I Wonder How Murray Feels

[JD_KaPow]

Yeah yeah, the money's one thing. I'm pretty sure Murray never envisioned coming to Philly and sitting on the bench for half the game. Maybe he should have envisioned it, but I really doubt he did.

 

[DandyDon52]

i thought on the 3rd and 1 they shouldve had murray in there.

yeah he should have been in for the 2nd down play too.
chip has no idea of how to use murray.

and at OP I dont think he likes being on the bench most of the game. he should have stayed here.

 

[Nova]

He feels fine. Still playing for Dallas.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

He sought stability and money, and he got it. No fault in that.

But other than the money, he's got to wonder what the hell he's doing there.

Yep.

I could see him one and done in Philly.

Is there less than one and done?

 

[ottawacowpoke]

it's only been one game. I really hope that he continues to be underutilized and of course I hope that Philly keeps losing, but one game does not a season make. Dallas lost their first game last year and then won 6 in a row.

 

[Longboysfan]

If the Eagles don't make the playoffs, he'll be driven out. lol

Doubtful.

Lurie will stick with Chip at least one more year after this.

 

[YosemiteSam]

He made $62,500 per yard last night.

($9,000,000 / 16) / 9 yards = $62,500 per yard!

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I loved every single second of him doing absolutely nothing on the ground.

Yeah that Eagles O-line is really amazing. The Cowboys O-line had little to do with Murray's success.

 

[dogunwo]

Despite what many people think, Chip Kelly's offense is run based. The Falcons did a great job of keying on the run and daring Sam Bradford to beat them. This is why it seemed like they were giving up a lot of passing yards, Eagles eventually figured that out some. Murray and the other backs will be fine.

 

[VACowboy]

I don't think you can make any judgements after game one. Games 1-3 of the regular season aren't much better determiners of what a team really is than preseason games. But...

• Kelly's insistence that Murray was a perfect fit for his system confused me from the very beginning. LeMichael James, Kenjon Barner, LeSean McCoy: these were Kelly's RB's before he signed Murray--smaller, quicker, faster guys who make defenders miss and thrive in space.

• My untrained eye told me that the Philly OL was vastly overrated in 2014 as a run-blocking unit. McCoy made a ton of yards where there were none. Not exactly Murray's forte.

• I have zero inside info, of course, but the signing of Murray in Philadelphia always seemed like it was more about taking something from the Cowboys and making a splash than it was adding talent.

• Scheme only gets you so far in the NFL. Success in the League has, does and always will depend on players and execution. Over the past couple of years, the Eagle offense has lost a Pro Bowl RB, a record-setting QB, two Pro Bowl WR's, two All Pro OL and another OL starter. They replaced these players with a RB who looks like a bad fit, a QB who is historically injury plagued and less than accurate, a rookie WR and a wildly inconsistent veteran with bad hands, and...nobody.

We haven't even really started the 2014 NFL season. Almost everything remains to be seen, so DeMarco Murray is probably feeling pretty swell about his bank account and maybe a little sore about riding the pine in game one. But I guarantee you that he is salty and way more than ready to give it EVERYTHING next week.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Not about the loss.
Not about his performance.

I wonder how he feels about standing on the bench during the most critical series of the game.

Happy because he knows he got grossly over paid. He really need to send the Oline some big checks. They are the reason he is not set for the rest of his life.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Despite what many people think, Chip Kelly's offense is run based. The Falcons did a great job of keying on the run and daring Sam Bradford to beat them. This is why it seemed like they were giving up a lot of passing yards, Eagles eventually figured that out some. Murray and the other backs will be fine.

This game went just as I predicted. The Cowboys backs would do fine behind this line and murray would struggle behind a average line and not getting 30 carries.

Line vs the RB debate?

Line 1 RB 0

 

[VACowboy]

This game went just as I predicted. The Cowboys backs would do fine behind this line and murray would struggle behind a average line and not getting 30 carries.

Line vs the RB debate?

Line 1 RB 0

Lesean McCoy - 1-0
Jeremy Maclin - 1-0
Nick Foles - 1-0

and...

Evan Mathis - 1-0

(DeSean Jackson - Heh)

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Well, it was42 vs 24. That pretty large

Yep.

It was a business decision. Only.