replaced him and had no intent of keeping him around. That's an organizational decision and Swift was unhappy because he was now the third option. Duce was flagged as a potential HC option when Doug was the head coach. The two things that hurt him was the fact he hadn't called plays and he only had experience within one organization. Here is an article from SI where Campbell says he is grooming Duce for a HC role. https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/lions-lose-duce-staley Williams just had a career season under Duce where he rushed for 17 TD's in a season which lead the league. They didn't keep him either because the view around the league is that the position is expendable and Williams was average at best before getting injured at the Saints. The team rushing stats improved from 2021 to 2022 with Duce as the RB coach. He has a mother that has health issues and he asked the Lions to release him. If he wasn't a good coach Reich wouldn't have brought him straight in. While you may not like him, many coaches and former players have said he would make a good HC at some point. Bienmy was an OC that didn't call plays, Duce was a RB and assistant HC that also didn't call plays. And before you say he is just a RB coach, positional coaches don't get HC jobs, Campbell went from TE coach to HC. Harbaugh went from a DB coach to a HC. The HC is about managing the personalities and building the game plan, they don't have to call the plays 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 8 hours ago, PhillyDan1969 said: I think the game plan abandoned Swift too early and didn't utilize him enough. In that final drive in regulation for the Eagles, I would've fed Swift a hefty diet of runs to grind the yards and the clock and ended the game with the FG. Agreed, probably should have given him the ball a couple more times in OT as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJWolverEagle11 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 On 9/29/2023 at 1:14 PM, VaBeach_Eagle said: Just curious as to what Sanders is doing this year so far: https://www.pennlive.com/sports/2023/10/former-penn-state-philadelphia-eagles-star-miles-sanders-getting-ripped-by-panthers-fans-for-comments-following-vikings-loss.html?outputType=amp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eglz1 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Here is a quote from the Lions board that I find concerning. Quote Bingo And Swift ALWAYS had a big game or two to start the year — he will fade like he did every year for us Maybe the Eagles are aware of that too which is why they're not using him that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwestbrook36 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 49 minutes ago, eglz1 said: Here is a quote from the Lions board that I find concerning. Maybe the Eagles are aware of that too which is why they're not using him that much. He was on a sheet team and barely got the ball his whole career there. Also he didn't have a big game or 2 to start the year either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrfierce Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said: He was on a sheet team and barely got the ball his whole career there. Also he didn't have a big game or 2 to start the year either He had a big game against last season didn’t he ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwestbrook36 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, rrfierce said: He had a big game against last season didn’t he ? Ah sheet yes he had that one but hardly touched the ball the rest of the year that game was the most carries he had in a game all year and it was only 15 carries. Probably duce rotation nonsense 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brkmsn Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 1 hour ago, eglz1 said: Here is a quote from the Lions board that I find concerning. Maybe the Eagles are aware of that too which is why they're not using him that much. They aren't? RUNNING BACK WK 1 WK 2 WK 3 WK 4 TOTAL D'Andre Swift 19 29% 58 75% 43 54% 45 63% 165 Kenneth Gainwell 41 62% 0 37 46% 27 38% 105 Boston Scott 8 12% 10 13% 0 0 0% 18 Rashaad Penny 0 9 12% 0 0 9 The Eagles like Gainwell too, but he is getting less snaps each week in favor of Swift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judunno Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 13 hours ago, brkmsn said: They aren't? RUNNING BACK WK 1 WK 2 WK 3 WK 4 TOTAL D'Andre Swift 19 29% 58 75% 43 54% 45 63% 165 Kenneth Gainwell 41 62% 0 37 46% 27 38% 105 Boston Scott 8 12% 10 13% 0 0 0% 18 Rashaad Penny 0 9 12% 0 0 9 The Eagles like Gainwell too, but he is getting less snaps each week in favor of Swift. Need to get Penny more involved IMO as the year progresses. Need these guys fresh for the end of the season and playoffs. I've said it before that guys like Mcaffrey who avg 25 touches a game will be burned out come January. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerdog Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 does anyone find it amusing that , like the Chiefs, we have our own Kelce/Swift relationship? though ours would be more like Brokeback Mountain if it were the same dynamic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJWolverEagle11 Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 25 minutes ago, flyerdog said: does anyone find it amusing that , like the Chiefs, we have our own Kelce/Swift relationship? though ours would be more like Brokeback Mountain if it were the same dynamic.... All this bull w the Chiefs is reason # 547,903,261 that we needed to win that SB. Endless Travis commercials, State farm commercials, now this Taylor swift nonsense. Makes me miss Tony Romo's carousel of gf's smh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 D'Andre Swift was traded to the Eagles in large part because he was deemed "injury prone". Oh, the irony. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/amon-ra-st-brown-doubtful-for-week-5-jahmyr-gibbs-questionable Amon-Ra St. Brown doubtful for Week 5, Jahmyr Gibbs questionable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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