Post by One on Jan 18, 2019 13:08:16 GMT -5
This sounds like Doug is looking at the glass-half-full angle of the Saints loss: off-season preparation time. There's going to be a lot of changes to this team before the 2019 season starts. HowieJoe and the coaching staff have their work cut out with rebuilding the roster with a mix of vets and rookies plus refining their schemes to fit the new players (hopefully).
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And, from the same site, an interesting and realistic sounding perspective on trading Foles.
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It would be nice if they could get something now for Nick, but I think the reality may be that they'll get a comp pick next year.
“I think on the football side, and Howie alluded to this, looking back on it, you just have to keep your foot on the gas, you have to stay aggressive in your off-season, in your preparation.
There are things you look back on, and as coaches, we like to go back and scheme evaluate, go back and watch our schemes, offensively, defensively, and special teams. That was cut short. You’re kind of buzzing through some of that. I think there are different things you can do moving forward — having looked back on it now moving forward where you can sort of not expedite it, but you can be a little more efficient in some of your evaluation process offensively and defensively, and I think on special teams.
And then at the same time, your players are right back in the building within a matter of two months and your OTAs are going. You have to stay aggressive. You can’t pull off. You keep kind of the hammer down.
It becomes learned. It becomes a trained habit, and we’re trying to create good habits here. We want to be playing in January, playing for championships, and that’s all part of the process.”
There are things you look back on, and as coaches, we like to go back and scheme evaluate, go back and watch our schemes, offensively, defensively, and special teams. That was cut short. You’re kind of buzzing through some of that. I think there are different things you can do moving forward — having looked back on it now moving forward where you can sort of not expedite it, but you can be a little more efficient in some of your evaluation process offensively and defensively, and I think on special teams.
And then at the same time, your players are right back in the building within a matter of two months and your OTAs are going. You have to stay aggressive. You can’t pull off. You keep kind of the hammer down.
It becomes learned. It becomes a trained habit, and we’re trying to create good habits here. We want to be playing in January, playing for championships, and that’s all part of the process.”
And, from the same site, an interesting and realistic sounding perspective on trading Foles.
The truth is, if there was an established market that was purring for Foles, then this would be a much more exciting discussion and all of those fun, clickbait headlines would be valid…but they’re not. It’s like having two friends. One is a young, attractive, successful business owner and the other is just your average Joe, a little bit older, bit scruffy. If you’re trying to set a friend up with one of those guys, you really have to up-sell if you’re going for the average Joe.
There is one quarterback that the rest of the NFL would give up a lot for and that’s Carson Wentz. The Eagles could get an a monumental sack of goodies for the future of the franchise, but they’ve outright said that the NDSU product is exactly that. They’re moving on from Foles.
There is one quarterback that the rest of the NFL would give up a lot for and that’s Carson Wentz. The Eagles could get an a monumental sack of goodies for the future of the franchise, but they’ve outright said that the NDSU product is exactly that. They’re moving on from Foles.
It would be nice if they could get something now for Nick, but I think the reality may be that they'll get a comp pick next year.
