Ryan Matthews, Philadelphia Eagle

[bmt134]

Going to sign:
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/576120541712527360

[Don Ho]

Just heard.  Wow.  RB University. 

[Eagles_Legendz]

 

[MDS]

i get it but i dont get it

[Don Ho]

i get it but i dont get it

2015 off season summed up.

[Munson]

My guess is Chip is planning on running a lot next year and knows he can't feed either of these guys 300 carries.

[Eagles_Legendz]

i get it but i dont get it

My guess is Chip is planning on running a lot next year and knows he can't feed either of these guys 300 carries.

Yeah but you don't need Ryan Mathews to accomplish this.

[MDS]

murray and matthews had the 2 highest ypc average out of shotgun in football

he just wanted THAT

[Munson]

i get it but i dont get it

My guess is Chip is planning on running a lot next year and knows he can't feed either of these guys 300 carries.

Yeah but you don't need Ryan Mathews to accomplish this.

Honestly wouldn't be surprised if he tries to get both of them the ball 200 times and Sproles and Polk 50-75 times each. Dudes gonna run the ball an insane amount.

[General_Failure]

And somehow Riley Cooper will still have 20 drops.

[QB Eagles]

Amateurish move by the Eagles if they don't sign him

For the record, I would have agreed with this, although my understanding earlier in the day was that Mathews was the one who had not yet put pen to paper. [And I wouldn't have called it a bitch move for Mathews to back out; the Eagles changed the whole context of the deal after the agreement.]

As for signing both, he's collecting good players (and yeah, I think Mathews is good when healthy, which is not often). Seems clear that Murray wasn't part of the plan but desperately wanted to take his talents to South Beach Philly to join his boy, and the Eagles had to be interested in a great RB that also happens to stick a dagger into their divisional rival.

An impulse buy for Chip. Seems like it could backfire even more than the Bradford trade, but at least there's significant upside here.

[rjs246]

And somehow Riley Cooper will still have 20 drops.

He won't have 20 drops. He'll just fail to catch 60% of the passes intended for him because, despite his height and hair, he can run or catch a fade and can't out fight anyone for a reception.

Also he's a racist piece of shtein, but we weren't talking about that.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Eat the cap hit and release KKKooper

[General_Failure]

Eat the cap hit and release KKKooper

Still cheaper after June 1st.

[PhillyPhreak54]

They can do it now and designate it a post june 1st