Comments on: Eagles expected to sign Dennis Dixon after Super Bowl

By: dzwizzard

dzwizzard — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:29:27 +0000

I forgot to mention the Assisant Coaches are some of the best and have been at Oregon a long time. Coaches at Oregon at lifers. WTD “Win the Day” and NMU “Next Man UP” it the philosphy at Oregon. Oregon may not have the largest stadium (-60k) but we have the loudest and the state of the art facilities. Take a look at the new MK arena or tweet some of the sports writers that have been here, they will acknowlege the new Oregon

By: dzwizzard

dzwizzard — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:34:14 +0000

I can’t believe how many Eagle nay sayers here. You do have the best CFB coach. Oregon & CK had only 2-4 star talent at best and was in the BCS race. I have been a Duck fan for 45 years, back in the 60s – 70s all the NW Pac8 schools were on the bottom mainly because of $$$$ and our facilities were not much larger than your best high schools. MONEY elevated the pragam…….. i.e. The lottery in the late 80s and Nike in 2000. Oregon still does not bring in what the east coast colleges nor does it have 100k capacity FB stadiums, so for them to play at this level is unreal. Do some research and you see what I mean.

Don’t get me wrong CK benifitted from the foundation laid by Rich Brooks and Mike Belloti with a lot of help from Phil Knight. But he is the best of the best so give him a chance he will prove you nay sayers wrong.

I suppose all fans are the same we want to cheer for winners. Trust me in the next few years you will be the favorite NFL team to watch because all the other teams will be boring. Oregon scores in less than 2 minutes so the defense is out there for a long time. CK knows how to engineer this.

Anyway the Ducks are now Eagle fans.

By: oldbyrd

oldbyrd — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:56:31 +0000

Im worried..Let’s see where the chips fall

By: Scott Baird

Scott Baird — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:32:16 +0000

All these Eagles fans are pathetic with their whining. They just landed the best coach in football. Chip Kelly makes average players excellent and great players into superstars. Which ever QB Kelly goes with is going to be a winner because Kelly instills confidence in his players like no on else save only maybe Jim Harbaugh. Above all Kelly will pick the smartest QB possible and give him the play book to be successful with his skillset. Your going to see a bunch of players who absolutely love their coach.

By: watermelon1

watermelon1 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:55:40 +0000

Like this move.

By: danoregon

danoregon — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:20:34 +0000

Makes perfect sense, if only for Dixon to show what the words and instruction look like in action to other QBs and help them learn the new offense.

By: skinsfan91

skinsfan91 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:44:37 +0000

There’s plenty of games where the Skins only used the option 3 or 4 times. They didn’t use it once the second game against the Eagles. San Fran used the hell out of it against the Falcons. Just because you don’t see Kaep run the ball doesn’t mean they aren’t running it. The Falcons committed to Kaep and just kept letting it go into Gore’s gut and Gore tore them up. You don’t need a pro bowl RB to run the read option.

By: brainfries

brainfries — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:49:00 +0000

Highly doubt Dixon will be a starter

By: udub

udub — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:50:19 +0000

Wow, some of you posters have never learned about jumping to conclusions huh?

Where in any stories over the last few weeks about this has it ever said Dixon is gong to be the starter? Or even hinted that’s the plan?

You do know the vast majority of teams have 3 QBs on the roster right? He’s going to be a free agent, he knows the system. End of story. Dixon is gong to be holding a clipboard teaching the other QBs the ins and outs of Kelly’s offense.

By: phaktor333

phaktor333 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:36:01 +0000

Dixon’s sole job will be to help implementing the offense and showing other offensive skill players how to run it. He will be a backup until Foles gets his head knocked off. Kelly will draft a QB that knows the system this year. They may even need a back that can run it too; Chris Rainey would be a good fit there.

By: whatjusthapped

whatjusthapped — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:28:10 +0000

The Jets are looking at J. Russell, now the Eagles are looking at Dixon. Two franchises swirling the toilet bowl of the NFL and it turns out the head coach is the one who pulled the flush handle.

By: division2lbss

division2lbss — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:24:13 +0000

I hope Dennis ball out. when i was 10th grade he was my favorite player. then never heard from him again.

By: dawglb

dawglb — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:09:36 +0000

This seems like Kelly wants another “coach” to help the other QBs acclimate. It will be a good move. Dixon can help the others figure out Kelly and his quirks….

By: jiggy3198

jiggy3198 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:59:22 +0000

And don’t forget that Steve spurrier had to have Danny Wurful and how did that work out…..a one way ticket back to the NCAA

By: bigbadal21

bigbadal21 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:52:37 +0000

Dennis Dixon is a hell of a lot better qb than people think. Sorry the Steelers cut him.

By: goldrush36

goldrush36 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:24:33 +0000

Everyone keeps talking about how this offense works in the NFL… It does as PART of an offense, not the entire offensive philosophy. Niners use it less than any of the three now , so bad example. Washington uses it the most followed by Seattle, but I am 100% certain I seen them both run pretty large chunks of conventional formations. Chip is a bright coach so I doubt he intends to strictly run his offense but if he does they are in trouble. If he can mix it up and find a QB to run it he will be very successful. As for its overall success LaMichael James hasn’t exploited the edges like he did at Oregon. He has had most his success between the tackles where he is least expected.

By: bobbyhoying

bobbyhoying — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:24:23 +0000

skinsfaninphilly: You’ve got it right, even if the boo birds don’t want to hear it. Spurrier was outclassed by the rest of the NFC coaches, even though he’s a great college coach. I can still see him flapping his lips on the Skins’ sideline. Andy will have more wins in KC. Just watch.

By: bigboysmash

bigboysmash — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:22:02 +0000

So if dixon doesnt sign is he gonna call darren thomas or jeremiah masoli?

By: jroman11

jroman11 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:18:05 +0000

Nick Foles would smoke this guy in camp/the preseason, anyway. NF has real qb skills. Dixon would be fine as a backup, though.

By: hor2012

hor2012 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:47:02 +0000

Well, Mike Vick will be gone after all. And, Geno Smith will be the Eagles first pick. I think KC will trade down and eventually take Matt Barkley

By: bleedgreen

bleedgreen — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:45:34 +0000

I look at it this way. If someone can tailor an offense around Tim Tebow, goto the playoffs and beat the favored Steelers, then someone else can tailor an offense around Nick Foles or Dennis Dixon and be just as successful. You just need the defense to help you out.

As Bill Belichick said, ‘It doesn’t matter if the other team scores 35, we’re going to score 40′, and the inverse is true too. If you can hold another team to 13-16 points, it doesn’t matter if your offense only scores 20. You still win the game.

Now, the Eagles have a LOT of work to do on both sides of the ball, but to immediately label everything a failure before its even on the field is just ludicrous.

By: wizahdry

wizahdry — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:43:01 +0000

Not surprised by this. I thought Dixon was a free agent didn’t realize he was on Raven practice squad

By: dirkanger23

dirkanger23 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:37:44 +0000

I don’t really know or care who Dennis Dixon is. If bringing him to Philly means that they can finally cut ties with Vick, & provide Foles with some competition in training camp, then that’s all that matters.

By: aneaglesfan

aneaglesfan — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:55:57 +0000

nineroutsider says: Jan 30, 2013 3:07 PM

This reminds me of ‘Fun N Gun’ with Steve Spurrier bringing Danny Wuerffel to the Redskins to run his system.

Easy Eagles fans, just pointing it out; no need for a lecture on letting the “mastermind” implement his “invention” (the “spread” offense or whatever you want to call it) in peace.
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LMBO thanks for the mention.

Its not my choice. I have to agree with you tho. If there is a player out there that I think will be a help it’s a very unpopular choice. I have seen Joe Webb play the read option in UAB and he did well at it (before anyone goes and looks up stats and starts spewing the at me) don’t go by there record they don’t get talented players they have to compete with the likes of Alabama, AU, and Troy university that tend to get the more talented players. But he did do well running it IF I remember correctly he was the best QB that the school has had. Only real problem I see is Philly ready for another QB to wear #5

By: spg3081

spg3081 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:54:13 +0000

Highly doubt he’s signing him to be the starting QB. I have a feeling Kelly is smart & knows it will be helpful to have a QB who knows his system well.

By: scrp2

scrp2 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:52:07 +0000

Whoa.. going after a fourth string QB off the practice squad?

Eagles are really serious about building a dynasty.

By: briang123

briang123 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:52:05 +0000

In the days of 90-man training camp rosters, Dixon is a cheap test drive.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:47:37 +0000

“skinsfaninphilly says: Jan 30, 2013 3:41 PM
I called this before Chip Kelly declined the Eagles offer the first time. He’s pulling a Spurrier!!! Except Spurrier brought in two qbs, one of which won the Heisman and a national championship”
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If you’re any sort of fan of college football and the NFL, then you’d know what a joke the Heisman trophy is. Every single QB winner of the Heisman since 1990 has been a bust or quite average, especially those winners from the Florida schools. RG3 and Cam look to be the exception to the rule for Heisman winners.

By: judalation

judalation — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:31:12 +0000

As a JETS fan I wonder why the Jets did not snatch him up… He is better than our three QBs COMBINED!

By: gnorules

gnorules — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:15:55 +0000

Why not go out and trade for Tyrod Taylor from Baltimore if Philly is going to try to get this type of player? At least he’s a little younger and doesn’t have a previously torn ACL to worry about popping again.