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Originally Posted by downsider
What the Hell are smoking? better safeties? Brian Dawkins is the best FS in the league, and Michael Lewis is the most underrated starter in the league, and BOTH of them hit harder than Roy Williams in dallas.
If there is more of a pass rush from the line then the corners will do great. The pass rush is the reason that Vincent and Taylor were so good in single coverage.
Reid will not be fired any time soon, the eagles are the ONLY team that has either improved or maintained their winning record for the last 5 seasons.
and i will agree, it is about using who you have properly, but when Trash and Pinkston drop every other catch thrown to them... how can you use that properly? With TO, Pinkston will line up against the #2 and #3 CB's, you will see a great improvement
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I forgot about Michael Lewis. :dunno: I thought they were without a SS... and Dawkins has proven that he's becoming injury-prone. Wasn't he out like three times last season? Best when he's healthy, yes, but what does that mean?
Corners, that remains to be seen. It was a for-instance, but what happens if it's not good enough? What used to be the Eagles' greatest place of depth... no longer is... they are being spread thin, and that's a hard place to be. A very fragile ecosystem, if you will.
It can go one of two ways, and only two: This experiment will be a success, and the Eagles will cross the threshold, or it will fail and they won't. And what I'm saying is: If it doesn't work, they will work harder to try next year and overpay more talent to go there.
With hopes this high, Philly has to win the Lombardi trophy. You can't expect to have moderate success and remain head coach. Ask Dennis Green, Tony Dungy or Steve Mariucci. Nobody is safe, especially if you can't win the big game. And what I'm saying is, that with the two top "Free Agent's" in the NFL in their pocket, the Eagles staff have the crosshairs on Andy Reid. If he doesn't do it this year, he'll be lucky if he stays... and if he can't do it next year, there's no chance he does.
As for the receivers, that's an excuse. What did I say? The Patriots lack talent in the WR department, and the Ravens of 99 did too. You don't need your WRs to go over the middle if you play the field right. If you KEEP TRYING TO FORCE IT OVER THE MIDDLE with undersized receivers, whose fault is it?
Do you get pissed when you ask a kid to carry a couch, and he drops it? I hope not, because you'd be the idiot for making a kid do something he can't. You have to mask your deficiencies... not whine about them and use them as excuses for not succeeding. Every team has flaws. If you can't overcome them, you will fail.