Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruhskins
Vick is taking a beating because the Iggles FO made the same sh*tty decisions that our old FO used to make: Get a whole bunch of pricey free agents and disregard your offensive line. As I've said before, the Eagles' $100 million QB is being protected by a $2 dollar offensive line. Vick is being a crybaby, but I think the Iggles FO needs to be called out.
|
The Eagles OL is unquestionably a work in progress, but to (quickly) defend the Eagles for all the changes that Howard Mudd made to that group between the lockout and Week 1, I think a lot of the "pressure" for the Eagles to win right away has been fabricated.
It's been written a lot of times that it's super bowl or bust for the Eagles this year, but I haven't heard anyone around the organization or even an insider suggest that anyone in the Eagles FO actually believes that this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win the super bowl.
It's true that Andy Reid is in the last year of his contract, but I think the Eagles plan on being better next year than they are this year. And this season is more a referendum on Reid/Castillo than it is on Vick or the OL/Howard Mudd, or Nnamdi/DRC, or Casey Matthews or whoever.
It's still fun to watch as the season melts down in front of them though. For all the angst that that team's successes have caused me during my falls, I have definitely reserved a special place in my heart for their continued failures.