Eagles Bringing In FB Owen Schmitt

That is awful. I hope for the best. I had the pleasure of meeting Leonard Weaver just last yr, when I worked down at the stadiums. Right after he signed, he came to an event, he pulled up in his car w/a friend and immediately, I didn’t recognize him. He looked like a wealthy guy, dressed very sharply and driving a nice car ( I think cadillac). And he joked about getting in, and I said sorry, he needed a pass. And he said, “Man, an Eagle can’t get free parking even in his own city”. I said I’m sorry, I recognize our players, but I didn’t know who he was, and he pulled out his license, sure enough it was Leonard Weaver. And I apologized, and he laughed and said no worries, asked my name, and said it was a pleasure to meet me, and said he would come back later in the season and hook me up w/a shirt or something. I told him no worries at all, no need for all that, but it was nice to meet him. We talked for a little bit longer about how I think the eagles need a guy like him for locker room presence, and just a big back for goal line situations. I mentioned they should have signed Lamont Jordan yrs ago, and he laughed and made a joke about him being better than Jordan now, and I said I heard he was a good leader, like Cecil Martin, another friendly FB. He said that he hopes he can just help the team (very pc answer) and then he was on his way. I used to meet players for all four teams everyday, but only a few really stood out as being really great people, not just good athletes. I never had a bad encounter at all, but Leonards was a great encounter. I wish nothing but the best for Mr. Weaver and his family, and hope he has a speedy recovery, and DEF. hope to see him back on the field soon.

you mean a former player who knows the game like the back of his hand . . . than thanks. I am the typical Eagles fan.

Having a FB on the team is not something that can be measured with stats. I mean how exactly are we going to have a short yardage offense AT ALL?

Finally, andy reid doesn’t run the ball frequently anyway. Teams key on the 2 back set and look for the run. Out of the of the 1 back set we are more successful, anyway.

Football 101 lesson for you . . . its called play action. Where are the stats on play action in a two back set?

You justify all this by telling me there are two teams that don’t have a FB . . . 2 out of 32 NFL teams. Which BTW is wrong, because both teams have FB’s . . . Ganther on the Seahawks, and a variety of TE/H-Backs on the Colts that line up at FB from time to time.

And don’t give me “there are stats that show” . . . please, what a veiled attempt at making a real argument.

My final point is that when in an obvious running situation like 4 and 1, i’d like to think that we’d call a wildcat or something spread. (Anything smarter than a qb draw)

You think that we won’t be predictable if we do “wildcat or something spread” every short yardage situation? Of all the short yardage issues this team has had over the last two plus seasons, not once has anyone here recommended we get rid of our FB. I would love to see that offered up as a solution to our short yardage situations and see how BGN responds.

You don’t have to agree with me . . . but don’t insult me by saying I don’t know the game. Your logic really calls into question YOUR knowledge of the game. You sound like you learned it by playing XBOX.