LeSEAN McCoy declined last week to throw dirt on DeSean Jackson‘s name and say he was a bad teammate or a distraction.
Now Nick Foles has added himself to that list. His exact words?
“I know he’s gonna do well. He’s a great player. He’s been tremendous for me. But at the same time we have to keep moving forward as an organization. I do wish DeSean well. I had a blast playing with him.”
Foles was asked about Jackson being a distraction and a bad teammate.
“He was a great teammate to me,” Foles said. “We had a great relationship on and off the field. Everybody has other things going on, but to me personally, I really enjoyed playing with him. I’m excited that he landed on his feet. He’s a heck of a player.”
Could someone PLEASE produce at least ONE player who will substantiate the allegations reported by the media of Jackson being a locker room problem. So far it’s looking more and more like the media has either been thrown under the bus by the Eagles organization, or like the media itself has conspired to smear Jackson’s name.
While the Eagles may have gone mum about the matter, the fact is the media has enthusiastically reported these things, that had to originate somewhere. This is shaping up to be a matter of media credibility vs. protecting the source(s) of leaked but so far unreliable information.
So far the only one coming up smelling like a rose is DeSean Jackson. Add to that how the media is reporting on how the team’s big guns are less than thrilled with this move and it looks more and more like the media is gearing up for some serious retribution.
I think this is all about money. The Eagles are too cheap to pay him, and instead of everyone focusing on THAT truth, they are looking for something else for everyone to focus on.
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That’s what I wrote back on March 3rd and I’m sticking to it!
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I don’t think it was JUST about money. If it was they would have tried to restructure the deal and give more guaranteed money, like he actually said he wanted. I think it was part the money, more so Kelly being roseman being pussies. They bitched up cause they thought desean may have ties to a murderer. The man was proven innocent. Well maybe not innocent, but he was cleared of the charges. Either way he walked. So did desean. He signed with the skins fast as hell. Now we get to deal with his playmaking ability with a coach who doesn’t give a shit about defense. Sure deseans production can be replaced, but then we have to stop him too. Bad move eagles, bad move.
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There was no room to do restructures with him, Cole and Celek or Casey under contract. 2014 was never the issue, but 2015 and 2016!
Follow me on this. With the Eagle being up against the cap in 2015, and Foles being due for a REAL contract come 2016, (along with new deals for Mychal Kendricks and Lane Johnson), there was no room to move any money around in the future.
The Eagles are going to try rolling over as much cap as they can (14.63 million) from 2014 to 2015, but even that only gives them a little relief. It’s even less if the rookie class digs into them this year, more than last years class did ( https://eaglemaniacal.com/2014/04/18/when-it-happens-dont-forget-to-laugh/ )
Roseman did no one any favors giving out some of the contracts (DJax, Cole, Shady, Casey etc.) that he did. Worse yet this year he over-paid yet again (Cooper and Kelce).
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I hear ya flip. But I would cut cole, Casey, Williams, Todd, and maybe celek. Replacing them all with rookies this year. Ryans would either have to restructure or be cut as well. None of these players are so good we can’t replace them. Hell Goode may be able to replace Ryans. But I’d still go after christian jones. Taking deseans contract from 12 million or whatever it would have been to idk 8-9 million would have helped just like taking peters down 2 million. It wasn’t gonna be the end of the moves roseman would have to make, but it would have helped and not made wr a position of huge need. We still needed a wr, possibly this year, but now we are in desperate need of one.
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We’ll get a WR. This Draft is too deep for us not to.
As far as cutting TE’s Celek and Casey, I think that’s why we’re going to see so much Ertz this year. To see if he can take the weight. When I think of the Eagles 2014 Offense, I imagine something closer to what the Patriots run, (which doesn’t require a DJax type player).
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