Marty Says Vick's Right
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Marty Says Vick's Right
Les Bowen
When Michael Vick spoke Thursday about needing to be more aggressive, more of a risk-taker, after just his second turnover-free game of the season, a lot of us wondered if this was really what the coaching staff had in mind.
Marty Mornhinweg assured us Friday that it was.
"We've talked about that ... that's necessary," the Eagles' offensive coordinator said. "You know our mentality, we've talked about that before. We want to be aggressive, aggressive, aggressive. Unafraid to make a mistake. When we make a mistake, we try to swiftly correct it and we move on. It's that simple.
"There's reasons why these things have occurred. Excellence is all about attitude. We've discussed that as a unit -- that is important, that attitude and that certain mentality.
"I thought last ballgame, at a certain point in that ballgame, we needed more of it."
The implication was that Vick and other players on Mornhinweg's unit maybe got a little discouraged. LeSean McCoy talked after the game about playing with pride and heart, in the aftermath of the 30-17 loss to the unbeaten Falcons.
Mornhinweg referenced "a certain attitude, that we're the baddest men on the field. And that mentality that we're going to be aggressive, aggressive, aggressive."
Mornhinweg noted that problems are "highlighted when you don't get many chances," that you have to make the most of limited opportunities. The Eagles had the ball just once in the first quarter Sunday, as the Falcons built a 14-0 lead.
Mornhingweg said he has had "a couple of private conversations" with Vick lately, did not want to characterize them. He said the Eagles "typically have" the attitude he referenced. "We've gone through some hard times as a ballclub in the past, and then come out of it and played well down the stretch. Last year, it was too late when we put it together. We've got to put it together now, get going."
Asked how much of a distraction criticism of the team has become, Mornhinweg said: "Very little. I will say this, that there are some players that can't play in this city. It's that simple. The tough guy, physically and mentally, can thrive, playing for the Philadelphia Eagles and this city. I've been here a while now, I've built up a lot of respect for our fans. They are passionate. It's almost like they can say anything they want about their players, but nobody else can. We understand that. It's very simple: outside influences distract us zero."
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Defensive coordinator Todd Bowles said missed tackles were the culprit when it came to Atlanta's repeated success with screens. He said the changed rotational numbers on the defensive line reflected the Falcons' tendency to run the ball; he indicated those trends might not hold for Monday's game at New Orleans.
Asked about defensive end Brandon Graham, whose 31 snaps were his most of the season, Bowles said: "Brandon did a good job. I don't know if it was so much an increase as it was different personnel groups require different people. If you get caught out there on a long drive, your snaps may tend to get skewed a little bit more."
Bowles said that in allowing Atlanta to score on its first six drives of the game, "there were a lot of things (from) training camp and OTAs, Day 1 kinds of things that shouldn't have happened ... we corrected them in the meeting, and we'll go from there."
Morning-whatever is about the worst OC in the league— 1stamendment- If you fire the offensive coordinator you fire the head coach, Reid tells him to do everything he does. That's why this will all be over soon, very soon. There's only nine more weeks left of misery, then a new regime!— troy ernst
- If there are players you can't play for this city: Those players should be cut tonight. Get them off the team and move on.— Apollo Creed
- marty is delusional. what a seeeerious handicap he is.— daveH
- Actually he's not delusional. He's a chronic liar trying to hold on to his job. He and the players take the cue from the head coach, who is a liar and a scam artist of the highest degree. They have learned their dirty lessons from him very well. — Bob1
- why is anyone even listening to marty megamind?
he talks like a know-it-all and HE WINS THE OT COIN FLIP AND KICKS OFF.
i swear this eagles plays like marty is the head coach.
not a good thing.— bloodymess 
Mornhinweg knows all about not producing in Philadelphia.- can decide which way marty should be ripped 1st 2nd third and so on ... is he saying there are players on THIS team, HIS team that CANT PLAY IN PHILA ???
i guess starting with tha guys who have spoke out right??
he thinks no matter how much they snuff out our predictable attacks, attack harder ??
does he realise they only had a fe offensive chances because HE DIDNT PPUT THEM IN A POSITION TO SUCCEED ???? what a delusional over paid detached from reality over paid cushy JERK !!!— daveH - Smart Aggressive is OK (Kendricks, Ryans, Coleman). Dumb Aggressive is not OK (Cox, Tapp, Babin)! Stupid Penalties have killed this team all season. That and having such untalented players on Special Teams, gets the Birds off to bad starts. A bad start in N O and Brees will bury us on National TV.— cooperhawk
- Did Mrs. Laurie get the offense in the divorce? Cause it sure is missing!— mainstreet
- Substitute "Worst" for "Baddest" and I agree with Marty!— cooperhawk
- You post and you complain. you listen to sportstalk radio and you complain. you watch network and cable and you complain. you read the "rags" and you complain. but everyone shows up at the Linc, fills the seats, purchases caps, jerseys, etc. and then drive home or subway it and you complain. Next home game, Nov. 11 against "The Girls", stay away from the linc. let the players play to an empty stadium, let the coaches finally hear their own words being spoken without the crowd noise and finally, let Ownership see that we, the Philadelphia Eagles fans and supporters are serious about wanting a REAL NFL team. A winner !! Giants have had a SB, the Redskins have had one as well as ,this really pains me, The Cowboy's have also. Stay away !!! Let's demand better than " if we make a mistake, we fix it." We haven't fixed anything since jacksonville, 2004. If we want a serious team with a serious chance for a SB, then we as the fans need to be serious about wanting it.— edseagles
- Sorry, but I don't give a rat's behind as to what Mornhinwheg says. He has been and always will be a loser. He needs to get his fat behind and his boss's morbidly obese behind out of town. Idiots.— Bob1
- Time for Andy and his gang to go to Cleveland.— mrh1955
- Mornhinweg can't coach here. This is acceptable in Detroit, not here.— p-diddy
