Rebuilt for the long haul: The Eagles have been successful for years and yet they've turned over their roster with most barely noticing. When the Eagles played the Chiefs on Sept. 27 and scored 34 points, the average age of Philadelphia's starting was 24.5 years. The unit featured Jeremy Maclin (21), LeSean McCoy (21), DeSean Jackson (22), Brent Celek (24) and Kevin Kolb (25). In fact, Jason Peters (27) and Jamaal Jackson (29) were the offense's graybeards. In other words, the Eagles' offense is built for the long haul. But it also is built for now. Through four games, the Eagles have averaged 31.75 points. At this rate, Philadelphia would score 508 points -- 92 more than the single-season franchise record 416 that the Eagles scored last year. This is a novel concept in places such as Oakland and Cleveland, but this team rebuilt without ever going through any of the real suffering.
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being an eagles fan living in DC I found Schefter’s next item to be just as good…
6. Redskins turmoil: The anti-Eagles offense is the Redskins, which looks to be aging and regressing. A defensive coach from another team who played — and studied — the Redskins this season said Washington’s offense is plain and simple. The coach said tight end Chris Cooley is the team’s biggest offensive threat, and Washington doesn’t use him as much as it should. The coach wondered about the condition of running back Clinton Portis, who has not gotten along well with head coach Jim Zorn. The coach wondered about the reasoning for some of the Redskins’ play calls, which probably helps to explain why the team felt it needed to hire offensive consultant Sherman Lewis two weeks ago. None of this is overly surprising to anyone who has watched, but it’s more evidence that the Redskins soon will be undergoing repairs.
by dt3 on Oct 16, 2009 12:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I loved that too. Tell me, do you get as much fun out of watching the DC suicide watch on Mondays as I do? I’m also in DC and seeing the people at the bar, watching the local news, and reading the local stuff is just fun every time. Its like they can’t believe that they’re a bad team. The odds that this could ever happen to them are unthinkable. They don’t seem to get that they’ve been a mediocre to bad team for a decade.
Let the beasting begin.
by TransplantedFan on Oct 16, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its not rebuilding
Its reloading…
crappy teams rebuild, good teams reload.
by Tron79 on Oct 16, 2009 1:00 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
i like that
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by Remis on Oct 16, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eagles On Fire?
Is it me, or do some of these analysts just fail to see the teams that the Eagles played? They (those we beat) have a combined one win! Seriously, this team NEEDS to put up points against a bad team. “At this rate, Philadelphia would score 508 points”… against the Defenses that we coming up in the next couple months? Come on, we only put up 22 points with a QB that threw for almost 400 yards.
I’m thrilled that we’re 3-1, but articles like that would almost seem to be written by a blind-faith Eagles fanboi instead of a professional analyst.
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by EFC-Chuck on Oct 16, 2009 1:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think he addressed that in pointing out how young the team was against the Chiefs. A team that averages 24 years old shouldn’t be as good as they were against any NFL team.
Yes, the Chiefs are horrible… but we blew them out with our backup QB, RB, WR, and half of the offensive line. That’s impressive no matter who it was against.
That’s also why I think the KC win was more impressive than the Bucs win.
by JasonB on Oct 16, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
To me that’s a flaw of the article though. It cherry picks a game in which several starters were out to point to how young the starting lineup is. He makes a good point though, overall.
by Cormican on Oct 16, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
keep in mind we beat the chiefs and bucs by a bigger margin than the giants
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by immynimmy on Oct 16, 2009 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Our FO has done a great job finding young talent in the draft. they have put on future in good hands
by eaglesinmd on Oct 16, 2009 2:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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