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Jeffrey Lurie Tells Us Why He Chose To Go All In With Chip

LurieandChip1Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie says he let Chip Kelly have all the power in the organization, so that he could maximize Kelly’s presence in the organization.  Lurie says he changed his mind about letting Howie Roseman be the General Manager because he wants to go after being great rather than just trying to be good.

“We really sat down and were as self-analytical as you could possibly be. After thinking about it, I thought the best way to align ourselves was to try to do this relatively rational, seamless way with Chip of taking scouting and integrating it into every aspect of the operation,” Lurie said.

“There was a vision that I wanted to support,” said Lurie.  His rationale was that the Birds were willing to go all in with Chip, so that they could have a chance of being great rather than just being good.

“Chip had a vision of exactly how he thought we could get from good to great. I thought it was a really sound vision, that he’s a very bright guy, he’s all about football, he’s all about wanting to win big and it made so much sense,” Lurie said.

“When we hired Chip, his style of play is very different than what we had before. It’s a power spread offense and it’s a 3-4 defense, and we were not organized and designed in that way. We had outstanding young finesse and fast players, really good at that. We had to over two years understand where were at, where are we going to maximize Chip Kelly’s vision and system – or were we going to counteract it? In the sense (of) not trying to maximize having Chip and what he was bringing, and the staff (was bringing) to the organization.

“I’m an owner that tends to absolutely be supportive of a coach and his vision if it’s a real sharp and smart vision. I really believe in that. I’m probably influenced by some of the people that we all respect, with Bill Walsh, Jimmy Johnson and others in other sports.”

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deserteagle
deserteagle
March 24, 2015 7:54 pm

I find it conspiratorial,how no mention of the firing of Tom gamble was never uttered ?whos Jeffrey kidding .this was a New Years eve coup d’état …simply ..the owner might have blinked…howie gets a raise and a demotion ..chip gets full control…strap it on and start the draft day coaster ,.

greenfan
greenfan
March 25, 2015 10:00 am
Reply to  deserteagle

Lurie stated that the Gamble firing “was a long time coming”, and said that it had nothing to do with the Roseman demotion and Chip’s increase in power.

utseabee
utseabee
March 24, 2015 8:48 pm

I’ve never been all in on Chip, but if the owner is, he has to give him the power. You can’t bring him in to do a job in a different way than other coaches and not give him the tools he needs to do it his way. It just seems like a new coach from the college ranks learns the ropes with his first NFL team and then has his success with the next one. Hopefully, it doesn’t go down that way.

DCar
DCar
March 25, 2015 12:12 am
Reply to  utseabee

He doesn’t HAVE TO do anything! How’s about as a veteran owner, grow a sack, & make a proper decision, & not a panic move!

Butch007
Butch007
March 25, 2015 12:42 am
Reply to  utseabee

Sure you can…It’s called being RATIONAL and relying on actual FACTS and player DATA. Good players are good players and injury prone players are injury prone players. When a coach says “I can’t win with these record breaking Pro-Bowlers” after you’ve gone 20 years with no championships and a lot of almosts you have to be man enough to be able to tell the person the that hasn’t won anything yet that the flaw is in him and that it’s too difficult to acquire multiple exceptional players to toss them around like confetti.

deserteagle
deserteagle
March 24, 2015 9:01 pm

. Seabee ..doesn’t Make it the right decision..time will tell ..pretty quickly im on board with checks and balances ,but I’m old school..ifpd like a guy to have some cred before I flip him the keys to my ferrari

utseabee
utseabee
March 25, 2015 6:45 pm
Reply to  deserteagle

Personally, I think Chip is a gimmick and I have no faith in him as he has proved nothing yet. I was just saying that if you do believe in him, you should let him get his players. Heck, I don’t agree with most of his moves, but who am I? Just think, Bradford’s chances of staying on the field are slim and Murry has only played one full season(Last year) his entire career including college. I think he is taking a huge chance on all these injury prone player. How smart will he look when one or more of them are injured again this year?

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
March 24, 2015 9:06 pm

JEFF LURIE: MARCUS MARIOTA IS WORTH IT IF HE’S AS GOOD AS CHIP KELLY HAS SUGGESTED

PHOENIX ‐ Eagles coach Chip Kelly has raved about his former quarterback Marcus Mariota before. He even went as far as comparing him to Peyton Manning.

If Kelly believes that Mariota can be that type of quarterback at the NFL level, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie wouldn’t object to mortgaging the future for him.

“Well, it’s a great question. It’s great to mortgage the future for Peyton Manning and it’s not very good to mortgage it for Ryan Leaf,” Lurie said Tuesday at the NFL league meetings. “It’s great to mortgage it for Donovan McNabb but not for Tim Couch.

“Again, it comes back to people. It’s not a system. If the Redskins had traded for Andrew [Luck], we’d all be saying what a great trade. You tell me [if it’s worth it]?”

This actually runs counter to what Kelly said recently. He announced publicly that he would “never” mortgage the team’s future because they had too many holes to fill.

Of course, that was before Kelly finished a wild free-agent spending spree that included the surprise addition of running back DeMarco Murray.

Lurie made it clear Tuesday that part of the reason he hired Kelly was because of his innovative ideas. Lurie doesn’t want to be risk averse.

Taking Mariota would be a risk, especially after giving yourself wiggle room with the trade for a quarterback that Kelly likes (Sam Bradford) earlier in the offsesaon. The Eagles own the 20th-overall selection in the NFL Draft. Mariota is expected to be selected in the Top 10, maybe even as high as No. 2 overall. Its going to cost a lot to have any chance to land his talents.

After Lurie’s latest comments, the speculation that the Eagles will make a play for Mariota are unlikely to stop. In fact, they might only regain more steam.

One thing it will certainly accomplish is keep the Eagles in the headlines, something they haven’t been able to avoid this offseason. It may not be their intention, but it’s the result of their bold offseason move.

“We actually don’t. [get a kick out of it],” Lurie said. ” I’m glad it helps the ratings but we’re not responsible for that.”

deserteagle
deserteagle
March 24, 2015 9:46 pm

What purpose does flapping your lips before the draft serve? What and why would you discuss your strategies ,that’s why they call it a war room? What is going down here ? He completely is one different page then his coach ,who said as pinnochipio he had no desire to mortgage the future …wether that was sincere ,matters little ,it’s the right negotiating talk..now here comes Jeffery taking a different approach..that’s just bad business ,when the head of the dog doesn’t listen to the chief hound…

Biglion821
Biglion821
March 24, 2015 10:07 pm

The next time LLCB tells the truth will the the first time, lol I need repetitive accuracy at QB says the man who’s starting QB’s has been anything but accurate. The best ability is reliability says the man who just said the Gimp was a guy he coveted. The best one of all time was I’m not interested in calling all the shots I just want to coach, man Dcar and I were calling bullshit on that for a week. Let me say again I thought he should have blown the roster up when he was hired but the moves he’s making just screams to me he’ll be coaching West Jabroni State in two years with Lurie’s money falling out of his pockets and that shit eating grin on his face.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 24, 2015 11:32 pm
Reply to  Biglion821

And Andy Reid told us for 99% of his entire coaching career here our WRs are fine…..

Im sorry every single NFL coach worth his Vallor talks it off both sides of his mouth…

Need the drop the Chip is the only one ever…

Especially when we had Reid here….he is nowhere near the level of Reid stubborn lying ass.

Reid legitimately cost the team chance at a Superbowl with his lies and bullshit.

Stop the nonsense.

Biglion821
Biglion821
March 25, 2015 9:04 am
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

Izell Chip fo

Biglion821
Biglion821
March 25, 2015 9:07 am
Reply to  Biglion821

Izell, Chip doesn’t speak out of both sides of his mouth he just lies, over and over again. You are comparing a guy who took his team to 5 NFC Championship games to a serial liar who has so far been successful with Reid’s players. It’s all on LLCB now.

haveacigar
haveacigar
March 25, 2015 9:17 am
Reply to  Biglion821

lion you acknowledge him a liar in his moniker…LLCB… so why continue to dwell on him not telling the truth– as I’ve said for years never believe one word an owner or gm says– NEVER!!!! there is really no reason to even watch a coaches presser… its 99% lies–
did you see belicheat at the owners meeting yesterday–? if not take a look it was hilarious! these guys think the nfl is the CIA!

Biglion821
Biglion821
March 25, 2015 9:41 am
Reply to  haveacigar

Cigar I dwell because this dude takes it to another level, everything that comes out of mouth is self serving BS. It pisses me off.

haveacigar
haveacigar
March 25, 2015 9:51 am
Reply to  Biglion821

i think it is hilarious!

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 10:02 am
Reply to  Biglion821

hahahahaha youve never been around big time coaches then….

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 10:05 am
Reply to  Biglion821

Chip does not take it to another level….what rubs 99% of people wrong is he legitimately doesnt care what other people think and fans gets pissed off because they think that coaches should at least appease the fan base….

which no Coach worth his ass has ever done….case in point….ANDY REID.

Spare me the 5 NFC Championships……1 superbowl appearance is all that matters…and he legitmately cost the franchise other superbowl opportunities with his lies and stubborness.

All coaches do it…ALL OF THEM….

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
March 24, 2015 10:17 pm

Makes sense to me…because if it doesn’t work out, if it flops…the guy who is getting fired will be the Coach. I fully support the notion of going for it…later for Cap Management…later for players good enough to beat bad teams but always come up short against the good teams…later for all of that…Chip knows the players and system he wants to run…he’s been here for 2 seasons now…let him do his thing…its his ass on the line!

Oldphillyfan
Oldphillyfan
March 24, 2015 11:14 pm

At some point you as an owner have to say NO if your coach/GM goes off the rails and jeaprodizes your future. Other than that, by all means, go for it…

DCar
DCar
March 25, 2015 12:09 am

BLAH…BLAH….BLAH…… BS….BS…..BS….. Company spin, with a few intellectual words to sound smart. BLAH…BLAH….FUCKING BLAH………..
That’s all that ever comes out of limp wrist Lurie’s pie hole! GTFOH with this ass-Muppet! Chip Kelly gave him an ultimatum, either Weaselman goes, or I do, & try explaining that to your fan base! He had Limp wrist hook, line & sphincter! I loath him! He should just STFU, & just not say anything, with his copious notes, & BS decision making! SMMFH…………

Stfu_JonHart
Stfu_JonHart
March 25, 2015 10:17 am

Love me some Chip baby…. won’t be long before everyone’s calling him one of the greatest coaches ever…. or one of the worst coaches ever lol but I try to be optimistic

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 10:21 am

anybody know an online link for the Chip presser?

paulman
paulman
March 25, 2015 10:53 am

I believe Chip will Coach the Eagles thru the 2016 Season and then head back to College to take the Notre Dame Job when current Coach Brian Kelly takes an NFL Job (Bengals or Lions)

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
March 25, 2015 10:54 am

According to BGN The Eagles are bringing in Georgia WR Chris Conley for a visit. Conley is 6’2″ 213 4.35 40. He will be a suitable replacement for Maclin. Fast..good route runner, smart and high character guy.

andrew p
andrew p
March 25, 2015 11:03 am

Two things I got out of Chips presser, Barbre will be replacing Herremans at guard n Huff will be seeing a lot of action, he also said he only put Matthews in the slot cause he didn’t want to overload him n mentioned any reciever playing anywhere, gave an example of Cooper playing the slot, I see this happening, Cooper in the slot n Huff n Matthews on the outside with a draft pick throwed In there, he’s very high on Huff, said the shoulder injury in the preseason set him back.

andrew p
andrew p
March 25, 2015 11:09 am

Chip also said he sees Jaylen Watkins as a safety, said he will get plenty of reps, it looks like last years picks who we didn’t see on the field last year are going to be the first to get the opportunity to take over the spots that are open, I’m fine with that!

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 11:30 am

Odell Beckham shouldve been an Eagle…and Howie blocked Chip from getting him.

andrew p
andrew p
March 25, 2015 11:36 am
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

That’s y Howie is in another section of the building, Bradford has been here since he signed n is doing rehab with our staff, that’s the staff that brought Maclin n Kelce back to form, Chip made a good point, he said look at Maclin, had two ACL tears n came back strong and is playing a position thats more demanding on the legs than the QB position, I’m excited about where were at right now and the direction we’re headed.

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
March 25, 2015 11:37 am
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

Then it goes back to was Chip willing to trade picks to move from 22 to at least 11 to get him? I know he liked Odell…but what did Chip really want to give up to get there to draft Beckham? If Chip is saying he does not want to give up picks to move up now…why would he have wanted to do it last year?
Chip threw Howie under the bus for MSII pick. I still believe Chip was on board for that pick and gave it the final ok.

Biglion821
Biglion821
March 25, 2015 12:09 pm
Reply to  Eaglehaslanded

More BS from LLCB lol it’s Howie’s fault, I said Beckham was the best player in the draft last year. I didn’t want to trade Nick oh really? You gave up Foles and DRAFT picks. Just ridiculous, I remove myself from Oregon guys, whatever dude keep drinking the smoothies fellas.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 12:33 pm
Reply to  Biglion821

We will…youll find a new way to complain about something else as usual lmao

Biglion821
Biglion821
March 25, 2015 12:36 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

And you’ll find new ways to excuse everything that comes out of mouth. As usual.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 12:39 pm
Reply to  Biglion821

Well two years of 10-6 has made you dead wrong from jump….according to you he was a failure as soon as they picked him…

Dont backtrack now…..

Biglion821
Biglion821
March 25, 2015 12:59 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

Yep lets erect a statue for Chip 20-12 no playoff wins but hey he can do no wrong.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 1:03 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

Stop that nonsense. No one said he cant do no wrong.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 12:40 pm
Reply to  Biglion821

Im just not a pessimist like you. According to you everything is doomed.

Thats not how I look at things.

Biglion821
Biglion821
March 25, 2015 12:56 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

I’m a pessimist when it comes to Kelly, but we’ve established that.

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
March 25, 2015 1:04 pm
Reply to  Biglion821

C’mon Biglion…what do you want Chip to say? Why do you expect him to be so honest? Do you want him to say…”Nick isn’t good at making quick decisions, he slow, and doesn’t have much of an upside…so we paid the Rams to take him off of our hands and give us a QB that we think is much better.”
You have to read between the lines…Kelly is dancing…he doesn’t want to tell you everything he’s thinking but he really answered the questions about Nick by telling us what he likes about Sam Bradford.
The guy he is really throwing under the bus is Howie…Chip is mad that Howie dumped his guy…Tom Gamble…which is why Chip made the power move to begin with…

Biglion821
Biglion821
March 25, 2015 1:22 pm
Reply to  koolbreeze

Kool, this guy is one hell of a offensive football mind, but right now he looks like he has no idea what the hell he’s doing. You can try and rationalize these moves all you want, they make no sense.

gloomysmitty
gloomysmitty
March 25, 2015 11:43 am

Well if marcus smith comes out and has 10 sacks this yr then chip looks like an ass and Howie looks great. Never judge a draft pick off of there rookie yr especially a lb.

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
March 25, 2015 11:54 am

Chip Kelly didn’t make the power grab move UNTIL Howie Roseman fired Chip’s football guy-Tom Gamble. Chip was right to make the move because their is no way he should want to be under a guy like Roseman who is NOT a football guy…he’s a cap specialists that has never played football, never coached football, and was not qualified.
So its no surprise that Howie makes the panic move and grabs Marcus Smith…a linebacker who cant play special teams he is so terrible…and blocks Chip from grabbing Odell Beckham…smh
Chip had to grab power from Howie…his ass is on the line and there is no reason for him to believe he would have gotten the talent he needed with Howie making the calls…especially after Howie dumped Gamble!

gloomysmitty
gloomysmitty
March 25, 2015 12:09 pm

I trust Howie when it comes to evaluating players he has a track record where as chip is doing things on the fly outside of blocking he can’t sell to me that riley cooper does anything better than mesean or maclin. Second Murry is good but he’s not better than LeSean the one thing people don’t bring up about LeSean is he was durable there week in week out. Now I would’ve kept foles just from a contract and seeing him play but at the same time Bradford was a #1 which in reality means nothing but he did run a spread offense In college so I’ll have to wait in see on that move. Nor to mention he took all the talent we had for 4-3 defense and switched it to a 3-4 where all the players don’t fit chip may be good in the long run but I trust Howie more than chip for right now

andrew p
andrew p
March 25, 2015 12:28 pm
Reply to  gloomysmitty

Gloomy, since 2010 Shady has 1300 carries, 425 of them were for 1 yard or less, that all comes from him going east west, that’s not what Chip wants, as good as he is he’s not what Chip is looking for, he wants that north south one cut back, he now has two of them, your actually gonna see better first n second short yardsge plays than when we had Shady, that’s big for us.

Biglion821
Biglion821
March 25, 2015 12:35 pm
Reply to  andrew p

Andrew check your stats you’ll be surprised how many carries Murray had in the last 2 years for 1 yard or less.

andrew p
andrew p
March 25, 2015 12:44 pm
Reply to  Biglion821

Big, I did, McCoy is at 32% n Murrary is at 28%, that averages to one more loss per game, might not sound it but that’s a lot n could b the difference between a win n loss, we seen a few games this year where that loss in third n forth down hurt us, one less is big.

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
March 25, 2015 12:39 pm
Reply to  andrew p

Stop it…so many people now want to re-write the history of the best running back in Eagles history…Shady McCoy…
Barry Sanders lost a lot of yards going East-West too!
Chip wanted a one cut back…that’s all well and good…but a lot of Shady’s runs for negative yards were due to the offensive line giving up penetration too!! Its not all Shady running east-west.

vinnietheevictor
vinnietheevictor
March 25, 2015 1:15 pm
Reply to  koolbreeze

Figures you’d be a Barry Sanders guy too.

Always flash over production with you.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 12:42 pm

Shady may have the most yards in Eagles history but Brian Westbrook is better than him in every sense.

paulman
paulman
March 25, 2015 1:08 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

Wilbert Montgomery will always be the # 1 Best All-Around Franchise RB in my opinion.. He could do it all and didn’t have nowhere near the weapons on his side of the ball to take some pressure off … Not even Close..

IrishEagle
IrishEagle
March 25, 2015 1:14 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

Agree Izzell. I would include Wilbert as being a more loved Eagles running back than McCoy. Maybe not as talented, but much more respected.

And what Philly fan will ever forget Wilbert rushing for 194 yards in the 1980 NFC Championship against the hated Cowboys…..

skayne
skayne
March 25, 2015 1:06 pm

I didn’t want Kelly to get full power because as I said before, he knows shit about being a GM. He operates with a college mentality of see player, go get player. He also has a college mentality of jettisoning players who don’t worship the ground he walks on. When he no longer values a player he’s oblivious to their value around the league, and is willing to overpay for players he does covet.

On offense he committed a lot of money for what’s at best lateral moves. While I believe Bradford has more upside than Foles, to pay his full salary while also giving up picks shows he’s clueless about value, all he could envision was Bradford’s upside while ignoring the downside.

On defense I believe we’re better, but don’t like the overpay for Maxwell. It makes me nervous that Seattle was willing to replace Maxwell with a guy we kicked to the curb in Cary Williams. The Kiko Alonzo trade I like much better, and if he’s healthy he’s the person I see as a huge upgrade on defense.

All in all we’re about the same on offense, and better on defense. Defense was the culprit for our choke job last year, with the secondary being the main reason. Maybe improvement on D will get us farther in the playoffs. But for all the moves made and money committed, we haven’t made ourselves clear favorites in the NFC.

paulman
paulman
March 25, 2015 1:21 pm
Reply to  skayne

I agree with alot of what Skayne posted above..
The Defense is marginally better at best … We are thinner at OLB and lost a Pass-Rusher without really adding 1.. Kiko Alonso is a nice upgrade at ILB as is Maxwell at CB but Maxwell comes at a big Cost… Walt Thurmond has to prove he can stay healthy in the NFL and the Safety Position is actually weaker without Nate Allen
The DL Remains unchanged which when you stand still you fall behind

The OL needs Youth at the Guard Postion,
Eagles Need 2 WR’s and the QB Position is a bigger ? to me with the often Injured Sam Bradford replacing Nick Foles…

Eagles take a Step Back with 4-5 New Starters on Defense with a rebuilt Secondary and a New Secondary Coach which will take a half a Season to work out the bugs… The QB & WR Production is unproven and a big Question ? for me as is the OL… A solid RB Corps is great on Paper if you have the horses up Front to block for them or a real Threat on the outside which the Eagles do not have…
Either way, It will be interested as the Eagles Offense will resemble more of a “small ball” attack where they will have to rely on 10-12-14 Play Drives for I don’t see them making big plays down the field, so as long as they are smart, protect the ball and avoid penalties, they should wear Teams out with not only their Pace of Play, but their ability to Pound the Rock which could be a lethal combo if all remain healthy
But is Bradford struggles or gets injured, or Jason Peters or Jason Kelce or RB Murray get hurt, this Offense will struggle to close out Drives and get TD’s… ..

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 1:28 pm
Reply to  paulman

LMAO didnt I read posts within the last few days where you said the Eagles were moving foward Paulman and could win….

COME ON MAN.

andrew p
andrew p
March 25, 2015 1:30 pm
Reply to  paulman

Paulman, 10,12,14 play drives In under 2imutes is fine with me, bottom line is points and no matter who Chip puts out there at QB n WR we’re getting those!

haveacigar
haveacigar
March 25, 2015 1:37 pm
Reply to  andrew p

Chips offensive vision is coming to light… it is obvious he loves the horizontal attack much more than the vertical– ground and pound (didn’t we all want that?) short passes to playmaking guys (josh huff for example)–this is why he got bradford, if healthy the guy will complete 70% of his passes in this offense– we will look eerily like patriots–
the contract to cooper while we all hate it – i’ve said all along chip thinks of cooper differently than we do– in chips eyes i believe he sees cooper as a downfield left tackle who can catch a few balls…
we shall see ….

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 1:53 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

Sorry but Cooper blows HAC

haveacigar
haveacigar
March 25, 2015 2:05 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

no where in my post do i endorse cooper- not one time–like everyone else on here i’m trying to figure out chips ‘vision’ what he looks for in players, how he is trying to employ ‘his offense’ — remember for two years everyone here thought he needed a running type of qb– he obviously doesn’t– he cuts deep threat jax, didn’t match 11$ for mac yet endorsed $5 million for cooper–again, he sees the player value entirely different than conventional evaluators

andrew p
andrew p
March 25, 2015 1:54 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

Don’t be shocked to see Cooper playing the slot this year, Chip said today the reason he put Matthews there was he was a rookie n wanted him to focus on one slot, didn’t want to overload him, he also said he expect to see the receivers in different spots, used Cooper in the slot as an example, also spoke highly of Huff n said he was set back from the shoulder injury, this is gonna be intresting to watch, I’m looking forward to it.

haveacigar
haveacigar
March 25, 2015 2:07 pm
Reply to  andrew p

he certainly doesn’t seem to be in the same panic as the average sky is falling gcobb poster when it comes to the receiver position.

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
March 25, 2015 2:27 pm
Reply to  paulman

Well…what would Paulman have done differently? What moves would you have made Paulman? How would you have upgraded the defense? What would you have done about Foles? How would you have resolved the safety position…resign Nate Allen…outbid Oakland for him?
Would you have given Maclin 12 million a year to keep him to joining back up with Andy Reid?
What’s the moves you would have made, Paulman???

paulman
paulman
March 25, 2015 2:52 pm
Reply to  koolbreeze

I think I stated many times on here what my Off-Season Plan was..
and in Fact, Kelly Followed it pretty closely by releasing the same list of Players I stated all winter long in Todd Herremans,Trent Cole,Cary Williams,James Casey, my list also included DeMeco Ryans

I would not have Traded McCoy or Foles this Year and at least not for what they got in Return… McCoy for 2 Time Torn ACL 24 Year Old LB who also has had Hip Surgery.. I bet McCoy outlasts and plays longer than Kiko Alonso in the NFL

Foles and next years 2nd Round Draft Pick for Sam Bradford is not what I call a smart move for a damaged player..

For the Free-Agents they Signed …
CB Maxwell way overpaid and the Eagles should have Signed a lower priced CB like a Chris Culliver, Tramon Williams and should have addressed the Safety Position and OLB Positions but since they poured most of their available $$$ in Maxwell and the RB Tandem of
Murray/Matthews, I just don’t see where they have improved as a Team

I would not have re-signed Maclin at $11 Million and would have gone out and Signed a WR in Free-Agency

In a Nutshell I had no problem with the Cuts/Releases and in fact,
called for this all Winter Long.. But I do not like the Free-Agents they brought on or the often-injured Players that they brought in…

I see an 8-8 or 9-7 Team in 2015 with still no Future QB on the Roster..

haveacigar
haveacigar
March 25, 2015 3:00 pm
Reply to  paulman

which WR?
paul all FA are overpaid!

paulman
paulman
March 25, 2015 3:10 pm
Reply to  haveacigar

A Cecil Shorts/Brian Hartline/Harry Douglas were short-term inexpensive Players that are still relatively young..
Then could have Drafted a Top WR at #20 to add along with them

Also the Eagles Failed to go after any OL to upgrade the Line

Remember on my wish List

I had CB’s C Culliver, D House, B Skrine
Safeties M Gilchrest or D Searcy
OL C Boling, J Carpenter
OLB J Hughes, P Mcphee, J Sheard or O Schofield and the Eagles have Brandon Graham
ILB D Skuta, J Whilhoite, C Loftin, T Spikes all Capable ILB

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 3:10 pm
Reply to  paulman

This up from Paulmans original 5 win team and hedges his bets to say down the road 10-6 was possible.

lmao stop it Fraudman

haveacigar
haveacigar
March 25, 2015 3:14 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

IJ I believe fraudman has predicted every number 5 thru 12 at one point or another so far–
i’m expecting after the draft for him to predict 3-4 wins- i don’t see him ever going up to 13 wins…

paulman
paulman
March 25, 2015 3:15 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

10-6 is no longer possible with Bradford at the helm..
He’s get Hurt be Week # 6 and Sanchez will play the Final 10 Games

“It was written in the Stars” …

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
March 25, 2015 8:39 pm
Reply to  paulman

paulman your projected moves brings us no closer to a championship at all…your moves condemns the team to mediocrity for the next 5 years at least. they have replaced McCoy with talent…Murray, Matthews and Alonso are all pro-bowl potential talent. CB’s like Culliver and Williams were not the best available CB…we went for the best available…Maxwell and of course your going to spend more…it’s free agency and we had room to overspend to get the players we wanted.
Your moves Paulman are tentative…full of fear and deep caution…hoping not to make a mistake…

Kelly is rolling the dice and betting on TALENT
Bradford is a talent…he’s taking a shot instead of sticking with a mediocre Foles.
We’ve been down that road already its a dead end to being an average to below average team that cant win the big one
What free agent WR was available that would have significantly improved the team….no one
The free agents they brought in are gambles…with TALENT…we have taken a shot at a possible franchise QB with talent at the RB and LB spots…and we still have the draft to address more needs like Offensive line, wide receiver, and safety.

Chip Kelly has made good moves that gives us a chance…instead of staying pat and being mediocre to below average.

I’ll take a shot at being good any day!

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 1:11 pm

Brady-Wilson-Flacco-Eli-Rothl-Peyton-Brees.

In the last decade thats all QBs to win the title….

Until we have one of those types….

NOTHING ANY OF US SAYS MATTERS. ITS THAT SIMPLE.

Mac Dolo
Mac Dolo
March 25, 2015 1:58 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

And a legitimate defense to go along with it.

paulman
paulman
March 25, 2015 2:53 pm
Reply to  Mac Dolo

Led by a real Defensive Coordinator…

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 3:14 pm
Reply to  Mac Dolo

I argue the Colts Saints one of the Giants teams were not legit defense just made plays at key times….

The deciding factor for the most part were the QBs….Although Wilson wasnt as dynamic first Superbowl…but their second run he definitely was.

Mac Dolo
Mac Dolo
March 25, 2015 7:14 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

Their are always exceptions to the rule, but don’t kid yourself a strong defense will win a championship bottom line.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 7:44 pm
Reply to  Mac Dolo

A strong defense will help you… No doubt….

But when it comes down to it the QB 99% of the time is the clincher.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 1:14 pm

Andy Reid Press Conferences..fans “He didnt say anthing we deserve to know”

Chip Kelly Press Conferences…fans “He wont stop talking all he does is lie blah blah blah”

EAGLES FANS PISS AND MOAN NO MATTER WHAT LMAO

paulman
paulman
March 25, 2015 1:30 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

Rex Ryan’s Press Conference Yesterday
“wIth Lesean McCoy, we are going to kick the Eagles Ass in 2015”

skayne
skayne
March 25, 2015 1:44 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

Just cuz you are the quarterback on a SB winning team doesn’t make you elite…neither Flacco nor Manning are elite qbs. If you have a well built team, you only need the qb to get hot at the right time, which is what Flacco and Manning did to win their SBs. Manning has a lot of bad seasons with two lucky SB runs sandwiched in between. Flacco was up down the year he won, and his OC got fired before the playoffs. Then he turned into Montana for 4 games. He’s been above average, but hasn’t come close to that play since.

I believe Chip can get Bradford there, but don’t like the trade. I believe we can get to the playoffs, even win. But if you’re spending this much money, we should have made much safer bets. If you’re going to make a big move, go after Revis. Not Maxwell. You trade for Bradford straight up, and make him take a paycut. Kelly should be questioned on these moves. He has no track record as a GM.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 2:06 pm
Reply to  skayne

I suggest you look at Flaccos and Elis playoffs stats….

If it wasnt for the Wr dropping that corner route in the endzone Flacco would have been in two SuperBowls.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 2:09 pm
Reply to  skayne

Pretty much all those guys were Elite or were playing an Elite level…..

You can hate Eli for being a goon lol but tell you would bet against Eli in a must win playoff game.

skayne
skayne
March 25, 2015 2:31 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

As I acknowledged, Flacco turned into Montana during the SB run. His last playoff run he was good, not great. That makes for 2 or 3 playoffs out of 7 when he played well. For Eli 2 out of 5. Overall they have career regular season qb ratings in the low 80’s. Neither is elite except for brief periods in a few playoff runs.

As for being scared of Eli? Why would I be? We smashed him the times we’ve played him in the playoffs.

skayne
skayne
March 25, 2015 2:34 pm
Reply to  skayne

Now Aaron Rodgers? If healthy I want no parts of him in the playoffs. Those are elite playoff numbers.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 3:09 pm
Reply to  skayne

Brief periods in a few playoffs runs IS ALL THAT MATTERS!!!!!!!!

LMAO

Oh wait…..we had more pro bowlers though…..

skayne
skayne
March 25, 2015 5:12 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

You did read the first post didn’t you? Glad you finally get it…you only need to be good at the right time, you don’t have to be consistently elite.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 5:21 pm
Reply to  skayne

Know those QBs have the ability to be Elite… Make all the throws at the right time.

HUGE DIFFERENCE.

Caretakers at the position have to be lucky…. None of those QBs are caretakers.

Its obvious you don’t get it. Just simple hot luck at the right time.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 5:24 pm
Reply to  skayne

If you think Manning’s Super Bowl runs are lucky than you have a warped view on winning.

You tell me what QB that the Eagles have had that could make that throw splitting two defenders like he did in their last SuperBowl run.

Oh wait let’s worry about regular season QB rating.

Mac Dolo
Mac Dolo
March 25, 2015 7:25 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

The Giants defense was one of the biggest reason for those superbowl runs whether Eli was elite or not is debatable. The fact that remains is that the defense was on point consistently every game no matter what Eli did or didn’t do.

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 7:48 pm
Reply to  Mac Dolo

And no matter what the biggest play made was by Eli…..

Once again… The QB is the catalyst.

You’re QB 9x out of 10 is THE GUY.

zilents44
zilents44
March 25, 2015 5:32 pm

Breeshad perriman ran a 4.2 at his pro day today….blazing….I had no idea he was projected to go 1st late or 2nd early….I thought he was a 3rd rd prospect….this will put him up to mid round 1st pick maybe

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
March 25, 2015 6:22 pm
Reply to  zilents44

I had to do a double take and then go see it for myself…DAMN…that is a game changer and money maker! Dude is flying…4.22

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
March 25, 2015 6:22 pm
Reply to  zilents44

I had to do a double take and then go see it for myself…DAMN…that is a game changer and money maker! Dude is flying…4.22

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 7:58 pm
Reply to  zilents44

That speed time pretty much makes him a bust … The 40 is the MOST OVERRATED number used from the underwear Olympics

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
March 25, 2015 9:00 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

Izzell That speed does not make him a bust, the problem with a lot of speedsters in the NFL is that they solely rely on their speed to get them by. They do not put in time to perfect their craft with route running and expanding their route trees. If Perriman puts in the time to study his craft and practice route running, he will be fine. he has the genetic NFL pedigree, he just has to polish his game. Djax, Calvin Johnson, John Brown, all sub 4.4 guys and plenty others can ball. Little premature of you to label a guy a bust because he can fly. Best thing about Perriman is that he has legit hands and is a football player, not a track guy.

jakedog
jakedog
March 25, 2015 8:49 pm

Izell is a douche bag aka navy eagle

He patrols to troll

Navy eagle shit head.

haveacigar
haveacigar
March 25, 2015 9:01 pm
Reply to  jakedog

Dude,,, throw out some racist rant… It’s all you got

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 9:27 pm
Reply to  jakedog

You still haven’t had a heart attack and died Archie Bunker?

You hate this site but you can’t leave it be…

You probably hate “faggots” to but jerkoff to gay porn….

Better yet…I bet you like “nigger porn” don’t you….

Is that it????
Lmao

Eaglehaslanded
Eaglehaslanded
March 25, 2015 9:42 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

Oh shit…lol!

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 9:28 pm
Reply to  jakedog

You still haven’t had a heart attack and died Archie Bunker?
You hate this site but you can’t leave it be…
You probably hate “faggots” to but jerkoff to gay porn….
Better yet…I bet you like “nigger porn” don’t you….
Is that it????
Lmao

zilents44
zilents44
March 25, 2015 9:45 pm
Reply to  IzzellJenkins

oh shit u went archie bunker all over jake…..thats funny shit

zilents44
zilents44
March 25, 2015 9:47 pm
Reply to  zilents44

gay nigga porn…..thats some shit for your ass….literally

IzzellJenkins
IzzellJenkins
March 25, 2015 10:00 pm
Reply to  zilents44

Lmao

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
March 25, 2015 10:13 pm
Reply to  zilents44

LMAO!!!

jake is that what it is???

you are an embarrassment jake-a homoracist…LMAO!!!!

koolbreeze
koolbreeze
March 25, 2015 9:49 pm
Reply to  jakedog

LOL…you of all trolls are calling someone a ‘douche bag’

Beat it jakedaracistdog

go and back to your stinky KKK hole

your finished on this forum…you dont belong

you’ve been exposed for what you really are…LOL

JimChunk
JimChunk
March 26, 2015 3:31 pm

Hey fellas there’s no need for bigoted comments on G’s blog. We need to show some respect here please. If we’re going there then I am an old white cracker and coal cracker redneck from the coal regions. Our town was so white that I was 26 before I had a dialogue with a black man (military), and thought that a faggot was a cigarette forever. Anyhow, if not in response to the comment, then lose the labeling here for respect for Mr. Cobb.