The Howie Roseman GM Era Is Proving To Be A Total Sh*tshow

by jdrautz303 on Oct 2, 2011 5:12 PM EDT

Thankfully I was not able to watch the latest debacle today, but I would like to point out that the Howie "Silver Spoons" Roseman Era is off to a dreadful start in the drafting department. The Danny Watkins pick in Round 1 was clearly ridiculous (and indeed Watkins has yet to be active this season, which is simply inexcusable for a healthy first round pick). 2nd round pick Jaiqwuan Jarrett similarly has not cracked the starting lineup, 3rd rounder Curtis Marsh is a 3rd team cornerback (and also inactive, hence not even helping on special teams), and 4th rounder Casey Matthews has proven to be both overhyped (by the Eagles coaching staff) and overmatched.

Yet among a draft laden with questionable choices, perhaps the most egregious was the Eagles burning a 4th rounder on Alex Henery, despite David Akers still having plenty in the tank at age 36. Yes, Akers missed a couple of key field goals in the playoff loss to Green Bay, but he was also 32 for 38 for the season last year. Akers was also a beloved teammate in the locker room and oh yeah, was also the all-time scoring leader for the Birds. Kicker was clearly not a position of need, much less in the 4th round....so the irony of seeing Henery miss two short 4th quarter field goals is painfully apparent today, given that Akers late extra point was the deciding difference in the box score.

It's clear that the Eagles are paying dearly for an insipid offseason that a) saw Andy Reid hire a defensive coordinator who has never coached defense in the pros and b) produced an increasingly horrific looking draft, run by a GM with no discernible personnel evaluation skills (Roseman was a salary cap expert before being handed the GM position).

Yes, the blame for Philly's horrible start ultimately falls at Andy Reid's feet--he made the idiotic decision to hire Castillo, and I see that McCoy had only 8 carries today despite Philly having a 20 point lead. (For f*cks sake Andy...really?) However, it bears mentioning that wunderkind Howie's inflated sense of self importance (see this article for details) does not mean that he has any clue how to run a draft.

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with Wade Phillips and Rob Ryan why do you take a O-line coach and make him into a Defense Coach? I know why so Andy Reid can have control. I hate this soooooo much

At least the Cowgirls lost…..

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by Davisdom181 on Oct 2, 2011 5:33 PM EDT reply actions

Those guys run 3-4 D's

we don’t have the guys to run those. Didn’t we all yell at McD for having Cole out in coverage last year?

by djthekidd on Oct 2, 2011 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions

how can you blame roseman? he brought in loads of talent. i thought he did a brilliant job. Roseman might be the GM but he shares it with fat boy. Fat Boy has the final say on draft choices. Watkins and Matthews were obviously fat boy picks. The reason Heckert left a GM spot in Philly to go to the Browns GM is because its obvious he didn’t have the power he has now in Cleveland. Why else would he make a move from being a GM in a sucessful city to becoming a GM in a losing football city. Otherwise its a tradeoff that doesnt make sense. So lets throw out the draft because fat boy has his stubby fingers all over that.

Nmandi is a great pick up that just isn’t playing well. Cant blame Roseman for that. He was and is supposed to be a Shutdown Corner. Id gamble on that every day. We raped the Cardinals trading Kolb and got DRC which isnt even getting enough playing time. Babin was a great resign and so was Cullen Jenkins. The guards are playing ok that we picked up. Vince Young and Ronnie Brown are jokes. So overrall i dont see how Rosemna is doing a bad job. He got the talent here, its the coaches job to make it work, and their not

by greenismean on Oct 2, 2011 5:38 PM EDT reply actions

Seriously

I’ve always been a supporter (apologist, in others’ words) of this coaching staff, but yikes. Not good, gotta shake something up. But there’s no way we can blame the FO for this season.

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by AnthroEagle on Oct 2, 2011 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions

i didn’t!!! i support it, i like the job roseman has done

by greenismean on Oct 2, 2011 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions

This

The front office brought us players. Maybe not a LB or Safety. But hell, The rest of the team is loaded. This falls on the coaching staff period.

by greenage on Oct 2, 2011 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I still like the Henery pick

kickers have probably the longest career of any positions. As the Matthews pick showed, it’s hard to find actual talent in the 4th round. Akers played on the eagles for what, 10 years?
I like picking a possible elite in the 4th round, who may be our kicker for a while, rather than taking a shot on some player that probably won’t pan out.

by KevinEagles on Oct 2, 2011 5:51 PM EDT reply actions

Really?

This is in no way Howie or the FO fault. This is all on the coaches. We have a ridiculous amount of talent on both sides of the ball. This falls on the coaching staff and the defense having no heart.

by SoDakEagle on Oct 2, 2011 5:52 PM EDT reply actions

How much production are the Eagles getting from guys they have drafted last year and this year so far?

by MG77 on Oct 2, 2011 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Watkins is a disgrace.

I agree there. Nate Allen is one of the worst players in the NFL. So is Casey Matthews. I do think Roseman did a great job bringing in loads of talent…but he didn’t fire the fucking moron coaches who can’t use them correctly.

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by EvilBanner on Oct 2, 2011 5:56 PM EDT reply actions

We

should have taken Carimi or Solder but our coaches don’t know up from down

by dirtybird#20 on Oct 2, 2011 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I wanted Carimi at the time of the draft :(

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Before the injury Allen had potential but that injury derailed him pretty good. Problem is they should not have gone after him if they took Thomas instead of Graham to begin with.

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Not true. His play tailed off a lot after the first month.

by MG77 on Oct 2, 2011 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions

It did but you have to chalk that up to the rookie wall, which was expected. Now toss in that knee injury and that doesn’t bold well at all. He is having to be played sooner then he would like.

He isn’t a wash but he is a liability I think until his knee is 100%

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions

DRAFT

I knew we couldn’t run a draft over a year ago when we took a d-lineman who we didn’t need over a FS that we needed as bad as we needed anything!!

by dirtybird#20 on Oct 2, 2011 5:57 PM EDT reply actions

I am going to channelmy inner Bill Parcells

Howie bought some great groceries, Andy and his inept coaching staff just isn’t doing a good job of preparing them.

The fact is that there is enough talent on this roster to succeed, it just isn’t and that falls squarely on Mr. Piggy’s shoulders. And yes, I am calling Andy Reid “Mr. Piggy” from now on.

by The Reddgie on Oct 2, 2011 5:57 PM EDT reply actions

Amen brother

by dirtybird#20 on Oct 2, 2011 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions

To say it’s premature to judge the 2011 draft class is an understatement.

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by JasonB on Oct 2, 2011 5:59 PM EDT reply actions

Danny Watkins?

The 60 year old fireman? I think we can judge him, Jason.

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A: They are equally ineffective in the red zone.

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by EvilBanner on Oct 2, 2011 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes

I think we have the right to judge the bench warmer.

by greenage on Oct 2, 2011 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah no need to see him play first or anything.

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by JasonB on Oct 2, 2011 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

We did see him play and he went from starting to inactive..the be replaced by guys who should be replaced themselves. That is not good.

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s the problem… when you draft a 26 year old you expect him to play immediately

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by Djax10 on Oct 2, 2011 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Why

look at least Carimi & Solder are playing & playing well I might add

by dirtybird#20 on Oct 2, 2011 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

How do you know they wouldn’t be sitting on the bench if we had drafted either of them?

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by JasonB on Oct 2, 2011 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

both of those players had more football expeirence then Watkins to begin with and were better then Watkins coming out of college.

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions

If

we had taken 1 of those guys we could have left Herrimans at LG where he belongs!!

by dirtybird#20 on Oct 2, 2011 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t know. First two picks cant even get on the field and they are positions that are hurting bad.
Henery is looking like the only decent draft pick next to Lewis. That is saying something

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions

and the ones playing from this class are looking pretty BLEH ( Kelce, Matthews )

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Thought

Howie was supposed to be this drafting guru lawyer…him + reid have failed badly in that aspect

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:08 PM EDT reply actions

i really doubt watkins or matthews is a roseman pick

by greenismean on Oct 2, 2011 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree

I think he worked the numbers for the draft, But scouting the players is someone else job.

by greenage on Oct 2, 2011 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions

scouting is fine, they scout lots of players but the scouts dont draft the players

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Not going to put this on the FO

They can only put together the team on paper, and how wondrous a team they put together.

This is on the other end of the management, the coaches, who have failed to inspire the great talent this team has.

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by Rogue Nine on Oct 2, 2011 6:16 PM EDT reply actions

whoa whoa whoa

you can not put blame on roseman. the free agents havent lived up but he had a magnificent, genius offseason. and he was king in august, dont turn on him like that. hes not the one missing tackles and turning the ball over

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by griffeagles on Oct 2, 2011 6:18 PM EDT reply actions

sarcasm?

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

nope

LeSean McCoy is the best thing to hit Philadelphia since Ben Franklin

by griffeagles on Oct 2, 2011 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I wasn’t a fan of our draft, but it’s too early to judge it.

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by KByars on Oct 2, 2011 6:30 PM EDT reply actions

i agree but its hard to judge a draft when their not good enough to get on the field lol

by greenismean on Oct 2, 2011 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions

and the ones getting on the field well just arent good

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions

You spend 20+ picks on backups

And this is what Sunday afternoons look like

by DLawrence55 on Oct 2, 2011 6:37 PM EDT reply actions

reid is dyslexic when it comes to football…
Up at halftime..they pass
Down at halftime…they run
Use late round picks as starters & early round picks as projects

by Easedel on Oct 2, 2011 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions