Twatter Thread on Fields vs Iggles

[legendxofxlink]

Oof, Whitehair and Leatherwood. They didn't just get beat, they got destroyed.

Definitely. Eagles have been teaching lessons all season to OL and their coaches.

 

[JoJoBoxer]

Pretty accurate take. The Oline had one of their worse games in the last series of games and looked a lot more like they did during the opening few games. Unlike early in the season , Fields is managing to still put some plays out there but you can't expect to beat good teams when your QB is getting hit while receivers aren't even out of their breaks yet. I'm of the opinion the Leatherwood experiment can probably end pretty quickly. He just looks bad and this is giving me even more doubt in Poles talent finding ability.

Leatherwood should only see the field as a guard. He does not have what it takes to be a tackle.

 

[JoJoBoxer]

Chris williams
Gabe carimi
Kyle long

Etc

At least Kyle was able to have a positive year or two. Williams and Carimi were just bad.

 

[Aquineas]

just strange how rather than just drafting a left tackle, you know something instead of Cedric Benson at #4 overall, they used him out of position instead. team was a total clown car with Lovie Smith, Ron Turner, and Jerry Angelo. the one guy that was probably the most important factor in getting them to the Super Bowl is the guy they just let walk for reasoning I don't remember, but it was probably money something.

they could've won that Super Bowl if they kept running the ball. dickheads.

Well there was some kind of clash between Ron Rivera and Lovie Smith and if there were further details surrounding that which were released, I'd sure like to hear them. The team was indeed a clusterfuck then, but zoom out; it's been a clusterfuck more than 30 years. I will say this about that Super Bowl. The team gave up like 190 yards rushing in that game, so there definitely needed to be some accountability.

 

[KittiesKorner]

he's in the hall of fame.

Um thanks? I was calling him that because that is how he was constantly referred to while he was shitting all over the field at the time

 

[Nelly]

Leatherwood needs to move to guard, plain and simple.

 

[HearshotKDS]

Leatherwood getting beat by just a straight speed rush multiple times - no chop, no setup, just the OLB being too fast for LW to keep up with. Can’t teach foot speed at 300+ lbs. Hope the bears don’t get Fields killed while evaluating if LW can be a tackle.

Jones and whitehair need to figure out wtf is going wrong on stunts. Jones didn’t have this issue with different LGs and whitehair doesn’t have this issue with Mustipher so maybe it’s a chemistry or communication thing? Only relevant for next season now though with his injury.

 

[discplayer]

Thought fields just needs to throw it quicker?

Well, that would help, tbh, but that requires Getsy to scheme in and actually call some quick hitting routes.

I never see slant routes, ever! SMH

 

[bamainatlanta]

Number 2 you say

Technically the line is a #2

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Well, that would help, tbh, but that requires Getsy to scheme in and actually call some quick hitting routes.

I never see slant routes, ever! SMH

How about some pic plays? Doesn't GB do that a ton?

 

[Bears Backer 54]

Lol. Adding Leatherwood was a no-brainer. If he pans out(he won’t) then it’s a low risk, high reward acquisition. If he bombs(he is) then cut him with minimal penalty. It just simply didn’t work out. He used very little resources to acquire a recent 1st round pick.

At least he didn't require any picks to get him, but claiming him from the waiver means we picked up his contract. $14.3M guaranteed and $5.9 dead cap. This is likely a case where Poles outbid himself because if he had cleared waivers (very likely since few GMs probably saw the value at that price) we could have given him a "prove it" type contract and moved on. Leatherwood is going to sit on the bench (or be cut) and be making more than our starting LT. Not the best use of our funds, thank goodness we have a lot of them, but it further proves my point that Poles may quickly blow through our cap and still net us little talent.

 

[doctorbear]

Pretty accurate take. The Oline had one of their worse games in the last series of games and looked a lot more like they did during the opening few games. Unlike early in the season , Fields is managing to still put some plays out there but you can't expect to beat good teams when your QB is getting hit while receivers aren't even out of their breaks yet. I'm of the opinion the Leatherwood experiment can probably end pretty quickly. He just looks bad and this is giving me even more doubt in Poles talent finding ability.

Thank God he picked up Brisker and traded a top second round pick for a reject

 

[Bears Backer 54]

Thank God he picked up Brisker and traded a top second round pick for a reject

Poles clearly has a lot of question marks on him at this point. This offseason and draft will make or break his career as a GM. I'm actually okay with that as at least we'll know a lot sooner than on Pace or Angelo (assuming the front office will evaluate it as a make or break year). He either rebuilds this team into a playoff contender and makes a decent run in the playoffs the season after or his time will have passed. I just have not been blown away by his moves so far and feel like he overpaid or overdrafted a number of players. I hope he proves me wrong because we finally have the QB to run with, but we need a GM who can build the right team around him.

 

[Dead man walking]

Thought fields just needs to throw it quicker?

Where is he going to throw it? At the back of the WR's? The WR's haven't even reached their place to cut and Fields is being hit!

 

[doctorbear]

Poles clearly has a lot of question marks on him at this point. This offseason and draft will make or break his career as a GM. I'm actually okay with that as at least we'll know a lot sooner than on Pace or Angelo (assuming the front office will evaluate it as a make or break year). He either rebuilds this team into a playoff contender and makes a decent run in the playoffs the season after or his time will have passed. I just have not been blown away by his moves so far and feel like he overpaid or overdrafted a number of players. I hope he proves me wrong because we finally have the QB to run with, but we need a GM who can build the right team around him.

I totally agree. This guy seems incompetent though. The way he has supported Fields is fireable. He took a low value position in safety instead of getting him a receiver like Pickens. Then gets Velus Jones who is a disaster then trades a top pick for Claypool basically saying he fucked up. But Claypool isn’t even that good so it doesn’t really boost this WR crew at all despite the investment. Could’ve been Fields+Pickens+another player going into next season. This team has the makings of a classic shit bears team. **** over the QB, have a decent running game, and a good defense and float around .500

 

[bamainatlanta]

At least he didn't require any picks to get him, but claiming him from the waiver means we picked up his contract. $14.3M guaranteed and $5.9 dead cap. This is likely a case where Poles outbid himself because if he had cleared waivers (very likely since few GMs probably saw the value at that price) we could have given him a "prove it" type contract and moved on. Leatherwood is going to sit on the bench (or be cut) and be making more than our starting LT. Not the best use of our funds, thank goodness we have a lot of them, but it further proves my point that Poles may quickly blow through our cap and still net us little talent.

@remydat i believe Poles is only on the hook for a dead cap around $4.5 million next year with Leatherwood correct? There is no dead cap in 2024 for him according to spotrac.com right?

Further proves your point my ass. It’s just one guy. But keep trying tho

 

[bufordht]

@remydat i believe Poles is only on the hook for a dead cap around $4.5 million next year with Leatherwood correct? There is no dead cap in 2024 for him according to spotrac.com right?

Further proves your point my ass. It’s just one guy. But keep trying tho

Correct, and he only makes 1.9M next year, peanuts.

 

[94c4lt1]

"This team is so bad lol"

accurate