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Two weeks? He should be so lucky. It's a month. Agreed upon.
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NFL 2015 Week 3 |OT| - A Fraud Finds His League
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Two weeks? He should be so lucky. It's a month. Agreed upon.
Starphoenix
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The entire season he should have an avatar that says "I disappear like Stafford."
BannedEpisode
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Like I said, I just want the month.
its not a big deal to me tbh.
its not a big deal to me tbh.
is it talent evaluation or arrogance of confidence in his system? "I can just plug anyone here and get results, because of the system." That's really what it seems like he did this offseason.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
lets go jets!
eagles have looked horrendous this year, im just glad they didnt make the switch to sanchez just yet because seeing sanchez beat the jets is not something i want to watch.
eagles have looked horrendous this year, im just glad they didnt make the switch to sanchez just yet because seeing sanchez beat the jets is not something i want to watch.
Goro Majima
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Kas gonna Kas
Combination of both I imagine. I mean, obviously he doesn't think he can do it with anyone or he wouldn't have given up picks for Bradford.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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Kave and DM have both become Gata aggressive after winning a game.
magic smoothies doe
Well slut! Get ready to experience this 3 more times!
I'm sure he had his hand in the pot to get guys to commit, but the coordinators and positional coaches are the ones who really go after these kids. There's some good stuff out there about the Saban tree and how they recruit.
FrenchMovieTheme
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Tebow you're in denial. Or extremely salty. Whatever, you'll learn soon enough. Or maybe you won't since apparently 11 wins with primarily using backup QBs isn't very impressive. More than you got with your shit starting QB
I tell you this every year and you never learn so bookmark this post: cards ain't doing shit this year
DeaconKnowledge
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Best part of this.
Remember when Kelly was getting his ass kissed about his training regimens and how it would show dividends on the field?
Ha
I think to this day he still won't acknowledge that Eric Ebron is a tight end.
yankeehater
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How is his talent evaluation bad? The guys he brought in on D are much better then what was here when he took over the team. Everyone on Earth would say that Murray, Mathews, and Sproles is better then Shady, Foles sucked and Bradford seems like he will suck so that is a wash. The only position that he got rid of talent and didnt replace it was WR, but you guys always so WRs dont matter so that shouldnt be a knock against him. You have been against him from day fucking one so you are looking for anything to confirm your bias.
PhoenixDark
Banned
It has hit me fellas. We're gonna extend Stafford for at least 21mil a year. It's going to happen in a couple years. Inevitable, just watch.
Did the offensive line magically appear out of nowhere, gifted on his doorstep by the Turnstile Gods?
Confirm my bias? I'm feeling pretty, pretty good about "being against him" all along right about now.
ActStriker
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you've never seen these fake facebook convos before? they're pretty decent.
yankeehater
Member
Again, last year they had injuries on the OL and these guys filled in okay. It was very reasonable to think that they could do it again this year as the starters. The guys they dumped, Herrimans and Mathis are both struggling as well. I would think you of all people would be infavor of dumping the older highly paid declining players and getting younger guys in there. Obviously it has been a total disaster so far but I dont think you can blame Chip for that.
Why? He is making all the decisions. This is his team.
Brady has found his Halloween costume.
A Sexy Trump Halloween costume?
I have officially seen everything.
Squall ASF
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I'm surprised someone did an avatar bet between Lions and Vikings. I hope the Lions are this bad in week 5
Define doing shit. Making the playoffs in last year's NFC with backups is definitely doing shit. Regardless, the only reason you were right last year is that Palmer got injured and that would apply to every single team in the NFL if their starting QB went out. You can't back up anything you say with him on the field. Palmer stays healthy, we're doing shit. Take it to the bank. Now if you want to bet he doesn't hold up for the whole season, that's another thing and in this sport, all it takes is one play but allowing zero sacks the first two weeks is a good way to start to keep him healthy.
yankeehater
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What choice did he have? Keep the old guys who are doing terrible with their new teams this year, or trust the backups who played well last year when forced to start. Teams were not lining up to just give the Eagles starting caliber guards.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Witten has a sprained knee and 2 sprained ankles
Can the Falcons beat the mighty offense of Brandon Weeden, Terrance Williams, and Joseph Randle
Can the Falcons beat the mighty offense of Brandon Weeden, Terrance Williams, and Joseph Randle
I'm surprised someone did an avatar bet between Lions and Vikings. I hope the Lions are this bad in week 5
Define doing shit. Making the playoffs in last year's NFC with backups is definitely doing shit. Regardless, the only reason you were right last year is that Palmer got injured and that would apply to every single team in the NFL if their starting QB went out. You can't back up anything you say with him on the field. Palmer stays healthy, we're doing shit. Take it to the bank. Now if you want to bet he doesn't hold up for the whole season, that's another thing and in this sport, all it takes is one play but allowing zero sacks the first two weeks is a good way to start to keep him healthy.
Doing shit, at least in my eyes, is winning the Super Bowl. The Niners just came off of 3 NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl appearance with nothing to show for it. So by definition, we didn't do shit.
Also, injuries are a poor excuse. Every team has injuries, maybe not as severe as QB (though some teams Patriots, Steelers, 49erssometimes have backups come in and play well), but look at when the Giants and Packers won their most recent titles. They were the most injured teams in the league, IIRC.
AbortedWalrusFetus
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He could have tried the draft or free agency for OL.
Though honestly I don't think he could have predicted Jason Kelce shitting the bed entirely, and I think he deserves a huge chunk of the blame.
How about instead of spending god knows how much time wheeling and dealing for a worse QB and running backs he won't use he spend the time to try and get some linemen? Or have some foresight over the last couple seasons and realize that players age and will need to be replaced.
I get that it's your team but there is a significant dearth of talent at a number of positions in Philadelphia, with offensive line being the most important. That's on the GM. If it's not on the GM who is it on? Jesus? Welp bad luck better luck next year?
Betting he could have gotten 3 or 4 starting guards for the first round pick he gave to the Rams.
yankeehater
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Maclin took the same money the Eagles offered to play closer to home and with Andy, you had to replace him in the draft. So that leaves the 2nd round down to grab a starting OL. How many OL drafted from the Eagles 2nd round pick down are starting right now? Is there even any reason to believe that a rookie OL would be an improvement at this point? The OL wasnt anywhere near this bad last year even with all the injuries. Give the other coaches credit, teams have had a whole offseason to scheme and they have come up with a good scheme to stop the Eagles offense so far. Hopefully the coaches can come up with something that works going forward.
Yeah I would say not even drafting a guard the past two years is a big gaffe. He wasn't winning with Foles or Sanchez and gambled on Bradford. He still has Sanchez, and it's not like the division is out of hand
They are in for it this week with Bowles. That guy blitzed the Rams shit guards to oblivion with his A gap blitzes in AZ. The weakness was always TE down the seam. Having Revis will let him keep his safeties closer to the middle of the field
Brady has found his Halloween costume.
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I approve...
Btw, you guys are delustional if you think the Dolphins aren't gonna make it to the Superbowl. Ahahahahah.... okay....
Sorry, drunk again...
The extra $5m cap hit he took to bring in Bradford directly cost them Mathis. Smurtsz
AbortedWalrusFetus
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In Kelly's defense, Jason Peters, even in decline, should be a very competent tackle. Lane Johnson is one of the best RTs in the game, and Kelce is a two time all pro center. I don't think it was a colossal error in judgment to think that having two journeyman guards in between three very competent offensive lineman was going to be a dumpster fire. I don't think any GM could have forseen that. I expect Peters to not be the #1 left tackle in football anymore, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't be in the top 10 or 15 for a year or two.
Mathis and Herremans both have worse grades than Barbre and Gardner as far as I recall.
Mathis and Herremans both have worse grades than Barbre and Gardner as far as I recall.
Are we going to really pretend that Mathis wouldn't be playing better in a system he is familiar with?
Ted Thompson laughs at the notion of "having" to draft a wide out in the first round.
Have to draft a wide receiver in the first round.....sheesh
Ted Thompson laughs at the notion of "having" to draft a wide out in the first round.
Have to draft a wide receiver in the first round.....sheesh
yankeehater
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They didnt give up a first round pick, they used it on Agahlor.
In addition to Foles, the Rams will also get Philadelphia's fourth-round pick in 2015 and second-round pick in 2016. The Eagles will get St. Louis' fifth-round pick in 2015 in addition to Bradford.
The Eagles can also pick up a conditional pick in 2016 based on how many snaps Bradford takes. If Bradford plays less than 50 percent the Eagles will get a 4th-round pick, if he does not play at all it becomes a 3rd-rounder. If Bradford plays more than 50 percent of snaps the Eagles will not receive any additional compensation.
So we are defending Kelly because there is no way he could see the Peters decline coming but praising him for seeing the Mathis decline coming.
This is getting confusing.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Cowboys don't have Romo until at least Nov 22, Lions don't have a healthy Stafford for at least 2 weeks depending on severity, Bears don't have a healthy Cutler for at least 2 weeks. Their seasons aren't automatically over because of it (Lions and Bears basically are over but for much more reasons than just the QB injury), Cards weren't done just because of Palmer's injury and they won't be when he gets hurt this year, but they still won't do shit
the magic of having an elite QB. Rodgers would make me look like the new wes welker.
AbortedWalrusFetus
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You could sort of say the same about Barbre though. He was injured all last season. Obviously he's nowhere near Mathis level of talent, but he also hasn't had a ton of time with that group either.
Frankly though, I think they should bring Malcolm Bunche off the practice squad and replace Barbre or Gardner with him. He looked far better than both of them in the preseason, and even as a rookie he couldn't make many more mistakes than are being made right now. He's also got 20lbs on both existing guards.
Where did I say anything about Mathis cut being a good idea, or even that the reason Chip cut him is because he was in decline? Frankly, I didn't think Mathis WOULD decline. He still may not.
Dallas gonna win another ugly game 13-7
I don't think anyone would say that murray runs well out of the shotgun.