The 2007 Offseason Thread

[BigEd76]

read eckel when the eagles are winning...he writes articles praising them all the time...on the flip side read spadaro and look for him to speak negatively towards the team...will never happen

Eckel doesn't work for the Eagles or have anything to do with their official website, so he can write whatever he wants and get away with it.  If the roles were reversed and Eckel had to represent the Eagles, he wouldn't write most of the crap he does.  Spadaro isn't 100% "yay team!" by any means.  He's just more careful with how he words things because he has to, but when he's off the record, he's highly critical of many players...

BTW, Eckel told the WIP morning show that he declined the appearance on DNL because A) he's bitter about being dumped by CSN without explanation, and B) he claims it wasn't in his best interest to appear on a show representing a competitor of the Trenton Times.  Please...

[Rome]

read eckel when the eagles are winning...he writes articles praising them all the time...on the flip side read spadaro and look for him to speak negatively towards the team...will never happen

Eckel doesn't work for the Eagles or have anything to do with their official website.  If the roles were reversed, you'd see similar results.  Spadaro isn't 100% "yay team!" by any means.  He's just more careful with how he words things because he has to, but when he's off the record, he's highly critical of many players...

He was with us, that's for sure.
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[ice grillin you]

i never compared spads and eckel...everyone else does that as a way of disparaging eckel

that would be a slap in the face of eckel who whether you like him or not is a real sports reporter/writer...spads runs a website thats it...he is in no way a reporter of anykind...and hes as much a writer as anyone on this website

[Rome]

Neither one of them is worth arguing over.

[SunMo]

Eckel is a thug

[ice grillin you]

lol

[Feva]

 

[Diomedes]

Eckel is a thug

You mean he's black?

[SunMo]

at least partially, look at his hair for shteins sake

[Magical_Retard]

hes not an excellent qb...hes a very good one...who also happens to be a Hoyda...its not loathing...its calling it as it is...people think i hate him...but i honestly dont...do i love him like i used to...no...but i hes still one of my favorite players on the team...but that doesnt mean you have to turn a blind eye to his faults


I wasn't only commenting about Eckel and those bringing credence to his blasphemy but also those who feel the need to constantly point out just how wrong he is and make a big deal about it.

thats cause eckel says things that arent pro eagle
best believe if eckel was all puppies and flowers regarding the team people would be touting him for a pulitzer prize

when i look for faults in mcnabb i look for things in his game like how even though he is tons more accurate than he was in yrs past he still has bad throws far too often for my liking. i dont like how he has limited himself somewhat by not running enough as it keeps the defense guessing. i dont know if that is cause he is more comfortable and able to make the throws he is making or if its something he is purposely not doing. i also do not like the fact that he zings the ball when a WR is 3 yds away. thats critisizing his game...not GUESSING what his inner guts are made off and what he is thinking and how he doesnt get psyched up for a game or that he does not care about losing. all of that which you believe to be is true is just that...your opinion and thats not the truth. you act as if ppl here besides you give mcnabb a free pass. thats BS and you know that but the rest of us dont have the ability to know every emotion mcnabb feels.

and ppl would praise eckel? spads gets no praise, respect, credit, or anything besides ridicule so how would eckel be any diff? 

[Geowhizzer]

Igy, with the way I've seen you talk about McNabb over the past season, I'd be interested in seeing how you'd treat a player you didn't like.

[ice grillin you]

whether i hate a player or love him i dont let bias come into the mix...i call em as i see em

you may not agree with me...but everything i say i believe

for example im not someone like hunt is with iverson who will kill a hall of fame player simply because he hates him..and because of that bias he simply cannot bring himself to praise him in anyway and thus drops opinions that he really doesnt even believe himself

[Geowhizzer]

OK, fair enough.  I just guess that I've never seen you say anything overly positive about McNabb.

[ice grillin you]

ive said hes a very good qb many a time

but truth be told he hasnt done anything overly praise worthy since before ive been on this board (and in general since making the superbowl...a lot of it due to injuries)...and at this point are you really gonna go out of your way to praise him for anything less than another superbowl appearance...i mean eveyone knows hes a quality qb...he now has to take that next step...how many times are you gonna praise him for a good game in october...the way i judge him now fair or not is can he or will he ever win a championship...and imo thats highly questionable

[General_Failure]

Eckel is a thug

You mean he's black?

He didn't say he was uppity.