Ryan Matthews, Philadelphia Eagle

[Eagles_Legendz]

Murray will be an interesting test case regardless of where he signs.  Historical comparisons are scary in regards to player's production after receiving the workload that he did.  However, to counter that a bit, his previous workload was significantly lighter than most RBs who get run into the ground.  (But to re-counter that, the reason for the lighter workload in the past was because he couldn't stay on the field so...)

[ice grillin you]

Amateurish move by the Eagles if they don't sign him

[SD]

All part of the business

[PhillyPhreak54]

Amateurish move by Frank Gore then too, right?

[rjs246]

Exactly. Backing out of a verbal agreement is part of the deal. Players do it. Teams do it. Accept it or whine about it, but don't chastise one side and not the other.

[Beermonkey]

If I was days away from proposing to my wife, then all of a sudden I find that Selena Gomez has a fetish for middle-aged white guys with small lips and wants to spend her life with me, I'm choosing Selena.

It's a business about trying to make the team as strong as it can be with the resources it has. I have no problem if it means hurting Matthews feelings.  I'm pretty sure the majority of players themselves don't give two fargs about the feelings of a franchise and it's fan base.

[ice grillin you]

I was farging with QB you cranial lumps who called gores move amateur...hilarious tho that  j missed the post critical of the guy who dissed the birds but not the ripping the birds

[SD]

Supposedly they might sign both players, which I'm 100% on board with. Chip wants a running team and a QB who can make quick throws. If you have Murray/Mathews/Sproles that's a lot of weapons out of the backfield, if Bradford's knees don't fall off he has a much quicker release than Foles. Hopefully they can add a WR in the draft and a guard along the way and suddenly the offense looks formidable.

If Murray signs he instantly becomes a fan favorite in Philly for spurning the Cowboys

If he's just using the Eagles for posturing for a bigger deal with Dallas he instantly becomes the most hated athlete in Philly.

There's no in between...unless he does something stupid like signs with the Raiders.

[SD]

Albert Breer ‏@AlbertBreer  1m

1 minute ago

Ryan Mathews just left the Eagles facility about 5 minutes ago.

Albert Breer@AlbertBreer  ·  5m 5 minutes ago

Mathews has a physical scheduled off site for this hour. So nothing final yet.

[BigEd76]

nm

[ice grillin you]

I really don't give a shtein who the running backs are in his offense as that is the one part that is 100% system based...a rookie can be more or less be as productive as demarco Murray...it's all about the play action the options the formations and the play calling fooling the defense...if the execution is there then there is gonna be huge holes...so while I wouldn't be mad at a demarco Murray signing I don't see the sense of having any big salary backs in chips offense...I would rather allocate the funds to other positions or re ups

Demarco Murray AND Matthews is just straight up dumb imo

[BigEd76]

ESPNStatsInfo: Among FA RBs, DeMarco Murray 2nd in yds/rush in shotgun last 2 seasons (1: Ryan Mathews)

[smeags]

ESPNStatsInfo: Among FA RBs, DeMarco Murray 2nd in yds/rush in shotgun last 2 seasons (1: Ryan Mathews)

among FA rbs but where did the two rank overall ?

[bmt134]

Matthews is nice insurance for WHEN Murray gets hurt.

[SD]

He's signing per rappaport


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