00:00And the Philadelphia Eagles, Sean Mannion, is going to be their offensive coordinator.
00:03Here's the issue I have right now.
00:04And I was on yesterday Game Time Decisions with Kevin Walsh talking to him about it.
00:08He's like, well, what do you think about the decision?
00:09I don't mind Sean Mannion being the offensive coordinator and Grizzard was brought in to be the passing game coordinator.
00:14That's okay.
00:15But the indictment now has to turn its face on looking at the quarterback himself and how coachable that he might be.
00:22Because, Joe, as we know, NFL coaches, head coaches, assistant coaches, grad assistants, they all talk to each other.
00:28And if you look at a position that says, look, just say based on health, next year the Eagles offensive line comes back healthy.
00:33It's a good offensive line.
00:35Next year your running back position is healthy.
00:36Oh, it's Saquon Barkley.
00:37That's pretty good.
00:38Let's just say A.J. Brown doesn't get traded.
00:40An elite talent combo at the wide receiver position.
00:43And you're telling me offensive coordinators who are up and coming are going like, yeah, I don't know about that position.
00:48You know what that leads me to believe is?
00:50Wait, I watch all this tape.
00:51Boy, they're running three verticals, four verticals, a crossing route.
00:54But the two guys in the flat or wide open, Jalen Hurts just feels like rolling out of the pocket to the right and throwing the football away.
00:59It felt to me like that was an indictment higher because nobody wanted the job, not because it's not a good job,
01:04because the last two coordinators, two out of the four, they're head coaches in the NFL.
01:08What happened?
01:08I don't know.
01:10Well, obviously what happened is they're not as run heavy as they were, right?
01:14They can't run the football.
01:15Well, they can't run the football the way they used to when they won a Super Bowl and ripped off, you know, basically 14-3 overall season or 15-2 for that matter.
01:26But again, when you look at Sean Mannion, and he was a quarterback coach with Jordan Love and Green Bay,
01:31Jordan Love did have, you know, dynamic numbers for the most part this year when he was healthy.
01:35And again, you know, that offense looked considerably more explosive this year with Sean Mannion.
01:42And again, if he can bring just a hint of that to Philadelphia with Jalen Hurts, I think they're going to have an opportunity.
01:49But again, it comes down to also, Don, look, I'm not saying Jalen Hurts is all-world, like we're going to put him on the same level.
01:58He's a pro-baller this year, Joe, pro-baller.
02:00But my point is maybe not Matt Stafford, not some of the greats, right?
02:07Okay, but he's still an MVP caliber type of quarterback.
02:10You have to call the game plan to his strengths.
02:13He can't just say, I want to do this.
02:17You've got to figure it out.
02:18You've got to develop a game plan that he is comfortable with.
02:22And I think that has been the problem last year with the Eagles' offense.
02:27And also, just being aggressive as well.
02:29There's no saying that the Eagles can't get back to the Super Bowl,
02:31but just kind of where they told you they were going to take a big swing,
02:34which meant you probably thought it was going to be Dable and or Mike McDonald.
02:36And they both looked at that job and said, we don't want those.
02:39We're going to turn it down, and now you're down to your fifth or sixth option.
02:42And look, Mannion is well thought of in Green Bay.
02:44There's no question about it.
02:45They liked him there, and I do think it'll be a good transition.
02:47And they said he is going to call the plays.
02:49Yeah, I was just going to say, you think it's more they turned it down for Sirianni?
02:52No.
02:53It has nothing to do with Sirianni.
02:55Because if you would have said to me, Joe, like, well, what's the track record?
02:58Hey, Shane Steichen did a good job there.
03:00Oh, he's a head coach now?
03:01Well, what about Kellen Moore?
03:01He never got a chance to be a head coach.
03:03Oh, he came to Philadelphia one year, won a Super Bowl, and he's a head coach now.
03:05You have to look at that track record.
03:06It's like, do you want to replace guys that continue to get fired?
03:09Or, hey, if I go there, Joe, do a good job, I'm going to make tens of millions of dollars.
03:13Yeah.
03:13No, it's an interesting point.
03:15It's just, it's a crazy fit.
03:18It's just how this team with all these weapons, nobody wants that job.
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