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Does Marty Mornhinweg sound frustrated to you?

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It's no secret that Andy Reid runs the Eagles offense. He calls the plays. Reid performs the duties that the offensive coordinator of most teams does.

Now that doesn't mean Marty Mornhinweg is just a hollow figurehead... I'm sure he has input and Reid does respect his opinion, but there's no doubt that Andy is in control. So when the local media asks Marty questions about the offense, you can help but wonder if Marty agreeing with critics is his way of criticizing his boss.

Was five carries in the first half enough to justify the extent to which the Eagles abandoned the run in Cincinnati (18 runs, 60 called passes)?

   "No," Mornhinweg said. "You make a good point. You're right. It's not enough."

   Mornhinweg was asked if it would make sense to play Correll Buckhalter more, with Brian Westbrook banged up.

  "You're right," he said. "It does make sense."

In 2006, when Marty was publicly given the playcalling duties down the stretch we all saw how the team relied on the run more heavily. In those final 5 or 6 games where Marty took over, the Eagles ran the ball over 20 or 30 times in all but that final meaningless game against Atlanta when the starters rested. When Marty was offensive coordinator in San Francisco, he had the #1 rushing attack in the NFL.

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but when I read Marty's short responses to reporters questions about the run game, it took it as "Yeah, I know... what do you want me to do about it?"

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So what is Marty’s role then if he isn’t calling the plays? My understanding was that Andy scripted the first 15 plays of the game and then turned over the playcalling to Marty – is that not right?

It’s sad to see this interview. I think you’re right – he seems to want to say, “I don’t call the plays.” I remember in 2006 Andy said he turned over the playcalling duties because he was “in a rut”. I wonder if he’s considering doing this again…?

by ajay on Nov 21, 2008 12:15 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i hope that andy is considering this!

by daveG10 on Nov 21, 2008 1:05 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

5 carries in the first half but I’m sure that stat dorks have a bunch of stats that will say we ran it enough…. horrible!!!

by Joe_D on Nov 21, 2008 1:28 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

holy christ. let it go already… we all know you don’t believe in data or statistics. if you don’t like coming to a blog where people back up their opinions with, ya know, facts…. then don’t… no one listed any stats or mentioned stats in this thread, yet that’s all you think about…

World F*ckin' Champions, indeed...

by foos05 on Nov 21, 2008 1:40 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

just because you can’t back up your point with stats, doesn’t mean they are meaninglesss. you could probably find some damn good ones to back up your points too

by eagleyosh on Nov 22, 2008 2:49 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

id be pissed if i was marty id pull Andy aside and show him the playcalling of the 06 run and tell Andy to give him the play calling…and honstly if i was marty after the season if Andy didnt hand over the playcalling id quit

Fire the Fat One
Fire Andy Reid

by XxBleedGreen5xX on Nov 22, 2008 9:34 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Reid has lost the fire

I don’t know what is going on with Andy Reid. Who in there wright mind calls a pass play on inches and goal after having 4 int’s with and open field? QB sneak is a play designed just for those situations. I think Ried should’ve benched himself. Granted Mcnabb has looked horable the last few weeks but he’s not calling the play’s he only running them or tryin to anyway. Reid needs to go sit in a small room and watch his game film from the last two games and reevaluate his game calling, he runs when we should throw and throws when we should fall forward for a TD , and if dosen’t see nothing wrong in that he needs to step down and let someone else pilot this organization.

Let Mcnabb start thursday cause we all know what he can do givin the proper plays.

Donovan if your reading this I got FAITH in you, relax but take the game seriously and do what you did to gain the love that we had given you in the first place.

by Jabo007 on Nov 23, 2008 10:18 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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