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KB, he's making some of the best cover corners in the league play mainly zone. His defense is weak in the middle so he spreads out the team so they are exposed regularly in the middle of the field. It's kinda obvious and a half decent DC would make adjustments.

Disagree on Dawkins. He helped make JJ's scheme in the early-mid years. You could argue in later years the system protected Dawk. At least he was strong enough to tackle.

Agree on Trotter though.

I'm not saying a decent DC makes this team a SB team, but it at least they won't look so confused.

They have a TON of issues; a decent DC is the quickest way to manage them.

KB, he's making some of the best cover corners in the league play mainly zone. His defense is weak in the middle so he spreads out the team so they are exposed regularly in the middle of the field. It's kinda obvious and a half decent DC would make adjustments.

But the defense would still be getting killed by TEs' and RB's, so that part remains the same.

But they'd be more prepared in getting killed, and not the smiling confused morass facing Jack the Ripper that they're showing now!

"more prepared in getting killed"

ok, so they'd still suck. They need someone that can get people to play safety and LB/ the people in charge aren't doing that, and that area has sucked for a long time, and the defense hasn't been very good for a few years

the zone is the new "blitz every play" that jj tried nd got killed on

I'm not so sure KB. If they had a 'middle zone' type of scheme where there doesn't have to be one guy covering a TE in the secondary they can avoid the speed issues with keeping up and use their stronger LB's to cover them better. When teams can't cover WR's man to man they go to a zone coverage, why can't this team do that with TE's?

Short yardage zone while the CB's go man on the WR's could take WR's out of the play. With a four man rush, that would leave them five guys to spread out in a zone kind of like a wishbone, one deep safety, two middle zone guys in the middle and two zone guys about five yards deep that seal the edges. I'm not saying it'd work all the time but it would allow them to have back up when the shit out there can't cover the speed of Jacobs out of the backfield.

i guess you're better than the last 3 DC's, then.

i mean, they did use CB on TE and they had CB and Safety lined up at LB to get more help, and it didn't work

ok, so they'd still suck. They need someone that can get people to play safety and LB/ the people in charge aren't doing that, and that area has sucked for a long time, and the defense hasn't been very good for a few years

the zone is the new "blitz every play" that jj tried nd got killed on

Yeah, pretty much. Part of me wants Castillo out b/c it's torture watching him on the sidelines as if he has a clue of what he's doing. He doesn't control the DL, and they're putting pressure on the subpar LBs/safeties.

And Sheil Kapadia made a great point in his chat earlier - 4 games in and the D has NO identity. They can't stop the run, they give up leads in the 4th, they get burned on big plays.....well, I guess that IS an identity, but it's just bad all around.

My main fear of Reid getting dumped and them going after ABR is that if the Cowboys utterly fail this season also, Reid going to Dallas and then winning a championship next season.


I don't think Reid will win a SB as a head coach because his window of opportunity was between 2001 through 2004. The Eagles haven't been contenders since losing SB-39. When they made it to the NFC Championship game in 2008-09 they had a 9-6-1 record and the #6 seed, so it's a reach to consider that team as a contender.

In 1999, had Cleveland drafted McNabb with the #1 overall pick, Reid would have drafted Couch, Smith
Culpepper, McNown or King. With any of those other QBs the Eagles would have never won the NFCE, and Reid would have been replaced at the end of his initial contract. From 2000 through 2004, McNabb covered for Reid, and the Eagles won almost 75% of their games despite the head coaching. How was the red zone, 3rd-and-1, goal line, 2:00 drill, clock mismanagement and lopsided playcalling from 2000 through 2004? In my opinion all of those things have been consistently bad for 13 years.

Reid also had that window of a few years when the entire NFC East stunk.

The Eagles defense held the mighty 49ers offense to 3 points in the first half, so they were doing something right. In the 2nd half both 49ers OC and DC made some adjustments and the Eagles OC and DC made no adjustments. Which points the finger back at the head coach who is renowned for not making adjustments. Toward the end of the game, Harbaugh and the 49ers assistants were actually laughing at the Eagles coaching staff.

Each of you has stated the important points regarding a genuine DC. I like to use Jim Johnson for comparison purposes. With JJ, the Eagles always gave up a lot of yards and few points (<17 ppg). JJ's defense was known as 'bend-but-don't-break' and was similarly assembled with the highest paid players at CB and DE, and they were constantly drafting or signing new bodies at DE. DT was such a disaster that Reid had to use 2 consecutive 1st round picks on that position. Except Trotter, the rest of the LBs were undersized and couldn't tackle. SS was a carousel for many years, too.

Toward the end of the game, Harbaugh and the 49ers assistants were actually laughing at the Eagles coaching staff.

When did you see this?

When did you see this?


The FOX camera caught them pointing and laughing toward the end of the game when SF was killing the clock with easy 1st downs. I am hoping the clip shows up on YouTube, because I need to see it, again.

Anybody remember when the line was about "simplifying the defensive schemes"? Just wondering who that was supposed to help, the players or their new coordinator? He apparently has the ability to diagnose an offense and predict how they are likely to attack his unit, but has no idea on how to adjust to them when they adjust their attack. Yes, an experienced coordinator would be able to do this on the fly, but the team doesn't have one of those.

BTW, just have to keep reminding myself that it's not Juan's fault that he's in there right now. Clearly, he's not fit for the job, but he didn't hire himself. Been a good soldier for the organization for years and grew into his position as OL coach. I remember waaay back in the day being very critical on his assignent to that duty, as he had no experience with OL. Eventually, he was able to do his job, and do it well. I can remember some years when this line was considered a strong point on the team, but was questioned about why have such an oversized line when all the team wanted to do was pass the ball anyway? Guess Andy answered that one this year as well.

"We've all been tested in our lives before. This is a test and we're going to come out and get it done," Castillo said. "You'll see. We'll get this turned around just like we have before then they can be happy that I did do the job.

"We're going to go back and look at the tape from the last three games. We have the ability. We have the talent. We have to do a better job of putting guys in better positions to make plays. We're going to get it done. Right now, we all hurt. We've got to go and turn it around. I think we've turned the tide around here before. We've been in this situation before. We'll get it turned around."



Talk about towing the company line. What a croc of shit. We have the talent???? What the fk are you smoking dude?
linc

Change that line to "We have the talent at every position, aside from linebacker or safety" and it rings true.

Gaping hole in the middle or not, there is a colossal amount of talent wasted on this defense.

there is a colossal amount of talent wasted on this defense


colossal? Where? I don't see the CBs doing jack shit. Assmouthface looks lost. Wide nine is a joke.
Babin and Cole have performed. Other than that. Nothing.

Did the Eagles blitz one time Sunday? I didn't see it.

You obviously want your D to make turnovers. Thought I'd see that this year.

Grade point average is O.O

Maybe Bluto can start at MLB against the Bills.

there is a colossal amount of talent wasted on this defense

colossal? Where? I don't see the CBs doing jack shit. Assmouthface looks lost. Wide nine is a joke.
Babin and Cole have performed. Other than that. Nothing.


I agree that "there is a colossal amount of talent wasted," and I further agree that only "Babin and Cole have performed," which is why so much talent is being wasted. I think that the offensive talent is being wasted, too. For example, McCoy only had 9 carries against SF, and his talents were wasted. There are 5 talented WRs and only 3 are playing. There are at least 3 talented cover CBs and their talents are wasted in Castillo's version of zone defense.

Darryl Tapp: "Juan Castillo is still learning how to call plays on the fly".

SMH

Why even admit this? Yeah, anyone with 2 eyes can see he's outmatched, but to publically admit it?

When someone told me "things are already spiraling out of control", I didn't believe him; thought it would take two weeks. Looks like I was wrong (again).

When someone told me "things are already spiraling out of control", I didn't believe him; thought it would take two weeks. Looks like I was wrong (again).


My beliefs are similar to yours in the timing. Your friend who said, "things are already spiraling out of control," might be correct, we'll see. If the Eagles go into the bye week at 1-5, the season will be over and they'll be playing for draft position. 2-4 might not be salvageable, especially if the Eagles lose to Washington. Unless the Eagles are 3-3 at the bye week, we can look back and try to pinpoint the timing of the unraveling. Since there is no margin for error at this point, every game is a must-win game. If they have any hope of a wildcard, they certainly can't afford to lose any more NFC games.

According to Sal Pal, the Eagles tried hiring Eric Mangini, Rob Ryan (THIS I've never heard of) and Mike Zimmer (Bengals' DC, who happens to have the #1 D in the league).

So how did this team go from respected guys to Juan?

I have to call BS. Zimmer already had a job, Mangini runs a 3-4/didn't want a job, and Ryan runs a 3-4.

It would be tampering to talk to Zimmer without the Bengals permission, I think, and if they were trying to hire two other 3-4 coaches, why settle for a 4-3 when it's all said and done?

It literally makes no sense.

Yeah, I completely forgot that those guys run a 3-4, and the reason they put Castillo in there was b/c of trying to keep things as close to JJ's D as possible, since hiring anyone else would mean changing key component of the personnel, not to mention they hired Washburn BEFORE hiring the DC. That almost feels like Andy's running the D, and he's using JC as his puppet.

they hired Washburn BEFORE hiring the DC. That almost feels like Andy's running the D, and he's using JC as his puppet.


All the visual evidence points to Reid running the defense and the audio evidence points to Castillo acting as a puppet. I think all 3 coordinators are effectively puppets and Reid controls everything while the puppets execute Reid's instructions.

If Castillo or Mornhinweg were more than puppets they would add something to the scheme. The defense has no scheme and the offensive scheme hasn't changed regardless of Childress or Mornhinweg.

I think the Eagles considered a lot of potential DCs before promoting Castillo, but nobody wanted to be Reid's puppet, therefore they had no other viable option than Castillo. The reason I think there were a lot of candidates is because it took so long that the media types began questioning the lack of a DC and wondering when they would eventually hire somebody.

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