Philly Area Banter

[Birds~69]

2 hours ago, JTA66 said:

My immediate overreactions...

Howie needs to retool the O-line. I know we couldn't keep everyone from last year's squad, but I felt all along he dropped the ball there.

KP gone, no brainer. But for the first time I'm questioning Jalen. To be clear, I like him. I'm not a hater. But a lot of ppl smarter than me are questioning if he's capable of running the type of offence the Eagles want to run. I don't study game tape or am smart enough to understand the deeper x's and o's of football. I'm not saying its time to move on from him (it would be a cap disaster if we did). Just wondering it's time to start asking the question about his long-term future here.

AJ. Time to move on as well. He clearly looks mentally checked out. I had a Ricky Watters/Wally-Gator arms flashback after that first incompletion to him, "for who, for what?" But at only 28, is he also physically diminished? He certainly didn't look elite this year -- not getting separation, not coming down with 50/50 balls. Plus it looks like when he's in the line up, Jalen forces to ball to him to keep the peace.

Just my random thoughts. As Paul said, Go Phils!

Real quick for the Phils, sign Bo.

Birds again, KP should be canned immediately. Running quarterbacks such as Hurts have a short time span as far as running. I don't think he's horrible but he can't run like a 22 year old. And I wish his field vision was better. He doesn't see wide open receivers when it's obvious on the replay.

Birds have some work to do...

[Birds~69]

17 hours ago, JTA66 said:

I often think how improved my quality of life would be if I wasn’t interested in sports and didn’t like snow.

I can't tell you how much time I wasted on sports and weather in my life. Maybe not wasted, but I probably could have used it more efficiently. 

That being said, I will continue to do so which is more screwed up...

[LVblizzard]

How has Patullo not been fired yet? What is Lurie waiting for?

[Birds~69]

32 minutes ago, LVblizzard said:

How has Patullo not been fired yet? What is Lurie waiting for?

It's rare they fire in season coaches when you have a pretty good record. But the writing is/was on the wall. If he's back next year I'm going to punch a Dallas fan, cut into small pieces, throw through a wood chipper,light on fire then dispose of the remains in the Schuylkill River!!

[jwilson]

Lurie is a measured guy.  I think if they end up firing KP, it will take some time to do exit interviews and all that, including perhaps assessing player attitudes.  It might also require assessing Sirianni, himself.  I don't think he should or will be fired, but this might be another test of submission.

There's also a chance KP sticks around to appease Sirianni but gets a demotion.  I don't know if this is exactly the same situation as what happened to Doug.  My instinct was that it feels the same, and if Sirianni is going to fall on the loyalty sword, the Eagles would can him, too, but maybe they won't be as hasty to relive that same scenario.  There were lots of problems with player execution this year, and perhaps the front office thinks the regression from the offensive line was more problematic than the overall scheme.  Maybe they think KP can improve with more guidance.  I wouldn't necessarily agree with either of those opinions, but they do have more information about what goes on behind the scenes.

Either way there will be changes of some kind.  The offense is too expensive to be this bad.  I know the lack of running Jalen is to help preserve his health, but I question whether trying to turn him into a pure pocket passer when the run game is flailing will work.  However, given how deficient the passing scheme is, it's hard to tell what is more problematic. 

I'm kind of on the "trade Brown" train because I think he's a declining player moreso than any other reason, but his contract may force the Eagles to keep him around at least one more season.  Maybe a new OC helps him, too.  They don't yet have a receiver to replace him, either, and will possibly lose their best TE also without a ready replacement.  Maybe Dallas signs another one-year deal.  He probably wants more security, at this point.

[Birds~69]

1 hour ago, jwilson said:

Lurie is a measured guy.  I think if they end up firing KP, it will take some time to do exit interviews and all that, including perhaps assessing player attitudes.  It might also require assessing Sirianni, himself.  I don't think he should or will be fired, but this might be another test of submission.

There's also a chance KP sticks around to appease Sirianni but gets a demotion.  I don't know if this is exactly the same situation as what happened to Doug.  My instinct was that it feels the same, and if Sirianni is going to fall on the loyalty sword, the Eagles would can him, too, but maybe they won't be as hasty to relive that same scenario.  There were lots of problems with player execution this year, and perhaps the front office thinks the regression from the offensive line was more problematic than the overall scheme.  Maybe they think KP can improve with more guidance.  I wouldn't necessarily agree with either of those opinions, but they do have more information about what goes on behind the scenes.

Either way there will be changes of some kind.  The offense is too expensive to be this bad.  I know the lack of running Jalen is to help preserve his health, but I question whether trying to turn him into a pure pocket passer when the run game is flailing will work.  However, given how deficient the passing scheme is, it's hard to tell what is more problematic. 

I'm kind of on the "trade Brown" train because I think he's a declining player moreso than any other reason, but his contract may force the Eagles to keep him around at least one more season.  Maybe a new OC helps him, too.  They don't yet have a receiver to replace him, either, and will possibly lose their best TE also without a ready replacement.  Maybe Dallas signs another one-year deal.  He probably wants more security, at this point.

KP is done! There's a reason everyone is pissed on offense! I may blow torch him after I light him on fire... maybe grind him afterwards? He is useless....

[PhiEaglesfan712]

2 hours ago, jwilson said:

possibly lose their best TE also without a ready replacement.  Maybe Dallas signs another one-year deal.  He probably wants more security, at this point.

If we don't keep Dallas, then we have to re-sign Grant Calcaterra. But we need to keep at least one, and draft a tight end in the early rounds.