It Was Time

Posted: June 8th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 54 Comments »

Tommy asked me to write a little bit about my take on the departure of Joe Banner. My feelings on this are complex and are not likely to be well-expressed in this post, so I apologize in advance. Understand, I have been following Banner for nearly 20 years. I honestly believe he was one of the best executives in the league and had a profound impact on the team’s success. But, in my view, his departure will be a positive for the team on the field.

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The DeSean Dilemma, Redux

Posted: February 1st, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 92 Comments »

Tommy had a post yesterday on DeSean’s future; I want to follow up with some ideas that I set out in the comments and on Twitter, but want to expand on a bit.

The view on what to do about DeSean depends largely on what your personal view of his future is. I could see that falling into several buckets of reasonable analysis, which I will discuss after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »