Marcus Mariota ending up with the Philadelphia Eagles just makes sense, doesn’t it? Chip Kelly recruited him, knew he’d be a great quarterback, and is now an NFL coach the year that Mariota will be a part of the NFL Draft. The Eagles have finished 10-6 in back-to-back seasons, but have failed to win a playoff game since Kelly took over the reins as head coach. Is it time for a desperation move? Yes, selling … Continue reading
The Sixers began to turn their roster upside down back in 2013 when they traded their starting point guard Jrue Holiday and the 42nd pick in the 2013 draft (Pierre Jackson) for Nerlens Noel and a 2014 first round pick. Fans were left in confusion as to what they were doing, trading away arguably the best player on their team for a pick and a guy who was still injured. What they didn’t realize was that it … Continue reading
Unless the excessive amount of 3-pointers is part of the Sixers’ elaborate plan to tank and finish with one of the worst records, they need to stop taking so many of them. It’s killing their shooting percentage and wastes possessions. Most of all, it’s allowing these young players to develop bad habits of just jacking up a 3 whenever they want instead of moving the ball around and looking for a better shot. The Sixers … Continue reading
After going over the offense and defense, I now move on to the special teams, arguably the best part of the Eagles this past season. Or, at least one can say it’s the most improved. Some people even ranked the Eagles as having the best special teams in the league, an incredible feat for a team that has struggled in that area for some years now. They were talented across the board in all aspects … Continue reading
It’s no secret that the Eagles’ defense hasn’t been feared since the passing of former Defensive Coordinator Jim Johnson. He was one of the best at the job in the league and he has been severely missed. The Eagles have gone through a bunch of different guys, many of whom have stayed for a couple years and then moved on. Surprisingly though, two of them, Sean McDermott and Todd Bowles, have found incredible success as … Continue reading
Chip Kelly came to Philadelphia to make this team’s offense the best in the league. That’s his forte, using all sorts of crazy formations and plays to rack up a lot of yards and a lot of points as quickly as possible. This style of play isn’t for everyone, but Eagles Nation seems to have embraced it with open arms since he came here. Has it always been the best? No, but it’s always been … Continue reading
Another season and another disappointing end. Of course, anything except the Super Bowl is at least somewhat disappointing, but this time they failed to even make the postseason. They matched their 2013 record of 10-6, but the Cowboys had a breakout season and finished 12-4, winning the division, including the second of their head-to-head matchups. It was a tough way to see the season go, losing three of the final four games, including one against … Continue reading
One of the best things about sportswriting is getting to look back at all the predictions you made in the beginning of a season and see either how ridiculously wrong they were or how amazingly correct they were. In my case, there was a little bit of both. I went through some of my posts before the season started and compiled some of my predictions for things that would happen, such as their record, performance … Continue reading
There really shouldn’t be discussion over who the Eagles’ starting quarterback will be going into next season, but nonetheless, it seems as though people are talking about it anyway. Will it be Nick Foles? Will it be Mark Sanchez? Will it be Marcus Mariota or some other rookie from the draft? There’s really only one clear choice for next year’s starting job and that’s Foles. Foles definitely struggled this year compared to last season. Last … Continue reading
Just a couple of days ago I was given a beta key to use the new website statmuse, which could easily be the greatest statistics website for sports that I’ve ever seen. For those who haven’t heard of it, what it does is you type a question into the search bar and it immediately gives you the data. Sounds easy enough, right? Well that’s because it is. And it has so much data. I could … Continue reading
