i miss tony hunt

by variablesdont on Oct 18, 2009 7:59 PM EDT

this game was one he could have stolen for us.

i never really got why tony hunt was given such a short shaft. it can't be because he couldn't catch a pass out of the backfield or because he couldn't block; those are the two things that separated him at PSU and got him the starting job there. i guess there's the thing about him not at all fitting the system, but has andy reid ever really had a problem recognizing and utilizing an offensive player's strengths, instead of focusing on and denigrating his weaknesses?

considering the point we're at in westbrook's career, hunt should have been the golden child. he was a strong, bruising back, who could have taken a hell of a lot of pressure off of westy, and even mcnabb, by picking up 3-5 yards on every first down or second down. maybe that would sap the eagles of their big play ability, but i think it'd do more good than harm, since it would force an opposing safety to come into the box to provide an extra body to stuff the run.

also, i don't want to hear anything about lesean mccoy being better than hunt. firstly, they do different things, but secondly, shady isn't another westbrook; he hasn't shown anywhere near the explosiveness that westbrook showed in his first season, and while he's a pretty solid every down back, that explosiveness is either there or it's not, and i haven't seen it.

that's about all i have to say about that.

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i knew i wasnt the only one.but what about buckley, id love to see him take a few runs, but if are starter gets 6, how many does our 3rd get?

by rainvillefromottawa on Oct 18, 2009 8:01 PM EDT reply actions

hahahah...yea tony hunt should fix everything! bring em back!

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Oct 18, 2009 8:02 PM EDT reply actions

Wait, who is DIBTA?

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by JasonB on Oct 18, 2009 8:03 PM EDT reply actions

Desean is better than Asante. He’s a new guy here. Followed the site before he joined, decided to make a counterpoint name to JIBTA.

About 10 minutes ago, I was pondering my own existence. Then I decided that it didn't matter.

by IronHank on Oct 18, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Tony Hunt never showed anything… I’d take McCoy any day over him Hunt.

Sorry Penn State fans, but Hunt isn’t an NFL RB.

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by JasonB on Oct 18, 2009 8:04 PM EDT reply actions

what has mccoy shown?

more to the point, when did hunt ever get an opportunity to show what he had? he had 14 carries over 2 seasons with the birds. mccoy has 40 carries, and we’re just 5 games into the season. when did hunt ever get that opportunity?

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by variablesdont on Oct 18, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Hunt

Probably didn’t get the chance because he wasn’t that good. More to the point, if he was as good as people say he is, where is he? There are many other football teams with holes at running back that could have signed him and made him the star you think he should have been but not a single one of them did, not one. This speaks volumes about his NFL ability, it just wasn’t there.

I’m a current Penn Stater, I would have loved to see him succeed, but I’m not so wrapped up in my collegiate allegiances that I’m going to over evaluate talent, you can’t do that.

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by Rogue Nine on Oct 18, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions

He did

have that 51 yd TD run against I think Carolina in preseason if that counts

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by jalarsen1 on Oct 18, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions

where is hunt?

by rainvillefromottawa on Oct 18, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions

LMFAO

funniest fanpost in a while… Tony Hunt is awful… he had a clear lane into the endzone on a goalline carry in his last year here against the bears, he chose not to go through it and got stuffed…. he has ZERO VISION.

My "t" and "y" buttons are messed up so don't bitch at me about misspelling, I'm just saying.

by RadioheadbeatlesEagles on Oct 18, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions

agreed

worst post in awhile…

by kolb is better than mcnabb on Oct 18, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Hilarious

…I can’t stop laughing at your screen name. Unless the definition of “better” got suddenly changed to “way worse than,” you’re the funniest cat on this board!

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by EvilBanner on Oct 18, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions

lol

this is the worst post you have seen since you joined one day ago

ps I agree with evil banner

Let's get it.

by homestar2281 on Oct 19, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Dumb Post

McCoy is productive, Hunt wasn’t. There was a reason he didn’t get on the field.

Also, Weaver could be that bruising back, but it doesn’t matter what you have in the backfield if Andy refuses to run

by jalarsen1 on Oct 18, 2009 8:39 PM EDT reply actions

Agree

Doesnt matter if we have 3 brandon jacobs in the backfield, if andy reid is gonna call pass, those 3 jacobs wont do shit. its more of a matter about playcalling then about the players themselves.

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by DIBTA on Oct 18, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Absolutely!

I’ve been a Reid defender but to run the ball 14 times just doesn’t make sense. The Raiders one strong point (on paper) has to be their secondary…so run the damn ball. It’s not like we were down 28 points and trying to come back. You can’t compare McCoy with Hunt. McCoy is a legitimate starting RB. Either way it’s irrelevant….when you look at the start Buckhalter has had w/Denver before his injury you have to wonder what the hell Reid is thinking when it comes to the ground game.

by Randall Cunningham12 on Oct 18, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions

We averaged

4.8 yards per run compared to 4.2 yards per pass attempt yesterday.

Andy threw like we were losing big and had to make up ground…ONE F’ING TD and we’re ahead!!!! We weren’t like the Giants who fell into a 14-0 hole in the 1st.

ONE consistent drive and the game was ours…ONE DRIVE!!!!!

by jalarsen1 on Oct 19, 2009 6:35 AM EDT up reply actions

well at least the Phillies are playing real good!

"The punt to DeSean Jackson. The punt. Short, Jackson takes it at the 32. Looks for running room, reverses the field. He's at the 40. 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, He's gonna go!

"McNabb in the shotgun again. McNabb takes the snap, fakes, he's back, he's looking, he is going deep for DeSean Jackson, who races, has it! TOUCHDOWN!!! DeSean Jackson!!

by xADx GoGreen4Ever on Oct 18, 2009 8:41 PM EDT reply actions

This post is just a joke, right?

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by Baron Dainer Von Tresvant on Oct 18, 2009 11:12 PM EDT reply actions

Tony Hunt

sucked dick.

thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro

by wild_eagle on Oct 18, 2009 11:31 PM EDT reply actions

JoePa weaves through traffic with more elusiveness than THunt does these days.

by andyreidswaistline on Oct 18, 2009 11:38 PM EDT reply actions

haha

Let's get it.

by homestar2281 on Oct 19, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions

westbrook wasnt the prob today…he was the unused star…8 yds/game

by phila.eagles on Oct 19, 2009 12:08 AM EDT reply actions

dude

if we still had hunt we would of won 38-3

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by NorthPhillyKid on Oct 19, 2009 7:48 AM EDT reply actions

This has to be a joke

Tony Hunt averaged 1.8 yards per carry how would that have helped us? I understand Penn State homerism but there is a reason Tony Hunt is jobless and Ryan Moats isn’t … just saying.

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by Whodie126 on Oct 19, 2009 7:20 PM EDT reply actions