(04-07-2019, 11:26 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: (04-07-2019, 09:01 PM)Eric1 Wrote: Of course Wentz is better than Foles, Foles isn't really that good at all though, so that isn't saying much lol (I do like Wentz though). What isn't being considered here is that the Eagles chose a younger, injury prone QB over their "Super Bowl MVP"....
They have more faith in a guy who was failed to finish the past two straight seasons, 1 with an ACL/LCL injury and the latest, a fracture in his back, over the guy who everybody keeps saying "won them the Super Bowl".
It is a "what have you done for me lately league" after all, and all the Foles lovers slop all over that playoff/SB run for Foles. The Eagles moving on from him is blatantly obvious that they know he is nothing more than a product of a system/good team and his loss is of very little value. Easily replaceable and we decided to pay him $88m ($50m+ for sure), hoping he can relive a hand full of games that he had in 2017. Problem is, now he has to do that over the course of a entire season, not just 5-6 games.
First of all... I'd love for you to find one single contextual quote from anyone on this board that has ever stated that Foles "won the eagles a super bowl." I've never seen anyone attempt to site Foles as the catalyst of that. It's just a disingenuous claim on your part.
Folks site him as a one-game MVP, but no one states he's the reason they won it or the reason they got there. It's much the same way only the clueless idiots here claim Bortles took the Jags to the AFCCG.
Secondly -- your wild speculation about the eagles opinion of Foles - (he is nothing more than a product of a system/good team and his loss is of very little value) -- that's seriously just some herp derp garbage. You can't actually believe that.
You have know idea what their true evaluation/value of Foles is, and if you actually believe his release indicates what you've implied, you're [BLEEP] kidding yourself. You're reaching there. Badly.
Also - they aren't hoping he can re-live a few good games from this or that season.
The Jags are very simply counting on their great defense (who held teams to fewer points per game in 2017 and 2018 than the eagles did) and also Foles +70% completion rate over the past two seasons of play to be enough to win those close contests they have lost. It actually makes perfect sense if you look at it objectively.
And this is coming from a guy that wanted them to draft Haskins and not sign Foles.
And everything you said, you can't show me anything otherwise where people didn't say that, honestly. The people on this site are either full on Foles nut huggers, or they aren't. The world doesn't revolve this site. I've seen/heard/read countless amounts of Eagles fan who nut hug Foles the same as some do on here. Saying the same exact stuff dude. No I'm not going to go through countless amounts of stupid posts for the past months to try and find them on this site. They're there though and you know it man.
Secondly, how does my "wild speculation" have any difference than your comments on said matter? Neither of us both really know at the end of the day. Don't come at me like I'm wrong, or don't have a clue, when all you're doing is using the same assumption as everybody else. They walked away from a "SUPER BOWL MVP" (right?), for an injury prone QB who has failed to finish the past 2 seasons. Those are the facts of the matter...
Again, the dude has played 5-6 games per season, the past 2 seasons. We already know he can come in for a handful of games and play well... That isn't the question at hand. He needs to show that he can be that guy for an entire season, not just for a handful of games.
Think/say what you will, this front office going after Foles showed their hand. There isn't any "what ifs" anymore.. It's playoffs (at the least) right now, or bust.
EDIT: And yes, Hopefully this front office will still make the right decision and draft Haskins if he's still there at #7.
