Brian Dawkins sez, You can’t sit there and dwell on the piddly-poo of tears. —— WEEK ELEVEN 2009

how much would that own

just to see him coaching annual vendetta games against the raiders AND the broncos

I honestly was shocked that he didn't go to the Chiefs. Maybe he thought their talent level was too low?

i couldn't take a whole season of looking at his teeth. Although some whiteout snowstorms in Buff might solve that problem.

http://croutonboy.typepad.com/photos/people_i_hate/shanahan_mug.jpg

haha j0rdan i'm not offended; i don't think it's going to happen, either, but i am enjoying this moment of hope and possibility

tom brady discusses fashion

Pleats or flat fronts? "Flat fronts. Always. I see so many guys, really athletic guys, wearing pleats and I just shake my head. Like, Tiger Woods used to wear pleated pants! I'm like, C'mon, Tiger!"

Does the wife tell you what to wear? "I think any man who lets a woman pick what he should wear... I mean, you gotta draw the line somewhere as a man. I see these guys, 'My wife told me to wear this!' And I just shake my head."

SMH

TOM BRADY ALL SMH

i have to give him props for his principled anti-pleats stance

i mean, clearly this has gone too far, but for about 95% of everything that has happened in the world in at least the past six months, my thoughts on it are pretty much SMH

Guys, I had a dream last night that Westbrook's career was over. :/

it probably is

It's super sadface for me. Westbrook + McNabb have been my heroes for years.

They are Philly football for me.

i feel u - embrace the mccoy tho, he's good

I have a hard time loving McCoy. Tho he did have an amazing TD rush two weeks ago...

he will never be able to replace westbrook as a pass catcher (ray rice is the new westbrook fyi) but he can be a really good rb & more than serviceable out of the backfield. like, philly has been dominant for pretty much the whole decade, and kolb + mccoy + jackson + maclin is arguably the best young offensive nucleus in football, which is a bit weird considering that the eagles aren't & haven't been anywhere near rebuilding

they might try and grab a shifty, westbrook type in the draft or FA for obv passing downs but if they get their run/pass ratio a bit closer to 50/50 mccoy can be a big weapon

i guess falcons, giants, cowboys & maybe packers have better young offensive nucleuses in the NFC but the eagles four are super young & are playing at a pretty high level atm

that's an... interesting assertion

my first instinct was to scoff but when i think about it idk if i can disagree

like, obv you would take romo + barber + austin + williams (?) over kolb + mccoy + jackson + maclin if mcnabb & westbrook theoretically both retired after this season, but the eagles have young players in place that could be a force in two or three years and yet they are still a playoff contender basically every season. it's pretty interesting — i mean it's all about great drafting of course, if you think about perpetually rebuilding teams like bills/browns/raiders/redskins/rams/lions etc etc it's pretty impressive what the iggs have in place

maybe i'm reaching a bit, obv kolb has played only a few games (but he's increasingly looking schaub-esque) & mccoy is still a rook but, even the vikings will have a hole at QB, ravens have no good WR, the bears need a WR, ryan grant may not be all what he was cracked up to be - philly has a solid foundation, i'm very intrigued by them

by schaub-esque i'm referring to him being a potential starter languishing behind a (still) pretty good qb

i dunno, i think he's more cassel-esque myself, ymmv

u may also be right 4ks

this is a fucking bad ass draft tho

2009 1 19(19) Eagles Jeremy Maclin WR Missouri
Pick Note from Tampa Bay through Cleveland
2009 2 21(53) Eagles LeSean McCoy RB Pittsburgh
2009 5 17(153) Eagles Cornelius Ingram TE Florida
Pick Note from N.Y. Jets
2009 5 21(157) Eagles Victor Harris CB Virginia Tech

looking at kolb tho, i would say he already is or has a chance to be better than all of these 06-08 1st-3rd round qb draftees:

vince young, leinart, kellen clemens, tarvaris jackson, jamarcus russell, brady quinn, john beck, drew stanton, trent edwards, brian brohm, chad henne, kevin o connell

sorry for (eagles) blogging btw

if you didn't get flacco or matt ryan, your QB draftee is shaky at best (henne good value & maybe edwards - kolb might be better considering draft value versus VY & certainly leinart [i guess?])

if you can't tell i'm majorly procrastinating on schoolwork by dissecting the eagles draft picks & their potential 2011 starting line up

thank u 4 card ^_^ - wkiw all this kolb

tho mccoy hasnt been very good this year i'm not really too high on him in general, but he can probably be a weapon for the eagles if they use him right

for some reason i thought kolb was unusually old but i guess i was thinkin of that mormon nigga john beck

kolb's kinda the wild card, he's definitely looked good in limited action but it's tough to evaluate him based on a couple of spot starts

the eagles o-line is a goddamn mess but there IS a ton of young talent w/upside there... in a year or two that could be a kickass unit, or could continue to be a goddamn mess

it's hard to make a great argument for a lot of other teams though - the cowboys have a ton of young skill position talent, but the o-line's on the old side and romo's almost 30 and has shown remarkably little improvement in his critical problem areas (sloppy footwork etc); packers have a great combo with rodgers & jennings but are really thin on the o-line and at running back; as far as long term building block guys the falcons really have ryan and roddy (and roddy white's older than you'd think) and then some somewhat unknown quantities in turner and norwood (persistent injury probs w/jerious, turner had been suckin ass for most of the season until the past few weeks and then blammo high ankle sprain - he's signed w/the team for a while but i have no idea what kind of player he's going to be for the next few years); the giants have a ballin' young receiving corps and are solid on the o-line, but the backs have been unexceptional this year and eli's another guy who's closing in on 30; the ravens are looking really good at o-line, rb and qb, but once todd heap and derrick mason crumble into dust ray rice will be their only weapon in the passing game

romo is kinda like a kurt warner type without the gameface and without red zone playoff skills.

i love the idea of derrick mason crumbling into dust

I just saw on the ESPN ticker that Ronnie Brown is out for the season! ;_;

and a million fantasy owners weep

damn so ends one of the most entertaining offensive teams of recent memory.

and a million fantasy owners weep

Me included.

xp tbh, it could just be the evolution!! if they introduce more pat white, also ricky will man the cat, just prob not as often as ronnie

like, my dream is for the dolphins to run 8-10 wildcat plays + 10-12 plays of pat white out of the pistol

i hope you're right because i love watching that team play

yeah, tomorrow night's game is either gonna be a new offensive frontier or lots or henne throwing lots of 8 yd curl routes

Henne is good enough to get the team leading, but tricky offensive schemes will be required to keep that lead.

The Bears are old school cheap and don't really fire coaches with contract money still on the table. I don't think Lovie Smith is going anywhere as I cannot see the McCaskey's having to pay for two contract years.

C'mon they gave an extra season to guys like Jauron and Wannstedt and they didn't even get to a Superbowl, I'll be really surprised if Lovie Smith goes anywhere. Ron Turner on the other hand...I could maybe see that changing.

in re "young offensive nucleuses" skill positions are nice but they live and die by the line and donald driver

Panthers
Steelers
Cowboys
Jax
Vikes
GB; really not sure where the SF luv is coming from on this one.
Lions
Atlanta, in one of those "something about this line smells fucked up" hunches
Colts
Saints
SD
Bengal Tigers
Arizona
NE
Eagles
Titans

I picked SF, too, but it might be because I am hoping this will be their breakout game where everything finally comes together.. hah. Probably GB is a better bet, esp at home.

I think SF's defense is going to rape Aaron Rodgers, basically.

their defense is aight, tennessee shredded them a few weeks ago. i think there is much better chance that the green bay D picks alex smith off 3 times.

I don't see why GB would be a sure thing pick at all. GB is 5-4 and SF is 4-5, but there are times this season when GB has looked absolutely terrible, including just two weeks ago at Tampa Bay, who got their first win of the season against them. True, GB is at home for this game, but Lambeau isn't the fortress it used to be and SF has arguably played better on the road.