2005 Point and Laugh at the Eagles Thread.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

You're educating no one, huntie hunt.  The Eagles' philosophy in the FO has really been working well overall.  One year with a couple of "I told you so" instances is not going to make intelligent people think that a Super Bowl can be bought.  Also, most of us remember a defensive line which included Burgess and Simon sucking wind attempting to pressure the quarterback more often than not, so throwing a heap of money at them would probably have changed the course of this season very little.

It's easy to whine like a bitch when the team's losing.  It's hard to take a look at the big picture.

You like the easy way.

[hunt]

despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, not one of you can admit that letting burgess & simon go was a mistake.
that's the big picture.

[Seabiscuit36]

You're educating no one, huntie hunt.  The Eagles' philosophy in the FO has really been working well overall.  One year with a couple of "I told you so" instances is not going to make intelligent people think that a Super Bowl can be bought.  Also, most of us remember a defensive line which included Burgess and Simon sucking wind attempting to pressure the quarterback more often than not, so throwing a heap of money at them would probably have changed the course of this season very little.

It's easy to whine like a bitch when the team's losing.  It's hard to take a look at the big picture.

You like the easy way.

He's a yankee fan that explains it all!

[ice grillin you]

Burgess wouldn't have been starting if Kalu was healthy.

are you kidding...kalu is a joke and has been since day one in the league...burgess clearly showed big potential from his great rookie year to the end of last year...the only question was the injuries...and while that is a valid reason not to overpay for him it doesnt change the fact that they chose not too take a chance on him and the raiders did...

its not always about who you let go but its who you replace them with...of the players who left what did the birds do as far as replacing them with someone who was A) just as good B) preferably better...this is what you need top do when youre a possesion away from winning the superbowl...you need to take chances and maybe overpay a little at the time for a young skys the limit guy like burgess...especially when he plays at a possesion that the team self admittedly covets...if you arent going to overpay at a position that you put a high value on then when are you...ive said this a million times but the birds were not 6-10 last year and in a situation where they could afford to take their chances with people like greg lewis...jerome mcdougle...nd kalu...keith adams...whatever scabs replaced ike...rod hood or reno mahe in the return game ect....ect...

to me its a legitimate question to ask what this franchise values more a minimal salary cap # and a shot at the playoffs each year or a superbowl victory

[MURP]

.if you arent going to overpay at a position that you put a high value on then when are you...

see  Kearse, Jevon. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Letting Simon go was a risk, but I don't see him getting sacks either.
Letting Burgess go was not a mistake at all at the time.  Not even a little bit.

Also, drafting Freddie Mitchell instead of Chad Johnson...  probably a bad idea.
Letting Tom Brady slip to the Patriots so he could later beat us in the Super Bowl?  UNACCEPTABLE.
Getting only a 2nd rounder for all-pro stud A.J. Feeley was a travesty.

OK, so maybe they do get it right once in a while.

The bottom line is that you're pretending you were upset about Burgess being let go all along, when in fact even you thought the Raiders overpaid him.  You're lumping Burgess and Simon in together, because your opinions on letting Simon go were more documented and more recent, so you're trying to get "credit" for both.
You're not fooling anyone.

[Diomedes]

despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, not one of you can admit that letting burgess & simon go was a mistake.
that's the big picture.

I don't miss Simon or Burgess at all.  I do miss the days when mfunhole didn't troll so much.

[Mad-Lad]

Also, drafting Freddie Mitchell instead of Chad Johnson...  probably a bad idea.

that's my favorite one.  the thought of acutally having a pro-bowl caliber wide receiver who came from the draft 

[ice grillin you]

Letting Burgess go was not a mistake at all at the time.  Not even a little bit.

only cause of the money was it not a misatke...risky yes...and now we see why

and for the record i said on this board that burgess was a more important free agent than trotter and that if healthy hed one day be a dominant off the edge pass rusher in this league

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The money was very high, considering his injury history and spotty production.  VERY.

[ice grillin you]

im not asking them to sign six big name free agents EVERY year or replace everyone who leaves with someone who is better EVERY year or resign all their own guys EVERY year or use all their cap money EVERY year...all im saying is they should have done all that THIS year...

overall they have done a good job and deserve much credit for where they have gotten this team,...but they picked an awful time to have what was their worst off season

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

overall they have done a good job and deserve much credit for where they have gotten this team,...but they picked an awful time to have what was their worst off season

We agree, then.

[Wingspan]

im not asking them to sign six big name free agents EVERY year or replace everyone who leaves with someone who is better EVERY year or resign all their own guys EVERY year or use all their cap money EVERY year...all im saying is they should have done all that THIS year...

overall they have done a good job and deserve much credit for where they have gotten this team,...but they picked an awful time to have what was their worst off season

how exactly do you resign all of your own guys and then sign all these free agents, and make room for draftees and still stay under the 53 man roster?

[4and26]

im not asking them to sign six big name free agents EVERY year or replace everyone who leaves with someone who is better EVERY year or resign all their own guys EVERY year or use all their cap money EVERY year...all im saying is they should have done all that THIS year...

overall they have done a good job and deserve much credit for where they have gotten this team,...but they picked an awful time to have what was their worst off season

how exactly do you resign all of your own guys and then sign all these free agents, and make room for draftees and still stay under the 53 man roster?

I know know what IGY point really was but with the cap space the Eagles had some needs - a big one being running back - that wasn't addressed.

Come on folks we've all been Eagles fans for a long time and while there are a lot of reasons to be disappointed this is still our Eagles team and the year is yet 1/2 over.        Beleive!

[ice grillin you]

how exactly do you resign all of your own guys and then sign all these free agents, and make room for draftees and still stay under the 53 man roster?

i was makin a point...not being literal