Two Eagles On A Bad List...

Matthews shouldn’t have been in that spot.

Where is Page on this list? He’s a notable omission.

Matthews is the worst linebacker to have ever started in Eagles green and Castillo is a joke.

if the debacle of the eagles defense ended up with measurable deficiencies besides poor tackling, I’d be on board.

This goofy list sounds like the fashion police getting all catty at the leopard spots on the red carpet.

If you are going to bash us, do it with some gusto. Don’t go the cheap and easy because the media has been doing it all year.

Grow some bal.lz if you are going to troll…

Casey Matthews was put in a bad spot by Castillo. He stepped his game up considerably the last 3 games of the season. Still not starter material but he never should have been put in that position in the first place. Jamar Chaney should have made the list instead for being one of the worst starting middle/inside linebackers in the NFL.

As AR would say, “It starts me, the HC, there are things we need to address and work on. I just need to do a better job, it’ll get better, just needs to address the situation better”.

The fact that AR, put his trusted OL coach into the DC position is like putting his own job on the line, “We’ll work on the fundamental to put this team in a better position, it’ll get better, we just need to work hard and do our part”.

A first time DC, who saw limited time during the lockout, haven’t had much chance to work with the players. He had to learn from the bottom up, with his DL coach’s scheme in the “wide-nine”. He also had to understand the Hows and Whys of the secondary, i.e. man to man and zone coverages in the nickle and dime formations.

In his haste to find coverage in the middle field, inserted a rookie and hoped it was the answer to plug a huge gaping hole. Early in the season, things were not looking up, and they threw every conceivable rotations they had on the roster. Someone was playing the Mike, obviously too long and still had no inkling what his job in the position was. AR says, “Obviously, I have to do a better job. I need to go and watch the film, we definitely need to work out those mistakes, it’ll get better”.

Into the late season, the players found the chemistry to take it to the next level. With all the rebuilding playing throughout the year, was it worth the coaches and players learning to trust and know where each positions stands?

We all know that every year all of the teams goes into rebuilding after FA and the Drafts. And at times, some teams goes into overhauling mode, some massive and others not as much. The eagles went into a modest overhauling and found their grooves late in the season. I’m interested in how our team will rebuild with the FA and the draft picks this year. Even with all the talents we have in the mix, it’s never a sure thing as good enough is not good enough. This is the NFL, the top, the elites and we have to be the best, the only way there is.

This is an extra insert:

I remember many years ago, as a young kid. There was kind of special game, where Japan played against the University of Hawaii at the old Honolulu stadium. It was a long day for the players from Japan. They had some good players and they played their heart out.

At every positions, it made University of Hawaii players the elites of the game. From the starters down to the third string, there were no match for the visiting team. In the end, they didn’t want to shut them out and allow them to have their first score of the game.

Imagine players from Japan flying around the fields, all day long. Sometimes you would just wonder where they summed up the stamina to keep going. There were a few times, they moved the chain pass the 50 yard line. They were able to make pass completions, but the run game pretty much looks no where above 25 yards at best.

It’s ironic that the last 15 – 20 minutes of the game, the crowd were cheering for Japan. All and all they put a heck of a performance and played through the whole game on what reserve energy they had left in the tank. The game ended with everyone cheering for Japan, and the players waves to the crowd.

All I’m saying is teams can’t have players of every position in the elite categories. In the NFL there are 32 elite teams, where each teams builds individual players at the best of their game. When the season is over, the best players are chosen to go to the Pro Bowl as elites, and the winner of the Conference claims the elites best. Next year, the routine begins once again. The NFL has to be one of the best elite sport, along with NBA, MLB and NHL, fans keep the teams moving. Without the fan base, like the USFL, there would be no elite sports organization.

I think he could have avoided the KCW list (which includes players for both on and off-field buffoonery) with his strong(er) end of year play…until I thought about his passive-aggressive whiny comments about how hard it is to play for Birds fans. Heres a guy who makes some pretty large contributions to blowing games early in the year, and then goes on to troll the fanbase during maybe one of the worst years to do so? Keep choppin’, Casey…

a level of consistent awfulness that undermines the competitiveness of the team, yet, for one reason or another, is tolerated.

And yet Castillo wasn’t that. He got better by the end of the year, and actually improved the competitiveness of the team.

Say want you want about his long term prospectives, but to say that about him is just stupid.

These two were placed in positions to fail by a much higher power.