Marcus Hayes is a sports columnist for the Inquirer. Hired more than 20 years ago as a features writer, he has since covered the Eagles, Phillies, and Sixers beats as well as Big Five basketball, college football, golf, and the Olympics.
Can you believe it? The Eagles just picked up Frank Reich Lite after hiring Mike Holmgren Lite (Andy Reid) and Andy Reid Lite (Doug Pederson). Hey, wait a minute ...
Vermeil tells 94WIP radio that the team would've won the division if not for so many injuries, despite poor quarterback play, and that the coach will rise again, better and stronger.
For this roster, I don’t care if my football players feel “seen.” I care that my football players show up on time, show up in shape, do their job, and earn their money.
Can a talented core, two intriguing quarterbacks, and a passionate fan base outweigh salary-cap purgatory, a spotty draft history, and a petulant, unpolished quarterback?
“Carson, to me, is a quarterback that was in many ways elite,” Lurie said. “It behooves us as a team, with a new coach, a new coaching staff, to be able to really get him back to that elite (level).”
Lurie is putting this top-to-bottom rebuild completely in the hands of Roseman — the architect of this disastrous roster riddled with gargantuan mistakes. Pederson is lucky to escape.
“I talked to Jake about this. ... Basically, he’s won two playoff rounds. ... Our expectations of Jake are very high. We’re not in this to win one round.”
First, a fit over the coach finding a new favorite; then, a relationship "fractured" beyond repair; now, "divorce" is pending. It's like a bad nighttime soap opera.
“I don’t know how he comes back from this,” one NFL source said after Pederson benched starter Jalen Hurts in the fourth quarter of a suspicious loss that secured the Eagles the No. 6 overall pick.
