Andy Reid not thinking about possibility of final game
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Andy Reid not thinking about possibility of final game
Zach Berman, Inquirer Staff Writer
The narrative of what is likely Andy Reid's final game will be discussed in Philadelphia all week -- just not by Reid. As has been the case all season, Reid did not discuss the potential for his final game.
"I'm spending my time getting ready for New York," Reid said. "Want to make sure we play well, play better than we've been playing and coach better and play better. So, that's really where my energy's gone."
When asked specifically about whether he thinks it's his final game, Reid said, "I haven't gone there." And he said it's not a problem to think that way.
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Defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and linebacker Mychal Kendricks remain out with concussions. Antonio Dixon was signed to add depth to defensive tackle.
"It looks like Cox is a little worse than Kendricks, but I can't tell you," Reid said. "He's got a headache today, but he also has migraines. They're evaluating that to see what's what there. They'll go through the protocol and just see what happens with it."
Derek Landri is starting at defensive tackle. Akeem Jordan is starting at outside linebacker.
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Stanley Havili has returned to his fullback job. Emil Igwenagu continues to take snaps at fullback and tight end.
They're all frauds. New ownership is needed. After AR is fired on Monday (deservedly so), we'll have a family-rich failed movie producer and a geek lawyer as the captains of this ship. Let's be honest here...AR wasn't the best coach here over the past 14 years. Jim Johnson was, and Lurie had ZERO to do with hiring him. Players like Dawk, Trot, Hugh, and Troy made that team championship caliber (as an aside, all Ray Rhodes' guys). It's going to be a terrible haul for Birds fans until Lurie finally sells out.— vdstrading- @vdstrading: far be it from me to defend Reid or Lurie, but to be fair, Lurie did in fact hire Ray Rhodes.— dasher
- as usual, Andy seems very confused about how much time is left in the game.
— ekw555 - Come on Guys. stop hating. Give AR his due for the all the divisions and playoff appearances. Yeah it's time for him to go and it is going to happen. But I remember a time when I was younger that the Eagles season was always over before November with no optimism in sight year after year. For about a decade at least Reid gave us hope and a real chance of winning it all.— Philly Wildstar
I don't put all this on Lurie. Some of the Vets released during Reid's tenure still had good years left in them and prided themselves with good work ethics. Look at this bunch now lacking the football resolve to be better. Young guys with $100 bills falling out of their pockets with no respect for coaches, or the game. Reid with his ridiculous play calling, and coaching decisions made this a 3-ring Circus team. Add in a QB with the mega-million contract, illiterate at reading a defense, and super-bad dog karma and you have very little to look forward to next year.— Homersez- you people degust me you hate a person you don't know Reid had alot of replacement players not starter players but you let a president of United States fail you I don't see you hating him for all his mistakes— Detailzman
- Learn to use punctuation, then one day you'll be taken seriously. — jman
- He's been here almost 2 years too long. Thanks to all the knucklesheads who still think this is 2004 we had to watch 2 straight seasons wasted. And some morons still want him back.— Phils_World_Champs
- I'm a lot more concerned with Howie and Mr. Lurie picking the new coach and drafting going forward. I want a real football guy running the show, but I don't own the team. If I did I would hire Ron Jaworski, hand him the keys and get out of his way. I trust every judgement he would make concerning football operations. I trust his love for the city, the fans, the franchise and the game. He is the answer to this mess. I hope against hope that we get some relief from the direction the team has been headed. HIRE JAWS FIRST is a facebook page where you can show support for the idea of Jaws as VP of Football Operations. Please stop by and give it a like if you agree that he's the man for the job. Thanks!— bentlip
- Get out of our city Andy— shawnmac
- Andy Reid is not a personnel man. He picks losers and pays them a lot of money. Corners, AA - DRC, then DeJack, Babin, Vick, TO, on & on...— ricciaje
- "... haven't gone there" means either he's lying or can't walk and chew gum at that same time. Neither is flattering.— JohnnyL
- i say keep him for 1 more year and bring back vick so if they fail once more then we have 4 years of the same and we can be totally sure they suck. i mean they way our luck is reid gets fired is hired by another team and wins the superbowl immediately and nationwide everyone will be like oh eagles fan becareful what you wish for this could have been you!!!!! or reid with out vick i dunno id like to see them come back and if they fail again then they have no more excuses and all the reid and vick sympathisers can see or prove us wrong.— defroe
- Woody7236 - here's why you should never post again or attempt to give an opinion on an Eagles message board: You just referenced the Pro Bowl voting results as a reason to fire a coach, or to prove how a team does not have good players. Go back to playing Madden or Chess you absolute idiot.— EagleFanFromLI
