Philadelphia Eagles: 3 Reasons to be concerned about 2020’s season
1. There’s no offensive coordinator, and the rest of these coaching hires aren’t very exciting.
Whenever the subject of polls comes up, you have to take some of them with a grain of salt. The results of a poll can be skewed by the intentions of the person running it, or results can be hampered depending on the people that you’re polling.
Still, even with that being said, you can travel to any part of the country, find ten Eagles fans, and five or more of them will probably tell you that they’re dissatisfied with the coaching hires that have been made.
There’s no offensive coordinator. That alone speaks volumes about how this franchise butchered the process of putting this new staff together.
Let’s do some inventory. Matt Burke is a defensive guy. He’ll serve as the defensive line coach, but he’ll also be the team’s running game coordinator. That’s a little unorthodox. The last time we saw something similar, Andy Reid took an offensive line coach, Juan Castillo, and made him the team’s defensive coordinator. The results of that decision were less than stellar.
Maybe we’re to assume that Burke’s knowledge of the defensive side of the ball will give him insight on how to attack one in the running game?
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The questions don’t end there. Philly’s new senior offensive assistant, Rich Scangarello, failed as an offensive coordinator with the Denver Broncos. Marquand Manuel didn’t make waves as the Atlanta Falcons‘ defensive coordinator, and now he’s being entrusted to solve Philly’s riddle with their defensive backs, arguably the weakest unit on the entire roster.
At the beginning of these coaching searches (wide receivers, DBs, offensive coordinator, and the defensive line), it seemed as though this was an opportunity to do some great things and bring in some great football minds. Now, we’ve all seen the results. Honestly, we can’t say that these moves won’t be successful, but it feels like there are more questions now than answers. No one’s pumped, and this is something that may get talked about all offseason.