The observation thread

[BigEd76]

Didn't hear it firsthand so I'm going by multiple recaps on EMB, but apparently there's a regular caller named Jerry that keeps interrupting Dave every time Dave tries to answer a question, so Dave had enough today and yelled into the mic, "LET ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS...STOP INTERRUPTING ME...THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME YOU CALL...YOU ASK ME 50 MILLION QUESTIONS, THEN INTERRUPT ME WHEN I TRY TO ANSWER YOUR GOD DAMN QUESTIONS!!"  Then the next caller asked why they don't run more and he replied "THEY RAN THE GOD DANG BALL!" and cut off his show for a half hour.

[rjs246]

hahaha i farging love it.

[ice grillin you]

spads took his mic and went home....good stuff

[Munson]

JR and his leg have played extremely well, and anything is an improvement over Considine.  I'm not going the Munson route here at all, i'd much rather have a guy who has 2 legs and ridiculous skills, but as a backup plan i'm damn happy he's there. 

but knowing reid he will figure that this shows enough to justify him as the starter next season.

sad but true, he'll have Considine out there, and JR as a backup. 

"Munson route"

I'm not saying he's great. I'm saying the exact same damn thing you're saying. He's an improvement over Considine, and if that's the case he should be given a chance to start next year. I'd much rather them draft or sign a play making monster safety, but I know that probably won't happen. So I'd rather see Dawkins/Reed out there next year then Dawkins/Considine or Dawkins/QM.

[rjs246]

Everybody just settle down and stop going all Munson all over everything.

[Dillen]

I don't get why there can't be just one player who just walks up to Reid on the sideline and says "Westbrook is our best player. Give it to him every goddamn play." Westbrook himself should say that. He had over 200 yards on less than 30 touches.

I also find it hilarious that people like Reid and Spadaro are flipping out, yet us fans saw this coming from a mile away. I knew (just like pretty much everyone else with a brain) if Westbrook didn't actually score on that punt return the Eagles wouldn't win.

[mussa]

Being on the last half of the season what sort of grades would you give the players where there were big question marks?

Gocong?
Considine?
Gaither?
Hanson?
Bunkley?
Kearse?
JR Reed?
Curtis?
LJ Smith?
McNabb?

If I missed anyone else you think deserves grading, post it.

[Zanshin]

Gocong? B
Considine? D
Gaither? B-
Hanson? C+
Bunkley? B
Kearse? F
JR Reed? B+
Curtis? A
LJ Smith? INC.
McNabb? C-

[rjs246]

F

[ice grillin you]

the list is tough to properly grade...are players like gocong supposed to be graded on what you thought hed do (in which case he gets a C) or what hes actually done (D-)

then you have players like lj and donovan who should get incompletes due to injury but if you count all things equal and grade their actual performances....LJ - D.....donovan - F

Gocong? - C on expectations D- in reality
Considine? - F-
Gaither? - C
Hanson? - B
Bunkley? - B+
Kearse? - F
JR Reed? - C
Curtis? - C
LJ Smith? - injury incomplete - F actual
McNabb? - injury incomplete - D actual

[Don Ho]

spads took his mic and went home....good stuff

so what did he do with the portable table and folding chairs (the studio)?

[QB Eagles]

Kearse - F
Kearse - F
Kearse - F
Kearse - F
Kearse - F
Kearse - F
Kearse - F
Kearse - F

Get that dead weight off the farging team.

[Feva]

Gocong - B-
Considine - D
Gaither - C+
Hanson - C+
Bunkley - B+
Kearse - F
JR Reed - C
Curtis - A-
LJ Smith - C-
McNabb - C

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Gocong - C
He's been exactly this: an average player.  Very few impact plays.  Very few big mistakes.
Considine - F
He farging sucks.
Gaither - C-
He's been very disappointing.  Like Gocong, but even fewer impact plays.
Hanson - B
You don't see him being picked on very often.  That's about all you can ask from a nickel/dime guy.
Bunkley - B-
He's really stepped up from last year's ugliness.  He's still not very good, though.  You don't exactly see him blowing guys up and getting in the backfield very often.
Kearse - F
Glue.  Sell him for glue.
JR Reed - D+
He was signed for the return game.  He blew the Packers game.  He really hasn't broken squat on KR's either.  He's been average as a backup safety but below average for a return specialist.
Curtis - B+
He is what I thought he was.  He catches the ball with his hands and makes a few big plays.  Unfortunately, Reggie Brown isn't consistently doing enough, and Curtis usually draws the double.
LJ Smith - D
Bring him back for 1 more year, if he wants a shot to prove he deserves big dollars.  He has not been consistent at all due to injury.
McNabb - C-
He's been just this: slightly below average.

[BigEd76]

spads took his mic and went home....good stuff

so what did he do with the portable table and folding chairs (the studio)?

he wheeled them 20 ft and said he was reporting from a remote location 

I caught the archive of yesterday's show.  The caller is a moron and deserved it, but Dave is just sitting there getting madder then all of a sudden he just jumps at the camera and goes off.  Funny ish.  After that he calms down and they cut the show off because Andy needed the room for a meeting.

Replay, pt 1

There's no time markers so I can't pinpoint an exact moment, but it's about 2/3 of the way in, caller named Jerry, about 8 minutes in after Jerry claims Feeley started in San Diego (no) and McNabb is 100%...