Bradley, McCoy free, but -- Brian Billick?
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Bradley, McCoy free, but -- Brian Billick?
Les Bowen
Two NFL assiistants the Eagles have interviewed, Seattle defensive coordinator Gus Bradley and Denver offensive coordinator Mike McCoy, are free to take NFL jobs, with their teams losing this weekend.
But the Eagles' trudge toward a new coach took a bizarre twist Sunday with the report from CSNPhilly.com's Reuben Frank that the team last week interviewed former Ravens coach Brian Billick. Billick was working as the analyst Sunday on FOX's broadcast of the Seattle-Atlanta game, and Eagles fans were among many across the country chuckling at his misstatements and bizarre opinions -- until they heard he might be their next coach.
At one point, Billick went on an extended riff about how Seattle might not go for it on fourth down near the Falcons'' goalline, because a field goal would make it a two-score game. But the Seahawks had just picked up a first down, and they trailed by 20 points.
The Eagles interviewed McCoy last Sunday, the day before Frank says they interviewed Billick. They interviewed Bradley Saturday.
As tends to happen when your team loses a playoff game, neither McCoy nor Bradley covered himself in glory this weekend, but the problems of the Seattle defense seemed to have more to do with physical mismatches than with scheme or gameplan. McCoy must bear some of the brunt of an extremely conservative approach to the end of the game by Denver, which helped Baltimore come back to tie and then win in the second overtime.
Billick led the Ravens to the Super Bowl title following the 2000 season. No Super Bowl-winning coach has ever gone to another team and won again.
- Go to the box scores of he last 5 Super Bowls. It's about who can pass and defend the pass...not who "pounds the run".
— cdedrick05 - @cdedrick- don't ever question CG25, she's the queen of Philly.com.
@cg25- billick always ran the ball because he had one of the best defenses in nfl history and Trent differ as QB. What did you call other posters on here? Oh yea, it was "laughably stupid", I find your posts stupidly laughable.— DixonBunz - lol, how about learning the game instead of trying to insult people "DixonBunz". One of those might be alot more productive.
- You're such an idiot, I'll learn the game, then you can learn the game, then what happens? Nothing. You're a know it all and so am I, so what's the difference? At least I can admit that I am, and always will be, "just a fan". Where as you think that you're the love child of John madden and ray didinger. Guess what, your opinion counts just as much as the rest of ours, which is to say, it really doesn't. — DixonBunz
- uh, no. If it was all about who could pass the ball Andy Reid would have had 13 superbowls by now, because his pass offense was always one of the tops in the leauge...and he got...ZERO SUPERBOWLS. Its about alot more then just passing and stopping the pass, as in RUNNING IT AT LEAST 45% of the time or and STOPPING THE RUN. You need to at least be balanced around 56/44 or better to win a superbowl. 58/42 won once, 57/43 won once, and every other team ever was within 56/44 or better. I dont know if you missed the Ravens POUNDING THE RUN most of the day while Peyton threw it like 43 times including 2 pics and a fumble...and they lost. The Ravens also needed a big passing play with a 1st round QB to tie it since it was a hostile environment on the road. They did BOTH to win, not just passing. They only passed it literally 4 times the entire 2nd half until then. If they didnt run it like 40 times before that they would have been blown out of the game completely in that hostile environment. it would have been like 52-7. And the Niners also pounded the run close to 40 TIMES while the pass happy Packers had Rogers throw it 40-50 times with 16 called rushes. Are you kidding. Please learn the game cdedrick05. Its much more then just "passing". Alot more. That wins nothing without being able to run the ball and stop the run. You gotta do both.
- Garner hit the nail on the head. You couch morons have no idea what you are talking about. People who actually research the NFL and coaches know Billick is NOTHING like Reid and would be the best hire the Eagles could make. I love Billick and hope the Eagles pick him. Guys a proven winner who can motivate and maximize talent
- Where pray tell did you come up with that piece of misinformation. Oh, you know them both and they each told you, NO, or maybe it's because you trusted what the last bumpkin wrote and you're trying to show you know more than he does. Maybe you could give us a clue what it is that they have in common? Same offensive strategy? Can't be one likes to bang the ball up the middle and pass on third and long the other likes a west coast short passing game. Help us out and give us a clue — Cougarblue
- I cant believe the eagles brain trust would dump reid and not know who their next coach is. its a joke— theman0830
- Billick didn't care about the score of the Seattle Falcons because he, like most, thought the game was over, and he was already making phone calls to hire assistants for the new Eagles' job. I am sure if he is thinking about coaching again, the last thing on his mind was the playoff game with a 20 point spread. Whenever he evaluates the Eagles, he always talks about how they should run more, fix the defense, etc. He is the anti-Andy Reid, and the Eagles are lucky they even got an interview.— DrZ88
- If Bradley is the guy then he'll definitely bring a QB that mirrors Russell Wilson. Maybe he brings Flynn with him and we draft Geno Smith that would make Nick Foles expendable, hopefully.— realtruth
- All Billick has done in this league is be the OC for the highest scoring offense in NFL history at the time and lead a team with Trent Dilfer to a Super Bowl victory. But some hacker sports writer thinks that his career can be mocked. Yeah, okay.— UncleStosh
- UncleStosh I am glad you are not the only one besides me trying to point this out. The guy literally had the highest scoring offense in NFL history, won a SB with Trent Dilfer, and is one of the most forward looking people in the NFL with a nose for using technology to maxime time, efficiency, and productivity. I watched a news piece once about Billick and how he had this network video system installed for the Ravens where the software could take any formation entered and come up with every single legal play you could run from that formation, and it also matched it up against all possible defensive formations. The guy is a genius when it comes to football, he's a proven leader, and just like every coach his time ran out and he needed a change in direction. I think he would be a great fit here.
- No more arrogant A-holes please.— ANDY-IS-FAT
- They should hire Dirk Koetter.— UncleStosh
- so you guys love Gruden but hate Billick. seem about the same to me. However, anyone the eagles interview, some of you dont like them just for that reason.— phillyboy59
