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NFL 2016 Offseason Thread |OT3| - With the 29th pick of the 2016 NFL draft...
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AbortedWalrusFetus
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I agree he won't start if they have a shot, but I think them actually having a shot is pretty far-fetched. If they are out of wild card contention at week 14 then starting Wentz seems like a good idea. You can't ruin someone's confidence when he knows the games don't matter.
I agree it looks bad as we sit here in May. But I generally don't fret about the schedule this far out. Everything changes so much in the NFL, not just year-to-year, but week-to-week. Games that look like certain Ls prior to the season become easy Ws and vice versa. Injuries and just the weekly ebb-and-flow of the season make it foolhardy to predict this stuff so far in advance.
What makes you think that they won't have a shot? Again, I have no confidence in this offense doing much of anything. But their defense should be good. They lost essentially no one (thanks Miami!) and added a bunch of solid players whose best years came under Schwartz. And they won't have Chip's insistence on tempo running them ragged by year's end. They were a top 2 defense in the first half of last season, according to DVOA, and then ranked in the 20s in the second half. The fatigue was real.
Schwartz's system and the plethora of talented young players they have should make them pretty good defensively and I think that will carry them just enough to make starting Wentz not a realistic possibility.
I dont believe you
yankeehater
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My god at all the banings in the uncharted 4 walking simulator thread.
In the middle of the year, Philly goes @SEA, GB, @CIN. Likely to lose all 3 which will be a good reason for a change. "We felt like the team needed a spark" said Pederson.
Pretty much everyone thinks Wentz takes over either the next week at home vs WAS, or the following week @BAL
AbortedWalrusFetus
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The general rule of thumb is that I don't expect much from a team in a new coach's first season. Just because Chip had success in his first season doesn't do much to change my mind on this. It's a new system, with lots of new pieces, and I don't expect all kinks to be worked out for at least the first five games of the season. Maybe we'll be happily surprised but I don't really think it should be expected.
I think Pederson is actually going to give Chase Daniel a shot though. I could see Pederson getting the ball then, and if he blows it then Wentz coming in.
yankeehater
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Plus Chip was a great coach and Dougie is a terrible fucking coach.
AbortedWalrusFetus
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I'm glad you know this before DP has coached a single game.
The only reason the Eagles won anything the first year under Chip is because Foles got extremely lucky on some big throws and somehow Riley Cooper looked like a genius. Having a real wide receiver didn't hurt, either. That's not something normal or something I can entirely pin on Chip.
Yeah, but most teams change coaches after their roster has become a total dumpster fire, devoid of talent. The Eagles actually have talent at some important positions, especially on defense. That's why I don't think there will be too much of a drop off from last season on that side of the ball.
Just look at the Broncos as an example of what switching coaches can look like when you have an actually talented team. I'm not saying the Eagles roster is as good as the Broncos, but they are closer to them than they are to the Browns.
Don't forget the #1 O Line and rushing attack in the league
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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Best comedy of all time, something everyone should be forced to watch once in their lifetime.
yankeehater
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Go back and watch games from chips first year. He was scheming guys wide fucking open. I have never seen anything like that in my life. Foles put up good numbers but he held that team back so much. Poor throws, terrible reads, holding the ball when guys were wide open. That was the year that convinced me Foles would never be good. If the Eagles had a good qb that year that could have been a special team.
HOLD IT MEN, HE'S NOT BLUFFING
You answered your own question.
GO PENS!
I would watch Eagles games and not understand how they didn't score every drive. Foles would have forever to throw to wide open receivers, would wait too long, throw jump balls, and Cooper and DJax would catch them anyway. If Chip could have just had league average QB play they could have contended for the SB
CrocMother
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They had league average QB play last year with an above average defense and didn't even make .500
Chip banked the whole season on the run game and it totally failed him.
How does make it you feel knowing that you cheer for the same hockey team as Gotor?
Probably something like this: http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1218660
yankeehater
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Last year the wrs lead the league in drops, and the guard play was so bad most weeks they couldn't even hand the ball off without guys getting hit in the backfield. Also the D was like 20th I believe in total defense, and really tanked the second half due to the offense not sustaing drives. Also the offense the first year was totally different then in year 3.
Our Jags are looking great this year indeed!
CrocMother
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That defense may have been ranked 20th, but they were much better than that. Especially when Hicks was healthy. They did wear down at the end because they were on the field so much, but that was because Chip's offense didn't work.
Their offense looked the best Bradford was YOLO slangin' IMO. But Chip was so predictable with his playcalls and desire to keep trying to go back to the run game.
:') I'm so proud of our jags
Alligatorjandro
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That was his big problem. Because you're right, when the offense clicked last year it looked really good. Chip has the right ideas on how to scheme people open and disect defenses. But it seems like he used this knowledge to start creating a playbook and just stopped a quarter the way through. And when he started getting predictable, he refused to design new plays. He has the smarts to make a good offense, but he needs someone else to guide him and balance his flaws. I think he could become a really good Offensive Coordinator if his pride would let him do it.
It would be easier at this point if you just told us which teams you dont support
I support all of my friends in their endeavors even if I don't agree with them
Just like Tom
SInce squicken has now gone home the term "breading" should become the team swapping term going forward.
Can I get a second?
Gotor applied for permission to root for my team. Everything checked out on the application.
See! Ice cold.
AngmarsKing701
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What about the Bungholes? Is your hate bag filled up?
WesternHeretic
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went for a little trim of the beard and... I've made a huge mistake(((
Lol rip.
Himynameischris
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Damn Agent Carter canceled....I really liked it, season 2 was great (minus the final...that was ok)
CrocMother
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Just got a voicemail with an automated message saying the IRS was filing a lawsuit against me... scared shitless until I called back and a guy with a heavy Indian accent answered. I could barely hear him the room he was in was so loud. He hung up.
Looked it up online and sure enough it's a scam.
I'm going to call them back and fuck with them
Looked it up online and sure enough it's a scam.
I'm going to call them back and fuck with them
They would never actually file a lawsuit. I got one as well last month and definitely knew it was a scam.
sf2fanatic
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Yeah be careful on that Croc, a lot of that has been happening and our local news are spot on reminding us about it and what to do.
As YH mentioned, the guard play killed them. But I agree about the tempo. When it works, it's great. But the defense started as a very good unit and finished as awful. They just had to face too many downs. I really hope Chip learned from his mistakes, b/c the NFCW is no country for stubborn men
Some of your relatives have a huge unclaimed inheritance. If you send me 10K you will get a million back.
Any time you get a call about something like that, it's a guaranteed scam. All legal stuff has to be on paper. You'd get shit in the mail way before any calls. You might not get any calls at all, actually.
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