McNabb speaks on newest additions
by JasonB on Apr 28, 2009 12:16 PM EDT
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There's probably no person whose thoughts I've been more interested to hear about the draft and the offseason than Donovan McNabb's. Finally Mcnabb has broke his silence on his Yardbarker blog. He talked for a while about what he's been up to personally, but then got down to football talk.
You'll notice that I am ready to move forward. I'm the first to admit that you must learn from your failures, I also believe that you cannot change the past. It's time to focus on the future.
As with every minicamp since I've been in the league, I'm excited about meeting my new teammates, getting to know them and working together on the field. We now have a lot of new, young skill position players and it will be exciting and interesting to see how they become acclimated to what we do here. If they can come in here and take their game to the next level, they will be productive pros and we can achieve great successes together. I want to welcome the new rookies and am excited to get to work with them.
I haven't taken the time yet to welcome some of the veteran free agents to the team. I'm looking forward to working with a new set of bookends on the o-line. Stacey Andrews and Jason Peters are young, athletic and physical. They will help in both the passing and running game. The same can be said for fullback Leonard Weaver. As for the additions on defense - Ellis Hobbs, Rashad Baker, and Sean Jones - I can't wait to see how Jim Johnson uses all the talent he has at his disposal.
I want to congratulate all the newcomers and let them know that I am excited to be working with them and taking the first step towards moving forward and getting something accomplished.
I love this guy and I love that probaby has more weapons now than at any point in his career. I just hope he stick around long enough for the likes of Jeremy Maclin, Shady McCoy, & Cornelius Ingram to really mature into reliable every down threats. Maybe that will be this year... who knows?
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very pc as usual… though i’m a little surprised that he hasn’t reached out to andrews and peters yets…
by ringordietryin on Apr 28, 2009 12:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Can't wait to see
What we can do next year with all the new additions we’ve made to this team.
Especially Maclin, Petters and Weaver.
Gonna miss Dawk a WHOLE lot next year..
by xEdge_Camx on Apr 28, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Glad he's saying the rights things.
Let’s hope he keeps it that way this year
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!
by Joe_D on Apr 28, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
All in favor
for D-Mac’s Extension say I
"I think pro athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create."- Daniel Tosh
RIP Harry Kalas 1936-2009 -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Apr 28, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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"I think pro athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create."- Daniel Tosh
RIP Harry Kalas 1936-2009 -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Apr 28, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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It’s going to be expensive though. Jake Delhomme (34 years old) just got a 5 year extension for $42.5 million, $20 million of which is guaranteed. Uh… Carolina… Are you serious? Think McNabb’s agent will be referencing that one?
by Bye, Dawk :( on Apr 28, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
by BrianS on Apr 28, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
should be aye as in the affirmative of nay
but anyway aye
by 0sirys on Apr 28, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
robin hood men in tights?
i thought it was, “yay or nay”…?
by PHIGHTINPHILS on Apr 28, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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Gonna miss Dawk a WHOLE lot next year..
by xEdge_Camx on Apr 28, 2009 12:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This team is so nasty…. i can not wait for the football season.. Preseason will be very interesting this year with so many skilled young players
by Qu1nTeR on Apr 28, 2009 12:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I expected something like this
And, quite frankly, why would he complain? Look at what we did ……
We signed the two best offensive tackles available (either by free agency or trade), pretty much eliminating the biggest worry I had.
We drafted one of the best receivers available in the draft.
We signed a quality fullback.
We back filled the loss of Dawkins adequately.
We drafted decent guys at TE and RB, positions of need.
We added depth at CB.
We improved our return game.
I can’t see how you can look at the team that lost to the Cardinals and the team now and not say now is better.
by MRPH on Apr 28, 2009 12:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I second said notion
I just wonder if maybe Donovan was hoping some of the skill position players we added would be veterans…oh well, he’s still gotta be happy. Three offensive players with our first three picks – sounds good to me!
by ajay on Apr 28, 2009 1:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i’m sure he was hoping that, but outside of the mini flirtation with TJ, there was no actual other option. trades require the other team to WANT to trade the player, and that’s not something the Eagles can control. i would say he has to be happy though.
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
by foos05 on Apr 28, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point
He’s a smart guy. He knows it takes two to tango.
by ajay on Apr 28, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Elite Team Assembled
This is a team I think the Eagles are building to answer all of Donovan’s beggings for quality around him. I vote in favor of an extension as Kolb will not be the answer at QB. I also hope when he comes to town for the mandatory camp this coming week he’ll catch up with the new vets and the drafted players and invite some to his place in AZ so they can get some work outs done together to try to build for the season. Maclin/Jackson/Curtis too fast for any secondary in the NFC and then you throw in Avant as the 3rd or 4th receiver and Baskett, there are 5 quality WRs. If Shady McCoy can be utilitized this year and get about 10-15 touches a game along with getting BWest and Weaver their touches god this team becomes a very hard team to defend. Plus whatever you get from your TEs in Celek and Ingram who I already give the backup job to in front of Matt Schobel.
by Weapon AxMan85 on Apr 28, 2009 1:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Disagree
This is a team I think the Eagles are building to answer all of Donovan’s beggings for quality around him.
I think this is a team that they are building to win the Super Bowl, not because of the beggings of one player.
by MRPH on Apr 28, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
we would NEVER build a taem around one player
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!
by Joe_D on Apr 28, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, QB might be the one position that we would…
by JasonB on Apr 28, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the point here was that the FO does not make decisions because of what one player wants. I don’t recall any successful franchise where a player dictates personnel moves.
by MRPH on Apr 28, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah that was my point
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!
by Joe_D on Apr 29, 2009 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
this was the year to purge
losing dawkins, and losing runyan and thomas, now was the time to make the switch at head coach. it probably should have been done after his two sons went to jail, but this year, they would have been the top job. they could have had shanahan, cowher, gruden, billick, ryan, spagnuolo, or any other number of names (and being a huge fan of art rooney, looking at that list kinda makes my skin craw).
seeing everything happen in the first week of free agency just reinforced my view. i wanted reid gone, and i wanted donovan to follow.
the peters trade, and the maclin acquisition were master strokes, no doubt, and i think it sets the team up for a very nice 2009 season, but i still want reid gone, and i still think the team would do best to cut ties with d-mac.
reid’s a great coach, and donovan’s a great QB, but together, there was too much of a blind spot, and no matter what they do this year or next, it’s always gonna be in the back of my mind that they should have achieved more these last 8 years. these last 5 years, they have not grown as either player or coach, and what they are, and what they have been, has all too often left me wanting. now was the time to make a clean break, and get a fresh start, and i’ll leave it at that.
brian mccann: derek lowe's got the best slider i've ever seen
john smoltz: yeah? and josh bard's the best catcher i've ever thrown to.
by variablesdont on Apr 28, 2009 2:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
now was the time to make the switch at head coach.
LOL … I stopped reading right after this …
"The 0-2 pitch, swing and a miss! STRUCK HIM OUT! The Philadelphia Phillies are 2008 World Champions of baseball! And let the city celebrate! " - Harry Kalas 1936-2009
by Whodie126 on Apr 28, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
keep reading, the next line's a laugher.
brian mccann: derek lowe's got the best slider i've ever seen
john smoltz: yeah? and josh bard's the best catcher i've ever thrown to.
by variablesdont on Apr 28, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t mean to start a variables bash … I don’t always agree with you but you at least put some thought into your posts. I just am fed up with the Reid haters so I decided to not read your post and then let everyone know about it.
I read it … here are my comments.
Generally teams that quit on coaches early in often stay behind the pack. The Steelers are the most successful franchise and they never fire coaches, everyone wanted Coughlin gone then the year it finally looked possible they pull that shit storm off. I remember people crying for Dungy to be gone and that Peyton couldn’t win the big game in Indy then what happened. Fuck I mean look at the roller coaster Cowher went through in Steel-town.
You think the Eagles FO could have had “shanahan, cowher, gruden, billick, ryan, spagnuolo,” personnally I’d take Reid over all of them because almost all of them with the exception of maybe Spags would re-tool the majority of the coaching staff and change the systems. This would put us behind the 8 ball immediately. At least with Reid and McNabb we know we have a shot if nothing else they have proved that much and often.
"The 0-2 pitch, swing and a miss! STRUCK HIM OUT! The Philadelphia Phillies are 2008 World Champions of baseball! And let the city celebrate! " - Harry Kalas 1936-2009
by Whodie126 on Apr 28, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice post
Yeah, Andy frustrates me at times, to the point where I had thoughts that we should let him go. But in the end I think we’re better off with him.
Interesting that of the six names you mentioned four of them have won Super Bowls as a head coaches. Bringing someone in like that is intriguing, but not a guarantee. Look at Parcells and Jimmie Johnson. They won Super Bowls then moved on to other teams, and while they were successful, they didn’t win a Super Bowl with the new teams.
Bottom line is that you put all of the pieces in place, but you need to gel as a team, stay healthy, and have a few balls bounce your way. We’ve been close but it just hasn’t quite come together for us. But I’ll stick with Andy for now.
by MRPH on Apr 28, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well thought out
and completely true.
Everything takes time and patience — it’s so hard to plug a new coach in there and expect success.
"In a couple of weeks or a month, I'll be excited about this team," Dawkins said. "I've got to get used to saying that -- I'm a Bronco." Then he paused. "I'll tell you one thing -- I'll always be an Eagle."
by exitfare on Apr 28, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and more to the point,
this wasn’t a calm rational call for his head. i’m not sitting here, now, seeing what he did in the playoffs, or what he did against the giants, twice, in their own stadium. this goes straight back to cincinnati. any coach who loses that game, in that way, to that team, isn’t fit to man the sidelines, and needs to be put out to pasture.
brian mccann: derek lowe's got the best slider i've ever seen
john smoltz: yeah? and josh bard's the best catcher i've ever thrown to.
by variablesdont on Apr 28, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
comments like this make baby Jesus cry
Fly, Eagles, Fly...
by Bob_Q on Apr 28, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
wow, i had to laugh at that
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
by foos05 on Apr 28, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and games like cincinnati are supposed to get coaches fired
just to refresh your memory. he didn’t lose the game to a 1-8 team that was imploding. he tied. and that’s not the good kind of tie, either, it’s the kind where, not only were you not good enough to beat a 1-9 team in regulation, but you sucked so badly that you couldn’t even get the ball inside their 40 yard line to attempt a FG.
losing to a 1-9 team happens; any given sunday, and all that. tying them, as i said back then, is a special kind of suck.
brian mccann: derek lowe's got the best slider i've ever seen
john smoltz: yeah? and josh bard's the best catcher i've ever thrown to.
by variablesdont on Apr 28, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're right
The Cincinnati game was obviously all Andy’s fault. I mean, all game long Andy Reid was throwing terrible passes, and not only that, Andy Reid couldn’t pick up any yards running! Also, Andy Reid dropped a bunch of key passes and missed a bunch of key block. And Andy Reid had trouble kicking field goals as well. Fire him!!
by frameoncue on Apr 28, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that game wasn't some clusterfuck
firstly, westbrook had 60 yards rushing on 14 attempts. that’s not great, but it is well over 4 yards per carry.
secondly, buckhalter had 1 rushing attempt. 1. that’s not a failure to pick up any yards, that’s making your mind up that you’re not gonna do it.
and if you want to claim that he was injured and that westbrook was injured, that’s fine, but it brings up a bigger issue of roster construction. i was pretty dead set against lorenzo booker from day 1. i didn’t much like the idea of him taking carries away from buck or west, or even tony hunt (and in the end, booker took the roster spot away from tony hunt, which is one of the bigger sticks in my crawl), and what he represented (another pass catching option for mcnabb out of the backfield) was about the last thing i wanted.
we’ve been over all of this before. he may very well win 3 straight SBs, and maybe at that point i’ll embrace him, but in my mind, there was no coming back from that game. i gave him the TO thing. i gave him lee toe. that game, though, was one bridge too far. there ain’t no coming back.
brian mccann: derek lowe's got the best slider i've ever seen
john smoltz: yeah? and josh bard's the best catcher i've ever thrown to.
by variablesdont on Apr 28, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But that’s just the thing in the NFL. They did come back from that game. They came back all the way to the NFCCG. That’s admirable.
by JasonB on Apr 28, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are insane
I will admit reid has not been a great game coach but his work in the offseason has been masterful.
by NamingMyKidBrianDawkinsJR on Apr 28, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nice post
I don’t agree with it, but I think the response it’s gotten with people calling you an idiot is unwarranted. I actually tend to disagree with your posts I’ve found (probably because I don’t really criticize the team as much, but to each his own) but I like your posts because you actually take time to say what you think and explain why you think it. there are some people who i’ve begged to actually respond thoughtfully and make a good argument, but they just keep ignoring it and I think they’re kinda idiots. but since you’re a good poster who articulates his views well, I figured I’d back you up in a “good post” sort of way, but not an “i agree” sort of way.
although Whodie126 did make me chuckle with his comment
by eagleyosh on Apr 28, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater...
I’ll admit that the Cincinnati game was bad. I was there and almost 30% of the crowd was Birds fans so it wasn’t like going into a completely hostile environment. Plus, the Bengals were 1-8 up until that point.
LJ Smith was the only player in that game who looked good. And that’s saying something.
But living in Ohio and being forced to watch Bengals games last year showed me that the Bengals played up to good teams and played down to mediocre ones. Remember that the Bengals almost beat the Steelers and Giants early in the season and that they finished the season strong by beating Washington.
Calling for Andy Reid to be fired is way over-the-top.
by cybourgeoisie on Apr 28, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
variablesdont...
You are a dumbass.
You like the perters trade and the draft of Maclin.. yet you still want Reid gone?
Hahaha you’re an idiot.
Gonna miss Dawk a WHOLE lot next year..
by xEdge_Camx on Apr 28, 2009 2:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fire Reid, dump McNabb, Westy, D-Jac, and the rookies
Pick up Richie Kotitie, and bring Brett Favre out of retirement. I also hear the Ki-Jana Carter and Timmy Smith have been working out.
I bleed green and I piss silver and blue
by oldasquick on Apr 28, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don’t forget Mamula
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
by foos05 on Apr 28, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol he had an avg career lol poor guy ... thats what happens when you have high hopes ...
"I think pro athletes should be forced to use steroids. I think we as fans deserve the greatest athletes science can create."- Daniel Tosh
If Football Had A Church , Brian Dawkins Would Be My Preacher. -NPK
by NorthPhillyKid on Apr 28, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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