The Defense

[ice grillin you]

lol @ the "off tackle spot"

also while it obviously wont hurt the ends the quality of your defensive tackles helps the linebackers much more....trent cole coming off the edge is either beating his man or hes not....and the protection is generally going to be one on one or help from an end or back...its not like haynesworth is going to eat up a guard that would be blocking juqua parker

rather than haynesworth helping the ends get free what is getting overlooked is the direct pass rush he would supply himself...when the guy is on and in shape hes gets mad pressure up the middle and sacks...something vanilla ass patterson bunk and dixon could never dream of doing on any sort of consistent basis

[rjs246]

you never turn away talent like that....if he acts up at any point you just cut him...but to automatically eliminate someone who could drastically help your team because they have an attitude past is not smart football business

Was the TO experiment worth it?

the 04 season was a four month dream....the nfc championship one of the best sporting events ive ever been to in my life and we got to ee the eagles in a superbowl...farging right it was worth it...i dont have one regret in them signing him

Call me jaded, but almost winning the superbowl and then watching the team completely disintigrate the next year wasn't worth it to me. If they had won, sure I'd be in the same boat you are. But they didn't and the bullshtein in '05 just farging sucked.

[ice grillin you]

i cant just erase the memory of great times because they didnt win it all...i get the notion that winning it all is the top of the mountain and there are times when i care a lot less about certain accomplishments because my team didnt win a title...roy halladays playoff no hitter last year is a perfect example

but theres also certain times that will never get extinguished...jj daigneaults goal in 87....the body bag game...jimmy rollins gapper off broxton...pimps punt return vs the giants...the sixers in 2001

i put the whole 04 egles season in with those

[Tomahawk]

And the fact that they are ill equipped to run a 3-4 because they don't have the personnel.

They're ill equipped to run a 4-3 too

[rjs246]

i cant just erase the memory of great times because they didnt win it all...i get the notion that winning it all is the top of the mountain and there are times when i care a lot less about certain accomplishments because my team didnt win a title...roy halladays playoff no hitter last year is a perfect example

but theres also certain times that will never get extinguished...jj daigneaults goal in 87....the body bag game...jimmy rollins gapper off broxton...pimps punt return vs the giants...the sixers in 2001

i put the whole 04 egles season in with those

Our perspectives are obviously different. I enjoyed 2004 but I was living in Boston and was accutely aware of the fact that even if the Eagles made it to the Superbowl, a win would be unlikely and a loss to the Pats would be horrible because I had to deal with New England bandwagoners. Add to that the fact that I was hesitant about signing TO in the first place and the whole season just brought a sense of inevitability that wasn't exactly pleasant.

[ice grillin you]

its weird that we would view the seasons the way we do

since i thought they were gonna beat the patriots in the superbowl i should probably be more upset about it than you...i can see being 100% salty about that year if you thought they were gonna win but if you expected them to lose the whole time to the patriots then you might have enjoyed the lead up to that much more

as for opposing fans they make it miserable right after the loss but it shouldnt effect the way you look at it now

[rjs246]

Assuming that they would lose could in no way increase my enjoyment of the season. I don't even understand how it could. Impending doom. That's what I felt.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

From the "vomit-inducing" department:

Spadaro says one change that will likely come from the Washburn hiring is that the DE's will line up wider.  Apparently this is beneficial when the ends are smaller.


Did they really need to change line coaches to know that?  Hahahahahahaha

[Sgt PSN]

From the "vomit-inducing" department:

Spadaro says one change that will likely come from the Washburn hiring is that the DE's will line up wider.  Apparently this is beneficial when the ends are smaller.


Did they really need to change line coaches to know that?  Hahahahahahaha

Apparently, yes. 

[ice grillin you]

unless you assume that all small lineman are also fast that makes no sense...because you would line up fast ends wider because they can make up the increase in distance with their speed...unfortunately none of the eagles ends are superfast and none are even that quick other than killa

of course lining up ends wider could be code for switching to a 3-4 defense

[Drunkmasterflex]

It would be nice to see them switch to a 3-4 but does anybody really see that happening?

[MDS]

theyre not even close to having the lbs for a 3-4

do you really want moise fouke, a gimpy stewart bradley, levon kirkland and the ghost of jeremiah trotter out there 95% of the time?

[Drunkmasterflex]

I don't think you would see Fokou back if they moved to a 3-4.  I am not even sure if Bradley would be back. 

[ice grillin you]

It would be nice to see them switch to a 3-4 but does anybody really see that happening?

no...but i do think theres a better chance of them switching to a 3-4 than spadaro knowing that they are going to switch to a 3-4

they also arent switching to a 3-4 if the rumors of haynesworth are even a little bit true...altho i think the chances of haynesworth coming to the eagles are close to none....after the mcnabb trade fiasco the taterskins would trade him for a 2024 7th rounder before they ever let him walk to the eagles

[MDS]

doesnt he have a significant roster bonus due?

if the skins want to avoid paying that maybe they just cut him loose