It's not just us, Lane Johnson just got a 10 game suspension

[Denim Chicken]

 

[Idgit]

They paid Bradford and Daniel a zillion dollars. They better at least try to get something from them for a year.

I have no idea what the Eagles were doing at QB. The Pederson hire, too, could go either way on them. They're one of the weirdest-run franchises in the league, and I'm always surprised they somehow stay somewhat competitive while placing dumb bets all the time.

 

[Idgit]

jedi mind trick

"Honey, it wasn't me."

 

[darthseinfeld]

It goes deeper then a 10 game suspension. Johnson is/was their LT of the future. With a 2 year ban a possibility, they will have to look elsewhere for that with very few premium picks available in the next two drafts

 

[CWR]

I don't think we've really gotten screwed on suspensions.

Maybe Hardy suspension shouldn't have happened considering he was found not guilty and had been suspended the entire year before.

The Miles Austin thing that got us a salary cap penalty was upsetting.

Yep I still dont understand what happen with the Miles Austin punishment. The Bears gave Peppers a huge deal that year also. Why was that alright and our signing was not?

 

[Plankton]

Johnson is denying he's suspended.

Semantics. He's filed an appeal - a suspension isn't official until the appeals process has been exhausted.

 

[Sydla]

I have no idea what the Eagles were doing at QB. The Pederson hire, too, could go either way on them. They're one of the weirdest-run franchises in the league, and I'm always surprised they somehow stay somewhat competitive while placing dumb bets all the time.

Lurie was desperate to get back to the Reid era when they had a great run and he felt Pederson was a bridge to going back to that time. Who really knows what kind of coach he's going to be, frankly. But they have a lot riding on him and Wentz.

 

[gmoney112]

Rule #1, if you're going to ask for supplements at Glazer's gym, make sure to clarify. And don't use air quotes.

 

[Idgit]

Lurie was desperate to get back to the Reid era when they had a great run and he felt Pederson was a bridge to going back to that time. Who really knows what kind of coach he's going to be, frankly. But they have a lot riding on him and Wentz.

They do. And he might be great, but I"m always leary when the guy had limited coaching experience before Andy Reid and has coached entirely in Reid's shadow on the same side of the ball. Sure, he was the KC OC, fwtw, but you know Reid was a big offensive presence on that team (Oh, yeah!). It's a big risk, doubled down on an expensive rookie QB when you already had two guys ahead of him at that position on the roster. Now you got to make up that draft capital by outperforming the market in FA and with your lower picks the next few years. New defensive system. Good luck.

 

[Sydla]

Johnson is now saying that he took an amino acid that was "approved" but tested positive for peptide. Waiting on another sample.

Apparently the argument they are going with is that he took this amino acid that was approved by league but it caused a test to show he had a banned substance in him. Both he and the company that produces the amino acid are going to fight this.

 

[School]

It goes deeper then a 10 game suspension. Johnson is/was their LT of the future. With a 2 year ban a possibility, they will have to look elsewhere for that with very few premium picks available in the next two drafts

And they just signed him to 5 year $56m contract too. If this is true, ouch.

 

[DBOY3141]

I have no idea what the Eagles were doing at QB. The Pederson hire, too, could go either way on them. They're one of the weirdest-run franchises in the league, and I'm always surprised they somehow stay somewhat competitive while placing dumb bets all the time.

Because they play in a division with franchises ran in similiar fashions.

 

[Idgit]

Because they play in a division with franchises ran in similiar fashions.

You think so? DAL has been very methodical and very stable here since 2010. The Giants have a coaching change, but that's coincidence since Caughlin was older than Sin. They're going to go back to being methodical now unless they have a bad season and replace the GM. Either way, that's not really their culture to have a lot of upheaval at the top.

The Skins I can see the argument, but they seem pretty happy with their drunk running the show, and their coach just won his slap fight with RGIII. That's about as close as those clowns come to stability these days.

I think it's the Eagles alone doing circles in the toy boat right now.

 

[Sydla]

You think so? DAL has been very methodical and very stable here since 2010. The Giants have a coaching change, but that's coincidence since Caughlin was older than Sin. They're going to go back to being methodical now unless they have a bad season and replace the GM. Either way, that's not really their culture to have a lot of upheaval at the top.

The Skins I can see the argument, but they seem pretty happy with their drunk running the show, and their coach just won his slap fight with RGIII. That's about as close as those clowns come to stability these days.

I think it's the Eagles alone doing circles in the toy boat right now.

While the part about the Cowboys being "stable" might be true that might not be a good thing when part of the stability is a .500 coach who doesn't really inspire people where they think this team can make a SB run under his leadership. And the franchise, from a player personnel perspective, has been fairly haphazard in roster construction. Take chances on players that have off the field issues, say they don't need to use big resources on a TB one year then turn around and use a big resource on a TB the next year.

The only thing that they've planned and stuck to is the OL. That's about it.

 

[StarBoyz83]

Lol. Good. Screw Lane Johnson and screw the Eagles.

That's going to be a bad team this year.

Eagleswill have 6 wins or less For the next 5 years.

 

[Idgit]

While the part about the Cowboys being "stable" might be true that might not be a good thing when part of the stability is a .500 coach who doesn't really inspire people where they think this team can make a SB run under his leadership. And the franchise, from a player personnel perspective, has been fairly haphazard in roster construction. Take chances on players that have off the field issues, say they don't need to use big resources on a TB one year then turn around and use a big resource on a TB the next year.

The only thing that they've planned and stuck to is the OL. That's about it.

I'd disagree with that, although I do think their plan this offseason was a bad one.

Since Garrett's been here, we've built through the draft, cut down on the expensive FA acquisitions, the defensive scheme as been simplified and they've added talent to the offensive side (too often) to take advantage of the QB we've got right now. The cap is being used to sign our own players once we know they can fit in the scheme. It's pretty straightforward. The OL may look like the most solid part of the process since we hit on all the high picks, but the same process of signing stop-gaps to two year deals and back-filling with draft picks and targeted VFAs we've done across the board.

To the extent things are still sometimes haphazard, we all know where that comes from, and we all know it's not going to change under any coach, so what's the point in expecting it to? The best we can hope for in that regard is to tamp down some of the bigger risks. There is no practical alternative.

And from everything I've seen and heard around the organization that doesn't emanate from our fanbase, the HC is very well respected in that locker room and by team management and by his own staff. The .500 football isn't much different form the .500 football we had under the HoF coach who indirectly preceded him, but we've been one of the winningest franchises (top quartile) under Garrett. Up until last season, anyway.

I think the problem in Dallas is simple. Jerry's a wildcard, and we have fumbled in putting together enough talent on defense. Wasted resources on that side of the ball, took unnecessary risks, had two false starts in getting in a DC who can actually both coach and develop players. In short, not enough good players over there. If we had 3-4 more talented starters on that side of the ball, this team would have been winning most of the NFCE races the last three seasons and would be pushing the Cardinals and the Packers and the Seahawks in those upper reaches of the NFC. As it is, we're struggling to make the playoffs, instead.

 

[cowboyblue22]

for the last 10 years that's been the problem always some excuse why they don't get into the playoffs and be a consistent year to year winner with a franchise qb and then when they finally get there they make to many mistakes and lose. they don't hand out many trophies for being in the top 10 in wins for the regular season

 

[dfense]

Ha ha, Lane Johnson, Eagles, 10 game PED suspension.

 

[Shuff]

I just saw that, lets trade Leary or Collins for their best DE? Curious though, what does your title mean?

 

[CCBoy]

It's now time to clean up all the college programs!