If the Eagles go to Seattle and are beaten by a bad Seahawks team it will increase the chances that Andy Reid will be fired. The embarrassing loss to the Patriots surely gave Jeffrey Lurie and Joe Banner more reasons to consider firing Reid. Lurie is from the Boston area. He considered purchasing the Patriots.
Chances are that he circled the New England game on the calendar before the season started. On Sunday, he had to sit and watch his football team being humiliated by his hometown team in front of a national television audience. You know the loss had to hurt more than others.
The Eagles didn’t look like they belonged on the field with the Patriots, especially the team’s defense against the Patriots offense. Reid continues to stand by the decision to make Juan Castillo the defensive coordinator. I can understand why he would publicly refuse to go back on his decision during the season, but there’s no way in the world that he doesn’t realize that this was a mistake.
Castillo can’t seem to handle the different offensive player groupings. On each offensive play, there are five eligible receivers in each formation. Offenses change these five players in an effort to get a mismatch.
They’ll send out two wide receivers, two tight ends and a running back. Sometimes it’s three wide receivers, a tight end and a running back. Other times it’s four wide receivers and a running back. Sometimes it’s three wide receivers and two running backs.
The defensive coordinator must make sure he’s got the right personnel on the field to match up with the offense’s personnel grouping.
If you look at the Eagles sidelines on third downs when they’re on defense, it looks like a comedy. Castillo is trying to send the right group in and get the wrong guys off. Players are running in and out of the game at the last second. Sometimes they have to call timeout because they don’t get the right guys on the field. Other times they get penalties for 12 players on the field.
Castillo may learn the job and get better in the future, but there’s no question that it was a mistake to move him from offensive line coach to defensive coordinator in one step. He could have been made the linebacker coach or the defensive back or line coach, but this was an awful mistake.
Reid’s strength has always been his ability to game plan and prepare. His teams were known for being prepared. His defense is no longer prepared.
Jim Johnson’s not over there on the sidelines running things any more, now it’s an inexperienced Juan Castillo. Reid’s strength has always been in the offensive side of the ball, so he doesn’t have the answers to give Castillo.
All week I knew the Eagles were going to see the no-huddle offense but it didn’t look like the Birds defense was prepared for it.
Let’s see how things go against the Seahawks. If the Birds lose it will be another step toward Reid’s departure.
GCobb really missed the boat on this post. Doesn’t he know the Eagles are the “Gold Standard” to which all other programs are measured? Come on G, Patriots are second rate. lol, so freakin’ sad man, all we can do is laugh at ourselves.
Let’s all sing the fight song with a vince young td to make us down by only 18 points in the 4th quarter with 1:45 left…
If Spags is fired in S.L. get him in here and fix this defense.I would take him as the head man as well.
Still trying to figure out why your best man to man coverage guy was laced up and looking like a waste of talent for 5 series. I dont care what was wrong with him.Hughes…Jarrett???….as soon as N.A. went out there he shut down his guy. He dropped a pick but why did they wait to put him in there? Baby Thor getting the nod at Mike,kidding me…putting Jarret on Fitz…not blitzing when you have a great press guy? Just ineptitude on defense by the entire staff.
I believe Coach AR’s Departure will be based on the poor perfomances playing at Home in the Linc over the last 2 Seasons more than anything else..
They are 5-10 over the last 2 Seasons at home which is unacceptable to most
Empty Seats, Angry signs & chants and eventually just plan Fan Apathy will be the Reason that Lurie pulls the plug …
yea yea yea… this is all juan castillos fault and the players strike… i can just hear the bullshit now… SCREW ANDY REID!!! man i’m pissed.
So the fight song can only be sang when were winning and when things are peachy? Come on bro….thats falsefandom….your right not to sing. But dont bash on others for wanting to sing a fight song.
Go to a Patriots or Steelers game and the same stuff happens.
The home record is mosdef a knock the front office cant overlook.Good point P-man.
i still go back to last year when Pman and G tried to sell us that Andy had no say in what happens anymore. I called it B.S. and i was right. what a mess. The man has no power yet he makes the fry guy from Mc D’s the D cordinator.
Andy has had all the power and now he gets ALL of the blame.
but i agree pman about the home record. I know you guys dont agree but i think Lurie wants aa ring. I dont think its just about money for him. if it were…. we would not have such an expensive coaching staff.
we have the owner we need.
we have the MOST of the players we need
bring in leaders.
Our defense has not been the same since we lost our heart…BDawk.
Stevo – you are correct – Lurie is dieing inside that he doesn’t have a ring – but he is smart enough to move logically and try to figure out how he can make changes without throwing out everything he currently has – and you are also correct the eagles have tons of talent – as I think about it – The eagles went on a ‘youth’ movement a year or two ago – and the veterans they do have – (here comes Vinnie the V) Vick, Samuel, PAtterson, Hermanns, Peters – I don’t think are the on field leaders that the eagles had in say the 2004 run – when you had McNabb (and McNabb was a great leader) a Trotter a Dawkins a Runyan – guys that be both loud and lead by action –
but think about it – how well would a group say – Trotter, Hugh Douglas, McNabb and Dawkins do with a guy like say – Jackson – when we saw how well they did with Terrel Owens – remember back when Reid would not bring in anyone with a troubled past – or play a rookie –
i feel like we are broken records, lol
dawk – you are broken records. And you blame Reid for being stubborn and ‘banging his head against the wall over and over’….. ironic don’t you think?
So schill, if someone disagreed with past decisions they are broken records.
Believe it or not, not every decision and move made by the team has worked out as well as they would have wished.
Are we not supposed to voice our opinions of those moves, or are you promoting a stance of blind loyalty again?
C’mon, is this really the time to start promoting this regiem while the ship is sinking??
Guys haven’t u figured it out yet!!!! Schiller is Andy Reid.
green – nope. If they disagree, and then state it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over – see Songs, Dcar, DRUMMER….THEN they are a borken record. More clear?
Believe it or not – I agree with your second paragraph there and I never stated otherwise. Not even close.
Green I never ever said that anyone is not supposed to voice their opinions. And I never ever said I promote a stance of blind loyalty.
C’mon – at what point did I promote this regime?
Actually Schiller is Andy Reid’s wife because Andy is too busy (not going to say eating here cause if he took us to a sb win that does not matter lol ) he is too busy figuring out how to pass 74% against the next opp. when he knows balance attacks have the best chance. REID is ahead of his time!!!!
Ok Schill, guess I misunderstood.
It is quantity that you objected to, not the content.
Schill….How would you Rate Andy’s job this year?
Ha, tonto, how elementary. So everyone who calls out people saying Obama is a muslim on message boards is Obama?
greenfan – yeah, isn’t that the definition of the expression ‘broken record’?
I believe it was Songs who said it best:
The Eagles play defense as if Reid had promoted his “offensive” line coach to defensive coordinator.
Whatever happens after that is irrelevant!
If we put Heremann’s in the safety position and teams score 1,000 points against him, is it his fault?
Let’s stop blaming the car for this fatal collision. It’s the operator, Andy Reid.
Songs, without giving me a scale, I’d say pretty bad. I’d rate it as his worst season here. That’s a pretty dumb question if you ask me.
I see Reid going to Jacksonville if he is let go….or “resigns”.
I would hire Green Bay asst head coach/ILB coach Winston Moss to be the new head coach and let him bring Darren Perry, the GB secondary coach to run the defense…..
drummer, funny you use that analogy – it’s off. The car would be the equipment, the driver, the one who controls the physical action. So by your analogy – you’re saying “stop blaiming the cleats, footballs, pileons, helmets and gloves, it’s the players’ fault!
Did Andy gameplan for Desan to drop passes? Did Andy gameplan for Nate Allen to miss tackles? I highly doubt it.
Don’t know how the PRESIDENT of the United States MR. Obama can into the conversation but ANYWAY. I’ll digress and talk football issues only. This Defense is a joke and is unprepared… I hate Zones, and I thought I wanted the scheme from last year out, but now I want it back. Against an offense like the Pats, Saints, Packers, you cannot sit in zones. you have to be aggressive against them and take the fight to them. THe Giants did the same thing last night, they sat in a zone and got killed. I want a DCoord who knows what he’s doing and is proven. We are a joke…
Erock thanks for the laugh. I’ve got no problem singing a fight song but our season ended and they’re playing the fight song. The only song I want to hear, is Andy’s swan song.
@ChuckRob I agree let’s talk about American things like football not unAmerican things like Obama.
It’s as clear as the nose on my face.
Babin w/Eagles = no good
Babin w/Titans = pro bowl
Babin w/Eagles – no good
Is it really the players?
How many TDs did Jackson miss because of under-thrown passes? 6 or 7?
Schiller
If you want to talk football great! But if you talk down to me or any of the other bull, I’m going to dog you out! Trust me!
If Young hits Jackson in stride on 6 or 7 of the catches he made, they are TDs. Instead, he had to play defender, take unnecessary hits and lose scoring opportunities.
In the past two games, Jackson was running past defenders like they were standing still, but each and every time, he had to stop and wait for the pass, or at least slow down.
chuck if you can read and understand things you’d see that it was an anolgy, not political conversation. You guys are brilliant….
And drummer – LArry Fitzgerald and Vincent Jackson – they go make those catches – and there is the reason they get paid top dollar to be top WRs and Djax is sitting there holding his lunch pale –
yet again – you try to defend Jackson by pointing out what he can’t do – and then wonder why the eagles aren’t paying him top dollar – boy – he should hire you as his agent – you are doing for him what Drew R did for TO
drummer – and babin – he may make the pro bowl this year. Dude, you’re just trying to find ways to support your hate of Reid. I get it, trust me, we all get your point. And if you ‘vent’ by stating it over and over in as many ways as possible, so be it. But you sir are nitpicking.
Oh schiller – watch out – you can’t tangle with drummer – he’s scary – he will dog you out –
sure drummer – lets talk football – now go away and find someone that knows what the hell he is talking about – go – shoo
Nothing divides Eagles fans like a crappy team LOL. But let’s face it, we all still couldn’t agree if the team was good. We love to hate each other.
“Might” make the pro bowl (with this high-priced all-in defense)? Hypothetics?
This defense, the brand-new defense is actually worse than the McDermott defense.
Nit-picking? Dude, we’re 4-7!
I hate losing! Apparently, you don’t.
Right-Cheek, Butt Munch:
Then, by your reasoning (or lack thereof), we should have no receiver, other than Fitzgerald.
Still, no one has answered my question:
If Young hits Jackson in stride on 6 or 7 of the catches he did make, how many TDs would Jackson have scored?
If we add 7 TDs to Jackson’s season, is he in the pro bowl?
How many players on this team have single-handedly won games?
Jackson single-handedly wins games every season.
Atleast we all agree on simple basic stuff!!!!! For example, new coach, need some great LB here, balance football, think first down not big play,HIGH % PASSING like the rest of great QB( nm some still do not believe that)….Funny, the first thing would probally solve the rest. Just having great Lb or 2 would help stop the run, stop drives when we can actually cover TE, and Dline and Secondary do not have to work so hard or atleast look so pitiful
If every receiver, running back, TE, and QB single-handedly won one game per year, how wins is that?
Sorry – How “many” wins is that?
I hate to say it but we have been the Titans of the NFC with Reid. Usually go to playoffs even get to SB once. But atleast Titans almost won theirs and played Steelers and Colts twice a yr, ouch
Hey Schill…you violated our rule from last week. Don’t we have enough with what is going on with the birds to keep to conversation on football??
Just joking man. I get the analogy.
Ha, Drummer, you’re saying mine is hypothetical when yours is presumptive… no better than hypothetical. The Eagles defense sucking has nothing to do with Babin making the probowl or not. Plenty of probowlers come from sucky defenses. Dude, I hate losing. I really really do. But I don’t express that feeling by venting on this site via emotionally charged but nonsensical football talk.
You ARE nitpicking. Babin isn’t the reason we lost that game. Babin isn’t the reason we’re 4-7.
You were trying to paint Reid as a bad coach due to babin not playing well here. He has for the most part played well here.
We have been Penn State!!!!!! Finishing in top ten 10 alot(East Div) but losing to SEC or USC teams(AFC TEAMS and NFC Championship LOSSES) Sorry Andy
Tonto
The strange part about all of this is that “everything” has gone wrong, not some things, not most things, but everything. After spending so much money, how can this be? Not even I thought that Reid was this bad. He has regressed as a coach and GM.
I’d like to see a young coach hired, one who was brought up in this new pass-happy NFL. We need someone who doesn’t necessary try to fit every player into his blueprint, but who is sometimes flexible enough to alter the blueprint to fit his player, as has been done with Tebow.
Speaking of Tebow, he threw 18 times and won,,,Andy was his coach the kid in be in the hospital, lol
would be in the hospital