Are you buying into the Shanaplan?

Yea I'm with mbedner, it's surprising to know that the FO started considering it at that time. I guess Snyder and FO liked what Shanny have done with the team, he definitely turned it around.

I would wait to see how next year goes when this team has to play towards high expectations.

An extension now is a dumb idea. We're on a nice run. See where it goes, and more importantly, see how next year turns out. Nobody is going anywhere regardless. The franchises with open HC spots (if you believe Kyle would really be on a short list) don't have much promise. So he'd presumably go somewhere, lose for two-three years and ultimately be back to coordinating somewhere else. I say if he wants to do that, we don't want him anyway.

At any rate, negotiating anything in the midst of the staff's only good showing, a seven game stretch after two and a half seasons of dismal results, is just stupid business by any franchise. It's the kind of the thing I'd expect from the "old" Snyder.

We need to fire Mike Shanahan today. He has won nothing. We should bring in Wayne Fontes to replace him.

This wasn't new thread worthy, but is it time to let Shanny off the hook for the McNabb deal? Consider this since the trade:
Philadelphia has a 22-26 record, no clear answer at QB, has changed front office personnel, fired their coach and is looking at starting over. The picks traded for McNabb (Nate Allen, repeatedly injured and benched & through a series of trades Casey Matthews, DeMeco Ryans & Nick Foles) haven't yielded much fruit for the Eagles. Foles may turn out to be serviceable but he's far from a clear cut NFL starting QB.

From our side we are 21-27 (one game worse), have a clear answer at QB, stability in coaching and front office and turned McNabb into the pick that brought us Alfred Morris.

How does that deal look from a different perspective now?

I just wanted to mark it for the record, I am not one of the three that voted NO.

HAIL!!!!!!

QB play is clearly an area we have lacked for a long time. The other part of the McNabb trade was the releasing of JC. I was one who rather would have kept JC, but clearly his play since being released, including his time in Oakland, showed keeping him would have done nothing more than McNabb/Grossman and the upside potential of McNabb and Grossman were better at the time. So, while I don't think Shanahan gets kudos for handling the JC/McNabb situation, ultimately we came out ahead, and I don't think it set the team back any in its development.

This wasn't new thread worthy, but is it time to let Shanny off the hook for the McNabb deal? Consider this since the trade:
Philadelphia has a 22-26 record, no clear answer at QB, has changed front office personnel, fired their coach and is looking at starting over. The picks traded for McNabb (Nate Allen, repeatedly injured and benched & through a series of trades Casey Matthews, DeMeco Ryans & Nick Foles) haven't yielded much fruit for the Eagles. Foles may turn out to be serviceable but he's far from a clear cut NFL starting QB.

From our side we are 21-27 (one game worse), have a clear answer at QB, stability in coaching and front office and turned McNabb into the pick that brought us Alfred Morris.

How does that deal look from a different perspective now?

Funny how quickly things change eh?

Look at the way things are shaping up in the division. The Eagles are in full rebuild mode, the Cowboys are stumbling and bumbling around as usual, Romo is nearing the end of his contract there, and the Giants lost a lot of their luster this year and showed that you can't just expect to turn it on at the end of every season. Meanwhile the Skins are stocked with young talent are only trending upward.

Build through the draft, what a concept right?

East Division Champs after the 3rd year? NO question the plan has worked. HTTR

Build through the draft, what a concept right?

East Division Champs after the 3rd year? NO question the plan has worked. HTTR

And do your homework well when acquiring FAs (Cofield, Carriker, Garcon, Morgan)