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2008 benched for Kevin Kolb in second half against the Ravens. Next week 27 of 39, 260 yards, 4 TDS, 121.7 passer rating and 24 yards rushing. Beat Arizona 48-20 and went on to win 6 of the next 8 games including two playoff games, eventually losing the NFC Championship to Kurt Warner and the Cardinals.
Do we know that for certain though? Seems like something a good reporter could root out if true. Doug has shown loyalty to older players pretty much every year he's been here. Plus his answer on peters and Alshon were the only ones he was definitive on.
Add to the fact he told coaches they were safe only to change his mind after meeting with upper management.
Just came across this a few minutes ago:
I still think Mills can be a serviceable DB in the right system but Schwartz has killed a ton of guysBigboy10182000 said:
That's a great line, except when he has a clean pocket, he performs worse. And come on, teams around the league get production out of receivers as equally talented.shadrap said:
So, with WAS winning.... 4-7, 5 to go... (Pit, SF, Sea, Car, Phi)
Then to me it sounds like Howie is overriding Doug to save him from himself and his insane loyalty. Although if Lane is done, it's a moot point.
That’s what I was pointing to. Can’t have a HC that can’t separate himself from his loyalty for the betterment of the team.
My god. At this point just give us the easier schedule and pick from last in the div.
Nah it will probably be like the playoff game last year where on the surface it kind of seems like they have a chance the whole time but really Seattle has them at arms length with their palm on the forehead the entire game
I can see that but with a much higher score. I'm thinking 38-27 seahawks with eagles scoring 14 in the last 6 mins.
We could see repeat of last week’s Wentz throws pick in red zone -> D forces 3 and out -> Wentz throws TD with time running out.
In that window of time he sent gifts to his assistant coaches after the season ended last year. The DL coach who was fired called him and asked if it was some kind of joke. Doug was not aware he had been fired.
Coaches definitely. He's been overruled. Because of his blind loyalty. Players though. Why would Howie be telling Doug to play Alshon and JP who have no future with this team?
Well, life happens fast: since this post it's been reported Lurie skipped the Browns game last week because he was so frustrated with the team and 2 of the 5 OL starters 8 hours ago both got injured in practice today. Opeta is out with a back injury (and going on IR) and Peters is questionable with turf toe.
Hard to evaluate WR when OL and QB are so bad.
Hopefully he’ll do something more with them than what we’ve gotten so far.
That makes no sense. Howie paid Alshon but he also drafted Reagor and found Fulgham. He'd have just as much interest in promoting the good players to show he does have hits as well. As for JP, that felt like more the owner being buddies with the player and the coach saying "come on I need him" than Howie paying him.
My prediction: he gets 6 snaps (which would be his most this season) and 3 of them will come in a row with at least 1 pass attempt. That's assuming we aren't behind 35-0 in the 4th and he's in with the other back-ups to close out the game.
Plenty of time to confirm a good decision on Reagor and Fulgham. Just passing along what I heard. There’s a level of dysfunction in the front office that is disturbing in the least, flat out destructive in the worst.
Insein said:
Yeah I’m not really following either. In essence, Howie built the entire team so all of these guys are “his guys”. With that said why would he push to play a guy the world knows is done?JetMaxx said:
Also when Doug was asked why Alshon is even playing, he either misunderstood the question or purposely ignored it to say "Yea I've been meaning to get Alshon more involved, that's on me. We'll get him more involved." That doesn't sound like I'm forced to play him.
I mean, yea, if the owner is so disgusted with the product he isn't going - no one on the team should feel safe.
Not sure why they fired Wilson he seemed to be one of their better Assistants. Only thing I can think of is he butted heads with Schwartz. I know Udlin did and gave the team an ultimatum either Schwartz was gone or he'd leave. I think if Schwartz had been hired by Clev Udlin would still be here. It was just very weird how they fired one of their best assistants in Wilson though with not much explanationInsein said:
Yeah 100%. If that’s true they’re both gone. We are about to hit a string of losses. You’ll see bad coaching, a self inflicting QB controversy and the players will quit along the way. This isn’t rock-bottom yet.
I'd take it with a grain of salt given it's Domo. Same with the Lurie stuff from McLane until I saw that McManus confirmed it.The Noid said:
This is a tough sell. Admittedly I don’t know a ton about Wilson but ironically his longest stint in the NFL was here (loyalty?), he was fired from Arizona after one year as a defensive assistant and is now back in college as a DL coach at Colorado. If he were good he’d be in a better spot IMO.
Tim McManus reported that yes it was true he didn't go but theres more to it. Lurie with Covid cases going up was going to visit his mother for Thanksgiving and at his age he was also told he needed to be more cautious. Lurie as we know from history is a pretty left leaning owner (might be the most out of any owners) so he is taking this more seriously then say Jerry Jones or some other Owners on the other side. I don't doubt he's been disgusted at practice but the him not going to the game was blown out of proportions by McLane who's not popular amongst many of the Eagles beat writers.
