(12-09-2019, 04:05 PM)Minshew Mania Wrote:

(12-09-2019, 02:26 PM)JagsFansince1995 Wrote: I keep reading excuse after excuse as to why NF has struggled and looks like a waste of space.  I was clearly not on this train when it arrived at the station, and don't want to have constant migraines trying to understand the logic his hopefuls use.  I've seen he is not fully healed to do better.  I have heard that the gameplan was too pass heavy when he first got back.  Lastly, I have also heard he needs more time to build chemistry with our WR.  

I have my own rebuttals to these claims, but i want to make sure all the bases are covered.  If i missed anything that has hindered his developement, chemistry, or anything that can put a wrench in his future success,  please do tell.  Just want to see if i'm just too anti Foles to see the light like some do.

Look at it this way: Our offensive line sucks, our defense sucks, our coaches suck, the refs hate us and so does the NFL, Nick Foles broke a Clavicle and came back on it just a few weeks later.

Do you consider these fair conditions to accurately judge a Quarterback? Nevermind one that is shortly removed from demonstrating better play and has taken his team to the Superbowl and won MVP.

I'm not a Nick Foles apologizer, honestly i'd be fine if we moved on from him as soon as it made sense to do so. But just think for a second.

If i was on board that train and thought he would be the QB we needed, then i'd be more lenient.  I felt he was too old.  I also felt he was riding off the momentum of the overall team and gameplanning.  His retirement talk also posed a huge question mark, then the money and years we committed to for him made us seem desperate.  If we revamp the Oline, fix the NT and LB positions, and add depth at S, RB, and TE, I'd think he has a chance.   If it was a young QB then the time to retool our holes and upgrade our strengths would be nothing.  An older QB, that has never been elite, doesn't show common sense on the FO end.

Foles will stay average to above average, but he isn't taking us over the top without it anytime soon.

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