It was clean up day for the Eagles again today as we learned from DeSean Jackson that Asante Samuel addressed about his emotional and public criticism of the team’s front office after practice yesterday. Moving on are the words which Jackson had for it, now. Of course Andy Reid had dealt with it yesterday by talking to Samuel and releasing a public statement.
Eagles defensive coordinator Juan Castillo did every he could to emphasize the pluses of having cornerback Asante Samuel on the roster. He talked about his work ethic and leadership qualities.
“He’s a leader by example,” said Castillo. “He’s out there early, Asante is a four-time Pro-Bowler. Asante was a fourth-round draft pick. A fourth-round draft pick to a guy who has intercepted more passes than anybody else in the last four years? He had to work his butt off to get to where he is.”
Castillo dismissed the theory that Samuel only has one interception because he’s not happy about all the trade talk.
“I think part of this is our corners are good, and I think people are picking at other areas on our defense,” he said.
I understand where Asante is coming from 100% and I also think the Eagles front got carried away this offseason with the moves, and Howie and Banner love patting themselves on the back… I liked that they brought Nnamdi and Cromartie in…. but it seems we got Nnamdi on a whim… Not neccessarily a bad thing, but it was flat out stupid to go around announcing that you will trade Samuel (even if thats the truth) and not expect him to have a reaction…. I could have told them this would be a problem…
somebody asked him how he felt about trade talks, and he told them what he thought of it… period…
I dont think he should even be apologizing for what he said if he meant it…. you only apologize when you are sorry…
but now, they need to dead that issue and focus on Dallas (which Im sure they are)
Wow – Songs wasn’t on here to attack that last sentence yet – and Castillo is right
Rash – did the eagles ever announce these things – or did the reporters announce these things and then tell Samuel and then ask him his opinion of what they just said, regardless if it was true or not …….
and your right – he was asked his opinion and ‘gasp’ he gave it – again another example of why Reid never, ever, ever says anything at a press conference – look at this silly comment and the firestorm it caused
eagles win and he gets a pick or 2 this weekend it will all be forgotten –
Sheed – do you think the front office actively chose to announce to the media that Samuel is available? Or do you think that the media was snooping around for that information. If any of the teams or front offices had their way, the media would never find out about trade possibilities unless and until the trades actually occur. So I really don’t see how you can blame the front office for telling the media.
this story is old, asante spoke the truth, he is pissed , his pride is hurt, he has been and wants to be the lead dog, good for him, now, let your play this Sunday prove to the front office they were wrong to attempt to ship him, and that’s probably how it will play out
im fine with all of this…. maybe someone will play with some friggin pride and fire on Sunday. Asam…. take it out on Dallas….. and dont do one of those bend off and hit their feet with your head tackles… i watched a college player do the same thing and break his neck this week.
Stevo – just curious, why do you call him Asam?
Not to change the Subject, but the Bears today released Safety Chris Harris who was a Pro-Bowler for them last year.. He wanted a new Deal which the Bears are probably the cheapest Franchise in the NFL, then pulled his Hamstring in week #1 and struggle before getting benched.. The Eagles should sign him immediately and release Jarrod Page.. I am not sure of all the particulars of what happened in CHicago, but I do know that this fella can play and be very productive and is only 29 years old and has Started 82 games the last 7 seasons for the Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears and especially now for the Eagles could get him on the cheap to help solidiy the back line as Allen,Coleman and Jarrett continue to improve..
Paul, I saw that too and of course it occurred to me as well. But tell me, if he’s healthy enough to play, why could the Eagles get him on the cheap? If he’s a quality safety, and 31 teams have a crack at him, I don’t see why his market would be low…
A coupld of reasons Schiller
#1) It’s hard for most team to bring in a players in the 7th/8th Week and get any payback unless your playoff type of team that has a need at that Position. Most Playoff Type teams have better Safeties currently than the Eagles have and are not as much in need of a upgrade
#2) Chris Harris has played in the NFC his entire Career and is very familiar with opponents and schemes in the NFC and probably would love the chance to get back at the Bears and play on a Playoff type of Team who could even possibly face the Bears come playoff time (Packers,Saints,49ers,Giants,are already set at Safety, barring an injury, but the Eagles,Falcons,Cowboys,Lions,TB Bucs could probably all use Safety help in my opinion even if it’s for the short-term and could have GHarris on board for a the playoff stretch.. Other teams that are not likely Playoff bound will obviously be playing younger players to build for the future..
#3) A team could offer him a minimum Player Salary for a 7 yaer Vet and pay maybe $1.5 Million to get him.. It’s not like he’s going to have a lot of choices coming half-way thru the Season
#4) I could see AFC teams like the KC Chiefs, or the Patriots being interested in him as well ..
I wonder which part of our defense teams are attacking Juan?
Where is good journalists with follow up questions when you need them?
Hey Juan?
Do you think opposing teams are not throwing at your corners because the linebackers and safeties have been weak?
By the way Juan?
When asked what the focus against the Cowboys this week you stated stopping the run is the number 1 key.
Doesn’t that contradict your boss who said in the offseason this is a passing league, which allowed the Eagles to ignore the ever so important linebacker position for years?
Juan?
Do you think stopping the run would be easier with top pedigree linebackers instead of midround maybes?
another poor choice by the Eagles to throw Asante out there for a trade…..poor judgement by Reid and Roseman. Another example of poor leaders who have no clue what they are doing…. and yes, I agree that Roseman is playing fantasy football with the roster… I had enough of the Reid and Roseman regime, hopefully, the Eagles do not make the playoffs and they are replaced….both Bill Cowher and John Gruden want to get back into coaching… i’ll take either to run this team.
Schiller all due respect, but for all my years of following professional sports, I’ve never known teams NOT to leak things to the media. Professional teams have an obligation to communicate with the very medium that helps promote their product. I say this acknowledging that the current state of journalism is hideous, but said teams leak info and try to “control” the outcome whenever possible. Whether to test interest, gain trade leverage, public opinion, or whatever.
2 GAMES OUT OF 1ST PLACE! OH LETS DO IT!!!! LETS GO AND DO THIS THING!!!!!!!!!!!WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Florio on the Kevin Kolb trade:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/category/rumor-mill/
Only a fool would deny that the jury’s still out on Kolb. However, based on his showing thus far, the Kolb trade appears to be a bad one. And having had a good look at the guy while he was in Philly, I don’t anticipate that he’ll ever become what the Cardinals expected.
Kolb still throws the ball up for grabs (which, doesn’t seem so bad with Larry Fitzgerald snatching the ball out of the sky), but that’s a weakness.
Kolb also still bails out of the pocket early. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that this is a by-product of being in Reid’s offense.
Reid expects his QBs to take an unmerciful beating and still read a defense and throw the ball with accuracy. Sorry, that just doesn’t happen.
There were entire seasons when Brady and Manning were barely touched. Their uniforms didn’t even need washing. Certainly, part of that was attributable to their astute game awareness, but other parts could be attributed to excellent offensive line play, and still others were attributable to great play-calling. The bottom line is that those guys were barely touched. It was like they were playing flag football.
However, that changed, once the Giants started putting hits on Brady in the Superbowl (and the Ravens [I believe]) a week or two prior to that Superbowl. After he was hit a few times, Brady slowly became inaccurate. While he’s on something of a tear now, he’s also beginning to get hit, and by week 11 or 12, I expect him to have a 4-interception game. Wait a minute, didn’t he already have one? Either way, expect another.
When it’s all said and done, I blame Reid for Kolb’s tendency to get nervous in the pocket. Reid doesn’t believe in the short passing game anymore. When he had Pedersen at the helm, that’s all he called — short routes. Now, however, he only calls mid- and deep pass patterns.
The Arizona fans and media have also come to realize that Kolb’s arm is weak (by NFL standards). During the off-season, I remember reading that the Cards’ expectations of Kolb were based on his experience, accuracy and arm strength. After reading that a few times, It became obvious to me that people in other parts of the country, media or otherwise, really don’t see a player in the same light as those who view him week in and week out. The national media didn’t see McNabb the way we saw him, but they do now.
Ninety percent of the fans here realized that Kolb’s arm was weak. The other 10% were blinded by love. That’s human nature. A guy quickly falls in “love” with a woman, and for the next 20 years, can’t see her warts.
Some might think I’m a Kolb hater. I’m not. Really, I’m not. I believe Kolb could have guided this team to a Superbowl, not with Reid, but with some other coach, possibly.
But I am a hater. What I hate is that we by-passed a first-round draft pick, then took Kolb with our 2nd-round pick during a year when we were still in Superbowl contention. Our team was close, but we needed offensive weapons, and Reid decided to draft Kolb.
I’m open to the possibility that Reid saw McNabb’s athleticism and skills erodiing and felt a need to draft a QB right away. But in adding insult to injury, he grabbed Kolb, who by all scouting departments, was a 3rd-round draft pick at best (I believe). Of course, our brilliant coach saw something no one else did, as he often does.
But I gotta give credit where it’s due. Reid’s fooled a lot of people. in fact, he should be jailed for what he’s done. There are laws against larceny. He parlayed McNabb’s raw talent (together with BWest) into a multi-million dollar career and traded Kolb for a king’s ransome. The guy has my utmost respect in that regard. Think about it. After Rhodes was canned, Reid went into Lurie’s office and convinced him he was the guy, despite the fact that he had never even been an offensive coordinator. Only now, nearly 13 years later . . . mind you, some people can’t keep an office job for 13 years and office work doesn’t have near the turnover of NFL coaching. . . but as I was saying, 13 years later, people are beginning to see that Reid is a fraud.
I understand. He had me fooled for about 8 of those years. He’s good like that.
Whatever…
Come on with this crap already! Who gives a $#!t!?!? Asante is an @$$clown, & Rosebud & Banner are dorks, Reid sucks! We all know this already, move on! Cowgirls to pillage on Sunday!
37-13 Birds!
Rocko, lay off the Redbulls & NOS, dude! Where did that come from??? LMFAO!!!
Drummer…thank you buddy.
That’s the whole truth on Andy Reid.
I can not get excited for his teams knowing how ridiculous the season ends with his apparent flaws.
I got to give it to him though….He overcame the odds with no coordinator experience and things jelled for him..but the talent he inherited had much to do with his success here in spite of his inexperience.
He stopped the QB carousel of Rhodes and put his QB coaching skills into Mcnabb and that began the turnaround.
The Rhodes defensive players now had a balanced offence with Duce and Mcnabb before Reid decided to throw 80 percent of the time.
Because Lurie was impressed with Andy’s work they promoted him over football operations which was the biggest mistake that they could have made.
Andy Reid does not know defensive talent.
Andy Reid also seen something in Kolb no one else seen in a year we could have picked talent to help us immediately.
The good thing about what I see with the team now is that we’re a few players short and a good coaching staff away from winning it all.
I do not trust that Andy Reid will get the linebackers neither do I trust his judgement in deciding on good linebackers that can make the difference on the 2nd Level.
I say fire him and bring in Rob Ryan as head coach with a new defensive coaching staff.
Shake up the scouting staff and get these no talent getting plugs out of position.
Get a good veteran linebacker next season and draft a stud in the first round at the linebacker position.
Get some girth back into the offensive line with a philosophy off smashing the guy in front of you,
Keep Marty as a Coordinator but have him call the west coast game the way it’s designed and kill the big play or nothing philosophy.
Keep the Special Team coach and let’s go kick some butt and lift the Lombardi.
songs, no way in hell lurie hires Ryan, he would be good here, but lurie will never hire a wrangler
Songs and Jake – you’re missing the point- You think Ryan is available? He just took a new job. I highly doubt he’d only spend 1 year in that position. Hence, you guys are living in your little fantasy world.
schill Ryan would definately leave for a head coaching job.
Songs, since you have access to him personally and know what he thinks, please tell Marty how he plans to stop McCoy, Vick, and the rest of the offense.
Schill….have you been watching?
We’ll stop ourselves!
triple flea-flicker run pass option on 1/2 inch line.
fumble!!!!
Scandrick picks it up and will win the game walking off on a sure Eagles win.
Eagles 30
Cowboys 36
Andy is asked why he just didn’t let the young kid take the chipshot with the game tied with 15 seconds left on the clock?
Answer?
“My bad there.” “It’s all on me and I must do a better job there.”
Would this surprise anyone who have watched this team for years?
And lets not forget – Andy Reid is responsible for the killer whales being at sea world, human trafficing in Latin America – the Tsunami in Japan (he is really HAARP Songs!), the demise of native american culture in the southwest, the Lockerbie bomber being freed, civil war between the shites and sunnis, he is the main power player in syria, the reason TSA strip searched 5 year olds, the need for whooping cough vaccines and of course – no cure for world hunger…….
Really – drummer – you wasted 12 paragraphs on a 2nd round draft choice that played back up QB and started what 5/6 games (winning NFC player of the week 2 of those I think) – that was then traded away for ‘gasp’ only a 2nd round draft pick (in Vegas don’t they call that a push?) and a starting caliber CB and isn’t even on the team anymore? And out of that whole thing – your main gripe seems to be they could have gotten him in the 3rd instead of the 2nd? You are open to the possiblity Reid saw McNabbs skills deteriotrating – wow – maybe you will be open to the fact Reid saw McNAbb injure is knee and have a high caliber back up like GArcia as opposed to having a sports hernia and having Scott McMahan – they also signed Feeley as a seasoned back up – so look at this insanity will you
A proven Pro Bowl QB coming back off injury – a seasoned veteran back up that had done will in spot starting in Feeley and a guy they could possibly groom to be a starter a couple years down the road – WOW – what the hell were the coaches thinking – OMG – STOP THIS CRAZINESS – the FRAUD
you do realize the first two QBs taken in the draft that year were JaMarcus Russel and Brady Quinn? And while you are crying like a school girl with a cum stain on your prom dress – the eagles dropped 10 places from #26 to 36 – I guess that whole ‘didn’t take a first round pick’ thing really must have torqued you – and for dropping 10 spots we picked up 3 draft picks……….. oh the travesty (2,3 and 5) now quick – run to NFL.com and look at the people picked from 26 to 36 and go – we could have had GReg Olsen – or we could have had Joe Staley or we could have had Spencer (we had just traded for Spikes)
But no Drummer – keep blaming that ‘Fraud’ Reid – keep blaming the guy who won 6 division titles, 9 playoff appearances, 5 NFCC games 1 NFCC and a trip to the SB – cause – he is a fraud – its all his fault – everything good gets credit to some else – everything bad is is fault –
you know the funny thing – that’s probably the way Reid would like it!
Songs – the crux of your ingorance –
“have you been watching? We’ll stop ourselves!” – you have some odd sense of logic and a seemingly broken understanding of how time and knowledge function in our world.
To paraphrase you “Pay attention to what we’ve observed in the past! I know the future” – that’s essentially what you said. Doesn’t that sound stupid to you? It should.
I mean, if you and I were having a beer around 5 pm yesterday (hey, it’s a hypothetical right?) and discussing the night in sports we were about to watch, and I told you that the Flyers Jets game would combine for the most goals since 1996 and the Cardinals would win the game to stay alive in the world series after being an out away from losing the series twice, in an 11 inning game that challenges for the best in world series history….you’d rightfully call me a moron! BUT IT HAPPENED.