Comments on: Four Changes Have Made The Difference In Eagles Nickel Defense http://gcobb.com/2012/09/20/four-changes-have-made-the-difference-in-eagles-nickel-defense/ PhillySports24x7 | Eagles | Phillies | Sixers | Flyers | College Thu, 23 May 2013 21:39:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: MaybeTheyCan http://gcobb.com/2012/09/20/four-changes-have-made-the-difference-in-eagles-nickel-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-91335 MaybeTheyCan Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:09:09 +0000 http://gcobb.com/?p=33558#comment-91335 I wouldn’t consider that after two games any more than I’d consider marrying a woman after two dates.

]]> By: Biglion821 http://gcobb.com/2012/09/20/four-changes-have-made-the-difference-in-eagles-nickel-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-91328 Biglion821 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:46:13 +0000 http://gcobb.com/?p=33558#comment-91328 sorry for the typo make that 24 won’t be covering Fitz one on one.

]]> By: Biglion821 http://gcobb.com/2012/09/20/four-changes-have-made-the-difference-in-eagles-nickel-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-91327 Biglion821 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:41:23 +0000 http://gcobb.com/?p=33558#comment-91327 Theone1, no way they put 21 on Fitz, he has trouble finding the ball when its in the air. Fitz would have a field day on jump balls.

]]> By: Stevo http://gcobb.com/2012/09/20/four-changes-have-made-the-difference-in-eagles-nickel-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-91326 Stevo Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:25:59 +0000 http://gcobb.com/?p=33558#comment-91326 I for 1 slammed Juan…. I also slammed everything they have done on the D side of the ball for much of the last 10 or so years because they had been playing soft D and focused 100 % on turnovers. Something has changed this year…. they are back to being the kind of D we had 20 years ago. Knock em out, hit em hard, press cov D. I was right about Juan last year and so far wrong about him this year and i could not be happier about it. Go birds.

]]> By: Theone1 http://gcobb.com/2012/09/20/four-changes-have-made-the-difference-in-eagles-nickel-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-91325 Theone1 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:20:47 +0000 http://gcobb.com/?p=33558#comment-91325 I Need to see more out of Nhamdi. Let him cover Fitzgerald the entire game, and lets see if he produces. If he fails, I would say he is over hyped and way over paid. Look for a replacement in 2013.

]]> By: vinnietheevictor http://gcobb.com/2012/09/20/four-changes-have-made-the-difference-in-eagles-nickel-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-91323 vinnietheevictor Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:23:11 +0000 http://gcobb.com/?p=33558#comment-91323 What does Juan have to do? Really?

Go here to find out (remove the quotation marks and cut/paste the link)

“http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/38565124″

]]> By: rcp1936 http://gcobb.com/2012/09/20/four-changes-have-made-the-difference-in-eagles-nickel-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-91318 rcp1936 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:46:17 +0000 http://gcobb.com/?p=33558#comment-91318 Shame they couldn’t have improved the O line as much
But you can only do so much each year with the draft and free agency acquires
Their D can take them all the way if the O line doesn’t disintegrate anymore which is a BIG IF

]]> By: xtian999 http://gcobb.com/2012/09/20/four-changes-have-made-the-difference-in-eagles-nickel-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-91317 xtian999 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:38:00 +0000 http://gcobb.com/?p=33558#comment-91317 Charlton – agree on Bowles. Couldn’t disagree more on Babin. There is more to playing DE than getting sacks. Anybody who understands the true beastness that is Trent Cole understands that. Babin so far has stepped his game up against the run. The eye in the sky does not lie. Also, expect Brandon Graham’s snaps to increase significantly against the Cards. He has more than earned it. He has done more in 13 plays in 2012 than many starting DE’s in the league playing 75-100% of their teams snaps. Again, the eye in the sky does not lie.

]]> By: xtian999 http://gcobb.com/2012/09/20/four-changes-have-made-the-difference-in-eagles-nickel-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-91316 xtian999 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:29:10 +0000 http://gcobb.com/?p=33558#comment-91316 Sorry Mel, but to not give credit to Castillo is absurd. He can’t go from being incompetent and the reason for the D’s issues last year and then turn around and give 0 credit when the D has performed like one of the better units in the league so far this year. Yes, they have a tremendous amount of talent to work with, but so did Jim Johnson for many of his defense’s best years and no one seemed to rationalize away the credit he deserved. The unconventional promotion of an offensive line coach to defensive coordinator is mostly to blame for the incompetence label that got hung on Castillo. Ok, fine. But when they turn things around, it is pretty offensive to not give credit to him as if he really has nothing to do with it. That same logic would mean that he was unfairly blamed for the defense’s failures last year. Anybody willing to go there?

]]> By: mr1charlton http://gcobb.com/2012/09/20/four-changes-have-made-the-difference-in-eagles-nickel-defense/comment-page-1/#comment-91315 mr1charlton Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:17:03 +0000 http://gcobb.com/?p=33558#comment-91315 yes I concur that Todd Bowles played a major role in deffensive improvement. Mr Babin was invisible vs Ravens, as he is vs most quality teams.

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