Comments on: Bowles points out blown coverages, puts blame on not-Bowles

By: Sometimes Interesting

Sometimes Interesting — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:49:42 +0000

I don’t think Bowles is the problem.

By: realfootballfan

realfootballfan — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:07:02 +0000

Let’s be honest, Bowles has been a disaster. He’s way in over his head as DC, bad players or not, and the Eagles do have quite a few on defense.

By: steelerben

steelerben — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:53:07 +0000

I know, let’s fire Castillo! Forget that the defense is working just fine, and that it is hard to win football games when you are turning it over at an alarming rate! Castillo has to be the problem!

How’d that work out, guys?

By: bigjdve

bigjdve — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:38:04 +0000

I think the problem is that Reid is a lame duck and everyone knows it. So the players aren’t playing for them.

I think that if they are going to fire Reid, that they should do it now. Name an interim coach, then evaluate the players, let them know that they will be getting graded.

Alot of the players want out, they wanted a championship and they found out that in Philly with Reid they won’t get it.

Reid will be fine as either a coach or a GM, not both. I think that he will need to go back to being just one and work on that, he will then get back to being as good as he can.

I think that with all of the things that have happened to Reid recently that he is overwhelmed.

Regarding Bowles, what do you expect him to say, he took over a floundering defense that had been being coached by an OL coach. The players aren’t motivated and at the point that he took over, it was already too late for this season.

By: gmen2thebowl

gmen2thebowl — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:41:53 +0000

coaches always give PC answers, so dont crush a coach when he speaks the truth. Yes hes the leader but enough is enough with these players. They have more talent then most teams in the league. They have 3 wins! There is no way that this team should have 3 wins. They are under the Raiders,Browns,Panthers,Titans,Jets,Bills,Cardinals,Rams and Dolphins in nfl.com league standings. That can’t just be the coaching. especially when Reid has a SOLID track record of being good in the regular season. He was even 13-0 after the bye until this season! lol it cant be just the coaches.

By: pjcostello

pjcostello — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:37:27 +0000

He’s trying his level best NOT to throw his player under the bus… but it’s obvious the culprit is free safety Nate Allen. You can point to him on every touchdown, every missed assignment, every blown coverage. He was directly responsible for BOTH first quarter TDs, and he’s so confused right now he doesn’t know which end is up.

He’s been blamed for being out of position often, so last night he was supposed to pick up Brandon LaFell in the slot, when Boykin blitzed. Allen was occupying ‘center field’ at the snap… Allen instead drifted to his left, where Steve Smith was being covered by Rodgers-Cromartie. By drifting left, he vacated the center of the field — for which LaFell and Newton were very grateful.

Bowles called it ‘high school Cover 3′ and that’s what it was, and what would have worked, had Allen done what he was supposed to do, for once this season.

I don’t mind when a coach refuses to name names, and point a finger at a player. By the same token, it must be difficult to squeeze out a BS answer when you know the truth: You HAD them in the right position, but they messed it up!

By: gmen2thebowl

gmen2thebowl — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:37:08 +0000

That why Jordans Bulls were so successful. He was the star and the rest of the team knew their roles and they executed them well. When you have a secondary like the Giants where on the back end you have Rolle and Phillips and at corner you have Webster,Prince or T2, they cant all make last second adjustments or take last second risks because then NO ONE is where they’re suppose to be. Same thing with the Eagles, too many playmakers and they arent executing the play correctly.

By: gmen2thebowl

gmen2thebowl — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:33:01 +0000

I happy that Bowles didnt take the blame like Reid always does. Yes, its the coaches responsibility to game plan and get the players ready BUUUUTTTT, the players still have to play. The players still have to recognize things on the field, the players still have to be where they were asked to be and execute the play the way it was designed. I think the Eagles are having the same issue I believe my Giants have once in a while. I believe a team works best when you have a small amount of superstars and the rest role players that just do their jobs correctly to allow the superstar to make plays ala Steelers and Polumalu or Ravens and Ed Reed. Im not saying it doesnt work with multiple superstar. If you have multiple superstars, they all cant run wild. They have to work together and learn to play off eachother.

By: tbd3

tbd3 — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:15:21 +0000

Maybe the Eagles’ front office should have realized that if this guy can’t coach up a secondary with Nnamdi Asomugha, Asante Samuel, and Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie, then he shouldn’t be put in charge of the whole freakin’ defense.

By: charger88

charger88 — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:58:49 +0000

Unbelievable. I can’t believe what came out of Bowle’s mouth. Leaders lead from the front Bowles they don’t pass blame on anyone else. This guy is a follower plain and simple. If he was a quarterback he would blame the receiver for a bad route rather than saying he threw a bad ball ala Jimmy Clausen coming out of Notre Dame. This guy is a turd. This interview should be printed and handed to him today with his pink slip while the entire team watches. Somebody needs to light a fire under this team.

By: zaggs

zaggs — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:47:10 +0000

And he used to be the secondary coach and can’t explain why they’re blowing coverages? Exit, stage left Mr. Bowles.

By: stevemo

stevemo — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:45:24 +0000

Hell, we’ll take him back in Miami to coach the secondary again.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:33:49 +0000

It will be many years before Todd Bowles gets his second chance to be a DC. The Eagles defense is measurably worse since he took over. In fact, they look completely clueless.

Kind of hard to argue he’s not responsible, since the collapse directly coincides with his promotion.

Throw all the players under the bus that you want, Todd, there’s no escaping the facts.