A Decade of Andy Reid

[Diomedes]

ha, good stuff

[Eagaholic]

well, that didn't take more than a few hours to get fixed. The shot that has AR captioned as "Reid in August 2008" showed the following pic:

[BigEd76]

According to Banner's CSN interview, Andy knows he's fat, but he works out a lot.  yeaaaaaa

[BigEd76]

Reid talks to Spadaro, confirms they're cheap and smug

"...we feel like we've groomed Quintin Demps to step in and fill that position. If that doesn't work out, we've signed a couple of free agents in Sean Jones and Rashad Baker that we think are good football players. Are any of them Brian Dawkins? Well, no, it's not fair to compare any of them to Brian right now. But they are young guys who have the opportunity to try and strive to be as good Brian has been."

If they aren't as good as Brian, why not keep Brian before he gets into free agency?
 
"That's a good question. We did make an attempt and it didn't work out. Obviously, he got a phenomenal deal from the Broncos. That is all part of this business and that's what Brian did and that's what we did. Like they say, the sun comes up every day and the NFL season comes around every year. Brian is getting ready to do his thing with the Broncos and we're getting ready to do our thing."
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Some fans wonder, though, why the Eagles, who have so much room under the salary cap, would not just do anything it takes to keep a player like Dawkins here. Why not go the extra mile and keep him here?

"I understand that and we're obviously in a business where change takes place. You set the money aside and we did what we thought was fair and Denver did what they thought was fair and they did a great job with it. And we move on. That's how these things work. There is no animosity towards Brian. That's just business. I think Brian understands that, we understand that and you just go on."
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Fans see a team that has enough room under the salary cap to do whatever it wants in terms of acquiring players. The approach seems to be more conservative. Can you explain the approach so far in the off-season?
 
"You can say it's a conservative approach or you can just say it's smart. People are hesitant to say that, but ... Because you have the money, you just don't go blow it on something that you don't think is good enough quality to put on the Eagles uniform. ..."

[General_Failure]

Some fans wonder, though, why the Eagles, who have so much room under the salary cap, would not just do anything it takes to keep a player like Dawkins here. Why not go the extra mile and keep him here?

"I understand that and we're obviously in a business where change takes place. You set the money aside and we did what we thought was fair and Denver did what they thought was fair and they did a great job with it. And we move on. That's how these things work. There is no animosity towards Brian. That's just business. I think Brian understands that, we understand that and you just go on."

A lot of people who wind up crying like a bitch understand why they're crying.  Unless you're at an intervention, it probably wasn't a good decision that had them blubbering all over the place.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Because you have the money, you just don't go blow it on something that you don't think is good enough quality to put on the Eagles uniform.

Definitely quotable.

Let's now please mention some of the guys who HAVE been good enough to put on the Eagles uniform in the Reid era.  I'll start:

Freddie Mitchell
Quinton Caver
Mike McMahon
Andy Hall
Mike Gasperson

[ice grillin you]

"I understand that and we're obviously in a business where change takes place. You set the money aside and we did what we thought was fair and Denver did what they thought was fair and they did a great job with it.

and the eagles did a horrioble job with it...end of story

anything else these clowns have to say is all crap

[General_Failure]

Because you have the money, you just don't go blow it on something that you don't think is good enough quality to put on the Eagles uniform.

Definitely quotable.

Let's now please mention some of the guys who HAVE been good enough to put on the Eagles uniform in the Reid era.  I'll start:

Freddie Mitchell
Quinton Caver
Mike McMahon
Andy Hall
Mike Gasperson

Na Brown
Todd Pinkston
Reno Mahe

Guys who were worth even more than that:

Blaine Bishop
Jevon Kearse

[PhillyGirl]

If I was in a much worse place in my life, this thread could lead to suicidal thoughts. 

[Butchers Bill]

How about good 'ol Levon Kirkland?  Those two fatty's probably helped launch Five Guys.

[ice grillin you]

simenou is my favorite because andy actually seeked him out and gave up something for him

trying his damndest to make matt mccoy and sean considine starters was priceless to

[DH]

I hope that fat sonuvabitch is at the BYU game at the Center today so I can Gillooly his farging knees.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Indeed, but it should be noted that there are plenty of no-talent black guys too:

Todd Pinkston
Tony Hunt
Michael Lewis*



*included purely to annoy

[ice grillin you]

there are but you could at least pick the right ones

michael lewis and todd pinkston on the same level as a quinton caver matt mccoy or sean considine...not even close

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Reading is fundamental.

And Pinkston was just as bad or worse, because they pushed him as a starter for so long.  It's not like a Greg Lewis situation where they kept him around as a 4th/5th option.  They actually used Pinkston as an excuse not to upgrade the STARTING lineup.  Awful.