Alshon signs 4 year extension with Eagles

lol... My wife uses it to rest her drink.

I'm pretty sure that you are wrong about my being right. I am never right. Once again... I can reference my wife.

I agree with Soul on most issues as we are both pretty analytical, but I am not on board with George being part of the problem. However, I was pretty high on Emery and that took a turn for the worst pretty quickly. My position (today, anyway) is that Phillips is a real issue in the organization but I view George as an asset.

Now, you can certainly make the argument that Phillips serves at the will of George and so George is the problem also. I can not argue this and I agree with it as a matter of fact. But I just have this gut feeling (and this time, I don't think it's bad tacos) that he understand the problem and actually would like to fix it. I think his mother won't let him and I think if he can make it work as is and not rock the boat, he will leave it. In other words, if Pace can succeed despite Ted, then Phillips gets to keep the job despite the fact he has no clue because Pace will do the heavy lifting. I think if Pace fails (and part of that will be due to Teddy), then if during the next hire he finds resistance to working for Ted again that he will move him to administrative duties if his mother is no longer alive. Just my personal thoughts. If his mother is no longer in the picture and he has problems hiring a great GM and he does not make the move, then I will move off of the George bandwagon.

Thus far, he has shown the will to make quick changes. He obviously is vested. Other than the Teddy issue (a large issue), I am happy with George. There are much, much worse owners. I do not think George is truly ONLY focused on the profits. I really believe he wants it to work. At some point he may be faced with a really difficult decision regarding Teddy. How he responds to that will determine the teams future. He faced down the decision with Pace and he made the pussy move (and I can always respect a pussy movement). But I rationalize (create an excuse?) by saying that he still got a good GM. I liked the Pace move and still do. If he would have had to settle for a bad choice in order to keep Teddy, then I would feel different. But with different loyalties tugging at him, his best move was to try to both get a good GM as well as keep the family confidant. I think he is playing it out. If it does not work, I expect him to make a different choice if it does not work.

As always, I find a way to turn a short topic into a long winded answer, but that's where I'm at.

That's why I keep saying watch the DNP list.  Late in the last two seasons there have been a ton of guys suddenly nursing smaller injuries.  Focks is not responsible for the major injuries, well at least not directly.  But how about all the malingering like Fuller last year and Wheaton this year and now others are joining in.

Why risk your career playing in a mess like this if you're even just a little bit hurt?  That was AJ and it's also what we're seeing from others now.  If your HC won't protect you ya' gotta protect yourself.  Just don't admit it is all.

Dave, you need to mail this post to Halas Hall, personal attention of GMcC.   Best skip the anthrax though.