Juan Castillo, new DC of your Philadelphia Eagles

[MDS]

"I've got to do a better job, simple as that," Castillo said.

Did he really intend to have Jarrett, making his first start, cover Fitzgerald one-on-one on third and 10 with 2 minutes, 55 seconds left in the game?

"No comment," Castillo said.

But cornerback Joselio Hanson said there was supposed to be a double team on the play, and Coleman, a safety, said there was "a mental error."

The Cardinals lined up two receivers on the right side of the field on the play, with Hanson and Asante Samuel near the line of scrimmage, and Jarrett deep. Hanson covered one receiver, Jarrett ran with Fitzgerald, and Samuel seemed left in no-man's land. The worst thing possible happened: Jarrett was beat deep.

notice how he doesnt take the fall for that play

[Munson]

Castillo's not going to throw Asante or anyone else under the bus

[SD]

"I've got to do a better job, simple as that," Castillo said.

If I had a dollar for every time he said that this season I'd be richer than havas. He can't do a better job because he doesn't know what the farg he's doing. Enough with the zone coverage, it's fine to disguise zone and go to it every once in a while but it shouldn't be your base D. Nnandi isn't Charles Woodson either, so stop trying to force him into that role. I know man coverage tends to wear players down late in games more so than zone but the D-line isn't generating enough pressure to make zone effective.

[Sgt PSN]

Castillo's not going to throw Asante or anyone else under the bus

Would he at least consider throwing himself under a bus? 

[ice grillin you]

"I've got to do a better job, simple as that," Castillo said.

He can't do a better job because he doesn't know what the farg he's doing. Enough with the zone coverage, it's fine to disguise zone and go to it every once in a while but it shouldn't be your base D. Nnandi isn't Charles Woodson either, so stop trying to force him into that role. I know man coverage tends to wear players down late in games more so than zone but the D-line isn't generating enough pressure to make zone effective.

he is incompetant but my worst fears from the summer have been realized and that was the repsect factor even more so than the X and O issues...you have to want to play for your coach and that begins with respect....if you dont respect what your coach is doing then you are not going to follow his gameplan...thus you have 11 guys on defense doing whatever the farg they want

this was especially important on this team where you gave big money to several different players in one offseason...big money = big egos and lots of new players = needing a strong intelligent captain to run the ship....juan is a complete buffoon...to not have a veteran defensive coordinator running this group of players was an incredible oversight

[Feva]

That's the worst part about it. It WASN'T an oversight. Fat ass, in all of his infinite wisdom doesn't place any value on people perfecting and specializing their football craft. He figures as long as someone is a "football guy", that person can get the job done for him. That's why anyone can return punts, that's why linebackers can play fullback, that's why DE pass rush specialists can play linebacker as well as masquerade as DB's, that's why 6'9'' backup tackles can play LG, that's why the safety and LB positions are "interchangeable"... and that's why offensive line coaches get promoted to defensive farging coordinators. Andy has spread this "versatility" shtein spread like the plague throughout the whole team and surprise, surprise... he has a bunch of people in situations where they're embarrassingly outmatched. In the past, this shtein was costing them games. Now it's to the point to where it's costing them seasons.

Cut the farging head off.

Move the farg on.

[reese125]

Amen all over that rant.

[Sgt PSN]

Brotha Feva be preachin

[ice grillin you]

That's the worst part about it. It WASN'T an oversight. Fat ass, in all of his infinite wisdom doesn't place any value on people perfecting and specializing their football craft. He figures as long as someone is a "football guy", that person can get the job done for him. That's why anyone can return punts, that's why linebackers can play fullback, that's why DE pass rush specialists can play linebacker as well as masquerade as DB's, that's why 6'9'' backup tackles can play LG, that's why the safety and LB positions are "interchangeable"... and that's why offensive line coaches get promoted to defensive farging coordinators. Andy has spread this "versatility" shtein spread like the plague throughout the whole team and surprise, surprise... he has a bunch of people in situations where they're embarrassingly outmatched. In the past, this shtein was costing them games. Now it's to the point to where it's costing them seasons.

i think the football part of it....the gameplanning running a system making adjustments overall x's and o's is where andy actually thought about it and figured it would work...altho i also think its part of his god complex where juan was basically a UDFA who andy trys to turn into a pro bowler....or tries to turn a defensive end into a coverage linebacker..but in general i think andy thought juan could handle the strategy of the position...he was 1000% wrong and should be fired for that but i at least think it kept him up at night before he hired him

but what he gave absolutely no thought process to was how would this roster of personalities ego's attitudes work playing defense for an offensive line coach...i think they just thought that they could go out and sign a gaggle of talent and it would work no matter who was coaching...that the players would make juan look good and in turn andy like a genius...but in football how a team meshes off the field and in the locker room is almost as important as the talent on the field

[BigEd76]

Nnamdi Asomugha was only on Larry Fitzgerald for 20-of-46 pass plays in Sunday's loss, according to Philly.com.
Asomugha bottled up Fitzgerald on those 20 plays, holding the stud receiver without a reception on two targets. But on the other 26 plays, Fitzgerald got off for seven catches, 146 yards and two touchdowns.

farging idiot OL coach

[Sgt PSN]

altho i also think its part of his god complex where juan was basically a UDFA who andy trys to turn into a pro bowler....or tries to turn a defensive end into a coverage linebacker

You're so farging money baby and you don't even know it. 

Now that Roseman runs the draft, it's almost like Reid's draft strategy has shifted over to the coaching staff.  Reid's always trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shtein.  Enough already. 

[Don Ho]

Nnamdi Asomugha was only on Larry Fitzgerald for 20-of-46 pass plays in Sunday's loss, according to Philly.com.
Asomugha bottled up Fitzgerald on those 20 plays, holding the stud receiver without a reception on two targets. But on the other 26 plays, Fitzgerald got off for seven catches, 146 yards and two touchdowns.

farging idiot OL coach

Good farging god.  So the other 26 plays he's lined up on Early Doucet or Andre Roberts?  You show um' Juanny!

[Rome]

Castillo was Reid's ultimate "watch this" moment.

If he pulled it off and they made it back to the NFCCG then he's a genius.  If not he's still Andy Reid and he'd just go ahead and do a better job with that.

It's beyond infuriating.  But strangely enough I find myself caring less and less.  I was furious after they lost on Sunday but was honestly over it by the time I rolled into my garage 10 minutes later.

[Sgt PSN]

Rome just referenced the NFCCG as if it's the bar for measuring success.  Unfortunately, during the Reid era, it is.

[ice grillin you]

how delusional is this clown...btw you dope the packers were 6-3 after nine games last year....theres a difference bwtn making the playoffs in the last week of the season and coming back from a huge deficit to make the playoffs

"It's not over yet, and we're working our ass off," said Castillo, who promptly apologized for his language. "You talk about coach Reid — let me tell you, that man works 20, 21 hours a day; sometimes 22 hours a day. And that's what we're all doing right now to get this going.

"The fans don't like it, the organization doesn't like where we're at, but more than anything we don't like where we're at. Our players don't like that....Do we have character? Yeah, we have character, and that's what we have to prove."

The Eagles are dead last in red zone defense again this season, and have coughed up fourth-quarter leads in five of their six losses. The result is a 3-6 record and a sense that the rest of the season is essentially a death march.

Castillo was one of several Eagles trying to make the case Thursday that they still have life.

"The Packers barely made it to the playoffs [last season], right? It wasn't until the end when they made it. It's never over until it's over, and it's not over yet," he said. "And you know what? We're working our butts off, we're doing things that we believe have been successful for us and we're fighting."