"Dream Team" keep sleeping on the job
By Kevin K

The frustration of a bad Eagles season has us all sitting and wondering one this ... how? The Eagles have the talent and the team to do something special, how are they this bad?

There are many answers to that question, and I will take some of them one by one.

Lack of Discipline

Over the last few weeks we have seen the Eagles struggle both offensively and defensively. The Eagles aren't playing to their potential. They keep playing undisciplined football and it is showing. The offensive line has gotten increasingly better as the season has gone on (which was a worry), but the "playmakers" continue to struggle. Eagles WRs seem to be unable to hold the ball correctly, which has continued to cause fumbles (and interceptions - see Jason Avant versus the Bills). You can even look at Michael Vick, who has made the right decision at times, but seems to want to throw the ball more (even in double coverage) than take the sack, run the ball, or throw the ball out of bounds. In five games this season, Vick has 7 interceptions - which is one more than he had last season alone (he played 12 games).

The offense isn't the only side of the ball with a lack of discipline. The defense continues to lose game after game for the Eagles, against the Bills nothing changed. The Eagles defense seemed to get better in the second half, but at that point the Bills were looking to kill the clock and run the ball a majority of the time. The problem for the Eagles came in the final 2 minutes of the game, on a 4th and 1. The announcers say, "I think the Bills are going to look to cause them to jump offside", we are sitting at home watching the game saying "don't jump offside, they are going to run the play clock down", even Juan Castillo knows that they are going to try to have the Eagles jump offside, and what happens? Juqua Parker (formerly Thomas) does exactly what the Bills wanted him to do, jumped offside. This continues to happen to the Eagles so far this season, even during a punt in which an Eagle jumped offside ... undisciplined play is costing the Eagles.

Too Many New Faces

When the Eagles brought in big name free agent after big name free agent, and big name coach after big name coach all Eagles fans, including myself, thought we had something special going on ... we didn't realize that it would hurt the Eagles more than it will help.

The Eagles aren't working as a team right now and it continues to hurt them. This comes from the players to the coaches, it isn't working. You can blame some of this on decision making, you can blame some of this on the Lockout, and your can blame some of this on management.

The fact of the matter is, it is not fun to play for the Eagles right now and all Eagles players realize it, even the newer free agents.

Coaching

OK so the big thing right now is "Fire Reid" and "Fire Castillo". The problem with that is it is not going to do anything for the Eagles. You bring in a new coach at this point, and the entire scheme changes. It will not help us this season and can only cost more problems - see the Too Many New Faces post.

Am I concerned about how bad the defense has looked under Castillo? Yes. Enter the Lockout problem. At the end of last season the Eagles hired Juan Castillo (former offensive line coach) as their defensive coordinator. During the Lockout, Castillo was unable to work with his defense until Training Camp, which in this case is way too late. Castillo is still working his way around to understanding a defensive scheme.

And of course their is Andy Reid, that continues to look more and more pompous as the season goes on during his press conferences and on the sidelines. The truth of the matter is that Andy is frustrated, and so are we. When you continue to lose the way you are to teams you shouldn't be losing to, it's frustrating. We all understand that, but we see that he has been here since 1999 with nothing to show for it.

I know they will never say this to you, but 2011-2012 has officially become a rebuilding year (not retooling year) for the Eagles. We notice their problems, we notice their errors and mistakes, but so do they. It is officially a season to no longer look forward to, but to build on.

In my mind, Andy Reid is on the clock
By Kevin K

Andy Reid has been the Eagles head coach since 1999 and is the longest tenured coach with one team in the NFL. Reid has compiled the best win total (107), winning percentage (.617), and playoff victory total (10) in team history; however, Reid is missing one thing with the Eagles, a Super Bowl.

Now every year us fans (including me) have blamed different aspects of the Eagles team as the reason they lost; T.O., lack of defense, no weapons, etc. Now that the Eagles have gone all in on the 2011-2012 season after an unforgettable off-season, in my mind Reid is on the clock.

There are no more excuses, no lack of defense, we have weapons, and we have a quarterback to lead us to the Promised Land (or at least that’s what everyone thinks). Throughout the shortened off-season the Eagles brought in play makers like Nnamdi Asomugha, Jason Babin, Ronnie Brown, Vince Young, and Cullen Jenkins (like I said all in).

So Eagles it is truly time to prove to me that you are truly “all in” by putting your head coach Andy Reid on the clock. Yes we have seen the ups of Reid throughout his career In Philly, but there continues to be one thing that has been missing all of these years and that’s an Eagles parade down Broad Street.

I continue to believe that the Eagles are the team to beat this year and if they can't win the Super Bowl, Reid must go.

Super Bowl or Bust, time's yours.

Andy Reid is the Head Coach
By Kevin K

Last night via Twitter, Facebook, and basically any other social media website reported that the Eagles were going to fire Andy Reid and hire Jon Gruden in replace of him. The rumor apparently started on former Eagles FB Kyle Eckel's Facebook page and a radio reporter in Missouri. The basis of the rumor was an unconfirmed report that Gruden was in Philadelphia last night.

Now I have to be honest with you, how anyone could believe a rumor like this is beyond me. The rumor may have swirled out of control because there is a hate in some Eagles fans heart for Andy Reid but that is not a basis for judgment.

The Eagles released a statement Monday morning in regards to the rumor, “Early this morning we have received several inquiries regarding the rumors regarding Andy Reid and Jon Gruden. This was simply a rumor and there is no basis to it at all. It is simply not true.”