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Someone asked Adam Caplan over Twitter about the validity of Sal Pal's report, and his response:
What I can tell you is the job was, at one point, Dennis Allen's if he wanted it. Can't get into who was 1-6.


Everybody knew Reid was being untruthful when he vehemently denied the consultant story at his Wednesday PC. With all of the banned reporters, those PCs have plenty of empty seats.

I think Caplan was referring to Dennis Allen who chose the DC job with Denver, and that he could have had the Eagles DC job prior to Castillo's promotion. He certainly couldn't be a consultant, however, because that would be tampering.

linc

No, but I meant Sal Pal's report on whom the Eagles tried to hire. Obviously Dennis Allen can't be touched now, but I have to wonder if it's true that they tried getting Ryan, Mangini, etc.

It really is a mess.

Undoubtedly they tried to hire a consultant and Howie made some inquiries, which is how the story got leaked. Reid was being honest when he said that he didn't contact anybody because it was Howie who made contact (at Reid's direction).

This is the worst defense I have witnessed in my lifetime, which is remarkable because of the spending spree made by the front office. How can you add so much talent to a mediocre defense and that defense transforms from mediocre to wretched?

Never underestimate the effect of having an idiot in charge.

Never underestimate the effect of having an idiot in charge.


Which "idiot" are you referring to? There is more than one "idiot," and it would be accurate to accuse the entire coaching staff as "idiots." Nobody would argue that Castillo is incompetent, however nobody has called Mornhinweg out. Who is the OC that can't score in the red zone?

Reid has built a ton of goodwill from Lurie/Banner, however he has tied his own noose with the "all-in" expectations. If not for "all-in" they could have written this off as a rebuilding year. The media types have posed the possibility of Reid reversing course and still competing for the NFCE, which is ridiculous because of the defense, and the "wide-gap" is making it worse. After the Washington loss, those media types can spend the bye week doing the math, which will be 1-5 and 0-2 in the division.

At 1-5, the best the Eagles could hope for is 6-10 presuming they play .500 the rest of the season. Realistically, I think this looks like a 4-12 or 5-11 season based on the schedule. As a fan, I'd rather have 1-15 because of draft position, and at 1-15 Reid will be coaching elsewhere in 2012. Anything close to respectable and they can use injuries as the excuse.

After a grueling week of looking how to fix the Defense, he has done it in spectacular fashion...Kurt Coleman will now start. Awesome
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Coleman is better than Page, but would would they have to lose giving Jarrett a shot at this point?

Either Jarrett sucks colossal balls or they're keeping him out to stubbornly prove every local columnist and fan wrong. Knowing Reid, it's gotta be the latter.

Which "idiot" are you referring to?

You have the idiot who runs the defense (Castillo).

You have the idiot who hired the idiot who runs the defense (Reid).

You have the idiot who retains the idiot who hired the idiot who runs the defense (Banner).

Take your pick.

Coleman is better than Page, but would would they have to lose giving Jarrett a shot at this point?

He was taking some reps with the first team this week, according to reports. You have to figure they are dying to get him in there, so his play in practice must have been keeping him off the field thus far.

Remember that Allan was held back a bit with a full camp. Jarrett didn't have that and probably has had a rough time with all the other issues involved.

I don't buy the lack of a full camp anymore. You look around the league and there are players all over making contributions (some of them significant) to their teams. If it really was a case of a lack of a full camp, other teams would be complaining more.

As it stands, I think they've simplified schemes (gee, what a concept) to allow younger players to grasp on to things. I mean, no one is complaining about a short camp to Cam Newton. Talent eventually finds it way on the field, and the good coaches know how to take advantage of that.

I just get sick of hearing excuses (not from you) like Danny Watkins' growth was stunted because "he didn't have a full camp, and he held out on top of it". Sorry, not buying it - coach didn't even bother activating him for 3 games, and he looked bad in the Buffalo game. Again, if he was as good as he should have been (for being a 1st rounder), playing a position that's supposed to be scoffed at, he would've started earlier.

It's embarrassing, any way you slice it, that the top 3 picks have been unable to make an impact (or even find their way to the field) and their 4th pick got run out of the starting lineup on a rail.

saw a thread on EMB that was pure speculation obviously... but said that whispers from the Shefter's of the world for a trade. The thread started out as a 3rd round pick from the Eagles to the Broncos for Dawkins and DJ Williams. By the end it was saying the price may be a 2nd.

Gotta admit, I would LOVE to see Dawk back in an Eagles uni - if not just for the leadership, but where he should retire and I could break out my #20 jerseys again.

I need to find that "Desperation" de-motivational poster

There are a few of them, the bear cartoon was pretty good too but I think this one is fitting:

That's the one. Even though the idiots misspelled "you're"

I don't buy the lack of a full camp anymore. You look around the league and there are players all over making contributions (some of them significant) to their teams. If it really was a case of a lack of a full camp, other teams would be complaining more.

It's embarrassing, any way you slice it, that the top 3 picks have been unable to make an impact (or even find their way to the field) and their 4th pick got run out of the starting lineup on a rail.


The "lack of a full camp" excuse is unsubstantial since all 32 teams started training camp at the same time. Even more remarkable than the deactivation of the top picks, the Eagles had 11 total picks, and Kelce (6th round) is the only starter, and Kelce isn't good enough to be a starter on the other 31 teams.

Whenever the Eagles reach and miss on a 1st round pick, they always use the "complicated system" and "training camp holdout" as convenient excuses.

For example, when Freddie Mitchell was buried on the depth chart behind Todd Pinkston, the Eagles used both excuses. Subsequently, Reggie Brown, Jason Avant, DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin and Riley Cooper had no obstacles.

As for OG, the Eagles are using the same two excuses for Watkins. The last OG drafted by the Eagles in the 1st round was Shawn Andrews, who was dominant from the get-go. OG is the easiest position on offense and thee Eagles could plug any lineman into either OG position.

Bass,
"I don't buy the lack of a full camp anymore". I agree and No need to look any further than the 4-1 49'ers. New coach, new scheme, new personal and has made Alex Smith look like a former number 1 pick.

My only point in that is that they're depending on a lot of new faces to make a contribution right now, specifically rookies or non-starters from before, so it could be more of an issue in their case. With San Fran, they're returning a lot of the same people, including Smith who is now in a system that worked very well for Luck in college so he's in a better system.

It is only part of the problem but it's part of the problem holding back the young guys. It's not an excuse for the FA's who came in but for the most part they have been mismanaged.

"Mismanaged" is an accurate assessment. The other 31 clubs made the most of their respective training camps and preseasons. This is not unusual for Reid's teams because they normally start out uncoordinated. It makes me question Reid's training camp since he is unable to get his teams ready in time for the opener, year after year.

Normally they tweak things and make some changes and go on a Nov/Dec winning streak. This season is different because they can't overcome their deficiencies, especially at OL and the LBs and safeties. They just don't have the personnel and they have to wait until the offseason to improve personnel.

Is there a reason Tatupu still hasn't been brought in? Is it for reasons of cap?

It's because his demands are too high for a LB who can't play anymore.

BTW, the Eagles are finally tops at something.

They're tied for the league lead with 44 missed tackles.

who are they tied with?

They are tied with the Eagles interior line.

who are they tied with?

Interesting statistic. Besides who they are tied with, does anybody know where to find the stats on dropped passes? Also has anyone found the record for most consecutive red zone scoring drives on defense?

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