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- eagles@nfl.community
“It’s believed in some league circles that the Panthers drafted Bryce Young because Tepper wanted him, and that the people who work for him are saying they did, too, because they know what’s good for them. If/when Tepper fires Reich or others on the current coaching staff, it will be interesting to see whether reports emerge that, for example, key members of the football operation preferred C.J. Stroud or Anthony Richardson, but that they didn’t bother because the boss was getting whoever the boss wanted.”
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Of course it’ll come out that coach/scouts wanted “X player” after they get canned. It happens everywhere. It’s just a way of people saving face.
Sometimes it’s folks saving face, sometimes it’s true. …sometimes it’s both lol.
Like the fact that Hurney had a deal in hand to trade up with the Giants so he could bag Justin Herbert… but Rhule shut it down.
Clifford wanting Donovan Mitchell…
of course Rich Cho was absolute ass so that one may have some legs to it. But I’m still sad that I have to see Clifford coaching the Hornets again.
We literally just had this happen too with Hurney saying he wanted to trade up for Herbert. Every coach/GM seems to be Nostradomus after getting cannned.
He absolutely will fire this fraud of a coach
This is old news and people need to stop acting like it isn’t real. I remember hearing about this during draft season that McCown and Reichs guy was Stroud because he was a prototypical QB
He should be fired and Tepper needs to hire competent people that know how to make football decisions. He (and his wife) needs to learn from this shit and stay away from personnel decisions.
Bryce Young vs CJ Stroud vs any other QB isn’t the biggest issue.
It’s how much they gave up to get Bryce knowing full well they wouldn’t be a top playoff contender immediately with a rookie QB. So, now they’re 1-10 and without a first round pick.
They also traded away the two best offensive weapons – CMC and DJ Moore – and have an injury plagued O line that isn’t that good anyway. So, Bryce (and any QB they would’ve drafted) was stuck with Adam Thielen and not much else to speak of. And none of the picks they have this year are going to produce a CMC or DJ Moore quickly.
Firing Reich doesn’t solve the problem.
Reich got fired for good reason.
If he gets fired again it will be for the same reason.
Tepper seems to be pretty reluctant to listen to other people so whether Reich stays or goes does not matter much as the replacement would just be another Tepper (thinking he knows better than everyone else) dark horse pick.
Does a 1-16 HC get a 2nd year?
Let’s assume Reich wanted Stroud. Is there any way Stroud is playing well in this offense? I can’t see how. Reich failed with Matt Ryan as his QB last year. Minshew has very similar stats this year to what Matt Ryan had last year and Shane Steichen is getting more wins than Reich had with the colts. Maybe just maybe it doesn’t matter what QB Reich has and he’s just ass?
Additionally, I know we’re harsh on Fitterer, but I think he’s just a yes man. He facilitates what the owner and head coach want done. You cannot convince me that Fitt went from wanting a bunch of Baylor/Temple players to wanting a bunch of former eagles players and players who haven’t been good since 3 years ago. I don’t think Reich has paid attention since he was OC on the Eagles. Now he’s trying to construct a team here and he’s adding names like Miles Sanders and Jordan Matthews and Brett Toth and Tarik Cohen and Blake Martinez. Fire Fitterer if you want, I don’t care. But I’m convinced that Reich is just blowing chunks all over this team
No, if Stroud was here he would look worse than Young as Bryce is a bit more careful than Stroud. Stroud would try to make plays and push the ball down field which would go horribly with these wide outs.