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Ok, one more time – there is virtually no strength-of-schedule seeding in next year’s scheduling-by-team in the NFL. Opponents in 14 of the 16 regular season games are pre-determined well in advance, say, 3 – 5 years, and only TWO games are affected by how you finished THIS year (you finished last, this year, therefore, you would play last place finishers in two other divisions next year) ONLY TWO Games of the 16! And, with the way the NFL changes, each year, those last place teams could be killers – Indy Colts, for example – 2 – 14 in 2011, becomes playoff team the very next season. And, if you play a last place team from a great division, vs. a lousy division, you still might not have it that easy.

We fans were met with the same backlash and slander when we booted McNabb,, then again when we booted Reid.

When will the country realize that PHI isn’t as unknowing as they hoped?

Jeff McLane Tweeted that 36 coaches were hired from 06-11 24 of them came on 1/15 or after. SOooooo why is this a big deal now?

The eagles are interviewing every single candidate they can to get the best man for the job.
They found that each college coach lacked the intangibles to lead the squads.
Now they are only interviewing candidates from successful championship programs,,,
Is that bad?

the chiefs, Browns and bills have all hired coaches ASAP… and its decisions like those that will keep those franchises in the dirt for another 20 years..
But Philly,, one of the only teams using due diligence is being persecuted…
makes sense if you don’t think about it.

Three of the four remaining QBs still playing are traditional drop-back pocket passers. Accounting for mobile QBs is certainly something teams will have to consider, but basing your whole organizational philosophy around it is incredibly stupid. Based on the last few years, the Eagles should know that having a QB with wheels isn’t necessarily the answer.

The only thing worse than not identifying a trend is identifying one that doesn’t exist.

Maybe the eagles want a college guy who has experience against RG3′s college offense, but you would think they would at least hire somebody who was good at it.

Really? They take their best shot at one of three high profile college coaches that they wanted, but ultimately those guys decided they preferred their current jobs. What’s so strange about that?

So the Eagles turned to former head coaches with pedigree (Whisenhunt, Billick, Smith, Nolan) and top assistants (McCoy, Bradley, Koetter). What’s so strange about that?

After going 14 years with the same coach, they are thoroughly evaluating prospective candidates and trying to find the right one. What’s so strange about that?

The Bears interviewed a lot of people and ultimately settled on a CFL coach. The Browns interviewed a lot of people an ultimately settled on an offensive coordinator from a bad team.

What have the Eagles done that is so strange? Not hired a guy yet? Most coaches aren’t hired until mid to late January. Two coaches just got hired yesterday.

No evidence whatsoever that the Eagles are dictating defensive coordinators to prospective head coaching candidates, but of course, your site wouldn’t get nearly as much traffic if it didn’t fill the void with abject speculation would it?

Laurie put all the blame on the horrific 2010/2011 drafts on Andy Ried, not Roseman, even though Roseman was the one who “found” Danny “the fireman” Watkins and told Andy Reid that’s our next stud O-lineman. Even though he’s on record saying Jaquwain Jarrett was the “best tackler” in the draft.

Fact is the Eagles appear disorganized and unsure what they want to do, and it would not shock me one bit if Howie picked some of the coaching staff.

So, if the Eagles hire Bradley, and both teams want Quinn to be DC, he’ll have a choice between coaching the Seattle defense and the Philly defense….and between Paul Allen’s checkbook and Jeffrey Lurie’s checkbook.

What does it gain? Who does it benefit?

The only possible explanation I can think of is that one or both of these guys is highly regarded by a particular one of their HC candidates and they are trying to send a message to that candidate that they are a front runner for the job.

But why even do that? Why not just call the candidates agent and say “your guy is a front runner for our job”?