That's pretty much the only reason I have faith still. He said in the offseason he was focusing on the D, and even with Billy D's incompetence, this has generally been a good unit. The last two weeks his coaching ability simply caught up with him. But Chip is an offensive minded coach who has managed to create a young D with lots of talent. So hopefully he'd be able to rebuild the offense when focusing on that. Getting a (good, not fucking Miles Austin) veteran receiver would be huge. Although given how you don't want Bradford, who should we get to replace him? He may simply be the best available
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That's pretty much the only reason I have faith still. He said in the offseason he was focusing on the D, and even with Billy D's incompetence, this has generally been a good unit. The last two weeks his coaching ability simply caught up with him. But Chip is an offensive minded coach who has managed to create a young D with lots of talent. So hopefully he'd be able to rebuild the offense when focusing on that. Getting a (good, not fucking Miles Austin) veteran receiver would be huge. Although given how you don't want Bradford, who should we get to replace him? He may simply be the best available
yankeehater
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Chip Kelley was offered the USC job on Friday but he told them that he was not interested. 
So...you happy with the Maxwell signing and his $25m guarantee?
Chip Kelley was offered the USC job on Friday but he told them that he was not interested.
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yankeehater
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Yes, very. Maybe you didnt watch any Eagles games last year but their Cbs were the worst in the NFL by a large margin. Maxwell has absolutely been an upgrade over guys like Cary Williams. Also you cant look at moves like that in a vacuum, if they dont get Maxwell to man that spot then who do they get? Eagles had the cap room and he was by far the best available option. I want my team to always go for the best guy.
Chip Kelley was offered the USC job on Friday but he told them that he was not interested.
Of course not. He's going to the titans next year
AbortedWalrusFetus
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Since week 4 Maxwell has been more than good. He had a rocky start, but since then? I think he's allowing like 2 catches per game, and barely any TDs.
Riiiiiight, and they never went 10 and 6 without DJax.
Not paying Maclin was a bigger mistake than releasing DJax.
Chip hates college and his dream was to always be in the NFL, if he isn't with the Eagles he'll be with another NFL team
I didn't say that. You implied that he was fielding a geriatric team and that somehow validated these bonehead moves. Personally, I hope he sticks around for years to come.
2011 the Eagles were 10th in adjusted defense. 2014 they were 10th. This year they are 7th but with the Pats and Cardinals (and some divisional games that will mean something to the other teams) I bet they end up right around 10 again.
Maxwell isn't as confident in the Maxwell signing as you:
I'm getting the free 10 piece nuggets from McDonalds. Only downside is I have to have the McDonald's app on my phone and someone might see it and laugh at me.
Pretty sure I heard something on the radio yesterday that Maxwell has as many missed tackles as passes defended.
It's cool brother I did the same.
last time I went.
"Ok, who is here for something other than the free Nuggets?"
yankeehater
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Are you not actually reading my posts? I never said I was confident in the Maxwell signing, just that he was an upgrade over Cary Williams and Bradley Fletcher. Again I will ask if they hadnt gotten him who could they have signed that would definitely be better?
He's a shitty tackler that's for sure. He always goes for the strip, which is great when it works, but more often than not he just needs to bring the guy down
AbortedWalrusFetus
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His tackling has been awful, but he actually has career high tackles this season. His biggest problem is that he tries to get the ball loose in situation where he just needs to make the damn tackle.
Hey, Stephen A. Smith thinks Cary Williams is a better CB than Byron Maxwell. When has he ever been wrong?
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Almost literally anyone, as you said. Instead they took a huge cap hit over the next two years to get a guy who is just a pretty good corner. Guys like Flowers, Tramon, Culliver, Tarrell Brown, Mathis... all would have been upgrades at the position for less than (in some cases a fraction of) Maxwell.
I like their safeties, but personally I think the Maxwell signing was foolish, especially given the need to rebuild in other areas. I think he is a $10+m cap hit next year? Unnecessary.
yankeehater
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I really think that Chip was taking a chance that maybe Maxwell was a really good Cb that just didnt get to show it as much in the Seahawk defense. We will see how things go but like aborted said he has been doing a really good job in coverage, so maybe it was just a matter of learning a new system for him at the start of the year. If the Eagles miss out on a guy that they like, or lose a guy that they wanted to keep, due to Maxwells salary then yes it is a bad signing but I dont believe that will happen.
I don't know what avatar I should wear.
Im so confused.
Just wear brees for the rest of the season
Pats not having a half way decent running back has been a killer. Blount is just a black hole on offense. Unless the hole is wide open he isn't going to hit it. One play yesterday I thought he could have easily made a jump cut to his left for an easy 4 yards, but he just ran straight forward into his oline for two. It doesn't seem like much, but when the plays are there to be made an the running back can't make them that's an issue. He should strictly be a finisher, and honestly after last season the Pats should have moved on from him. He's a bad fit for the offense even when they are 100% healthy.
AbortedWalrusFetus
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He's got a big cap hit next year, but the contract is really front loaded. In 2017 they can cut/trade him and free up $10m in cap space. That should allow them to extend Fletcher Cox pretty easily. It's not super team-unfriendly contract in that sense.
The Albatross
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A legit gripe with Kelly is that he seemingly dumped guys that are a perfect fit for his offense, while encouraging the front office to pick up guys for big contracts that don't make any sense, like DeMarco Murray.
Kelly has been there, what, 4 years, and the team has gotten worse each year since he's implemented his front office changes. It's a miracle of the NFC Least that they're still in the playoff hunt... but then again, Dallas is 2 games out of hosting a home playoff game and they're 3 - 8.
Personally I think it's more a matter of having two solid safeties now, which is why I think Maxwell is a matter of poor resource allocation.
His cap number is $9.7m next year. They can save some money by getting rid of Bradford and Miles Austin but Thurmond, Carroll and probably Cedric Thornton will get resigned at a bump. Though I guess Rowe could make Carroll expendable.
It looks to me at a glance that if they want to keep Bradford and resign those three they will have about $3-6m in cap space.
Speaking of poorly managing your resources:
Only the chargers can use it legitimately since by my count they are on their 38th center.
Alligatorjandro
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Losing Lewis hurt the Patriots the most by far.
The word around here is that those players were "aging".
AbortedWalrusFetus
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They'll easily be able to restructure Peters contract next year. Or cut him, depending on his health, and save $5-6m. They can also get rid of that trash Riley Cooper next year and save $3m in cap. They've got space to work, and their cap in 2017 should be very good.
yankeehater
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How is it getting tired? I bet that every team that has had multiple OL injured has seen their offensive production go down. When people say, what is wrong with the Eagles offense this year, I dont see how pointing out that 3 members of their OL are injured is a tired excuse. The GB offense has fallen off this year because one WR got hurt. Losing players does affect things, it is silly to act like it doesnt.
Some Niners fans wanted to believe that our OL was the cause for why Kap was the worst QB in the league and that it was that, not him, that was completely killing our offense on account of him being on pace for 50 sacks on the year.
Gabbert would be on pace for 21 sacks as of right now. OL excuses are almost always BS.
Grover Cleveland
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Cortland Innegan is terrible and almost 80% chance he sinks the locker room chemistry, but signing him is STILL an improvement over rolling Colin Jones out there for another game at slot corner.
Teams are batting a 1000 targeting Jones. A perfect 12/12 across three games.
Teams are batting a 1000 targeting Jones. A perfect 12/12 across three games.
Sweeney Tom
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The following QBs have ended undefeated seasons of 7-0 or better: Matt Hasselbeck, TJ Yates, Brock Osweiler
Fixed, maybe not... were the Packers 6-0?
Looks like they were 6-0, old man mind thinking they were 7-0.
Elfforkusu
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Pack offense would suck even if Jordy was in the lineup, imo
hopefully Vikes beat Sea next week and then the AZ/Min matchup is geared towards fighting for the 2nd NFC spot behind Carolina.
Packers offense would be good if Adams had gotten hurt instead of Montgomery.
I think stuff like that only becomes an issue when you're losing. The Panthers won't have that problem much this year, if at all.
Yeah, alongside "you shouldn't have been in a position for refs to decide the game" - the fact that injuries being a deciding factor is taboo is one of the most annoying thing in football.
Elfforkusu
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Packers offense would be better if Clements got lost on the way to the stadium