Roseman Implies The Eagles Missed On A LB Target Last Year

Yet they had the money to sign Smith? Sounds more like a weak cop out.

The FO does fix their problems eventually. For example, we used to have terrible WRs, now we have Maclin and Jackson who until this year everyone thought were pretty damn good until this season.

Kinda OT:
What happens of Keuchley gets drafted before we pick? Should we just take a WR/BPA? Personally, I’d want to trade back and take Hightower.

That ruins the narrative! The FO sucks, they hate LB and the fans and everything!!!!

Seriously…Preseason we were all saying how genius these guys were….They missed on LBs, they missed on the DC (BIG TIME)…. They know it, we know it

I dunno. The Eagles traded out after he was taken in the 3rd. It’s possible it’s him.

Didn’t Andy specifically state that they didn’t go after a LB because he wanted to see how his young guys would play?

And if it was an obvious weakness especially deep into the year, didn’t Tatupu (who may have been bad, but was worth a one year shot at least especially after how our first few games) say he was waiting and wanting to get signed by us? Why not take a shot there?

Kirk Morrison (who albeit hadn’t been what he was years ago over the last 2 years) wasn’t worth a look (he signed 14 days after Smith’s signing)?

Maybe its just me, but I take what Howie is saying with a grain of salt because I just don’t believe that an organization who’s had little-to-no interest over the last near decade in LBs suddenly found an interest in them last year and needed to provide excuse as to why they did what they always do. Its not secret that Andy has never cared for the position. Spikes gone after one year, Witherspoon gone after half a year, Stew walks without hesitation, etc. Yet every time Andy talks about it, its “We tried to see if we could bring them back and or they decided other ventures…” blah blah. Its just a complete load to me.

I want Kuechly as bad as anyone. I’ve been on his bandwagon forever. Hell, I would be happy just to get a LB period in the first few rounds and one with talent who can actually making a difference. No more excuses.

Eagles needed lbs for years now. They have continually ignored it.

C’mon, really? Think back to last year, everybody and their mom felt they had at least two more pressing needs. There was a line around the block for rides on Jamar Chaney’s jock because he had three good games.

Let’s not act like they sit up in the front office and say “meh, linebackers, who needs ’em?”

That just doesn’t seem logical to me, not from anybody who wants to make money, keep their job and win … or any other measure of successfully running a football team.

This makes sense to me:

We don’t devalue that position. Have there been opportunities that maybe haven’t worked out because maybe a player gets picked right before we picked and we’re in negotiation to sign someone and it doesn’t work out? No doubt about that …

there are 31 other teams that you’re competing with.

You can’t have everything you want, and have everything you hope would work out do so.

With the benefit of hindsight, we all look like a bunch of geniuses. But I bet less than 2% of the posts heading into the season thought it would become the shitshow it became. So don’t act like the Eagles willfully sent a dookie team out there while stuffing money in their pockets.

They failed, but it was an honest effort. And one I’ve said all along probably goes more on the coaches and players than the FO, despite the glaring inadequacy at LB/S for much of 2011.

No one seems to want to get a safety. I’m really hoping Jarrett turns out to be a stud, but theres little way of knowing from what we’ve seen. I actually like Coleman a whole lot. It’s not that he’s some sort of all-pro or anything, but he reminds me a whole lot of Mikell before Dawkins left. Great 3rd guy that will eventually be a quality starter. I’m still not sold on Allen, but I like the idea of a Healthy Allen/Jarrett combo. But I can’t bear to see another year of us getting raped over the middle. I think it’s just as much of an issue as LB.

Eagles targetted Tulloch, and the stories were that we were close to a signing. Detroit wanted him too. I think the agent trumped up the offer from detroit to shake more out of philly and we simply packed up and moved onto NA….

Detroit, now the only one in the running… took the guy for a ridiculously inexpensive one year “trial” contract.

The less I think we are going to get him. See Knowshon Moreno, Earl Thomas

that are there, can’t go accordingly to how they have planned it, especially after FA and those taken before us. And there are other routes to go to, in trading up and giving up a couple of picks, trading down and taking few more picks, and trade picks for next year’s draft. Then it comes down to the salary cap, agreements and the signings. We have alot picks, for a team that don’t need to use them all, to fill in some of the most needed areas in defense and spot in a few depth in the offense. We can never know what each draft players commodities are, until pre-season begins, albeit using them all in rotations on every snaps. The hardest of them all is corresponding to breaking down the team into the 53 man roster, releasing players and forming the practice squads. When it’s done and made as the season begin, there can’t be any excuse, henceforth. FO will be the gamble of all the commodities from the coaches down to the players as the team’s organization. And it’s the same with the rest of the 31 teams in the NFL. Because of the limited salary cap and the NFL rules in the 53 man rosters, each team can only hold on to so many players. There’s no “Aw shucks we could’ve kept that player instead”, “Damn, that player ain’t doing anything at all”. There’s no way to know how all of our picks will do in our organization, as well as those who leaves ours for other organizations. At least some of our picks are doing well, no matter whose organizations they’re in. Each organizations are different, some players will adapt just fine and others not so. Each year we praised our team to take every game at top and that is the NFL.

Okay. Riddle me this. Name one GM who has hit on ALL their draft prospects. Just one. Having a hard time? That’s because his name is Duzz N. Exist. I can name a TON of 1st round busts. And that number is equally divided amongst all 32 teams. Nobody is perfect, guys. And our team is showing vast improvement in that area. We went from Reggie Brown and Freddie Mitchell to Desean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin. Relax. The FO knows they fucked up. They even told us that. What, you want the FO to tell the whole world us their entire gameplan for the offseason?
I’m pissed we didn’t even make the postseason. We ALL are. The FO is embarassed. And the pressure is on to ace the draft; no “high motor” nobodies or “project, but talented” bullshit. They must draft proven players,or face a backlash from us that would not be pretty. So just chill, this year up ahead will determine if this organization is ready to finally win it all.