McCoy OUT...Gaither IN

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I guess Gaither did no worse than McCoy.

[T_Section224]

i thought he did ok

[ice grillin you]

next step for mccoy OUT of the league

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

next step for mccoy OUT of the league

Jason Short also got injured last night, so the white linebackers are falling off in chunks now.

[MDS]

Sean Considine in the next new problem. He can't tackle for shtein.

[Rome]

Poor tackling is a widespread problem in the NFL now.  I watched several games on Sunday, and trust me, the Eagles aren't the only team whose defenders can't tackle worth a shtein.

The play where Michael Lewis busted his nose is a perfect example.  He got beat and rather than simply wrap up Steve Smith and get him down to the ground, he tried to knock the shtein out of him instead.  Result?  About 20 YAC for Smith.

Just awful.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Sean Considine in the next new problem. He can't tackle for shtein.

Lewis can usually tackle (although too often goes for the big hit and doesn't wrap up) but can't cover.

Considine can cover a little but can't tackle for shtein.


Awesome choices.

[mussa]

Gaither had a nice play on 3rd down, other than that I can't recall much from him.

[SD_Eagle5]

I saw Gaither make 2 or 3 decent plays. The one positive was on every running play he wasn't being pancaked by a TE. At least on his feet he's another obstacle the RB had to deal with.

[Diomedes]

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/sports/16166170.htm

Gaither performed well, making five tackles. "It was great," he said. "It felt like a playoff atmosphere, and the best thing is that we came out of here with a win."

What does a rookie know about playoff atmosphere?

[ice grillin you]

hes from charlotte....perhaps hes been to some panther playoff games before

[PhillyPhreak54]

next step for mccoy OUT of the league

Jason Short also got injured last night, so the white linebackers are falling off in chunks now.

He also had another penalty last night too. One that pissed away good field position.

He's useless.

[The BIGSTUD]

All you have to do is see Gaither on the field on a defensive play and know he's an upgrade because whenever McCoy was on the field and they ran a play he was nowhere to be seen. Probably because he was on his ass blown up by a blocker.

[MadMarchHare]

Wait, I thought you wanted Gaither to fail, so you could keep blaming Heckert for the state of the team.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Gaither's INT and the one pass he swatted were 2 more plays in the passing game than the entire Eagles OLB corps had all year until then.  The kid's got some great instincts.


In other white boy losing his job news, I hope it was noted that Considine LAID CAMPBELL THE farg OUT on Mike Lewis's INT return.  That's teamwork as only a no talent white boy can play it.