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So Reddick is around 200 snaps fresher than Burns at this point in the season. Reddick doesn't play that much because the eagles don't need him to. If we had anyone else to spell Burns, he wouldn't have to either. What could Burns do with fresher legs on a game by game basis? I'll admit it is a hypothetical, but it is my main argument. Burns can't take plays off because we can't afford for him to take plays off. This would lead to less efficiency due to more energy exhuded throughout each game compared to his contemporaries. I remember it was one of the knocks against Short when he was drafted, that he took plays off. Turns out he was playing more snaps than most DT prospects that year, so he was getting tired. Low and behold, we get him in a solid DT rotation and he flourished. I'm saying do the same for Burns. Get another pass rusher, someone that can stay on the field some of the plays we take Burns off and vice versa. Would go a long way in improving our pass rush next year.

Would have helped our Tank, that's for sure. We'd have no one to replace him with though, and that would set us back a few years in terms of a creating a solid pass rush.

Bull. A good HC and we can win next season. Happens all the time. Rhule was just so incompetent people forget that teams turn around year over year all the time. We aren't that far off.

I know a lot of people on here wanted us to trade away Burns for all those picks from the Rams. I'll admit, the offer was enticing, however I kept coming back to one question, "Who else do we have on this roster but Burns?" The answer is no one really. That's why the offer from the Rams just wasn't good enough. If we were to trade Burns away, we need a first rounder NOW to help replace the huge void losing him would create. And the void would be huge. Sure, Burns leaves you wanting in terms of run defense, but I found something out about Burns compared to the other Sack Leaders around the NFL: Burns Plays WAY MORE than EVERY OTHER Pass rusher ahead of him on the sack list: Player Snap Percentage Nick Bosa 76% Haason Reddick 74% Matt Judon 77% Myles Garrett 78% Micah Parsons 80% Chris Jones 81% Brian Burns 87% And that's including the Cincy game where he only played 66% of the snaps because we pulled him when we were getting stomped so badly. Take that game out of the equation and he's playing 89% of all the defensive snaps this year. So yeah, if he looks like he's taking some plays off, he might be, dude is gassed. It's not a conditioning issue, he is the team's only consistent pass rusher, and if we lost him we'd be completely screwed. Losing him would set our defense back significantly in terms of generating pressure against the opposing QBs. I know QB is at the top of our list in terms of need this offseason, but I'd argue #2 is finding more consistent pass rushers to aid the only good defensive end on our team this year. Even getting some average dudes in FA that can spell Burns would go a long way in helping him and our defense out. Letting him rest one more play out of 10 would do wonders for his efficiency.

Hydrox were created before Oreos, but we only call them Oreos my friend.

He was Both Rivers and Herbert's QB Coach, then got promoted to Herbert's OC. Then he went to Philly as their OC and helped Jalen turn into an MVP candidate.

Even if he were playing mediocre, Steichen still had his hands on River's late career revival in SD, as well as Herbert's assent as a top QB in the NFL in only his rookie season. Dude coached 3 separate kinds of QBs into pro bowlers. I am intrigued.

I honestly don't want him. Yes he was an NFL coach for a period of time, but he has been in college for a good bit now, and with that comes the megalomania of being a college coach. I don't want that personality around this team anymore. I think he'd want too much control and I don't trust him. He is constantly leveraging against Michigan to get more money out of them. It's the same slimey stuff that Rhule did. No thanks.

you're not wrong. Get rid of thursday night games while we're at it.

Could have been waiting for an update on the player.

Say he was a dude from Tallahassee and came in as interim coach for Rhule's incompetent ass. The team played .500 ball with him as interim HC, would you really want him returning? Take the emotion and narrative out of the equation. What has he done EXCEPTIONALLY well since taking over? Other than being a professional football coach, I don't really see anything otherworldly. Retaining Wilks, to me, is a return to the status quo of Fox/Rivera, not an overall improvement to where we were 3 years ago. Keeping Wilks on after firing Rhule feels like getting back together with your long term girlfriend after originally dumping her for some hot little college biddy who it turns out you have nothing in common with so you dump her and choose to fall back into familiarity while neglecting all the reasons you broke up in the first place. It's familiar, it's comfortable, and you know what to expect, but deep down you know it's not going to last. I like Wilks and I appreciate him stepping in and coaching like a professional HC, something we've lacked the past 2.5 years, but I don't think he's the long term answer. I would prefer we rip the band-aid off and start over. Draft a new QB in the first, pair him with an offensive minded HC that he can grow with and learn from, and go from there.

Steichen has the resume. I just want to feel something next year.

You know, Joe Marino's good friend?

This is assuming Johnson would even join wilks. He could very well follow steichen or even get promoted within the eagles org.

Got a wild feeling that Levis is this year's Herbert where a ton of people are like "why is everyone so high on him, he's just big with a strong arm", but it turns out that his college coaches were completely misusing him the entire time and he can actually ball in the pros because he has the mental portion of things down.

Him and Brian Daboll were my top two choices last offseason. 500 ain't bad, I'll take it.

Rhule even admitted that he didn't listen to his players the first two years because he still thought he was the big dick swangin into the pros and he was lording over everyone. I'm glad that thot is gone.

Some of you guys should be checked for whiplash. Many of you were ready to show him the door last week after Pittsburgh. I still don't know. I worry it's just the comfort of familiarity and the fact that we've been so bad for so long that mediocrity looks like a vast improvement, and let's be honest, we've been mediocre since he took over. That's not a slight, or a compliment, we're just an inconsistent team week to week. So I dunno. I worry/wonder about the coordinators that Wilks would put together. I'd prefer we interview a few guys and let whoever has the best idea for the franchise moving forward, do so.

I could see the Texans, Cards, Broncos, and Saints also firing their coaches. We have talent and as long as we don't win the division we'll have a shot a top tier QB in the draft. I think we are on the top end of the enticing situations list. We'll see

The GOAT who was a 6th round pick, and Stafford, who was a 1st round pick. If the guy has that dawg in him, it doesn't matter what round, but a lot of it has to do with situation/staff/ and luck. but it seems like the first round is generally where the best talent, on average, is found, regardless of position.

AFC in the hunt: Jones - 1st Wilson - 1st Lawrence - 1st Carr - 2nd Watson - 1st Pickett - 1st Foles - 2nd NFC in the hunt: Geno - 2nd Goff - 1st Rodgers - 1st Darnold - 1st Dalton - 2nd Ridder - 3rd

OK, I'll do it: Josh Allen - 1st Pat Mahomes - 1st Joe Burrow - 1st Ryan Tannehill - 1st Lamar Jackson - 1st Herbert - 1st Tua - 1st And let's remember that the AFC is the better conference, sooooooooooooooooooooooo....

Cool now do the AFC

I know, totally, fug that guy, but I'm not wasting any more energy hating him/harassing him. Not my Circus not my Monkeys.

I don't even know is shaq will even be here next year. I like Wilks. I like him as a dude and I respect the poo out of him. I just don't necessarily trust him as the HC. I feel like it's just more of the same of the Rivera/Fox Era's.