SPORTS  |  LIFESTYLE  |  ATTITUDE  |  AUTHENTIC
YDKJ
  • HOME
  • About
  • Contact
  • Photos

NFL  |  Eagles ode to old age anymore a case of ‘Say it ain’t so, Joe’

7/30/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
Eagles all-purpose back Darren Sproles, signed Friday to an extension, averaged just 3.8 yards per carry and 7.1 yards per reception last season, but he did have two punt returns for touchdowns.
by Jack Kerwin  |  ydkjack1@gmail.com

Joe Banner would be rolling over in his grave …

You know, if he actually were in one.

Thing is, not sure he’d be in the wrong on this one.

Yo, big believer in loyalty to others and staying true to the cause of a united front, but this re-signing old guy stuff that current Eagles czar of player personnel Howie Roseman seems beholden to is starting to border on creepy.
​
Like, unable to move on and let go of a security blanket creepy … no matter the consequences.

It certainly is nothing that was seen when Banner was in charge, which, by the way, happened to be during the most successful extended stretch of pro football in town that any of us shy of retirement age have ever witnessed.

OK, maybe Joe was a bit jumpy, or knee-jerky, with pulling the rip cord on any asset the moment it turned 30, but, geez, am starting to miss the days when the players were more likely to think about high-school reunions than AARP cards.

It started in earnest with left tackle Jason Peters getting a five-year deal, continued with tight end Brent Celek this past January getting a three-year one and then jack-of-all-trades back Darren Sproles on Friday getting an extension to keep him here this season and next.

Heck, might as well throw cornerback Leodis McKelvin, an offseason acquisition, in there, too.

All over 30. All past their prime. Heck, Peters, 34, was in steep decline the day he signed, way back when he was just a 32-year-old kid. Now he’s an overpaid, whiny albatross whose All-Pro past has fans, media members and Eagles coaches forever rationalizing what he was excusing what he is, which is pretty bad.

Celek, 31, has been relegated to “good block, solid locker-room presence” status the last three seasons and that ain’t changing. McKelvin, 30, played his first nine seasons in Buffalo, then was picked up off the scrap heap in March by the Birds and inked to a two-year deal.

Why? Perhaps only the (Eagles defensive coordinator Jim) Schwartz knows.

Sproles, 33, meanwhile, has done just enough the past couple seasons with the Eagles, turning in a highlight-reel play or two, to apparently make people oblivious to the fact that he is just a shadow of his former self with New Orleans and San Diego.

So, sorry … just can’t get excited about the Birds’ latest signing. Seems to me another example of facing reality and fearing change.

By a team that has posted a 39-41 record and just one playoff appearance since 2011?

About the only thing the organization lacks in this regard is an infusion of “old time” into, say, the scouting department.

What’s that, the Eagles took care of that just this morning, too?

Praise be to Brian Dawkins.

Rest in peace, Joe … you know, at some point.

Yo, big believer in loyalty to others and staying true to the cause of a united front, but this re-signing old guy stuff that current Eagles czar of player personnel Howie Roseman seems beholden to is starting to border on creepy. Like, unable to move on and let go of a security blanket creepy … no matter the consequences. It certainly is nothing that was seen when Banner was in charge, which, by the way, happened to be during the most successful stretch of pro football in town that any of us shy of retirement age have ever witnessed. OK, maybe Joe was a bit jumpy, or knee-jerky, with pulling the rip cord on any asset the moment it turned 30, but, geez, am starting to miss the days when the players were more likely to think about high-school reunions than AARP cards.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Categories

    NFL
    MLB
    NBA
    NHL
    NCAAFB
    ​NCAABB
    Eagles
    Phillies
    76ers
    Flyers
    Temple
    Villanova
    La Salle
    ​Saint Joe's
    ​Penn State

    Archives

    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    November 2021
    October 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    January 2020
    December 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    April 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015

    Best of 2018

    Picture

    Best of 2017

    Picture

    Best of 2016

    Picture

    Best of 2015

    Picture

    RSS Feed

Picture
Your source for insight ... or insanity

GET TO KNOW YDKJ

ABOUT    |    CONTACT   |    BLOG    |    PRIVACY POLICY

​© COPYRIGHT 2018   YDKJ   |   Terms & Conditions
Picture