2012 Off-Season Thread

[ice grillin you]

thats true but if they ran a traditional 4-3 with better linebackers the defense would be better

[SD]

thats true but if they ran a traditional 4-3 with better linebackers the defense would be better

Agreed to a point, they'd still struggle because they're just not very good but there wouldn't be gaping holes and lineman coming out to pancake the LBs if the D line was occupying the line of scrimmage.

The wide 9 could work if it was modified. Using the wide 9 with a traditional cover 2 is a recipe for disaster that I can't believe they thought would work.

[ice grillin you]

im not anti wide nine...i just dont think its some sort of genius defense...nfl is a copy cat league and if the wide nine was say the 46 or the 3-4 then a whole bunch of people would be using it.....when in fact almost no one runs it

bottom line is good players are good players and if you have enough of them then your defense will be good...hokey shtein like the wide 9 doesnt make a defense good

ff hit it right on the head....its a great defense if you are a d line coach or a defensive end but not so much if you wanna consistently stop the other team

[SD]

You're not anti wide 9, just anti Jim Washburn who is the Mr. Miyagi of the scheme.

[Zanshin]

The wide nine is a good idea with the right personnel. Problem is that while the Eagles have good DEs for it, the scheme puts extra pressure on the linebackers, who generally suck. You can't put extra pressure on the already weakest area of the defense.

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/20120109_Jamaal_Jackson_knows_his_future_is_not_with_the_Eagles.html?ref=twitter.com

[charlie]

has there been a more nondescript 9 year career than his?

[ice grillin you]

that article is burying the lead which is that jj has no future with anyone

[PhillyPhreak54]

Florio speculates; Havas weeps

One of the hottest defensive coordinator candidates on the market may decide not to be on the market at all.

In a recent interview with Bryan Burwell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (via Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News), former Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo mentioned the possibility of taking a year off.  His wife, Maria, promptly disagreed.  "I know Steve, and I told him no way," she said while laughing.  "There's no way he will be able to sit around for a year doing nothing . . . He loves coaching way too much to sit around idly for a year."

But here's the thing.  Unless someone is going to pay him more than what the Rams were scheduled to pay Spagnuolo in 2012, he'd be working for free.  The Rams owe his full salary for 2012, and the amount owed by the Rams would be diminished, dollar for dollar, if he takes another job in coaching.

Depending on the precise language of his contract, Spagnuolo possibly could get a job in the media or in some other football-but-not-coaching capacity and collect both checks.  Still, with the coaching dollars the same whether he coaches in 2012 or not, it makes plenty of sense to take a year off and plot more carefully his next move.

Spagnuolo, who ruled out taking a college football job, has been linked to several possible openings, but he told Burwell he has received no job offers yet.

[ice grillin you]

gargano...who never misses a chance to mention it....is good friends with spags and says he is not taking a year off

by no means does that mean hes coming to the eagles but according to cuz he will be in the nfl next year...he says hes having ego issues moving from head coach back to coordinator

[SunMo]

gargano also said that spags wasn't getting fired

[PhillyPhreak54]

Here's what I worry about -- they speculated on the Saints game that Greggggggggg Williams would be moving on to possibly work with his boy Fisher once he lands a job.

I could see Payton making a play for Spags as the DC too.

[ice grillin you]

gargano also said that spags wasn't getting fired

he did say it many times and he should have chilled with it but hes not gonna go on the radio and talk about his boy getting fired...he wasnt reporting it like the rams owner had told him spags wasnt getting fired...he was saying to have spags back or as if spags didnt think he was getting fired said that to gargano and gargano ran with it

Here's what I worry about -- they speculated on the Saints game that Greggggggggg Williams would be moving on to possibly work with his boy Fisher once he lands a job.

I could see Payton making a play for Spags as the DC too.

fisher and a big time DC like williams on the same staff seems like overkill....williams is perfect on a team like the saints where the head coach only worries about the offense...hed be perfect for the eagles for this same reason

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

LaCanfora is reporting that Spags will be back on the Eagles' staff in *some* capacity by end of week. Philly media types note that Andy is on vacation this week, so that is unlikely.

[Rome]

Assistant to the defensive quality control assistant would be my guess.