Yep. The Oline lineup last week vs Cincy was the same lineup from Week 1 (after McGovern went down after only 8 plays into the game), and it greatly improved from 1 week to another. Why mess with it again? Absolutely stupid and stubborn. Proves Philbin has no idea what he's doing. I hate talking this ugly about our coaches, but darn, how can you not when they keep making such dumb decisions from week to week?
The smart move would be to put Peters at RT since he has NEVER PLAYED GUARD IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER.
Well, to be fair, you can't add Peters without messing with the O-line.
So you delay smith's progression at LT where he's been playing very well, for a year plug of 40 year old peters?
Couldn't agree more. The line isn't the sinking ship we all thought after Tyron went down. I think it actually becomes a major strength with Peters coming in. I had high hopes for Tyler after the draft, but he's more than exceeded my expectations early this year, and he's only going to get better. He looks really, really good and I'm sure having a HOFer like Peters next to him will only expedite his development.
The Oline went south last year when they started moving them around. Seems better to maintain 4 of the 5 positions the same by putting Peters at LG. He’ll be between Smith and Biadasz and his experience a help to both. Biadisz will be bookended by HoFers.
His last year or two with the Eagles he played some guard he got kicked out to LT due to injuries to LT and believe suspensions.Interesting. Peters has never really played guard. Broaddus says he can’t play guard so playing him at guard is probably a good thing. I don’t think this is Philbin’s call because he wanted Tyler on the bench.
I think our best 5 would include Peters.
I find that hard to believe. If anything, I'd guess they moved him because he was more valuable at LT, but Smith has been exceptional at LT, and it seems like guard would be better for someone who's lost a step or two.
And yet he's taken this completely dysfunctional OL and it's been producing through 2 games so far.
This Oline struggled during Week 1, but that was to be expected since both Tyler Smith and Matt Farniok were forced to start at different positions which they had not practiced at or with the 1st string Offense all training camp and preseason. Granted, they performed much better Week 2 as I said they would since they finally had an extra week to practice together with the 1st string. Can you imagine how much better they would have performed to start the season had Philbin and his assistant(s) made the right move to start both of them at their current positions and with the 1st string Offense since training camp, plus made the 1st string Offense play throughout the preseason games? Do you understand now why I criticize so much, because these numbskulls who have been coaching in the NFL for so long simply can't get it right and make the correct decisions from the beginning. It's always much later after failed attempts and poor decisions that hurt the team that they finally realize what to do correctly. To top it off, now they are looking into shuffling the Oline once again. Why? It's perfect the way it is right now.
