What seemed like the most draining and tedious head coaching search in history is finally finished. According to Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News, the new head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles will be Doug Pederson. Pederson, 47, can’t officially be announced as the team’s newest head coach because his current team, the Kansas City Chiefs, are still alive in the NFL playoffs. When they’re eliminated, and there’s probably…
Should the Philadelphia Eagles Hire Tom Coughlin as Head Coach?
Almost two weeks into their search for a new head coach, the Philadelphia Eagles are running out of options. Their likely top option, Adam Gase, agreed to a five-year deal with the Miami Dolphins on Saturday. That led the Eagles to interview Tom Coughlin, who recently stepped down from his position as head coach of the New York Giants, on Monday. Coughlin, who will be 70 years old before the…
Ranking My Top 5 Wild-Card Round Moments as a Philadelphia Eagles Fan
Little-known fact: The Philadelphia Eagles have been a wild-card team more times than any other team in NFL history. From 1989 to the present day, the Eagles have finished as the division runner-up, still qualifying for the playoffs, eight times. They’ve also had a number of division titles in which the team found themselves hosting a home playoff game on wild-card weekend: four times, to be exact. Below I will…
Should the Philadelphia Eagles Give Sam Bradford a Mega Contract Extension?
The biggest headline surrounding the Philadelphia Eagles is who will be the head coach to succeed Chip Kelly, and rumors have been flying, everyone from former Super Bowl winning coach Jon Gruden to recently fired Giants coach Tom Coughlin to former Eagles quarterback Doug Pederson. But after the Eagles hire their head coach, which should be in the next week or two, they’ll be faced with an equally important decision. What…
Projecting the 2016 Philadelphia Eagles’ Salary Cap Situation
Embed from Getty Images With Chip Kelly fired after fewer than three seasons at the helm, it’s doubtful the ensuing Philadelphia Eagles offseason carries as much drama as it did a year ago. After all, Kelly’s decision to virtually overhaul the offensive side of the ball – plus bringing in new faces in Kiko Alonso and Byron Maxwell – gave the Eagles an entirely new identity for the 2015 campaign….
Philadelphia Eagles Should Pass on Jon Gruden As Head Coach, If He’s Even Available
Less than a week after the end of the 2015 NFL season, the rumors are flying like crazy regarding potential Eagles’ coaching candidates. One name that has surfaced, as it seems to every few years, is current ESPN analyst and former NFL head coach Jon Gruden. Paul Domowitch of the Philadelphia Daily News reports that Gruden informed Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, through an intermediary, that he is interested in the…
Why New Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. is One of the Biggest What Ifs in MLB History
99.3 percent. That’s the percentage of ballots that listed Ken Griffey Junior for the Baseball Hall of Fame, breaking Tom Seaver’s record for the highest percentage in MLB history. When it comes to accomplishments, there are few players in Griffey’s generation who have achieved more. In fact, in the history of the game, there haven’t been many to do what Griffey did on the baseball diamond. Just look at his…
Ranking the Top 15 Head Coach Candidates for the 2016 Philadelphia Eagles
In case you missed last week’s news, the Philadelphia Eagles elected to part ways with Chip Kelly just one season after handing him complete control of all personnel moves. The Eagles’ 6-9 record under Kelly is a far cry below the preseason expectations that included double-digit wins and a playoff win (or several). It’s been a humbling year for owner Jeffrey Lurie, who raved about Kelly during the offseason and…
Ranking All 47 Regular Season Games for the Philadelphia Eagles in the Chip Kelly Era
Exactly one year ago today, the Philadelphia Eagles handed complete control of their franchise to Chip Kelly. Less than one full year later, they took his power away, releasing him of his responsibilities with the franchise. It’s been an unbelievable turn of events in the last year, one that you had to see to experience. From Chip Kelly’s failed pursuit of Marcus Mariota to his trade for Sam Bradford to…
Grading Each of Chip Kelly’s Personnel Moves This Past Offseason
Embed from Getty Images The Chip Kelly era came to an abrupt end Tuesday evening with the news of Kelly’s firing. Not even one year after Kelly was able to wrestle the GM duties away from Howie Roseman, owner Jeffrey Lurie abandoned the Chip ship with one game remaining in the 2015 season. Kelly leaves Philadelphia having accumulated a 26-21 record, but it’s his horrid offseason as a general…