Free Man
Posted: January 16th, 2016 | Author: Tommy Lawlor | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 358 Comments »Free at last, free at last. Thank god almighty, Doug Pederson is free at last.
That’s a fancy way of saying the Chiefs lost and the Eagles can now officially name Doug Pederson as their new head coach. Excited?
Even if you don’t love the hire, it is always interesting when the new guy comes in. You aren’t used to his press conferences so they seem more interesting and informative. There are new coordinators and the hiring of a full staff. None of us had heard of Jerry Azzinaro 3 years ago. He came to be a fun guy to learn about and follow.
The announcement could come as early as Sunday. I wouldn’t imagine there will be a press conference until Tuesday (Monday is Martin Luther King Day).
There is no real news today.
Both Jeremy Maclin and Jason Avant had a lot of praise for Pederson. "Philly's getting a good one," Maclin said.
— Zach Berman (@ZBerm) January 17, 2016
You don’t really expect those guys to say anything else, but it is still nice to hear.
Mostly quiet on the assistant coach front. Les Bowen had this a couple of days ago and I missed it.
League source says Pat Shumur's fate on a Doug Pederson staff has not been decided.
— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) January 15, 2016
Les nailed the Pederson hire so he’s one to definitely listen to right now. As for new guys…
Source says Jim Schwartz has offers to serve as defensive coordinator from multiple teams. But not known if Eagles have made an offer yet.
— Don Banks (@DonBanks) January 14, 2016
We’ve heard Schwartz’s name mentioned as a possible DC target, but it is hard to tell if those are quality rumors or simply speculation. Schwartz is my choice so I hope they are true.
Tennessee hired Mike Mularkey today as their head coach so there are no more openings. That means veteran coaches like Schwartz, Mike Smith and Lovie Smith will have to decide if they want to be a DC or sit for a year and hope for the best. Expect rumors to pick up in regard to those guys and their futures.
I’ll write more about the DC spot in the next couple of days.
*****
The end of the KC game was painful to watch. It did lead to one tweet that absolutely killed me.
DR. ANDY REID: The good news is you should live for another eight years or so. PATIENT: /dies DR. ANDY REID: Hmm.
— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) January 17, 2016
Brilliant.
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Did you mean Mike Smith or Mike Pettine. In any case Mike Smith got hired by the Bucs, he reunites with his old OC Dirk. I think Jim Schwartz might be pulling for that Tennessee job as he lives in Nashville. I would love to land Schwartz or Pettine though and Childress or Shurmur as OC. I would love to have both coordinators have some HC experience or be seasoned NFL coaches.
Cardinals being agressive and passing the ball is going to give Rodgers 2:00 to try to get the tying TD.
Damn, Rodgers might pull it off.
Rodgers outsmarted himself there. I’ve seen him try to run the quick play instead of spiking it, but in that situation… calm things down. Wasted probably 15 seconds with the extra time to get a real play off plus the actual time of the play.
Rodgers just wanted to make things more dramatic for TV.
OMG
Wow.
WOW
That’s a damn TD.
I think so. I think he had control and pinned it before the punch out, and even then I think the ball hit his arm and never hit the ground. At worst the play stands, I think.
It never hit the ground that I can see.
Speechless!!!
That’s insane, how is that possible.
It’s possible when you’re Aaron Rodgers
…..still have to hit this extra point
Watch Crosby blow this.
Hahaha Rodgers aye
The only ARod
60 yard catch and 40 yard catch to save the season… This just doesn’t happen in football.
Is the plural “hails mary” or “hail marys” ?
OT boys. Extra football for the night
Congrats to Andy for leading a fantastic team to . . . Well You have an 11 game win streak to remember .. and a minute last drive to argue about
lol the coinflip. This game is ridiculous.
Flipgate
Flipgate lol
Is that an actual rule – if the coin doesn’t flip its a do-over? And, if so, does the NFL rule book use the word “do-over”?
Haha, it’s something for the rules committee this year. Also refs now must undergo mandatory coinflip training.
How do you screw up a coin flip in the first place? It’s not like they’re at GB where it’ll be too cold to move your fingers sometimes.
put Blandino in charge of that
I wouldn’t put him in charge of anything. He should have been fired last year.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
The do-over always worked to decide controversial plays in the schoolyard growing up. Don’t see why it can’t work for the NFL.
Coin flop miss hap
Refs can’t even flip a coin right.
Gregg Rosenthal
@greggrosenthal
1m1 minute ago
The Packers had 4th-and-20 from their own 4 with 55 seconds left and no TOs
Is anything impossible when Aaron Rodgers is the QB?
Winning with the Browns
Of course the Packers blow it.
Fitzgerald sucks. No excuse for not scoring there.
That was classic Reid clock management at the end of that game.
Haha Rodgers is like … really?
This game is the craziest game ever.
Not really ‘ever”. 4th quarter and coin toss were ridiculous though. ;~D.
This has got to be one of the best playoff games in NFL history. Amazing.
The funny thing is the craziest playoff games ever feature both teams playing each other.
Clay Mathews really blew it. He let up a little bit and totally had Fitz at the 50.
He must have stopped to pick up some HGH on the ground.
The Byron Maxwell special. At one point he was trying to swipe the ball rather than tackle.
Hold them to a FG, Pack.
Wow. Great, great game.
Damn. OT shouldn’t be so reliant on a coin toss. Go to college rules.
Fitz made a play to win it. I don’t have a problem with that result, the Cardinals earned it.
Ah well, craziness aside the better team won. Great game though.
Great call Arians.
Arians is a great coach. Going to enjoy him embarrassing Chip twice a season instead of only once from next year.
Do not like Arians but did not see that one coming.
I wish we had hired Arians instead of Chip. :-/
Fitzgerald left, Fitzgerald right, Fitzgerald up the middle.
That last play showcased the importance of WRs (stud playmakers in general) and OL. You’ll be witnessing it 6 games a year now Chip Kelly.
Riley Cooper makes that play. Easy.
Always good to bring humor into the equation.
Chip doesn’t like the way Fitzgerald lets go of the ball after he’s tackled though. That guy could never play for Chip, doesn’t fit the culture.
That sucks for Rodgers. Lead your team to the tie on a miracle and then never get the ball in your hands again.
Despite the changes I think the OT rules are still BS. The other team should absolutely have the opportunity to tie with a TD.
Why? TD s are hard enough to come by…let a lone in OT. Game ended perfectly….leave that stuff in college
Maybe he should have been happy for the one miracle he got and not ask for two!
Tommy, I have a question…
What year were you at Eagles Training Camp that you made your debut with Dave Spadaro? I’m thinking ’03 or ’04. Am I close, or should I commit myself to the alzheimer’s wing?
I am probably the only one who hates hail Mary’s, so I’m slooooooo glad Arizona won that game.
Hail Mary’s are BS. Heck, one and done playoffs are BS.
https://twitter.com/RoobCSN/status/688591410715557888
Friggin Marion Campbell blew it…
“more violence, MORE VIOLENCE” turned out to be just a tease for those hard up for more sacks in reach of there grasp.
Random fact:
https://twitter.com/scott_pianowski/status/688592911173349376
Pederson’s main experience bullet point is that he runs the Chief’s two minute drill?
Yeah, but, but, 2 of the former Eagles say he’s a great guy!
The drive started with more than 2 minutes left. Maybe it was Reid.
Very entertaining start to the playoff weekend. Reid really put his ‘foot in mouth’ during the post game press conference:
“I’m not sure exactly what you’re talking about,” Reid said when asked about the clock management late in the game.
Then Reid said, “We wanted to get a play off. There was 2:20 on the clock.
We wanted to make sure we got our best personnel on the field for that
play, and we didn’t get that done.”
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14585604/andy-reid-offers-little-explanation-kansas-city-chiefs-clock-management-loss-get-done
Going to be interesting to see how Reid is viewed in KC this offseason though because even though he has won a lot in KC (31-17), he is 1-2 in the playoffs and 1-4 since ’09.
Still is 27th too all-time in coaching winning pct during the regular season (min 100 games) although several active coaches have better winning pct – Belicheck, McCarthy, Tomlin, Payton, J. Harbaugh.
He’s tied with Rivera too but Rivera has only coached 80 games (5 seasons).
Chefs won’t have another cupcake schedule next year like this season
[…] Eagles Pick Pederson – Iggles BlitzDoug Pederson isn’t here to be Andy Reid 2.0, but he is here to move things back in that direction. Pederson played for Reid in Green Bay and Philly. He coached here for 4 seasons and followed Reid to Kansas City. Pederson has seen Reid when things are good and bad. He was part of the 4-12 disaster that led to Reid’s dismissal. He’s also been part of an amazing 11-game winning streak this season. Critics see this as Lurie hiring a “Yes Man” type of coach who will fit in and not rock the boat. I certainly get that perception, but I think it missing a big part of the equation. Roseman’s future and reputation will be greatly affected by this hire. Lurie’s legacy will be affected. I don’t think the average person understands how much Lurie wants to win. It kills him to be the lone NFC East team with no rings. […]
Watching the end of the chiefs game was eerily similar to what happened the last time we played New England in the post season…
God I’m dreading this hire. I could be wrong but Pederson does zero for my faith in this organization.
It’s pointless to get excited or despondent about a head coaching hire, especially one without a head coaching track record in the NFL. We don’t have enough access to enough information to even pretend we know anything about how it will turn out. Certain members of our media actually criticized the hire because Pederson said “gosh” when he recounted his meeting with Lurie and Roseman. Give me a damn break.
Any of the guys they could have hired this year (including Payton), I would have reserved any judgment until I saw their staff. None of them had the “program builder” rep that Chip had, and therefore, IMO, the opposite coordinator was as important as the head coach. With Pederson, I want to know both coordinators, but other than that, I don’t think he’s necessarily any better or worse than any of the “hot” names.
Might as well give up on the constant complaining about the hire because it’s done and they’re is nothing you or anybody else can do. Time to ride the wave and hope for the best.
And what a wave that will be… baby!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0U42G_4yqQNbmRtdnBaZ1dIeWM/view?usp=sharing
I’m not wowed by the hire, but I want to see the staff, the new personnel guys, smart / targeted free agent signings, and draft picks.
Then we can get into some actual football and start drawing some conclusions.
Bwaah haaa haaa!
Alex Marvez
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Source tells @NFLonFOX that @49ers are hiring @Eagles WRs coach Bob Bicknell for the same position on Chip Kelly’s staff
Thank the Lord, we’re free at last!
I’d like to see that fake tough guy get in Boldin’s face like he did to DeSean; he’ll be spitting out teeth. F Bicknell.
MM
Well done!
The underused DeSean Jackson jersey in my closet won’t allow me to forget anybody associated with removing one of the most unique and dynamic playmakers from our team…………EVER! Bicknell will always remain on the villains list.
I can forgive getting rid of that little punk. Letting Maclin go? Imbeciles.
Reverse in my book; but they had to keep one.
Welcome to Seattle Sunday!
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/14587101/green-bay-packers-left-scratching-heads-coin-toss-catch-ruling-loss-arizona-cardinals
No mention of the obvious holding on the 4th and 20 play that got the ball to mid-field that would have backed up Green Bay even further into their own end zone?
Green Bay needs to shut up……………..and apologize for only getting Lacy 5.1 fantasy points in their week 15 matchup vs. Oakland.
Green Bay usually strikes me as pretty classy, but they sound like sore losers today. They are complaining about a catch call that led to zero points and allowed enough time for the tying drive and a redone coin flip in which they lost both flips.
They contributed to me losing my semi-final, and around an extra $400 as a result, so they are the definition of classless.
But they were very sore losers.
Ryan Day, Bob Bicknell, and possibly Billy Davis joining Chip in San Fran…Chip bringing most of the failing crew with him. Please take the LBs coach with you as well Chip.
Balke / York: Chip what are you going to do better in your 2nd chance as a head coach?
Chip: Call plays so fast that all of these terrible assistant coaches I’m about to hire can’t have enough time to give bad coaching in-game.
Is it odd that someone touted as an innovator is recycling the same coaches? Seems like things could get stale without adding new voices to the discussion.
I think he’s more of a control freak than an innovator. He’s found a group of “yes men” who will jump at his command.
At this point all of things said about Chip being a genius, offensive mastermind, players coach, adaptable coach, out of box playcaller can all be thrown into the shitter because he showed he that he was nothing but an egotistical, dictator type, megalomaniac.
I don’t know about that. I think he deserves a chance to prove he has learned from his mistakes. Doesn’t do a damn thing for us, but it’s crucial to his legacy. Bringing Bicknell, Day, and Davis on board would not be a good start.
He doesn’t deserve squat. The book on Kelly has been officially chiseled in stone and made permanent when Lurie fired him. If a person’s poor job performance for my preferred organization happened; that remains the lens through which I’ll see them in perpetuity.
I haven’t seen anything about Billy D moving to SF. I heard Chip had already interviewed with somebody on SF’s staff for DC… hard to say what’s true till its announced I guess
Interesting… what will it mean, if anything, if they are successful over there?
Did you realign Arizona and Seattle out of that division?
I have not really been paying attention. So is realignment a done deal?
No, I’m just saying that San Fran is buried with a bad QB, empty roster, and two juggernauts in their division. Kelly is set to cash in another $24 million to fail.
Yeah, it is not exactly like Mike Tomlin taking over from Cowher, is it? But I don’t think the jury is out on Chip. His college career and 2013 did happen. I am interested to see how he does in SF. He will earn it, if he does well.
Chip has MILES to go as a leader of men to be on a level with Tomlin.
Point was the stacked roster he inherited.
Coach Azz has the title assistant head coach here, right? So if we wanted to keep him here, there isn’t a symbolic promotion Chip could give him is there? Assistant TO the head coach?
Sure, it would be petty and likely detrimental to our team, but it is a fun thought.
We’re going to a 4-3, so I’d like to wish Azz well in San Fran with the talented group he’ll be coaching. Especially when they add Bruckner at #7 overall.
Saw this on Twitter this morning:
AFC Super Bowl QB
03-04 Brady
05 Ben
06 Peyton
07 Brady
08 Ben
09 Peyton
10 Ben
11 Brady
12 Flacco
13 Peyton
14 Brady
15 Ben/Brady/Peyton
Even without those 3 QBs, those are still the best teams/staffs in the AFC. Well, maybe not NE but PItt and DEN are still SB competitors.
I would argue the opposite. Take away those QBs, those staffs would be run of the mill. Colts are contenders every year until Peyton gets hurt. Now they have Luck and they are better than average but nothing special.
Now look at Denver’s record before Peyton
9-7
7-9
8-8
8-8
4-12
8-8
Denver’s record after Peyton
13-3
13-3
12-4
12-4
Is the drop off between Peyton and Os big enough? I don’t think this Denver team needs a manning to be a SB contender.
There is a reason O was benched.
Peyton hasn’t let it up either. I’m just saying this Denver team doesn’t have to live or die with an Elite QB performance. I just think Denver and Pitt are legit teams….Not like GB where the sun rising depends on Aaron Rodgers. Or like Az
I agree somewhat with Denver. Their defense is elite and O has played well. Pittsburgh was barely kept afloat with Vick and Landry starting 5 games. Big Ben came in to play last week with a separated shoulder, that will tell how the team thought their chances of winning with healthy backups.
Parity, baby!
I hope the 2016-2030 list is populated by equally as good franchise level QBs.
Good thing we’re in the NFC then:
NFC Super Bowl QB
03 Delhomme
04 McNabb
05 Hasselbeck
06 Grossman
07 Manning
08 Warner
09 Brees
10 Rodgers
11 Manning
12 Kaepernick
13 Wilson
14 Wilson
15 Wilson/Palmer/Newton
This might be more a statement on the state of AFC teams than AFC QB’s.
Most people’s list of best NFC QB’s would probably be headlined by Rodgers and Brees, yet they were only in one Superbowl each…
Here are the reasons
Rodgers – McCarthy is a horrible coach
Brees – Mickey Loomis is a horrible GM equally bad in Personnel decisions and salary cap management.
This is a case where these guys are surrounded by subpar coaches/management.
*2015 Wilson/Palmer
All my residential Philadelphia brethren, I’m taking my son to Philly today to have his first real Philly cheesesteak. Can I get some ideas as to where to get a great cheesesteak for a first timer?
Rather than all of us give you our favorite places, I’d look at the list and see where you’d most enjoy the parking, neighborhood, and anything else you’d like to do.
http://www.visitphilly.com/articles/philadelphia/top-10-spots-for-authentic-philly-cheesesteaks/
This ranking wouldn’t be mind, but it might give you a good jumping off point.
Enjoy the meal!
Thanks for link brother it is truly appreciated. Is there any one spot you would suggest?
I might suggest doing 2 or 3 and splitting a steak at each one just to get a sample. I’m a Pat’s guy, but I know that wouldn’t even rate close to the best. Hopefully some of the other folks here can give you a better rundown.
Sounds good, thanks again brother
jim’s, i went to penn so abners has a place in my heart
Same here
Steves
I lived at 45th and Spruce and walked to my classes.
40th and spruce for me. Good thing i stopped taking math after firs semester would have never made it to DRL.
Co-sign Abner’s. My freshman year at Penn, we’d always buy beer there. Never got carded until April 1, the guy asked me for ID. As I was pretending to feel around my pockets for it, he said, “just kidding. April’s fools.” I’m sure things have tightened up since then.
Ah, the good ol’ days when we were young and foolish. Now, just plain foolish.
Jim’s
It’s a personal preference thing. My favorite, and I’ve tried many, is Mamma’s on Belmont Ave. Easy access and parking, too.
If you ever take your son to AC, must go to the White House Sub shop.
Intersection of Arctic and Mississippj Avenues.
Coming with friends in a couple weeks and we stop for lunch before going to the casino. Do they sell beer?
Drink after you’re done gambling or you’ll end up selling your prize possession to some asshole car dealer who will spin off all of the most valuable parts.
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/loss-lifetime-eagles-tose-gambled-fortune-article-1.485791
We’re like Paul Hornung when it comes to that. “Practice, practice, practice.” (Old Miller Lite commercial…probably on youtube somewhere.)
Good article, thanks for sharing. Although he was a self destructive addict, Tose had a good heart. Which is much more than we can say about that dbag Braman
Tose was always interesting.
Braman can rot in hell. And to see how much of our team he destroyed by pocketing ungodly levels of profit rather than investing in players that has now been turned around for disgusting levels of political contributions…………………..it irks me. Our dollars purchased Marco Rubio instead of Keith Jackson, Reggie White, Keith Byars, Clyde Simmons, Seth Joyner, Eric Allen, and William Thomas.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/us/billionaire-lifts-marco-rubio-politically-and-personally.html
No beer.
Damn. Well, I may still walk over there from Caesar’s. It doesn’t appear very far.
White house is great!
Please go to South Street and take your kid to jim steaks on 4th and south… No where else compares… Plus south street is a fun street for you and your kids..
If you guys have time, either go to the Art Museum (free on Sundays I think) or the Franklin Institute (or both).
Art museum is free only on the first Sunday of each month. The Barnes, too, though limited number of admissions, need to go early for the Barnes. But again, only the 1st Sunday of each month.
I haven’t lived up that way in almost 11 years. Good to know though. There’s a Pixar exhibit coming to the Franklin Institute in March, so I’m gonna try and get up there for that sometime in April.
Haven’t been in the Franklin Institute since they first opened the Omniverse Theater, so that’s got to be 20 plus years.
I went there in August for the Lego exhibit (awesome btw), and then we went to Fantasy Fest. I remember because a buddy of mine is from Wisconsin and we played GB that weekend in the preseason, so we decided to hang out in the city.
It’s still a pretty cool place to visit.
That was the original name of the IMAX theater there.
They are playing Star Wars in their IMAX theater right now.
Go to John’s and get him his first roast pork sandwich too. Two birds one stone.
Jims on South St
Here is an attempt at a draft to get Coach Pederson some help. It assumes a short term deal or tagging of Bradford, a few modest signings on the O-line, WR, and DB, and the overall desire to develop a first round QB over the 5 years we can hold him on bargain basement wages.
Getting Wentz at 28 would give him a 5 year deal that would top out at about $6 million in his option year in 2020. Frankly, I’d like that level of control for a QB in 5 years as a first rounder, rather than 4.
Round 1 Pick 28 (K.C.): Carson Wentz, QB, North Dakota State (B+)
Round 2 Pick 28 (K.C.): Kyle Murphy, OT, Stanford (B+)
Round 3 Pick 14: Jerald Hawkins, OT, LSU (A)
Round 3 Pick 16: Jayron Kearse, SS, Clemson (A+)
Round 4 Pick 15: Yannick Ngakoue, OLB, Maryland (A-)
Round 5 Pick 14: Christian Westerman, OG, Arizona State (A)
Round 5 Pick 23: Jordan Williams, WR, Ball State (A+)
Round 6 Pick 13: Lloyd Carrington, CB, Arizona State (A)
Round 7 Pick 12: Jason Fanaika, DE, Utah (B+)
Round 7 Pick 31: Javon Hargrave, DT, South Carolina State (A)
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25140831/agents-take-a-guide-to-fifth-year-options-for-2012-first-round-picks
FUCK. Never mind. The 5th year option isn’t keyed the the guy’s draft position only, it rips off the team’s cap by making it a low grade version of the franchise tag. Still cheaper than a long term deal, but not nearly team friendly enough.
Correct. RGIII’s option next year is over 16 million for that reason. Which is why he’s certain to be let go before free agency since it would become fully guaranteed then — before, just guaranteed for injury (thus they didn’t even let him see the field this year). The 5th year option thing only makes sense if they really are among the better ones at their position — picking up the option on Fletcher Cox was a no-brainer, for example. It will be interesting to see who get picked up from the 2013 draft — Lane Johnson probably will but I’m not sure any of the three picks above him will.
At least the 5th year option for guys drafted 11 through 32 isn’t as bad.
I like it. Sticky thing is trying to determine where Wentz falls. Looking the 3rd best QB in the draft and might have the highest upside.
I’d still rate Goff WAY higher than Wentz, potential included, but we need to start taking long term shots at QB. GOff being left for us at 13 is a LONG shot. We lack ammo to trade up, but probably shouldn’t even be discussing that due to the number of holes in the roster.
Trading down AND getting our non-Goff QB of choice seems to be a necissity unless some generational talent makes it to our pick at 13.
Not disagreeing with the logic.
I can see some team that is talented but only missing a QB (Texans, Rams) or a team with an gaining QB taking Wentz.
I don’t think Goff makes it past 2.
Until I see the Browns actually draft Goff rather than “invest” in Haslem’s love child RG3; I’m not buying it.
The Texans, although I know it is rather cliche, are going to take Hack.
We’ll see what the Rams do in terms of Lynch vs. Cook vs. Wentz.
I know this is completely off-topic, but was thinking about Chip Kelly’s tenure here and what went wrong, and it hit me that the first season he ran all kinds of new and interesting formations, and then that all went away. Remember the “unbalanced” offensive line? Lane Johnson splitting out as a WR? And I distinctly recall their tempo in the first half of his first game, against WAS on Monday night, was faster than ever. And then he just simply went away with it and went very vanilla…
That’ll happen when you run off a lot of the good talent and don’t have enough players of quality to trust that non-vanilla can be executed properly.
But that’s impossible. We all know that whatever he did do, it didn’t turn out that well, but we do know for sure that he didn’t attempt to adjust. He changed nothing. The media said so so I know it’s true.
Thinking back, it’s like he did adjust – going from the unpredictable to the completely predictable. Regardless, I will certainly be watching to see how he does with the 49ers. I have a hunch he’ll be successful in year 1, with the players raving about how fresh they feel due to the smoothies and tempo, then follow a similar pattern to the Eagles’ and start complaining in year 2.
Yeah we will see. I don’t like to predict the future.
Didn’t trust his players because they weren’t good enough anymore
I know I like Tampa 2 more than others on here, but any chance Lovie (much like Wade Phillips) humbles himself and takes a DC job?
I’d really like a vet DC here running a 4-3 system.
He’s getting paid anyway by TB. Doesn’t make sense to take a DC job right now. I seriously doubt he’d get a 3rd HC job.
Wait, forget that. Mike Mularkey got a 3rd HC job so anything is possible.
What if Lovie’s very passionate about football and just loves being involved in coaching?
I’m surprised so many people think money is the only thing that should determine whether or not a coach take a job or not.
I think what Greg was saying is that Lovie isn’t going to be pressed to take a coordinator job rather than waiting for another HC offer like he did when Chicago fired him.
Ah. I suspect if he wants another shot at HC, becoming a successful DC again is the only way to do it.
TB’s defense was pretty miserable the last couple years, but there are plenty of coordinators whose defenses were consistently top-notch until they became HC’s themselves (see Schwartz and Gus Bradley).
Anyways, I wouldn’t be shocked if he did sign up to be coordinator someplace…
I expect he will.
Bob Bicknell to the 49ers. Thank god.
http://static.vibe.com/files/2015/04/ice-cube-bye-felicia.jpg
Best news of the offseason. Glad Chip took his hack WR coach. Bicknell allegedly loves Riley Cooper, he is welcome to take him too to San fran..
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Hope San Fran enjoys the new criteria judging tbeir WRs on how well they block.
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good Riddens….
Cut Cooper, have him sign in San Fran. Sign Boldin, who is a free agent from San Fran.
OMG, I don’t know what I’d do if we did that. That’s champagne worthy.
That’s “I’m okay with Roseman”-worthy.
Boldin? No thanks…. You want a rookie QB jn Wentz, but sigń an ancient WR a few years away from retirment home? Sounds contradictory to me..
.. You either go young and blow it up, or you keep SAM in place and contend in which case it makes more sense to add a veteran, but someone who is under the age of 30 please… Then again, I’d rather not sigń any teams free agents
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Id give the Niners a draft pick to take Cooper
One of the best things I can imagine doing for a young QB is to get him a veteran WR who can provide a reliable target.
Exactly what I was going to say. And he’d help mentor the young guys the right way.
Boldin is a gutsy, reliable receiver. I’d take him any day.
And he knows how to tailor his route running to get first downs, not 4th and 2s.
Gotta teach them 49 receivers how to block
Amazing how the media hates on Philly. When Chip was the coach of the Eagles, media would rip chip and laugh at us constantly… Chip goes to the Niners and now Shefty and analysts are calling the Niners “winners for landing Chip kelly”… Smh
F them. F all of them.
Amen!
Ditka interviewed Ron Rivera, some interesting stuff.
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It Wasnt always smooth sailing for Rivera in Carolina, he was asked what led to the turning point of his Carolina era that got them to the level they are at now.
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Rivera said what changed everything for him in Carolina was when he realized he didn’t have the type of relationships he needed to have with his players, so he had a desk moved into the players locker room so he could better build those relationships with his players…. Intesting to see a successful HC care about, what is said to have been one of chips biggest flaws… Wonder if chip learned anything from his philly demise and makes drastic changes to his approach in San Fran, or will his ego keep him from making any changes?
Hoping Carolina kicks Seattles ass today…
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An analyst said something I agree with, Panthes will need Charkes Johnson and Jared Allen to show up today, without a pass rush, Wilson can make it a long day for Carolina .
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For a great Carolina defense, their edge rushers ARENT Anything Special whch can be very costly when you get to this level against all the top QBs..
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If Carolina still had Greg Hardy, they would really be nasty…
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Carolina is also dealing with some injured CB’s…. Average pass rush, with backüp Corners is a bad combo this deep in the playoffs… Seattle shouldn’t have even gotten this far but a kicker Commited an epic choke job gifting seattle this opportunity. Im hoping Carolina puts an end to the seattle success.
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The winner of this game has to feel pretty good with how badly Carson Palmer choked in last nights playoff game. Even more worrisome is the GB DL and OL kicking the Carfinals ass in the trenches
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It’s a shame that the Steeles vs Denver game lost so much of its luster with the steelers being a shell of the high powered offense we saw this season. A healthy Steelers offense vs the Denver defense would have been an epic matchup, Damn shame we are cheated out of what should have been a geat matchup
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Cam must go.
Must go where? Id like to see Carolina win it all this year
Don’t the Niners have a Great FB? Or did he retire too? Wonder if Chip would give up a FB for his beloved Riley Cooper, or Taylor Hart (to pair with Duck DE Arik Armstead)
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Not needed. We can draft mini-Gronk at FB.
He’ll be s regular Mike Maddux.
Oh nice ben wondering about DTs mom. Thats cool gonna be emotional for him today
you may be thinking of Tom Rathman who was a beloved FB for niners fans?….he is now the RB coach and is sorta like their version of Duce. He has survived 3 coaching changes already
The FB is Bruce Miller. Just finished his 5th season.
Under contract ’til 2017. Cap hit for SF if he’s traded/cut is about $900K, I think.
Gotta keep Fipp.
I believe they are. And hopefully with a healthy raise in thanks for him staying put while the new coach was being finalized.
He is under contract no?
I don’t think there was one pass play on that drive. If Seattle can’t stop the run in this game, they are in serious trouble.
Wow. what a start
Yes. Great pressure defense.
yeah, felt seattle was a little overrated. Down the stretch the best team they beat was Pitt and cardinals who didn’t have anything to play for
i love it, really want to see Carolina and Arizona go head to head
If the Seahawks don’t win decisively on D and STs, they could get blown out.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YAH
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
So short is better than starr?
Yes.
gotta throw that away.
Seattle’s #1 run defense is struggling.
Have to account for Cam too
https://twitter.com/LesBowen/status/688789195834404865
think he was just fired as San Diego OC?
We’ve (generally) been assuming they are keeping some of the coaches from Chip. That might not be the case.
Interesting because I believe that SD had a pretty potent offense at times. Also because I don’t believe Reich is a classic WCO guy.
Interesting in a negative way because he just got fired by a pretty bad team. Though that might have been the scapegoating necessary to keep McCoy as coach.
Sometimes a change of scenery is helpful.
https://twitter.com/LesBowen/status/688789810937462785
Ugh!
While offensively giants are a better choice for a coach (macdoo) defensively eagles are much more attractive.
Im not that interested in Soags, but you are right, the defensive talemt we have is LIGHTYEARS ahead of the Giants
Some good news guys…
https://twitter.com/BrandonGowton/status/688447558524493824
Doesn’t make up for Spags as DC
I guess I was wrong that last week was Wilson’s annual WTF! game in the playoffs.
What’s the consensus on Spags as DC?
Good grief
No thank you! But isn’t he staying with the Giants?
I don’t like it either, but despite the media reporting he was staying in NY the Giants themselves have said that situation is fluid. We did just hire Flajole, who is one of Spags’s best friends.
Considering Novacare is being turned into an Andys rejects reunion, hiring Spags WOULDNT surprise me in the least bit, but I wouldn’t be thrilled about it, although it could be much worse. Spags is No Juan Castillo…
Alex Marvez tweeted:
Tim Hauck to be hired as Eagles DB coach
Who? And why? Undlin leaving with chip?
Former Eagles safety (as well as other teams) and because he knows the position.
the safety from like the Rhodes era?
Yes.
Coached Browns DBs from 2012-14
Then worked as DC for his brother at UNLV
Some teams have two coaches with DBs coach title(versus one with the asst DBs title) so it’s possible Undlin stays too.
Hauck was Cleveland’s secondary coach in 2012.
According to wiki he has no coaching experience….
Edit: Stand corrected but still an underwhelming hire.
why is it an underwhelming hire? Was there some set of criteria that you had specifically written down in your notebook? Something in particular you look for you your DB coach?
Hauck actually has quite a bit of coaching experience, and was a fiery player when here. Seems like a good hire to me, but I’ll admit to what you should also admit: how the hell are we able to make a judgement about him right now? You’re just being negative because you enjoy it.
What? How do I enjoy that? Pretty ignorant thing to say based on a 16 word comment. I didn’t say anything conclusive like “he is def gong to suck”. I said it’s underwhelming because I thought he was replacing Undlin as the DB coach and he doesn’t match up to Undlin’s reputation. But now we know he is going to be the assistant, so I can care less, hope he’s good.
If we are hiring defensive staff the team must know who the DC is then, right?
Good point, and it just might be Spags.
My god the Panthers are just taking the Seahawks out behind the woodshed and beating their ass.
Wilson’s lack of vision in the pocket is showing. But the Panthers are really schooling the front 7 of that vaunted D.
Time to take them seriously
Nah this one of those public ass beatings you see in the supermarket or on black friday
This season, the bye week is paying off. Like the old days
I don’t understand why mIke Shula doesn’t get more reapect. for an offense that was supposed to have one of the weakest group of WRs, the offense Shula runs is just tailored perfectly around the skill set of his playërs.
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Cam deserves a world of credit for their offensive success, but I don’t think Shula gets enough credit for the offense that has been built around Cam..
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That doesn’t Neccessarily mean Shula will be a great HC, but he deserved to have a few interview opportunities
Wish our Oline would open holes like that, freakin massive.
I love their OL schemes. Look at the double teams they hit Logan and Cox with all game.. Was very impressed with the OL schemes they used to get the best of our elite OL…. No one handled Logan as well as the Panthers were able To do. Great game plan against us
Woot
BIGTIME NEWS!!! Thank you sir!!
if the panthers score here, its over, total ownage by the panthers
Clariifying: Cory Undlin remaining as @Eagles secondary coach. Tim Hauck being hired as asst DBs coach. Sorry for confusion. @NFLonFOX
Be happy.
I like Undlin
Cam at his best
Cam took that next step this year everyone was waiting for. MVP season.
He has been amazing this year.. Scary to think what would have been had Kelvin Benjamin not gotten hurt
Omg Andy mismanages clock. First time for everything…
Jesus, Panthers look scary good.
I thought AZ would be the representative in the SB. I’m starting to think it may be Carolina.
the panthers D I think will stop the cards, also dont think the cards D can hold down the panthers O
That game should hopefully be a lot of fun to watch, regardless.
The rout is on
As a fan, I get worried when our team is completely blowing out the opponent in the first half, I always worry about Human nature kicking in at halftime and the team taking their foot off the gas.
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Being in this position the Panthers are fortunate they experienced something similar a few weeks ago against the Giants, so hopefully they learned their lesson about not allowing a team to get back into the game and how no lead is safe at halftime… Id love to see a very Embarressing loss end Seattles season.
Remember when we almost beat the panthers?
remember when we bout beat alot of teams, actually trying to forget about this season
Shame that the Wrs picked that game to have their worst game (drops) of the season… We were cheated out of seeing what Bradford could have done against that defense,,, but clearly the better team won, Panthrs handled our DL better than our OL handled the panthers DL
This might be one of the most dominant ~25 min of football I have seen. Jeez. I thought the Panthers were underrated coming into this game against an unbelievably lucky Seattle team, but I did not see this impressive of a performance.
Cardinals are the best all around team in football, but the Panthers aren’t far behind and have the better QB. Should be a hell of an NFC championship team and I think either will be a heavy favorite against the AFC representative.
right now, for both teams in this part of the season, the panthers are the best all around team, just on how they’re playing the last few games,
I think you can make the case. But with their injuries in the defensive backfield and so-so receiving corps I give the Cardinals the slight edge.
so, so receiving corps?
Yeah. Greg Olsen is a very good TE but Devin Funchess and Philly Brown? One of the few duos I think is less talented than the Eagles’.
Good points, but I think the Panthers’ O is perfect for exploiting the Cards’ D, too. That great secondary isn’t going to help them stop Cam in the read option all that much. Likely be low scoring game. Also, doesn’t Palmer have a hand injury, or did someone lie to me last night?
I dunno man… It’s rare that the Panthers get their ass kicked at the Line of scrimmage as bad as the Packers whooped on The Cardinals at the line of scrimmage…
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cam newton showed up looking amazing, Carson Palmers playoff struggles continued…
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Kind of Dissapointing that Patrick Peterson didn’t stop Jeff Janis from tying the game in crunch time
The seattle OL has gotten better. but going into this game, I thought it was pretty clear that Panthers OL was more equiped to stand up to the elite seattle Front 7, then Seattles OL would be able to stand up to the dominant Panthers front 7… The one question was if the Carolina edge rushers would show up, which was important since they were counting on some backüp Corners, but so far that pressure off the edge showed up, and seattle is struggling to hold up..
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Of course it’s important to remember that the Panthers edge Rush is abke to succeed because of all the mayhem Kawaan Short creates in the interior, similar to how eagles defenders often get sacks because of the work Cox does
Watching Seattle get curb-stomped is pretty fun. I’m sure Richard Sherman will be very talkative and Wilson very eager to declare how disappointed God, being a Seahawks fan, is after this performance.
Also, does Media Mike want to reconsider his “Scam Newton” point of view? The guy has developed into a great QB.
Wilson is the only Seachicken I like
I like him as a player. I dislike his grandiose posturing about his religious beliefs and his eagerness to talk about his sex life in public.
The original born again virgin.
He never seems to put other people down or anything like that so it doesn’t really bug me. I think other pro athletes do a lot worse but I can understand how it might run people the wrong way or come off preachy.
I don’t think he’s reached Tebow levels though
what are tebow levels?
The Pope hasn’t even reached Tebow Levels..
tebow levels?
Of annoying preaching
oh, he annoys you, just turn it off, or maybe you just want to be mad, this game stinks, except for the star wars music
Huh? WTF are you talking about? A harmless Anti TEBOW joke? Fuck off!
sex life? When did he say something about that
He was talking about how he wouldn’t have sex with Ciara because God told him not to or some such.
Just rubs me the wrong way. Any God that can’t be bothered saving orphans in Syria or the like but does care about whether the Seahawks win and whom Russell Wilson does or does not fornicate with has some very skewed priorities.
Not God, just wilson, didnt hear about that, gonna have to find some news about it,
I love Micheal Bennett and KAM!!!!!
Yeah Kam is my favourite..one of my favourite players in general. Wilson and sherman are the 2 other players i like on that squad
“Mediocre” Panthers WR’s beating the great L.O.B…
I like Frank Reich as an OC choice. A year ago he was getting HC interviews. One bad season when SDG’s offensive line and receivers were all in the hospital in traction doesn’t make him a bad coach. I think he was mainly fired because McCoy doesn’t have a connection with him and wanted to re-hire his friend, Ken Whisenhunt, for the job. I also think it’d be nice to hire someone with a background not inside the WCO box that can provide a different perspective.
Spags? No, I’m not on board with that. He had one great year as Giants’ DC but since then his units have stunk. We just hired Flajole, who is one of Spags’ best friends. Spags was supposedly going back to the Giants but at the PC the Giants said that situation was fluid. That told me that Spags was a possibility here. I think Giants fans are hoping he chooses us so they can hire someone else better.
Hard to make crappy players look good. They have no talent in NY on defense, and their best player blew up his hand.
If it was based off just this 1 year, I’d agree. His record has been poor for awhile. I’d love him as a LBs coach or secondary coach, not as a DC.
I’ve seen worse, but I think his success went downhill with the talent.
I think he can do a good job if he has talent, but he’s not a guy that’s getting everyone to play above their level.
So IMO, that makes him an average DC.
Actually, no one has ever seen worse than the 7042 yards Spags defense gave up in 2012 for NO. Worst in the history of the NFL. He was fired after only one season, and Rex Ryan (!) took them to #4 in yards in the league (4891) the very next year. His next DC job was last year in NY – the third most yards given up in the history of the league (6725). Two different teams, back-to-back for the coach, historically bad defenses – hard to do.
On Reich – I wonder if they’re speculating about him being contacted for the OC job. He only had two years as OC in SD and may not have many options to stay in the league. I wonder if DP is looking at him as QB coach?
Could be the same for Spags as for Reich, BTW. If the NYG do not bring him back, he’ll have to take a position coach job to stay in the league. Maybe he’s been in contact with the Eagles and the writers are assuming it’s for DC…
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Report: Pederson eyes Frank Reich as offensive coordinator – http://bit.ly/1Oz7QHD
“he interviewed for head coaching vaccines” LOL, Hayes can’t even spell vacancies now?
Shut up Pete Carroll. God that guy is annoying.
Does Russell Wilson get ripped for not throwing to the first down marker like Bradford does when he does it?
nope, he’s not an eagle
Does Wilson ever get ripped for anything?
If SB had the game Wilson had last week, and played up to this point like him today – people would be saying the Eagles still need to find their QB of the future.
I don’t hate Wilson, I like him actually. But I don’t get the Bradford hate.
I get the bradford hate, pure stupidity lol… For Starters, even if we don’t want SAM and SAM doesn’t want to be here(which I don’t know to be the case), a GM with a Brain after what we spent on SAM, would Franchise SAM, and force the team he planned on signing with to give up something for him in a trade. Chip is gone, ENOUGH OF THE GM AMATUER HOUR.. Letting SAM just leave is stupidity at its finest..
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IIf someone wants to tell me that they DONT trust his body fine, but you have to be clueless to not want to see another 3 years of the level of QB play we saw the second half of this season… People are absurd to think they can find. QB who would perform better than sam can the next 3 years, even crazier to want to give up on a QB who even his silly haters have to admit was still improving for us, and it’s a shame enough people don’t respect how hard it is for a QB to show improvement each week while the team around him was on a steady decline.
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I don’t believe we can get a QB who will play at a higher level than Bradford would give us the next 3 years if SAM continues to play at the level we saw this year, but realistically, I strongly doubt we have even seen the best of SAM yet…. Crazy to łet cap space be the difference between having a quality QB and being completely irrelevant with no QB striving to reach the Texans ceiling lol..
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Apparently people can’t grasp the concept that we can pay to Keem SAM, and STILL look for the RIGHT QB in the draft. Keeping SAM allows us to be able to have the patience to draft the RIGHT QB when he comes our way in the next 3 drafts, instead of doing what the most dysfunctional teams like the Browns do and draft QBs out if desperation which is the biggest mistake you can make. It’s so hard to find a franchise QB it takes some serious stupidity and hubris to think that we can just go in any draft and get our QB whenever we need one.. 5 drafts could pass without us being able to land our Franchise guy… You know this is a weak QB draft, and next year looks much better, and if you have a brain you will know that We can’t realistically get a QB who will play the position at a higher level than SAM will if he gets the next 3 years of continuity,,.. We also happen to be in an extremely winnable division, we would be dumb to not try to position ourselves to win the NFCE next year while gradually rebuilding.
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If Howe and Doug P have a brain, they will hand SAM the 5yr deal that we can get out of After yeàr 3 that it will take to keep him, and instead of being forced to draft the best QB available, which ISNT neccessarily the RIGHT QB we can entrust the franchise to, keeping SAM, gives us 3 drafts to find The RIGHT QB, and hopefully he can get a year or two on the bench behind SAM before he takes over, and the best news is we don’t have to suck, we can compete for a division NOW, and when we find that right QB in hopefully one of the next 3 drafts, he will have had some time to learn on the bench, and hopefully we will have a Quality team in place when the young man is ready to step in and replace Bradford..
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We have to be insane to be irrelevant with NO QB over Cap space, especially when signing other teams free agents is a joke. There may be 5 players on this roster that I wouldn’t be willing to lose to keep SAM.
People never take in the fact that the Eagles had the highest drop rate in the league. He misses a few throws and that’s what they base his completion percentage on. Shame really, I think he could be solid QB for us.
Worst than that is how many INTs, failed 3rd downs and Drop TD passes were a Direct result of the drops… There were so many key drops that I can’t even imagine what Sams numbers would be without those drops killing drives,
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Then you take into account, all the moronic pre snap penalties setting us back that Bradford had to fight thru.
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Also Factor in the fact that he didn’t get to play behind the quality run game, or a Quality OL that we would have hoped to see. The running game DIDNT protect him enough, and the OL didn’t protect him enough.
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It’s a shame he doesnt get the respect he deserves for the second half of the season.. This team was supposed to Carry SAM as he eased back into the game, instead most of the team was declining while SAM tried to carry them
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We haven’t had a QB in so long, Baffles me how fans can not appreciate the level of QB play he gave us
Before this year… almost everything
Sure, I’ll rip him for it. Looks like Carroll will too.
On one hand, it would be great to see Seattle eliminated with some historically Embarressing 54-0 shutout ass whoopin,… But it would also be great if Seattle could get back into this game, as a fan who has to sit thru another entire half of this game…
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I know that I want Carolina to win, Out of all the teams left, I prefer seeing Carolina a win the SB… Im also rooting for them because I think they give me the best chances of not having to watch the Patriots win another SB….
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Smh, Hauska picked a great time to miss his fist playoff FG…
It’d also be cool to see another team not named the Eagles win their first Super Bowl, right?
So maybe Russell Wilson should, like, have some sex with Ciara. He’d probably be better at the football if he did that.
During halftime?
If his God told him not to, probably should rethink his religious beliefs
This kind of sucks, it’s bad enough we are being robbed of the chance to see the potent steelers offense against the elite Denver defense, would have liked to see an epic battle between Carolina and the Seahawks but Panthers showed up ready to kick as and take names, while Seattle showed up looking like the team that got lucky last week and was gifted a win against the vikings
Hopefully Seattle can show some heart and make thngs interesting.. Not the epic day of playoff games I had hoped for in what should be the best weekend of the NFL season.
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fortunately we have some awesome Free UFC fights tonight. Epic Bantleweight championship fight, and in the awesome co-Main event, show some love for Philly’s(Kensington/North Catholic) own Eddie Alvarez trying to earn a Lightweight title fight By beating one of the biggest names in the game, Anthony “SHOWTIME” Pettis coming off of just losing his title to RDA!!! Biggest fight of Eddie’s career, Showtime Petfis is very tough to beat, should be epic. If you aremt familiar with the philly fighter. He is like a mini lightweight MMA version of Rocky Balbao, his strength is being able and willing to Absorb punishment to dish out punishment. Stylistcally Eddie is a very fun aggressive fighter, which should make an epic fight against Showtime who’s crazy arsenal of attacks includes the greatest highlight KO ever when he jumped off the cage and kicked Bendo in the head to win the wex title. Crazy match up this should be
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Also a fun Heavyweight fight against two Brawlers: Ronda Rouseys, ugly, Giant, VIKING looking boyfriend Travis Brown against former New York Giants TE Matt “Meathead” Mitrione….. If TODAYS playoff DONT deliver competitive games, the UFC fights shpuldmt have a problem saving the day
Damn it
Kurt Coleman returns.
Prediction: homeristic elements will opine Bradford is a better qb than Wilson because a couple bad games and the almighty #eyetest
All QBs have bad games. I don’t know anyone here is saying that SB is better than Wilson. Two different types of QBs.
Wait, what? Nobody will do that
Just wait and remember over the next few months
i’m going to write it down and put it on my refrigerator
Dude I’m not worth precious refrigerator space!
You mean like before the season started…. People said they’d never want Cam as qb?
No way anybody in this community will say that..too many level headed people here
All it takes is one
Maybe the troll?
Doubt it,,, doubt you can find one person that wouldnt trade Bradford for Wilson..
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But that doesn’t mean Sams ability ISNT grossly under rated
I’ve got my eye on you, Geagle!
Nah. But I’ll continue (as I have all along) that many overrate Wilson, based off of the fact that he has had some truly horrendous playoff games over the years that people sweep under the rug because he’s already been anointed as a HOFer.
If Seattle comes back I swear
It appears as if the Eagles have fired or released from their contracts several of Chip’s support staff. We already know they fired Marynowitz, James Harris(chief of staff), and Marcus Sedberry(director of player engagement). Based on the latest update of the Front Office section of their website it appears thy have also let go:
Josh Gibson, Director of Player Development
Shea Tierney, Analyst
J.P. Crowley Hanlon, Logistics Coordinator
and 2/4 of the equipment assistants
I’m curious if they keep any of the sports science personnel
Hulls?
They haven’t let go any of the sports science department yet and I’ve read in the media(don’t recall who) that they’re not going to.
I read that we plan to keep our sports science department, but I don’t know if that actually means keeping the people would ran it this year, especially since Hulls was brought here by chip..
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Id like to see us keep him, but THATS kind of silly of me to have an opinion when I haven’t gotten the slightest clue whether or not he is the best guy we can get for the job..
Wouldn’t the equipment assistants technically be Howie’s staff?
Kurt Coleman beat deep behind a McDermitt blitz that doesn’t get home. Where have I seen this before?
Yeah not understand all the CB blitzes. Esp your All Pro CB
Guess Seattle is making cam beat them, and to his credit, he’s making the throws
that Joe Buck Knows his football!
LOL
Would be nice to see Seattle get to 21 by the start of the 4th… I want Carolina to win, but I prefer an exciting finish
New thread up.