Getty ImagesThe Eagles weren’t a bad team last season, they just weren’t a good team. And considering that they were supposed to be the “Dream Team,” finishing as an 8-8 team makes 2011 a year they want to forget about.
That’s what Eagles General Manager Howie Roseman said in an interview with the team’s website, noting that the team is inspired this year by avoiding a repeat of last year.
“We want to get the taste out of our mouth from last season and put forward a heck of a team and a heck of an effort in 2012,” Roseman said. “We’re excited about the draft, and we’re continuing to evaluate players that are in the free agent market and [whoever] may be available via trade, and in the draft.”
A year after falling well short of what was expected, the Eagles say they’re not going to let their fans down again.
“We have an obligation to the fans and Philadelphia to put a championship caliber team on the field,” Roseman said.
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Hope that taste stays in ur mouth philly
Reid as coach + Vick as QB = another season without a Championship. Same ol status quo
Savor the taste and try not replicating the same mistakes over and over and over and over…
They haven’t won a super bowl. Ever. And yet these fans talk the most.
Always will be the NFC east doormat.
So do 30 other teams…
This post should say… Andy Reid needs to get the taste of Jeffrey Lurie out of his mouth….
Im sure Reid had to do something to keep his job after that debacle last season!
Well, you paid Desean. Pay your running back McCoy. You want pro bowl production on 600k. Look where that got you last year. I doubt the guy has made 3 mil total yet and after agent fees and taxes that less than a mil.
The Eagles are the #1 favorite in the NFC. The Packers are next.
Don’t be surprised when the recipe they have cooked up for this season, tastes a lot like last year.
Eagles won’t win a championship as long Jeff Lurie is the owner and Andy Reid is the coach. Reid will never win a SB. Lurie only cares about making the playoffs and Reid can deliver that. Thus, Reid will stay employed and you’ll have the same story every year… *yawn*
They are like the little engine that could or in their case can’t. I think we can, I think we can. Very cute Howie. You are a disaster just like the rest of the higher ups in that organization.
I love how the Eagles get bashed more by their own fans than by the fans of their division rivals. Sad state of affairs. The bashers need to go ask people in Cleveland, Miami, and Oakland how the past 10 years have been.
On second thought, Eagles won’t win a championship as long as cheese steaks and hoagies are sold in Philly. Reid won’t leave Philly because of his two favorite sandwiches.
Ah yes, the taste of incompetent drafting and questionable personnel moves put there by the unqualified mr Roseman himself.
Out of their beak(s)?
They should do something about that ‘loser smell’ too.
The taste in their mouths is a combination of garbage, sewer, and baby diarrhea. It is either directly related to their play or just the typical smell that emanates from Philadelphia.
Phillies are top dog in town, Howie. Andy had more than a decade to bring it home (How many NFC Championship games did the Jabba the Gut blow??) and he continues to carry himself as Mr. Lombardi II!
Go Phils! Hope u get fired, Big (loser) Red!
“We have an obligation to the fans and Philadelphia to put a championship caliber team on the field,” Roseman said.
Most over used statement used in Philly seeing that they never won a superbowl
I find myself wondering how many more years “Dream team” will come up. It’ll be the latest example of lazy thinking used to talk about Philly, right up there with the 100 columns written everywhere but Philly complaining how we didn’t appreciate McNabb.
“We have an obligation to the fans and Philadelphia to put a championship caliber team on the field,” Roseman said.”
Notice how he said championship CALIBER team, not actually claiming they will be a championship team. After 52 years without winning the one game that counts, I think the Philly fans have a right to ask that the team finally takes the next step. After all, the Giants have two in five years and according to all the Philly trolls here, the Giants “suck”. So, if NY can do it, why can’t Philly?
No problem. Take Eli’s ____ out of your mouth.
Eli: 2
Philly: ZERO
That “bitter taste” in your mouth is from having to eat your own words. Obviously this team is talented, but they lack leadership… That’s an epidemic on Philly as well as Dallas.
You tell em Howie .
As long as we are in the playoffs .. we’ll be OK.
We will easily beat the Cowboys and R-Skins.. AGAIN ! and split with the Giants.
the Championships will come . .
deangelo23hall says:
Mar 29, 2012 3:15 PM
They haven’t won a super bowl. Ever. And yet these fans talk the most.
Always will be the NFC east doormat.
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I didn’t realize that my favorite team’s lack of Super Bowl wins prevented me from talking about them. I’ll just go talk quietly with Falcons, Bengals. Seahawks, Panthers, Jaguars, Texans, Cardinals, Lions, Titans, Chargers, Browns, Bills, and Vikings fans in a corner somewhere and hope we don’t get caught.
Vick is still under center, so…another wasted season.
Howie Roseman doesn’t look like he’s played a down of football in his life. It’s no wonder that his draft picks are mostly busts.
The Eagles tried the Dan Synder route of over paying for “marquee” free agents and look where it got them. Out of the playoffs just like the Deadskins. This off season I think the Eagles have made the right mix of moves and keeping their own players happy. I expect a rebound season where they will most likely win the NFC East. That is as far as it will go however because Vick isn’t capable of beating a top tier defense in the playoffs. Until they get a real QB (not a 5’10 duck and chucker), they will have ceiling of the second round of the playoffs.
The Eagles didn’t win last year because they had no LBs, no playmakers on the defensive side of the ball. Their O-line was mediocre at best and Desean showed up only when he wanted to show up. That type of attitude affects the whole team.
And I don’t care what anyone says, Andy Reid is a great coach. He wins. He may not have any Superbowls here in Philly, but there are honestly only a select few coaches I’d rather have than Reid. People are hard on him and rightfully so, but be honest with yourself, he is still a quality coach. Better than 90% of them out there.
Can you stop it with the dream team BS? It was a stupid remark that VY said. It’s lazy journalism keeping BS narratives alive. This is why we can’t have nice things.
Yeah, but PFT and everyone else said the Eagles were the big winners in Free agency last season… Overspending for talented players.
Hmm.. Maybe who “wins and loses” in FA really doesn’t mean squat. The winners should be the teams that don’t overspend in FA and keep their talented players around.
deangelo23hall says:
Mar 29, 2012 3:15 PM
They haven’t won a super bowl. Ever. And yet these fans talk the most.
Always will be the NFC east doormat.
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The above brought to you by someone stupid enough to believe that a 6-10 season was a success because two of those wins were against the eventual Super Bowl Champs (one of which happened in week one when the Giants had so many injuries they probably had to call up guys from Bosco prep).
Why exactly are we still getting articles about how coaches and front offices reacted to the 2011 season? The 2012 season started last week with free agency, so the door should have been completely closed on last year. These kinds of articles are pointless.
The typical saying in Philly…”we’re going to win it all…next year’
Get used to that bad taste! Philthy Eagles aren’t doing squat next year!
jeffhink says:
Mar 29, 2012 3:40 PM
deangelo23hall says:
Mar 29, 2012 3:15 PM
They haven’t won a super bowl. Ever. And yet these fans talk the most.
Always will be the NFC east doormat.
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I didn’t realize that my favorite team’s lack of Super Bowl wins prevented me from talking about them. I’ll just go talk quietly with Falcons, Bengals. Seahawks, Panthers, Jaguars, Texans, Cardinals, Lions, Titans, Chargers, Browns, Bills, and Vikings fans in a corner somewhere and hope we don’t get caught.
hahahahaha this is great. I think the Eagles, Cowboys, and Giants can all agree the Redskins have been the doormat of the NFC East since the mid 90′s.
Other fans are always going to have something to say, and that’s what I expect from them. As long as everyone just brushes the Eagles off again i’m ok with that. I think we honestly have a pretty good shot this year. I mean, the year before GB won the SB they were eliminated game one of the playoffs and then came back motivated and kicked ass. All I can hope for is a motivated Eagles team this year.
pflynn20 says:Mar 29, 2012 3:14 PM
Reid as coach + Vick as QB = another season without a Championship. Same ol status quo
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Shula (Hall of Famer) + Marino (Hall of Famer) = Zero Rings
Your point is?
49erstim says: Mar 29, 2012 3:38 PM
That “bitter taste” in your mouth is from having to eat your own words. Obviously this team is talented, but they lack leadership… That’s an epidemic on Philly as well as Dallas.
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That’s where DeMeco Ryans comes in.
Reid hasn’t had a bad taste in his mouth since the last time he had a salad- back in 86.
Redskins fans talking doormat……really? Shanahan can’t even make this team relavent. See ya in da fall.
Nope! They will eat the poo all season long again!