They essentially run a spread offense, their cheap low cost QB (Thanks to the Rookie Cap) goes down, and they inserted a Cheap backup QB, who happened to have success running a spread offense in college and under Chip in the league.
Part of me feels like offensive system is reason Foles didn't struggle as much, not Foles being an all world beater.
Look, there are many ways to win -not just one formula for success. But I challenge one to find a more compelling formula for consistent success than having a foundation of a really good QB and HC.
but if you want to be a contender year in and year out, a franchise QB is a must. it's the most important position in team sports.
I'd still put my money on the blue chip QB though. While Eli has been huge in the biggest games, he's not been consistently worthy of his cap hit throughout his NFL career imo. I think this is the catalyst for Terps' reasoning, more than having nothing to do with a franchise QB and the cap hit.
If that's the game plan, I guess?
Look, there are many ways to win -not just one formula for success. But I challenge one to find a more compelling formula for consistent success than having a foundation of a really good QB and HC.
Totally agree with you. I don't think they are the blueprint for success. The certainly deserve credit for this season.
Go Terps, has repeatedly said that in order to get away form the QB controlling almost 1/4 of your cap, some team would have to embrace a spread offense in the NFL, and have a few QBs with similar abilities sitting behind him.
One QB goes down, and the other steps in without skipping a beat. Looking at what the Eagles did I feel like its very good example to look at when looking at Go Terps theory. It certainly isn't the rule.
He's looking at the QB position as being a throwaway one where anyone can man the post for a couple of years and then get released and replaced with a cheaper version.
Look - this approach would be more appropriate in the early days of the cap when dollars were much tighter. I don't think it would have been successful, but it would've been an option. Today - it just isn't feasible for long-term success.
And that putting aside the biases GT has as a fan towards players because they make money. He's basically took the entire defensive signings in 2016 and called them a waste of $$ even though it gave us two Pro Bowlers. He judges guys like Vernon and JPP, not for their contributions, but for their cap hits. And while cap hits CAN be important, today's cap management is easier and easier, with the cap rising each year and contracts able to be restructured to minimize the possibility of cap hell. Even Vernon and JPP's contracts don't have to be burdensome after this year.
I won't even address the idea that letting go the best WR in the game is a wise move. that's been hashed to liquidation
The highest paid QBs are accounting for 15% or about currently.
Of course having young cost controlled players is ideal. But the literal economics of the system is built to then reward those players in their second contract. It's the actual intedned structure of the whole thing.
There will always be outliers. Chasing those is definitely one way to run a team, I guess.
Great TEs
Very good WRs
Very good RBs
Very good QBs
Great play calling
Great execution
The reason I think he played so well was the system. I don't think its any coincidence that he played extremely well in Spread offenses, and was just terrible in true traditional NFL systems.
The RPO's puts so much pressure on the defense and just puts defensive players in such a tough spot. It ends up opening so many more plays.
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Statistically speaking, I think that was the strongest back to back conference championship/SB performance in NFL history. Now, I'm not saying that Foles is this stud franchise QB, but players get hot and Foles was on fire. It goes beyond scheme, were you watching some of his throws? Also, that was one playoff run and one stretch of games, let's see how the Eagles and Foles shake out over the next few seasons before we start having knee jerk reactions about blueprints.
The reason I think he played so well was the system. I don't think its any coincidence that he played extremely well in Spread offenses, and was just terrible in true traditional NFL systems.
The RPO's puts so much pressure on the defense and just puts defensive players in such a tough spot. It ends up opening so many more plays.
I'm sure it helped, but go back and watch some of those throws he was making. It's not like he had players running free. Look at that TD throw to Clement in the back of the endzone in triple coverage. He was absolutely on fire.
whatever he is or isn't long term - and the jury is out on that - he played like an absolute MVP in the home stretch and through the SB.
Some have likened him to Dilfer in the 2000 SB which is utter BS. Dilfer showed up and didn't make mistakes. Foles led his team up and down the field and and big time plays all game.
so any real discussion should factor that in.
The gimmick offense isn't going anywhere. Its extremely successful in the NCAA, and these type of players are everywhere. More NFL teams are going to start implementing them, including our own.
If anything, the next step is how defenses will adjust to playing them. There is usually a back and forth between the evolution of offenses to defenses.
I don't post that to make an argument that you should not sign players to big contracts. You have to keep core guys and that means paying them. But it does limit the cash to go around elsewhere for other needs and depth. If you are gonna pay someone, you better be getting some performance for that money. If you don't get the performance and your not drafting well....your screwed.
Over the cap - ( New Window )
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Statistically speaking, I think that was the strongest back to back conference championship/SB performance in NFL history. Now, I'm not saying that Foles is this stud franchise QB, but players get hot and Foles was on fire. It goes beyond scheme, were you watching some of his throws? Also, that was one playoff run and one stretch of games, let's see how the Eagles and Foles shake out over the next few seasons before we start having knee jerk reactions about blueprints.
The reason I think he played so well was the system. I don't think its any coincidence that he played extremely well in Spread offenses, and was just terrible in true traditional NFL systems.
The RPO's puts so much pressure on the defense and just puts defensive players in such a tough spot. It ends up opening so many more plays.
I'm sure it helped, but go back and watch some of those throws he was making. It's not like he had players running free. Look at that TD throw to Clement in the back of the endzone in triple coverage. He was absolutely on fire.
I agree it was a little bit of both. I am just saying if he was playing in a different system, I don't think he would have been nearly as successful. Being in an offense that he was successful in previously certainly helped him.
That type of approach (not spending on a QB), especially once that QB has been successful in their first 4 years gives you a better chance of winding up like the Brown, Bills, Jets, Dolphins (in QB hell) than it does of winding up like the 2017 Eagles.
besides this is not what Go Terps advocates for he wouldn't have drafted/traded up for Wentz.
Basing NFL success on college just doesn't hold historical water. It is tough to tell what sticks on a large scale and what has elements built into other offenses that morphs them. The 46 defense still has variations of it as staples today. Obviously the WCO and run and shoot too. The Wildcat? Basically already extinct.
Having any offense that has a read and react component has positives and negatives. The positives is that it allows decisions to be made on the fly and theoretically can react to anything the defense throws at you. The negatives are that you often need a QB who can make the right reads and decisions and it is an offensive "system", one that can handicap a team by forcing square pegs in round holes.
It would appear based on the number of NFL coaches going to spread formations and exploiting matchups that it will stay around. To what extent remains to be seen.
Maybe it's because Foles awesome, but that is beside the point.
Philly had great personnel, excellent game plan, and did not let opportunity slip away.
Graham is under contract but is going to want more money. Decisions have to be made on Peters, Sproles and some other notable vets.
Graham is under contract but is going to want more money. Decisions have to be made on Peters, Sproles and some other notable vets.
Haven't spent any time looking at it, but I recall reading that while the Eagles are over the cap right now, they also have no major contracts upcoming. Their core is in place and under contract for basically the next 3-5 years. It's a well constructed team both in the present and for the immediate future. Giants have their work cut out for them.
From a GM perspective Reiss’s Inability to fix the OL in 6 yrs mixed with an increasingly immobile QB was the opposite of good structure.
We can see the difference with the Eagles when they got competent people running the show (particularly the HC). They were a shambles 2 yrs ago after Chip Kelly. They got their QB and got their lines stabilized.
(I strongly think the Giants will go the same route and they have the added
benefit of having Eli for a year or two to act as a bridge).
Foles also had 2 things going for him. His poise in the SB was incredible for a guy who's never played in such an important game. The second thing was Foles was deadly accurate on almost every throw.
Your sample size is 1 team in 1 year. The larger size of the rest of the NFL says otherwise.
Great TEs
Very good WRs
Very good RBs
Very good QBs
Great play calling
Great execution
And a solid D front 7.
Wentz is the Eagles QB, and when his rookie deal is up, you better believe they're going to want to keep him around.
Foles did an excellent job in his place in these playoff games, but let's not turn this into something it's not.
The more I think about it, the more New England is probably a better example. They have plugged and played many QBs into their system and they have been successful. Now it hasn't always been spread oriented, but certainly has been in the past few years.
RPO, WCO, etc. come and go. Defenses learn and adjust. Nonetheless, good OL play can overcome defensive adjustments regardless of strategy.
Fix the OL!
but it's really not that hard to get under the cap.
Not exactly the same, but very similar.
I'd still put my money on the blue chip QB though. While Eli has been huge in the biggest games, he's not been consistently worthy of his cap hit throughout his NFL career imo. I think this is the catalyst for Terps' reasoning, more than having nothing to do with a franchise QB and the cap hit.
Doesn’t play action essentially do the same thing? Eli needs a real running game. He’s excelled at Play Action in the past.
ATL/MIN/NE likely would have had better gameplans defensively if Foles had been starting all season. And if Foles had been starting all season, they would not have won 13 games.
I've said this a few times now, but you really cannot understate how well coached the Eagles were - especially offensively.
People were completely burying Pederson during his first camp and saying he would be a horrendous hire - it turned out to be the exact opposite. He did an absolutely masterful job at installing game plans that maximized what Foles excels at.
This season was so much less about Nick Foles and so much more about what those coaches were able to do. They were innovative, they were smart, and they outcoached some really fucking good coaches. Period.
The only "model" people need to be trying to take from them is finding the best coaches available. Not cheaping out at the QB position.
I don't think this proves any theory.
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I'd still put my money on the blue chip QB though. While Eli has been huge in the biggest games, he's not been consistently worthy of his cap hit throughout his NFL career imo. I think this is the catalyst for Terps' reasoning, more than having nothing to do with a franchise QB and the cap hit.
Doesn’t play action essentially do the same thing? Eli needs a real running game. He’s excelled at Play Action in the past.
Yes to all, it can help any QB gain an advantage.
Foles also had 2 things going for him. His poise in the SB was incredible for a guy who's never played in such an important game. The second thing was Foles was deadly accurate on almost every throw.
YES, excellent post. This is what encourages me about Shurmur, I believe he going to look at his players and design an offense to their strengths.
This is allegedly how Belichick fields a consistently great team. Scheme to player not force player to scheme (McAdoo).