The Linc - Ryan Leaf & Jamarcus Russell, Eagle killers.
by JasonB on May 10, 2010 8:24 AM EDT
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"Trevor Laws is doing a great job. He's in great shape right now," Roseman said prior to the draft. "He's in here every day. I think he's going to do a great job for us [as a pass rusher]."
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I think I might like Miles Austin
That is one funny quote…he had to catch himself
not that McNabb is a queen or anything
Funny thing is, who would have interpreted it that way? Anyone with even a nominal understanding of chess would get it.
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Is there a less masculine analogy Miles Austin could have made about McNabb?
“It’s like Peter Pan and the Lost Boys losing their main fairy.”
“If this were Badminton, the Eagles just lost their shuttlecock.”
“It’s like having Fruity Pebbles without the Fruity now.”
by ghostofandrewatters on May 10, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Clyde
My thoughts exactly. I actually thought that was JasonB adding that in there … I went looking for if the quotation marks had been closed or not, lol
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Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome
I laugh every time Haynesworth gives the Redskins the finger. It amuses me every time to see the off-season champions go down in flames. Sorry McNabb.
Let the beasting begin.
by TransplantedFan on May 10, 2010 9:21 AM EDT reply actions
Roseman's comments
Are already starting to bug me a bit. Trevor Laws is going to “do a great job for us” this season. Please. If he is adequate and gives some them some contributions on 3rd down, I would be happy. Something is better than the nothing Laws has given the Eagles in 2 years.
I understand you don’t bury your own players but does he have to give such ridiculous embellishments? Already a developing trend including the way he acted about the draft. If you listened to Roseman speak about the players the Eagles drafted, it sounds like every one of them is going to make the roster and a few of them will make notable impacts in Week 1. Even the most optimistic Eagles’ fan knows that just won’t be the case.
Plus, several times he has gone out of his way this offseason to not mention the ‘r’ word (rebuilding). Like it is 3rd grade again and the Eagles’ FO will get cuties if they say it.
Banner is hated in this town because he has the PR skills of a tree stump but can’t the Eagles find a happy medium besides tactless Banner & overly optimistic Roseman? I almost prefer Reid’s pointless post-game comments in comparison.
It's all political jargon
and it has worked for us in the past You don’t show your cards to anyone, and in my opinion, let them embellish everyone. You never know what they have brewing in the background, but there is absolutely nothing positive that could have come out with him saying “Laws will only help us marginally this year”.
by Team Serbia on May 10, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nah its not. It is how the team is perceived to some degree by the public rightly or wrongfully. PR & public perception matters.
He doesn’t have to be standoffish or difficult like Banner. Just not so overly optimistic. If this team does struggle a bit next year, this will back fire on Roseman a bit.
Maybe you should become a GM ans stop complaining...
….oh wait….you’re just a simple minded blogger…..righttt!!!!
KOLB is a natural born leader - something the Eagles haven't had on offense in a long long time. Prediction, we win a SB in the next 3 years.
Thanks for adding nothing to the discussion. This issue does matter & look how often it gets discussed ad nauseam in Philly in many specific capacities (Reid’s postgame press conferences) and general instances.
Hell, Banner is the best example. Banner is generally despised on this board almost because of his public persona. If you would just look at the results, the Eagles haven’t been handicapped by bad contracts & his input into what FA to keep has been pretty much 100%. From the results, you would think that Banner would be generally praised in this city. Due to his public persona though, he gets buried including in the media & among the general fanbase.
by MG77 on May 10, 2010 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I gotta agree with Serbia here ...
… There’s very little downside to him saying optimistic things. We all love honesty, but it’s not always the best policy. Also, Roseman could be an optimist, and could be being honest/genuine. Who knows, really?
I will agree with you on the adding nothing reply though. I rec’d it. And Yosh makes a good point later about Justice.
I think that’s the fun of training camp & the preseason. We get to wade through the BS and see for ourselves who looks good.
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Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome
maybe he will do a great job for us this season. If someone had said that about Justice during the offseason prior to last year it would have gotten the same reaction. Ya never know…maybe he turned a corner.
by eagleyosh on May 10, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't know what you are talking about
I personally think all 13 will make the team, several of them will share Defensive Rookie of the Year, at least 8 of them will be in the Pro Bowl this year, and for many years afterwards, and at least a third of them will be first-round ballot Hall of Famers. But, maybe I’m just the pessimist, since I know all of them have the talent to make the Hall of Fame.
Let the beasting begin.
by TransplantedFan on May 10, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Leif or Russell?
It just might be Russell although Leif was more of jerk/scumbag. Russell just struck me as a guy who got paid & was largely completely indifferent after he signed that contract. It didn’t help he was surrounded by the most inept, dysfunctional franchise in America today.
Forget that Leif game
Where he beat the Eagles 13-10 and turned in a performance with numbers that a high school QB puts up. Another highlight of the Eagles under Ray Rhodes.
Donovan’s a queen
~ Miles Austin
So now Austin is making gay slurs about McNabb, eh? He was smart to wait until McNabb was a Redskin to say that, because if Donnie was still an Eagle we’d probably call Austin’s quarterback a Homo. Oh wait…
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JIBTA’s actually Jack Ikegwuonu... and he’s f***ing pissed.
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Jesus Christ. Eagle lost to Russell AND Leaf?! Christ, who else did the Eagles lose to? Todd Mandarich?
Just for the record, Leaf is a bigger bust. His career QB rating is 50. That’s right, his QB rating is worse than 99% of QB’s completion percentage. Leaf even went one game going 1-15 for 4 yards, 0 touchdowns, and 2 picks. Yeah, he was that bad.
RIP Jim Johnson, best ever.
The only reason I think it’s Russell is because Leaf got 11.25 mil guaranteed, where Russell made 31.5 guaranteed (the total sum of Leafs rookie contract).
They were both horrible, but JeMarcus made a ridiculous amount of money I think I saw over 100k a reception he made … absolutely abysmal.
They call me The Professor.
The funniest part about that is there was a point he was 1-14, and he went “you know.. I can still do this, I am an nfl quarterback”. And talked himself into one more throw lol
by corn on the kolb on May 10, 2010 7:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Todd Marinovich QB not Tony Mandarich OL...
by 92-74-99-96 on May 10, 2010 8:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Leaf is a bigger bust by far. Everyone knew Russell was a project from the start. He’d have still gone in the first round, but probably much much later in the first.
Leaf had Manning-like expectations.
Money really isn’t something to look at since they both went at the same slot; it’s just a function of the rookie pay scale.
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