(11-30-2019, 06:37 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(11-30-2019, 01:55 AM)Corriewf Wrote: I think tomorrow, Foles loses, this thread can basically be closed as far as I’m concerned. One more major flop from him and I don’t see a single Foles supporter left on the board.

Doubt that last comment happens. There's at least six to eight posters on here who are usually wrong about everything else they spew. Whether short and blunt, long and slurry or filled with three paragraphs of highly intelligent trolling.

They exist. And I love them all for it.

But hey, if Foles magically plays like the $88M man that he is I'll be more than happy to come back to this thread mid game tomorrow afternoon and humbly eat my crow. 

Not a fan of back pedaling on my end. I want him to succeed. But I have my doubts given his skill set not matching up with this supporting cast at this time and the injury and rust being too much for him to overcome this late in the season.

Yeah, that’s my disconnect though, one game is one game. It will still be one game vs 2 games he played horribly. An 88 million dollar qb needs to play consistent. Would we have lose the last two games with consistent QB play? Most likely, because of our defense...but we sure as hell didn’t have a consistent qb getting the job done either. If we had won those two games due to our defense it would have been in spite of Foles efforts. 

Personally, I don’t see any fire in Foles. He has transcended into an individual in the part of his life that has accomplished what he set out and is appreciating his fortune. I get it, as an accomplished man that’s older than Foles, but that is not what you want in your quarterback. You want a guy looking to prove he’s a winner. 

Maybe Foles would make a good position coach or something...

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(11-30-2019, 07:59 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(11-24-2019, 08:38 PM)Caldrac Wrote: He's learning that the NFL operates based on salary cap figures and politics. Foles is starting because of his $88M contract. Not because he's the best QB for this football team.

He's a humble kid. But you know that [BLEEP] is eating at him. When they lose to Tampa at home this weekend and get blown out shame on Marrone and the rest of that front office.

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I understand your feelings.  But, just to be devil's advocate here, don't you think, since the coaching staff is going to get fired for sure if they don't win a few more games, that they would play the QB they think has the best chance of winning?  Do you really think they would let an $88 million contract stand in the way of saving their jobs?

Coaches are fired by the front office. Coaches are paid to coach/play the players the front office hires. Marrone could play Minshew but risks being fired. Of course, the front office is now in risk of being fired to, but from a coaches perspective you concern yourself with the first level of folks who will fire you, not the top level.

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(11-30-2019, 02:25 PM)surfon Wrote: Ok so can we stop calling Minshews record 4-4,  he was 4-5 as he can in after 10 plays by the offense in the first game.  The score was 7-7.  He lost that game.  You cant just toss that one out as hecame in so early.

We could but given our defense, none of it is indicative of our QB play.

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