DMN: NFC East off-season update: Philadelphia Eagles’ roster makeover leaves many experts scratching

[5Stars]

I think it is a mistake on his part. I think Hurry Up as a change of pace when you feel you need to change things up within a game is smart but I think running hurry up through out the game as well as the entire season can wear on a team especially defensive players.

Not only that...but I think Chip is thinking he can fast pace the NFL like he used to do in the College ranks.

Good luck with all that...

 

[jobberone]

I think it is a mistake on his part. I think Hurry Up as a change of pace when you feel you need to change things up within a game is smart but I think running hurry up through out the game as well as the entire season can wear on a team especially defensive players.

I agree. It's not sustainable. If you had 1/3 more effective players then maybe you could rotate.

 

[Verdict]

I think the Eagles will run the ball more than they have before, and I think Murray and Matthews lend themselves to wearing the other team down. Bradford was a fantastic QB but has NEVER had anyone around him in St. Louis to assist him. His receiver corps has been pathetic. This could resurect his career. He is a very smart QB and a good decision maker.

 

[ConstantReboot]

I think the Eagles will run the ball more than they have before, and I think Murray and Matthews lend themselves to wearing the other team down. Bradford was a fantastic QB but has NEVER had anyone around him in St. Louis to assist him. His receiver corps has been pathetic. This could resurect his career. He is a very smart QB and a good decision maker.

So who is he going to throw in Phili? I think he is back to where he was with the Rams. I agree though that they will probably be running the ball more with both Murray and Matthews.

 

[jterrell]

I hate to make the comparison, but the Cowboys have had a head coach who came in after fantastic success in college, took a very strong approach to remaking the roster with staff he believed in, and had great success. And for that guy the cushion of a college job probably helped too...but it didn't prevent his success and enjoying the rewards of the changes he made.

Look it can go either way for Kelly, and i as much as anyone hope nothing but failure and angst for the city of brotherly love. But I have to respect a guy who is committed to winning more than anything and isn't afraid to make moves to do so just because he may get called out on it later.

stop man, just stop.
jimmy came in to a terrible team and dismantled it and won 1 game. he then slowly rebuilt with about 100 draft picks a few of which were VERY HIGH.

that is very different from simply moving on from top performers to overpay guys coming off of injury elsewhere.

what jimmy did is similar to pete carroll in seattle but nothing like what chip kelly has done.

kelly is a slave to his offensive system and is remaking the team to get the fits he wants regardless of salary or age or health status.

he likely doesn't have jimmy's 4 years to win. and if he does get fired philly could be bad for a long while.

 

[jterrell]

I think the Eagles will run the ball more than they have before, and I think Murray and Matthews lend themselves to wearing the other team down. Bradford was a fantastic QB but has NEVER had anyone around him in St. Louis to assist him. His receiver corps has been pathetic. This could resurect his career. He is a very smart QB and a good decision maker.

you don't just run the ball in the NFL and win.
that last worked for the baltimore ravens a decade or so ago.

yes, dallas ran the ball more and better and it led to a turn around but they did so with tony romo and dez bryant.
that's laughably more impressive than sam bradford for 4 games, mark sanchez for 12 and soem miles austin, kkk wr combo.

 

[bigdnlaca]

I saw where Jaworkski said the Eagles were not better than last year. You know it's bad when Jaws isn't drinking the Eagle Kool-Aid.

I wonder how many hours of tape he saw to come with that conclusion.

 

[Apollo Creed]

They will start off hot, 3-1 or 4-1 - media will crown them, then oft-injured players will surprisingly get injured, team falls apart, Chip fired - Cowboys win, as usual.

 

[jterrell]

I agree. It's not sustainable. If you had 1/3 more effective players then maybe you could rotate.

It's not so much that but that frontline starters are very rare beasts.
you can't replace injured players nearly so easily as you do in college.

and you play divisional opps twice per year so system stuff is seldom a surprise.

 

[reddyuta]

I am hoping they sell the farm to get Mariotta.

 

[Verdict]

you don't just run the ball in the NFL and win.
that last worked for the baltimore ravens a decade or so ago.

yes, dallas ran the ball more and better and it led to a turn around but they did so with tony romo and dez bryant.
that's laughably more impressive than sam bradford for 4 games, mark sanchez for 12 and soem miles austin, kkk wr combo.

If the Eagles get the Sam Bradford that played for Oklahoma, it isn't very funny at all for the league. If the Eagles end up with the effectiveness of the Bradford that played for the Rams, then I can see your point.

 

[Verdict]

you don't just run the ball in the NFL and win.
that last worked for the baltimore ravens a decade or so ago.

yes, dallas ran the ball more and better and it led to a turn around but they did so with tony romo and dez bryant.
that's laughably more impressive than sam bradford for 4 games, mark sanchez for 12 and soem miles austin, kkk wr combo.

No one said that you just run the ball and win without a passing game, but we won, in large part last year due to our running game, and if not for a bad call, or a Murray fumble we may have played for the whole enchilada last year. If you think otherwise, then I will respectfully have to disagree with you.

 

[Sportsbabe]

Lotta turnover there. Wonder what kind of team they will have. Is Chip turning the page on the fast paced offense to a more traditional one. I predict they will compete with us for the DIv title.

Please, Chip wouldn't turn if you spotted him the T.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

No one said that you just run the ball and win without a passing game, but we won, in large part last year due to our running game, and if not for a bad call, or a Murray fumble we may have played for the whole enchilada last year. If you think otherwise, then I will respectfully have to disagree with you.

One hand washes the other. Threat of the passing game helped keep people from selling out to stop the run. Maybe Jordan Matthews gives you that, but probably not.

 

[Bullflop]

What with the rather drastic turnover in personnel from last year, I'm expecting Philly to get off to a slow start and be forced to come from behind in the standings to catch up. In fact, I'm hoping we get them early this year. It's difficult at best to fit a slew of newcomers into an NFL team and proceed to be competitive from the get-go.

 

[Sportsbabe]

At end of the day and end of the season it all comes down to QB play. Bradford is unproven and often injured. Romo is proven but older. I take Romo over Bradford every day and especially on Sundays.

A grizzled old veteran with skills will beat out a broke down QB with potential all day.

 

[AsthmaField]

No one said that you just run the ball and win without a passing game, but we won, in large part last year due to our running game, and if not for a bad call, or a Murray fumble we may have played for the whole enchilada last year. If you think otherwise, then I will respectfully have to disagree with you.

Dallas won last year because it was a pick-your-poison situation for defenses. They could come up and stop Murray if they wanted but Romo, Dez, Witten, Beasley, and Williams would simply kill them if they did. Then, when they wanted to drop back and stop Romo and the passing game, that was fine too because the OL was going to blow open holes for the RB and grind them to a pulp.

It was that either/or situation that made the Dallas offense so difficult to stop. It wasn't the run game any more than it was the passing game. It was the hard decisions the defense had to make that got them.

Don't think for a min that Romo, Dez, and Co. weren't just as responsible for that 12-4 record as the run game was.

Chippy can get all the runners he wants, but until he gets a passing game like the incredibly efficient one Dallas has, they aren't going to put defenses in bad positions like the Cowboys.

A Bradford who "was good at OK" and Bradley Cooper just aren't going to cut it. And until they give their defense some room to breath, Dallas will continue running that unit half to death.

 

[DallasDomination]

I didn't even know Miles Austin was still playing football. Last time I heard he was still nursing a hamstring injury.