Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Yeah, he only does this when someone(s) is about to get fired.
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2023 Philadelphia Eagles - Complete waste of a season finally comes to an end. (7 Viewers)
- Thread starter The Noid
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unckeyherb
Footballguy
Well, ****.
need2know
Footballguy
Big changes coming
unckeyherb
Footballguy
I don’t know man. I think the chances are very good that Belichick would come here.
To be clear, I don’t want Sirianni fired, and I don’t want BB to come here. However, the Eagles organization from Lurie to Howie has always seemed to be interested in doing things the Patriots way. You’ve already got Matt Patricia, his best defensive coordinator of the past, in the building. You’ve got Josh McDaniels, his best offensive coordinator of years past, out there are not working currently. And let’s be honest, Belichick wants to go somewhere that he can rip off 15 wins and break Don Shula’s record. This team would offer that right out of the gate. He’s not looking to build a new team, he’s looking to win now.
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
Terpman22
Footballguy
I normally would if there weren't like a million other signals of impending doom for the team.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
He’s something
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
From bleacher report
“While this would typically be cause for concern, it's possible that Brown is just locking in for the playoffs”
Nothing to see here, he’s just getting in the zone
“While this would typically be cause for concern, it's possible that Brown is just locking in for the playoffs”
Nothing to see here, he’s just getting in the zone
need2know
Footballguy
He did this last year before the playoffs as well
Terpman22
Footballguy
Right. I just think there is too much smoke to ignore. Seems the team is about to completely crumble/collapse and then the entire coaching staff to be incinerated.
Prob should wait to see if BJ gets a HC gig first though IMO.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I'm out if the bolded happens.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
I saw it live. It wasn’t pretty
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I'm not sure I agree with the bolded.
When Lurie bought the team, he wanted to model the franchise on the 49ers. When the 49ers top offensive assistants opted for other opportunities, Lurie hired their defensive coordinator, Ray Rhodes. By the late '90s, the 49ers tree was fully integrated into the Packers, and Lurie plucked Andy Reid from there. The driving impetus after Reid was fired was to find someone "innovative". Like Reid had been. The driving impetus after Chip Kelly was fired, and after Doug was fired as well, was to find someone who was "innovative" but would work in tandem with the front office and not insist on running the show themselves. Like all franchises that aren't completely out to lunch, they have borrowed some ideas from the Patriots on how to build a sustained winning culture, but I don't thing the big picture suggests that "they have always seemed to be interested in doing things the Patriots way."
need2know
Footballguy
Wasn't siranni the wr coach with the Colts? Was he ever an OC? I can't remember
massraider
Footballguy
Can we get Vince Young on this staff?
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
He was Reich's OC for 3 years, but Reich called the plays.
unckeyherb
Footballguy
Dude no one said it was broken. It was dislocated. Like the bone was out of the socket. You don’t know what you are talking about.
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
Yep. They seem hell bent on getting the Mike McDaniel, Sean McVeigh, Kyle Shanahan type of HC. I can’t necessarily disagree with their logic there either. If they move on from Sirianni, who’s that guy? Johnson from Detroit is all I could see.
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
Just put him on ignore. He’s a lot lol
need2know
Footballguy
Yeah you can tell he wants no part of it.
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
Looking like Maddox will be playing safety this week and Blankenship will miss. I don’t think we have any other safeties on the roster either
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Wes Hopkins probably available
Insein
Footballguy
We might be in trouble defensively.
need2know
Footballguy
Seems like safety is an issue almost every year
Grahamburn
Footballguy
Don’t worry. The Bucs don’t exploit weaknesses.
Bowles will want to “establish the run” by smashing Rachaad White into the backs of his linemen so Davis and Carter can feast on TFLs.
Bowles will want to “establish the run” by smashing Rachaad White into the backs of his linemen so Davis and Carter can feast on TFLs.
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
Per Schefty:
Eagles’ WR A.J. Brown, who worked hard in his rehab to try to make it back this week, is out for Monday night’s wild-card matchup vs. the Bucs due to his sprained knee, per sources. Brown has made enough progress that, if the Eagles advance, he could return for the divisional playoff. But he’s out Monday night.
Eagles’ WR A.J. Brown, who worked hard in his rehab to try to make it back this week, is out for Monday night’s wild-card matchup vs. the Bucs due to his sprained knee, per sources. Brown has made enough progress that, if the Eagles advance, he could return for the divisional playoff. But he’s out Monday night.
babydemon90
Footballguy
Which will make the Eagles come up with a run heavy attack and their best game of the season
unckeyherb
Footballguy
lol from your lips to gods ears. AJ out, Davonte coming back from injury, Hurts finger injury and wearing a glove. I fully expect three passing plays on the first drive.
need2know
Footballguy
Yeah how many 3 and outs with 3 straight passes are we gonna have to watch
Insein
Footballguy
The good news for Baker is that our defense puts up helpful "throw it here" signs via gaping wide open receivers.
Insein
Footballguy
Nick in the meeting room "This is why we got Julio"
Man I like him. Easy guy to root for, falls in the Dan Campbell, wanna have a beer on a boat in Texas kinda vibe. Really shocked the old gal fired him.
Hi @The Noid from the thread title, do you have a link for Brown requesting a trade? I saw this https://youtu.be/o4h7D7mIpw4?si=gVw1z7TvBolUNRPQ
But didn't know widespread it was.
But didn't know widespread it was.
unckeyherb
Footballguy
Haven’t heard a peep about this on sports Radio here in Philly. Feel like that would be a on fire talking point if there was any smoke.
The Noid
Avoid me!
Nah, just playing off all the recent drama with A.J. deleting his socials and Eagles affiliations and how all you guys that have been telling us things 100% won't happen, and then they do.
Nah, just playing off all the recent drama with A.J. deleting his socials and Eagles affiliations and how all you guys that have been telling us things 100% won't happen, and then they do.
Really? I thought that was a minor thing with him on the socials but didn't know. Which is why I asked.
Didn't really get the "outsiders" thing on the title. I try to follow things pretty closely. For the end of the year, it was hardly a hot take to think the Eagles would win 3 of the last 4 and beat Arizona and the Giants twice.
unckeyherb
Footballguy
I really like Jon Ritchie on the morning show. His response to Sirianni pointing to some cherry picked numbers as evidence that they are doing good on offense was pretty damning and I really have a feeling the chances that Nick is gone are higher than I thought only a few days ago.
“We know that in first and second down," Sirianni said this week. "You look at yardage and you look at points. We're in the top 10 in both of those for the second year in a row. You look at third down, I think we're number three in third down. You look at red zone, we're in the top 10 in red zone."
Well, Ritchie brought the numbers for himself, focusing on the last six weeks—a brutal 1-5 stretch for the Eagles.
"We've only scored 20.5 points per game over the last month and a half," Ritchie said. "Our points per game differential is almost 10 over the last month and a half, that happens to be the fourth most in the NFL. Our turnover differential is minus eight, which is the worst in the NFL. Our defense, we're 30th in points per game allowed—25, over 25 points per game allowed, that's an important stat guys. We're 31st in opponent third down percentage. Every team I've ever been on, they point to third down conversion percentage as a critical factor, a direct indicator of success whether you win or lose and we're 31st in stopping opponents on third down. 21 touchdowns against us in the last six weeks is the worst in the league. Takeaways we're tied with 23rd with 18. Sacks, we know about last year when we had 70 of them, this year we're 20th. We're 26th in yards per game allowed. Our offense, by the way, Jalen has a sub 90 quarterback rating in five of the last six games and we scored under 20 points in three of our last five games. We're only eighth in the NFL in rushing the football when I thought we should have been first with our talent! We fail constantly at blitz pick up. We get blitzed more than any other team in the league as a result. Jalen ranking 27th in the league when teams send blitzes of six or more. We watch him break the pocket consistently with pressure when only four are coming. It's driving me insane. I cannot believe Nick Sirianni went there, that he said you are what your numbers say you are because our numbers say you are horrendous and our coach has done a terrible, terrible job."
“We know that in first and second down," Sirianni said this week. "You look at yardage and you look at points. We're in the top 10 in both of those for the second year in a row. You look at third down, I think we're number three in third down. You look at red zone, we're in the top 10 in red zone."
Well, Ritchie brought the numbers for himself, focusing on the last six weeks—a brutal 1-5 stretch for the Eagles.
"We've only scored 20.5 points per game over the last month and a half," Ritchie said. "Our points per game differential is almost 10 over the last month and a half, that happens to be the fourth most in the NFL. Our turnover differential is minus eight, which is the worst in the NFL. Our defense, we're 30th in points per game allowed—25, over 25 points per game allowed, that's an important stat guys. We're 31st in opponent third down percentage. Every team I've ever been on, they point to third down conversion percentage as a critical factor, a direct indicator of success whether you win or lose and we're 31st in stopping opponents on third down. 21 touchdowns against us in the last six weeks is the worst in the league. Takeaways we're tied with 23rd with 18. Sacks, we know about last year when we had 70 of them, this year we're 20th. We're 26th in yards per game allowed. Our offense, by the way, Jalen has a sub 90 quarterback rating in five of the last six games and we scored under 20 points in three of our last five games. We're only eighth in the NFL in rushing the football when I thought we should have been first with our talent! We fail constantly at blitz pick up. We get blitzed more than any other team in the league as a result. Jalen ranking 27th in the league when teams send blitzes of six or more. We watch him break the pocket consistently with pressure when only four are coming. It's driving me insane. I cannot believe Nick Sirianni went there, that he said you are what your numbers say you are because our numbers say you are horrendous and our coach has done a terrible, terrible job."
DJackson10
Footballguy
He’s a great defensive guy but he was a nobody before going to NE. He was an embarrassment in CLE. He got lucky drafting Brady and the rest is history. Cheating helps and your owners buddy the commissioner helps a lot too.
DJackson10
Footballguy
Much worse and worse than many fans and media realize at times. Hell the way chip left us was bad itself it’s a miracle we won a SB when we didThings were worse under Doug for those final 3 years.Yeah. I would say its not a guarantee he keeps his job. If they get blown out or the team looks truly like the quit, then ya know, Lurie might make a decision to change.
Talking in absolutes about this team hasn't been the best idea, Joe! I guess technically you were right because they lost 3 of 4, not 2 of 4
If Sirianni can't convince Lurie he has a solid plan on how to turn things around next year and ensure this doesn't happen again or continue spiraling, I think any type of loss (even in the next round) puts him at some risk of getting fired.
And everything said about "a big time coach not coming here" is 100% true, as much as I hate to admit it. The structure isn't for everyone, which is why we tend to hire "who?" type of coaches that people haven't really heard of or thought about. The one "big time" guy we got in Chip Kelly kinda showed how it doesn't work here.
If they lose 21-14 and look like they did last month, what percent chance do you think Sirianni is fired?
100%
How long was Peterson around after WINNING the Super Bowl.
Not long. And the team looked just as lost as this one.
DJackson10
Footballguy
I think we got lucky with injuries and TOs last year. Healthy team all year we didn’t really have any big serious missing time injuries.
Defebse last year got the bounces their way and there was a few games offensively we were lucky a ball wasn’t picked off or the guy didn’t fumble. We aren’t getting those this year. Jets game the Goddart tip int the defender doesn’t get that last year. Ball deep end of game in SEA is caught for a big gain to kill the clock or a TD. Didn’t happen this year.
Team deserves a lot of credit for play last year but to be good you need some luck and we aren’t even getting that.
DJackson10
Footballguy
It’s a bunch of hot takes to sell clicks and views. I’m into wrestling and it’s just as bad with takes so and so is drama Queen backstage or so and so not happy so will jump companies. Then you find out they weren’t at the show because of a family emergency.
There’s no real journalism anymore. Anyone and everyone with the time and right tech can start a YouTube page or start blogging. It’s ridiculous
DJackson10
Footballguy
He’s gone after the season imho maybe it just wasn’t the Titans org after all. I’m curious if he is gone how Hurts would react to his bff leaving.
DJackson10
Footballguy
McLane is bad but I wouldn’t throw out the reports entirely. There’s some truth in his reports but it gets overstretched or sugar coated to fit an agenda. Ever since he got thrown out of the press box seasons ago he’s had it out for the org. Ever notice how little he’s active when things go right yet the minute **** hits the fan he’s right there to report it?
DJackson10
Footballguy
Yep too much smoke right now
DJackson10
Footballguy
Wonder if that could Save Maddox here in Philly
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