Blow this farging team up

[Magical_Retard]

i was skeptical of the kearse signing but i did not fault them. i believed that if he was ever healthy again he could cause chaos. even when he has been healthy he is been ok, and mostly he has been hurt. even in tenn b4 coming here he was constantly hurt. if not the whole season, missing games here and there. but in the 04 off season when they signed him and TO i was too happy to care that he might turn out to be a bust. to me it actually signaled a change with the philosophy towards the FA market. finally i thought they were going to try to get over the hump.

since then i have realized that was a abbreration and they have gone straight back to not being aggresive at all.  kearse might be a bust but it was a good attempt. can not fault them for that. i do fault them for constantly bringing up a signing from 3 seasons ago, one that is a bust now, to answer those who ask why this organization does not sign FAs who would fill need positions. how many times are we reminded of the 04 season and how they got TO/Kearse. well that was 3 seasons ago and only 1 off season in the otherwise lackluster 9 off seasons with reid and co.

and while i agree with the article a 100% i also think its unfair to put the blame of the current miami team, coaches, and franchise on heckert. he left when back in 02? 03? how is it that the team assembled now in 07 is his fault? they messed up by signing culpepper over brees and then rushing culpepper back. signing saban. tedd ginn jr. not getting quinn.

also how many actually believe heckert is a true GM? i have a feeling more than anything he is figure head position and reid calls all the real shots. this team has reid written all over it. heckert might help and have substantial input but mostly i think he is reid's yes man.

[Feva]

Isn't that the game a guy named Carlos Hall came in to replace him and recorded 3 sacks?

Ugh.  Hadn't thought about that in a while.

[ice grillin you]

i felt that kearse was overpaid and overrated at the time but i was totally on board with the signing...overpaying is what you gotta do sometimes...at the same time it still goes on their player personel record as a black mark...they couldnt even get one top notch season out of the guy...shtein i would taken him having one good game his entire eagles career if it was the superbowl...but in the biggest game of any of our lives the guy had one tackle

his trademark coming over was the sack/ff combo...hes got what (4) forced fumbles in four years with the eagles...if he just has one in the superbowl maybe they win instead

oh well....cut him and howard this offseason...they are gonna have ooodles of money this spring...they better put it to good use

[MDS]

how about we just blow up the novacare during a coaches meeting with reno mahe and sean considine inside?

[PhillyPhreak54]

1. Eckel's right

2. Although he's right, its no shock at all that he's once again blowing Modrak. He lost his inside info, most of it, when Modrak was shtein canned. He's been blowing him since then.

3. When scouting directors or personnel guys are fired and new ones come in, they usually put in "their boys". This happens all throughout the NFL.

[Sgt PSN]

3. When scouting directors or personnel guys are fired and new ones come in, they usually put in "their boys". This happens all throughout the NFL.

I don't think anyone is surprised by that.  Coaches do the same thing with assistant coaches and players.  They want their own people.  The thing about it though is that Modrak obviously had talented scouts where as Heckert obviously does not. 

The bottom line is that Reid/Heckert inherited a defense that was on the verge of being great and while they kept it in tact for a few years, they've done a terrible job at replacing quality players with the exception of Sheldon, Lito, Killa and possibly Gaither (tbd).  And it seems that they finally got it right with DT with Patterson and Bunkley.  Congrats on that, it only took them 9 years to get a disruptive pair of tackles.  And that's attributed primarily to poor scouting. 

[Rome]

everyone will disregard it because it's Eckel, but that column is on point and it's about time somebody starts to say this shtein.

Maybe they would if someone with an ounce of journalistic integrity had written it?

[SunMo]

i agree, but the fact that it's basically a temper tantrum in column form is pretty amusing

[Geowhizzer]

Not just blown up...

[Don Ho]

great article.  watching dallas and all that young talent they have just reiterated this FO's lack of draft skills and securing quality FA's.  I can't take any more drafts like 03, 04, 05 and FA signings like Kearse, Howard, Will James (whatever he calls himself).

Dallas has 2 first round picks (from CLE) next season too

swell.  merry farging christmas.

[Don Ho]

I swear that Kearse has not had a good game since the 2004 game in Detroit (week 3?).  Please correct me if I'm wrong but I can't recall many highlights.

[Munson]

His first two games last year were going great until he blew out his knee.

[Tomahawk]

yes it is...i had totally forgotten about that...all i remember is the eagles were up 24-7 at half...maybe 24-10...and gagged in the fourth quarter

Didn't gag as much as Reid refused to call any running plays.

[SD_Eagle5]

His first two games last year were going great until he blew out his knee.

This is about right. He had a couple of good games here and there but the start of last season was the first glimpse of him being the player he was hyped to be.

[Sgt PSN]

i felt that kearse was overpaid and overrated at the time but i was totally on board with the signing...overpaying is what you gotta do sometimes...at the same time it still goes on their player personel record as a black mark...they couldnt even get one top notch season out of the guy...shtein i would taken him having one good game his entire eagles career if it was the superbowl...but in the biggest game of any of our lives the guy had one tackle

This.   I was excited about the signing and thought that it was a sign of things to come from this front office.  They aquired both TO and Kearse in the same offseason and felt that they would be agressive in free agency after that.  Obviously I was wrong.  If anything, by signing Kearse and TO, the front office can point to those 2 players with a "see what happened" attitude when it comes to spending money on free agents.  Apparently, that's exactly what they're doing.