(12-04-2019, 10:43 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(12-04-2019, 10:21 PM)Eric1 Wrote:  

I don't hate that approach, but you certainly wouldn't pull that with someone you didn't anticipate putting back in the line-up, and you definitely don't do it with someone struggling as much as Foles. He needed those reps. I'm wondering if Marrone didn't intend to rush Foles back so quickly, and instead, someone above him gave the orders. It would explain why Marrone said he would take the bye-week to decide on the starter but came out with the new depth chart after a day or two.

Announcing the starter that early isn't Coughlin's style. He was a guy that used to draw the league's ire for exaggerating injuries on the injury report so opponents wouldn't know who was playing until game day.

This has Marrone's typical mishandling of things all over it.

It would have been set up as a game time decision if Coughlin was controlling the decision.

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